For thoseord Plains Speedway was too good to be true, they were right.

Tour director Tom Curley has withdrawn his organization’s sanction of the 100-lap event which was scheduled for this Sunday and Michael Liberty, after days of trying to keep the deal together, officially gave up on it Tuesday.

While Curley, in a written statement, was vague in his reason for pulling out, OPS spokesman Bob Walker said a tire controversy played a major role in the pullout.

“It’s all over the vending of a tire situation,” Walker said on Tuesday. “What it means to the touring series as to our Saturday night cars. It’s a gray area in the contract.”

What it comes down to is the fact that New Hampshire International Speedway owner Bob Bahre, former owner of OPS, still owns the tire contract at the track. ACT races Goodyears while teams racing at OPS must use McCreary tires sold by Bahre.

Bahre sought a court injunction to stop the race due to the tire controversy.

Liberty worked in efforts of getting all parties to agree on a solution to the problem. On Tuesday, though, Curley decided that it wouldn’t be fair to give drivers, teams, and fans such short notice.

Curley’s only comment was, “Several factors led us to make this difficult decision and we regret any inconvenience this has imposed on the race fans and race teams. We had looked forward to our return to Oxford, and hopefully negotiations might continue for 1992.”

With the parties involved, however, don’t count your lap money just yet.

Coming off a successful road trip to Oxford Plains Dragway, an estimated 25 or 30 cars which regularly race at Winterport Dragway will make the trip across the border to race at Penfield Dragway in Penfield, New Brunswick.

The one-quarter-mile track at Penfield features cars which reach speeds up to 165 miles per hour.

Speaking of Winterport Dragway, the last big money race of the season will be held on Sunday beginning at 9:30 a.m. A Quick 32 will be featured with $600 up for grabs for the winners.