Written By: Amy Worrey – Chasing the Checkered
Over 1,800 fans made the voyage to Wiscasset Speedway on Saturday for the track’s Group 1 Opening Day, the first of two to kick off the 2025 season.
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Wiscasset Speedway Ready to Kick Off Action-Packed 2025 Race Season
Written By: Amy Worrey – Chasing the Checkered
After a long 6 months of hibernation, Wiscasset Speedway is prepared to open their gates once again for an exciting 26-event race season.
The most significant change made during the off-season was a new addition to the Group 1 lineup in the Davis Erector Group Crate Modifieds. The division, spearheaded by track owner Richard Jordan, features the first tour-type Modified cars to race weekly in Maine in almost 35 years.
Women Paving the Way at Wiscasset Speedway in 2025
Written By: Amy Worrey – Chasing the Checkered
During the off-season, it was announced that both Amara Parker and Maddy Herrick, 2 accomplished weekly champions at the neighboring Oxford Plains Speedway, would be joining the pack at Wiscasset Speedway this season. These talented women join a growing list of females that have tried their hand at Maine’s biggest and fastest speedway.
Crate Modifieds Join Open-Wheel Lineup At Wiscasset Speedway in 2025
Written By: Amy Worrey – Chasing the Checkered
Wiscasset Speedway has a knack for making racing bigger and better with each and every passing year. This off-season was no exception with the addition of the Davis Erector Group Crate Modifieds to the already action-packed Group 1 lineup.
The division has been a work in progress for some time now, as track owner Richard Jordan manifested the idea with the purchase of a fleet of Crate Modifieds a handful of years back. Fans got their first taste of the cars at last season’s Fall Fury event with a 25-lap exhibition race full of exciting twists and turns.
Wiscasset Speedway Sends off 2024 Race Season with Annual Fall Fury Event
– George Haskell took home the hardware in the WGVR Late Models (Jasen Dickey Photography)
After 6 months of racing excitement, Wiscasset Speedway bid adieu to their 2024 race season on Saturday with their annual Fall Fury event. This year’s program included the Wicked Good Vintage Racers, the Ladies Acceleration Tour and a 150-lap Enduro.
The racing action kicked off with a 25-lap feature for the WGVR Late Models. Addison Bowie was a dominant force until lap 20, where he came to a slow on the track, causing the field to check up. George Haskell took over on the restart and never looked back, picking up the feature victory while Bobby Symonds and Parker Long rounded out the podium.
Josh St. Clair Wins 2nd Consecutive Strictly Shootout at Wiscasset Speedway
Wiscasset Speedway closed out their 2024 points season on Saturday and celebrated by hosting their biggest Strictly Street race of the year; the Strictly Shootout presented by Thayer’s Automotive. With a guaranteed $600 winner’s payout and thousands of dollars of contingency prizes on the line, 40 drivers showed up to shoot their shot at making it into the big dance.
The racing action kicked off with three extended 12-lap heat races for the Strictly Shootout, where the top 6 drivers from each qualifier would advance into the big show. Dan Brown, Dan McKeage, Jr. and Landon Tapley won these heats while heavy hitters like Jordan Russell, Nate Leavitt, Zack Emerson and others were forced into consolation races.
Dan McKeage, Jr. Wins First Career Championship at Wiscasset Speedway
Kids are back in school, the temperature outside is beginning to cool down and the leaves on the trees are beginning to change. Fall is quickly approaching and unfortunately for race fans in New England, that can only mean one thing: the end of the season is near. Fortunately, Wiscasset Speedway still has a couple more weeks of racing before they put a bow on the 2024 schedule.
Sean Johnson Is Eighth Different Super Street Winner At Wiscasset
Wiscasset Speedway returned to action Saturday evening with a regular points program sponsored by Islebrook Village of Wiscasset for its Group 1 divisions and coming off the busy Labor Day weekend. Each weekly race show seems to reveal a theme of its own and Saturday was no exception. This show turned out to be a night redemption for some, and first-time victory lane appearances for others. Two different drivers rebounded from recent heartbreak to claim their first wins of the season. One young driver withstood a couple of late-race restarts to grab his first career win, and another driver continued to stack up wins in a dominant season. Mixed into this were several drivers turning in season-best performances and picking up their first hardware of the year.
Nick Hinkley Scores Pivotal Win at Wiscasset Speedway
The last weekend in August is widely known as the biggest race weekend of the summer in Maine. Even with the hustle and bustle going on at other local short tracks in the area, Wiscasset Speedway still drew in a hearty crowd for their Group 1 and Enduro program on Saturday.
Kevin Sherman Scores First Career Super Street Victory at Wiscasset Speedway
Following yet another successful Coastal 200 race weekend, Wiscasset Speedway kept the excitement brewing on Saturday as they hosted a full Group 1 race program featuring the lightning fast NEMA lites.