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July 17, 2009

Hebert, Manchester, Oliver, Hannigan
beat the rain as '250' weekend opens


OXFORD, Maine - Kevin Oliver and Cathy Manchester each repeated their victories from two nights earlier in Friday's Acceleration Series card at Oxford Plains Speedway.

Then came a repeat of something that's become all too familiar in recent years: Rain on TD Banknorth 250 Weekend Presented by New England Dodge Dealers. Showers intervened and wiped away the final six features of the night.

Strictly and Mini Stock drivers will run double features Saturday night in conjunction with the Maine-Ly Action Sports 100 for the true Value Modified Racing Series. Racing will begin at the scheduled time of 6:30 p.m.

Three Chimney Tech Outlaw features will be contested Wednesday, July 29, with the Macdonald Motors Runnin' Rebel 'A' feature now to be run Wednesday, August 5.

Jeff Hebert collected his first victory since 2007 in the Runnin' Rebel 'B' main. Jason Hannigan scored his second Goulet Home Inspections Renegade checkered flag of the season.

Manchester sped from 12th to first in only six laps, taking the lead away from rookie Missy Morgan before cruising to a career-best fourth win of the season. Manchester has won four of the five weekly events in the Acceleration Series.

Vanna Brackett and Dottie Patria, the last two Ladies champions, waged a terrific battle for second. Brackett prevailed by less than a car length at the line. Morgan edged Christina Spaulding for fourth.

Oliver started last in the 11-truck field, but he needed only five circuits to overtake early leaders Corey Williams and Jerry Steven en route to his second straight win and third overall.

Point leader Ryan Farrar rallied to second, with Opie Allard, Schmidt and rookie Stevens in only his second OPS start.

Hebert landed the Rebel 'B' lead from Brian Nason on lap 2 and breezed in his caution-free event. 

Mark Childs Jr. and Bill Sprague posted their best finishes of the season in second and third, followed by Bill Dunphy. Jim Hart made his 2009 debut a successful one, overtaking John Mason in the final turn to swipe fifth.

Hannigan, the defending division champion, led all 10 laps of the Renegade encounter to snag his second win and first since opening night.

Bill Grover lurked at Hannigan's back bumper throughout but couldn't quite make the pass. Point leader Gerard Cote collected third, backed by Bob Morey.

Mike St. Germain and Tommy Tompkins won the 10-lap Strictly heats. Butch Keene and Greg Watkins captured Mini preliminaries.

MACDONALD MOTORS RUNNIN' REBEL 'B' (20 laps)
Fin. (Start) No., driver, hometown, laps completed
1. (3) #86 Jeff Hebert, Auburn, 20
2. (4) #95 Mark Childs Jr., Mechanic Falls, 20
3. (2) #85 Bill Sprague, Minot, 20
4. (6) #4 Bill Dunphy, New Gloucester, 20
5. (15) #97 Jim Hart, Buckfield, 20
6. (5) #44 John Mason, Bethel, 20
7. (10) #91 Jamie Heath, Waterford, 20
8. (11) #69 John Childs, Leeds, 20
9. (12) #25 Roger Bourgoin, Sabattus, 20
10. (1) #01 Brian Nason, Lewiston, 20
11. (9) #82 Martin Krauter, Raymond, 20
12. (18) #7 Carl Conant, Lewiston, 19
13. (8) #3 Charlie Hall, Oxford, 19
14. (16) #148 Don Smith, Oxford, 19
15. (14) #12 Josh Childs, Oxford, 18
16. (13) #24 Bert Allen, Auburn, 15
17. (7) #2 Craig Bartlett, Denmark, 8
18. (17) #89 Gene White, Lisbon, 2
Lap leaders: Nason 1, Hebert 2-20.
Cautions: None
Time of race: 6 minutes, 38 seconds

CALL OF THE WILD RV CENTER SPORT TRUCK (20 laps)
Fin. (Start) No., driver, hometown, laps completed
1. (11) #28 Kevin Oliver, Gray, 20
2. (10) #69 Ryan Farrar, Oxford, 20
3. (7) #68 Opie Allard, Harpswell, 20
4. (6) #22 Jeff Schmidt, Mechanic Falls, 20
5. (2) #77 Jerry Stevens, Searsport, 20
6. (5) #20 Corey Williams, Sumner, 20
7. (4) #7 Laurette Theriault, South Casco, 19
8. (3) #00 Jeremy Wagner, Bryant Pond, 19
9. (1) #30 Ryan Varney, South Paris, 19
10. (8) #17 Ross Spurling, New Gloucester, 16
11. (9) #1 John Lizotte, Mechanic Falls, 3
Lap leaders: Williams 1-3, Stevens 4, Oliver 5-20.
Cautions: None
Time of race: 6 minutes, 28 seconds

ALLEN'S COFFEE FLAVORED BRANDY LADIES (20 laps)
Fin. (Start) No., driver, hometown, laps completed
1. (12) #69 Cathy Manchester, Gray, 20
2. (11) #23 Vanna Brackett, Buckfield, 20
3. (10) #34 Dottie Patria, Turner, 20
4. (7) #26 Missy Morgan, Lewiston, 20
5. (8) #36 Christina Spaulding, Lewiston, 20
6. (14) #51 Deanna Robertson, South Paris, 20
7. (2) #30 Lisa Brooks, Auburn, 20
8. (4) #28 Sue Veinott, Sabattus, 20
9. (13) #29 Shannon Wheeler, Auburn, 19
10. (3) #137 Kristen Brown, Gray, 19
11. (9) #13 Missy Blash, Oxford, 19
12. (6) #7 Tori Burgess, Sabattus, 19
13. (5) #35 Tricia Thomas, Farmington, 19
14. (15) #44 Annie Chartier, Mexico, 16
15. (1) #2 Kimberly Sessions, Auburn, 7
Lap leaders: Brooks 1, Morgan 2-5, Manchester 6-20.
Cautions: None
Time of race: 6 minutes, 44 seconds

GOULET HOME INSPECTIONS RENEGADE (10 laps)
Fin. (Start) No., driver, hometown, laps completed
1. (1) #94 Jason Hannigan, Greene, 10
2. (4) #91 Bill Grover, Topsham, 10
3. (3) #05 Gerard Cote, Oxford, 10
4. (2) #1 Bob Morey, Lisbon, 10
Lap leaders: Hannigan 1-10.
Cautions: None
Time of race: 3 minutes, 22 seconds

MACDONALD MOTORS RUNNIN' REBEL 'A' (20 laps)
Postponed to Wednesday, August 5
Starting lineup
1. #7x Randy Desmarais
2. #1 Eric Rowles
3. #333 Craig Farrington
4. #52 Gerard Cote
5. #16 Mike Ward
6. #46 Jason Berry
7. #96 Matt Dufault
8. #19 Zach Audet
9. #59 Corey Beaulieu
10. #83 Brady Romano
11. #6 Troy Jordan
12. #93 Jamie Leavitt
13. #8 Dustin Salley
14. #521 Scott Farrington
15. #55 Ryan Hewins
16. #54 Kyle Hewins

CHIMNEY TECH OUTLAW A, B and C (20 laps each)
Postponed to Wednesday, July 29
Starting lineups

'C'
1. #K21 Phil Knowlton
2. #26 Pat Maloy
3. #52 Kevin Leighton
4. #555 Chad Truman
5. #28 Don Veinott
6. #3 Josh Childs
7. #112 Dennis Morang
8. #30 Scott Veinott
9. #21 Todd Bisbee
10. #54 Jonathan Baldwin
11. #239 Clint Sherwood
12. #00 Guy Childs
13. #51 Randy Robitaille
14. #2 Perley Garland
15. #59 Jay Small
16. #55 Justin Vining
17. #37 Jacob Hethcoat

'B' 
1. #14 Scott Hethcoat
2. #137 David Brown
3. #24 Kevin Lawrence
4. #57 Gerry Richard
5. #89 Kyle Curtis
6. #84 Doug Degroat
7. #69 Jay Wilkins
8. #63 Bob Ferguson
9. #97 Shannon Judd
10. #169 Jim Drake
11. #19 Steve Moon
12. #82 Josh Paradis
13. #139 Jerry Freve
14. #39 Ron Abbott Jr.
15. #49 Rob Lowe
16. #64 Nic Stanley

'A'
1. #33 Tyler Belanger
2. #83 Dan Brown
3. #67 Michael Haynes
4. #68 Bubba Collins
5. #34 John Patria
6. #35 John Spencer
7. #36R Ryan Robbins
8. #99 Jerry Goss
9. #25 Chris Coolidge
10. #38 Addison Bowie
11. #17 Jim Davis Jr.
12. #7 Chris Burgess
13. #36 Todd Hall
14. #53 Steve Brill
15. #5 David Childs
16. #04 Zach Bowie 

ALLEN'S COFFEE FLAVORED BRANDY MINI and STRICTLY STOCK (30 laps each): Postponed to Saturday, July 18.






















 

 


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