OXFORD PLAINS SPEEDWAY
Route 26, Oxford, ME 
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ACCELERATION SERIES 

Guy Childs and nephew David Childs each captured a 30-lap Chimney Tech Outlaw feature in the Acceleration Series, bringing their extended family's total of Wednesday and Saturday night victories this season to 14.

David Childs recently clinched the four-race Agren Appliance Grand Slam championship in the Saturday night portion of the Acceleration schedule.

Jim Archer captured the middle Outlaw chapter, matching Guy Childs with his third victory of the season.

Driving the car that Guy Childs later took to victory lane, Christina Spaulding got the #00 off to a flying start with her first triumph of the season in Allen's Coffee Flavored Brandy Ladies action. 

Jamie Heath scored his eighth straight win and 11th in 12 tries in the first-year Crazy Horse Racing Engines Renegade class.

In the closest race of the night, one that rivaled the one-thousandth of a second difference in last Saturday's Late Model finale, Call of the Wild RV Center Sport Truck driver Ryan Farrar scored the first victory of his career.

Farrar admitted that he would be leaving the track as quickly as his truck could pass the post-race technical inspection, because his fiancee, Alexa, went into labor with their child Wednesday evening.

His manner of victory provided a thrilling backdrop to the big day in his life. Farrar stayed in rookie Opie Allard's tire tracks throughout the second half of the 30-lap event before making his move to the inside on the final circuit.

When the slower truck of Kevin Oliver impeded his path, Farrar drifted slightly up the track without lifting off the accelerator. Rick Hebert bolted to the inside and made it a three-wide sprint out of the final corner (lapped traffic not included).

Farrar hit the finish line roughly the thickness of his paint job in front of Hebert, while Allard somehow slipped all the way to fourth behind Marvin Hamilton in the final rundown. Point leader Jake Burns settled for fifth.

Oh, by the way: Ryan and Alexa's son arrived Thursday morning.

"Finally I got one!" exclaimed Farrar. "I've got to go to the hospital as soon as I get out of here. I just want to thank my whole family and especially my father for helping me out.:

Childs was untouchable after roaring from the 11th starting position to shake early leader George Haskell on lap 4 in a battle of former Strictly Stock competitors.

One restart slowed the action on lap 10, for a trail of fluid from the machine of Nick Hanson. Childs asserted himself on the restart and sailed away from Leo Hatch over the second half of the event.

"The car was going good. It had a pretty big push in it, and it was running a little hot," Childs said, "but it was going good."

Hatch backed up his early-season win with a second-place finish, while Craig Coolidge collected his third consecutive trophy. Gerry Richard matched his best finish of the season in fourth, with Phil Knowlton accomplishing that same feat by running fifth. Knowlton was the final car on the lead lap, another sign of Childs' iron-fisted rule over the Outlaw opener.

Round two was little trouble for Archer, who coaxed a few laughs from the crowd when he described the mid-week tinkering that made old, reliable #6 able to take the green.

"It got kind of banged up the last couple races," Archer explained. "It looked kind of funny this week. I had my tractor pulling one side and my truck pulling the other trying to straighten the front end out. It wasn't pretty, but I had to do it because the wheels wouldn't go all the way left anymore after a couple of the hits it's taken. It's kind of been a season of taking the good with the bad, but I'm glad we finally got back up here again."

Like Childs, Archer took the lead on lap 4, motoring past Kimberly Sessions.

Success in traffic and a last-lap tangle allowed Jim Drake, Tina Titus and John Spencer to charge from starting spots outside the top 10 to second, third and fourth. Scott Ellis snagged fifth.

Steve Brill played the rabbit in the third race, setting the pace through lap 11. That's when David Childs took command and left the field in his exhaust.

"It helps starting up front," admitted Childs, whose opening perch on the outside of the third row was one of his best in a successful season to date.

Rick Spaulding made one of his customary drives from deep in the field in his orange rocket, bolting from 17th to second. Keith Landry and Mike Ballard followed.

Steve Moon probably enjoyed the best fortune of the night. The point leader faded from third to fifth on the final lap with a tire apparently going flat, but he was saved by the checkers and cashed in another consistent run.

Driving the car that Guy Childs later took to victory lane, Christina Spaulding got the #00 off to a flying start with her first triumph of the season in Allen's Coffee Flavored Brandy Ladies action. 

The caution-free sprint belonged to Patty Brannon for the first 27 laps, but her lead wavered during several close encounters with traffic.

Brannon and Deanna Bisbee tangled while battling for the lead with under three laps remaining. Brannon's brief off-track excursion vaulted Spaulding to the top spot, where she remained for her first win since August 2004.

"It's kind of been a rough day. Everything was going wrong," said Spaulding.

Things have been going right lately for Kimberly Sessions, who backed up her first career victory on TD Banknorth 250 weekend with a second-place trophy. Point leader Vanna Brackett was third, trailed by Bisbee and Cathy Manchester.

Dottie Patria, who entered the night second in points, departed with a flat right front tire while running in the top five with five laps to go.

Jamie Heath scored his eighth straight win and 11th in 12 tries in the first-year Crazy Horse Racing Engines Renegade class. Once again, he led the entire 10-lap distance.

John Childs, Skip Turner, Gerard Cote and Bob Morey rounded out the top five.

OPS revs up again with a doubleheader weekend. The New Balance Summer Celebration includes five divisions of racing, a fireworks display and an on-track autograph session. Qualifying races begin at 6:30 p.m. Saturday. Motor Mayhem, highlighted by Enduro Twin 100s, hits the track at 1 p.m. Sunday.

CHIMNEY TECH OUTLAW #1 (30 laps)
Fin. (Start) No. driver, hometown, laps completed
1. (11) #00 Guy Childs, Turner, 30
2. (6) #62 Leo Hatch, Norway, 30
3. (3) #116 Craig Coolidge, Auburn, 30
4. (7) #57 Gerry Richard, Leeds, 30
5. (2) #K21 Phil Knowlton, Poland, 30
6. (4) #35x Jamie Phillips, Falmouth, 29
7. (20) #112 Dennis Morang, South Paris, 29
8. (1) #01 George Haskell, Casco, 29
9. (12) #27 Michael Auger, West Paris, 29
10. (15) #56 Richard Kyllonen, Oxford, 29
11. (10) #06 Rick Vining, Bridgton, 29
12.  (14) #40 Josh Morang, Norway, 29
13. (13) #100 Curt Chapman, Lewiston, 27
14. (17) #21x James Elliott, Chesterville, 26
15.  (8) #54 Jonathan Baldwin, Auburn, 26
16. (19) #58 Tim Hatch, Gorham, 26
17. (5) #101 Nick Hanson, Leeds, 10
18. (18) #124 Stan Hathaway, Turner, 4
DQ (9) #08 Carey Robertson, Leeds
DNS #47 Robert Davis, Norway
DNS #7 Carl Conant, Lewiston
Lap leaders: Haskell 1-3, G. Childs 4-30.
Cautions: 1 (lap 10)
Time of race: 14 minutes, 55 seconds

CHIMNEY TECH OUTLAW #2 (30 laps)
Fin. (Start) No. driver, hometown, laps completed
1. (4) #6 Jim Archer, Chesterville, 30
2. (12) #169 Jim Drake, Hebron, 30
3. (13) #48 Tina Titus, Lisbon Falls, 30
4. (15) #35 John Spencer Jr., Auburn, 30
5. (7) #10 Scott Ellis, Lewiston, 30
6. (18) #60 Kevin Plummer, Oxford, 30
7. (14) #82 Josh Paradis, Sumner, 30
8. (16) #18 Thom Bell, Minot, 30
9. (10) #52 Kevin Leighton, Minot, 30
10. (8) #75 Gordon Bell, Auburn, 30
11. (3) #30 Scott Veinott, Lewiston, 29
12. (2) #17 Maurice Martel Jr., Greene, 29
13. (1) #2 Kimberly Sessions, Auburn, 29
14. (5) #28 Don Veinott, Sabattus, 29
15. (9) #8 Gerald Parlin, South Paris, 22
16. (17) #89 Zach Bowie, Lisbon Falls, 14
17. (6) #69 Jay Wilkins, Gray, 6
DQ (11) #83 Dan Brown, Peru
DNS #71 Fred Clavet, Buckfield
DNS #49 Greg Sessions, Oxford
Lap leaders: K. Sessions 1-3, Archer 4-30.
Cautions: None
Time of race: 10 minutes, 10 seconds

CHIMNEY TECH OUTLAW #3 (30 laps)
Fin. (Start) No. driver, hometown, laps completed
1. (6) #5 David Childs, Oxford, 30
2. (17) #36 Richard Spaulding, Lewiston, 30
3. (5) #90 Keith Landry, Oxford, 30
4. (13) #666 Mike Ballard, Mechanic Falls, 30
5. (16) #19 Steve Moon, Gray, 30
6. (1) #68 Bob Ferguson, New Gloucester, 30
7. (9) #139 Jerry Freve, Buckfield, 30
8. (10) #38 Addison Bowie, Auburn, 30
9. (20) #3 Tom Averill, Peru, 30
10. (18) #24 Kevin Lawrence, South Paris, 30
11. (15) #97 Shannon Judd, Jay, 30
12. (7) #39 Ron Abbott Jr., Lewiston, 30
13. (19) #61 Mark MacDonald, Center Conway, N.H., 30
14. (11) #34 John Patria, Turner, 30
15. (14) #09 Bruce Robertson, Leeds, 30
16. (3) #51 Randy Robitaille, Norway, 30
17. (8) #122 Mike Rainville, Littleton, N.H., 30
18. (12) #63 Bubba Collins, Lewiston, 29
19. (2) #53 Steve Brill, Bridgton, 22
20. (4) #33 Tyler Belanger, Sumner, 9
Lap leaders: Brill 1-11, D. Childs 12-30.
Cautions: 1 (lap 9)
Time of race: 15 minutes, 5 seconds

CALL OF THE WILD RV CENTER SPORT TRUCK (30 laps)
Fin. (Start) No. driver, hometown, laps completed
1. (12) #69 Ryan Farrar, Oxford, 30
2. (10) #19 Rick Hebert, Peru, 30
3. (19) #7 Marvin Hamilton, New Gloucester, 30
4. (8) #68 Opie Allard, Harpswell, 30
5. (18) #74 Jake Burns, Gray, 30
6. (15) #26 Yogi Hiscock, Jay, 30
7. (14) #39 Corey Williams, Sumner, 30
8. (16) #17 Lee Spurling, New Gloucester, 30
9. (17) #84 Doug Degroat, Oxford, 30
10. (22) #14 Seth Wills, Rome, 30
11. (3) #54x Devon Smith, Norway, 30
12. (23) #71 Scott Jordan, Lewiston, 30
13. (4) #41 Doug Stevens, West Sumner, 30
14. (13) #28 Kevin Oliver, Gray, 29
15. (6) #31 Mark Welch, Hartford, 29
16. (5) #6 Herb Farrar, Sumner, 29
17. (24) #40 Tom Libby, Gorham, 29
18. (25) #3 Scott Marston, Mechanic Falls, 29
19. (1) #63 Brent Westberry, Buckfield, 28
20. (9) #34 Joe Farrar, Oxford, 23
21. (7) #69x Brian Farrar, Sumner, 19
22. (21) #13 Mike Blash, Oxford, 18
23. (20) #139 Butch Durgin, Sumner, 18
24. (2) #75 Tim Huggins, Oxford, 9
25. (11) #1 John Lizotte, Mechanic Falls, 4
Lap leaders: Westberry 1, Allard 2-29, R. Farrar 30.
Cautions: 4 (laps 4, 5, 7, 12)
Time of race: 33 minutes, 35 seconds

ALLEN'S COFFEE FLAVORED BRANDY LADIES (30 laps)
Fin. (Start) No. driver, hometown, laps completed
1. (13) #00 Christina Spaulding, Lewiston, 30
2. (12) #2 Kimberly Sessions, Auburn, 30
3. (11) #23 Vanna Brackett, Buckfield, 30
4. (7) #51 Deanna Bisbee, South Paris, 30
5. (10) #69 Cathy Manchester, Gray, 30
6. (1) #18 Patty Brannon, Topsham, 30
7. (8) #92 Debbie Marston, Hartford, 30
8. (14) #281 Lisa Vining, Poland, 29
9. (4) #28 Sue Veinott, Sabattus, 29
10. (5) #13 Missy Roussel, Oxford, 29
11. (6) #29 Shannon Wheeler, Auburn, 28
12. (3) #44 Annie Chartier, Mexico, 26
13. (9) #34 Dottie Patria, Turner, 25
14. (2) #30 Lisa Brooks, Auburn, 13
Lap leaders: Brannon 1-27, Spaulding 28-30.
Cautions: None
Time of race: 10 minutes, 8 seconds

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

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