OXFORD, Maine - Jeff White's total destruction of his Oxford Networks
Late Model ride last week was the worst thing that could have happened
... for his competition.
The White Lightning race team put the No. 50 back together better and
faster than before, as evidenced by a convincing victory in Saturday
night's 40-lap feature victory at Oxford Plains Speedway.
White, who picked up his first top-division win in 10 seasons of
trying late last summer, took the lead on lap 5 and dominated the
caution-free encounter. He beat former OPS champion Tim Brackett to
the checkers by a margin of more than 1.3 seconds.
"If you saw the race last week, you know how bad (the wreck) was. We
busted our humps to get here," White said.
Teenager Ben Ashline finished on the podium for the second straight
week, taking away third from impressive Gerald Parlin over the final
five laps. Parlin was a career-best fourth, with four-time champion
and two-time 2009 feature winner Travis Adams making a late-race
charge in the outside lane to fifth.
One winning streak continued and another ended in accompanying
Championship Series feature action.
Mike Short backed up his 100-lap victory in last week's Allen's Coffee
Flavored Brandy Strictly Stock main event with a 30-lap triumph on Sun
Journal Night.
Short went three-wide to move from fifth to second on lap 10 before
taking the top spot away from Kim Tripp on the following circuit.
Nobody was able to challenge Short without the help of a caution down
the stretch. Reigning division champion Skip Tripp was second, with
B.J. Chapman holding off 2007 champ Tommy Tompkins -- making his first
start of the season -- for third. Jeff Merrill emerged from a tense,
five-car battle for fifth.
Jimmy Childs, who returned this year the Allen's Mini Stock division
where he won a pair of division championships, snapped Justin Karkos'
two-race run when he held off the red-hot Karkos by less than a car
length.
It was the first win of the season for Childs, who scored a Late Model
victory in 2008.
Darrell Moore was third after his runner-up effort a week ago,
followed by former champion Dan Morris and Larry Melcher. After a
rough 30-lap race one week ago, the Minis went flag-to-flag without a
stoppage.
Troy Jordan (Macdonald Motors Runnin' Rebel) and Ryan Farrar (Call of
the Wild RV Center Sport Truck) were tops in Agren Appliance Saturday
Showdown action.
Jordan led his teammates Matt Dufault and Jason Berry in a 1-2-3 sweep
of the 30-lap Runnin' Rebel event.
Twenty-five cars started the race, with Derek Cook dominating early
before his mechanical woes allowed Jordan to speed away with ease.
Charlie Webster took fourth, with Gerard Cote enjoying his second
straight fifth-place finish.
Farrar ascended to the top of the podium after three consecutive
runner-up finishes to start the season. John Lizotte, Jeff Schmidt,
Herb Farrar and Kevin Oliver completed the top five in the 10-lap
sprint.
OPS gets the green flag again this Wednesday, June 17 with the
Acceleration Series at 6:30 p.m. Next Saturday's Double T Fence Night
includes a 100-lap Mini Stock showcase.
OXFORD NETWORKS LATE MODEL (40 laps): 1. Jeff White, Winthrop; 2. Tim
Brackett, Buckfield; 3. Ben Ashline, Pittston; 4. Gerald Parlin, South
Paris; 5. Travis Adams, Canton; 6. Doug Coombs, Livermore; 7. Corey
Morgan, Lewiston; 8. Shawn Knight, South Paris; 9. Don Wentworth,
Otisfield; 10. Kenny Harrison, Pownal; 11. Shawn Martin, Turner; 12.
Scott Robbins, Dixfield; 13. Scott Luce, Strong; 14. Travis Stearns,
Auburn; 15. Billy Childs Jr. Leeds; 16. Ron Charpentier Jr., Wales;
17. Matt Sanborn, West Baldwin; 18. Jason Larrabee, Raymond; 19. Randy
Sanborn, West Baldwin; 20. Tommy Ricker, Poland; 21. Gary Chiasson,
Peru.
ALLEN'S COFFEE FLAVORED BRANDY STRICTLY STOCK (30 laps): 1. Mike
Short, Auburn; 2. Skip Tripp, Poland; 3. B.J. Chapman, Bridgton; 4.
Tommy Tompkins, Dixfield; 5. Jeff Merrill, Turner; 6. Kenny Harrison,
Pownal; 7. Zach Emerson, Sabattus; 8. Larry Emerson, Durham; 9. Kurt
Hewins, Leeds; 10. Rick Spaulding, Lisbon; 11. Ben Krauter, Raymond;
12. Bob Crocker, Freeport; 13. Derek Farrington, Freeport; 14. Kim
Tripp, Oxford; 15. Jon Brill, Bridgton; 16. Ed Burlock, Minot; 17.
Matt Williams, Brownfield.
ALLEN'S COFFEE FLAVORED BRANDY MINI STOCK (30 laps): 1. Jimmy Childs,
Leeds; 2. Justin Karkos, Jay; 3. Darrell Moore, Mechanic Falls; 4. Dan
Morris, Lisbon; 5. Larry Melcher, Livermore Falls; 6. Ashley Marshall,
Jay; 7. Calvin Rose Jr., Turner; 8. Steve Barker, Jay; 9. Shane
Kaherl, Jay; 10. Jeff Beaule, Lewiston; 11. Kevin Bishop, South Paris;
12. Jeff Moon, Gray; 13. Nik Coates, Lisbon; 14. Nathan Guptill, North
Turner; 15. Ken Daigle Jr., Lisbon; 16, Jake Burns, Gray; 17. Matt
Moore, Mechanic Falls.
MACDONALD MOTORS RUNNIN' REBEL (30 laps): 1. Troy Jordan, Turner; 2.
Matt Dufault, Turner; 3. Jason Berry, Turner; 4. Charlie Webster,
Auburn; 5. Gerard Cote, Oxford; 6. Doug Degroat, Oxford; 7. Jamie
Heath, Waterford; 8. Brady Romano, Livermore Falls; 9. Roger Bourgoin,
Mechanic Falls; 10. Ryan Philbrick, Greenwood; 11. Corey Beaulieu,
Oxford; 12. Craig Farrington, Hebron; 13. Zach Audet, Chesterville;
14. Kyle Hewins, Leeds; 15. Nate Dubuc, Auburn; 16. Craig Bartlett,
Denmark; 17. Bill Dunphy, New Gloucester; 18. Derek Cook, Livermore
Falls; 19. Mark Childs Jr., Mechanic Falls; 20. Randy Desmarais,
Auburn; 21. Bob Lucas, Peru; 22. John Mason, Bethel; 23. Carl Griffin,
Farmingdale; 24. Ryan Hewins, Leeds; 25. Gene White, Lisbon.
CALL OF THE WILD RV CENTER SPORT TRUCK (10 laps): 1. Ryan Farrar,
Oxford; 2. John Lizotte, Mechanic Falls; 3. Jeff Schmidt, Mechanic
Falls; 4. Herb Farrar, Sumner; 5. Kevin Oliver, Gray; 6. Ryan Varney,
South Paris.
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