OXFORD PLAINS SPEEDWAY
Route 26, Oxford, ME 
Phone: (207) 539-8865 
E-mail: ops@oxfordplains.com

ACCELERATION SERIES 

First and unquestionably hauling farthest was Mike Rainville, who commutes every week from Littleton, N.H. The Enduro racing veteran and OPS rookie picked up his breakthrough win in the second of three Chimney Tech Outlaw 30-lap feature events.

Macdonald Motors Runnin' Rebel action produced the second and third first-time conquerors, with Robby Pelotte prevailing in only his second OPS start and Brandon Munroe winning the very next event in a wild one.

In other feature action, Jim Archer delivered his second Chimney Tech Outlaw win in three weeks, while Keith Landry ended a four-year winless streak in the high-point finale.

James Wood also collected his first checkered flag since 2003 in the Runnin' Rebel opener, an event that was rained out on May 30. Bill Dunphy ran second in that race and was also runner-up in Munroe's victory.

Mark Childs Jr. captured his third Rebel feature of the season in the nightcap.

Jamie Heath led the Crazy Horse Racing Engines Renegades for the sixth time in seven tries.

Rainville wasn't even sure his car would be ready for this week's road trip after a hard wreck while battling for the lead in the high-point feature one week ago.

It didn't take him long to demonstrate that everything was back in its proper place. Starting fifth, Rainville needed only seven laps to reel in early leader Ralph Felker and Maurice Martel Jr. to take command.

The lone caution flag of the event appeared with four laps remaining and appeared to put Rainville's win in jeopardy, with Jim Drake Jr. situated to the leader's outside for the restart. Rainville re-established his advantage, however, and cruised across the stripe.

Rainville would have emerged the winner either way, as Drake's ride failed the post-race inspection.

"I love coming here to race," said Rainville, "and I'm the happiest guy in Maine right now."

Kevin Leighton moved up in the running order to claim his second runner-up finish of the campaign, beating Bubba Collins by inches for that position. Randy Robitaille and Tom Averill completed the top five.

Munroe's triumph was the strangest of the evening. Although the second Rebel clash ran caution-free, it was the race seemingly nobody wanted to win, and few laps unfolded without a spin.

The last and most fateful momentum swing went Munroe's way on lap 25, when Martin Krauter and Bill Dunphy tangled while dicing it out for the lead.

Several seconds off the pace prior to that encounter, Munroe became the runaway winner when Krauter was assessed a stop-and-go penalty for his role in the incident.

"I did not expect to be here at all," Munroe said. "All of I sudden I looked up at the scoreboard and it said I was leading."

Dunphy had enough cushion over the pack to recover from his spin and run second, followed by Brian Hawthorne, Brady Romano and Charlie Webster.

Pelotte needed only three laps after an early caution to wheel around Mike Winslow and pedal to an impressive victory in the first regularly scheduled Rebel scramble.

"I've raced before, but never here until last week," Pelotte said. "It's a nice place. It was fun racing those guys."

Winslow outran Craig Farrington for second. Calvin Rose Jr. was an eye-opening fourth in only the second start of his OPS career. Bill Grover claimed fifth.

Childs emerged as the fourth and final leader of the Rebel finale on lap 13, taking advantage of Kyle Hewins' drift to the high groove after a lap 8 restart.

Hewins stayed in Childs' tire tracks until hitting the turn two curb with two laps remaining and backing off to protect the runner-up spot.

"My car wasn't handling very well tonight," Childs said. "I just caught a couple of breaks."

Josh Childs backed up last week's breakthrough win with a third-place run ahead of Matt Dufault and Tyson Jordan. Roughly half the field was involved in two early wrecks on laps 6 and 8.

Wood took advantage of Dunphy's wobble on lap 17 to take control of the Rebel make-up event. Wood briefly lost traction himself on the next circuit before straightening the wheel and accelerating to an impressive win.

"I thought maybe he got into me a little bit, but it was a good, clean race. Bill helps me out a lot," Wood said.

Patrick Elsman, Zach Audet and Grover completed the top five and were the only remaining cars on the lead lap.

Archer was peerless in the first Outlaw race, leading the final 25 laps after Scott Veinott and Fred Clavet set the early pace. He has now doubled his previous career win total in the space of 14 days.

Kevin Plummer and Dillon Coburn continued their recent climb in the standings in second and third, trailed by rookies Clavet and Allen.

Landry led every lap of the high-point Outlaw encounter, withstanding the late charge of red-hot Richard Spaulding and a flurry of three late restarts to do so.

Virtually everyone else in the field was involved in at least one skirmish in an unusually wild race for the point leaders. Jerry Freve, Joe Geroux and John Patria led the pack of survivors.

Heath handled a season-high field of six in the upstart Renegade ranks. John Childs rebounded from recent motor woes in second, with Gerard Cote, Skip Turner and Ken Marston in tow.

OPS turns up the speed again this Saturday, June 23, with 99.9 The Wolf Fan Appreciation Night. In addition to more than 300 green-flag laps of racing and hundreds of dollars in giveaways, there will be a pre-race, on-track autograph session. Adult admission for the night is only $5, with all students 12 and under admitted free. 

CHIMNEY TECH OUTLAW #1 (30 laps)
Fin. (Start) No., driver. hometown, laps completed
1. (11) #6 Jim Archer, Chesterville, 30
2. (7) #60 Kevin Plummer, Oxford, 30
3. (2) #110 Dillon Coburn, Auburn, 30
4. (5) #71 Fred Clavet, Buckfield, 30
5. (8) #1 Randy Allen, Casco, 30
6. (3) #30 Scott Veinott, Greene, 29
7. (10) #28 Don Veinott, Sabattus, 29
8. (1) #40 Josh Morang, South Paris, 29
9. (9) #95 Justin Dennison, North Yarmouth, 29
10. (12) #83 Dan Brown, Peru, 29
11. (4) #54 Jonathan Baldwin, Auburn, 28
12. (13) #100 Curt Chapman, Lewiston, 26
13. (16) #42 Donnie Wright, Kittery, 14
14. (17) #7 Carl Conant, Lewiston, 12
15. (15) #99 Jerry Goss, Mechanic Falls, 6
16. (18) #56 Richard Kyllonen, Oxford, 6
17. (6) #06 Rick Vining, Bridgton, 4
DQ (14) #101 Nick Hanson, Leeds
DNS #27 Michael Auger, West Paris
DNS #09 Carey Robertson, Leeds
DNS #13 Dana Stevens, Oxford
Lap leaders: S. Veinott 1-2, Clavet 3-5, Archer 6-30.
Cautions: None
Time of race: 10 minutes, 15 seconds

CHIMNEY TECH OUTLAW #2 (30 laps)
Fin. (Start) No., driver. hometown, laps completed
1. (5) #122 Mike Rainville, Littleton, N.H., 30
2. (3) #52 Kevin Leighton, Minot, 30
3. (13) #68 Bubba Collins, Lewiston, 30
4. (11) #51 Randy Robitaille, Norway, 30
5. (14) #3 Tom Averill, Peru, 30
6. (18) #81 Roger Cousineau, Turner, 30
7. (4) #43 Rodney Englehaupt, Oxford, 30
8. (9) #112 Dennis Morang, Norway, 30
9. (19) #65 Ed Burlock, Lewiston, 30
10. (16) #53 Steve Brill, Bridgton, 30
11. (6) #35 John Spencer, Auburn, 29
12. (12) #2 Kimberly Sessions, Auburn, 28
13. (2) #17 Maurice Martel Jr., Greene, 24
14. (10) #33 Tyler Belanger, Sumner, 23
15. (7) #10 Scott Ellis, Lewiston, 19
16. (15) #8 Gerald Parlin, South Paris, 19
17. (1) #9 Ralph Felker, Poland, 12
18. (17) #89 Stan Morgan, Auburn, 10
DQ (8) #169 Jim Drake, Hebron
DNS #57 Gerry Richard, Leeds
Lap leaders: Felker 1, Martel 2-6, Rainville 7-30.
Cautions: 1 (lap 26)
Time of race: 12 minutes, 57 seconds

CHIMNEY TECH OUTLAW #3 (30 laps)
Fin. (Start) No., driver. hometown, laps completed
1. (1) #90 Keith Landry, Oxford, 30
2. (16) #36 Richard Spaulding, Lewiston, 30
3. (5) #139 Jerry Freve, Buckfield, 30
4. (20) #0 Joe Geroux, Bowdoin, 30
5. (10) #34 John Patria, Turner, 30
6. (13) #666 Mike Ballard, Mechanic Falls, 30
7. (18) #09 Bruce Robertson, Leeds, 30
8. (4) #75 Gordon Bell, Auburn, 30
9. (17) #82 Josh Paradis, Sumner, 30
10. (7) #38 Addison Bowie, Auburn, 30
11. (8) #48 Tina Titus, Lisbon Falls, 30
12. (19) #39 Ron Abbott Jr., Lewiston, 30
13. (12) #97 Shannon Judd, Jay, 30
14. (2) #63 Bob Ferguson, New Gloucester, 30
15. (6) #61 Mark MacDonald, Center Conway, N.H., 28
16. (11) #24 Kevin Lawrence, South Paris, 27
17. (14) #5 David Childs, Oxford, 27
18. (15) #19 Steve Moon, Gray, 15
19. (9) #18 Thom Bell, Minot, 1
DQ (3) #04 Zach Bowie, Lisbon
Lap leaders: Landry 1-30.
Cautions: 4 (laps 12, 27, 27, 28)
Time of race: 28 minutes, 48 seconds.

MACDONALD MOTORS RUNNIN' REBEL #1
(30 laps, makeup from May 30)
Fin. (Start) No., driver. hometown, laps completed
1. (7) #41 James Wood, New Gloucester, 30
2. (5) #4 Bill Dunphy, New Gloucester, 30
3. (10) #175 Patrick Elsman, Hebron, 30
4. (6) #19 Zach Audet, Chesterville, 30
5. (4) #91 Bill Grover, Topsham, 30
6. (11) #50 Todd Foss, Raymond, 29
7. (13) #34 Darrell Moore, Mechanic Falls, 29
8. (1) #10 Chuck Higgins, Monmouth, 29
9. (9) #77 Brad Dwinal, Freeport, 29
10. (3) #65 Ray Files, South Paris, 29
11. (2) #44 George Tripp, Oxford, 28
12. (8) #45 Ken Whittemore, Greene, 24
13. (12) #555 Gerard Cote, Oxford, 3
DNS #06 Ryan Philbrick, Greenwood
DNS #13 Tim Hatstat, Norway
DNS #99 Jerry Goss, Mechanic Falls
DNS #0 Ken Daigle Jr., Lisbon
DNS #04 Dee Dee Guerette, Auburn
Lap leaders: Dunphy 1-16, Wood 17-30.
Cautions: None
Time of race: 10 minutes, 3 seconds.

MACDONALD MOTORS RUNNIN' REBEL #2 (30 laps)
Fin. (Start) No., driver. hometown, laps completed
1. (4) #35 Robby Pelotte, Hallowell, 30
2. (1) #81 Mike Winslow, Poland, 30
3. (6) #333 Craig Farrington, Hebron, 30
4. (3) #12 Calvin Rose Jr., Turner, 30
5. (14) #91 Bill Grover, Topsham, 29
6. (13) #77 Brad Dwinal, Freeport, 29
7. (11) #45 Ken Whittemore, Greene, 29
8. (16) #555 Gerard Cote, Oxford, 29
9. (18) #34 Darrell Moore, Mechanic Falls, 29
10. (12) #65 Ray Files, South Paris, 29
11. (5) #0 Ken Daigle Jr., Lisbon, 28
12. (15) #52 Jeff Trafford, Leeds, 28
13. (2) #9 Tory Hutchinson, Poland, 28
14. (8) #10 Chuck Higgins, Monmouth, 23
15. (10) #44 George Tripp, Oxford, 18
16. (9) #14 Gene White, Lisbon, 14
17. (17) #50 Todd Foss, Raymond, 7
18. (7) #58 Ralph Felker, Poland, 3
Lap leaders: Winslow 1-5, Pelotte 6-30.
Cautions: 1 (lap 3)
Time of race: 13 minutes, 50 seconds

MACDONALD MOTORS RUNNIN' REBEL #3 (30 laps)
Fin. (Start) No., driver. hometown, laps completed
1. (13) #32 Brandon Munroe, New Gloucester, 30
2. (3) #4 Bill Dunphy, New Gloucester, 30
3. (11) #32x Brian Hawthorne, New Gloucester, 30
4. (6) #83 Brady Romano, Livermore Falls, 30
5. (5) #7x Charlie Webster, Auburn, 30
6. (12) #76 Randy Nutter, Auburn, 30
7. (2) #41 James Wood, New Gloucester, 29
8. (8) #66 Justin Hynes, Windham, 29
9. (14) #82 Martin Krauter, Raymond, 26
10. (10) #31 Jeff Beaule, Lewiston, 25
11. (9) #175 Patrick Elsman, Hebron, 24
12. (16) #39 Jay Dufour, Lewiston, 21
13. (1) #19 Zach Audet, Chesterville, 20
14. (7) #88 Derek Cook, Livermore Falls, 18
15. (4) #106 Nathan Guptill, North Turner, 14
16. (17) #13 Tim Hatstat, Norway, 6
DQ (15) #94 Jason Hannigan, Greene
DNS #05 Errol Smith, Stow
Lap leaders: Audet 1-3, Dunphy 4-23, Krauter 24, Munroe 25-30.
Cautions: None
Time of race: 9 minutes, 59 seconds

MACDONALD MOTORS RUNNIN' REBEL #4 (30 laps)
Fin. (Start) No., driver. hometown, laps completed
1. (12) #95 Mark Childs Jr., Mechanic Falls, 30
2. (8) #54 Kyle Hewins, Leeds, 30
3. (15) #3 Josh Childs, Oxford, 30
4. (10) #96 Matt Dufault, Turner, 30
5. (9) #59 Tyson Jordan, Poland, 30
6. (6) #85 Jeff Hebert, Auburn, 30
7. (5) #521 Scott Farrington, Oxford, 30
8. (14) #119 Gregg Norton, Lewiston, 30
9. (4) #86 Nic Stanley, Buckfield, 30
10. (16) #99 Doug Degroat, Oxford, 30
11. (1) #16 Mike Ward, Harrison, 30
12. (2) #93 Jamie Leavitt, Minot, 14
13. (11) #87 Derek Cairns, Waterford, 8
14. (3) #6 Troy Jordan, Turner, 8
15. (13) #06 Ryan Philbrick, Greenwood, 8
16. (7) #97 Jim Hart, Buckfield, 5
Lap leaders: Ward 1-8, Hewins 9-10, Hebert 11, Hewins 12, M. Childs 13-20.
Cautions: 2 (laps 6, 8)
Time of race: 25 minutes, 24 seconds

CRAZY HORSE RACING ENGINES RENEGADE (10 laps)
Fin. (Start) No., driver. hometown, laps completed
1. (4) #91 Jamie Heath, Waterford, 10
2. (2) #3 John Childs, Leeds, 10
3. (1) #05 Gerard Cote, Oxford, 10
4. (5) #27 Skip Turner, Carthage, 10
5. (3) #92 Ken Marston, Hartford, 10
6. (6) #1 Bob Morey, Lisbon, 7
Lap leaders: Childs 1-2, Heath 3-10.
Cautions: None
Time of race: 3 minutes, 27 seconds

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