JEREMEY WHORFF PICKS UP FIRST WISCASSET PROSTOCK VICTORY
The biggest crowd of the season packed into Maine's Center of Speed
Saturday evening for a night of racing sponsored by Accord Auto of
Richmond and a spectacular fireworks show to celebrate the
Independence Day weekend. The big fireworks show put a fitting close
to some great racing action capped off a stunning battle in the
Clark's Car Crushing Prostocks in which Jeremie Whorff emereged with
his first career win at Wiscasset Raceway. The track's top division
rebounded from series of caution and wrecked filled races to put on
perhaps the most exciting race of the year, thanks mostly to a pair of
3rd generation stars. Whorff started from the pole position for the 50
lap feature with Wiscasset's Chuck Colby to his outside. Whorff held
the lead through the first eight laps while Colby applied the
presssure. A minor spin by Dick Byron on lap nine would bring out what
would be the only caution of the race, giving the two drivers a chance
to line up side by side again. Just a lap after the ensuing restart
Colby would drive around the leader and pull out to what seemed a
comfortable four car length advantage over Whorff and Chuck Lachance.
As the laps ticked away Colby's car seemed to loose its handling a bit
while Whorff's car seemd to get stronger. Whorff caught back up to
Colby's rear bumper by lap 20 and that is where the battle heated up.
Whorff, who's father Bill Whorff Jr was far back in the 21 car field
racing nearby Chuck Colby's father Charlie, tried every trick in the
book to get around the leader. In turn, Colby would try every trick in
his arsenal to hold the lead, testing Whorff's skill and patience in
the process. After several attempts to drive around the outside Whorff
would then try the inside, only to be denied again. While this battle
raged on Randy Turner who started 8th and "Big" John Phippen who
started 10th joined the pair to make it a four car showdown for the
win. Phippen jumped out of line and pulled up to the outside of
Whorff's door for second by lap 35. Whorff then managed to shake
Phippen's challenge and pull up for one more try on the outside of
Colby. This time he made it stick and came out of turn four with the
lead (by just a bumper) as they completed lap 41. Whorff stayed in the
gas and completed his pass of Colby one lap later, bringing Phippen
and Turner with him into second and third on lap 43. They would hold
their respective positions to the end with Whorff taking the win by
just a carlength over Phippen and Turner. Colby would settle for 4th
just ahead of Lachance. Whorff, the 2006 winner of the Oxford 250, put
on an enthusiastic victory burnout for the fans to celebrate his first
Wiscasset win and took a glimpse ahead to another big race coming in
August. "Yeah, the Toyota Tundra 250 would be a great race to win."
Whorff said in victory lane "The only thing that would be better is if
my old man finished 2nd again". With their podium finishes of 3rd and
second, Turner and Phippen maintained their positions atop the point
standings.
In other action on the evening defending Smith Construction LMS champ
Chris Thorne of Sidney used the outside lane from his 8th starting
positon to move into contention for the win. Thorne took the lead from
Mike Orr following a lap 18 retstart and drove away for his division
high 3rd win of the season. Thorne withstood a pair of late race
restarts to secure the victory in the 30 lap feature while rookie
point leader Adam Chadbourne of Woolwich turned in another solid run
from 6th to finish second, holding onto his small lead over Thorne in
the standings. Not to be outdone, 3rd place point man Bill Whorff Jr
joined the two in victory lane to pickup the 3rd place trophy. The 25
lap feature for the Unicel Super Streets went caution free for the
first time this season. Veteran racer Allen Moeller Sr jumped out to a
big early lead and then held off a late charge by Nate Weston to pick
up his first win of the season. In the process, Moeller broke a 3-way
tie with Shawn Austin and Mike Landry to take over sole possesion of
the division point lead. Weston would settle for the 2nd place finish
and RJ Austin picked up another podium finish racing from 7th to 3rd.
In the 20 lap feature for the Keystone Automotive Strictly Streets,
Bath's Ian Bresnahan looked strong from the front row, taking the lead
and then surviving three restarts including a lap 17 restart against
6-time champ Maurice Young to pick up his second career win. Young was
involved in a lap 8 caution and managed to pick his way back to the
lead pack to secure the runnerup finish. Bobby Mesimer rebounded from
a tough start to the race and moved up in the closing laps to finish
3rd. The top three drivers in the Aable Auto Parts Mini Stocks picked
up the top three finishing positions in their 20 lap feature.
Pittston's Shawn Kimball picked up his track high fourth win of 08'.
Pete McCollat manged to move up to second, but was not able to catch
Kimball. Point leader Dylan Lancaster finished third. Chad Binnette of
Biddeford picked up his second Wiscasset win in as many tries this
season in the 15 lap feature for the White & Bradstreet Mini Trucks.
He took the lead from Chris Doucette in a midrace restart and held him
off to take the win. Doucette finished 2nd followed by James Howland
of Rye, NH.
Wiscasset Raceway returns to action Saturday July 12th at 5:00pm with
action in five weekly racing series divisions plus the return of the
Allison Legacy series. The halfscale "cup-style" cars haven't raced
the highbanks of Wiscasset since 2003. For more information, call the
Wiscasset Raceway office at (207) 882-4271 or check the track website
at www.wiscassetraceway.info.
OFFICIAL FINISH 7/5/08
CLARK'S CAR CRUSHING PROSTOCKS (50 LAPS)
1. Jeremy Whorff - West Bath; 2. John Phippen - Bar Harbor; 3.
Randy Turner - Freedom; 4. Chuck Colby - Wiscasset; 5. Chuck
Lachance - Cushing; 6. Bill Penfold - Yarmouth; 7. Scott Moore
- Anson; 8. Bryan Robbins- Montville; 9. Ryan Deane -
Winterport; 10. Scott King - Livemore Falls; 11. Jeff Burgess -
E. Madison; 12. Bill Whorff Jr - West Bath; 13. Charlie Colby -
Edgecomb; 14. Tim Turner - Freedom; 15. Matt Lee - Albion;
16. Dave Farington Jr - Jay; 17. Shane Lane - Kingfield; 18.
Ricky Morse - St Albans; 19. Dylan Turner - Freedom; 20. Dale
Cullivan - Palermo; 21. Dick Bryon - Madison
SMITH CONSTRUCTION LATE MODEL SPORTSMAN (30 LAPS)
1. Chris Thorne - Sidney; 2. Adam Chadbourne - Woolwich; 3. Bill
Whorff Jr - West Bath; 4. Will Collins - Appleton; 5. Seth Raven
- Waldo; 6. Jason Witts - Dixmont; 7. Nick Hinckley -
Wiscasset; 8. Bill Pinkham - Wiscasset; 9. Casey Nash -
Richmond; 10. Nick Reno - West Bath; 11. Mike Orr - Wiscasset;
12. TJ Watson - Harpswell; 13. Scott Pooler - Vassalboro; 14.
Duane Love - West Gardiner; 15. Josh St Clair - Liberty; 16.
Danny Smart - Buckfield; 17. Richard Jordan - Kingfield; 18.
Tyler Robbins- Montville; 19. Erik Nash - Richmond; 20. Gary
Thorne - Sidney; 21. Steve Reno - West Bath; DNS Chuck Colby
UNICEL / BUDWEISER SUPER STREETS (25 LAPS)
1. Allen Moeller Sr - Dresden; 2. Nate Weston - Madison; 3.
R.J. Austin - Smithfield; 4. Mike Landry - Oakland; 5. Jeremy
Glasier - Appleton; 6. Josh Bailey - Wiscasset; 7. Jason Gaboury
- Readfield; 8. Shawn Austin - Norridgewock; 9. Bryan Fortin -
South China; 10. Kevin Douglass - Sidney; 11. James Osmond -
Gardiner; 12. Frank Brown - Pittston; 13. Ryan St Clair -
Liberty; 14. Zachary Hatch - Winthrop
KEYSTONE AUTOMOTIVE STRICTLY STREETS (20 LAPS)
1. Ian Bresnahan - Bath; 2. Maurice Young - Windsor; 3. Bobby
Mesimer - Wiscasset; 4. Steve Peirpont - Cushing; 5. Josh
Beckard - n/a; 6. Zack Creamer - Bath; 7. Ken Carter - Winthrop;
8. Ed Peirpont - Jefferson; 9. Mike St Germain - Auburn; 10.
Jeff Merill - Mexico; 11. Matt Stuart - Pittston; DQ Dave
Brannon - Lisbon
AABLE AUTO PARTS MINI STOCKS (20 LAPS)
1. Shawn Kimball - Pittston; 2. Pete McCollat - Readfield; 3.
Dylan Lancaster - Skowhegan; 4. Mac Hannan Jr - Union; 5. Ryan
Ripley - Thomaston; 6. Mike Dulaney - Richmond; 7. Tim Collins -
Farmindale; 8. Natasha Dyer - Arrowsic; 9. Tom True - Wiscasset;
10. Ed Sleeper - Vassalboro; 11. Cody Sleeper - Chelsea; 12.
Ken Edgecomb - Readfield; 13. Ryan Hayes - Jefferson; 14. Alex
Cromwell - Woolwich; 15. Chelsea Young - Winterport; 16. Corey
Mullins - Wiscasset; 17. Scott Theriault - China; 18. Bruce Orne
- Wiscasset; 19. Rob Greenleaf - West Bath; 20. Steven Turner -
Washington
WHITE & BRADSTREET MINI TRUCKS (15 LAPS)
1. Chad Binnette - Biddeford; 2. Chris Doucette - Sebego; 3.
James Howland - Rye, NH; 4. Josh Kaufmann - Unity; 5. Jason
Giggey - Unity; 6. Russ Anderson - Portsmouth, NH; 7. Kevin
Oliver - Gray; 8. Jessica Norris - Portsmouth, NH; 9. James
Swan III - Clinton; 10. Josh Harjula - Boothbay; 11. Rick
Sirois - Norridgewock; 12. Peter Bourque - Portsmouth, NH; 13.
Don Giggey - Athens; 14. Miranda Power - n/a
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