By Dan Walker
Scarborough, Maine- Maine racing legend Mike Rowe used his long
distance race experience to full advantage Saturday night to win the
Coors Light 100 at Beech Ridge Motor Speedway. The story of the race
was the experienced Rowe versus the young charger D.J. Shaw for the
win. Dave Oliver and Mike Maietta Jr led the field to the green flag
with Maietta Jr taking the lead.
D.J. Shaw moved to second position on lap 5 and pole sitter Oliver was
riding in third. Oliver went to the outside lane and picked off Shaw
for second and then Maietta Jr on lap 21 to re-take the lead. As the
race hit the 25 lap mark, Shaw began to look to challenge Oliver for
the lead as they raced side by side for the next 5 laps. On lap 30
Shaw went back in front but behind him was a fast closing Mike Rowe
who had moved from his 12th starting position into the third spot.
Caution flags on lap 40 and then lap 45 kept the field tight with Shaw
in front and Rowe moving to second place on lap 50. For the next 24
laps Rowe applied pressure to Shaw looking inside and then outside as
the wily veteran was sizing up the situation to make his move, but
Shaw was not falling for any of it and held his line.
Rowe made his move on lap 74 as he went down the backstretch looking
to the outside of Shaw as they raced into turn 3. Shaw moved up just
a bit exiting turn 4 and Rowe cut a hard left and got inside of Shaw
as they hit the front straight. Rowe raced into turn 1 with the lead
and never looked back as he led the final 26 laps for the win over
Shaw in second and Oliver third. Dan McKeage and Bradley Babb were
fourth and fifth at the finish.
In Sport Series action Scott Dorr became the first repeat winner this
season as he won the 35 lap feature race. Dorr took the lead from
Marty Adams on lap 19 and sailed to the win. Adams finished second
with Don Morse, Nate Leavitt and Craig Smith the top finishers.
The Wildcat 30 lap feature race was a trip down easy street for Jesse
Tolman as he led all 30 laps to win the race. Gary Babineau made a
late race charge to the front but settled for second place with Lyman
McKeage third. Matt Hodgdon and Mike Ramsey were fourth and fifth at
the finish.
Ray Letellier won his first Road Runner feature race as his rookie
season is well underway. Letellier took the lead from Brian Graffam
on the 11th lap and held off Shawn Brackett for the win. Matt Dow was
third with Graffam fourth and David Turner fifth.
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