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LADY DRIVERS POST WINS IN SPEEDWAY 95 SERIES RACES

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Both of Speedway 95’s top performing lady drivers, Emma Libby of Glenburn and Shelby Kimball of Cornville overcame adversity to win their respective extended length feature races at the Hermon oval Saturday night. In the Sport-Four Coca-Cola series event, 15 year old Emma Libby of Glenburn was sent to the rear of the 15 car field along with Dedham’s Keith Ogden following a lap 5 scuffle that brought out the race’s third caution flag. Libby then made an impressive charge to the front, methodically passing car after car without the help of any additional caution flags, running down and passing Hudson’s Donny Silva for the lead with 6 laps to go in the 35 lap race. Silva finished second with Hermon’s Andrew Crosby taking third. Kevin Hartley of Hermon finished fourth with Carmel’s Bradley Dolan in fifth.
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SPEEDWAY 95 CANCELS MAY 11 PROGRAM FOR RAIN

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Speedway 95SPEEDWAY 95 CANCELS MAY 11 PROGRAM

Racing scheduled for Saturday, May 11 at Speedway 95 has been cancelled due to inclement weather. Racing action at the 1/3 mile asphalt oval will continue on Saturday, May 18, with the Dysart’s Late Models scheduled to compete in a regular 40 lap feature event. The Darling’s Ford Sportsman will race a 25 lap feature, while the Strictly Streets and Sport-Fours will each have extended length features in their series events. The Strictly Streets will race 35 laps in the Pepsi Beverage Company series race #1, and the Sport-Fours will race 35 laps in the Coca-Cola series #1 event. Also on the schedule are the Speedway 95 Bombers for a 20 lap feature and the Wicked Good Vintage Racing Association will compete in their feature events. All divisions will also have qualifying races starting at 5:00 p.m. Fans can come early and have a ride with their favorite driver beginning at 4:30 p.m.
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Speedway 95 results April 27

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By Bill DaButler

(Hermon) With the prefect weather for racing as the back drop, Speedway 95 in Hermon had another exciting evening of action, Saturday, May 4th with a down to the wire side-by-side race in the Darlings Ford Sportsman series, and a full card of regular weekly divisions.

With just two cautions in the 25-lap Darlings Ford Sportsman series race (the first of three) Milford’s Joe Legere battled side-by-side in the closing laps with Kris Matchett of Skowhegan. The pair traded the top spot back-and-forth until the checkered flag favored Legere. Matchett told fans in victory lane that the car started to become loose in the closing laps, making his second place finish all the more intense. Kris Watson of Hermon was on the back bumper of the pair, to finish the race in a close third.
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ANDY SAUNDERS AND DEANE DOMINATE SPEEDWAY 95 LATE MODELS

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SAUNDERS AND DEANE DOMINATE SPEEDWAY 95 LATE MODELS

Andy Saunders of Ellsworth and Ryan Deane of Winterport showed they were the cars to beat in the early going in the Dysart’s Late Models at Speedway 95 Saturday night as the each picked up a win and a second place in the two features run. In the first race, a 40 lap event rescheduled from last week’s program due to the power failure, Deane took the checkers after grabbing the lead on a restart with 8 laps to go. Meanwhile, Saunders was working his way up from a last place start in the event. Saunders was scheduled to start in the sixth spot, but when the initial green flag flew, he was unable to start due to an issue with his transmission. After a quick trip to the pit following the caution he caused, Saunders rejoined the race at the rear of the 17 car field, still on the lead lap before the next green was waved. Saunders finished in second, followed by Shane Clark of Winterport in third. 2012 Strictly Street champion Andrew McLaughlin of Harrington finished fourth in his first ever Late Model start, and Donny Blanchard of Bangor was fifth.

In the regularly scheduled 50 lap Maine State Lottery series event, Saunders won his heat race, qualified on the pole and led the entire distance, maintaining the lead through three cautions. Deane also won a qualifier and started on the outside pole, keeping the heat on Saunders throughout the race, challenging him hard following the last caution on lap 42. Saunders had enough to hold Deane off, with Deane finishing a close second at the checkers. Wayne Parritt of Steuben finished the race in third, followed by John Kalel II in fourth and Andrew McLaughlin of Harrington in fifth.
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Bourgoine Adds to Impressive Resume at Speedway 95

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DSC_5093Story by Evan Beaulieu
Hermon, ME – The Amsoil Nelcar Legends Tour returned to northern Maine this past weekend to do battle at Speedway 95. The 3/8th mile is famous for its tough surface and its progressive banking that makes the long way around the fast way around. The start of a double header weekend for the Tour showed 14 of the tour’s best driver’s work to make their mark in the first of two trips to the track in the 2013 season.

For the first heat race it was the 81 of third year Legends driver Dan Winter on the pole with the 399 of four time tour champion Bob Weymouth on his outside. Weymouth would use the outside to his advantage as he drove off with the heat win ahead of Ryan Hammar in the 2 car and rookie John Peters in the 51 machine.
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POWER FAILURE HALTS SPEEDWAY 95 OPENING DAY PROGRAM

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POWER FAILURE HALTS SPEEDWAY 95 OPENING DAY PROGRAM

Speedway 95’s opening day program was well underway when a component failure in the speedway’s lighting system forced postponement of the final three feature events scheduled for the night. Speedway officials said those postponed events for the Strictly Streets, the Darling’s Ford Sportsman and the Dysart’s Late Models would be completed next Saturday night before the start of the regular racing program.

Prior to the curtailment, Garett Hayman of Milford won the 20 lap Bomber feature after holding off Carmel’s Denis Burns through three restarts in the final five laps. Burns finished second with Bangor’s Scott Bonney in third. Joey Doyon of Winterport and Chris Carroll of Greenbush rounded out the top five.

The Sport-Four 25 lap feature event was also completed, but the results changed once the tech inspectors checked the cars after the race. Zach Audet of Skowhegan, who finished first in the race, was disqualified in the post race inspection, as were Jayson Bosworth and Brad Bosworth of Cornville, who had also finished in the top five. All three cars failed to meet the specified track width requirement. J.R. Gray of Orrington was declared the winner with 2012 division champion Ted Ryder of Carmel in second. Third place went to Kevin Hartley of Hermon, followed by Joshua Grant of Carmel and Matthew Loyd of Drummond, New Brunswick.
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Young Gun Wyatt Alexander, Looks to be New Sheriff in NELCAR

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DSC_5866story by Christopher Roy
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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DSC_5093story by Christopher Roy
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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SPEEDWAY 95 CLOSES 2012 SEASON WITH DOUBLE HEADER ACTION

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Speedway 95SPEEDWAY 95 CLOSES 2012 SEASON WITH DOUBLE HEADER ACTION
MIKE HOPKINS AND RYAN DEANE TAKE LATE MODEL WINS

Speedway 95 closed out a very successful 2012 season with a double header week-end full of racing action that looked like the season was just beginning. On Saturday, over 75 cars entered the pit area under cloudy and breezy skies in a day that was to feature extended races in the speedway’s Strictly street and Sport-Four divisions. In Sunday’s action, the Dysart’s Late Models and the Maine State Lottery Sportsman did their season ending extended length features.
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SPECIAL EVENTS PLANNED FOR SPEEDWAY 95 SEASON’S END

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Speedway 95Coming off one of the most successful seasons in the track’s history, Speedway 95 management has planned a series of 50 lap races for the final 2 weeks of the 2012 season. On Saturday, September 29th, the Dysart’s Late Models and the Maine State Lottery Sportsman will each run 50 lap feature events paying increased purse money to win and also back through the field. Start time for the program will be 3:00 P.M. The Strictly Streets, Sport-Fours, Bombers and Stars of Tomorrow will run regular length qualifying and feature races on that day in support of the larger events. Rules and payoff information for these races can be found on the speedway website, www.speedway95racing.com.
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ANDY SAUNDERS WINS FEATURE, CHAMPIONSHIP IN SPEEDWAY 95 LATE MODELS

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Andy Saunders of Ellsworth put an exclamation point on his 2012 championship in the Dysart’s Late Models Saturday night at Speedway 95 when he won the 35 lap feature after taking the lead from early leader Deane Smart of Milford on a lap 9 restart. Saunders led the rest of the way to the checkers with Smart holding on to the second spot at the finish. John Kalel II of Orrington finished third after a race long battle with Ryan Deane of Winterport and Joey Doyon of Winterport who finished fourth and fifth. Phil Richardson of Hermon, Ryan Modery of Hermon, Duane Seekins of Stockton Springs, Patrick Thibodeau of Winterport and last week’s winner, Donny Blanchard of Bangor, rounded out the top ten.

Steve Moulton of Holden won the 25 lap Maine State Lottery Sportsman feature along with the season’s points title in that division. Only one yellow flag slowed the action in that race when Brad Norris of Ellsworth and Joe Legere of Milford spun into the infield on lap 11 after contact between the two. Both drivers recovered to finish the race.Kris Watson of Hermon finished second. Ralph Melanson of Charleston finished third with Legere coming home fourth. Pole sitter Kris Matchett of Skowhegan finished fifth.
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SPEEDWAY 95 LATE MODEL WIN IN DOUBT

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Speedway 95 results September 15

2010 Speedway 95 Little Enduro champion Danny Blanchard of Bangor appeared to have won his career first Dysart’s Late Model feature Saturday night at Speedway 95, but a post race inspection found that his crate motor did not still contain the required seal indicating that it had not been worked on since being sealed by Butler and MacMaster Automotive of Hallowell, the official engine shop of Speedway 95. Management has agreed to hold the finish of the race in suspense until the motor, which has been removed from the car, is taken to Butler and MacMaster on Monday to be tested. If it passes the test, Blanchard will be allowed to keep the win. Blanchard had led from the pole to lap 33 when a yellow flag bunched the 17 car field up for a two lap dash to the finish. Duane Seekins of Stockton Springs, who had run second for most of the race, challenged Blanchard over the last two laps, but was unable to unseat Blanchard from the top spot and finished second. In his post race interview, Seekins complained that Ryan Deane, the third place finisher, pushed him sideways on those last two laps, causing his car to lose traction and making it impossible for him to beat Blanchard. Points leader Andy Saunders of Ellsworth finished in fourth with John Kalel II of Orrington finishing fifth. All positions are unofficial until the Blanchard motor test is completed on Monday.
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Evan Beaulieu Out Runs The Rain For Speedway 95 Win!

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The Amsoil Nelcar Legends Tour made their second northern Maine trip of the season this past weekend, as they traveled to Hermon, Maine to do battle at Speedway 95 thanks to the night’s sponsor K&B Automotive. With just four point’s races remaining in the season, the points battle is tight all the way through the top ten. Point’s leader Matt Bourgoine went into the race holding a slight margin over Evan Beaulieu, while the drivers behind them were locked into tight point’s races of their own. With many drivers seeking victory and threatening thunderstorms on the horizon, the Legends Cars took to the track and put on an excellent race.

On the pole for the first heat race would be the 81 of Dan Winter with point’s leader Matt Bourgoine on his outside. On the start, Bourgoine got out to the lead with the 2 of Ryan Hammar right behind while Winter settled into third. The heat race was going smoothly until with a few laps Winter got loose off turn four, but was able to make a great save and continue on and the green flag stayed out. At the finish, Bourgoine was able to get the win over Hammar with Alan Smith rounding out the top three at his home track.
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