2008 TITLES WRAPPED UP AT WISCASSET RACEWAY SEASON FINALE
It was a cold and blustery Sunday afternoon at Maine's "Center of
Speed" with division titles up for grabs in five weekly divisions and
a 100 lap Prostock main event to cap off the 2008 season. At the end
off the day all five point leaders maintained their hold atop their
respective divisions with one of them making history in the process.
Maurice Young of Windsor picked up his 13th feature win of the season
in the Keystone Automotive Strictly Streets and in the proccess
wrapped up the best season of his career with a track record 7th
championship, breaking a tie with multi-time champion Scott Chubbuck.
In victory lane Young confirmed reports that he will be making the
jump up into the Late Model Sportsman division for the 09' season, a
division that he won Rookie of the Year and division championship
honors in 2004. His other six titles have all come in the Strictly
Streets. Division runner-up Ed Peirpont was also there to collect the
2nd place trophy in the 20 lap feature and Ian Bresnahan of Bath took
3rd and jumped up to 3rd in the final standings as well. In the 100
lap main event for the Clark's Car Crushing Prostocks Travis Benjamin
was untouchable and turned in a dominant wire to wire victory to
complete the season. It was Benjamin's second career win at Wiscasset,
but his first one captured on the track. His win in September of 06'
came following disqulifications in post race inspection. In victory
lane he praised his crew and his car. "This is the best car I've ever
had here."said Benjamin. "The guys did an awesome job getting it
ready!" A handful of drivers took turns challenging Benjamin in each
of the race's six restarts, but nobody could touch the #17 Irving Oil
/ Coca Cola sponsored Chevrolet. Benjamin would build leads
approaching a full straightaway to secure the win. Donnie Whitten of
Biddeford was the big mover in the race, starting back in 14th and
picking his way into the top three by lap 38. He would trade the 2nd
position back and forth with Wiscasset regular Chuck Colby through the
middle laps of the race. In the end Whitten held on for 2nd place and
Colby settled for 3rd. Scott Chubbuck rebounded from early race
troubles including several early race visits to the pits and raced his
way into the lead pack late in the event to finish 4th. Defending
champ Scott Moore of Anson started along side Benjamin on the front
row and finished 5th. The Clark's Car Crushing Prostock championship
had already been wrapped up the previous week by Freedom's Randy
Turner.
In other action in the season finale, Appleton's Darren Ripley
continued his second half dominance in the Smith Construction Late
Model Sportsman division. He started the 30 lap feature 6th and wasted
little time working his way to the front and driving around T.J.
Watson and into the lead on lap 10. A caution with four laps to go set
up an exciting restart between longtime rivals Ripley and Steve Reno
of West Bath. Reno timed the restart perfectly and outraced Ripley to
turn one to take the lead. Ripley stayed in Reno's tire tracks until
the white flag lap when he set up on the outside lane and drove around
Reno in turn four to take the win by less than a carlength. It was
Ripley's 4th win in the LMS division's last seven races. Reno settled
for 2nd and Watson finished 3rd. Despite needing to go to a backup car
for the feature Chris Thorne's 14th place finish was good enough to
secure his second straight Late Model title at Wiscasset Raceway.
Division runner-up Adam Chadbourne could only manage a 9th place
finish in the final race. In the Unicel Budweiser Super Streets
Appleton's Jeremy Glasier had a wire to wire win in the caution free
25 lap feature. It was his 3rd win of the season for Glasier. Nate
Weston of Madison made a strong comeback after a scary wreck the week
before and chased the winner across the line to claim the 2nd place
trophy. Division runner-up Shawn Austin of Norridgewock picked up 3rd
place finish but it was not enough to overtake Allan Moeller. The
veteran from Dresden finished 5th in the feature and picked up his 3rd
career title to go along with championships in Wiscasset's Super
Limited and Modified divisions. 13 year old Ryan Ripley continued his
impressive season in the Aable Autoparts Mini Stocks 20 lap feature.
He started on the outside of the front row and took the lead on lap
one and drove away to his 4th win of the season. Wiscasset's Tom True,
just 14 years old himself, crossed the line 3rd but picked up the 2nd
place trophy after Mike Wilson failed post race inspection. Veteran
Pete McCollet moved up in the finishing order to take the 3rd place
trophy. Skowhegan's Dylan Lancaster came into the season finale with a
comfortable lead in the points and easily secured the Mini Stock
championship with his 5th place finish. It was the first career title
for the 17 year old Skowhegan High senior. He put together a season
that included a division high 15 top 5 finishes. The White &
Bradstreet Mini Truck division had the closest points battle coming
into the final feature with James Swan III leading Jason Giggey by
just 10 points. However, Giggey's truck shutdown in prerace lineup and
couldn't make it to the green flag and the 15 lap feature. Sebego's
Chris Doucette picked up his division high 9th feature win, holding
off Kevin Oliver at the stripe. Rick Sirois turned in a career best
4th place finish but it was bumped up to a 3rd place finish after Russ
Anderson failed post race inspection. With his 4th place finish Swan
would take the title without the benefit of a feature win this season.
Oliver would jump past Jason Giggey to finish as the division
runner-up.
Wiscasset Raceway will officially crown its 2008 champions at the
annual awards banquet Sunday Novemeber 9th at Hafford's in Waterville.
Happy hour will begin at 2:00pm with dinner to follow and award being
presented at aproximately 5:00pm. Trophies and points fund money will
be handed out to the top ten drivers in each of the track's six weekly
racing series divisions, including a hefty $10,000 championship payoff
going to Randy Turner and his car owner Tim Norris for taking the
track title in the Clark's Car Crushing Prostocks. Tickets for the
awards banquet are available until November 1st by calling the
Wiscasset Raceway office at (207) 882-4271. Further information is
available on the track website at www.wiscassetraceway.info.
OFFICIAL RESULTS 10/19
CLARK'S CAR CRUSHING PROSTOCKS 100 LAPS
1. Travis Benjamin - Morrill; 2. Donnie Whitten - Biddeford; 3.
Chuck Colby - Wiscasset; 4. Scott Chubbuck - Dresden; 5. Scott
Moore - Anson; 6. Jason Chicolas - Sutton, MA; 7. John Phippen -
Bar Harbor; 8. Tracy Gordon - Strong; 9. Dave Farington Jr -
Jay; 10. Jesse Smith - Bangor; 11. Bill Whorff Jr - West Bath;
12. Dale Cullivan - Palermo; 13. Darren Ripley - Appleton; 14.
Randy Turner - Freedom; 15. Scott King - Livemore Falls; 16.
Matt Lee - Albion; 17. Ryan Deane - Winterport; 18. Gary Smith -
Bangor; 19. Gary Norris Jr - West Gardiner; 20. Charlie Colby -
Edgecomb; 21. Jason Black - Manchester
SMITH CONSTRUCTION LATE MODEL SPORTSMAN (30 LAPS)
1. Darren Ripley - Appleton; 2. Steve Reno - West Bath; 3. T.J.
Watson - Harpswell; 4. Corey Morgan - Lewiston; 5. Dan Trask -
Chelsea; 6. Ryan Robinson Jr - Stueben; 7. Nick Hinkley -
Wiscasset; 8. Nick Brown - Bath; 9. Adam Chadbourne - Woolwich;
10. Jason Witts - Dixmont; 11. Craig Robbins - Oakland; 12.
Danny Smart - Buxton; 13. Will Collins - Appleton; 14. Chris
Thorne - Sidney; 15. Scott Pooler - Vassalboro; 16. Richard
Jordan - Kingfield; 17. Frank Moulton - Unity; 18. Bill Pinkham
- Wiscasset; 19. Mike Orr - Wiscasset; 20. Jimmy Childs - Leeds;
21. Duane Love - West Gardiner; 22. Tyler Robbins - Montville
UNICEL / BUDWEISER SUPER STREETS (25 LAPS)
1. Jeremy Glasier - Appleton; 2. Nate Weston - Madison; 3. Shawn
Austin - Norridgewock; 4. Mike Landry - Oakland; 5. Allan
Moeller - Dresden; 6. Kevin Douglass - Sidney; 7. David Vaughn -
Naples; 8. James Osmond - Wiscasset; 9. Sulo Burbank - Gorham;
10. Frank Brown - Pittston; 11. Josh Bailey - Wiscasset
KEYSTONE AUTOMOTIVE STRICTLY STREETS (20 LAPS)
1. Maurice Young - Windsor; 2. Ed Peirpont - Jefferson; 3. Ian
Bresnahan - Bath; 4. John Hutter - Reed; 5. Steve Peirpont -
Cushing; 6. Jaimie Henderson - Litchfield; 7. Caeser Morgan -
Woodstock; 8. Dustin Hubbard - Unity; 9. Wally Henderson -
Litchfield; 10. Ben Krauter - Raymond; 11. Jim Dugay - Greene;
12. Bobby Mesimer - Wiscasset; 13. Chuck Colby - Wiscasset; 14.
Guy Childs Jr - Leeds; 15. Neil Greenleaf - Westport; 16. Matt
Stuart - Pittston
AABLE AUTOPARTS MINI STOCKS (20 LAPS)
1. Ryan Ripley - Thomaston; 2. Tom True - Wiscasset; 3. Pete
McCollat - Readfield; 4. Derek Cook - Wilton; 5. Dylan Lancaster
- Skowhegan; 6. Dan Somes - Sidney; 7. Mike Dulaney - Richmond;
8. Ken Edgecomb - Readfield; 9. Ed Sleeper - Vassalboro; 10.
Chelsea Young - Winterport; 11. Alex Cromwell - Woolwich; 12.
Ryan Hayes - Jefferson; 13. Ben Nile - Anson; 14. Steve Howard -
Thomaston; 15. Alica Goodwin - Waterville; 16. Mike Swanson -
Winthrop; 17. Natasha Dyer - Arrowsic; 18. Zach Audette -
Oxford; 19. Rick Fountain - Rochester, NH; DQ. Mike Wilson -
Chelsea
WHITE & BRADSTREET MINI TRUCKS (15 LAPS)
1. Chris Doucette - Sebego; 2. Kevin Oliver - Gray; 3. Rick
Sirois - Norridgewock; 4. James Swan III - Clinton; 5. Mike
Anderson - Portsmouth, NH; 6. Jessica Norris - Portsmouth, NH;
7. Miranda Power - Norridgewock; 8. Josh Harjula - Boothbay; DQ.
Russ Anderson - Portsmouth, NH
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