Santerre wins 3rd Busch North race Cherryfield driver edges MacDonald

SCARBOROUGH – Cherryfield’s Andy Santerre took the lead from Eddie MacDonald with 14 laps remaining and went on to win his third Busch North race in four tries this season at the Forest City Chevrolet 150 at Beech Ridge Motor Speedway Saturday night.

Santerre, the defending Busch North points champion, and MacDonald swapped the lead seven times before Santerre made the decisive pass.

Santerre started second in the 25-car field while MacDonald started fifth.

Santerre had already won the Freedom 150 at Lee USA Speedway (N.H.) and the Local Dodge Dealers 150 at Lake Erie Speedway (Pa.). and posted a second at the New England Dodge Dealers 150 at Stafford Motor Speedway (Conn.).

Nineteen-year-old Ryan Moore of Scarborough finished third and increased his lead in the rookie of the year points race. Moore has finished ninth or better in all four races to date.

Rounding out the top 10 were Mike Stefanik, Bobby Dragon, Dale Quarterley, Matt Kobyluck, Dave Dion, rookie Tim Andrews and Santerre’s Aubuchon Hardware teammate Carey Heath of Eliot.

Heath had started 24th.

Shepard captures first win

At Scarborough, Ryan Shepard of Naples rallied and then held off charges from other cars to earn a NASCAR Pro Series victory Saturday night at Beech Ridge Motor Speedway.

It was the first series win for Shepard, who moved to the front on lap 27 of the 40-lap feature and held off several challenges from Phil Baril Jr. of Haverhill, Mass. Baril finished in second place. Windham drivers Bobby Babb and Billy Thompson were third and fourth, respectively. Steve Howard of Scarborough was fifth.

OTHER BEECH RIDGE RESULTS

NASCAR sport series: 1. Brian Rumery (Hollis), 2. Mike Landry (Oakland), 3. Dustin Reynolds (Buxton), 4. Beaver Norton (Limington), 5. Bill Dixon (North Waterboro); Wildcat B: 1. Gary Grooves (Westbrook), 2. Bobby Nadeau (Hollis), 3. Scott Berry (Kexar Falls), 4. Bill Nason Sr. (Old Orchard Beach), 5. Ryan Hemmingway (Buxton); Wildcat: 1. Bobby Holly (Saco), 2. Dan Wink (North Berwick), 3. Keith Stiffler (Windham), 4. Jason Webster (Gorham), 5. Mike Williams (Phippsburg); Trucks: 1. Justin Glidden (Limerick), 2. Steve Coffin (Windham), 3. Walter Black (Buxton), 4. Chris Anderson (Cape Neddick), 5. Russel Boivin (Lyman); Lightning Bug: 1. Chris Willey (Buxton), 2. Frank Collins (Standish), 3. Phil Brackett (South Portland), 4. Brian M. Beaulieu (Saco), 5. Betty Nelson (Biddeford)

Roy wins rainy Mini Stocks

At Wiscasset, rain forced the postponement of all Friday night feature races except the Mini Stock feature, which was won by Brent Roy of Vassalboro.

Roy picked his way from the back of the field and took the lead for good on a midrace restart for his fourth victory of the season.

Pole-sitter Mike Wilson of Augusta took second place and West Gardiner’s Alton Sinclair was third. Eric Mason of Sidney was fourth and Palermo’s Dick Thompson finished fifth.

The remaining feature races will be held Friday, June 20 at 6:30 p.m., followed by the regularly scheduled weekly program.

Rain again forces rescheduling

Races were postponed at Hermon’s Speedway 95 and Unity Raceway and the Pro All-Stars Series event at Scotia Speedworld in Halifax, the Forbes Chev-Olds 200, was also rained out.

The PASS race has been rescheduled for July 4 while Speedway 95 and Unity Raceway have pushed their races back to next weekend.

The Speedway 95 race card has been moved to Friday because the PASS tour will race there on Saturday. Each program will start at 7.

The Saturday program will also have point races in the weekly Limited Sportsman, Super Street and Sport-Four divisions.

Unity Raceway will have the first Late Model Pro-Fours Triple Crown series race headlining its Saturday night card beginning at 6 with the first Mini-Stocks Triple Crown series event highlighting Sunday’s racing which will start at 4.