Burgess Jr. cruises to Unity wins

UNITY – Rick Burgess Jr. won the Wildcat feature races on both Friday and Saturday, locking up the division championship in the process in action at Unity Raceway.

Saturday, Burgess recovered from a head-on collision early in the race to outlast James McGarey and Bill Bowley. In Friday’s 100-lap event, Bowley was second again and Keith Fuller was third.

OTHER UNITY RACEWAY RESULTS

Friday: 100-Lap Mini: Chet Hanscom, Andy Turbovsky, Dixon Smith, Glenn Nickerson, David St. Clair

Saturday: Pro Stock: Randy Turner, Andy Saunders, Bub Raven

Charger: Pat Ellis Jr., Pat Ellis Sr., Tony Faulkingham

Sport Four: Willie Rood, Jonathan Smith, Steve Rackcliff

Truck Division: Shawn Green, Justin Poulin, Dwayne Levasseaur

Fuller First at Winterport

At Winterport Dragway, Linda Fuller of Old Town out-dueled Kent Worcester of Waite en route to a first-place finish in the Super Pro Final.

OTHER WINTERPORT RESULTS

Super Pro Eliminator: Linda Fuller (Old Town), Randy Therrien (Unity), Don Barnes (Calais), Steve Murray (Brewer)

Pro Eliminator: Kent Worcester (Waite), Bob Cousins (Carmel), Barney Ryan (Harmony)

Bikes/Sleds Eliminator: Mike Jordan (Ellsworth), Justin Wood (Topsham), Jesse Louda (Windham)

Bikes/Sleds Quick 8: Joseph Harper (Thomaston), Pat Akins (Hampden)

Street Eliminator: Mike Reynolds (Winterport), Mike Murphy (Machiasport), Brent Linscott (Winterport)

Street Trophy: Robin Reynolds (Winterport), Mike Reynolds (Winterport)

Phippen rallies for 95 win

At Speedway 95 in Hermon, John Phippen of Bar Harbor started off fifth in a 22-car field at Speedway 95’s Partnership for a Tobacco Free Maine 50-lap pro stock feature Sunday night, but finished first.

Phippen wrested the lead away from pole sitter Scott Chubbock in the final even of the venue’s five-race series in a lap 7 restart and held off the rest of the field. Bangor’s Gary Smith was right on Phippen’s bumper for much of the rest of the race, but had to settle for second. Chubbock was third, Randy Turner of Freedom fourth, and Orrington’s Kris Huff fifth.

Aaron St. Peter of Brewer, who finished ninth in the race, won the 2001 Pro Stock points championship.

OTHER SPEEDWAY 95 RESULTS

Limited Sportsman: Paul White (Corinna), Lloyd Nickerson (Corinth)-2001 points champion, Scott Modery (Stetson), Bruce Johnson (Greenfield), Al Griffen (Levant)

Super Streets: Bernie Thayer (Hermon), Milton Ketch (Olamon), Duane Seekins (Stockton Springs), Dale Swoboda (Hermon), Wayne Parritt (Steuben); Matt Eaton (Deer Isle)-2001 points champion

Strictly Streets: Alex Shaw (Hermon), Mike Thayer (Hudson)-2001 points champion, Darren Moody (Prospect), Greg Pung (Bar Harbor), Brenton Parritt (Steuben)

Sport-Fours: Jeff Overlook (Hermon), Chad Ashey (Frankfort), Rick Grant (Hermon), Jim Johnson (Stockton Springs), Greg Markee (Bradford) -2001 points champion

Mini Winston Cup: Joe Allard (Bangor), Bob Leighton (Milford), Wayne Scovil (Carmel), Richard Thibeault (Topsham), Nick Higgins (Milford)