DAREN RIPLEY WINS NAPA 100 LATE MODEL MAIN AT WISCASSET
Over the past eighteen years Darren Ripley has established himself
as an extra distance specialist on the highbanks of Wiscasset Raceway;
perhaps one of the best in the track's history. Saturday night he
added another line to his already stacked resume by dominating the
NAPA 100 at the "Center of Speed". He led the race wire to wire,
surviving the race's three cautions and then holding off a late race
challenge by Chris Thorne and TJ Watson to pickup the victory. Ripley,
who has piled up a long list of 100 lap wins in Super Street, Late
Model and Prostock competition over the years, was also the runnerup
in the annual Coastal 200 back in May. The victory highlighted a full
program of action at Wiscasset Raceway sponsored by NAPA Auto Parts,
represented by ten area NAPA stores. The only time Ripley appeared to
have a serious run at his lead was on the final restart of the race on
lap 90. After three laps Ripley shook off the challenge and pulled
away to the victory by about five carlengths. Thorne and Watson put on
the best battle of the race as they went door to door over the final
20 laps of the race. Thorne picked up the 2nd place trophy and Watson
settled for 3rd. Steve Reno of West Bath finished 4th and Adam
Chadbourne of Woolwich was the last car left on the lead lap in 5th.
In support action on the evening, Mike Landry of Oakland took the win
in a special 40 lap feature for the Unicel Super Streets. Landry
withstood early pressure from teammate Kevin Douglass and then pulled
away to his 5th win of the year in his #40 Mainley Roofing sponsored
ride. Former champ Adam Chadbourne joined the Super Streets for just
the second time this year and picked his way up through traffic to
finish second. RJ Austin was involved in a midrace spin and recovered
to finish 3rd. The point chase in the Clark's Car Crushing Prostocks
tightend up again as Jeff Burgess picked up his 2nd win of the season.
He held off relentless pressure from Chuck Colby to take the victory.
Colby's recent hot streak continued with a runner up trophy. He has
finished in the top two in three straight races. Bangor's Gary Smith
made it two straight weeks in the top three with his 3rd place finish.
With the win Burgess jumped past John Phippen in the standings to 2nd,
just 20 points behind division leader Randy Turner. Turner finished
4th in the feature followed by defending champ Scott Moore 0f Anson in
5th. In the Keystone Automotive Strictly Streets Maurice Young of
Windsor started on the outside of the front row, took the lead on lap
two and pulled away to another convincing win. It was his track high
10th win of the season. Ed Pierpont of Jefferson, the division
runnerup finished 2nd and Ian Bresnahan completed a whirlwind day of
travel to post an impressive 3rd place finish. In victory lane
Bresnahan revealed to the crowd that earlier in the afternoon when
prerace practice began at the track, he was in South Carolina and
after two flights and a "disagreement" at a rental car counter he made
it to the track just in time to make the feature. The kids took
control of the Aable Autoparts Mini Stock division in their 20 lap
feature. 13 year old Ryan Ripley, nephew of Darren Ripley, took the
lead on the first lap of the race and ran to his 3rd win of the
season. 14 year old drivers Natasha Dyer of Arrowsic and Tom True of
Wiscasset each notched season best finishes by taking 2nd and 3rd
respectively. True just edged out point leader Dylan Lancaster in a
photo finish. Pete McCollet filled the top five. In the 15 lap feature
for the White & Bradstreet Mini Trucks, Chris Doucette picked up his
division high 6th win of the year. He was joined in victory lane by
Josh Kauffman of Unity and Jason Giggey also of Unity. For Kauffman it
was his personal best at Wiscasset.
OFFICIAL FINISH 8/30/08
SMITH CONSTRUCTION LATE MODEL SPORTSMAN / NAPA 100
1. Daren Ripley - Appleton; 2. Chris Thorne - Sidney; 3. TJ
Watson - Harpswell; 4. Steve Reno - West Bath; 5. Adam
Chadbourne - Woolwich; 6. Nick Jenkins - Milo; 7. Erik Nash -
Richmond; 8. Nick Reno - West Bath; 9. Travis Stearns - Auburn;
10. Richard Jordan - Kingfield; 11. Duane Love - West Gardiner;
12. Joe Doiron - Berwick; 13. Jimi Childs - n/a; 14. Scott
Pooler - Vassalboro; 15. Mike Orr - Wiscasset; 16. Will Collins-
Appleton; 17. Bill Pinkham - Wiscasset; 18. Ajay Piccard -
Palmyra; 19. Nick Hinkley - Wiscasset
CLARK'S CAR CRUSHING PROSTOCKS (50 LAPS)
1. Jeff Burgess - E. Madison; 2. Chuck Colby - Wiscasset; 3.
Gary Smith - Bangor; 4. Randy Turner - Freedom; 5. Scott Moore -
Anson; 6. Tim Turner - Freedom; 7. Ryan Deane - Winterport;
8. Jesse Smith - Bangor; 9. Dave Farrington - Jay; 10. John
Phippen - Bar Harbor; 11. Charlie Colby - Newcastle; 12. Dylan
Turner - Freedom; 13. Scott King - Livemore Falls; 14. Chuck
Lachance - Cushing; 15. Bryan Robbins - Montville
UNICEL / BUDWEISER SUPER STREETS (40 LAPS)
1. Mike Landry - Oakland; 2. Adam Chadbourne - Woolwich; 3. RJ
Austin - Smithfield; 4. Jeremy Glasier - Appleton; 5. Kevin
Douglass - Sidney; 6. James Osmond - Wiscasset; 7. Josh Bailey -
Wiscasset; 8. Sulo Burbank - Gorham
KEYSTONE AUTOMOTIVE STRICTLY STREETS (20 LAPS)
1. Maurice Young - Windsor; 2. Ed Peirpont - Jefferson; 3. Ian
Bresnahan - Bath; 4. Wally Henderson - Litchfield; 5. Dave
Brannon - Lisbon; 6. Bobby Mesimer - Wiscasset; 7. Jamie
Henderson - Litchfield; 8. Travis Dyer - Mechanic Falls; 9. Nate
Yeaton - Bath; 10. Ken Carter - Winthrop; 11. Matt Stuart -
Pittston; 12. Neil Greenleaf - Wiscasset
AABLE AUTOPARTS MINI STOCKS (20 LAPS)
1. Ryan Ripley - Thomaston; 2. Natasha Dyer - Arrowsic; 3. Tom
True - Wiscasset; 4. Dylan Lancaster - Skowhegan; 5. Pete
McCollat - Readfield; 6. Mike Dulaney - Richmond; 7. Rob
Greenleaf - West Bath; 8. Ryan Hayes - Jefferson; 9. Ed Sleeper
- Vassalboro; 10. Scott Theriault - China; 11. Shawn Kimball -
Pittston; 12. Chelsea Young - Winterport; 13. Steve Howard -
Thomaston; 14. Alex Cromwell - Wooliwch
WHITE & BRADSTREET MINI TRUCKS (15 LAPS)
1. Chris Doucette - Sebego; 2. Josh Kauffman - Unity; 3. Jason
Giggey - Unity; 4. Rick Sirois - Norridgewock; 5. James Swan III
- Clinton; 6. Don Giggey - Athens; 7. Russ Anderson -
Portsmouth, NH; 8. Kevin Oliver - Gray; 9. Josh Harjula -
Boothbay; 10. Rick Fountain - Rochester, NH; 11. Peter Bourque
- Portsmouth, NH; 12. Mike Anderson - Portsmouth, NH; 13. James
Howland - Rye, NH; 14. Jessica Norris- Portsmouth, NH
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