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She’s a little beat up, but here’s to a trophy and 6 more races to go this season. Charlie’s helmet (and fire suit this season) are a great tribute to Chuck Sanborn Jr. & 20 years of Sanborn Racing Enterprises. Always proud of ya, Charlie Sanborn III. Here’s to 6 more tries! 🏁
Another great finish in the Pro Series 75-lap feature! 🏁
Top 5:
Trevor Sanborn
Dave Oliver
Rusty Poland (career-best Pro Series finish)
Evan Beaulieu (thanks Nitro Websites for all the help)
Travis Buzzell
Wow, what a heartbreaker. The #23ss Chasing the Checkered machine loses out on the Sport Series feature victory by a margin of .001 seconds. What a finish. 🤭🏁
Top 5:
Joey Pastore
Charlie Sanborn III
Devin Curit
Bubba Pelton
Danny Wear
Travis Lovejoy wins the 50 lap Wildcats feature here at BRMS! 🏁
Top 5:
Travis Lovejoy
Kyle Hewins
Kurt Hewins
Garrett Lamb
Dave Cameron
The Sport Series 50-lap feature is next!
Luke Lebrun wins the 25-lap Nelcar Tour feature here at BRMS! 🏁
& Dave Oliver and Joey Pastore (pulling double duty) are our Pro Series heat race heroes here at BRMS! 🏁
Wildcats heat race heroes:
Kyle Hewins & Dave Cameron
Sport Series heat race heroes:
Joey Pastore & Devin Curit
(Huge shoutout to Charlie Sanborn on his drive from p5 to p2)
Pro Series heat race results yet to come... 🏁
Joey Israelson and Keith Petrin pick up exciting victories in the Mad Bomber JV and Truck divisions here at BRMS! Congrats, guys! 🏁
Darryl Quinlan wins the 20-lap Street Devils feature here at BRMS! Congrats, Darryl! 🏁
It’s a tie between Drew Morse & Brian Darling for the Mad Bombers varsity victory here at BRMS! 🏁
Top 3:
Brian Darling
Drew Morse
Scott Eck
Brandon Lizotte wins the 20-lap Beetle Bug feature here at BRMS! 🏁
Top 5:
Brandon Lizotte
Ed Johnson
Josh Knoll
Derek McKeen
Adam Warnock
The old and the new! Great to see Chris Smith back on track in the #1 machine, alongside the #23ss Chasing the Checkered machine of Charlie Sanborn III! It’s a great day for racing here at BRMS! Racing starts at 4 pm! 🏁
Happy birthday to Chasing the Checkered driver, Logan Melcher! Hope you have a great day! 🏁
Beech Ridge Motor Speedway is doing the best that they can with the unexpected hand they were given at the very last-minute. The grandstands may not be open today, but the pit area will be.
The cost may be more, but the support from race fans and drivers is what is going to help keep the track open during this time of crisis. This is also the perfect opportunity for fans or friends to assist a crew and learn a little bit about the behind-the-scenes action that happens on race day.
I always say “get out there and support your local short track” at the end of almost every race recap, and that reigns more true than ever not only today, but all season.
I will try my best to provide updates, photos and videos for those that are unable to attend today due to circumstances.
We are all in this together and I still hope that after all is said and done, you make the decision to still support your local race track if you’re able to.
Racing action starts at 4:00 pm, starting with the Thursday night divisions.
Plus, the #23ss machine is making its 2020 race season debut, which is an added bonus. 2020 is the season that marks the 20 year anniversary season of Sanborn Racing Enterprises.
Grab your waters, grab your lawn chair and your sunscreen and make the trip to Scarborough tonight for PLENTY of racing action! You won’t be disappointed if you do! 🏁
Beech Ridge Motor Speedway
Beech Ridge launches it’s seven-race schedule beginning tomorrow, Saturday, July 18th.
The Ridge is pleased to have gotten an on-site meeting with one of Maine’s top office commissioners to review grandstand protocols. While positive, cooperative and supportive, the State is not yet able to reach an updated decision regarding seating of more than 50 people. At least currently, Beech Ridge will not open its grandstand to spectators while State conversations continue to evolve. We are pleased to have advanced the State’s consideration dramatically, for the sake of all Maine speedways. We will continue to work positively toward that end.
The seven race dates are July 18, July 25, August 8, August 15 with the rescheduled Granite State Tour, August 22, September 5 and September 12.
Both series and all events will welcome any and all regionwide teams and operate in traditional open-competition format, finding a place and weight format for any team. Pro Series teams will be allowed four new tires at every race, Sport Series and Wildcat teams will open with four tires and then be allowed two new tires each race.
Meanwhile, the pit area opens early beginning at 11 this Saturday morning to accommodate tire selections. Thursday teams will practice at 1pm, Saturday teams at 2:30.
The Thursday series racing is projected to begin at 4 p.m. Whiz Kidz will follow the completion of that portion, followed by the Saturday series racing, projected to begin between 5:30 and 6:15.
The Saturday series program includes 50-lap Wildcat and Sport Series features and 75 full laps for the Pro Series.
A point system will not be in place for either the Thursday or Saturday series. All teams in both series will draw for starting positions every week.
The pit ticket price will be standardized for all at a flat $30 to include the entire event (excepting a moderate increase for the Granite State Tour date). There will be no licensing fees.
New Hampshire Motor Speedway
We're covering all the bases for you! Please take a few minutes to watch this video and review the COVID-19 protocols on our website. Thank you, and we can't wait to see you at the #Foxwoods301!
Protocols: www.nhms.com/events/foxwoods-resort-casino-301/covid-19-protocols/
Evan Beaulieu
We are excited to announce that we are returning to racing this year, starting this Saturday at Beech Ridge Motor Speedway! We will be running the #56 Super Late Model in the Pro Series division once again for their seven race series.
I am equally excited to announce that we will be back with support from our great partners at Hancock Lumber. They have supported my team and I since we were racing go karts, and we cannot thank them enough for their continued support. Everyone should know this by now, but Hancock Lumber Company is a sixth-generation, family-owned business operating a land company, a sawmill division, and a network of retail lumberyards, home design showrooms, and a truss manufacturing facility. Led by their 530 employees, Hancock has five times been selected as a ‘Best Place to Work in Maine and was recognized as the 2017 national ProSales ‘Dealer of the Year’.
When you are deciding on which companies to work with, please consider the companies that support short track racing! Hancock Lumber has been a big supporter of many teams for a long time in this sport. Even through this tough time they are still on board with our team. They and a lot of other great companies you will see on the cars this weekend are what help keeps this sport going!
We are still searching for more partners to join us this season. We want to run more races and compete at the highest level. If you know of a company, please let us know to reach out to them.
I’m excited, lets go racing. 🏁
Derek Griffith Motorsports
Charlie Sanborn III turning practice laps at Beech Ridge Motor Speedway today, getting ready for next Saturday’s season opener in the #23ss Chasing the Checkered machine! 🏁
#chasingthecheckered
Video Credit: Chuck Sanborn
Night Owl Creations
Bobby Timmons III July 2020
Chasing the Checkered is now ready for next week’s Beech Ridge Motor Speedway season opener thanks to Connor McDougal at Eleveight Design! I can’t wait to see the new (and old) competitors at the track this season! If anyone would like stickers for their car, let me know and I’ll try my best to distribute them before show time next Saturday! 🏁
#chasingthecheckered
Gerry Motorsports
Here is Sunday’s event schedule at Official Page of Oxford Plains Speedway and NO FANS are allowed in the Front Grandstands. The races again will be covered by Northeast Sports Network and you can purchase you ppc ticket on there website.
#7GForTheWin
Roussel Motorsports
Tomorrow’s racing has been postponed to Sunday.
Original Gourmet Lollipops
Drinks ✅
Wings ✅
Lollipops ✅
TV set to fs1 ✅
Who else is getting geared up to watch Derek Griffith at Kentucky Speedway tomorrow at 2:30PM?
NASCAR on NBC
A star that shines for one day shines no less brightly.
We remember Adam Petty, who would have celebrated his 40th birthday today.
Gerry Motorsports
Next event up for Curtis and the #7G team is Official Page of Oxford Plains Speedway this Saturday night.
#7GForTheWin
Maine Vintage Race Car Association
OFFICIAL ANNOUNCEMENT: Summerfest Postponed to 2021
Due to COVID 19, The Maine Vintage Race Car Association has announced a postponement of the annual 'Summerfest' scheduled for August 2nd at Wiscasset Speedway. The decision, voted by officers and board of directors leaves the club without their largest one day fundraising event for the year.
MVRCA, who's mission is to honor and preserve the history of racing in Maine, traditionally held the event on the first Sunday of August. In addition to fundraising, the event serves as the largest membership drive of the year.
MVRCA President Andy Austin: "We held out as long as we could, and wanted to believe there would be a safe way to hold Summerfest. However, after researching many alternatives, the club made this a unanimous decision. Like many museums, our mobile unit has closed. The popular ride-along program would be next to impossible, and our annual cookout would have to be overhauled. This is a moment in time, and the more we work together, the sooner we can emerge successfully."
Maine Vintage Race Car Association is already getting a leg up on 2021. In cooperation with Wiscasset Speedway, a new Summerfest date has been tentatively scheduled for August 1st, 2021. In addition, the Maine Motorsports Hall of Fame Ceremony will combine 2020 and 2021 classes into one ceremony April 18th, 2021.
So excited to return to racing at Beech Ridge Motor Speedway! This season will be a lot different, but it will be fun! Can’t wait for the season opener! 🏁
Beech Ridge will launch a seven-race schedule beginning Saturday, July 18th. A day of practice for all Thursday and Saturday teams will take place the week before, July 11th.
All seven races will be held on Saturdays, combining a Thunder race schedule in the late afternoon followed by a full Saturday teams schedule. Grandstand seating will be open to all and will meet any existing state mandate capacity limits.
The seven dates are July 18, July 25, August 8, August 15 with the rescheduled Granite State Tour, August 22, September 5 and September 12.
Both series and all events will welcome any and all regionwide teams and operate in traditional open-competition format, finding a place and weight format for any team. Pro Series teams will be allowed four new tires at every race, Sport Series and Wildcat teams will open with four tires and then be allowed two new tires each race.
The July 18 opening event will feature triple 50 lap main events for the Saturday series divisions. Full practice and race hours and schedules will be released prior to the opening event.
A point system will not be in place for either the Thursday or Saturday series. All teams in both series will draw for starting positions every week.
The pit ticket price will be standardized for all at a flat $30 to include the entire event (excepting a moderate increase for the Granite State Tour date). There will be no licensing fees. Grandstand tickets will also hold steady at $12 for the entire program, kids 12 and under still admitted free for family value ticketing.
Official Page of Oxford Plains Speedway hosted a PASS/ACT doubleheader this past weekend and boy, it did not disappoint!
Catch the full race recap from Sunday today on Chasing the Checkered! 🏁
Photo Credit: O.L Photos
http://chasingthecheckered.com/2020/06/pass-act-doubleheader-brings-excitement-to-oxford-plains-speedway/
#local #maine #shorttrack #racing #chasingthecheckered
Oxford Plains Speedway kicked off their 2020 season with an action-packed weekend, welcoming both the track's weekly divisions and touring series (with no fans due to continuing state regulations) over the course of two days...
Official Page of Oxford Plains Speedway kicked off their season in a big way this past weekend, hosting the track’s weekly series on Saturday and touring series’ on Sunday.
Check out my full rundown from the Oxford Championship series competition today on Chasing the Checkered! 🏁
http://chasingthecheckered.com/2020/06/2020-oxford-championship-series-season-kicks-off-at-ops/
Photo credit: O.L Photos
#local #Maine #Newengland #shorttrack #racing #chasingthecheckered
Nick Sweet takes home yet another Pro All Stars Series SLM victory, finishing out the day here at OPS! 🏁
Top 5:
Nick Sweet
DJ Shaw
Travis Benjamin
Jake Johnson
Scott McDaniel
Lap 41: Caution for Gary Smith spinning on the backstretch.
Top 3:
Corey Bubar
Curt Gerry
Eddie MacDonald
After an unexpected change of events late-race, Wayne Helliwell, Jr. takes home the American-Canadian Tour feature victory at OPS. 🏁
Top 5:
Wayne Helliwell, Jr.
DJ Shaw
Jimmy Hebert
Joey Pole
Ryan Kuhn
Tough luck for Bryan Kruzcek and team in the ACT Race as they face troubles and spin in front of the field on lap 84 after running up front all day. Joey Pole and Wayne Helliwell, Jr. are currently our top 2 here at OPS. 🏁
Joey Pole is the lone American-Canadian Tour driver representing Chasing the Checkered today at OPS. Joey will be starting p2 in the feature! Good luck, #97 team! 🏁
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The old and the new! Great to see Chris Smith back on track in the #1 machine, alongside the #23ss Chasing the Checkered machine of Charlie Sanborn III! It’s a great day for racing here at BRMS! Racing starts at 4 pm! 🏁
Charlie Sanborn III turning practice laps at Beech Ridge Motor Speedway today, getting ready for next Saturday’s season opener in the #23ss Chasing the Checkered machine! 🏁 #chasingthecheckered Video Credit: Chuck Sanborn
Practice is in full swing here at OPS! 🏁
Rolling out P24 for the feature! Let’s go, Logan Melcher! 🏁
Tonight would have been the picture-perfect night for the Beech Ridge Motor Speedway season opener. Instead, the gates are locked and all we can do is cross our fingers that the season will begin before the summer is over. Times are different and we all are adjusting accordingly. Keep trudging, stay safe and keep your heads up, race fam. We are all in this together. Soon enough, we’ll all be together again...chasing the checkered one race at a time. ❤️🏁
Derek Griffith Motorsports captures the checkered flag here at OPS in the Pro All Stars Series 150! 🏁 Top 5: Derek Griffith Ben Rowe DJ Shaw Travis Benjamin Reid Lanpher
Well, Chasing the Checkered drivers are having a pretty good weekend! Spencer Morse Racing just put on a clinic in the 40-lap Pro All Stars Series Modified feature! No “formal” speech on the front stretch due to technical difficulties but “Mr. Personality” himself made sure to talk to the crowd and thank his sponsors! Great job to Spencer and Davis Chassis Works! 🏁
Ben Ashline Racing becomes the FIRST driver in Wiscasset history to win both the Coastal 200 and the Boss Hogg 150 after powering it from fifth to first in the final laps! 🏁 Top 5: Ben Ashline Mike Hopkins Kevin Douglass Brandon Barker Dave Farrington, Jr. Jake comes home with a SOLID 6th place finish in the Dream Ride/JRD Racing machine!
Dave Cameron and Travis Lovejoy battled it out until the end in the 50-lap Wildcats feature, but Dave took home the checkered flag! 🏁 Top 5: Dave Cameron Travis Lovejoy Cole Watson Chaz Briggs Joe Morse
Corey Bubar picks up another feature win at the Ridge! 🏁 Top 5: Corey Bubar Travis Buzzell Trevor Sanborn Nick Cusack Dave Farrington, Jr. Great job to Rusty Poland who made his return to Beech Ridge, battled it out with Gary Smith over the course of the race and came home with a 6th place finish!
Matt Dow scores yet another Sport Series feature victory at the Ridge! 🏁 Top 5: Matt Dow Frank Wear Adam Lovejoy Chasing the Checkered superstar Charlie Sanborn III Clyde Hennessey
Logan Melcher was one excited guy pulling into Victory Lane last night at Wiscasset Speedway LLC! So cool to witness a driver’s pure excitement and emotion upon winning a race. 🏁
So proud of my friend and sponsorship partner, Logan Melcher! We have always joked that there’s an “Amy Curse” because whenever I’ve showed up at the track in the past, Logan has had a bad night. The curse was broken tonight at Wiscasset Speedway LLC! Great job by the #41 team! The team was racing with heavy hearts but incredible strength tonight and everything worked out in the end! 🏁
Shalene Gailoux captures her first Street Devils victory here at BRMS! 🏁
Tom Lovejoy Jr. picks up his 2nd MBJV victory of the 2019 season! Top 4: Tom Lovejoy, Jr. Cam Jones Joey Israelson Wade Gelinas
Ben Krauter captures his 3rd consecutive Beetle Bugs victory at Beech Ridge Motor Speedway! Top 5: Ben Krauter Chris Case Alex Parechanian Adam Warnock Josh Knoll
Congrats to Spencer Morse Racing on another podium finish today at Spud Speedway! Thanks for the shoutout! 🏁
DJ Shaw redeems himself from last year and wins the $4000 to win feature here at Spud Speedway! 🏁 Top 5: DJ Shaw Nick Sweet Ben Rowe Garrett Hall Derek Griffith Maine’s sweetheart, Austin Theriault, comes home with a solid 6th place finish!
Tyler King becomes the first repeat winner of 2019 in the Pro All Stars Series Modified division! 🏁 Top 5: Tyler King Mike Carignan Spencer Morse Racing Wayne Allard Jairet Harrison
Mid-race madness in the Pro All Stars Series Modified division here at Spud! Lap 24/50. Top 5: Tyler King Mike Carignan Kate Re Spencer Morse Spencer Vaughn
Matt Dow picks up another feature win here at the Ridge and the #1 Sanborn Racing Enterprises team picks up another top 5 in the Sport Series! 🏁 Top 5: Matt Dow Bubba Pelton Joey Pastore Devin Curit Charlie Sanborn
One week after he blew his engine, Nate Leavitt took home the feature victory and got a push to Victory Lane at Beech Ridge! 🏁 Top 5: Nate Leavitt Joe Morse Wade Kennedy Ed Connolly Cole Watson
Gary Smith FINALLY captures his first weekly win at Beech Ridge, putting on a clinic in the Pro Series. Way to go, team! 🏁 Top 5: Gary Smith Trevor Sanborn Nick Cusack Dave Farrington, Jr. Bill Rodgers
Laura McKeage took home yet another victory in the Ladies League tonight at BRMS! 🏁
Jeff Gillette picks up his second Mighty Trucks victory of 2019 at BRMS! 🏁 Top 5: Jeff Gillette Jared Kimball Keith Petrin Will Potter Dave Lamson
Chris Burgess picks up the Mad Bomber Varsity victory here at BRMS! 🏁 Top 5: Chris Burgess Steve Benincasa Jason Gammon Mike Sanford Brandon Johnson
Rob Flaherty picks up his second Street Devils victory of the 2019 season here at BRMS! 🏁
Parker Varney picks up his first Legends victory of the 2019 season here at BRMS! 🏁 Top 5: Parker Varney Tylar Braunschweig Austin Teras Chris Burgess Colby Meserve
Joey Israelson picks up his first career Thursday Night Thunder victory here at BRMS! 🏁 Top 3: Joey Israelson Scott Eck Garrett Lamb
Ben Krauter collects his second consecutive Beetle Bugs victory at BRMS! 🏁 Top 5: Ben Krauter Chris Case Adam Warnock Derek McKeen Alex Parechanian
Chasing the Checkered is an online racing editorial featuring driver/track/series features and racing news across all divisions of professional racing, whether that be the NASCAR Monster Energy Cup Series, Xfinity Series, Camping World Truck Series, ARCA, K&N and even local divisions of short-track racing.
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