Reid Lanpher Best in PASS Super Late Model Action at Oxford Plains Speedway
Oxford, Maine – Reid Lanpher of Manchester, Maine nailed down his second Pro All Stars Series North Super Late Model victory of the season Sunday afternoon at Oxford Plains Speedway.
Lanpher, who started 11th, needed nearly the entire race to chase down six-time PASS North champion Johnny Clark of Farmingdale, Maine and take the race lead. Clark, who led the first 138 circuits in the 150-lap race, managed to hang on to second place after dominating most of the rain-delayed event.
The championship battle remained tight atop the PASS North points standings, with reigning series champion and 2018 leader DJ Shaw of Center Conway, New Hampshire just one spot better than his closest championship rival, Travis Benjamin of Morrill, Maine, another former series champion.
Ryan Robbins of Dixfield, Maine, a two-time OPS Super Late Model winner this year, raced with the leaders throughout the 150-lapper and finished fifth. Maine racers Joey Doiron of Berwick, Ben Rowe of Turner, Billy Rodgers of Old Orchard Beach, Mike Rowe of Turner and Rusty Poland of Windham rounded out the top ten.
Kate Re of Lovell, Maine led wire-to-wire and won her first-ever PASS Mods main event.
Re, 14, held off a determined Gary Shackford to earn her trip to victory lane. Shackford finished second and came up eight points shy of his first Mods championship. The Center Conway, New Hampshire driver was a Street Stock champion at Oxford Plains Speedway about 15 years before winner Re was born.
Matty Sanborn of Windham followed up an impressive heat race victory with a third-place finish. Freeport’s Jariet Harrison pieced together a ride and claimed a fourth-place finish in front of Waterford’s Spencer Morse.
Ben Tinker of New Gloucester wrapped up his second consecutive PASS Mods championship with a sixth-place finish in a car usually driven by Patrick Sullivan. Tinker’s car was destroyed in a vicious crash a couple of weeks previously which ended the season for a couple of other competitors. The champion expressed a desire to move up into the Super Late Model ranks next season.
Gary Babineau of Hollis was dominant in a trouble-free 50-lapper for the Allen’s Coffee Flavored Brandy Street Stock division, cruising to victory in impressive fashion ahead of Gray’s Tyler King, who really was the king of 50-lappers this season. Michael Harrsion of Durham finished a distant third; with Waterboro’s Travis Lovejoy the last car on the lead lap, in fourth spot. Skip Tripp of Norway rounded out the top five.
Kyle Hewins of Leeds wrapped up the Bandits Triple Crown Series title the way you’d like to, in victory lane following a 30-lap jaunt in front of the field. Cody White of South Paris was a half-lap behind Hewins as the checkered flag, but that was enough to score a runner-up finish in a tight battle over Waterford’s Jamie Heath, Buckfield’s Chad Wills and Shaun Hinkley of Oxford.
Weekend rain forced track management to move the PASS program originally scheduled for Saturday to Sunday morning, and the result was an overflowing pit area filled with racecars (both real and imitation) as the originally-schedule Armegeddon of Destruction racing program followed the PASS action.
Dustin Salley prevailed in the 50-lap, 60-plus car enduro race on the greased-up, pumpkin-laden oval track. Salley, the 2018 Budweiser Championship Series Bandits division champion, started deep in the field and largely avoided trouble to claim victory. Chris Giguere was the best of the rest, with Josh Dube claiming the third-place trophy. The Tornado,Travis Verrill, was fourth across the finish line with Jeremy Guptill filling out the top five.
The new 2018 Oxford Acceleration Series Outlaw champion, Ajay Cates of Lyman, raced to victory in the 20-lap race for his class to close out a great season. Rick Thompson of Naples claimed runner-up honors, with Gerry Freve of Buckfield rebounding from a spin to earn third-place hardware. Steve Moon of Gray and Richmond’s Calab Emerson-Mains filled out the top five.
Racing three and four-wide at times, David Cook of Jay dominated the action in the Rebels division main event. Oxford’s Doug Degroat was runner-up, ahead of Mechanic Falls racer Matt Thibeault. Berlin, New Hampshire’s Mike McKinney and Cody White of South Paris rounded out the top five.
Newly-crowned division champion Brandon Varney of Mechanic Falls appeared to enjoy battling his uncle, Skip Tripp of Norway, for the win in the 20-lap Cruiser division feature race. Varney prevailed. Last year’s champion, Phil Knowlton of Oxford, was third. Matt Hiscock of Turner and Oxford’s William Barker completed the top-five rundown.
After wrecking in practice, Ryan Farrar of Oxford seemed determined not to have his perfect season ruined in the Truck class. Farrar borrowed Randy Green’s pickup and won another 20-lapper, remaining undefeated in 2018 feature race competition at the Speedway. John Lizotte of Lewiston, Kolby Morrell of Sebago and Greene racer Mike Mayberry followed.
Poland’s Dustin Salley aced the 15-lap 4-cylinder Figure 8 race. Travis ‘Tornado’ Verrill of South Paris was second under the checkered flag, with Cam Childs of Leeds filling out the podium. Greg Durgin of South Paris and Jeremy Lauzier of Rumford also were credited with finishes ahead of newly-crowned champion Kevin Varney of Mechanic Falls.
The Pro All Stars Series Super Late Models have a National Championship event scheduled for Richmond Raceway in Virginia this Saturday (October 20). The PASS North Super Late Models wrap up their championship season on Saturday, October 27 at Seekonk Speedway in Seekonk, Massachusetts. The 2018 racing season has been completed at Oxford Plains Speedway. For more information visit proallstarsseries.com or call (207) 539-8865.
Unofficial Results from the October 14 Pro All Stars Series North Super Late Model 150 at Oxford Plains Speedway; Oxford, Maine, showing finishing position, car number, driver’s name, driver’s hometown:
Pro All Stars Series North Super Late Model (150 laps) 1 59 Reid Lanpher, Manchester, ME; 2 54 Johnny Clark, Farmingdale, ME; 3 60 DJ Shaw, Center Conway, NH; 4 7 Travis Benjamin, Morrill, ME; 5 36 Ryan Robbins, Dixfield, ME; 6 72 Joey Doiron, Berwick, ME; 7 4 Ben Rowe, Turner, ME; 8 53 Billy Rodgers, Old Orchard Beach, ME; 9 24 Mike Rowe, Turner, ME; 10 44 Rusty Poland, Windham, ME; 11 94 Garrett Hall, Scarborough, ME; 12 81 Dan Winter, Windham, NH; 13 51 Joh Peters, Westbrook, ME; 14 73 Adam Polvinen, Hebron, ME; 15 94 Shawn Martin, Turner, ME; 16 14 Scott McDaniel, Livermore, ME; 17 77 Bryce Mains, Bridgton, ME; 18 88 Brandon Barker, Windham, ME; 19 63 John Salemi, Nashua, NH; 20 7 Glen Luce, Turner, ME; 21 03 Scott Moore, Anson, ME; 22 47 Gabe Brown, Center Conway, NH; 23 60 Timmy Brackett, Buckfield, ME; 24 28 Mark Lundblad, Jr., Conway, NH; 25 2 Ashton Tucker, Lyttleton, NB; 26 7 Curtis Gerry, Waterboro, ME; 27 8 Calvin Rose, Jr., Turner, ME; 28 61 TJ Brackett, Buckfield, ME; 29 12 Derek Griffith, Hudson, NH; 30 3 Josh Childs, Ooxford, ME; 31 28 Kirk Thibeau, Fort Fairfield, ME; 32 41 Tracy Gordon, Strong, ME; 33 0 Scott Luce, Strong, ME; 34 42 Corey Bubar, Windham, ME; 35 11 Dalton Gagnon, Lyman, ME; 36 07 Mike Penfold, Oxford, ME; DNS 15 Mike Hopkins, Hermon, ME; 84 Scott Mulkern, Falmouth, ME; 29 Trevor Sanborn, East Parsonsfield, ME; 39 Chad Dow, Fairfield, ME; 9 Alan Tardiff, Goodwins Mills, ME.
PASS Mods (40 laps) 1 10 Kate Re, Lovell, ME; 2 60 Gary Shackford, Center Conway, NH; 3 2 Matty Sanborn, Windham, ME; 4 85 Jariet Harison, Freeport, ME; 5 34 Spencer Morse, Waterford, ME; 6 19 Ben Tinker, New Gloucester, ME; 7 15 Wayne Allard, Stetson, ME; 8 12 Wayne Whitten, Arundel, ME; 9 25 Bruce Helmuth, Wales, ME; DNS 14 Mark Napolitano, North Yarmouth, ME; 9 Jeff Moon, New Gloucester, ME.
Oxford Plains Speedway results from Budweiser Championship Series racing divisions from Sunday, October 14 showing finishing position, car number, driver’s name, driver’s hometown:
Allen’s Coffee Flavored Brandy Street Stock (50 laps) 1 2 Gary Babineau, Hollis; 2 11 Tyler King, Gray; 3 85 Michael Harrsion, Durham; 4 9 Travis Lovejoy, Waterboro; 5 21 Skip Tripp, Norway; 6 77 Jon Brill, Bridgton; 7 12 John White, Auburn; 8 52 Mike Nichols, Livermore Falls; 9 03 Jim Davis, Sabattus; 10 27 Patrick Thorne, Standish;11 99 George Haskell, Casco; 12 1x Ed Connolly, Portland; 13 2x Ajay Cates, Lyman; 14 62 Nic Stanley, Oxford; 15 22 Joe Hutter, Hebron; 16 67 Michael Haynes, Livermore Falls; 17 5 Guy Childs, Sabattus.
Bandits Triple Crown Series Race #3 (30 laps) 1 54 Kyle Hewins, Leeds; 2 6 Cody White, South Paris; 3 91 Jamie Heath, Waterford; 4 52 Chad Wills, Buckfield; 5 2 Shaun Hinkley, Oxford; 6 18 Dustin Salley, Poland; 7 44 Jeff Libby, Auburn; 8 53 David Whittier, West Poland; 9 77 Rob Crepeau, West Paris; 10 9 Nick Ogden, Mechanic Falls; 11 24 Travis Verrill, South Paris; 12 4 Dave Brennan, Winthrop; 13 8 Jeremy Lauzier, Rumford; 14 11 Josh Knoll, Wells; 15 1x Kevin Varney, Mechanic Falls; 16 08 Mike McKinney, Berlin, NH; 17 17 DNS 55 Dean Jordan, Jay; 1 Brandon Varney, Mechanic Falls; 74 Junior Goldrup, Oakland.
Unofficial Oxford Plains Speedway results from Oxford Acceleration Series racing divisions from Sunday, October 14 showing finishing position, car number, driver’s name, driver’s hometown:
Outlaw (20 laps) 1 2 Ajay Cates, Lyman; 2 74 Rick Thompson, Naples; 3 39 Gerry Freve, Buckfield; 4 19 Steve Moon, Gray; 5 4 Calab Emerson-Mains, Richmond; 6 29 Dean Hanscom, Gray; 7 30 Matthew Veinott, Greene; 8 28x Don Veinott, Greene; 9 85 Derrick Burnham, Buxton; 10 03 Bob Wilson, Buxton; 11 07 Mark Grantham, Casco; 12 28 John Burnham, Buxton; 13 12 Derek Brown, n/a; DNS 08 Mike McKinney, Berlin, NH.
Rebels (20 laps) 1 44 David Cook, Jay; 2 84 Doug Degroat, Oxford; 3 5 Matt Thibeault, Mechanic Falls; 4 08 Mike McKinney, Berlin, NH; 5 6 Cody White, South Paris; 6 31 Cade Chapman, Auburn; 7 12 Chris Lavanway, Auburn; 8 91 Jamie Heath, Waterford; 9 71 Chris Foster, Lisbon; 10 85 Benjamin Warner, Oxford; 11 21 Ralph Green, Norway; 12 31 McKhalla Pulk, Litchfield; 13 18 Matt Chamberlain, n/a; 14 52 Chad Wills, Buckfield; 15 56 Addie McDaniel, Bridgton; 16 05 Gerard Cote, Oxford; 17 148 Cody Smith, Bolton, CT; 18 02 Josh Straiton, Lovell; 19 10 Corey Roussel, South Paris; 20 66 James Grover, Jr., n/a; 21 15 Nathan Dubuc, Lewiston.
Cruisers (20 laps) 1 1 Brandon Varney, Mechanic Falls; 2 1x Skip Tripp, Norway; 3 72 Phil Knowlton, Oxford; 4 33 Matt Hiscock, Turner; 5 28 Wiliam Barker, Oxford; 6 74 Richard Thompson, Jr., Bridgton; 7 17 Mikel Martin, Auburn.
Trucks (15 laps) 1 2 Ryan Farrar, Oxford; 2 00 John Lizotte, Lewiston; 3 5 Kolby Morrell, Sebago;4 45 Mike Mayberry, Greene.
4-cylinder Figure 8 (15 laps) 1 18 Dustin Salley, Poland; 2 24 Travis ‘Tornado’ Verrill, South Paris; 3 11x Cam Childs, Leeds; 4 6 Greg Durgin, South Paris; 5 8 Jeremy Lauzier, Rumford; 6 41 Kevin Varney, Mechanic Falls.
Unofficial Oxford Plains Speedway results from Armegeddon of Destruction Motor Mayhem events from Sunday, October 14 showing finishing position, car number, driver’s name:
Enduro (50 laps) 1 18 Dustin Salley, 2 0 Chris Giguere, 3 9 Josh Dube, 4 24 Travis Verrill, 5 07 Jeremy Guptill, 6 420 John Idarolla, 7 38 Mark Bowie, 8 32 Darryl Quinlan, 9 04 Tyler Jalbert, 10 7 Carter Fillebron, 11 10 Alex Hinkley, 12 44 Dana Cook, 13 00 Larry Lizotte, 14 23 Jason McNeil, 15 2x Joshua Ferranto, 16 26x Garner Lavalley, 17 14x Adam O’Neil, 18 6 Jason Cyr, 19 121 Jeremy Farr, 20 41 Cody McPherson, 21 23 Unknown, 22 1 Brian Gauthier, 23 01 Scott Arel, 24 23x Unknown, 25 8 Jeremy Lauzier, 26 97 Edward Varnum, 27 40 Stephen Waterman, 28 40x Unknown, 29 17 Charlie Hall, 30 55 Joseph Austin, 31 2 Charles Coyley, 32 47 Unknown, 33 70 Kasie Kolbe, 34 09 Joshua Morin, 35 87 Mike Penfold, 36 16 Alex Mowatt, 37 2x Ryan Leverty, 38 1x Josh Lovell, 39 27 Dustin Brown, 40 12 Josh Benson, 41 99 Michael Phillips, 42 75 Tyler Schenetzer, 43 28 Josh Toothaker, 44 11x Cam Childs, 45 5 Shane Benning, 46 60 Michele Bisbee, 47 58 David Greenleaf, 48 29 Josh Cooper, 49 79 Matt Pimental, 50 3 Jake Pinoski, 51 4 Travis Berry, 52 11 Hayden Stewart, 53 57 Unknown, 54 71 Connor Costa, 55 46 Ralph Dunn, 56 7x John Hesketh III, 57 80 Josh Austin, 58 90 Chris White, 59 81 Unknown, 60 13 Unknown, 61 67 Dylan Gonyon, 62 49 Unknown, 63 59 Unknown, 64 88 Braden Skinner. Non-classified: 72 Phil Knowlton, 54 Jonathan Baldwin, 17x Mikel Martin, 69 Emit Hoyt, 21 Diann McKenna, 05 Kyle Bell, 42 Dustin Moon, 14 David Robbins, 61 Mark Fox, 30 Arron Hoyt, 22 David Bouchard.
Flagpole race (10 laps) 1 9 Josh Dube, 2 24 Travis ‘Tornado’ Verrill, 3 74 Kyle Dorey, 4 32 Darryl Quinlan, 5 23 Jason McNeil, 6 47 unknown, 7 14 David Robbins, 8 04 Tyler Jalbert, 9 67 Cody Meserve, 10 121 Jeremy Farr, 11 7 Carter Fillebron, 12 88 Tyler May, 13 12 Josh Benson, 14 8 Jeremy Lauzier, 15 07 Jeremy Guptill, 16 26x Garner Lavalley, 17 40 Dean Hayward.
Spectator Drags: 1 Robert Hill, 2 Corey Small.
Smokey Donut Show: 1 David Savoy, 2 George Dunn, Jr.
Sources: Oxford Plains Speedway PR