Scott Chubbuck of Wiscasset said he has had an “up-and-down season” in the Pro All-Stars Series. That disappointment could change on Sunday afternoon when the first 400-lap D.N.K. Select Big Dawg Challenge, boasting the richest purse in Maine short track racing, takes the green flag… Read More
    HERMON – Richard Burrill of Sullivan and Jason Witt of Bangor won the season finales in the Little Enduro division during Sunday’s stock car racing action at Speedway 95. Burrill passed Darren Durrell of Newburgh with five laps left to take the first feature race. Read More
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    UNITY – Carey Martin of Denmark won the $5,000 top prize by winning the New England Street Stock Championship at Unity Raceway on Saturday. Martin, the 2003 Oxford Plains Speedway Limited Sportsman champion, took the lead on the fourth lap and bested a field of… Read More
    Del Merritt, co-owner of Hermon’s Speedway 95, said it has been a profitable year at the track. The track will conclude its season on Sunday beginning at 2 p.m. with the Wacky Wednesday entry-level divisions, half-size Winston Cup cars, and a special little enduro figure-8… Read More
    UNITY – Gary Thorne of Sidney jumped from his outside pole position to power past Benton’s George Fernald to win his third Pro Stock feature race of the season at Unity Raceway Saturday night. Albion’s Matt Lee finished fourth in the race to collect his… Read More
    HERMON – Ryan Deane of Winterport put an exclamation point on his 2003 limited sportsman division championship season with a win in the class’s qualifying heat and feature race at Speedway 95. Deane outraced runner-up and rookie of the year candidate Rodney Brooks of Thomaston,… Read More
    Des Moines, Iowa native Eric Jones is 29th in points in the NASCAR Craftsman Truck series. What’s so special about that? googletag.cmd.push(function () { // Define Slot var slot_sizes = [[300,250]]; var new_slot_sizes = []; var has_banner = false; for (var i = 0; i… Read More
    WISCASSET – Farmingdale’s Johnny Clark sandwiched second and third-place finishes around an 11th to finish with 16 points and claim the Team EJP 150 Pro All-Stars Series event at Wiscasset Raceway Sunday night. The drivers ran three 50-lap races with the field being inverted after… Read More
    HERMON – Ellsworth’s Andy Saunders capped a championship season with an impressive win in the final Pro Stock Feature at Speedway 95 Saturday night. Saunders started in the back of the field and maneuvered to the front along the inside groove in the 35-lap event. Read More
    HERMON – Turner’s Ben Rowe, the defending Pro All-Stars Series points champion, figured he’d win four or five races on the PASS tour this season. Maybe six. How about seven? And there are three races remaining on the 15-race schedule. googletag.cmd.push(function () { // Define… Read More
    UNITY – Matt Lee of Albion started on the pole and led to the checkers to take his fourth Pro Stock win of the season on Saturday night at Unity Raceway. Scott Albee of Norridgewock finished second, third was Sidney’s Gary Thorne, Craig Anderson of… Read More
    HERMON – Chuck Hall of Cherryfield, on the comeback trail after suffering burns from a steaming radiator earlier in the summer, led from start to finish Wednesday night to win the Big Enduro feature at Speedway 95. Hall led by as much as a half-lap… Read More
    HERMON – John Phippen, Jr. of Bar Harbor led all 35 laps after starting on the outside pole to take his first Pro Stock win of the season Saturday night at Speedway 95 Andy Saunders of Ellsworth finished second in the Pro Stock race, Hermon’s… Read More
    HERMON – Daria Young of Frankfort held off Erika Bickford of Kenduskeag in the final five laps of the ladies’ Little Enduro division to earn a victory in Wacky Wednesday action at Speedway 95. Bickford settled for second after trying to dive to the infield… Read More
    HERMON – Mike Cust of Brewer picked up his first victory of the season when he won the truck feature during Wednesday night racing at Speedway 95. Cust led wire-to-wire in the 20-lap event, but he was pressed the whole way by Dana Harlow of… Read More
    HERMON – Gary Smith of Bangor grabbed the late lead en route to victory in the Pro Stock feature at Speedway 95 Saturday night. Andy Saunders of Ellsworth led from the pole until Smith took the lead on the last lap to win. googletag.cmd.push(function ()… Read More
    HERMON – Bob Merchant of Lamoine and Greg Small of Ellsworth won the Little Enduro feature events at Speedway 95 during the Wacky Wednesday racing program. Merchant was followed by Bob Seger Jr. of Bangor in second and Eddington’s Jeremy Robertson in third. Mike Clark… Read More
    UNITY – After a spin late in the race Saturday, J.R. Gray of Orrington managed to beat Glenburn’s Joe Allard to the finish by inches for his fourth Pro Four win of the season at Unity Raceway. Paul Shorette of Winslow placed third, Rusty Ramsdell… Read More
    HERMON – Derek Pearson of Glenburn inherited a lead and went on to win the Big Enduro feature at Speedway 95 Wednesday night. Pearson took over when race leader Mike Lynch of Winterport spun out in front of the grandstand. googletag.cmd.push(function () { // Define… Read More
    HERMON – Andy Saunders of Ellsworth took the lead in the CAM II 50-lap Pro Stock special on a lap 46 restart and went on to win the event. Paul White of Corinna made a late pass to win the Limited Sportsman event while points… Read More
    HERMON – Rebecca Stanley of Ellsworth joined the winners’ circle in the Ladies Division at Speedway 95 on Wednesday night, taking the lead on lap 9 and holding on to outlast second-place Melissa Taylor of Bucksport. Daria Young of Frankfort finished third, Billie Allen of… Read More
    HERMON – Joey Doyon of Winterport took the lead of the Limited Sportsman feature Saturday on lap 17 and led to the finish for his second feature win of the season in Speedway 95 action Saturday night. Corinna’s Paul White finished second, Dave St. Clair… Read More
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    HERMON – Bob Merchant of Lamoine held off a charge from Carmel’s Jesse Smith, and battled through a wet track, to pick up his second straight Little Enduro win in Wacky Wednesday action at Speedway 95. Smith, who led for the first half of the… Read More
    At Hermon, Paul White of Corinna took the lead from Deer Isle’s Matt Eaton after a late-race caution to win the Coca-Cola 50-lap special for Limited Sportsmen on Saturday night. Eaton finished second, Liberty’s Dave St. Clair claimed third, Joe Doyon of Winterport was fourth Ryan Deane of… Read More
    HERMON – Debbie Luce of Carmel passed race leader Vicki Hollobough of Hermon on a restart with four laps to go, posting a win in the Ladies’ Division in Wacky Wednesday racing at Speedway 95. Luce’s husband John was the runner-up in the second Little… Read More
    HERMON – Surry’s Dwayne Overlock said he and crew chief Scott Webber of Glenburn have been trying to get his new Chevy Monte Carlo to run effectively on the bottom groove at Hermon’s Speedway 95. They succeeded Saturday night and the result was an impressive… Read More
    UNITY – Hal Stratton of Belgrade started fifth, took the lead from Canaan’s Bill Bowley on lap 12, and won the Street Stock feature at Unity Raceway Saturday night. Oakland’s Dennis Knight finished second, Bowley was third, Adam Gilman of Canaan finished fourth, and R.J. Read More
    The last two years, Oxford Plains Speedway Pro Stock drivers have won the Oxford True Value 250 at their home track. Windham’s Gary Drew pocketed $35,400 for taking the checkered flag in 2001 and Dixfield’s Scott Robbins triumphed a year ago and walked away with… Read More
    HERMON – Tim Munson of Glenburn survived a last-lap pass attempt by Darren Durrell of Newburgh to post his first victory of the season in the Little Enduro division at Speedway 95 on Wednesday evening. Durrell had led for 27 of the 30 laps in… Read More
    HERMON – Winterport’s Joey Doyon held off Dave St. Clair of Liberty to take the Limited Sportsman division at Speedway 95 Saturday night. Duane Seekins of Stockton Springs finished third in the race, Farmington’s Mike Pepin took fourth and Ryan Deane of Winterport finished fifth. Read More
    HERMON – Vicki Hollobaugh of Hermon, who was in contention for a win last week until a late-race wreck thwarted her bid, led from start to finish to capture the Ladies Little Enduro during Wacky Wednesday action at Speedway 95. Hollobaugh held off Carmel’s Debbie… Read More
    HERMON – Andy Saunders of Ellsworth started on the pole for the Pro Stock feature and held of Scott Chubbuck of Wiscasset to the take the win Saturday night at Speedway 95 in Hermon. Dwayne Overlock of Surry finished third, fourth was Bar Harbor’s John… Read More
    HERMON – Erik Worster of Lee was looking for his first win of the season in the Big Enduro class during Wacky Wednesday racing activity at Speedway 95. Starting up front always helps. googletag.cmd.push(function () { // Define Slot var slot_sizes = [[300,250]]; var new_slot_sizes… Read More
    OXFORD – A race car driver died after his car struck the pit wall with full force during a race at Oxford Plains Speedway. Central Maine Medical Center in Lewiston confirmed Sunday morning that Dennis Dee, of Poland, Maine, had died, but wouldn’t release any… Read More
    He began racing go-karts when he was 12 years old. Just seven years later, Scarborough’s Ryan Moore is third in points in his first season on the Busch North tour. He is four places higher than his father, team owner and teammate, highly-successful Busch North… Read More
    HERMON – Jim Carr of Clifton kept his vehicle on the inside groove and overtook Tim Richardson Jr. of Hermon on the 16th lap on his way to victory in the 20-lap Pickup Truck feature race during Wacky Wednesday racing at Speedway 95. Richardson held… Read More
    WISCASSET – Ben Rowe of Turner maneuvered his way from a 14th starting spot to take the lead from Falmouth’s Scott Mulkern on lap 131 and he led the rest of the way to win the Coastal 200 Pro All-Stars Series race at Wiscasset Raceway Sunday. Read More
    HERMON – Patrick Thibodeau of Winterport because the season’s first repeat winner in the Pro Stocks division at Speedway 95 on Sunday. Thibodeau started on the outside pole and ran second to Duane Seekins of Stockton Springs until Seekins left the race with mechanical problems. Read More
    HERMON – More than 100 cars competed in four divisions in the opening night at Varney GMC Wacky Wednesday at Speedway 95 with two classes of the Little Enduro. Jason Lancaster of Carmel cruised to victory in the first class of the Little Enduro, which… Read More
    WISCASSET – Jeff Jackson of Chelsea won the 20-lap Mini Stock feature Saturday night as Wiscasset Raceway unveiled its new Super Slam Series. Jackson fended off a steady challenge by Topsham’s Jerol Stepp to take the checkered flag, while Mike Swanson of Winthrop claimed third… Read More
    UNITY – Dean Fuller of Albion held off a charge from Norridgewock’s Scott Albee to take the win in the Maine State Lottery Pro Stock main event on Saturday night. Matt Lee of Albion finished third, Steven Nelson also of Albion was fourth, and Benton’s… Read More
    HERMON – Hermon’s Alex Shaw knew where he wanted to be during the 50-lap Super Street feature at Speedway 95 Sunday afternoon. And once he got there, the race was his. googletag.cmd.push(function () { // Define Slot var slot_sizes = [[300,250]]; var new_slot_sizes = [];… Read More
    RICHMOND, Va. – Injured driver Jerry Nadeau got a hospital visit from Kyle Petty, Jeff Burton and NASCAR great Bobby Allison on Sunday. Nadeau remained in critical condition Sunday, two days after his car slammed into a wall during practice at Richmond International Raceway. googletag.cmd.push(function… Read More
    BANGOR – Lloyd Nickerson of Corinth started his Chevrolet Monte Carlo on the pole at Sunday’s Super Street Division 35-lap feature race and kept it out front all the way to the win in Speedway 95’s opener. Stockton Springs’ Duane Seekins passed John Phippen Jr. Read More
    OXFORD – Jeff Taylor of Norridgewock coasted his way to a win in the pro stock division Sunday at Oxford Plains Speedway. Taylor led the entire race despite trouble during practice and qualifying sessions. googletag.cmd.push(function () { // Define Slot var slot_sizes = [[300,250]]; var… Read More
    Cherryfield’s Andy Santerre will open defense of his Busch North points championship on Sunday at Lee USA Speedway in Lee, N.H. Santerre edged Matt Kobyluck by nine points a year ago and the Oakdale, Conn. driver is back to lead a formidable list of challengers. Read More
    OXFORD – Mike Maietta Sr. of South Portland got his second season at Oxford Plains Speedway off to a rousing start as he notched his first career victory at the three-eighths-mile oval track Sunday. After being unable to win a single race despite having won… Read More
    BELFAST – There was a lengthy line of people in and around the Ricky Craven Motorsports North building Wednesday, waiting to get an autograph from the man who is currently sixth in the NASCAR Winston Cup points standings. Newburgh’s Ricky Craven already has three top-five… Read More
    TALLADEGA, Ala. – Dale Earnhardt Jr. gave credit to an ally for his victory in the Aaron’s 499 Sunday, while Newburgh’s Ricky Craven wants a return to the every-man-for-himself Winston Cup way. Clearly it’s all in the perspective of the NASCAR drivers. googletag.cmd.push(function () {… Read More
    Cherryfield’s Andy Santerre, who claimed the Busch North series points championship last season, headlines the list of series participants today at the fourth annual Busch North Poker Snowmobile Run for Charity in Rangeley. The ride is open to everyone and the first group will leave… Read More
    Newburgh’s Ricky Craven, who finished a career-best 15th in the Winston Cup series points standings this season, will have a new crew chief and race engineer for his Tide No. 32 Pontiac next season. Replacing Mike Beam and Roy McCauley will be Scott Miller and… Read More
    There were certainly more highs than lows for Newburgh’s Ricky Craven and his No. 32 Tide Ford and PPI-Motorsports team during the recently completed NASCAR Winston Cup season. His 15th-place finish in the points standings was his best ever. His previous best was 19th in… Read More
    UNITY – Oakland’s Skip Connor took an early lead before getting involved in a mid-race mishap, but then charged all the way back from the rear of the field to win Unity Raceway’s biggest DNK Select Used Cars street stock race of the season and a $1,000 payday. Read More
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    UNITY – Dean Fuller nipped Pat Thibodeau at the finish line to unofficially win the Unity Speedway 2002 pro stocks championship on Sunday. Mike Hodgkins picked up the super sportsman championship while Ricky Burgess closed out the season at the top of the street stocks… Read More
    Friends of Allen Fletcher say the 39-year-old Milford resident died doing what he loved most, competing in auto races. “When he left us, he left us doing what he loved doing,” Wally Gibbons said. “That’s all he wanted to do was drive a race car. Read More
    Milford’s Allen Fletcher, who suffered a head injury in a pro stock race at Unity Raceway Saturday night, remained in critical condition in the intensive care unit at Bangor’s Eastern Maine Medical Center Sunday, according to a hospital spokesperson. Fletcher suffered the injury on lap… Read More
    HERMON – Milford’s David Doore took advantage of his pole position start and led Sunday’s Big Enduro feature race at Speedway 95 Sunday afternoon from wire-to-wire for his second straight division points championship. Mike Lynch and David Kord, both of Winterport, were second and third,… Read More
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    LOUDON, N.H. – Tracy Gordon’s frustration came to an end Saturday afternoon. The 36-year-old Strong native’s first-ever win at New Hampshire International Speedway and first Busch North series win since the 2001 BNS opener at Lee, N.H., wasn’t without controversy, however. googletag.cmd.push(function () { //… Read More
    UNITY – Pat Thibodeau of Winterport dueled with and eventually edged Albion’s Dean Fuller to earn a Pro Stock win at Unity Raceway Saturday night. Fuller took second in the feature event. Steve Nelson of Albion came in third. Thorndike’s Bub Raven was fourth and… Read More
    Auburn’s Bob Morris said there has been something that has “aggravated me for years. “Nobody from auto racing has ever been inducted into the Maine Sports Hall of Fame,” explained Morris. “I know there have been some people nominated. I wrote letters of support for… Read More
    UNITY – Pat Thibodeau of Winterport captured the second round of the Partnership for a Tobacco-Free Maine Kick Butts Racing Pro Stock Triple Crown Series at Unity Raceway Saturday night. Thibodeau closed the gap to three points in the battle for the division title. googletag.cmd.push(function… Read More
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