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OXFORD, Maine – Mike Short dominated the first 100-lap race of 2009 as convincingly as he aced the final long-distance test of 2008, cruising to victory in the Sunoco Race Fuels 100 for Allen's Coffee Flavored Brandy Strictly Stocks at Oxford Plains Speedway.

Short led the final 71 laps of the event, winning an eight-lap sprint to the finish after the lone caution flag tightened the field. Short won six races in '08, including the September New England Dodge Dealers Little Guy 100. He is the fourth different Strictly feature winner to launch the current campaign.
Former division champion Jim Duguay was unofficially second in his first start of the season, with division point leader Zach Emerson third and the final car on the lead lap. Jeff Merrill and Larry Emerson rounded out the top five.

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Oxford, January 22, 2008 – Oxford Dragway announces today the appointment of Andy Cook as Track Manager for the 2008 race season.

 

"I am both excited and flattered to have been selected for the Track Manager position by the Board of Directors," said Cook after the announcement.   Cook, who began racing motorcycles at Oxford Dragway in 1997, founded the Maine Motorcycle Drag Racing Association (MMDRA) in 2006.  MMDRA was created to revive and promote the sport of motorcycle drag racing in Maine and makes Oxford Dragway it's home track.  

 

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