oxfordPasteryak, Wells win on 250 eve at Oxford Plains Speedway

Oxford, Maine – Chris Pasteryak of Jewett City, Connecticut raced to victory in Saturday night’s 100-lap Valenti Modified Racing Series feature race, headlining the Dunkin’ Donuts night crowd at Oxford Plains Speedway.

Pasteryak was the dominant car in the race, easily outrunning Kevin Iannarelli of Groton, Massachusetts to the checkered flag. Les Hinckley of Windsor Locks, Connecticut was third, followed by Russ Hersey of Swanzey, New Hampshire and Donnie Lashua of Canaan, New Hampshire.

Toby Wells of Dublin, New Hampshire continued his dominance of North East Mini Stock Tour competition, winning handily. Matt Sonnhalter of East Thetford, Vermont claimed runner-up honors, with Jamie Heath of Waterford third across the finish line. Heywood Harriott of Gorham, New Hampshire and Justin Trombley of Winter Harbor rounded out the top five.

Josh Childs of Oxford broke a recent dry spell, picking up his sixth win of the season in Allen’s Coffee Flavored Brandy Street Stock action. Championship points leader Zach Emerson of Sabattus mounted a late challenge, but settled for a second-place finish in front of Greene’s Zach Bowie. Andrew Breton of Sabattus and West Poland’s David Whittier filled out the top five.

Evan Armington of Lovell won his second OPS Mods main event of the season, outrunning Andy Shaw of Center Conway, New Hampshire to the checkered flag. Championship points leader Ryan Robbins of Dixfield was third, with Newburgh’s Scott Alexander just nipping Matty Sanborn of Westbrook for fourth position.

Cole Boudreau of Chipman, New Brunswick led a Canadian sweep of the podium positions in INEX Legends Cars competition. Emily Meehan of Rawdon Gold Mines, Nova Scotia earned a second straight runner-up finish at OPS in the 25-lapper. Nicholas Naugle of Dartmouth, Nova Scotia took the third-place trophy. Mike Humphrey of Cornish and Ryan Kuhn from East Bridgewater, Massachusetts rounded out the top five.

Eddie Gilman of Sandown, New Hampshire also won his second straight OPS race in the Classic Lites finale. Doug Dawkins of Haverhill, Massachusetts earned runner-up spoils, in front of Plaistow, New Hampshire’s Eric Skofield. Duane Skofield and Tom Harton of Barington, New Hampshire completed the top five rundown.

Mark Theriault and Arthur Hannaford won 20-lap races for the Wicked Good Vintage Racers.

The 42nd Annual AIM Recycling Oxford 250 for Super Late Models is set for 1:30 p.m. on Sunday, August 30. For more information please visit oxfordplains.com or call (207) 539-8865.

Unofficial results from Oxford Plains Speedway; Saturday, August 29, 2015. (Finishing position, car number, driver’s name, home town.)

Valenti Modified Racing Series (100 laps) 1 5 Chris Pasteryak, Jewett City, CT; 2 27 Kevin Iannarelli, Groton, MA; 3 25 Les Hinckley, Windsor Locks, CT; 4 88 Russ Hersey, Swanzey, NH; 5 17 Donnie Lashua, Canaan, NH; 6 89 Matt Swanson, Acton, MA; 7 42 Jon McKennedy, Chelmsford, MA; 8 96 Dennis Perry, Pawcatuck, RI; 9 53 Norm Wrenn, Nashua, NH; 10 05 Todd Patnode, Richmond, NH; 11 85 Anthony Nocella, Woburn, MA; 12 19 David Schneider, Northport, NY; 13 43 Kirk Alexander, Swanzey, NH; 14 50 Carl Medeiros, Jr., Westport, MA; 15 4 Tony Ricci, Westbrook; 16 45 Dan Meservey, Jr., Brewster, MA; 17 3 Bill Dixon, Waterboro; 18 93 George Sherman, Framingham, MA; 19 38 Mike Willis, Jr., Grantham, NH; 20 81 Josh Cantara, Alfred; 21 12 Todd Annarummo, Swansea, MA; 22 55 Joe Doucette, Framingham, MA; 23 52 Bruce Haley, Minot’ 24 77 Matthew Mead, Richmond, NH.

NEMST AJ Roberti Memorial Race (50 laps) 1 2 Toby Wells, Dublin, NH; 2 33 Matt Sonnhalter, East Thetford, VT; 3 20 Jamie Heath, Waterford; 4 17 Heywood Harriott, Gorham, NH; 5 34 Justin Trombley, Winter Harbor; 6 18 Jacob Rheaume, Rochester, NH; 7 6 Ben Rowe, Turner; 8 52 Damon Dustin, Buckfield; 9 24 Joe Baxter, Pascoag, RI; 10 07 Pete Zakarite, Niantic, CT; 11 83 Brady Romano, Livermore Falls; 12 18 Justin Larsen, Peru; 13 77 Ashley Marshall, Jay; 14 2 Butch Keene, Turner; 15 90 Desmond Skillings, Antrim, NH; 16 43 Dana Shepard, Putney, VT; 17 22 Shaun Waites, Raymond, NH; 18 20 Shawn Kimball, Augusta; 19 38 Cristofer King, Derry, NH; 20 12 Darrell Moore, Oxford; 21 61 Chris Morris, Poland; 22 55 Nick Anderson, Oxford, MA; 23 2 Rob Greenleaf, West Bath.

Allen’s Coffee Flavored Brandy Street Stock (30 laps) 1 3 Josh Childs, Oxford; 2 23 Zach Emerson, Sabattus; 3 04 Zach Bowie, Greene; 4 33 Andrew Breton, Sabattus; 5 58 David Whittier, West Poland; 6 36 Rick Spaulding, Lisbon; 7 20 Peter Huston, Lisbon Falls; 8 6 David Cameron, Alfred; 9 8 Calvin Rose, Jr., Turner; 10 4 Jordan Russell, Notway; 11 63 Bryce Mains, Naples; 12 71 Jason LaValley, Auburn; 13 56 Mike Short, Auburn; 14 03 Zack Dresser, Oxford; 15 14 Michael Roe, West Paris; 16 24 Jonathan Emerson, Sabattus.

OPS Mods (25 laps) 1 9 Evan Armington, Lovell; 2 0 Andy Shaw, Center Conway, NH; 3 36 Ryan Robbins, Dixfield; 4 17 Scott Alexander, Newburgh; 5 64 Matty Sanborn, Westbrook; 6 12 Jimmy Emerson, Windham; 7 05 Ron Henry, New Gloucester; 8 2 Randy Sanborn, West Baldwin; 9 25 Bruce Helmoth, Wales; 10 4 Nik Coates, Turner.

INEX Legends Cars (25 laps) 1 00 Cole Boudreau, Chipman, New Brunswick; 2 75 Emily Meehan, Rawdon Gold Mines, Nova Scotia; 3 88 Nicholas Naugle, Dartmouth, Nova Scotia; 4 72 Mike Humphrey, Cornish; 5 72 Ryan Kuhn, East Bridgewater, MA; 6 08 Corey Hall, Jolicure, New Brunswick; 7 29 Austin Teras, Windham; 8 33 Alan Smith, Lincoln; 9 70 Tyler Braunschweig, West Newfields; 10 27 Roger Edgecomb, Hiram; 11 6 Adam Meehan, Rawson Gold Mines, Nova Scotia; 12 80 Dylan Varney, Windham; 13 67 Zack Godbout, Mount Vernon; 14 4 Thomas Everson, Gilmanton, NH; 15 21 Parker Varney, Windham; 16 96 Kyle Whitman, Limington; DNS 7 Steve Benincasa, Buxton; DNS 51 Braden Lugille, Schubanicadie, Nova Scotia.

Classic Lites (25 laps) 1 0 Eddie Gilman, Sandown, NH; 2 94 Doug Dawkins, Haverhill, MA; 3 18 Eric Skofield, Plaistow, NH; 4 30 Duane Skofield, Plaistow, NH; 5 85 Tom Harton, Barington, NH; 6 01 Sam Gilman, Barrington, NH; 7 33 Kevin Merrifield, New Boston, NH; 8 98 Joe Jinero, Plaistow, NH; 9 11 Jim Ayotte, Claremont, NH; 10 38 Bret Mace, n/a; 11 25 Chris Sullivan, Barrington, NH; 12 9 Bill Mattatall, Barrington, NH.

Wicked Good Vintage Racing Late Model/Modified (20 laps) 1 73 Mark Theriault, n/a; 2 82 Bobby Symonds, Casco; 3 1 Neil Martin, Freeport.

Wicked Good Vintage Racing outlaws (20 laps) 1 71 Arthur Hannaford, Hollis; 2 3 Paul Pierce, Lincolnville; 3 86 Ryan Chadwick, Bristol.