OXFORD – Sprint Cup series driver Kevin Harvick has won at two of the most prestigious tracks in the Cup series. He won at the Indianapolis Motor Speedway in 2003 and he captured the Daytona 500 in 2007. googletag.cmd.push(function () { // Define Slot var… Read More
OXFORD – Kevin Harvick enjoys experiencing different racetracks when he gets a rare weekend off from the NASCAR Sprint Cup series. That’s what led him to Oxford Plains Speedway for the 35th annual TD Banknorth Oxford 250 Sunday. googletag.cmd.push(function () { // Define Slot var… Read More
OXFORD – Dixfield’s Scott Robbins, who won the TD Banknorth Oxford 250 in 2002, will start on the pole for the 35th annual race on Monday night. Robbins won the first heat race, leading from start to finish, to claim the pole as weather wreaked… Read More
OXFORD – Bobby Dragon of Milton, Vt. knows a few things about the TD Banknorth Oxford 250. After all, he finished fifth in the inaugural 250 in 1974. googletag.cmd.push(function () { // Define Slot var slot_sizes = [[300,250]]; var new_slot_sizes = []; var has_banner =… Read More
Kevin Harvick, who won the Daytona 500 last year and has finished in the top 10 in points in the last two Nextel Cup seasons, is the latest Cup regular to enter the TD Banknorth Oxford 250. The 35th annual race will be held on… Read More
Roger Brown says winning the 34th annual TD Banknorth Oxford 250 hasn’t sunk in yet. “It doesn’t seem like it really happened. It’s hard to believe,” said the 28-year-old Lancaster, N.H., native, who took home $35,800 after leading all but one of the final 118… Read More
OXFORD – Roger Brown isn’t a household name in New England racing circles but he will be after Sunday night. Brown, who started 30th, took the lead on lap 142 and held off hard-charging Dale Verrill by half a car length to win the 34th… Read More
OXFORD – The pole-sitter for the 34th annual TD Banknorth Oxford 250, Shawn Martin, was pleased to hear that Caribou’s Spud Speedway is opening after seven years of inactivity. That’s because Spud Speedway is where Martin began his racing career 11 years ago at the… Read More
OXFORD – Terry Labonte is enjoying life these days. The two-time Nextel Cup points champion runs an occasional Cup race but also has time to do other things like run in the TD Banknorth Oxford 250. googletag.cmd.push(function () { // Define Slot var slot_sizes =… Read More
Patience is always required to win the TD Banknorth Oxford 250. It may be even more important than ever this year. And it isn’t always easy to come by. googletag.cmd.push(function () { // Define Slot var slot_sizes = [[300,250]]; var new_slot_sizes = []; var has_banner… Read More
Jeremie Whorff will never forget the 2006 TD Banknorth Oxford 250. The Topsham native, who had failed to qualify for the race in his three previous attempts, took the checkered flag and his father, Bill Whorff Jr., followed him across the finish line. googletag.cmd.push(function ()… Read More
OXFORD – Two-time NASCAR Nextel Cup Series champion Terry Labonte has entered his name into the record 167-driver entry list for the 34th annual TD Banknorth 250 at Oxford Plains Speedway. “I’m excited to get back to Oxford and be part of that great TD… Read More
OXFORD – Denny Hamlin has had a terrific rookie season in the Nextel Cup series. Hamlin is currently eighth in the points standings and is the top rookie driver. googletag.cmd.push(function () { // Define Slot var slot_sizes = [[300,250]]; var new_slot_sizes = []; var has_banner… Read More
OXFORD – Sometimes just qualifying for Maine’s biggest auto race is as much of a challenge as trying to win it. Many of eastern Maine’s finest pro stock drivers tried to qualify for the TD Banknorth 250 at Oxford Plains Speedway on Sunday, but only… Read More
OXFORD – They dropped like flies. The pre-race favorites in the 33rd annual TD Banknorth Oxford 250 fell victim to the three-eighths oval known as Oxford Plains Speedway Sunday night. googletag.cmd.push(function () { // Define Slot var slot_sizes = [[300,250]]; var new_slot_sizes = []; var… Read More
Two of the top eight drivers in the Nextel Cup points standings; three of the eight leaders in the Busch Series points and the state of Maine’s most nationally prominent driver will join 80 other racers who will try to win the state’s most prestigious race on Sunday… Read More
PORTLAND – A member of the Rowe family has won the last three TD Banknorth Oxford 250 stock car races at Oxford Plains Speedway. Turner’s Mike Rowe won the TD Banknorth Oxford 250 last year after his son, Ben, had won the previous two. googletag.cmd.push(function… Read More
OXFORD – Two-time NASCAR Nextel Cup race winner and Newburgh native Ricky Craven has signed on to compete in the 34th annual TD Banknorth 250 on Sunday, July 30 at Oxford Plains Speedway, according to a press release from the track. Craven, the 1991 Oxford… 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
OXFORD – For a few minutes, Winterport’s Ryan Deane was on cloud nine. In his first-ever appearance in an Oxford TD Banknorth 250, Deane finished fourth in the third and final consolation race which meant he qualified. He would start 36th. googletag.cmd.push(function () { //… Read More
OXFORD – Turner’s Mike Rowe needed to win the last-chance 50-lap hooligan race to earn a spot in the Oxford TD Banknorth 250. He started 37th. But Rowe maneuvered his way to the front, passed Farmingdale’s Johnny Clark with 10 laps left remaining and comfortably… Read More
Turner’s Ben Rowe will seek to become just the second driver to win three consecutive Banknorth Oxford 250s Sunday evening at Oxford Plains Speedway. The heat races leading up to the 32nd annual race start at 2 p.m., with the main event to start about… Read More
OXFORD – Ben Rowe of Turner had a long road to travel if he was going to defend his Banknorth 250 title at Oxford Plains Speedway Sunday night. He started 25th on a track which had one dominant groove, the inside one. It was going… Read More
OXFORD – Nextel Cup driver Kurt Busch recently had the opportunity to sit in the front row at a Boston Red Sox game in Fenway Park. “[Red Sox owner] John Henry hooked us up with great seats,” said Busch, who thoroughly enjoyed himself. googletag.cmd.push(function ()… Read More
There is a new sponsor and a couple of Nextel Cup ringers. But Sunday night’s 31st annual Banknorth Oxford 250, formerly the Oxford True Value Oxford 250, should be just as unpredictable as ever. googletag.cmd.push(function () { // Define Slot var slot_sizes = [[300,250]]; var… Read More
Nextel Cup stars Matt Kenseth and Kurt Busch will be driving cars capable of winning the Banknorth Oxford 250 on Sunday evening, according to the men who are supplying the cars for them. “He [Kenseth] will definitely be a contender if he doesn’t get into… Read More
OXFORD – Nextel Cup points leader Matt Kenseth will race in the Banknorth 250 at Oxford Plains Speedway, giving a boost to an event long billed as the nation’s richest short-track race. Kenseth will race on July 18 when most NASCAR drivers will be getting… Read More
OXFORD – The 30th annual Oxford True Value 250 came down to a three-lap sprint. And it was Turner’s Ben Rowe who prevailed. googletag.cmd.push(function () { // Define Slot var slot_sizes = [[300,250]]; var new_slot_sizes = []; var has_banner = false; for (var i =… Read More
OXFORD – Fort Fairfield’s Kirk Thibeau, Morrill’s Travis Benjamin and Mount Desert’s Tim Allen failed to qualify for Sunday night’s Oxford 250. “This was only our fourth time racing,” said Thibeau, who has made the field three previous times. “I’ve been busy at work. I… Read More
Turner’s Ben Rowe has been tearing up the Pro All-Stars Series tour. He has five consecutive top three finishes, including three trips to Victory Lane. googletag.cmd.push(function () { // Define Slot var slot_sizes = [[300,250]]; var new_slot_sizes = []; var has_banner = false; for (var… Read More
Maybe Scott Robbins’ victory in Sunday night’s Oxford True Value 250 has sunk in. Maybe it hasn’t. He isn’t sure. “I don’t know what it’s supposed to feel like,” said the 29-year-old Dixfield native Monday, 21 hours after crossing the finish line ahead of veteran… Read More
OXFORD – There were 80 laps remaining in the 29th annual True Value 250 Sunday night and Dixfield’s Scott Robbins had a healthy lead. He said he was waiting for his crew chief, his brother Spencer, to tell him that somebody was making a run… Read More
OXFORD – Ricky Morse of St. Albans had never been in a pro stock car until Sunday afternoon. Hours later, he climbed into his 1999 Chevy Monte Carlo to make his debut in the wealthiest and most prestigious race in Maine: the Oxford True Value… Read More
Gary Drew said he is a “little behind on the rent.” But his landlord won’t have to worry. 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
OXFORD – He weaved his way through the pack. He would pass on the outside, the inside and, on a few occasions, he even split cars right down the middle. But after getting spun on lap 156 and not having another caution flag until lap… Read More
OXFORD – West Buxton’s Gary Drew and Mercer’s Jeff Taylor are leading the pro stock division at Oxford Plains Speedway. Drew has a 25-point lead atop the standings. That was also the starting grid for the Oxford True Value 250 as Drew won the first… Read More
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