Wiscasset Added to ’08 True Value Modified Schedule
According to the Wiscasset Raceway web page, the True Value Modified Racing Series will race there on Saturday, June 28, 2008. It will be the third Maine venue for Jack Bateman’s open-wheeled Modified class, joining Beech Ridge in Scarborough and Oxford Plains on the 2008 schedule. The inaugural race at the midcoast Maine oval will be the second new venue joining the famed Thunder Road Speedbowl in Vermont. All-Star Speedway in Epping, NH also rejoins the schedule along with traditional venues like Monadnock.
At 3/8 mile, Wiscasset is the largest track in Maine (along with Oxford Plains) and features the highest banking, ranging from 10 to 12 degrees in the corners. The track opened in 1969 and has hosted famous Pro Stock races like the Coastal 200 and the one-off Big Dawg 400 won by Sam Sessions. Well-known track champions include Scott Chubbuck and Hall of Famer Stan Meserve. NASCAR star Ken Schrader raced a Late Model at Wiscasset and found victory lane in a pair of visits to the track, with the most recent trip coming in 2006.
The Lincoln County track was purchased on July 20 by Doug and Betty White from the St. Clair family. Since then, changes to the track have occured. A new logo, track web site along with weekly Pro Stock races and track renovations have taken place. For 2008, the backstrech wall will be moved out and new concrete installed.
Next season, the fortieth season at the “Center of Speed” will have weekly Pro Stock action. Another popular touring series, the Pro All Stars Series (PASS) has four PASS North Super Late Model dates including the DNK 250 and the season finale “Fall Brawl”.
Sources: Nicholas Teto/Wiscasset Raceway/PASS.