Wiscasset Raceway hosted another great event on Saturday, June 6th. On top of it being a great day outside for racing action, Wiscasset Raceway also had the Kora mini racer there to help raise money for the Shriners on Napa Auto Parts night.
In the U.S. Cellular Mini Truck division Chad Binette picked up the feature victory for the second week in a row in his #96 truck. Rookie Ryan Hayes would cross the line in second, giving the youngster out of Jefferson his third straight top three finish. After missing last week Kevin Oliver came back to grab third. Josh Harjula and Jon Reynolds would finish fourth and fifth.
The Verizon Wireless Super Street division started out with a bang as several cars made contact shortly after the start/finish line on lap one leaving then current point leader Brian Fortin out for the rest of the night.
Opening day winner Shawn Austin would go on to win his second race of the year. 2007 division champion Bernie Dinsmore would finish second just ahead of Jeremy Glasier who would take home third. Allen Moeller Jr. would finish fourth and last week’s apparent winner Ryan Gero would grab fifth.
The Clarks Car Crushing Pro-Stocks had a lot of good side by side racing though the entire race but in the end it would be the defending champ Randy Turner picking up his second win in a row with a very excited Charlie Colby in second. Scott King turned in another good run as he would take home third. Jeff Burgess and Ryan Deane would round out the top five.
Big news surrounding the Pro-Stocks: The defending champion of The Center of Speed 300 has confirmed that he will be fielding an entree for this years big event on August 16th.
The Able Auto Parts Mini Stock’s division saw Waldoboro’s Ryan Ripley grab the lead from Natasha Dyer early on in the race. Ripley would hold onto that lead to become the division’s third different winner this year. Fifteen-year-old Natasha Dyer of Arrowsic did manage to hold on for second.
She held off 2007 division Champion Kevin Douglass for the better part of the race. Douglass would get third followed by Thomas True of Wiscasset and defending champion Dylan Lancaster of Skowhegan.
In the New England Transmissions Strictly Street division Carl McAlpine, who won a 50 lap feature the night before at Unity Raceway, made it two for two this weekend as he beat point leader Mike Moody to pick up the feature victory at the “Center of Speed.”
Moody would finish second with Unity regular Dustin Hubbard third. Jamie Henderson would finish fourth and Ian Bresnehan of Bath would round out the top five.
The Steel’s Real Rod’s and Custom’s Late Model division feature race was full of action right from the green to the checkered flag. The race involved great side by side racing action and a few hard wrecks as well.
The then top two in points, T.J. Watson and Maurice Young, were involved in a bad wreck in turn three as Watson’s car was sideways and Young had no where to go. That ended the night for both drivers.
After mechanical issues the last two weeks Duane Love was able to capture the win, his first since 2006. Ajay Picard, driving to help support the Barbara Bush Children’s Hospital would get second with Seth Raven coming home third. Adam Chadboune, fourth, and Tyler Robbins of Montville had an impressive run finishing fifth.
Come to the Wiscasset Raceway June 13 for exciting racing in all divisions. Racing starts at 5 p.m.
