HERMON – Scott Chubbuck started in 22nd place in the Rhino Linings Sportsman 100 on Sunday and battled into first place to hold on for the victory at Speedway 95.

Dave McLaughlin of Hermon put on a hard charge at the finish, but couldn’t catch Chubbuck and had to settle for second place. Steve Nelson of Albion came away in third place.

(Sunday’s races)

Super street: Lloyd Nickerson (East Corinth), Duane Seekins (Stockton), Chris Gross (Brooklin)

Strictly street: Wayne Parritt (Steuben), Dale Swoboda (Hermon), Paul White (Corinna)

Sport four: Bobby Russell (Milo), Mike Beland (Milo), Alan Fletcher (Veazie)

Tiger: John Curtis Jr. (Hermon), Scott Alexander (Carmel), George Dunn (Eastbrook)

Little Enduro: Steve Heath (Brownville), Dan McGurn (Orono), Mike Heath

Big Enduro: Rick Grant (Bangor), Tim Munson (Kenduskeag), Abel Leamer (Winterport) (Saturday’s races)

Super street: Tim Hamel (Bangor), Bernie Thayer (Hermon), Duane Seekins (Stockton)

Strictly street: Jeff Bean (Carmel), Dean Smart (Old Town), Stephen McPherson (Perry)

Sport Four: Brian Peirce (Hudson), Jim Robichaud (Orrington), Jim Ackley (Machias)

Tiger: John Curtis Jr. (Hermon), George Dunn (Eastbrook), Scott Alexander (Carmel)

Little Enduro: Eric Carlisle (Bucksport), Dan McGurn (Orono), Steve Heath (Milo)

Big Enduro: Joe Lavoie (Millinocket), Tim Munson (Kenduskeag), Gary Reynolds (Hermon)

Prescott wins fourth race of ’98

At Evans Mills, N.Y., Steve Prescott of Gardiner continued to roll on the PRO Tour truck series as he picked up the $2,000 winners check on Sunday for capturing the checkered flag.

Gelinas takes win at Beech Ridge

At Beech Ridge Motor Speedway in Scarborough, Larry Gelinas of Scarborough helped the Speedway celebrate its 50th anniversary on Saturday by winning the late model sportsman feature.

Bobby Babb of Windham raced Gelinas down to the wire, but couldn’t pass and settled for second place. Danny Bubar of Windham finished third.

Super Sportsman: Wayne Poland (Windham), Kevin Kimball (South Portland), Greg Peters (Westbrook)

Limited Sportsman: Kevin Buck (New Gloucester), Steve Berry (Gorham), Russ Morse (Hollis)

Wildcat: Chris Warming (Hollis), Nathan Leavitt (Saco), Matt Hodgdon (Scarborough)

Wildcat semi: Mike Cross (Westbrook), Willie Bunnell (Kennebunk), Bill Nason (Old Orchard Beach)

Brackett earns fourth victory

At Oxford Plains Speedway, Tim Brackett of Oxford picked up his fourth win of the season in Saturday’s Pro Stock feature, maintaining a six car-length lead after lap 28.

Brackett cruised past Stan Meserve of Unity and Dana Staples of Farmington, who finished second and third, respectively.

Late Model Stock: Scott Robbins (Dixfield), Donnie Wentworth (Bridgton), Spencer Robbins (Dixfield)

Limited Sportsman: Kurt Hewins (Leeds), Richie Morse (Waterford), Jerry Harrison (North Yarmouth)

Strictly Stock: David Haseltine (Pownal), Shane Green (South Paris), Jon Brill (Bridgton)

Mini stock: Bob Mooney (New Gloucester), Mark Lucas (Cundy’s Harbor), Clay Leavitt (Fryeburg)

Outlaw: Randy Henderson (West Paris), Keith Stiffler (Windham), Adam Sanborn (Norway)

Ilvonen sets Winterport standard

At Winterport Dragway, Uno Ilvonen of Owls Head was not satisfied with breaking his old track record last week, so he went out Sunday and broke it again – three times.

Racing at the first annual Norm Darling Memorial, Ilvonen was clocked at 155.16 miles per hour to break the record. Eventually, he made his way up to 158.44 miles per hour with an elapsed time of 4.570 which will remain the record, for at least one more week.

Norm Darling Quick 64: Elliot Lowe (Owls head), John Harper (Wiscasset)

Motorcycle/Snowmobile: Rick Grenier (Chelsea), Lester Foss (Scarborough)

Jr. Dragster-Trophy: Chris Therrien (Unity), Bob Cousins (Carmel)

Saturday Gamblers: Gary Johnson (Friendship), Willy Larrabee (Stockton Springs)

Reny edges Reno at Wiscasset

At Wiscasset Raceway, Boothbay’s Steve Reny earned his first career win at Wiscasset on Saturday night, taking control of the race on a restart and pulling away for the final 10 laps.

Reny was followed by West Bath rookie Steve Reno, who finished second. Wiscasset’s Scott Chubbuck, currently in the top three in season points, placed third.

Limited Sportsman: Charlie Colby (Edgecomb), John Rideout (Washington), Scott Deleno (Friendship)

Super Street: Duane Love (West Gardiner), Daren Ripley (Thomaston), Jason Oakes (Boothbay)

Strictly street: Mark Thurlow (Lincolnville), Alan Poland (Cushing), Brent Pratt (Warren)

Heavyweight demons: Steve Pierpont (Cushing), Dusty Glidden (Cushing), Albert Westhaver (Bristol)

Lightweight demons: Rodney Turner (Palermo), Brett Mank (Rockland), Dustin Barrows (Rockland)

Lightweight B demons: Ken Edgecomb (Readfield), Bill Pinkham (Wiscasset), Mark Larammee (Wiscasset)

Rookie Rood wins at Unity

At Unity Raceway, Albion rookie Willy Rood started in third place in the sport-fours and took advantage of an accident involving race leaders to take the checkered flag on Saturday.

Mike Mason of Bingham took home second place and Fairfield’s Dean Thompson placed third.

Pro Stock: Matt Lee (Albion), Gary Smith (Bangor), Gary Thorne (Augusta)

Chargers: Gary Theriault (Lincoln), Bruce Pooler (Oakland), Pat Ellis (Chelsea)

Super Sportsman: Rick Burgess (Waterville), Glendon Mehuren (Searsmont), Dan Waterhouse (Sangerville)

Wildcats: Jake O’Brien (Brooks), Scott Way (Bucksport), Bernie Buker (Hartland)

Peanuts: Scott Greene (Dover-Foxcroft), Shadow Folsom (Skowhegan), Lewis Batchelder (Dixmont)

Choiniere, Becker win Pro Rally

At Rumford, SCCA Pro Rally defending national champions Paul Choiniere and co-driver Jeff Becker jumped from third- to first-place in the season point standings after racing their Hyundai to the win in the Maine Forest Pro Rally.

The average speed for the event, which ran through the logging roads of the Mead Publishing Paper Division forests, was over 100 miles-per-hour. Choiniere and Becker were being pushed hard by Carl Merrill and Lance Smith until Merrill hit a rock and pulled the half-shaft from the transmission.

The car of David Summerbell and Michael Fennell was also in the hunt until a flat tire ended its day.

Noel Lawler and Charles Bradley placed second with Bill Driegert and Tony Lumino finishing third.

Spud Speedway

Flying Tiger: Dale Bowmaster (Arthurette, New Brunswick), Joe Levesque (Presque Isle), Mark York (Fort Fairfield)

Bombers: Carter Chandler (Presque Isle), Jimmy King (Caswell), Ken Dumond (Van Buren)

Sport Four: John Picard (Sinclair), Rick Theriault (Caribou), Red O’Neal (Perham)

Peanuts: Ken Cormier (Van Buren), Charles McLaughlin (Caribou), Jesse Plummer (Mapleton)

Mini Winston: Ken Albert (Caribou), Tom Kaspala (Surry), Chris Pangburn (Easton)

Rental race: Mark Graves (Mapleton)

Powder puff: Bonnie Makepeace (Woodland), Becky Cummings (Old Town), Leslie McEwen (Fort Fairfield)