2008 RESULTS and PHOTOS

7-26-08 & 7-27-08 Results
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LANDRY AND YOUNG DOUBLE DOWN AT WISCASSET RACEWAY

 by Ken Minott

Oakland's Mike Landry and Windsor's Maurice Young took full advantage of the double weekend of action at Wiscasset Raceway and both drivers came away with a pair of wins each to establish themselves as the driver to beat in their respective divisions. The victories highlighted a busy weekend of action at Maine's "Center of Speed" with a special double point anniversary show Saturday night and a makeup program Sunday afternoon.

For Landry, Sunday's win in the 75 lap main event qualifier for the Unicel Super Streets guaranteed him a starting spot in the $10,000 to win Super Street / Sportsman Nationals at Wiscasset in early October. He took the lead on lap 68 following the 7th caution of the race and held of Josh St Clair and RJ Austin for the win and the $750 payoff. It was his second win of the weekend and division high 4th of the season. Landry, the division's only repeat winner, was most happy to secure his spot in the big race. "I am not concerned about the 750 bucks" he told Travis Barrett of Green-White-Checkers. "I want to make sure I'm there to win the ten grand, or at least have a chance to win the 10 grand." Following post race inspection Austin was bumped up to the runner-up position and "Cowboy" Dan Trask to 3rd. Trask hadn't raced at the track since May. 6^th.

Two time track champion Maurice Young also nailed down a pair of convincing wins in the Keystone Automotive Strictly Streets over the weekend, picking up his track high 5th & 6th victories of the year.  

Saturday night's show was a special program sponsored by Lester Morse Auto Sales & Self Storage and Ames True Value Supply as the White family celebrated their first anniversary at the helm of the track. Thousand of dollars of prizes were given away including free gasoline from Wiscasset Quick Stop, kid’s bicycles & scooters, gift certificates and logo wear. 

Other winners Saturday evening included veteran Jeff Burgess of E. Madison taking the win in the 50 lap feature for the Clark's Car Crushing Pro stocks. It was the first win of the year for the driver who finished as the division runner up in 07'. He was joined in victory lane by John Phippen and Scott King; however King's car failed post race inspection, turning the 3rd place trophy over to defending champ Scott Moore. Phippen would take the division point lead with his 2nd place finish and Randy Turner experiencing late race troubles to finish 12th.

Jason Witts of Dixmont started on the outside of the front row in the 30 lap feature for the Smith Construction Late Model Sportsman and survived a handful of mid race cautions to pick up his first Wiscasset victory. Peter Oakes of Boothbay moved up from 8th to finish 2nd and defending champ Chris Thorne, who was involved in one of the cautions, raced his way back up to a 3rd place finish.

In Mike Landry's 25 lap victory Saturday night in the Unicel Super Streets, he was joined in victory lane by Brian Fortin and point leader Allan Moeller. For Fortin, it was a personal best finish.

While the 20 lap win in Keystone Automotive Strictly Streets went to Maurice Young, Bath's Ian Bresnahan would take home the runner-up trophy and Wiscasset's Bobby Mesimer was 3rd.

The 20 lap feature in the Aable Auto Parts Mini Stocks was won by Mac Hannan Jr of Union with Ryan Ripley of Thomaston and Shawn Kimball of Pittston taking 2nd and 3rd.

The official finish of the 15 lap feature in the White and Bradstreet Mini Trucks didn't match what transpired on the track. Biddeford's Chad Binnette rolled to his 3rd checkered flag in as many tries this season, but his truck failed post race inspection, turning the victory over to Chris Doucette. Jaime Foster also failed post race inspection, bumping up Russ Anderson and Opie Allard into the 2nd and 3rd place positions.

In Sunday afternoon action Chuck Colby picked up his 2nd win of the season in the 50 lap feature for the Clark's Car Crushing Pro stocks with Scott Moore and Jesse Smith joining him in victory lane.

Maurice Young's Sunday win in the 20 lap Keystone Automotive Strictly Streets was unfortunately overshadowed by an altercation between driver Jeff Merrill and track officials following a penalty against the driver late in the race. When the dust cleared and order was restored the race was completed and Ed Pierpont and Bobby Mesimer joined Maurice Young to claim the 2nd and 3rd place trophies. 

Thirteen year old Ryan Ripley, grandson of 3-time Wiscasset champ Doug Ripley, picked up his first win in the 20 lap feature for the Aable Auto Parts Mini Stocks. The win followed up his runner-up finish the night before. Previous night podium finishers Mac Hannan and Shawn Kimball each failed post race inspection and as a result, Natasha Dyer of Arrowsic picked up a personal best 2nd place finish and Mike Dulaney of Richmond a season best 3rd.

There was also a another big shake up in the official finish of the 15 lap White & Bradstreet Mini Trucks Sunday afternoon. Three of the top four finishers failed post race inspection including apparent winner Don Giggey, giving the win over to Russ Anderson of Portsmouth, NH and the other trophies to James Swan of Clinton and Josh Harjula of Boothbay.