St. Clair tops large Late Model field at Wiscasset Speedway

Wed, 08/07/2019 - 10:15am

Group 2 was in action Saturday night, Aug. 3 at Wiscasset Speedway. While some divisions have struggled to maintain respectable car counts, Wiscasset's Wood Pellet Warehouse Late Model Sportsman division remains one of the largest an most competitive in the state. Twenty-seven cars pitted for the evening's 50-lap main event,  Liberty's Josh St Clair charged up from his 10th starting position and took the lead from Frank Moulton early in the race and then held off several contenders to claim the victory. It was his first win since 2017. Point leader and four-time champ Chris Thorne of Sidney made a nice charge up from his 17th starting position but would settle for 2nd. Mark Lucas of Harpswell was the only driver to stay in the top five for the entire race. He stayed in the thick of the fight for the entire 50 laps and took home the final spot in victory lane and the 3rd place trophy. Former champion Will Collins of Waldoboro started 13th and finished 4th. Fayette's Logan Melcher, a two-time winner himself this season, rounded out the top 5 after starting 18th. The race was slowed by four cautions. Seventeen of the twenty-six cars that started the feature finished on the lead lap.

In other action, it was a profitable night for the point leaders of the three support divisions. Outlaw Mini point leader Jimmy Child of Leeds led wire to wire in the 25 lap feature for the Kennebec Equipment Rental Outlaw Minis. He was joined in victory lane by Scott Trask of Richmond and Jason Kimball of Pittston. The 30 lap feature for the K&A Property Services Modifieds was a battle of attrition with just two cars finishing the race. Adam Chadbourne of Woolwich padded his point lead with his 4th win of the season. Brian Treadwell matched his career-best in 2nd place and Richard Jordan of Kingfield took home 3rd. In the Norms Used Cars Strictly Streets, point leader Zach Emerson of Sabattus bested the seven or 11 cars that were able to take the green for 25 lap feature. He started back in the field, but patiently worked his way to the front and secured his 3rd checkered flag of the season. Ryan Ripley of Thomaston took 2nd followed by Craig Robbins of Montville in 3rd. The flex race of the night was the new entry level division called Road Runners. The win went to Justice Pierpont of Jefferson.

Wiscasset Speedway returns to action Saturday, Aug. 10 with Group 1 in action. The Maxwells Market Super Streets will have the main event with a 35 lap feature. Plus there will be in action the ServPro of Biddeford Saco Pro Stocks, the Cahill Tire 4-Cylinder Pros, the Thunder 4 Minis and special guests NELCAR Legends. For more information and race day schedule, go to www.wiscassetspeedway.com

OFFICIAL FINISH 8/3/19

GROUP 2

 

WOOD PELLET WAREHOUSE LATE MODEL SPORTSMAN (50 laps)

Pos

No.

Name

Home Town

State

Laps

Diff

1

33

Josh St. Clair

Liberty

ME

50

 

2

17

Chris Thorne

Sidney

ME

50

0.165

3

5x

Mark Lucas

Harpswell

ME

50

0.396

4

25

Will Collins

Waldoboro

ME

50

0.705

5

41

Logan Melcher

Fayette

ME

50

0.993

6

22

Branden Fowler

Rome

ME

50

1.535

7

78

Tiger Colby

Wiscasset

ME

50

1.681

8

21

Shane Clark

Winterport

ME

50

1.710

9

73

Dylan Turner

China

ME

50

2.257

10

26R

Brent Roy

Vassalboro

ME

50

2.670

11

30a

DC Alexander

Carmel

ME

50

2.691

12

30

Ryan St. Clair

Liberty

ME

50

3.012

13

21x

James Barker

Turner

ME

50

3.222

14

4c

Conner Wenners

Edgecomb

ME

50

3.683

15

34

Tyler Robbins

Montville

ME

50

4.147

16

7

Tyler Bailey

Wiscasset

ME

50

5.535

17

15M

Frank Moulton

Clinton

ME

50

12.675

18

26

Andrew McLaughlin

Harrington

ME

47

3 Laps

19

36

Megan  Frost

Montville

ME

46

4 Laps

20

19

Shane Kaherl

Jay

ME

45

5 Laps

21

27

Jake Hensbee

Whitefield

ME

40

10 Laps

22

00

Alex Waltz

Walpole

ME

38

12 Laps

23

32

Brandon Sprague

Edgecomb

ME

37

13 Laps

24

61

Shawn Austin

Norridgewock

ME

36

14 Laps

25

5

Bill Pinkham

Wiscasset

ME

23

27 Laps

26

88x

Wes Turner

Freedom

ME

12

38 Laps

dns

47

Brandon Bailey

Wiscasset

ME

dns

 

.

.

KENNEBEC EQUIPMENT RENTAL OUTLAW MINI (25 laps)

Pos

No.

Name

Home Town

State

Laps

Diff

1

10

Jimmy Childs

Leeds

ME

25

 

2

99

Scott Trask

Richmond

ME

25

1.605

3

20

Jason Kimball

Pittston

ME

25

1.580

4

78

Brady Romano

Livermore Falls

ME

24

1 Lap

5

41

Shane Smith

Augusta

ME

24

1 Lap

6

72

Mike Delano

Woolwich

ME

24

1 Lap

7

40

Dixon Smith

Augusta

ME

24

1 Lap

.

.

K&A PROPERTY SERVICES MODIFIEDS (30 laps)

Pos

No.

Name

Home Town

State

Laps

Diff

1

1

Adam Chadbourne

Woolwich

ME

30

 

2

48

Brian Treadwell

Hancock

ME

30

0.373

3

8

Richard Jordan

Kingfield

ME

29

1 Lap

4

77

Nick Reno

West Bath

ME

18

12 Laps

5

33x

Steve Pierpont

Cushing

ME

4

26 Laps

.

.

NORMS USED CARS STRICTLY STREETS (25 laps)

Pos

No.

Name

Home Town

State

Laps

Diff

1

23

Zachary Emerson

Sabattus

ME

25

 

2

09x

Ryan Ripley

Thomaston

ME

25

0.635

3

34

Craig Robbins

Montville

ME

25

2.032

4

29

Brad Erskine

Solon

ME

25

2.358

5

05

Brett Osmond

Wiscasset

ME

25

3.810

6

13

Shawn Emery

Limington

ME

25

6.116

7

24*

Jonathan Emerson

Washington

ME

25

13.707

dns

95 

Ken Doak Jr

Washington

ME

dns

 

dns

00

Kimberly Knight

Chesterville

ME

dns

 

dns

42

Dylan Varney

Windham

ME

dns

 

dns

02

Paul Hopkins

Camden

ME

dns

 

.

.

ROAD RUNNERS (15 laps)

Pos

No.

Name

Home Town

State

Laps

Diff

1

23

Justice Pierpont

Jefferson

ME

15

 

2

57

Jason Meserve

Warren

ME

15

0.642

3

07

Doug Churchill

Bristol

ME

13

2 Laps

4

1

Chris Emerson

Bath

ME

3

12 Laps