OXFORD — Travis Benjamin now has won the same TD Bank 250 that Kyle Busch dominated two years ago. Same event that Kevin Harvick commanded three Julys before that. The difference couldn’t be more dramatic if you took a panoramic photo of Charlotte Motor Speedway, then plopped it down next to a snapshot of Benjamin’s […]
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TD Bank 250: Middle-aged and hitting its stride
It started out as a 200-lap battle back in 1974, expanded to 250 in 1975 and in the years since, has grown into one of the biggest short track stock car racing spectacles east of the Mississippi River. Sunday, the famed TD Bank 250 celebrates 40 years of competition at Oxford Plains Speedway. After being […]
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The Hot Corner: Forty looks super on this little, big race
Turning 40 gets a bad rap. I’ve been there, and now, as of Sunday evening, so has the TD Bank 250 at Oxford Plains Speedway. When approaching that milestone, we often read about the dreaded midlife crisis. Hey, I changed the left digit of my age together with the right one eight months ago, and […]
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TD Bank 250 Notebook: New owner hard at work continuing tradition
Tom Mayberry is walking around the Oxford Plains Speedway complex with red, slightly peeling skin on his forearms, the evidence of hours spent canvassing the grounds aboard a ride-on lawn mower in this past week’s scalding sun. “I’ve been down south quite a bit this year, and when I got back here, he put me […]
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TD Bank 250: Martin dominates Sun Journal 75 to launch weekend
OXFORD — With chain lightning providing the not-too-distant backdrop, Carey Martin thundered to victory Friday night in the Sun Journal 75 Pro All Stars Series Sportsman race at Oxford Plains Speedway. Martin, who was a five-time champion when the Limited Sportsman cars competed at OPS on a weekly basis, scored his 45th win at OPS, […]
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TD Bank 250: Another decade, another chance for ‘King’ of Oxford
Short track legends have been known to age gracefully, if grace is defined by winning races against competitors young enough to be their grandchildren. Sometimes all it takes is a little extra motivation to turn back the clock even farther and faster. Mike Rowe got a double dose of that fire in his belly this […]
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TD Bank 250 Notebook: School project puts Sessions back on track
It’s a time and a social climate in which school teachers, administrators and communities have never been forced to exercise more creativity in their quest to reach and teach students. With their brainstorm two years ago, Oxford Hills Middle School principal Troy Eastman and Crazy Horse Racing owner Mitch Green put themselves at the front […]
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TD Bank 250: Clark hopes to overcome Franklin County jinx
Whether you’re reading the Bible or the Baseball Encyclopedia, human lore is littered with talk of generational curses and luckless cities that couldn’t seem to get out of their own way long enough to embrace prosperity. Yes, it’s even true in auto racing. Cassius Clark can’t help but acknowledge that he might be battling forces […]
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TD Bank 250: ‘Super’ changes for 40th edition
PORTLAND — The excitement of Oxford Plains Speedway’s TD Bank 250 returning to a super late model format almost made Johnny Clark jump into the deep end of the pool Wednesday. “If I won it, well, I don’t want to say I would retire, because then my wife would hold me to it,” Clark, 33, […]