Oxford, ME — Kevin Harvick is stock car racing’s equivalent of a big-game quarterback.
Consider the 2007 season, when Harvick swept the season-opening Daytona 500 and Orbitz 300 at Daytona (Fla.) International Speedway. Three months later, with another million-dollar jackpot sitting on the table, Harvick scored his first-ever victory in the NASCAR Nextel All-Star Challenge at Lowe’s (N.C.) Motor Speedway.
Harvick also is part of a new NASCAR generation that pledges its allegiance to racing anything, anywhere, at any time. Pull all those clues together and it’s no surprise that Harvick has announced his entry into the 2008 TD Banknorth 250 at Oxford Plains Speedway.
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Oxford, ME — For the fifth consecutive year, Oxford Plains Speedway has announced that the richest single-day late model stock car race in the region will coincide with an off weekend for the NASCAR Nextel Cup Series.
The 35th annual TD Banknorth 250 Presented by New England Dodge Dealers, which attracted a record number of pre-entries and one of the largest fields of qualifying hopefuls in its proud history last summer, is slated for Sunday, July 20, 2008.
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Roger Brown dominated the second half of the TD Banknorth 250 Sunday night, but Dale Verrill’s incredible rally on the final lap forced the New Hampshire ACT driver to sweat out the win by less than a half car length in one of the closest finishes in the 34-year history of the summer classic.
Brown is the first Granite State competitor to win the 250 since Dave Dion in 1992. His victory ended Maine’s 11-race winning streak.
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