St. Clair is one of those family names synonymous with Wiscasset Speedway; a name that is ingrained in the history of Maine’s fastest track, much like Ripley or Reno. It began with Dave “Boss Hogg” St. Clair, who has turned laps since its opening in 1969 and still races today. Then came son, Puncin St. Clair, who was a regular winner in Super Streets and Late Models in the ’90s and 2000s and winning Driver of the Year honors in 1996. The family legacy remains intact today with Puncin’s sons, Josh and Ryan, becoming rising stars in the track’s Late Model Sportsman division. The third generation racers from Liberty each visited victory lane Saturday night with Group 2 in action; eldest brother Josh taking honors in the regular 35-lap points feature, and younger brother Ryan winning the special Dave’s World Dash For Cash at night’s end. It was a busy night on the track, and also turned out to be a busy night in the tech garage with trophies changing hands in all four classes.

Saturday’s race program started a half hour late due to a pair of mid-afternoon showers passing through the area. That didn’t dampen the spirits of eager fans and anxious racers.  The Late Model Sportsman division rolled out for the first feature of the night with 22 drivers going after the checkers. #00 Alex Waltz and #4 Ben Erskine made up the front row as several heavy hitters lurked back in the field. While Waltz and Erskine waged a good early battle for the lead, two early movers in the race were #33 Josh St. Clair (starting 13th) and #17 Chris Thorne (starting 15th).  It took the pair just 8 laps to run up the outside lane and into the top 5. The field would be bunched up for a lap 10 restart and that is all the help Josh needed, taking over the lead on lap 11 and quickly pulling away. It turned out to be the only caution of the 35 lap race. St. Clair would lead the remainder of the race on his way to his second win of the season. But there were plenty of racers scrambling to join him in victory lane. #21 Shane Clark came out of the group to claim second as Waltz desperately tried to hold on to third through the midpoint of the race with Thorne, Erskine, #30 Ryan St Clair and his grandfather #14 Dave St. Clair all in hot pursuit. On lap 22 Waltz slipped up exiting turn four just enough for Ryan St Clair to sneak underneath to grab the third position and Thorne to follow into fourth. Things settled down for the remainder of the race as they all chased Josh St. Clair to victory lane. It was the older St. Clair brother’s second win in as many weekends. Clark took the second place trophy but would soon have to return it as he would fail post-race inspection. The runner up honors then passed on to Ryan St. Clair and Thorne would be bumped up in the official finish to take third.  The Strictly Street 25-lap feature was slowed by 3 early cautions in the first five laps as youngsters Faith Cleaves (#89), Brett Osmond (#05), and Dylan Varney (#42) were each involved in minor spins. Prospect, Maine’s DJ Moody in the #4 held the early lead until #51x of Bryan Robbins took over on a lap 5 restart. From there he would cruise to the checkers with the brothers Hewins chasing him across the stripe. However Robbins, having grabbed his third win of the season, refused post-race engine inspection resulting in a disqualification and forfeiture of his win. Point leader Kurt Hewins would then be declared the winner, resulting in his third win of the season. Defending champ Kyle Hewins (#51) would be bumped up to second and 5-time champ Maurice Young (#03) took third. As of press time the full results of the Strictly Street race remain Unofficial pending engine inspection on Kurt Hewins’ car.  The Napa Modifieds went caution free for their 30-lap feature. Wiscasset’s Chuck Colby held point wire to wire for what appeared to be his first open wheel victory. However his #87 mod failed post-race inspection turning the win over to the #15 of Joe Williams. It would be the veteran racer’s first win in over 20 years at Wiscasset. Former modified champ Allen Moeller Sr would be awarded the second place trophy and third went to the #7 of Nick Reno. Defending champ and point leader Mark Lucas struggled to a fifth place finish, just his second outside the top 3 in nearly two years.  The Kennebec Equipment Rental Outlaw Mini race also had a twist of fate for drivers following their 25-lap feature. Action packed as always, the race was slowed by three mid race cautions. Augusta’s Shane Smith held the lead in the early going as the top drivers stormed up from the back of the pack until former champ Jimmy Childs took over the lead on lap five. Childs looked well on his way to his best finish of the season in his #5 Ford Mustang. However, Justin Trombley grabbed the lead away from Childs at the midpoint of the race with an inside pass out of turn four. The race went caution free through its completion with the class chasing Trombley to the checkers. His victory celebration did not last long with the win being voided in post-race inspection. Point leader Zach Audet, who thanks to ongoing engine issues had made a last minute decision to race at all, would move up in line to take the win, his fifth of the season. Bryan Lancaster notched a season best second place finish in his #81, and Childs claimed the third place trophy. As the program started with the Late Model Sportsman, so it would end with the Late Model Sportsman and a race called the “Dave’s World Dash for Cash,” a special non-point 25-lap feature for Wiscasset Late Model drivers who had not won a feature in the past two years. The race was the brainchild of Dave St. Clair, bringing back a race he had held in his time as track owner. Thirteen of the 15 eligible drivers answered the call and found out their starting position by random draw on the front stretch at race time. The #3 of Richard Jordan drew the pole position and took the bonus challenge of starting at the back of the field for an extra $500 bonus should he win the race. With the entire starting field moving up a spot, Buxton’s Danny Smart took point in his #7x with the #66 of Bryan Robbins alongside. It took just one lap for the #30 of Ryan St. Clair to blow by the pair from his third starting slot to take the lead on the front stretch. From there he cruised to a caution free victory and happily pocketed the $500 cash that his grandfather had put up for the race winner. Nate Tribbett drove his #13 to the runner-up finish. The big mover of the race was Windham’s Steve Minott, starting 12th and blasting up through the pack to claim the third place trophy.  Wiscasset Speedway returns to action Saturday, Aug. 13 with Group 1 in action plus special double features for the Amsoil NELCAR Legends. The spotlight division will be the Thunder 4 Minis. For the 2016 Race Schedule and much more, visit www.wiscassetspeedway.com. Be part of the action by following Wiscasset Speedway on Facebook, Instagram and Twitter!  WISCASSET SPEEDWAY OFFICIAL RESULTS 8/6/16  LATE MODEL SPORTSMAN (35 LAPS) 1.       #33   JOSH ST. CLAIR                         LIBERTY 2.       #30   RYAN ST. CLAIR                        LIBERTY 3.       #17   CHRIS THORNE                        SIDNEY 4.       #15   NICK HINKLEY                          WISCASSET 5.       #14   DAVE ST. CLAIR                        LIBERTY 6.       #25   WILL COLLINS                          WALDOBORO 7.       #26   ANDREW MCLAUGHLIN      HARRINGTON 8.       #00   ALEX WALTZ                             WALPOLE 9.       #13   NATE TRIBBETT                       RICHMOND 10.   #33t  TREY BROWN                          WINTERPORT 11.   #47   BRANDON BAILEY                  WOOLWICH 12.   #74   ADAM CHADBOURNE          WOOLWICH 13.   #4     BEN ERSKINE                            FARMINGTON 14.   #28   STEVE MINOTT                       WINDHAM 15.   #7     JAY BAILEY                                WISCASSET 16.   #38   DAN TRASK                              CHELSEA 17.   #3     RICHARD JORDAN                  KINGFIELD 18.   #7x   DAN SMART                             BUXTON 19.   #11  CODY VERRILL                          EDGECOMB 20.   #88x WES TURNER                           FREEDOM 21.   #66   BRYAN ROBBINS                    MONTVILLE DNS #34  TYLER ROBBINS                      MONTVILLE DQ  #21   SHANE CLARK                         WINTERPORT  STRICTLY STREET (25 LAPS)  NOTE: RESULTS ARE UNOFFICIAL PENDING ENGINE INSPECTION 1.       #55h  KURT HEWINS                       LEEDS 2.       #51    KYLE HEWINS                          LEEDS 3.       #03    MAURICE YOUNG                CHELSEA 4.       #4      DJ MOODY                               PROSPECT 5.       #84    JAIRET HARRISON                 FREEPORT 6.       #85    CHANLER HARRISON           FREEPORT 7.       #42    DYLAN VARNEY                     WINDHAM 8.       #00    KIMBERLY KNIGHT               CHESTERVILLE 9.       #05    BRETT OSMOND                    WISCASSET 10.   #89    FAITH CLEAVES                      FREEPORT DNS  #2   MIKE TAYLOR                          BOOTHBAY DNS  #27 PAT THORNE                           STANDISH DQ    #51x  BRYAN ROBBINS                 MONTVILLE 
 NAPA MODIFIEDS (30 LAPS) 1.       #15   JOE WILLIAMS                         WOOLWICH 2.       #04   ALLEN MOELLER                     DRESDEN 3.       #7     NICK RENO                               WEST BATH 4.       #1     ADAM CHADBOURNE          WOOLWICH 5.       #5     MARK LUCAS                           HARPSWELL 6.       #85   JAIRET HARRISON                  FREEPORT 7.       #21   TOM YOUNG                           FREEPORT 8.       #00   TODD LADD                              FARMINGTON 9.       #4c    NICK COATES                           TURNER 10.   #61   SHAWN AUSTIN                        NORRIDGEWOCK DNS  #27  SHANE KAHERL                                JAY DNS  #8    RICHARD JORDAN                          KINGFIELD DQ   #87  CHUCK COLBY                                 WISCASSET      KENNEBEC EQUIPMENT RENTAL OUTLAW MINI (25 LAPS) 1.       #19me ZACH AUDET                       SKOWHEGAN 2.       #81     BRYAN LANCASTER             SKOWHEGAN 3.       #5       JIMMY CHILDS                       LEEDS 4.       #26     BRENT ROY                             VASSELBORO 5.       #20     SHAWN KIMBALL                 AUGUSTA 6.       #41     SHANE SMITH                       AUGUSTA 7.       #61     COLE ROBINSON                  CLINTON 8.       #27     JAKE HENDSBEE                    WHITEFIELD 9.       #83     BRADY ROMANO                 LIVEMORE FALLS 10.   #13     CODY TRIBBETT                     RICHMOND 11.   #7       STEVE HOWARD                   THOMASTON 12.   #00     SHAWN GILLEY                     FREEDOM         DQ  #34    JUSTIN TROMBLEY               WINTER HARBOR              LATE MODEL SPORTSMAN – DAVES WORLD DASH FOR CASH (25 LAPS) – non point race 1.       #30   RYAN ST. CLAIR                        LIBERTY 2.       #13   NATE TRIBBETT                       RICHMOND 3.       #28   STEVE MINOTT                       WINDHAM 4.       #66   BRYAN ROBBINS                    MONTVILLE 5.       #00   ALEX WALTZ                             WALPOLE 6.       #74   ADAM CHADBOURNE          WOOLWICH 7.       #11   CODY VERRILL                         EDGECOMB 8.       #3     RICHARD JORDAN                  KINGFIELD 9.       #7x   DAN SMART                             BUXTON 10.   #7     JAY BAILEY                                WISCASSET 11.   #47   BRANDON BAILEY                  WOOLWICH 12.   #33t  TREY BROWN                          WINTERPORT 13.   #88x  WES TURNER                          FREEDOM DNS  #38   DAN TRASK                            CHELSEA DNS #34    TYLER ROBBINS                    MONTVILLE