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5-10-08

On the Saturday May 17th afternoon program, Sidney's Chris Thorne outlasted a trio of contenders to pick up an exciting win in the annual Bruce Kane Memorial for the Smith Construction Late Model Sportsman class. Thorne took the lead from Daren Ripley following a lap 7 restart and then traded the lead back and forth with Steve Reny over the second half of the race to take the 30 lap feature.

It was his first win of the season and second straight year he has won the race that honors #68 Bruce Kane who lost his life in a racing accident at Wiscasset in the early 90's. Both Thorne and Reny said that their cars we too loose to keep on the bottom groove which led to the multiple lead changes.

Oxford Plains regular Ricky Rolfe came down to Wiscasset for a test run leading up to the Coastal 200 and the trip paid off with a run from the back of the field to finish 3rd. He took the position from Ripley on the final turn of the race.

In support action Shawn Austin of Norridgewock took advantage of an early race caution involving the leaders and then ran away to pick up his first career win in the 25 lap Unicel Super Street feature. Nate Weston worked the traffic to move into 2nd but wasn't able to chase down Austin who took the win by a half straightaway. R.J. Austin snuck by Mike Landry on the final turn of the race to join his younger brother in victory lane and pick up the 3rd place trophy.

5-time Keystone Automotive Strictly Street champ Maurice Young of Chelsea rebounded from a disappointing 14th place finish on opening day to lead the 20 lap Strictly feature wire to wire for the win. Steve Peirpont of Cushing was the only driver to keep Young in his sights and would follow the defending champ for the 2nd place finish. Jeff Merrill of Mexico withstood a great race-long battle with former champ Dave Brannon to take the final spot in victory lane.

In the 20 lap feature for the Aable Auto Parts Mini Stocks Readfield's Pete McCollet picked up his first win since 2005. Mac Hannan Jr of Union and Dylan Lancaster of Skowhegan took the 2nd and 3rd place trophies for the second straight week. Hannan took the lead from McCollet on lap 16 but Pete retook the lead a lap later when Hannan got caught behind a lapped car.

Jason Giggy of Unity used a late race pick to grab the lead from Opie Allard to pick up the win in the 15 lap feature for the White & Bradstreet Mini Trucks. James Swan III took 3rd.

With the Clark Car Crushing Prostocks taking Saturday off, the NELCAR Legends filled their spot on the program. Max Zachem of Preston, CT turned in a dominating run to secure his first Wiscasset win. Bob Weymouth of Topsham made it up to 2nd but wasn't able to chase down the winner. Charlie Buxton of Windham filled out the top three in victory lane. 

OFFICIAL FINISHES SATURDAY 5/17/08

SMITH CONSTRUCTION LATE MODEL SPORTSMAN (30 LAP - BRUCE KANE MEMORIAL)

1. Chris Thorne - Sidney;   2. Steve Reny - Boothbay;   3. Ricky Rolfe - Albany Township;    4. Daren Ripley - Appleton;   5. Adam Chadbourne - Woolwich;   6. Bill Whorff Jr - West Bath;   7. Chuck Colby - Newcastle;   8. Mike Orr- Wiscasset;    9. Bill Pinkham - Wiscasset;    10. Josh St Clair - Liberty;    11. Nick Hinkley - Wiscasset;    12. Danny Smart - Buxton;   13. Duane Love - West Gardiner;   14. Seth Raven - Waldo;   15. Scott Pooler - Vassalboro;    16. Tyler Robbins - Montville;   17. Will Collins - Appleton;    18. Peter Oakes - Boothbay;    19. TJ Watson - Cundy's Harbor;   20. Ajay Piccard - Palmyra;   21. Frank Moulton - Unity;   22. John Soucy - South China;   23. Nick Reno - West Bath

 UNICEL SUPER STREETS (25 LAPS)

1. Shawn Austin - Norridgewock;   2. Nate Weston - Madison;   3. R.J. Austin - Smithfield;   4. Mike Landry - Oakland;    5. Dan Trask - Chelsea;    6. Justin Karkos - Jay;    7. Kevin Douglass - Sidney;    8. Allen Moeller Sr - Dresden;   9. Frank Brown - Pittston;    10. Ryan St Clair - Liberty;   11. Zachary Hatch - Winthrop;    12. James Osmond - Gardiner;    13. J.J. Small - Fairfield;    14. Bryan Fortin - South China;    15. Ryan Robinson - Clinton;    16. Jeremy Glasier - Appleton;   17. Josh Bailey - Wiscasset;    18. Jason Gaboury - Augusta

KEYSTONE AUTOMOTIVE STRICTLY STREETS (20 LAPS)

1. Maurice Young - Chelsea;     2. Steve Peirpont - Cushing;    3. Jeff Merrill - Mexico;    4. Dave Brannon - Lisbon;   5. Bobby Mesimer - Wiscasset;    6. Ed Peirpont - Jefferson;    7. Zac Creamer - Bath;    8. Chris Burgess - Buckfield;    9. Derek Pearson - Glenburn;    10. Jamie Henderson - Litchfield;    11. Ken Carter - Winthrop;    12. Nate Yeaton - Bath;    13. Ian Bresnahan - Bath;    14. Mike St Germain - Auburn;    15. Matt Stuart - Pittston;    16. Jeff Davis - Woolwich;    17. Mike Stewart - Durham

AABLE AUTO PARTS MINI STOCKS (20 LAPS)

1. Pete McCollet - Readfield;    2. Mac Hannan Jr - Union;   3. Dylan Lancaster - Skowhegan;    4. Bryan Lancaster - Skowhegan;    5. Mike Wilson - Chelsea;    6. Brent Roy  - Vassalboro;    7. Mike Dulaney - Richmond;   8. Shane Smith - Sidney;   9. Natasha Dyer - Arrowsic;    10. Ryan Ripley - Thomaston;    11. Ed Sleeper - Vassalboro;    12. Scott Theriault - China;    13. Jeff Minchin - Pittston;    14. Cody Sleeper - Chelsea;    15. Ryan Hayes - Jefferson;    16. Chelsea Young - Winterport;    17. Tim Collins - Farmingdale;    18. Cory Mullins - Wiscasset;    19. Alex Cromwell - Woolwich;   20. Alica Goodwin -  Waterville: 21. Tom True - Wiscasset;     22. Ken Edgecomb - Readfield;    23. Shawn Kimball - Pittston;    24. Tim Grant - Augusta;   25. Steve Howard  - Thomaston;    26. Donavan Dodge - Rockport

WHITE & BRADSTREET MINI TRUCKS (15 LAPS)

1. Jason Giggey - Unity;    2. Opie Allard - Cundy's Harbor;   3. James Swan - Clinton;    4. Don Giggey - Athens;   5. Rick Sirois - Noridgewock;    6. Kevin Oliver - Gray;    7. Jessica Norris - Portsmouth, NH;    8. Jeff Coughlin - Portsmouth, NH;   9. Josh Kauffman - Unity;    10. Josh Harjula - Boothbay;    11. James Howland - Rye, NH;      DQ. Russ Anderson - Portsmouth, NH

NELCAR LEGENDS (25 LAPS)

1. Max Zachem - Preston, CT;    2. Bob Weymouth - Topsham;     3. Charlie Buxton - Windham;    4. Ed Getty - Gray;    5. Chris Seavey - Windham;    6. Terry Kirk - Durham;     7. Even Beaulieu - Durham;    8. Tyler Jordan - Scarborough;    9. Alan Smith - Lincoln;    10. Mike Fucshwanz - Vassalboro;    11. Marc Fucshwanz;     - Vassalboro;     12. Anthony Pagliarulo - Groveland, MA      13. Kevin Hutchens - E. Waterboro;