2019 PASS RACE

SUNDAY, JUNE 28th

COASTAL AUTO PARTS 150

50 LAPS

THE OXFORD 150

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The COASTAL AUTO PARTS 150
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How "Sweet" It Is....Again

Oxford, ME - Nick Sweet slipped past early leader Corey Bubar near the midpoint of the of the Coastal Auto Parts Pro All Stars Series (PASS) 150 at Oxford Plains Speedway (OPS) Sunday afternoon. The win is the fifth career triumph for the Barre, Vermont driver and the second in three races of the PASS Tour in 2020. Center Conway, NH driver DJ Shaw came home in the runner up spot while Travis Benjamin rounded out victory lane in a carbon copy top three finish of the opening PASS race earlier in the month. Sunday's race at OPS was held without fans but was broadcast by NSNsports out of Vermont.

Unlike his previous win where he started on the front row, Sweet started this contest back in the 11th position of the 33 car starting field. Getting to the front, however, was no easy task as Sweet had to get by the likes of Eddie MacDonald, Curtis Gerry and the aforementioned Bubar.

"I had to be very very disciplined with the car," Sweet said in post-race tech, " I didn't have a lot of lateral grip so it was easy to slip the tires. Once I got myself to relax, it sort of came to me and I was able to make my way to the front." Once Sweet overtook the leaders, he withstood a brief challenge from Travis Benjamin before extending his lead to just over 3 seconds by race conclusion. "I thought I might have something for him at first, but he just drove right away from me," Benjamin said following the race.

While Sweet cruised away to victory, several intense battles were waged in his rearview. DJ Shaw was able to capitalize on lapped traffic to close in and move to the inside of the number 7 of Benjamin. The Shaw/Benjamin side by side battle took place over the last 10 laps with Shaw narrowly edging Benjamin by less than 1/10 of a second at the line. "I didn't have a second place car," Shaw said, "but we got a couple breaks here we are."

Behind the top three another battle waged on between the 14 of Scott McDaniel and Massachusetts driver Eddie MacDonald. While those two competitors spent the last 20 lap's door handle to door handle and sometimes sideways, Jake Johnson closed in with a handful of laps remaining to make it a 3 car battle. MacDonald slipped going into turn one and allowed Johnson to squeeze past them both to secure the 4th spot, with MacDonald holding on to round out the top five. The back half of the top 10 was led by Scott McDaniel, Ben Rowe, Johnny Clark, Ryan Robbins who started on the back row, and early leader Corey Bubar.











		*Photos by Norm Marx*

PASS N0RTH SLMs at OPS
OFFICIAL RACE RESULTS - 6-28-20

1) 40VT - Nick Sweet - 150 Laps
2) 60 - DJ Shaw - 150
3) 7b - Travis Benjamin - 150
4) 15ma - Jake Johnson - 150
5) 17ma - Eddie MacDonald - 150
6) 14 - Scott McDaniel - 150
7) 4 - Ben Rowe - 150
8) 54 - Johnny Clark - 150
9) 36 - Ryan Robbins - 150
10) 12 - Corey Bubar - 150
11) 23 - Dave Farrington Jr. - 150
12) 44 - Rusty Poland - 150
13) 72 - Scott Robbins - 150
14) 81 - Dan Winter - 150
15) 9t - Alan Tardiff - 150
16) 94h - Garrett Hall - 150
17) 60 - Tim Brackett - 150

18) M3 - Brandon Barker - 150
19) 32 - Derek Ramstrom - 149
20) 29s - Trevor Sanborn - 149
21) 50 - Jeff White - 149
22) 47 - Gabe Brown - 149
23) 10 - Kate Re - 148
24) 99 - Ben Ashline - 148
25) 80 - Andy Saunders - 146
26) 24 - Mike Rowe - 139
27) 1 - Kyle Desouza - 123
28) 7g - Curtis Gerry - 115
29) 3c - Josh Childs - 106
30) 75 - Gary Smith - 87
31) 21 - Joey Doiron - 54
32) 15 - Mike Hopkins - 50
33) 18 - Mike Scorzelli - 44

SLM ENTRY LIST - OPS - 6/28

"King" is King....Again

After a win and another Top 3 in the first two races of 2020 across state lines in New Hampshire, Tyler King was understandably excited to be returning to his home track for race number 3 of the PASS MODS Tour. However, the famed 3/8 mile oval in Oxford Maine is also home to many of his fellow competitors on the tour, including point leader Justin Larson, and defending champion Spencer Morse. Any worries he may have had were all for not, as King stormed from his 11th starting spot in the 18 car field to score his second victory of the year.

The neon yellow number 11 was able to take advantage of some early race mishaps to move quickly into the top 5 even before lap 7. However, the Gray, Maine driver didn't have it so easy after that point. "I honestly didn't think I had enough to get here," he said in post-race tech, "I really burned off my right rear trying to get into the top 3." King was able to slip under Colby Benjamin for second and then early race leader Tyler Fiscus on lap 21 to get to the front. "I got a couple of lucky breaks, I think those guys slipped a little and let me under. I don't know if I could have gotten around them."

Once out front, King survived several restarts and challenges from a number of drivers including second place finisher Bobby Nadeau and third place Justin Larson to secure his victory. Early race leader, and rookie, Tyler Fiscus nailed down the fourth spot, while a pair of wily racing veterans with nearly 50 years of racing experience, but also battling for rookie of the year honors Gary Dwinal and Kevin Durgin rounded out the top 6. Seventh through 10th was Colby Benjamin, Tracey Gordon, Bill Dixon, and Chanler Harrison.

The Pro All Stars Series heads back to White Mountain Motorsports Park next Friday, July 3rd for round 4 of the 2020 PASS Tour. Oxford Plains Speedway will be back in action next Saturday with divisions from both the OAS and OCS at 5pm sharp.

For technical information concerning all PASS divisions, and for media or marketing questions, please contact passracing@roadrunner.com. Don't forget to "Like" the Pro All Stars Series on Facebook or follow on Twitter @PASSSLM14 to keep up with breaking news as it happens.

PASS MODS at OPS
OFFICIAL RACE RESULTS - 6-28-20

1) 11 - Tyler King
2) 35 - Bobby Nadeau
3) 18 - Justin Larson
4) 53 - Tyler Fiscus
5) 55 - Gary Dwinal
6) 12 - Kevin Durgin
7) 52 - Colby Benjamin
8) 41 - Tracy Gordon
9) 33 - Bill Dixon

10) 6 - Chanler Harrison
11) 7 - Spencer Vaughan
12) 4 - Milo Washer
13) 2 - Ajay Cates
14) 64 - Matt Sanborn
15) 66 - Jake Madore
16) 34 - Spencer Morse
17) 24 - Mark Proctor
18) 44 - Ashley Beyea

The Northeast Sports Network (NSN) streamed online via pay-per-view. Visit NSNSports.net for more information or to purchase the pay-per-view. Pay-Per-View - Sat: $15 Sun: $25

THE OXFORD 150
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Helliwell Takes Advantage of
Late Tangle for Oxford Win

Oxford, ME - Dover, NH's Wayne Helliwell Jr. took full advantage of a late incident involving then-leader Joey Polewarczyk to snag the victory American-Canadian Tour (ACT) victory in the Oxford 150 at Maine's Oxford Plains Speedway on Sunday, June 28. It was the 13th career point-counting ACT win for the three-time champion and continued his strong start after a runner-up in the season opener.

Helliwell was inside Hudson, NH's Polewarczyk for the lead with seven laps to go as both were attempting to get around defending ACT Champion Rich Dubeau, who was fighting to stay on the lead lap while running in the sixth spot. With Polewarczyk going to the outside entering turn three and Helliwell looking inside, Dubeau lost grip and slid up the track into the leader.

The contact sent Polewarczyk for a spin to bring out the sixth and final caution. Helliwell inherited the top spot with several lapped cars between him and second-place D.J. Shaw, allowing him to cruise to the win as seen worldwide on Northeast Sports Network.

Prior to the late tangle, Polewarczyk had been in his own area code for much of the event. The 2014 ACT Champion started on the front row and hounded polesitter Stephen Donahue for the first 20 laps. When the race's second caution came out on lap 20 for Walter Sutcliffe's spin, Polewarczyk got the jump over Donahue on the restart.

As Polewarczyk ran away and hid from the field, Helliwell and Bryan Kruczek both got around Donahue as well and began going back-and-forth for the second spot. The duo swapped the position multiple times over a span of nearly 50 laps before Kruczek fell off the pace with a broken axle and eventually spun to bring out the fourth caution on lap 84.

One circuit later, Donahue and the lapped car of Tyler Tomassi got together entering turn 3, collecting Dillon Moltz as well for another yellow. Helliwell was at Polewarczyk's door for the restart, but "Joey Pole" easily got away on the restart and maintained a steady lead during another long green-flag run.

The duo easily sliced through the rest of the field, eventually putting all but six cars at least one lap in arrears. As Polewarczyk began working on the sixth-place car of Dubeau with the laps winding down, Helliwell mustered one final charge, getting to Polwarczyk's inside and setting up the final dramatic confrontation that put Helliwell in front for the first time.

Center Conway, NH's Shaw, a multi-time Pro All Stars Series champion, was solid all day and ended up with a second-place finish for car owner Arnie Hill. Opening day winner Jimmy Hebert steadily worked his way forward from the 17th starting position to end the day in third.

Polewarczyk recovered from his heartbreaking tangle to take fourth while defending ACT Rookie of the Year Ryan Kuhn rounded out the top-5. Dubeau, Moltz, Marcel J. Gravel, Dylan Payea, and rookie Derek Gluchacki finished sixth through 10th.

The ACT Late Model Tour has a weekend off before returning to action at Groveton, NH's Riverside Speedway on Saturday, July 11 for the Gardiner & June Leavitt Memorial 150. Post time is 6:00pm.

For more information, contact the ACT offices at (802) 244-6963, media@acttour.com, or visit www.acttour.com. You can also get updates on Facebook and Twitter at @ACTTour.

ACT LATE MODEL TOUR - JUNE 28, 2020

OXFORD PLAINS SPEEDWAY - THE OXFORD 150

UNOFFICIAL RESULTS

Pos., Start Pos., Driver, Car #, Hometown, Laps

1. ( 5 ) Wayne Helliwell Jr. ( 27NH ) , Dover, NH , 150 Laps

2. ( 4 ) D.J. Shaw ( 04VT ) , Center Conway, NH , 150 Laps

3. ( 17 ) Jimmy Hebert ( 58VT ) , Williamstown, VT , 150 Laps

4. ( 2 ) Joey Polewarczyk ( 97NH ) , Hudson, NH , 150 Laps

5. ( 10 ) Ryan Kuhn ( 72MA ) , E.Bridgewater, MA , 150 Laps

6. ( 9 ) Rich Dubeau ( 30NH ) , Plainfield, NH , 150 Laps

7. ( 12 ) Dillon Moltz ( 5ME ) , New Sharon, ME , 149 Laps

8. ( 8 ) Marcel J. Gravel ( 86VT ) , Wolcott, VT , 149 Laps

9. ( 14 ) Dylan Payea ( 7NH ) , Milton, VT , 149 Laps

10. ( 21 ) #Derek Gluchacki ( 03MA ) , Dartmouth, MA , 149 Laps

11. ( 13 ) Alby Ovitt ( 35NH ) , Candia, NH , 148 Laps

12. ( 11 ) Jesse Switser ( 25NH ) , W. Burke, VT , 148 Laps

13. ( 16 ) #Tom Carey III ( 5MA ) , New Salem, MA , 148 Laps

14. ( 19 ) Bobby Therrien ( 5VT ) , Hinesburg, VT , 148 Laps

15. ( 3 ) Christopher Pelkey ( 64VT ) , Graniteville, VT , 148 Laps

16. ( 15 ) Trenton Goodrow ( 31MA ) , Carver, MA , 148 Laps

17. ( 6 ) Ryan Olsen ( 61NH ) , N. Haverhill, NH , 148 Laps

18. ( 24 ) #Tyler Tomassi ( 76RI ) , W. Greenwich, MA , 147 Laps

19. ( 23 ) Matt Anderson ( 49NH ) , Andover, NH , 147 Laps

20. ( 22 ) Walter Sutcliffe ( 78CT ) , East Haven, CT , 146 Laps

21. ( 26 ) #David MacDonald ( 69ME ) , New Gloucester, ME , 141 Laps

22. ( 1 ) Stephen Donahue ( 2VT ) , Graniteville, VT , 138 Laps

23. ( 20 ) Jimmy Renfrew Jr. ( 00NH ) , Candia, NH , 132 Laps

24. ( 7 ) Bryan Kruczek ( 19NH ) , Newmarket, NH , 84 Laps

25. ( 18 ) Joey Laquerre ( 15VT ) , E. Montpelier, VT , 79 Laps

26. ( 25 ) Reilly Lanphear ( 21VT ) , Waterbury, VT , 1 Laps

Lap Leaders: Stephen Donahue, 1-20; Joey Polewarczk, 21-143; Wayne Helliwell Jr., 144-150. (2 lead changes among 3 drivers)

Time of Race: 1:08:14 Margin of Victory: 2.786 seconds

Cautions: 6 (laps 1, 20, 32, 84, 85, 143)

Heat Winners: Marcel J. Gravel, Bryan Kruczek, Rich Dubeau

Consi Winner: Trenton Goodrow