Friendship’s Scott Delano has had an eventful first year in the pro stock division at Wiscasset Raceway.

The two-time limited class champion won his first three races in the track’s top class which earned him Driver of the Month honors for April.

Then, in his fourth race, he was given a two-week suspension after intentionally blocking John Phippen, who had put him over the embankment while they were racing for the lead.

“I had gotten outside of him and he hit me in the back quarter-panel. He hit me hard. It wasn’t just a rub. I went 25 to 30 feet into the trees. It was the scariest ride I’ve ever taken,” said Delano, who was upset that Phippen wasn’t sent to the back of the pack by track officials.

“So after I got back on the track and I saw him coming up on me, I blocked him and waved the second-place car around us,” said Delano, whose maneuver enabled Boothbay’s Peter Oakes to pass Phippen and claim the victory.

The 1983 graduate of Waldoboro’s Medomak Valley High School said his suspension wasn’t warranted.

“I didn’t spin Phippen. A lot of people in my position would have tried to put him over the embankment into the woods like he did to me. I thought if I did something like that, I could have wrecked somebody else, too. I didn’t want to do that. But I didn’t want him to win. I don’t feel he should have. So I found the safest way [to ensure he didn’t win],” said Delano. “I have no regrets about what I did.”

Delano said he feels he was victimized by favoritism toward Phippen. He also said, “I’m the new kid on the block and there are three or four good drivers who are poor sports and don’t want to see me win.”

However, he also said every track has its politics and that’s something he’s used to dealing with.

The lobster fisherman and owner of Delano’s Seafood Market in Waldoboro didn’t let raceway politics prevent him from dominating the limited class. Two years ago, he set Wiscasset limited division records for wins (14) and consecutive triumphs (6).

The 36-year-old Delano, who didn’t begin racing until 1995, claimed nine victories a year ago.

Delano, crew chief Henry Thompson, son Scott Delano Jr., and other friends rebuilt the engine and made other adjustments to prepare the car for the pro stock class.

He says he couldn’t have envisioned winning his first three pro stock races, including the prestigious New England Dodge Dealers 100 on April 28.

“I’m kind of surprised things have gone this good against the cars racing against us. I couldn’t believe we won the Dodge Dealers race,” said Delano.

“Our goal when we came to pro stock was to win one race. We’ve already won three, and if we win another, I feel we will have accomplished a lot. We will have proven that we could run with them and beat them,” said Delano, who will race again on June 9.

Delano has always been a race fan, but when he and friend Brad Davis bought a couple of street stock Camaros in 1995 and he drove one of them in a race that year, he was hooked.

He won five races in the street stock class in 1996 and was rookie of the year. He has kept moving up in class and figures he has won “36 or 37 races” in his short career.

He hears more than his share of boos, but it doesn’t bother him.

“Like [former racer and Distance Racing Products owner] Stan Meserve told me, when you get out of the car and they’re booing you, you must have done something right,” said Delano. “They boo anybody who wins a lot.”

Delano isn’t racing for points and said he will probably run only five more races this season.

“I don’t want to give up every weekend like I have the last five years. I want to do some different things,” said Delano, whose plans include spending more time with girlfriend Jaime.