Chris Perley Becomes ISMA’s all-time feature winner with Oxford Win
The 75-lap triumph was the ninth victory in 12 starts this season for Perley, who also won an event at Lee USA Speedway in
Perley surrendered the car that won that race to teammate Bentley Warren of
“I was out there knowing that I had the old car and Bentley had the newer car, but you know, some old things don’t go away,” Perley said. “I just wanted the lead, and I figued if anybody was going to go by me I was going to make them work for it.”
Warren, who has competed in the
“He doesn’t respect his elders very well,”
Romanowski ran third until he was snake-bitten by a mechanical problem with four laps remaining. He was credited with 13th in the final rundown.
Rob Summers recovered from an early race pit stop to pick up the final podium position. Mark Sammut was fourth, the final car on the lead lap, with Mike Lichty fifth.
Twenty-two cars started the main event.
In supporting weekly feature action, Oxford Networks Late Model point leader and defending champion Travis Adams scored his sixth victory of the season.
“Our heat race set-up has been the problem for us this year, and I think we’ve even got that squared away,” said
Luce, who charged from 21st to eighth without the benefit of a restart in last week’s American-Canadian Tour Time Warner Cable 150, shook off Carey Martin to secure second.
Jon Brill and Don Wentworth completed the top five in the 27-car field.
Skip Tripp continued his amazing win streak in the Allen’s Coffee Flavored Brandy Strictly Stock division with his fourth consecutive victory.
Tripp’s latest conquest took a little more finesse than his previous runaways. Although he shook off front-running rookie Chris Burgess on lap 16, Tripp had a mirror full of Glen Henderson over the closing circuits.
“We made an adjustment after the heats and it tightened right up,” Tripp said. “I was lucky to win this one.”
Rick Thompson overcame his season’s worth of rotten luck and made it to victory lane in third, trailed by Sumner Sessions and Larry Emerson. Unofficially, Sessions trimmed Tompkins’ division point lead to four markers with only two races remaining.
Don Mooney successfully kept division champion Jimmy Childs at bay for the entire, caution-free 30-lap distance of the Allen’s Mini Stock feature for his third win of the campaign.
Childs took another step toward his second straight championship and hinted at next year’s plans by making his Late Model debut later in the evening. Bill Thibeault, Kevin Bishop and Ashley Marshall completed the top five.
NEW ENGLAND DODGE DEALERS ISMA
Fin. (Start) No., driver, hometown, laps completed
1. (12) #11 Chris Perley,
2. (8) #71 Bentley Warren,
3. (5) #97 Rob Summers,
4. (14) #78 Mark Sammut,
5. (11) #84 Mike Lichty,
6. (13) #10 Mike Ordway Jr.,
7. (9) #88 Scott Martel,
8. (17) #14 Jon Gambuti,
9. (3) #40 David Trytek,
10. (19) #13 R.D. Timmons,
11. (18) #24 Dave Sanborn,
12. (21) #92 Larry Lehnert,
13. (2) #5 Vern Romanowski, Strong, 72
14. (20) #60 Randy Wimert,
15. (16) #31 Bobby Timmons,
16. (4) #27 Jamie Timmons,
17. (10) #8 Justin Belfiore,
18. (1) #56 Mike Keeler,
19. (22) #38 Billy Buyck,
20. (17) #02
21. (6) #94 Dave McKnight, Brampton, Ontario, 1
22. (7) #35 Jeff Holbrook, Oswego, N.Y
Lap leaders: Romanowski 1-13, Warren 14-20, Perley 21-75.
Cautions: 7 (laps 6, 12, 15, 20, 25, 25. 71)
Red flags: 2 (laps 1, 35)
OXFORD NETWORKS LATE MODEL (40 laps)
Fin. (Start) No., driver, hometown, laps completed
1. (11) #03 Travis Adams, Canton, 40
2. (15) #7 Glen Luce, Strong, 40
3. (13) #18 Carey Martin, Denmark, 40
4. (8) #77 Jon Brill, Bridgton, 40
5. (14) #63 Don Wentworth, Otisfield, 40
6. (3) #56 Dale Verrill, Paris, 40
7. (9) #51 Ricky Rolfe, Albany Township, 40
8. (2) #69 Dave MacDonald, New Gloucester, 40
9. (18) #57 Doug Coombs, Livermore, 40
10. (4) #85 Travis Stearns, Gray, 40
11. (10) #94 Shawn Martin, Turner, 40
12. (17) #36 Ron Charpentier Jr., Wales, 40
13. (27) #96 Mark Childs Sr., Mechanic Falls, 40
14. (19) #08 Shane Green, South Paris, 40
15. (22) #44 Neil Martin, Freeport, 40
16. (5) #26 Corey Morgan, Lewiston, 39
17. (25) #4 Earl Tripp, Standish, 38
18. (6) #0 Scott Hodgdon, Minot, 36
19. (20) #01 Jimmy Childs, Leeds, 34
20. (26) #1 Gerald Parlin, South Paris, 31
21. (23) #3 B.J. Chapman, Bridgton, 29
22. (12) #2 Zach Emerson, Sabattus, 26
23. (21) #40 Rick Valentine, Greene, 23
24. (24) #6 Tommy Ricker, Poland, 19
25. (1) #70 Gary Chiasson, Peru, 15
DQ (16) #5 Leon Heckbert, Wilton
DQ (7) #04 T.J. Watson, Harpswell
Lap leaders: Chiasson 1-10, Verrill 11-18, Adams 19-26, Luce 27, Adams 28-40.
Cautions: 5 (laps 6, 19, 21, 24, 26)
Time of race: 30 minutes, 49.752 seconds
Margin of victory: 0.379 seconds
Fast lap: Glen Luce, 16.278 seconds
ALLEN’S COFFEE FLAVORED BRANDY STRICTLY STOCK (30 laps)
Fin. (Start) No., driver, hometown, laps completed
1. (7) #12 Skip Tripp, Sabattus, 30
2. (6) #57 Glen Henderson, Sabattus, 30
3. (3) #07 Rick Thompson, Naples, 30
4. (13) #0 Sumner Sessions, Norway, 30
5. (9) #24 Larry Emerson, Durham, 30
6. (14) #113 Tommy Tompkins, Dixfield, 30
7. (12) #63 Matt Williams, Brownfield, 30
8. (15) #97 Jeff Moon, Gray, 30
9. (10) #42 Kim Tripp, Oxford, 30
10. (8) #23 Zach Emerson, Sabattus, 30
11. (16) #16 Bob Hayslip, Lisbon, 30
12. (1) #13 Chris Burgess, Lewiston, 30
13. (11) #56 Mike Short, Auburn, 30
14. (5) #82 Ben Krauter, Raymond, 29
15. (4) #11 Todd Hall, Auburn, 29
16. (18) #6 Matt Moore, Harrison, 24
17. (2) #91 Danny Smart, Buxton, 19
18. (17) #53 Dick Damon, Livermore, 13
Lap leaders: Burgess 1-15, S. Tripp 16-30.
Cautions: None
Time of race: 9 minutes, 24.750 seconds
Margin of victory: 1.028 seconds
Fast lap: Skip Tripp, 18.498 seconds
ALLEN’S COFFEE FLAVORED BRANDY MINI STOCK (30 laps)
Fin. (Start) No., driver, hometown, laps completed
1. (1) #80 Don Mooney, New Gloucester, 30
2. (4) #10 Jimmy Childs, Leeds, 30
3. (2) #8 Bill Thibeault, Oxford, 30
4. (6) #08 Kevin Bishop, South Paris, 30
5. (8) #77 Ashley Marshall, Jay, 30
6. (9) #74 Bill Irving, New Gloucester, 30
7. (11) #19 Shane Kaherl, Jay, 30
8. (7) #65 David Mooney, Wales, 30
9. (12) #9 Bob Guptill, Mechanic Falls, 30
10. (10) #29 Greg Watkins, Bridgton, 30
11. (3) #35 Dale Brackett, Oxford, 29
12. (15) #66 John Cary, Cumberland, 28
13. (17) #7 Randy Kimball, Mechanic Falls, 28
14. (14) #48 Wayne Titus, Lisbon, 27
15. (13) #55 Darick Barker, Jay, 24
16. (5) #90 Dale Durgin, Norway, 17
17. (16) #12 Bill Childs Sr., Leeds, 1
DNS #07 Al Roberti, South Paris
Lap leaders: Don Mooney 1-30.
Cautions: None
Time of race: 9 minutes, 18.165 seconds
Margin of victory: 0.120 seconds
Fast lap: Jimmy Childs, 18.219 seconds
HEAT RESULTS
ISMA #1
1. Justin Belfiore
2. Vern Romanowski
3. Rob Summers
4. Jeff Holbrook
5. Mike Ordway Jr.
6. Bobby Timmons
7. R.D. Timmons
8. Billy Buyck
ISMA #2
1. David Trytek
2. Jamie Timmons
3. Dave McKnight
4. Bentley Warren
5. Mark Sammut
6. Jon Gambuti
7. Randy Wimert
ISMA #3
1. Chris Perley
2. Mike Keeler
3. Mike Lichty
4. Scott Martel
5. Brandon Bollinger
6. Dave Sanborn
7. Larry Lehnert
LATE MODEL #1
1. Gary Chiasson
2. Dave MacDonald
3. Dale Verrill
4. Travis Stearns
5. Corey Morgan
6. Jimmy Childs
7. Rick Valentine
8. Neil Martin
9. B.J. Chapman
10. Gerald Parlin
11. Earl Tripp
12. Scott Hodgdon
13. Mark Childs Sr.
DQ Tommy Ricker
LATE MODEL #2
1. Jon Brill
2. Ricky Rolfe
3. Shawn Martin
4. Travis Adams
5. Zach Emerson
6. Carey Martin
7. Don Wentworth
8. Ron Charpentier Jr.
9. Glen Luce
10. Doug Coombs
11. Shane Green
DQ T.J. Watson
DQ Leon Heckbert
STRICTLY #1
1. Chris Burgess
2. Jeff Moon
3. Danny Smart
4. Rick Thompson
5. Bob Hayslip
6. Dick Damon
7. Matt Moore
8. Todd Hall
9. Ben Krauter
STRICTLY #2
1. Glen Henderson
2. Skip Tripp
3. Zach Emerson
4. Larry Emerson
5. Kim Tripp
6. Mike Short
7. Matt Williams
8. Sumner Sessions
9. Tommy Tompkins
MINI #1
1. Don Mooney
2. Bill Thibeault
3. Dale Brackett
4. Bill Childs Sr.
5. John Cary
6. Wayne Titus
7. Randy Kimball
8. Dale Durgin
MINI #2
1. Jimmy Childs
2. David Mooney
3. Kevin Bishop
4. Bill Irving
5. Ashley Marshall
6. Shane Kaherl
7. Greg Watkins
8. Darick Barker
9. Bob Guptill
Sources: Oxford Plains