HERMON – South Paris’ Sam Sessions was an opportunist Saturday night. Running third on a lap 122 restart, Sessions watched as leader Ben Rowe and second-place Scott Chubbuck bumped side panels and moved up the track. googletag.cmd.push(function () { // Define Slot var slot_sizes =… Read More
UNITY – Dean Fuller of Albion held off Pat Thibodeau of Winterport to win the first of two Pro Stock feature races at Unity Raceway Saturday night. Steve Nelson of Albion finished third, Scott Albee of Norridgewock was fourth, and Albion’s Matt Lee finished fifth. Read More
Del Merritt and Alice Baker, co-owners of Hermon’s Speedway 95 since 1991, said rumors that the track is for sale are erroneous. However, Merritt said that could change if somebody offered them the right price: $2 million. googletag.cmd.push(function () { // Define Slot var slot_sizes… Read More
HERMON – Artie McGuire of Bucksport took the lead from Fred Ashmore Jr. of Hancock on lap 15 of the 20-lap Little Enduro feature at Speedway 95 Wednesday night to close out the Wacky Wednesday season. McGuire started third in the 40-car field and battled… Read More
SCARBOROUGH – There are six races remaining on the Busch North series’ 2002 schedule including a Sept. 7 makeup race, the Irving Oil 150, at Beech Ridge Motor Speedway here. Saturday night’s race was postponed due to rain. The top five in the point standings… Read More
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. Read More
Dave St. Clair, who bought Wiscasset Raceway in 1991 and has been trying to sell it for more than a year, has decided to lease it to Pro All-Stars Series president Tom Mayberry and his partner, Harry Franssen of Loudon, N.H. It is a three-year… Read More
HERMON -Three of the four feature events scheduled to run 20 laps at Speedway 95 were shortened due to time constraints as crashes caused red and yellow flag conditions Wednesday night. The truck race was the only event to go the distance as Aaron Bragg… Read More
HERMON – Jamie Watson of Gouldsboro took advantage of a restart on the 30th lap to overtake Harrington’s Dave McLaughlin and post his first Pro Stock win at Speedway 95 on Saturday night. Watson lined up for the restart in the preferred outside groove and… Read More
One definitely is the loneliest number in the Winston Cup garage. The plight of single-car teams seldom is chronicled because it isn’t often there is something to write about. It’s difficult for a team that is flying solo to make it at the Winston Cup… Read More
HERMON – Jim Guigere of Eddington fought Milo’s Lewis Badger for the lead over the last two laps to the checkered flag in the Little Enduro feature race at during Wacky Wednesday racing action at Speedway 95 and managed to cross the finish line first. Read More
HERMON – Andy Saunders of Ellsworth took advantage of a restart with two laps to go to outsprint Louie Mechalides of Tyngsboro, Mass., to the checkered flag in the limited sportsman feature at Speedway 95 Saturday night. Mechalides had led by as much as half… Read More
HERMON – Aaron Bragg of Carmel assumed the lead when Joe Mitchell of Old Town and Artie McGuire of Bucksport crashed while fighting for the lead, then survived two other caution periods to win the Little Enduro feature during Wacky Wednesday racing action at Speedway 95. Read More
UNITY – Scott Chubbuck, a Pro All Stars Series regular, decided to skip that circuit’s race in New Hampshire on Saturday in favor of the first round of Unity Raceway’s Triple Crown Series. The decision paid off as the Wiscasset driver won a stirring duel… Read More
When Bangor’s Gary Smith went to have his broken left wrist placed in a cast, he brought an interesting item with him: a steering wheel. Smith, a driver on the Pro All-Stars Series tour, decided that he was going to continue racing with the broken… Read More
HERMON – Lewis Badger of Milo picked up his second Little Enduro victory of the season at Speedway 95 Wednesday night. On a restart with two laps to go, Badger took the outside groove to pass Joe Mitchell of Old Town, who had led until… Read More
UNITY – Sam Sessions missed a good race, but there was a legitimate reason for it. Two of the northeast’s premier pro stock racers, Turner’s Ben Rowe and Unity’s Ralph Nason, swapped paint on a couple of occasions as they waged a thrilling duel during… Read More
HERMON – Mike Thayer of Hudson took the pole for the Strictly Streets race and successfully held off Jim Guigere of Eddington to win the feature. Hermon’s Alex Shaw was third, Greg Pung of Bar Harbor was fourth, and fifth went to Prospect’s Darren Moody. Read More
Cherryfield’s Andy Santerre said he has noticed a significant change in the Busch North series since he was last a regular on the tour in 1997. Santerre, who was the Busch Grand National Rookie of the Year in 1998, has returned to the Busch North… Read More
HERMON – Scott Coffin of Carmel fought off a hard challenge from Lee Grover of Holden during the final two-lap sprint to win the Little Enduro race at Speedway 95 Wednesday night. Grover finished second in the race while Mike Golding of Bucksport placed third,… Read More
HERMON – While the regular racing divisions at Speedway 95 enjoyed a weekend off, the Wednesday night crews headed to the track to put on a Fan Appreciation show. Lewis Batchelder of Milo survived six red-flag race stoppages to win the 50-lap little enduro feature. Read More
Newburgh’s Ricky Craven loves New Hampshire International Speedway and returning to his native New England. But the love hasn’t been mutual. 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
HERMON – Artie McGuire of Bucksport capitalized on lapped traffic and slipped past Kevin Colson of Frankfort on the final lap to win the Little Enduro feature race during Wacky Wednesday racing at Speedway 95. Jason Phillips of Hermon took second place and Richard Burrill… Read More
HERMON – Duane Seekins of Stockton Springs picked up his second straight pro stock feature win and fourth overall, outdueling Patrick Thibodeau of Winterport at Speedway 95 Saturday night. Thibodeau held off Etna’s Mike Thomas to finish second. Thomas was third. Kris Huff of Orrington… Read More
Joe Bessey is returning to his roots. Scarborough’s Bessey is one of several prominent drivers who have returned for Sunday’s 29th Oxford True Value 250 at Oxford Plains Speedway. googletag.cmd.push(function () { // Define Slot var slot_sizes = [[300,250]]; var new_slot_sizes = []; var has_banner… Read More
HERMON – Debbie Luce of Carmel won two Ladies Little Enduro feature races during Wacky Wednesday stock car action at Speedway 95. Luce beat out Winterport’s Billie Allen and Brewer’s Angie Tarbox in the regularly scheduled feature, and then topped Vicki Holloborough of Hermon and… Read More
If PPI Motorsports Team owner Cal Wells III has his way, Newburgh’s Ricky Craven will have a Winston Cup series teammate next season. Craven, driving the Tide Ford, is currently 14th in points. That is best among single-car teams. googletag.cmd.push(function () { // Define Slot… Read More
HERMON – Thunder, lightning and pelting rain forced a stoppage during Wacky Wednesday at Speedway 95 Wednesday night, but four feature events did go off as planned. In the ladies’ division, Debbie Luce of Carmel picked up her fifth win of the season. Brewer’s Angie… Read More
UNITY – They saved the best for last at Unity Raceway Saturday night. Fairfield’s Shawn Knox and Canaan’s Bill Bowley took the street stocks restart on the 18th lap side by side and that is the way they finished as Knox took the inside groove… Read More
HERMON – Bangor’s Gary Smith took the night off from his regular Pro All Star Series racing to earn a win in the pro stock division at Speedway 95 Saturday. Smith took advantage of a lap-three crash that knocked the top three starters out of… Read More
One of the most popular topics of discussion on the Winston Cup series revolves around the young guns like Jimmie Johnson, Ryan Newman and Kurt Busch and the success they’ve been having this season. Rookies Johnson and Newman and second-year racer Busch have combined for… Read More
HERMON – Wiscasset’s Scott Chubbuck was hoping for green flag racing over the final 10 laps of the Clay GMC 150 PASS race at Speedway 95 Saturday night. He was leading the race and if there was a caution and a restart, PASS points leader Ben Rowe of… Read More
UNITY – Jeff Burgess of Oakland started second for the 35-lap Pro Stock main event, but overtook pole-sitter Bub Raven of Thorndike in the first lap and cruised from there Saturday at Unity Raceway. Raven claimed runner-up honors. Pat Thibodeau of Winterport came in third,… Read More
HERMON – Scott Coffin survived a seven-lap melee in turn four as he made his way through spinning cars and oil to win the 33-car Little Enduro feature event at Speedway 95 Wednesday night. Coffin started the race on the pole, but lost the lead… Read More
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HERMON – On the back of John Phippen Jr.’s 1999 Chevy Monte Carlo it says, ‘Old, Fat, Tired and Bald.” That’s about all the other 12 cars saw of Phippen at Speedway 95 Sunday during the 35-lap PTM (Partnership for a Tobacco Free Maine) sportsman… Read More
HERMON – Defending women’s division champ Debbie Luce of Carmel picked up where she left off last season as she finished first in the feature event during auto racing at Speedway 95’s Wacky Wednesday opener. First-time driver Vicki Hollobough of Hermon finished second, JoAnne Tufts… Read More
UNITY – It was the Ken and Ben show during the D.N.K. 150 Pro All Stars Series race at Unity Raceway Saturday. Turner’s Ben Rowe chased race leader Kenny Wright of Woolwich the final 97 laps. He tried to duck to the inside, pull around… Read More
HERMON – Winterport’s Patrick Thibodeau has been close to winning a pro stock race this season. He finished second at Unity Raceway last weekend and had a fourth at Hermon’s Speedway 95. googletag.cmd.push(function () { // Define Slot var slot_sizes = [[300,250]]; var new_slot_sizes =… Read More
LOUDON, N.H. – New Hampshire International Speedway owner Bob Bahre received thumbs up from the drivers at the Busch (Grand National) 200 and Busch North 125 races on Saturday after they became the first drivers to try out his newly configured track. Bahre widened the… Read More
LOUDON, N.H. – Scarborough’s Joe Bessey was back where he belonged: behind the wheel of a race car. Bessey finished 25th in the Busch Grand National 200 at New Hampshire International Speedway Saturday but, more importantly, it was his first race in a year. googletag.cmd.push(function… Read More
LOUDON, N.H. – When New Hampshire International Speedway owner Bob Bahre decided to add 12 feet of pavement in two different areas of the track, he was hoping to create another racing groove leading to more side-by-side racing. The Busch [North] 125 duel between Center… Read More
UNITY – Saturday night, Jeff Burgess of Oakland started on the pole and led the first three laps, lost the lead, then retook the lead and headed for the win in the Pro Stock division. Pat Thibodeau of Winterport claimed second place and Freedom’s Randy… Read More
The NASCAR Busch Grand National and Busch North tours will be the guinea pigs this weekend. New Hampshire International Speedway owner Bob Bahre has widened by 12 feet the areas between turns one and two and between turns three and four to create an additional… Read More
Travis Benjamin of Morrill has inched his way up the Busch North ladder. But he may be taking a big step this season. googletag.cmd.push(function () { // Define Slot var slot_sizes = [[300,250]]; var new_slot_sizes = []; var has_banner = false; for (var i =… Read More
UNITY – Scott Mulkern of Falmouth had an opening day to remember on Sunday as he held off several challengers to win the 102-lap PTM Kick Butts Racing Pro Stock feature at Unity Raceway. Mulkern took home the $3,000 prize for his first win in 11 years. Read More
HERMON – Jason Thayer doesn’t have a driver’s license. He hasn’t even taken driver’s education. In fact, the 15-year-old (by two weeks) high school freshman from Hermon never even drove a real race car on a real track until a few weeks ago. googletag.cmd.push(function ()… Read More
WISCASSET – Peter Oakes of Boothbay benefitted from some late-race accidents, taking the pro stock feature race despite crossing the finish line in third place Saturday night at Wiscasset Raceway. The race finished under a red flag after Daren Ripley of Appleton hit Scott Chubbuck… Read More
Buoyed by a successful first season, the Pro All Stars Series has made some significant inroads for year number two. The first of 16 races was held at Oxford Plains Speedway three weeks ago and PASS will hold its second race on May 18 at… Read More
After a successful stint running the Busch Grand National series, including earning Rookie of the Year honors in 1998, Cherryfield’s Andy Santerre is flying solo in the Busch North series these days. Santerre was one of the owners of the Santerre-Reece Motorsports Team a year… Read More
A new scoreboard, plenty of fresh paint and newly paved stretches on the back and front stretches along with the areas going and coming from the pits are among the cosmetic changes auto race fans will see at Unity Raceway when it opens for the season on Sunday. Read More
SCARBOROUGH – Beech Ridge Motor Speedway will start up its 54th consecutive season Sunday as a field of more than 20 NASCAR Pro Series drivers are ready to begin their efforts to claim a season championship. Beech Ridge will host three NASCAR Touring Series events… Read More
BANGOR – Wayne Parritt of Steuben won best of show by people attending Speedway 95’s spring preview show at the Airport Mall this weekend. Thirty-five cars, drivers, and pit crews participated along with people from the half-scale Winston Cup cars. googletag.cmd.push(function () { // Define… Read More
Mike Rowe has won more than 145 races at Oxford Plains Speedway and he would like nothing better than to add another one on Sunday when the New England Dodge Dealers Pro All-Stars Series 100 will be held beginning at 1 p.m. The stock car… Read More
WATERBURY, Conn. – Cherryfield driver Andy Santerre is returning to New England to race in the NASCAR Busch North Series, according to the motorsports division of LesCare Kitchens Inc., which has teamed with Santerre for this season. Along with the Busch North Series championship, LesCare… Read More
DARLINGTON, S.C. – Ricky Craven, who resurrected his career after his own head injury, spoiled Steve Park’s comeback Friday by winning the pole for the Carolina Dodge Dealers 400. Park, at his first race since bruising his brain in a wreck here last September, qualified… Read More
In 1998, Cherryfield’s Andy Santerre was the Busch Grand National Rookie of the Year. The next year, he bounced back from a broken leg in the season-opening race at Daytona that sidelined him for four months to win the Pikes Peak 250. It was his… Read More
Ricky Craven hadn’t competed full time in Winston Cup racing for three years, but car owner Cal Wells believed he had a driver who could get the job done. The35-year-old Craven, who suffered post-concussion syndrome after several crashes in 1996, proved Wells right by scoring… Read More
Saying he wants to “bring back the pride” at Unity Raceway, John Crawford signed a lease agreement with owner Ralph Nason recently. Brent Hutchins and Brian Leary had leased the stock car track the last two seasons. googletag.cmd.push(function () { // Define Slot var slot_sizes… Read More
Fred Neergaard has heard all the jokes. Will the chains on the tires ruin the track? Will Winston Cup cars have to pit for anti-freeze? Will the winner shake up a thermos of hot coffee and spray it on his pit crew? But the public… Read More
HERMON – Terry Bragg of Bangor won Wednesday night’s pickup truck feature at Speedway 95, but Mike Beland of Milo was the night’s big winner as he picked up the division points title despite his night ending with his truck on its roof. Beland’s truck… Read More
UNITY – With 10 points separating the top three drivers in Unity Raceway’s Wildcat division, it didn’t take long after the two heat races to realize that the names at the top of the standings could be a little different by the end of Saturday night’s 50-lap feature. Read More
HERMON – Kevin Colson of Frankfort fought off a challenge from Lewis Badger of Milo to win the 20-lap Little Enduro feature race at Speedway 95 Wednesday night. Badger edged out Artie McGuire of Bucksport for second place while Cliff Knight of Frankfort finished fourth… Read More
Terry Bragg of Bangor pulled out the win in the pickup truck feature race at Speedway 95 Wednesday night. Bragg inherited the lead when leader Alan Dakin of Prospect and second-place Mike Beland of Milo rubbed bumpers and slowed to regain control. Beland finished second… Read More
HERMON – Dean Smart of Hudson started on the pole and held the lead for the entire distance to win the caution-free 50-lap Super Street feature at Speedway 95 on Saturday night. Smart was challenged briefly during the race by both Milton Ketch of Olamon… Read More
HERMON – Kevin Colson of Frankfort took advantage of a late-race red flag to catch and pass teammate Cliff Knight of Frankfort and win the 20-lap Little Enduro feature Wednesday night at Speedway 95. Forty-one of the compact cars entered qualifying with 35 making it… Read More
HERMON – Stockton Springs’ Duane Seekins won the first of two pickup truck features and was then edged by Terry Bragg of Bangor by half a truck-length in the second during Wacky Wednesday action at Speedway 95. The trucks ran two features because last Wednesday’s… Read More
WINTERPORT – Greg Young of Raymond held off Ellsworth’s Buddy Palmer to win Sunday’s Money Race at Winterport Dragway. Young earned a trip to the money round by defeating Craig Cousins of Hermon in the Super Pro Eliminator finals. googletag.cmd.push(function () { // Define Slot… Read More
Unity’s Ralph Nason likes his chances to repeat as the Coastal 200 winner at Wiscasset Raceway on Sunday afternoon. But he knows it won’t be easy. googletag.cmd.push(function () { // Define Slot var slot_sizes = [[300,250]]; var new_slot_sizes = []; var has_banner = false; for… Read More
HERMON – When front-runners Abel Leamer of Winterport and Micky McCullough of Hermon decided to literally bump each other out of contention with three laps remaining, Winterport’s Mike Lynch was the beneficiary. Lynch took the checkered flag in the Big Enduro Double O feature on… Read More
WISCASSET – Brent Roy of Vassalboro beat the competition off the line on a restart with two laps remaining Saturday, holding off Jim Folsom of Skowhegan to win the 30-lap Clark NAPA Auto Parts Lightweight B division feature race at Wiscasset Raceway. Roy and Folsom… Read More
Ricky Craven’s desire to put together a string of impressive Winston Cup finishes was short-circuited at the Kmart 400 at Michigan International Speedway Sunday. Literally. googletag.cmd.push(function () { // Define Slot var slot_sizes = [[300,250]]; var new_slot_sizes = []; var has_banner = false; for (var… Read More
Rain was the big winner over the weekend as stock car racing action statewide was washed out. Unity Raceway 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++)… Read More
Like most youngsters, Andy Cusack used to go to stores looking for football jerseys bearing the number of his sports idols. But there was a little twist to his search. His sports idols were race car drivers so he would buy football jerseys whose numbers… Read More
LOUDON, N.H. – Cherryfield’s Andy Santerre hasn’t caught a break in the Busch Grand National series this season and it was a bad brake that cost him dearly on Saturday. After running in the top seven for virtually all of the first 142 laps, and… Read More
There won’t be anybody any busier than Stan Meserve on Saturday. The former owner of Distance Racing Products in Unity and a highly successful stock car racer will be the crew chief for Cherryfield’s Andy Santerre in the Busch Grand National CVS Pharmacy 200 at… Read More
It was a natural progression for Dwayne Overlock. The Swan’s Island native had watched his dad, Butch, and his uncle, Jeffrey, race for years so he decided to follow in their footsteps. googletag.cmd.push(function () { // Define Slot var slot_sizes = [[300,250]]; var new_slot_sizes =… Read More
WISCASSET – Scott Delano of Friendship surged to the lead after a lap-20 caution and restart at the New England Dodge Dealers 100 and never fell out of it as he won for the second time in two races Saturday. The biggest win of his… Read More
The old-fashioned Maine winter has created some minor inconveniences and an alteration or two for owners of the state’s six stock car racing tracks. But they are taking things in stride. googletag.cmd.push(function () { // Define Slot var slot_sizes = [[300,250]]; var new_slot_sizes = [];… Read More
Joy of driving returns for Craven New team energizes Newburgh native; uneven season plagues Santerre
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DAYTONA BEACH, Fla. – Dale Earnhardt apologized after the Daytona 500 nearly lulled fans to sleep with a three-hour, mostly single-file parade last year. “Bill France Sr. is probably spinning in his grave,” the seven-time Winston Cup champion said, referring to NASCAR’s founder. googletag.cmd.push(function ()… Read More