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Cassius Clark has won today’s 150-lap event at Oxford. 2nd Doiron, 3rd Benjamin, 4th Rowe, 5th Timmons

Track position bites him at end. After strong day from the pole, Brad Babb finishes 14th in PASS 150 at Oxford.

Brad Babb is 8th with 8 to go at Oxford. “I’m happy with where we’re at for this place.”

Lap 140: caution out for Scott Mulkern! 10 laps to go … This is about to get real interesting …! Doiron, C.Clark, Benjamin, Timmons, and Rowe will settle it for the win.

Lap 125: Cassius and Doiron battle side by side for first followed by Travis Benjamin in third.
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DJ Shaw Hopes To Start PASS North Season Strong At Oxford

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DJ1Center Conway, NH – The Pro All Stars Series North season opener is this weekend at Oxford Plains Speedway. After what seemed to be a never ending offseason for some, DJ Shaw and the Precision JLM Racing team have been hard at work on and off the track. After a couple of top ten finishes in the PASS National series, including a runner up finish in the Easter Bunny 150 two weeks ago, the crew is more prepared than ever for a good start to the season at Oxford Plains Speedway.

While Shaw hasn’t raced in a few weeks, he and his father, Dale Shaw, built and crewed on the car that Jimmy Hebert drove to the win in the Governor’s Cup 150 at Lee USA Speedway this past weekend, getting the sophomore driver his first win in the American Canadian Tour, all behind the wheel of a brand new Dale Shaw Racecar.
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Joey Doiron Ready For PASS North Season Opener

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driver_jdBerwick, ME – After a long offseason in the northeast, Joey Doiron and #73 Wild Willy’s Burgers/JBJ Machine racing team are ready to get the northern season started this weekend at Oxford Plains Speedway. The Pro All Stars Series North season opening “Ripley and Fletcher Ford 150” is this Sunday, April 21st. After a few great runs to start the season in the PASS National series, including a win to open the season at Auburndale Speedway, Joey Doiron is hoping to get another win to start the year off right this weekend.

“We won the season opener at Beech Ridge last year and that gave us a boost on the rest of the season,” Doiron said of his strong start just a year ago, “looking to Oxford we know we can do the same and get us another strong start.”
The last time the series was at Oxford Plains Speedway was last October for the season finale, and after making several big gains on the car, Doiron ended the night with a top ten finish with a car that he thought could have contended for a podium finish.
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BRADLEY BABB RACING: Babb Returns To Oxford Plains Speedway For PASS 150

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PASS North Series: Bradley Babb
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THE STORY
WINDHAM, Maine – Third-generation driver Bradley Babb of Windham, Maine, kicks off his 2013 schedule in the PASS North Series season-opening Ripley & Fletcher Ford 150 at Oxford Plains Speedway in Oxford, Maine, on Sunday, April 21. The 2012 NASCAR Whelen All-American Series Maine state champion last competed in a PASS-sanctioned race at Oxford Plains in 2011, Babb competed in two PASS events last season at his home track of Beech Ridge Motor Speedway. Babb does have plenty of seat time at Oxford in his career, however, having run multiple ACT Late Model Tour-sanctioned races at the track. He will have a brand new Dale Shaw Race Cars chassis under him this weekend.

THE FACTS
WHO: Bradley Babb, Windham, Maine
TEAM: No. 14 Babb Wood Contractors/McGoldrick Bros. Blasting Chevrolet
CREW CHIEF: Bobby Babb, Windham, Maine
BEST CAREER OXFORD PLAINS SPEEDWAY FINISH: 21st (October 2012)
LAST RACE AT OXFORD PLAINS SPEEDWAY: 21st (October 2012)
WHAT: PASS North Series Ripley & Fletcher Ford 150
WHERE: Oxford Plains Speedway, Oxford, Maine (.375-mile oval)
WHEN: Saturday, April 20 – 11 a.m., practice; Sunday, April 21 – 10 a.m., practice; 2 p.m., qualifying; 4:30 p.m., race Read Full Article →

JOHN PETERS: Peters Joins NELCAR For Doubleheader Weekend

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Amsoil NELCAR Legends Tour: John Peters
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THE STORY
WESTBROOK, Maine – John Peters of Westbrook, Maine, heads to a twin bill of Amsoil NELCAR Legends Tour racing this weekend, when the series holds 25-lap feature events both Speedway 95 in Hermon, Maine, on Saturday, April 20, and Oxford Plains Speedway in Oxford, Maine, on Sunday, April 21. Peters posted a career-best finish of seventh – the highest finishing rookie in the field – in the NELCAR season opener at Wiscasset Speedway two weeks ago, and he’ll be making his first visit to both tracks in a Legend car this weekend.

THE FACTS
WHO: John Peters, Westbrook, Maine
TEAM: No. 51 Digby’s Variety/Cash For Clunkers Coupe
CREW CHIEF: Greg Peters, Westbrook, Maine
BEST CAREER SPEEDWAY 95 FINISH: N/A
LAST RACE AT SPEEDWAY 95: N/A
BEST CAREER OXFORD PLAINS SPEEDWAY FINISH: N/A
LAST RACE AT OXFORD PLAINS SPEEDWAY: N/A
WHAT: Amsoil NELCAR Legends Tour 25
WHERE: Speedway 95, Hermon, Maine (.333-mile oval)
WHEN: Saturday, April 20 – 2 p.m., practice; 5 p.m., qualifying; 6 p.m., race
WHAT: Amsoil NELCAR Legends Tour 25
WHERE: Oxford Plains Speedway, Oxford, Maine (.375-mile oval)
WHEN: Sunday, April 21 – 10 a.m., practice; 2 p.m., qualifying; 4 p.m., race
Amsoil NELCAR Legends Tour
LAST RACE: April 6, Wiscasset Speedway, Wiscasset, Maine (7th)
NEXT RACE: May 4, Beech Ridge Motor Speedway, Maine (.333-mile oval)
CURRENT POINTS POSITION: 7th
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Maggie Ferland – an Angel at the Wheel

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One of the rookie young guns this season in Amsoil NELCAR Tour is 12 year old Maggie Ferland. She is making the transition from karts to legends cars. So how do the legends cars compare to the karts she raced in the past, “It’s completely different then the karts, it’s more precise driving then the karts.”

Maggie has kept very busy in the off season, “Playing basketball, karate and volunteering at the Good Shepard food Bank.”
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Entries Flowing In For 40th Annual TD Bank 250 At Oxford

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NAPLES, ME (April 10) – Entries from all across North America are pouring in as team’s start looking forward to the 40th Annual TD Bank 250 on July 21st at Oxford Plains Speedway. This year one of short track racing’s most historic event will be contested by the popular Pro All Stars Series Super Late Models for the first time since 2006. The list of winners reads like a “who’s who” in stock car racing and includes such names as Lindley, Bodine, Hanley, Craven, Rowe, Harvick, and Busch. And, with the richest single-day purse in motorsports, the TD Bank 250 at Oxford is once again attracting the best short tracks racers in the world, all competing for the $25,000 winner’s share. With $25,000 in additional lap leader money, this year’s TD Bank 250 winner could take home upwards of $50,000 in total.

“We knew the response would be big when we announced the PASS Super Late Models would headline the 40th Annual TD Bank 250, but we’re overwhelmingly pleased with the way racers and fans have responded to this event,” said PASS President and Oxford Plains Speedway owner Tom Mayberry. “The TD Bank 250 really is an event to behold. Fans will start camping out a week in advance of the race. With the list of talent we have coming growing by the day, I believe this year’s race truly will be bigger and better than ever.” Read Full Article →

2012 PASS Champion Travis Benjamin – All ready for 2013 Season

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The Pro All Stars Series tour kicks off their 2013 season at Oxford Plains Speedway on April 21st. Defending champion Travis Benjamin, is looking forward to the green flag. “Being a PASS champion is a great accomplishment!! There has only been 3 other drivers that can say that. I’ve worked my whole life to win the championship in some kind of sport and now I can say that I’m a champion!!”

Though the off season hasn’t been all fun and games… actually it has been as Travis has hit the hoops in his spare time. “This off season I’ve just been working a lot at Belfast Variety and during the off season I play a lot of basketball. There’s been two leagues in Belfast, one league in Ellsworth and another in Waterville. So that keeps me in shape.”
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Young Gun Wyatt Alexander, Looks to be New Sheriff in NELCAR

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Next weekend the Amsoil NELCAR Legends kick off their 2013 racing schedule at Wiscasset Speedway. Returning this season is young gun driver Wyatt Alexander, in the 96 K&B Automotive, and the Alexander race team is geared up and ready to go. “Yes, the car is ready. We were able to work out a few gremlins in the car in NC, so hopefully we are all set for a good race there.”

Though this won’t be his first race of the season as Wyatt and his father Brett, recently made the trip down south. His father explains, “We traveled down and had him do some work with Kyle Beattie Racing in Concord, NC. We traveled had him do some work to the car a few weeks ago and then went back last week to have the final set up done. While we were down there we raced at Concord Speedway to give the car a shake down with their assistance. They are a great group of guys. We had a great time.”
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NELCAR Champion, Mathew Bourgoine looks to do it Again.

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In 2012 Mathew Bourgoine won the Amsoil NELCAR Championship as well as the TNT Championship. So what is it like to win the championship, “Its Awesome!! It was a goal I set for myself when I started racing Legends, and now that I have done it. It feels awesome!!”

In the off season Bourgoine has been enjoying the winter sports and, finding new business adventures. “I went to some car shows, did some snowmobiling, and did a little ice fishing. I also have been getting things going on a new business called Bourgoine Designs. We’ll be doing T-shirts, stickers, and a bunch of stuff!!”
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Dave Farrington, a Class ACT.

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Dave Farrington has spent the racing off season studying, “I am in my final semester of college at the University of Maine in Orono, majoring in Mechanical Engineering. On the weekends, it’s straight home to work on the race cars.”

The 2013 race season is about to get underway as the race teams get ready for the first green flag of the season. “As of right now, we know we will be going to Lee for the ACT event and then going to Oxford for the PASS event. Depending on the results from those two races may set the rest of schedule for 2013. We have plenty of options with two different cars now to run some weekly events at tracks like Oxford, BRMS, Wiscasset, and maybe a few events at Thompson.”
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Kevin Girard Jr. Becoming a Legend

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DSC_7857Kevin Girard Jr. looks for great things this season as he gets ready to race in the Amsoil NELCAR Legends Tour. “We don’t have an exact set schedule, but we will be running every NELCAR race at BRMS, and all the other NELCAR tour races after the Thursday Thunder season for sure. We haven’t decided whether or not we will run any Saturday tour races during the Thursday Thunder season. BRMS will be our main focus.”

There are all different type of local short track racing, pro-4, modifieds, late models, the list goes on but one of the most unique racing series, is the NELCAR Legends. Scaled down versions of race cars from the 1930’s with a motorcycle engine and can reach speeds in excess of 100+ mph. “Ever since I first saw a Legend car, they have been one of the most interesting racecars out there to me. It seemed like a good choice for someone who is just getting into racing, but wanted plenty of speed right off the bat.”
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A Winter Nor’ Easter returns to NELCAR

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8591As a Nor’ Easter blankets New England the NELCAR “Winter Storm” is ready for the 2013 race season. Dan Winter and some of his fellow drivers from the NELCAR Legends Tour were on hand for the “Racin’ Preview” in Portland, Maine.

Though the Amsoil NELCAR legends haven’t been racing the last few months, the drivers have been busy getting ready for Opening Day at Wiscasset Speedway on April 6th. “This offseason we’ve been mostly getting the cars cleaned up and ready for the 2013 season.”
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CRAZY HORSE RACING: Coolidge Tackles Oxford’s New Top Division

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SOUTH PARIS, Maine – Norway’s Chris Coolidge will be back in the top division at Oxford Plains Speedway in 2013, even as the division itself has undergone offseason changes.

Formerly fielding ACT-legal Late Models at the .375-mile flat oval, new ownership there has revamped the division to be a Pro Late Model – a sort of hybrid blending the former Late Model division with the Super Late Models that compete in the PASS North Series. Coolidge, who earned his first career win in the 2012 season finale at Oxford, is already eager to get back on the track in his No. 72 Crazy Horse Racing chassis.

“It’s not going to be a full-blown Pro Stock. It’s not going to be a lot different,” Coolidge said. “It’s always been my hope to try and be able to run something like that. It’s definitely going to be a learning curve – I still had a lot to learn in a Late Model, and now we’ve even got more to learn. But I still think it’s going to be a lot of fun.” Read Full Article →

NEW ENGLAND MOTORSPORTS NORTH Oxford Plains Speedway Released its 2013 Racing Schedule

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By Lou Modestino

Oxford Plains Speedway in Maine released its 2013 racing schedule. The highlight of the schedule is the TD Bank 250 to be held on July 21. The 2013 edition of the event marks the return of the Super Late Model type cars after a six year absence under the Late Model format. The 2013 schedule boasts a very aggresive format with events from April to October at the 3/8 mile oval. There are 19 Oxford Championship Series points events slated to take place along with 13 Oxford Acceleration Series points nights, 4 Motor Mayhem events, a Mega Monster Truck Extravaganza weekend in August, and the 1st Annual Tom Mayberry Swap Meet to close out the year.

In addition to those events, the Pro All Stars Series Super Late Models will once again return for two dates in 2013; the season opener on April 21 and Championship Weekend on September 27 and 28. Joining the Pro All Stars Series in September will be the annual Oxford Championship Series Little Guys and Oxford Acceleration Series Showdown events for what will prove to be an action packed weekend.
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