MINOT — Prior to the headline Pro Late Model feature on June 27, Scott Farrington was just another example of your average weekly warrior soldiering along in Oxford’s pit area. Doing his best on a limited budget while learning all he could from others, the easy-going driver from Minot knew some fine evening when the […]
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Auto Racing: Jordan’s season a slam dunk
TURNER — While a majority of stock car racing fans focus most of their attention on drivers in the premier classes, it’s actually those dozens of volunteer-driven support division teams that keep the sport alive. They’re the ones who toil week-in and week-out with very little fame or reward, committed to racing simply out […]
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Local Racing Roundup: Doiron denies Theriault for Beech Ridge PASS win
In a battle of talented young drivers from opposite ends of the state, Berwick’s Joey Doiron held off Fort Kent’s Austin Theriault on Saturday night to win the Southern Maine Motors Firecracker 150 at Beech Ridge Motor Speedway in Scarborough. It was the first Pro All Stars Series North victory of the season for Doiron, […]
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Auto Racing: OPS moving back to Saturday nights
OXFORD — Tradition has taken the checkered flag at Oxford Plains Speedway, where weekly racing will return to its historical place on Saturday nights, beginning August 2. The change from Friday nights was announced to drivers, crew members and fans prior to the start of racing Thursday night. Thursday’s program was a regularly scheduled, annual […]
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Local Racing Roundup: First time for Farrington at OPS
First-time winners are all the rage this season in the Budweiser Pro Late Model division at Oxford Plains Speedway. Scott Farrington of Minot made the triumphant turn into victory lane Friday night. He is the sixth different winner in as many 2014 races and the fifth consecutive driver to claim the checkered flag for the […]
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Auto Racing: Brackett back in high gear
Tim Brackett of Buckfield was leading the Pro Late Model division point standings at Oxford after four events, with son and defending champion T.J. trailing by just 10 markers. In this past Friday night’s race, Tim managed to salvage a top-10 finish after being caught up in a mid-race melee while running second. In a […]
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Local Racing Roundup: Winthrop’s White wins with ACT
For the first time in his American-Canadian Tour career, Jeff White of Winthrop won a road game Saturday night. He beat the best in the local late model business to do it, also, holding off two-time defending ACT champion Wayne Helliwell Jr. to win the 150-lap event at White Mountain Motorsports Park in North Woodstock, […]
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Auto Racing Roundup: King bounces back at Beech Ridge
Tyler King of Livermore Falls rallied from an early brush with the wall and multiple pit stops to score a second-place finish in the NASCAR Pro Series feature Saturday night at Beech Ridge Motor Speedway. Don Colpritt Jr. won the caution-plagued race. King started fourth but was involved in a skirmish in the opening laps […]
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Local Racing Roundup: Childs claims first Oxford Pro victory
The Budweiser Pro Late Model division at Oxford Plains Speedway produced a first-time winner for the second consecutive week, but it was hardly a newcomer to victory lane. Billy Childs Jr. of Leeds, a rookie in the top division but a past winner in numerous other classes at the track, held off Kyle DeSouza in […]
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Auto Racing Roundup: Welch earns first OPS win
Oxford Plains Speedway welcomed a first-time visitor to victory lane Sunday afternoon, with Quinny Welch of Lancaster, N.H., surviving a wild Budweiser Pro Late Model feature for his breakthrough win at the track. Welch, a frequent winner at multiple tracks closer to home, held off the charge of Peru’s Gary Chiasson and Buckfield’s Tim Brackett […]