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June 20, 2009 - quick story,
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Karkos clobbers field in Subway 100;
"Slick Nick," 18, is a Late Model winner
OXFORD, Maine - The same, old Mini Stock domination by Justin Karkos
and a fresh, new Late Model winner highlighted Saturday night at
Oxford Plains Speedway.
Karkos cruised to victory by a margin
of more than nine seconds in the Subway 100 main event.
He was forced to share the spotlight,
however, with 18-year-old Nick Brown, who became one of the youngest
headline division feature winners in OPS history with his 40-lap
triumph.
Mike Short (Strictly Stock), Jim Davis Jr. (Outlaw) and Cathy
Manchester (Ladies) also scored victories.
Karkos drove around former division
champion Dan Morris on lap 36 and set sail from the second-place
battle between Morris, Jimmy Childs and Ashley Marshall.
With no caution flags to slow his
progress over the second half of the event, Karkos' only threat was
slower traffic. He calmly slowed his pace just enough over the final
20 laps to steer clear and still finish a half-lap ahead of
runner-up Childs.
It was the third win in the last four
weeks for Karkos, who has led at least one lap in five of the first
six races after winning seven times in 2008.
"That was fun. I think we put on
a show," said Karkos, who bowed to the crowd Kyle Busch-style
with his pit crew at the start-finish line.
Ashley Marshall made a late-race move
around Morris to claim third, with Jake Burns edging Shane Kaherl
for fifth. Kaherl was the last driver on the lead lap.
Brown missed a race late last month
to attend his senior prom at Morse High School. Mercifully,
graduation ceremonies were last Sunday, preventing the second-year
Late Model racer from having to skip a second Saturday night.
He wouldn't have wanted to miss this
one for the world. Brown snagged the lead from Ron Charpentier Jr.
on a restart shortly before the halfway point and survived another
resumption with 10 laps to go for the breakthrough victory.
"You can't imagine the smile on
my face right now. I can't believe I'm even out here after all those
years of watching up there," said Brown, who was a multi-time
champion in Oxford's JARRacing Photography Go Kart Series in his
early teens.
Shawn Knight matched his Late Model
career-best second place in controversial fashion, as contact from
his front bumper sent mentor and runner-up Tim Brackett for a spin
with under two laps remaining.
The two drivers typically park
side-by-side in the OPS garage.
"I feel terrible, and I hope
he'll understand," Knight said. "I was having to hold the
car in gear on that last green-flag run and steer it with one hand,
and unfortunately that's what happened. I think I had enough car to
get to the outside and fight for the win without that problem."
Kenny Harrison held off four-time
champion Travis Adams by a fender for third, with Shawn Martin
fifth.
Short earned a measure of vindication
for last week, when he was disqualified from a Strictly Stock win
after the post-race inspection.
This time, he dominated the final 21
laps to snag his second official victory in three weeks by a wide
margin over Tommy Tompkins.
Larry Emerson hopped the curb to miss
a wild scramble in the final turn to claim third, less than a foot
in front of reigning champion Skip Tripp. Tripp's team scrambled to
get the car ready in time for the feature after a crash at the end
of his qualifying race.
Davis won his third straight Outlaw
start, backing up consecutive triumphs in the Wednesday night
Acceleration Series.
David Childs (second) and Chris Burgess (third) whittled Davis'
dominant early lead to nothing but fell a car length shy.
"My set-up wasn't real hot
tonight," said Davis. "I got out to a lead and all of a
sudden I saw those guys coming and said I'd better step it up."
Twenty-three cars started the
caution-free Outlaw scramble, with Guy Childs and Jerry Goss
rounding out the top five.
Manchester led all 20 laps of the Ladies tangle, matching
second-place Dottie Patria and third-place Vanna Brackett in the
wins category with her second of the season.
"Starting up front was a stroke
of good luck," said Manchester. "It was fun, and I love it
when Dottie and I finish one-two."
Patria secured that status by passing
Brackett to the outside in the final corner.
ALLEN'S COFFEE FLAVORED BRANDY MINI STOCK (100 laps)
Fin. (Start) No., driver, hometown, laps completed
1. (12) #51 Justin Karkos, Jay, 100
2. (17) #10 Jimmy Childs, Leeds, 100
3. (10) #77 Ashley Marshall, Jay, 100
4. (1) #33 Dan Morris, Auburn, 100
5. (7) )#47 Jake Burns, Gray, 100
6. (8) #19 Shane Kaherl, Jay, 100
7. (4) #55 Steve Barker, Jay, 99
8. (5) #08 Kevin Bishop, South Paris, 99
9. (13) #16 Don Frechette, Turner, 99
10. (6) #31 Jeff Beaule, Lewiston, 99
11. (14) #20 Greg Aptt, Oxford, 99
12. (15) #2 Butch
Keene, Turner, 97
13. (18) #18 Nik Coates, Lisbon, 97
14. (2) #14 Matt Moore, South Paris, 97
15. (3) #6 Nathan Guptill, North Turner, 97
16. (9) #8 Calvin Rose Jr., Turner, 95
17. (11) #12 Darrell Moore, Mechanic Falls, 77
18. (16) #29 Greg Watkins, Bridgton, 39
DNS #97 Jeff Moon, Gray
Lap leaders: Morris 1-35, Karkos 36-100.
Cautions: 2 (laps 5, 39)
Time of race: 36 minutes, 26.620 seconds
Margin of victory: 9.128 seconds
Fast lap: Justin Karkos, 18.231 seconds
OXFORD NETWORKS LATE MODEL (40 laps)
Fin. (Start) No., driver, hometown, laps completed
1. (3) #12 Nick Brown, Bath, 40
2. (7) #25 Shawn Knight, South Paris, 40
3. (2) #48 Kenny Harrison, Pownal, 40
4. (16) #03E Travis
Adams, Canton, 40
5. (13) #94 Shawn Martin, Turner, 40
6. (10) #26 Corey Morgan, Lewiston, 40
7. (17) #50 Jeff White, Winthrop, 40
8. (12) #57 Doug Coombs, Livermore, 40
9. (4) #71 Gary Chiasson, Peru, 40
10. (14) #63 Don Wentworth, Otisfield, 40
11. (11) #15 Ben Ashline, Pittston, 40
12. (19) #1 Billy Childs Jr., Leeds, 40
13. (18) #51 Ricky Rolfe, Albany Township, 40
14. (8) #72 Scott
Robbins, Dixfield, 40
15. (20) #27 Jason Larrabee, Raymond, 40
16. (1) #36 Ron Charpentier
Jr., Wales, 40
17. (9) #85 Travis Stearns, Auburn, 40
18. (15) #60 Tim Brackett, Buckfield, 40
19. (6) #6 Tommy Ricker, Poland, 40
20. (22) #84 Matt Sanborn, West Baldwin, 39
21. (5) #8 Gerald
Parlin, South Paris, 27
22. (21) #4 Randy Sanborn, West Baldwin, 25
Lap leaders: Charpentier 1-10, Brown 11-40.
Cautions: 2 (laps 10, 27)
Time of race: 19 minutes, 26.018 seconds
Margin of victory: 1.271 seconds
Fast lap: Tim Brackett, 16.613 seconds
ALLEN'S COFFEE FLAVORED BRANDY STRICTLY STOCK (30 laps)
Fin. (Start) No., driver, hometown, laps completed
1. (10) #56 Mike Short, Auburn, 30
2. (11) #113 Tommy Tompkins, Dixfield, 30
3. (4) #24 Larry Emerson, Durham, 30
4. (9) #12 Skip Tripp, Poland, 30
5. (5) #81 B.J. Chapman, Bridgton, 30
6. (8) #23 Zach
Emerson, Sabattus, 30
7. (1) #42 Kim Tripp, Oxford, 30
8. (13) #14 Mac Hannan Jr., Union, 30
9. (3) #82 Ben Krauter, Raymond, 30
10. (12) #7 Keith Stuart, Naples, 30
11. (6) #63 Matt
Williams, Brownfield, 30
12. (14) #15 Ed Burlock, Minot, 29
13. (15) #88 Derek Farrington, Freeport, 28
14. (7) #00 Jeff Merrill, Turner, 14
15. (2) #36 Rick Spaulding, Lewiston, 8
Lap leaders: K. Tripp 1-10, Short 11-30.
Cautions: 1 (lap 15)
Time of race: 11 minutes, 50.993 seconds
Margin of victory: 1.356 seconds
Fast lap: Mike Short, 18.359 seconds
CHIMNEY TECH OUTLAW (20 laps)
Fin. (Start) No., driver, hometown, laps completed
1. (3) #17 Jim Davis Jr., Sabattus, 20
2. (17) #5 David Childs, Oxford, 20
3. (11) #7B Chris Burgess, Sabattus, 20
4. (10) #00 Guy Childs, Turner, 20
5. (12) #99 Jerry Goss, Mechanic Falls, 20
6. (18) #38 Addison Bowie, Auburn, 20
7. (5) #39 Ron Abbott Jr., Sabattus, 20
8. (16) #53 Steve Brill, Bridgton, 20
9. (14) #19 Steve Moon, Gray, 20
10. (2) #69 Jay Wilkins, Gray, 20
11. (8) #67 Michael Haynes, Livermore Falls, 20
12. (21) #97 Shannon Judd, Jay, 20
13. (15) #04 Zach Bowie, Lisbon, 20
14. (20) #112 Dennis Morang,
South Paris, 19
15. (1) #14 Scott Hethcoat, Danville Junction, 19
16. (23) #21 Todd Bisbee,
South Paris, 19
17. (7) #29 Charlie Webster, Auburn, 19
18. (13) #24 Kevin Lawrence, South Paris, 18
19. (4) #124 Randy Desmarais, Auburn, 18
20. (22) #36 Todd Hall, Auburn, 16
21. (19) #59 Jason
Small, Poland, 15
22. (9) #34 John Patria, Turner, 12
23. (6) #84 Doug Degroat, Oxford, 0
Lap leaders: Wilkins 1-2, Davis 3-20.
Cautions: None
Time of race: 6 minutes, 55 seconds
ALLEN'S COFFEE FLAVORED BRANDY LADIES (20 laps)
Fin. (Start) No., driver, hometown, laps completed
1. (1) #69 Cathy
Manchester, Gray, 20
2. (6) #34 Dottie Patria, Turner, 20
3. (5) #23 Vanna Brackett,
Buckfield, 20
4. (8) #36 Christina Spaulding, Lewiston, 20
5. (2) #26 Missy Morgan, Lewiston, 20
6. (3) #7B Tori Burgess, Sabattus, 20
7. (4) #21 Deanna Robertson, South Paris, 19
8. (7) #44 Annie Chartier, Mexico, 16
Lap leaders: Manchester 1-20.
Cautions: None
Time of race: 6 minutes, 45 seconds
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