OXFORD, Maine – Four drivers captured their first feature wins of the
season in their current division on a closely contested Friday night
of JARRacing Photography Go Kart Series action at Oxford Plains
Speedway.
Dan Pelletier Jr. pulled off the most exciting move of many on the
evening, getting underneath leaders Charlie Tyler and Brandon Douglas
in three-wide formation with only three laps remaining in the 13-kart
Unrestricted main event.
Pelletier, a champion in three different youth divisions, pedaled on
to his initial victory of the season in the 15-and-up Sportsman ranks.
Tyler finished second with rookie Douglas third.
Troy Davis, like Pelletier a frequent winner and multi-time champion
in the entry-level divisions, captured his first victory in only his
second try at Gold Plate.
Jacob Hendsbee (Blue Plate) and Zachary Rich (Purple Plate) also
visited victory lane for the first time on the young campaign.
Mike Ricker (Star Champ) and Kyle Mooney (Box Stock) each pulled off
their second triumph. Mooney has four in all through the first three
weeks.
Davis=2 0swapped the lead with Spencer Thompson three times before
taking command for good on lap 7 of the Gold Plate encounter.
Thompson, also a champ in supporting classes, held off opening-night
winner Avery Spear for second.
Hendsbee led all 20 laps of the Blue Plate battle while Wade
Blanchette, Evan Armington and Brandon Varney tussled behind him.
It was heat winner and division point leader Blanchette getting the
best of the runner-up battle. Armington backed up last week's victory
with a third-place trophy.
Rich led the first half of the Purple Plate scramble, then lost it to
Varney for three circuits before reclaiming it for the duration.
Mooney shadowed him much of the way in pursuit of his third straight
win in the division to start the season, but the young lion settled
for second. Owen Poisson enjoyed his best run to date in third.
Ricker lost the Star Champ point to Stephen Beattie, but night-long
ignition problems sent Beattie to the pit during a lap 16 caution flag
for Douglas' spin.
That allowed Ricker to reclaim the top spot and his second win of the
spring. Douglas, making his first Star Champ start, stayed a wide
margin in front of the ailing Beattie for second.
M ooney watched Ethan Matot and Ethan Brown lead the Box Stock sprint
early, but he had no problems breezing to his second win after moving
to the head of the class on lap 3.
Heat winner Chase Staples put up a worthy fight before claiming
second, with Matot third.
The JARRacing series resumes next Friday, June 19 at 6:30 p.m.
OPS cranks it up again Saturday with Sun Journal Night. Five divisions
of racing hit the historic, 3/8-mile oval starting at 6:30 p.m.
UNRESTRICTED (20 laps): 1. Dan Pelletier Jr., East Poland; 2. Charlie
Tyler, Buxton; 3. Brandon Douglas, West Paris; 4. Aaron Collomy, Saco;
5. David Blackwell, Brunswick; 6. Kyle Metivier, Lisbon; 7,. Kayla
Ashline, Pittston; 8. Ryan Phillips, Buxton; 9. Nate Knowles,
Dixfield; 10. Leo Jolin III, Rumford; 11. Josh Brown, South Paris; 12.
Nick Pingree, Mexico; 13. Chris Taylor, Mexico.
Heat winner: Tyler.
Lap leaders: Tyler 1-14, Douglas 15, Tyler 16, Pelletier 17-20.
STAR CHAMP (20 laps): 1. Mike Ricker, Sebago; 2. Brandon Douglas, West
Paris; 3. Stephen Beattie, Conway, N.H.;
Heat winner: Beattie.
Lap leaders: Ricker 1-12, Beattie 13-16, Ricker 17-20.
GOLD PLATE (20 laps): 1. Troy Davis, Windham; 2. Spencer Thompson,
Oxford; 3. Avery Spear, Oxford; 4. Cody Wilson, West Paris.
Heat winner: Davis.
Lap leaders: Thompson 1-4, Davis 5, Thompson 6,20Davis 7-20.
BLUE PLATE (20 laps): 1. Jacob Hendsbee, Whitefield; 2. Wade
Blanchette, Buxton; 3. Evan Armington, Lovell; 4. Brandon Varney,
Lewiston; 5. Chris Staples Jr., Brunswick; 6. Gabe Seavey, Conway,
N.H..
Heat winner: Blanchette.
Lap leaders: Hendsbee 1-20.
PURPLE PLATE (20 laps): 1. Zachary Rich, Casco; 2. Kyle Mooney, New
Gloucester; 3. Owen Poisson, Brunswick; 4. Brandon Varney, Lewiston.
DNS: Nick McNelly, Oxford.
Heat winner: Rich.
Lap leaders: Rich 1-10, Varney 11-13, Rich 14-20.
BOX STOCK (20 laps): 1. Kyle Mooney, New Gloucester; 2. Chase Staples,
Durham; 3. Ethan Matot, Casco; 4. Ethan Brown, South Paris. DNS:
Brandon Varney, Lewiston.
Heat winner: Staples.
Lap leaders: Matot 1, Brown 2, Mooney 3-20.
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