There’s nothing like home cooking and Kelly Moore would like nothing better than to supply his family and friends with a Busch North Series triumph Sunday afternoon at Beech Ridge Motor Speedway, which is approximately one mile from his home in Scarborough.

“This is a fun track for us. It’s in our backyard. There will be a lot of hometown fans and the distribution center for [primary sponsor] NAPA Auto Parts is in [nearby] Westbrook,” said the 41-year-old Moore. “I don’t think there will be any additional pressure. But you’d like to run well in front of your friends and peers.”

Moore couldn’t compete for the points championship a year ago. He didn’t have a primary sponsor, so he was forced to run a limited schedule.

NAPA Auto Parts’ sponsorship has ensured that Moore will run every race and vie for the points championship this season. He has already won the Budweiser 150 at Seekonk (Mass.) Speedway on May 26 and was fourth last weekend at the Burnham Boilers 150 at Holland (N.Y.) International Speedway until a chain reaction accident claimed his Chevy Monte Carlo with 50 laps to go.

“The car is in North Carolina being fixed right now,” said Moore. “But I’ve got two other real good race cars.”

He is currently sixth in the points, but trails leader Mike Johnson by only 75 points.

“I’m real happy with the way things have gone so far. The guys [on the crew] have been excellent and I’m really happy about our association with the NAPA people. They are really down-to-earth, they like racing, and they’re enthusiastic about it. And they support you even when things are going bad, and that’s a good feeling,” said Moore.

“I think we can make a legitimate run for the points title. I’m not saying we’re going to kick anybody’s rear end, but we’re as good if not better than a lot of these guys,” said Moore. “We’re having a lot more fun than we did last year. Hopefully, I will make things pay off for NAPA.”

Moore has had his share of success at Beech Ridge.

“I won the first race when they first paved the track in 1986 and I won the first Busch North race there in 1995,” pointed out Moore. “You’ve got to have a good handling car to win there.”

New Hampshire’s Dale Shaw will be gunning for his second straight Beech Ridge win dating back to last September.

Defending two-time series champ Brad Leighton, another New Hampshire driver, has also won one of the four races to date as has Strong’s Tracy Gordon, a five-timer winner last season, and Connecticut’s Ted Christopher.

Wiscasset ends pro stock change

Wiscasset Raceway owner Dave St. Clair’s experiment with the pro stock class at his raceway failed.

St. Clair gave his pro stock drivers a ton of flexibility by allowing them to run any body style as long as it covered the tires and had the correct spoiler size and height. He said he wanted to loosen the restrictions and help his tech man avoid having to measure all the cars.

But the drivers unveiled a wild variety of body configurations and St. Clair said some ran close to a second faster per lap “which is a lot.”

So, beginning Saturday, they will revert back to last year’s stricter regulations.

“It was my fault. The drivers gave me more than I thought they would. Drivers were making the cars wider and longer and a couple of them had a bubble [cockpit] with a two-foot windshield. I didn’t expect to get what I got: cars that were flat and square, some had fins, and some looked like 1957 Chevys. They would require two parking spaces,” quipped St. Clair.

Nason wants to lease or sell Spud

Ralph Nason hasn’t had any solid offers for Spud Speedway in Caribou. He intends to lease or sell it.

“I’ve had some phone calls, but I’d like to sell it to somebody capable enough to open it up, run it, and make money with it,” said Nason. “They believe up there that you need the pro stock cars [to attract crowds].

“But when you go to the grocery store with only ‘X’ number of dollars, you can’t buy filet mignon. You’ve got to buy hamburg,” said Nason. “They need to do what they did years ago: Go back to basics and focus on bomber races that pay $1,000 to win.”

Nason maintains that a potential owner or lessee should emphasize the lower classes “that don’t cost a lot of money to run” and could have large car counts.

Nason isn’t the only racetrack owner looking to sell.

Wiscasset’s St. Clair would also like to sell his track.