November 23, 2024
AUTO RACING

Morse edges Smart for Speedway 95 victory

HERMON – Greg Morse of St. Albans fought off a hard challenge from points leader Dean Smart of Hudson to win the Super Streets race at Speedway 95 Saturday night.

Smart closed over the last five laps but Morse held him off for the victory. Duane Seekins of Stockton Springs was third, followed by Glenn Curtis of Hudson and Jim Robichaud of Orrington.

The 35-lap Pro Stock feature was postponed due to rain and is rescheduled for Sept. 7 because a Pro All-Stars Series 150 race is at the track this Saturday.

OTHER SPEEDWAY 95 RESULTS

25-lap feature: 1. Brent Parritt (Steuben), 2. Alex Shaw (Hermon), 3. Steve Moulton (Hermon), 4. Ross Robinson (Frankfort), 5. Royce McAlpine (Eastbrook): Limited sportsman: 1. Ryan Dean (Winterport), 2. Wayne Parritt (Steuben), 3. Paul White (Corinna), 4. Dan Jones (Washington), 5. Dale Swoboda (Hermon); Sport-four: 1. Colin Arey (Greenville), 2. Tim Richardson Jr. (Hermon), 3. Jim Johnson (Stockton Springs), 4. Jeff Overlock Jr. (Hermon), 5. Wally Gibbons (Bangor); Trucks: 1. Jay Robichaud (Orrington), 2. Roger Chipman (Milbridge)

Rain plagues three tracks

Rain washed out most feature events at three racetracks across the state Saturday.

Unity Raceway had completed qualifying races for all six of its divisions when racing was halted for the evening. The six feature races will be held Saturday, Aug. 31, starting at 5:30 p.m. Regular Saturday night racing will be held after the features.

At Wiscasset Raceway, heat races and the flagpole feature were the only events to finish before rain picked up there. Feature races will be run Saturday starting at 5 p.m. with regular races to follow.

Beech Ridge Speedway in Scarborough completed the lightning bug and truck features before weather ended the evening. Three other feature races, including the have been postponed.

WISCASSET RESULTS

Flagpole: 1. Wayne Ambrose (Brunswick), 2. Doug Ripley (Thomaston), 3. Alan Higgins (Brunswick)

BEECH RIDGE RESULTS

Lightning bugs: 1. Frank Collins (Standish), 2. David Visconte (Scarborough), 3. Craig Wade (Peru), 4. Bill Dagnese (Portland), 5. Tim Caswell (Waterboro);Trucks: 1. Cole Watson (Naples), 2. Wally Henderson (Litchfield), 3. Norman Lemieux (Waterboro), 4. Steve Coffin (Windham), 5. Walter Black (Buxton)

Winterport Dragway

At Winterport Dragway Sunday, Barney Ryan of Harmony edged out Mac Beckwith of Levant to win the Super Pro Eliminator. Marc Davenport of Bucksport placed third.

OTHER WINTERPORT RESULTS

Pro eliminator: 1. Dan Emerson (Hermon), 2. Bob Cousins (Carmel), 3. David Kecki (Lincoln); Bikes/sleds eliminator: 1. Jon Weeks (Waterville), 2. Joseph Bartels (Brunswick), Frank Moya (Bar Harbor); Street eliminator: 1. Bob Reynolds (Winterport), 2. Halis Sirimoglu (Corinna), 3. Don Bowen (Morrill); Street trophy: 1. Lori Palmer (Winterport), 2. Bob Reynolds (Winterport)


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