Ryan Robbins wins Super Late Model race
on Championship Night at OPS - Gabe Brown, 15, is youngest
champion of top class in racetrack’s long history
Oxford, Maine -- Ryan Robbins of Dixfield drove
to his second Super Late Model victory of the season,
while Gabe Brown of Center Conway, New Hampshire earned
his first stock car racing championship atop the
Budweiser Championship Series racing card at Oxford
Plains Speedway Saturday night.
Robbins, a former
PASS Modified track and series champion, became the only
two-time winner in points-counting races in the top
class of competition at the historic Route 26 oval track
this season.
Brown, 15, made history with his
title, becoming the youngest-ever premiere division
champion in the almost six decades of motorized
competition at OPS. Brown hopes to secure his 'highway'
driver's license after turning 16 later this week.
Austin Teras of Gray, who won a Super Late Model
race earlier this season at age 15, was the runner-up in
the points finale. Tracy Gordon of Strong, a PASS Open
race winner and BCS winner earlier in the season,
claimed third-place hardware following the 50-lap race.
TJ Brackett of Buckfield passed a lot of cars as he
tried to unseat Brown from the top of the standings, but
the two-time track champion in the top class had to
settle for runner-up honors in the championship battle
for the second straight season. Livermore's Scott
McDaniel, another first-time winner in the top class
earlier this year, rounded out the top five.
Brown crossed the finish line in sixth position,
bouncing back from a mid-race altercation. Ryan Deane of
Winterport, Calvin Rose, Jr. of Turner, Ivan Kaffel of
Raymond and Anson's Scott Moore rounded out the top ten.
Shawn Martin of Turner led much of the race before
getting shuffled out of the lead pack. He finished 11th.
Buckfield's Kyle Treadwell outran all foes in the
30-lap Allen's Coffee Flavored Brandy Street Stock
class, picking up his first win in the division after
joining the class late in the year. Treadwell led all
the way, extending his lead throughout the 30-lapper
while turning in the quickest Street Stock laps of the
night by a wide margin.
Nick Stanley of Oxford
had his best Street Stock finish, earning runner-up
honors ahead of Norway's Jordan Russell. Last year's
champion, Billy Childs, Jr. of Leeds, was the
fourth-place finisher. Matt Dufault of Turner earned a
fifth-place finish, and nailed down the 2018 Allen's
Coffee Flavored Brandy Street Stock division
championship by a narrow margin over Livermore native
and Gray resident Tyler King.
In a unique twist,
feature winner Treadwell, who is the track announcer for
Oxford Acceleration Series action on Wednesday nights
during the summer, interviewed champion Dufault in
victory lane following their event.
Kyle Hewins
of Leeds prevailed in an unusually-clean 20-lap main
event for the Budweiser Championship Series Bandits
division, cruising to yet another impressive victory.
Arthur 'Junior' Goldrup of Oakland, an occasional Oxford
Plains Speedway visitor since his former home track
closed, earned second-place honors. Mike McKinney of
Berlin, New Hampshire worked race traffic nicely to earn
a third-place finish. Cody White of South Paris and
Auburn's Jeff Libby rounded out the top five. Dustin
Salley of Poland finished tenth in the race, but earned
enough points to claim the 2018 track title in the
four-cylinder class.
Kyle Kilgore of South Paris
wrapped up his Championship season in style, winning the
20-lap Figure 8 race for the eighth time this year.
Five-time 2018 winner Dale Lawrence of Lisbon completed
the best season of his 30-year career with a
second-place finish, and second in championship points.
Poland's Larry Lizotte, Greg Durgin of South Paris and
Lisbon's Robert Morey filled out the top five.
Auburn's Thomas Brackett put an exclamation point on his
successful first year of stock car racing competition,
winning the 15-lap Rookie division race and wrapping up
the first-ever championship for the new class for young
racers. It was the 13th win of the year for Brackett.
Brady Childs of Leeds and Owen Stuart from Naples wre
second and third, respectively, ahead of points
runner-up Brady Heath of Waterford.
Wade Gelinas
of Limington won his second consecutive 20-lap main
event in the Outlaw class. Ajay Cates of Lyman moved up
to challenge Gelinas, but had to settle for a
second-place race trophy to go along with his 2018 track
title in the Outlaw class. Rick Thompson of Naples
earned a third-place finish, ahead of Poland's Maggie
Ferland and championship runner-up Calab Emerson-Mains
of Richmond.
Conrad Childs of Auburn pulled off a
last-lap move that earned the top step on the podium
following the 20-lap Rebel division feature race.
Lovell's Josh Straiton crossed the finish line in second
position, just ahead of Waterford's Jamie Heath, who
wrapped up the Championship in the Rebels class. Heath
had to walk to victory lane after his car, which had
been leading the race as the final lap began, ended up
against the frontstretch wall as the checkered flag
waved. Oxford's Doug Degroat and Ralph Green of Auburn
closed out the top-five rundown.
Brandon Varney
of Mechanic Falls prevailed in one of the tighter Oxford
Acceleration Series championship battles, winning the
20-lap Cruiser main event to remain atop the season-long
rankings. Luke DeCoster of Greene kept the race close,
finishing in second position. The champ's car owner and
father, Kevin Varney of Mechanic Falls, earned
third-place hardware. Will Dunphy of New Gloucester and
Oxford's William Barker filled out the top five.
Oxford's own Ryan Farrar completed a season-long sweep
of Truck division main event racing action with yet
another 20-lap score putting the exclamation point on
his second straight championship season. It was the
fourth Truck title for Farrrar. Kolby Morrell of Sebago
made a late charge into second position, with
third-place hardware earned by Chuck Estes of New
Gloucester. After battling for the race lead, a late
incident dropped Arundel's Jared Kimball to fourth in
the finishing order, ahead of Norway's Randy Green.
Kyle Hewins of Leeds was triumphant in the 15-lap
four-cylinder Figure 8 race. Brandon Varney of Mechanic
Falls was the best of the rest, in front of Travis 'The
Tornado' Verrill, from South Paris. Dustin Salley of
Mechanic Falls and Buckfield's Chad Wills completed the
top five rundown. Kevin Varney of Mechanic Falls claimed
the track championship in the first-year racing class.
Maggie Ferland of Poland won for the second time in
two attempts this year in Allen's Coffee Flavored Brandy
Ladies division competition. Lisbon's Breanna Spaulding
earned runner-up honors and wrapped up the 2018 Allen's
Coffee Flavored Brandy Ladies Championship. Spaulding
dedicated her championship to the late Rachel Dubois, a
former competitor in the division who passed away in
2016 following a lifelong battle with Cystic Fibrosis.
Kathryn Childs of Auburn, Chloe Kiley of South Paris and
Greene's Susan Veinott rounded out the top five.
Following a few weekends off a doubleheader weekend of
automotive competition closes out the Oxford Plains
Speedway season on October 13-14.
On Saturday, October 13 at 2:00 p.m. the Pro All Stars
Series Super Late Models make their final Northern New
England appearance, topping a racing card including
championship-deciding races for the PASS Mods and
Bandits Triple Crown Series. On Sunday, October 14 at
1:30 p.m. the Speedway hosts the annual Armageddon of
Destruction, with the regular Motor Mayhem events plus
all six Oxford Acceleration Series divisions.
Unofficial results from the
Sunday, September 8 "Championship Night" Oxford
Championship Series and Oxford Acceleration Series stock
car racing card at Oxford Plains Speedway; Oxford,
Maine; showing finishing position, car number, driver's
name, driver's hometown:
Oxford, Maine -- Bubba Pollard showed New
England race fans that the reputation preceding him to
the 45th Annual Clark's Scrap Metal Oxford 250 was much
more than hype, winning the biggest one-day short track
Super Late Model race in his first attempt Sunday at
Oxford Plains Speedway. Pollard, from Senoia, Georgia,
got his first look at the Speedway on Friday.
The
definition of a true Super Late Model racing outlaw,
Pollard, 31, convinced New England race fans that he's
clearly among the best short track racers in North
America, conquering the unique Oxford Plains Speedway
racetrack in his first attempt. Pollard took the lead
away from Travis Benjamin of Belfast, a two-time Oxford
250 champion in his own right, then outran another
former 250 champion, Joey Polewarczyk, Jr. of Hudson,
New Hampshire to the checkered flag.
Reid Lanpher
of Manchester made a late charge into third position
during the closing laps. Scarborough's Garrett Hall
ended up in fourth place after dominating more than half
the race from his pole starting position, earning some
$20,00-plus with lap leader bonuses included. Berwick's
Joey Doiron, a former PASS Super Late Model National
Champion, rounded out the top five.
Pollard
overcame a bad draw - he started dead last in the final
of five heat races - and needed to run a second-round
20-lap qualifying race to earn 29th starting position in
the 42-car starting field. Dealing with a field of
unfamiliar foes in a race with traffic rivaled by few,
if any, big Super Late Model races, Pollard made all of
the right moves as he methodically moved into contention
for the win.
A racer's racer, Pollard was
impressive from the drop of the green flag, working his
way into the top five during the long green flag stretch
that opened the 250. Seemingly making all of the right
moves in traffic as the Super Late Models frequently
raced three-wide, the appreciative Maine crowd soon
realized the third-generation Peach State racer was
going to be a contender to pick up the big check at the
end of the annual Maine classic.
In victory lane,
Pollard expressed his appreciation to the crowd, as
clearly he was jacked up and ready to perform before the
full grandstand, increasingly rare in the smartphone
age. The crowd returned the love, clearly appreciating
the successful effort of the first-time OPS invader.
Polewarczyk, a winner during the brief Late Model
era of the 250 and no stranger to victory lane in a
Super Late Model at Oxford Plains Speedway, looked like
a contender in the early stages and put together an
impressive late charge into the runner-up position.
Lanpher, twice a runner-up in the 250, claimed his third
podium finish and 250 trophy.
Hall was the story
for more than half of the race, leading all but a few
laps for more than the first half of the 250,
occasionally battling and swapping the lead with
seven-time OPS track champion Jeff Taylor of Fairfield,
making his first Super Late Model start of the year. The
young Scarborough racer scored his best-ever racing
payday, despite just missing out on a trophy, posting a
fourth-place finish.
Doiron, an infrequent
competitor on the region's top Super Late Model circuit
this season, rounded out the top-five. Current Pro All
Stars Series North championship points leader DJ Shaw of
Center Conway, New Hampshire was sixth under the
checkered flag, one spot better than his closest rival
in the standings, Benjamin.
Mike Hopkins of
Hermon raced among the leader throughout the 250-lapper
and earned an eight-place finish. Brandon Barker of
Windham ended up in ninth position , with the top ten
rundown filled out by Ben Rowe of Turner, who claimed
some lap leader bonus money and battled up front with
winner Pollard for several laps.
Ben Tinker of
New Gloucester padded his advantage atop the
championship points standings in the PASS Mods ranks,
winning his fifth 40-lap feature race of the year in an
eventful race. Bruce Helmuth of Wales was the runner-up,
followed by Milford, New Hampshire's Steve Dickey, Jr.
The three podium finishers were also in those same spots
at last year's Oxford 250 program.
Saturday
night winner Spencer Morse of Waterford was fourth,
followed by second-ranked points man Gary Shackford of
Center Conway, New Hampshire. The Mods race next along
with the PASS North Super Late Models at Beech Ridge
Motor Speedway in Scarborough, Maine on Saturday,
September 23 before wrapping up their championship
season back at Oxford Plains Speedway on October 13.
Zach Audet of Norridgewock surprised virtually no
one with his victory in the North East Mini Stock Tour's
50-lap race. Audet, the king of four-cylinder racing in
Central Maine and beyond, outran Kodi Sabens of Windsor,
Vermont to the checkered flag. Jimmy Childs of Leeds,
survived several days of practice and a crash earlier in
the afternoon to claim the third-place trophy. Michael
Viens of Seekonk, Massachusetts and Sidney's Matt
Glidden rounded out the top five.
Allen's Coffee
Flavored Brandy Street Stock points leader Matt Dufault
of Turner charged past Skip Tripp on the final lap to
win the 30-lap main event for The Taste of Maine
division, just barely edging the division's all-time
wins leader at the finish line by .017-seconds, mere
inches.
Tripp, hopping into John White's 12 car
for the weekend, kept five-time winner and defending
track champion Billy Childs, Jr., who had won on the
previous night, at bay but couldn't keep Dufault out of
victory lane before the healthy crowd. Championship
contender Tyler King of Gray made a late charge into
third position. Childs and fellow Leeds racer Kyle
Hewins rounded out the top five.
John Childs of
Leeds cruised up the outside lane and into the lead,
then outran all rivals to score his first-ever Oxford
250 Sunday win in the Rebel class. Travis Lovejoy of
Waterboro was closest to Childs as the checkered flag
wavedWaterford's Jamie Heath, Oxford's Gerard Cote and
Rick Montminy from Auburn filled out the top-five
rundown.
The next Pro All Stars Series North
Super Late Model race is scheduled for Saturday,
September 15 at White Mountain Motorsports Park in North
Woodstock, New Hampshire. Next on the Oxford Plains
Speedway is Motor Mayhem 4, featuring the Oxford
Acceleration Series divisions along with an endure race
and other interesting motorized entertainment.
Championship Day and Night for all weekly Oxford Plains
Speedway Budweiser Championship Series and Oxford
Acceleration Series divisions is scheduled for Saturday,
September 8 at 4:00 p.m. Oxford Plains Speedway is
located on State Route 26 at 877 Main Street in Oxford,
Maine. For more information visit proallstarsseries.com,
oxfordplains.com or call (207) 539-8865.
Unofficial results from
the Sunday, August 26 Clark's Scrap Metal 45th Annual
Oxford 250 Pro All Stars Series National Championship
Series Super Late Model racing program, showing
finishing position, car number, driver's name and
driver's hometown:
45th Annual Oxford 250 by
Clark's Scrap Metals Pro All Stars Series National
Championship Race (250 laps) 1 26 Bubba
Pollard, Senoia, GA; 2 97 Joey Polewarczyk, Jr., Hudson,
NH; 3 59 Reid Lanpher, Manchester, ME; 4 94 Garrett
Hall, Scarborough, ME; 5 73 Joey Doiron, Berwick, ME; 6
60 DJ Shaw, Center Conway, NH; 7 7 Travis Benjamin,
Belfast, ME; 8 15 Mike Hopkins, Hermon, ME; 9 88 Brandon
Barker, Windham, ME; 10 4 Ben Rowe, Turner, ME; 11 17
Eddie MacDonald, Rowley, MA; 12 96 Wyatt Alexander,
Charlotte, NC; 13 93 Ray Christian III, Uncasville, CT;
14 23 Dave Farrington, Jr., Jay, ME; 15 03 Joe Squeglia,
Derry, NH; 16 8 Calvin Rose, Jr., Turner, ME; 17 47
Kelly Moore, Scarborough, ME; 18 27 Wayne Helliwell,
Jr., Dover, NH; 19 40 Nick Sweet, Barre, VT; 20 94 Shawn
Martin, Turner, ME; 21 12 Derek Griffith, Hudson, NH; 22
54 Johnny Clark, Farmingdale, ME; 23 60 Tim Brackett,
Buckfield, ME; 24 42 Kyle Reid, Cape Breton, NS, Canada;
25 00 Bryan Kruczek, Newmarket, NH; 26 53 Cole Butcher,
Dartmouth, NS, Canada; 27 14 Scott McDaniel, Livermore,
ME; 28 41 Tracy Gordon, Strong, ME; 29 24 Mike Rowe,
Turner, ME; 30 57 Austin Theriault, Fort Kent, ME; 31 23
Lonnie Sommerville, Barnesville, NB, Canada; 32 88 Jeff
Taylor, Fairfield, ME; 33 47 Gabe Brown, Center Conway,
NH; 34 29 Austin Teras, Gray, ME; 35 7 Glen Luce,
Turner, ME; 36 13 Cassius Clark, Farmington, ME; 37 7
Curtis Gerry, Waterboro, ME; 38 45 Kodie Connor,
Kannapolis, NC; 39 72 Scott Robbins, Dixfield, ME; 40 36
Ryan Robbins, Dixfield, ME; 41 61 TJ Brackett,
Buckfield, ME; 42 9 Alan Tardiff, Goodwins Mills, ME.
PASS Super Late Model Last
Chance Race (50 laps) 1 7 Curtis Gerry,
Waterboro, ME; 2 78 Ivan Kaffel, Raymond, ME; 3 72 Scott
Robbins, Dixfield, ME; 4 94 Shawn Martin, Turner, ME; 5
44 Rusty Poland, Windham, ME; 6 00 Jeremy Davis,
Tamworth, NH; 7 46 Dennis Spencer, Jr., Oxford, ME; 8 90
Derek Kneeland, Sebago, ME; 9 9 Zach Emerson, Sabattus,
ME; 10 16 Travis Stearns, Auburn, ME; 11 0 Scott Luce,
Strong, ME; 12 63 John Salemi, Nashua, NH; 13 42 Kyle
Reid, Cape Breton, NS, Canada; 14 09 Justin Drake,
Burnham, ME; 15 16 Adam Gray, Belchertown, MA; 16 51
John Peters, Westbrook, ME; 17 18 Wayne Parritt,
Steuben, ME; DNS 29 Trevor Sanborn, East Parsonsfield,
ME.
North East Mini Stock Tour (50
laps) 1 19 Zach Audet, Norridgewock, ME; 2
36 Kodi Sabens, Windsor, VT; 3 10 Jimmy Childs, Leeds,
ME; 4 85 Michael Viens, Seekonk, MA; 5 20 Matt Glidden,
Sidney, ME; 6 7 Cody Leblanc, Waterville, ME; 7 71 Matt
Boucher, Andover, NH; 8 23 Devin Guy, Dublin, NH; 9 14
Justin Faford, Westminster, MA; 10 43 Dana Shepard,
Putney, VT; 11 56 Jamie Heath, Waterford, ME; 12 52
Jeremy Carter, East Andover, NH; 13 55 Nick Anderson,
Oxford, MA; 14 84 William Schoeler, Warwick, RI; 15 48
Justin King, Derry, NH; 16 88 Emerson Cayer, Contoocook,
NH; 17 9 George Fortin, Leeds, ME; 18 18 Jake Rheaume,
Rochester, NH; 19 90 Desmond Skillings, Antrim, NH; 20
97 Becky Elston-Burns, Carmel, ME.
PASS Mods (40 laps) 1
19 Ben Tinker, New Gloucester, ME; 2 25 Bruce Helmuth,
Wales, ME; 3 12 Steve Dickey, Jr., Milford, NH; 4 34
Spencer Morse, Waterford, ME; 5 60 Gary Shackford,
Center Conway, NH; 6 14 Mark Napolitano, North Yarmouth,
ME; 7 21 Mark Lucas, Harpswell, ME; 8 60 Adam Gray,
Belchertown, MA; 9 85 Jariet Harrison, Freeport, ME; 10
48 Brian Treadwell, Hancock, ME; 11 2 Matty Sanborn,
Windham, ME; 12 7 Spencer Vaughan, Canton, ME; 13 15
Wayne Allard, Stetson, ME; 14 33 Billy Dixon, Waterboro,
ME; 15 35 Kristina Nadeau, Buxton, ME; 16 16 Patrick
Sullivan, Poland, ME; 17 10 Kate Re, Lovell, ME.
Allen's Coffee Flavored Brandy
Street Stock (30 laps) 1 61 Matt Dufault,
Turner, ME; 2 12 Skip Tripp, Norway, ME; 3 11 Tyler
King, Gray, ME; 4 1 Billy Childs, Jr., Leeds, ME; 5 51
Kyle Hewins, Leeds, ME; 6 2 Gary Babineau, Hollis
Center, ME; 7 62 Nick Stanley, Oxford, ME; 8 21 Zach
Bowie, Turner, ME; 9 36 Rick Spaulding, Lisbon, ME; 10 3
Jordan Pearson, Thorndike, ME; 11 4 Jordan Russell,
Norway, ME; 12 67 Michael Haynes, Livermore Falls, ME;
13 09 Mark Turner, Norway, ME; 14 52 Mike Nichols,
Livermore Falls, ME; 15 27 Patrick Thorne, Standish, ME;
16 99 George Haskell, Casco, ME; 17 77 Jon Brill,
Bridgton, ME; 18 5 Guy Childs, Lewiston, ME; 19 56 Addie
McDaniel, Bridgton, ME; 20 53 Matt Brill, Bridgton, ME;
21 1x Joey Isrealson, Scarborough, ME; 22 24 Jonathan
Emerson, Sabattus, ME; 23 22 Joe Hutter, Hebron, ME; 24
05 Brett Osmond, Wiscasset, ME.
Rebels (20 laps) 1 69
John Childs, Leeds, ME; 2 79 Travis Lovejoy, Waterboro,
ME; 3 91 Jamie Heath, Waterford, ME; 4 05 Gerard Cote,
Oxford, ME; 5 44 Rick Montminy, Auburn, ME; 6 14 Adam
O'Neil, Lewiston, ME; 7 69x Adam Warnoch, Buxton, ME; 8
24 Travis 'Tornado' Verrill, South Paris, ME; 9 56 Addie
McDaniel, Bridgton, ME; 10 21 Ralph Green, Auburn, ME;
11 50 AJ Smith III, South Paris, ME; 12 12 Chris
Lavanway, Auburn, ME; 13 04 Caleb Proctor, Casco, ME; 14
5 Matt Thibeault, Mechanic Falls, ME; 15 10 Corey
Roussel, South Paris, ME; 16 55 Dean Jordan, Jay, ME; 17
4 Dave Brannon, Monmouth, ME; 18 8 Jeremy Lauzier,
Rumford, ME; 19 95 Cody Childs, Auburn, ME; 20 55 Kyle
Gray, Carmel, ME; 21 11 Cam Childs, Leeds, ME; 22 1
Brandon Varney, Mechanic Falls, ME; 23 12 Adam Sanborn,
West Paris, ME; 24 4 Calab Emerson-Mains, Richmond, ME.
All street
stock teams are allowed to buy 4 tires once a year.
Teams are no longer required to buy tires as long as
they have 4 OPS stamped Hoosier 790s on the car. The
maximum amount of tires a team can buy per week after
the original 4 is 2. All tires used to race must
durometer no lower then 57.
OPS SLM Opening Day - 4 tires register and
must run in heat and feature. 2 tires register each week
after week #1 and must run in heat and feature.
OPS Street Stocks - All street
stock teams are allowed to buy 4 tires once a year.
Teams are no longer required to buy tires as long as
they have 4 OPS stamped Hoosier 790s on the car. The
maximum amount of tires a team can buy per week after
the original 4 is 2. All tires used to race must
durometer no lower then 57.
Any change tires for flats
must be approved by Ops Tech, OPS/PASS stamped, and no
altering or softener.
APPLEBEE’S SPONSORING FAN FRIENDLY SUPERFAN CARD AT OPS
The program is designed to reward the race fan for
attending races on a regular basis. All a fan has to do is ask for
their Applebee’s Super-Fan card when they attend any event at
Oxford Plains Speedway. The card will be punched each time they
attend. When they have all ten of the Applebee’s logos punched,
they can redeem their punch card for a free ticket to the next
regular racing event. Each fan must have their own punch card and
some restrictions apply.
The Applebee’s Super Fan Card will be available at the general admissions ticket booth.
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