HERMON – John McCullough of Hudson recorded his first feature victory at Speedway 95 when he captured the Big Enduro race in a 21-car field in a 50-lap event Sunday. McCullough took the lead from Abel Learner of Winterport just past the halfway point and… Read More
    Del Merritt, co-owner of Speedway 95 in Hermon, has added a full day of nonpoints racing and is hoping to also attract drivers from Unity Raceway and Wiscasset Raceway. It will be held on Oct. 2 beginning at 2 p.m. googletag.cmd.push(function () { // Define… Read More
    HERMON – Auto racers don’t often run side-by-side to the checkered flag like the Ricky Craven-Kurt Busch Nextel Cup finish at Darlington Raceway (S.C.) in 2003. Add a third car to the mix and that’s exactly what happened at Speedway 95 Sunday afternoon as Turner’s… Read More
    HERMON – Scott Modery took home the checkered flag in the Limited Sportsman race at Speedway 95 Saturday night. Modery outraced runner-up and fellow Hermon resident Bernier Thayer, who was making his track debut this season. After a caution left him on the outside, Modery… Read More
    Unity Raceway owner Ralph Nason, citing rising fuel prices and the impact it has had on drivers and fans in central Maine, has canceled the remainder of his weekly series races for this season. Nason will reopen the track Oct. 15 for the Long John… Read More
    HERMON – Shane Tatro of Dixmont took the win in the Super Street makeup feature Saturday at Speedway 95. Shawn Phippen of Bar Harbor finished second, Deane Smart of Bradley was third, Keith Pierce of Hudson finished fourth and Milford’s Joe Legere was fifth. googletag.cmd.push(function… Read More
    Rain again caused havoc at the race tracks across the state. The Saturday night races at Unity Raceway and Wiscasset Raceway were washed out as was Sunday’s Community 150 Pro All-Stars Series race at Hermon’s Speedway 95. googletag.cmd.push(function () { // Define Slot var slot_sizes… Read More
    HERMON – Mike Golding of Bucksport passed Todd Lawrence of Levant on lap 16 to win the Little Enduro feature at Speedway 95 as part of Wacky Wednesday. Lawrence was second, followed by Derek McAlpine of Ellsworth, Bradley Norris of Ellsworth, and Keith Ogden of… Read More
    STAFFORD SPRINGS, Conn. – On his 22nd birthday, Ryan Moore of Scarborough scored his second NASCAR Busch North Series win of the season in the TSI Harley-Davidson 150 at Stafford Motor Speedway. Moore lead the final 38 laps to take the victory on Wednesday night. Read More
    HERMON – Keith Kingsbury of Winterport recorded his first victory in the full size pickup division at Speedway 95 Wednesday night as he held off a tough challenge from Dana Harlow of Hampden in the early laps and Chris Wilcox of Glenburn in the final five laps. Read More
    HERMON – Paul White of Corinna made a last lap pass on Duane Seekins of Stockton Springs to win the Sportsman Pro Stock feature Saturday night at Speedway 95. Scott Alexander of Glenburn finished third, Erik Worster of Lee was fourth, and Jason Thayer of… Read More
    HERMON – Diana Haskins of Bangor won the 20-lap Ladies feature on Wacky Wednesday at Speedway 95 to win the three-race series championship. Melanie Hamel of Bangor finished second, Billie Allen of Winterport was third, Lindsay Seekins of Stockton Springs was fourth, and Hampden Jen… Read More
    OXFORD – Mike Rowe of Turner drove 405 laps Sunday en route to winning his third Oxford TD Banknorth 250. He drove a 20-lap heat race, a 20-lap consolation race, a 50-lap last-chance hooligan feature and 315 Oxford 250 laps, including 65 caution laps. googletag.cmd.push(function… Read More
    HERMON – Fred Brown of Winterport made up for lost time and won Saturday night’s Linnehan Credit Now Auto 50-lap Coca-Cola limited sportsman feature race at Speedway 95 after being absent for a few weeks. Duane Seekins of Stockton Springs was working his way to… Read More
    LOUDON, N.H. – Michael Waltrip never even hesitated. When asked recently what profession he would like to try if he wasn’t an auto racer, the Nextel Cup driver for Dale Earnhardt Inc. answered “Weatherman, for sure.” googletag.cmd.push(function () { // Define Slot var slot_sizes =… Read More
    HERMON – Bob Merchant of Ellsworth won the Little Enduro feature from the pole. Bradley Norris of Ellsworth took second, Eddington’s Mike Clark was third, Darren Durrell of Newburgh was fourth, and Roger Young of Hermon rounded out the top five. googletag.cmd.push(function () { //… Read More
    HERMON – Hometown racer Jason Thayer won both the heat and feature race in the Dick’s Sporting Goods Sportsman Pro Stock division at Speedway 95 Saturday night, but third-place finisher and rookie Erik Worster of Lee was the big winner as the took over the points lead in… Read More
    LOUDON, N.H. – He may have finished fifth but Cherryfield’s Andy Santerre had a smile on his face after the New England 125 Busch North race at New Hampshire International Speedway on Friday. That’s because Grizco Racing teammate Mike Stefanik claimed his second trip to… Read More
    NORTH EAST, Pa. – 2003 Rookie of the Year Ryan Moore of Scarborough led every lap from the pole to win the Local Dodge Dealers 150 at Lake Erie Speedway on Saturday night. It’s his first career NASCAR Busch North victory after 33 starts. Moore… Read More
    HERMON – Bob Seger Jr. of Winterport led from the pole in a borrowed car to win the Big Enduro race on Wacky Wednesday at Speedway 95. Winterport’s Joey Doyon, Mike Lynch, and Abel Leamer finished second through fourth, respectively. Brooks’ Randy Newton was fifth. Read More
    HERMON – The outside groove was the fast one at Hermon’s Speedway 95 Saturday night. But Stockton Springs’ Duane Seekins certainly didn’t mind the bottom one. googletag.cmd.push(function () { // Define Slot var slot_sizes = [[300,250]]; var new_slot_sizes = []; var has_banner = false; for… Read More
    HERMON – Bob Merchant of Ellsworth captured the Little Enduro feature during Wacky Wednesday at Speedway 95. Rounding out the top five were Darren Durrell of Newburgh, Richard Burrill of Sullivan, Sam Whitemore of Corinna, and Roger Young of Hermon. googletag.cmd.push(function () { // Define… Read More
    HERMON – After race leader Dale Swoboda of Hermon crashed on lap nine for the only caution in the race, Winterport’s Ryan Deane led the rest of the way to win the Sportsman Pro Stock feature at Speedway 95 Saturday night. Mike Thomas of Etna… Read More
    WINTERPORT – Roaring engines and squealing tires went suddenly quiet Sunday as the racers at Winterport Dragway offered a moment of silence for a fallen champion. The popular drag strip had a large crowd as the family of racers gathered in memory of Mike Johnson,… Read More
    UNITY – Twenty-nine-year-old Patrick Laperle said he had tears in his eyes on the final lap when he realized he was about to win the Hight Chevrolet 250 at Unity Raceway Sunday. It was the St. Denis, Quebec, native’s first pro stock win. googletag.cmd.push(function ()… Read More
    HERMON – Duane Seekins of Stockton Springs didn’t let four caution flags determine the outcome as he picked up a win in the sportsman pro stocks Saturday night at Speedway 95. Don Alexander Jr. of Carmel finished in second place, holding off Paul White of… Read More
    There is another Clark emerging on the Pro All-Stars Series tour. Johnny Clark of Farmingdale is the defending champ. Now he finds himself tied for second in the points chase with Farmington’s Cassius Clark. They trail leader Ben Rowe of Turner by eight points. googletag.cmd.push(function… Read More
    HERMON – John Phippen Jr. of Town Hill took the late lead and went on to win the sportsman’s pro stock makeup race at Speedway 95 Sunday. Dale Swoboda led most of the race and finished in second. Matt Lee of Albion placed third, Gary… Read More
    UNITY – A drought came to an end at Unity Raceway Saturday night. Oakland’s Jeff Burgess passed Albion’s Matt Lee on a lap 23 restart and gradually pulled away to earn his first trip to Victory Lane since last July in the 50-lap pro stock… Read More
    HERMON – Bob Seger Jr. of Winterport held off Holden’s Steve Moulton to take the win in the Big Enduro division during Wacky Wednesday racing at Speedway 95. Andy Migliore of Pittsfield was third, Winterport’s Joey Doyon finished fourth and Bruce Coulter of Winterport placed fifth. Read More
    UNITY – Hallowell’s Johnny Clark didn’t have the fastest car during Unity Raceway’s Pro Stock 105-lapper Sunday evening. “But I’d rather be lucky than good any day,” grinned Clark, who took advantage of late-race problems incurred by Freedom’s Randy Turner and Brunswick’s Scott Chubbuck to… Read More
    Newburgh’s Ricky Craven remains firmly focused on winning the NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series points championship for Roush Racing but admitted he now feels his chances of replacing Mark Martin in the No. 6 Ford in the Nextel Cup series next season are “remote.” Martin is… Read More
    The Turner family from Freedom is one of the best-known racing families at Unity Raceway. Tim Turner and his cousin, Randy Turner, race against each other in the track’s pro stock class. Junior, Tim’s brother, is Randy’s crew chief and Dennis, brother of Junior and… Read More
    WINTERPORT – After three consecutive weekends of rain-forced cancellations, Winterport Dragway has scheduled Street Night racing for next weekend. Gates will open at noon Saturday, May 21, and racing will take place until dark. The dragway will hold its Ford Day and regular bracket daytime… Read More
    SCARBOROUGH ? Gorham’s Sally Gherardi survived a 12-car crash and a late caution to take the Sport Series 35-lap feature event Saturday night at Beech Ridge Motor Speedway. Gherardi, the only woman racing regularly at Beech Ridge, edged Jason Larrabee of Raymond, who finished second. Read More
    He is old, fat, tired and bald and if you don’t believe that, check out his race cars. Town Hill’s John Phippen has those four words painted on the side of his race cars. googletag.cmd.push(function () { // Define Slot var slot_sizes = [[300,250]]; var… Read More
    Liberty’s Dave St. Clair was seeking $1.3 million for Wiscasset Raceway. There were no takers. googletag.cmd.push(function () { // Define Slot var slot_sizes = [[300,250]]; var new_slot_sizes = []; var has_banner = false; for (var i = 0; i < slot_sizes.length; i++) { if (isMobileDevice())… Read More
    Ralph Nason is back as a hands-on owner of Unity Raceway, one of three stock car tracks he owns. Nason also will race a Chevy Monte Carlo sponsored by Hight Chevrolet “eight or nine times. googletag.cmd.push(function () { // Define Slot var slot_sizes = [[300,250]];… Read More
    Greenville’s Colin Arey II, Hermon’s Phil Richardson and Levant’s Joe Allen Sr. took the checkered flags on a rain-abbreviated opening day card at Speedway 95 in Hermon Sunday afternoon. The 50-lap limited, super street and pro stock features were wiped out by the rain and… Read More
    NO. WOODSTOCK, N.H. – Turner’s Ben Rowe, who won the 2002 and 2003 Pro All-Stars Series points championship and finished second to Hallowell’s Johnny Clark last year, opened the PASS season by holding off Scott Mulkern to win the Cabin Fever 150 at White Mountain Motorsports Park Sunday. Read More
    WISCASSET – Duane Love worked through 10 caution flags to capture a win in the Late Model Sportsman feature race at Wiscasset Raceway Saturday. Jason Oakes took second, while Mike Orr, Rodney Brooks and Bryan Robbins rounded out the top five. googletag.cmd.push(function () { //… Read More
    Farmingdale’s Johnny Clark capped his steady ascent in the Pro All-Stars Series Tour into his first points championship a year ago, ending the two-year reign of Turner’s Ben Rowe. Rowe finished a close second, 38 points behind Clark. After spending his winter “re-doing the two… Read More
    TURNER – Frenchville native Shawn Martin was just a teenager when he got grease and dirt under his fingernails and the obsession of speed crept into his heart at dirt racing tracks in northern Maine in the mid-1990s. This past fall, after nearly a decade… Read More
    Cherryfield’s Andy Santerre will be the general manager of a multi-car Busch North team and may also drive full time for it. Santerre has been hired by Freeport residents Steve and Peg Griswold to run Grizco Racing, which is moving its race shop from Burlington,… Read More
    The Pro All-Stars Series will have its most ambitious schedule this season as there will be 18 points races, the most in its five-year existence, and one of them will be at Scarborough’s Beech Ridge Motor Speedway for the first time. The Beech Ridge race… Read More
    Newburgh’s Ricky Craven will be named the driver of the No. 50 Craftsman Truck Series Ford for Jack Roush Racing this morning at the Homestead-Miami Speedway, according to published reports in the ThatsRacin.com. and jayski.com Web sites. Craven will replace Jon Wood in the unsponsored… Read More
    WINTERPORT – Craig Cousins of Hermon edged out Mike Reynolds of Bangor to win the Super Pro/Pro Eliminater Overall Final. Cousins advanced to the round by winning the Super Pro Eliminator and Reynolds won the Pro Eliminator at Winterport Dragway this weekend. OTHER WINTERPORT RESULTS… Read More
    They aren’t sure where they will be racing next year. But Farmingdale’s Johnny Clark and Cherryfield’s Andy Santerre aren’t going to worry about it for the time being. googletag.cmd.push(function () { // Define Slot var slot_sizes = [[300,250]]; var new_slot_sizes = []; var has_banner =… Read More
    UNITY – Carey Martin of Denmark led the final 34 laps Sunday to win the DNK Select Used Cars/Yankee Communications Street Stock 100-lap feature race for the second straight year. The race was called after 65 laps because of rain. Chris Smith of Scarborough finished… Read More
    Refreshed after a recent fly-fishing excursion with his father-in-law, Jimmy Grotton, on the Roach River east of Greenville, Newburgh’s Ricky Craven has an important weekend on tap as he climbs back into a Nextel Cup ride. Craven will drive the No. 11 Old Spice Chevy… Read More
    UNITY – Scott Chubbuck of Wiscasset captured his second straight Pro Stock victory Sunday at Unity Raceway after rain forced postponement of Saturday’s final point races. Tim Turner of Freedom finished second, Travis Benjamin of Belfast took third, Dean Fuller of Albion placed fourth, and… Read More
    WINTERPORT – Barney Ryan of Harmony outraced Jefferson’s Tim Duncan on Sunday to win the Super Pro/Pro Final at Winterport Dragway. OTHER WINTERPORT RESULTS googletag.cmd.push(function () { // Define Slot var slot_sizes = [[300,250]]; var new_slot_sizes = []; var has_banner = false; for (var i =… Read More
    LOUDON, N.H. – It’s been a difficult racing season for Newburgh’s Ricky Craven and it didn’t get any better during the Sylvania 200 NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series race Saturday. After almost a four-hour rain delay, Craven started ninth at the Magic Mile for his Truck… Read More
    WINTERPORT – Matt Harper of Wiscasset edged out Bob Reynolds of Winterport to win the Larrabee Box/No Box Challenge Sunday at Winterport Dragway. Harper advanced from the Box Challenge and Reynolds from the No Box Challenge. googletag.cmd.push(function () { // Define Slot var slot_sizes =… Read More
    LOUDON, N.H. – Steve Prescott, who runs the Gardiner-based Team EJP Racing in the NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series, said he has continued to have lengthy conversations with Cherryfield’s Andy Santerre about driving a truck for them in the future. Santerre, the two-time Busch North points… Read More
    LOUDON, N.H. – Even though he was just dealt another bad hand in a forgettable season, Newburgh’s Ricky Craven was upbeat after qualifying was rained out for Sunday’s Sylvania 300 Nextel Cup race. It will be Craven’s final ride in the No. 32 Tide Chevy… Read More