Mother Nature gets last word at speedway
Wiscasset Speedway was all set to kick off the Independence Day holiday weekend Saturday night with a full race program featuring Group 1 and fireworks. Everything was going smoothly until Mother Nature crashed the party sending fans home early with a handful of features still to be run.
Heats were completed in all divisions as the eyes of race officials were also on the radar and an approaching front causing wild weather to the northwest. Just as the spotlight feature for the 4-Cylinder Pro's was about to roll onto the track the first few raindrops began to fall, bringing the safety trucks out to keep the track dry. The delay only lasted 20 minutes and the show was on once again. In order to try and beat the approaching weather, the 4-Cylinder Pro feature was reduced from 35 laps down to its normal 25 laps. Number 8 Craig Dunn and #55 would lead the field of 12 to the green flag. Dunn held the lead through the early stages while some of the heavy hitters were charging up from the back of the pack. One of those was three-time defending champ #98 Kamren Knowles who was forced into a backup car after crashing in practice. It took just 10 laps for Knowles to race from his 10th starting position into the lead.
Just a pair of cautions slowed the action along with a five-minute threat of rain. It didn't hold up Knowles on his way to his second win of the season. He had also won back on opening day. Behind him was a great battle between a pair of rising stars in the class. Previous race winner #29 Austin Teras and point leader #12 Max Rowe traded the remaining two podium spots back and forth over the final six laps, with Teras grabbing second and Rowe third.
Pos | No. | Name | Home Town | Laps | Diff |
1 | 98 | Kamren Knowles | West Gardiner | 25 | |
2 | 29 | Austin Teras | Windham | 25 | 0.42 |
3 | 12 | Max Rowe | Turner | 25 | 5.343 |
4 | 4 | Connor Wenners | Edgecomb | 25 | 5.682 |
5 | 8 | Craig Dunn | Strong | 25 | 6.876 |
6 | 24 | Jeff Prindall | Lisbon | 25 | 7.345 |
7 | 10 | Kate Re | Lovell | 25 | 8.03 |
8 | 55 | John Shorey | Alna | 25 | 13.192 |
9 | 70 | Taylor Lane | Phillips | 25 | 13.853 |
10 | 7 | Spencer Vaughan | Canton | 24 | 1 Lap |
11 | 42 | Nate McWilliams | Sabattus | 23 | 2 Laps |
12 | 03 | Hayden Norris | Gardiner | 13 | 12 Laps |
Pos | No. | Name | Home Town | Laps | Diff |
1 | 34 | Jeff Burgress | Oakland | 8 | |
2 | 32 | Mike Orr | Wiscasset | 8 | 0.233 |
3 | 13 | Nate Tribbett | Richmond | 8 | 0.469 |
4 | 29 | Kevin Morse | Woolwich | 8 | 1.86 |
5 | 72 | Charlie Colby | Newcastle | 8 | 2.086 |
6 | 15x | Scott Chubbuck | Bowdoin | 8 | 2.134 |
7 | 13t | Cody Tribbet | Richmond | 8 | 2.843 |
8 | 23 | Brandon Sprague | Edgecomb | 8 | 3.807 |
9 | 99 | Ajay Picard | Palmyra | 8 | 3.83 |
10 | 09 | Daren Ripley | Thomaston | 8 | 4.184 |
11 | 8 | Jeremy Whorff | Bath | 8 | 4.53 |
12 | 84 | Jamie Wright | Woolwich | 8 | 5.145 |
13 | 15h | Nick Hinkley | Wiscasset | 8 | 5.728 |
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