Young captures victory

WISCASSET – Maurice Young of Chelsea took the lead on a restart after the first caution flag Saturday afternoon and went on to win the season-opening 75-lap Strictly Street feature at Wiscasset Raceway.

Young, a four-time Strictly Street track champion, led the final 70 laps of the co-main event to earn the victory. Dave Brannon of Topsham finished second, with Bobby Mesimer of Woolwich, Ed Pierpont of Jefferson and Steve Peirpont of Cushing rounding out the top five.

OTHER WISCASSET RESULTS

Late Model Sportsman: 1. Chris Thorne (Sidney), 2. Bryan Robbins (Liberty), 3. Nick Reno (West Bath), 4. Kevin Sherman (Wiscasset), 5. Seth Raven (Waldo); Super Streets: 1. Tom Young (Freeport), 2. R.J. Austin (Smithfield), 3. Bernie Dinsmore (Hope), 4. Jeremy Glasier (Appleton), 5. Josh Bailey (Wiscasset); Stock Mini: 1. Shawn Kimball (Pittston), 2. Bryan Lancaster (Skowhegan), 3. Rob Greenleaf (West Bath), 4. Gary Blackman (Boothbay), 5. Brent Roy (Vassalboro); Ladies Division: 1. Kristy Millay (Palermo), 2. Marje Albert (Chelsea), 3. Kayla Albert (Chelsea), 4. Elaine Alexander (Augusta), 5. Cassandra St. Clair (Liberty); Teen Division: 1. Tyler Tibbetts (Montville), 2. Cody Sleeper (Chelsea), 3. Taylor Turner (Washington), 4. Ryan Hayes (Jefferson), 5. Thomas True (n/a); NELCAR Legends: 1. Chris Seavey (Windham), 2. Jacob Dore (Sanford), 3. Steve Fox (Falmouth), 4. Bob Weymouth (Topsham), 5. Josh Leach (Islesboro)

Change possible

NASCAR chairman Brian France told The Associated Press on Saturday that the decision on whether or not to run the Car of Tomorrow in the full Cup schedule in 2008 will be made this summer.

“In June or July, we’re going to take a hard look at it,” France said. “It’s really up to the teams. They approved this timetable and it will be up to them if we change it.”

The current schedule for the COT is 16 races this season, 29 in 2008 and all 36 races in 2009. But several owners have indicated they would like to run the COT in the entire schedule next year, saving both money and the man hours it takes to build two different cars.