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Cub Scouts Pinewood Derby time
Episode 440 March 19, 2024 Pinewood Derby Humble Beginning With help from writer Brian Wendell’s January 21, 2019 article “Fascinating look at the history of the Pinewood Derby” published in Scouting...
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A teenager story of determination and courage fueled by a love of motorsports
Episode 440 February 18, 2024 Keep your eyes on the “prize: For many readers when you were thirteen, thoughts of spending 8 1/2 months in pain with countless trips to doctor’s offices, hospitals,...
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Cracking Eggs in STEM Motorsports experiment
Episode 439 February 4, 2024 Egg crunching time In episode 437, I described the STEM exercise where Caribou Tech Auto Tech students built a protective device last month. This device would be bolted to...
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Spud Speedway schedule and STEM Motorsports in action locally
Episode 438 January 10, 2024 Spud Speedway Schedule for 2024 It was not that many years ago when working at Spud Speedway that conversations centered around selling, bulldozing it into a big fish pond,...
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The winter motorsports season has begun in the County
Episode 437 December 17, 2023 Caribou Snowmobile Club beats the rain If the Caribou Snowmobile Club had chosen December 9th as the date for their annual radar run at Caribou Lake, they would have been...
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Gearhead Tour at FFA National Convention at Indy
Episode 436 November 14, 2023 Gearhead Tour Day I Shane Theriault and I landed at Indianapolis International Airport on time Monday afternoon October 30, 2023. It was absolutely necessary that the two...
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Critical Path Management The Road to Feed the County
Episode 435 October 17, 2023 Critical Path Multiple times during the buildup to the Feed the County 150 on September 23, 2023, I thought about a college course I took sometime around 1973 called...
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The County center of motorsports action
Episode 434 September 11, 2023 Motorsports activity in the County in September Coming to northern Maine soon…The Dustbowl 2023 The first annual Dustbowl from September 14-17, 2023 is only days away....
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Despite weather challenges grass drags were a success in Ashland
Episode 433 September 4, 2023 Big Woods Grass Drags battle weather in Ashland The 5th Annual Big Woods Grass Drags, a combined effort of the Ashland and Portage snowmobile clubs, proved to be a huge...
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In memory of his Dad
Episode 432 August 21, 2023 Race with a purpose It can be tough to win a race where one of the contestants has a higher reason for victory than the average competitor. Motivation cannot make up for an...
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Racing dreams can come true
Episode 431 July 23, 2023 Dreams can come true Many have attended Indianapolis Motor Speedway over the years; however, a very small percentage have had opportunity to race at the iconic track. Frank...
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Maine Boyz II in The Great Race 2023
Episode 430 July 16, 2023 Maine Boyz II Maine Boyz II navigator Philip Reinhardt left and driver Charles Harris display the medals won during the trophy run before the actual race began. (Mechanical...
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Spud Speedway new owners
Episode 429 June 25, 2023 Spud Speedway ownership announcement. Aerial photo of the September 11th remembrance ceremony held on the front stretch of Spud Speedway prior to the PASS SLM 150 lap race....
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Up next Feed the County 150
Episode 428 June 24, 2023 Maine Outlaw Midget Series Maine Outlaw Midget Series racers coming after a practice session at Spud Speedway earlier this season. Barry Tweedie is in the orange car and Kyle...
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Massachusetts race car drivers sweep 3 of 4 Indy short tracks
Episode 427 June 4, 2023 Massachusetts men sweep three of four Indy area short track wins All eyes were on the Indy 500 yet three of the most famous races in the Indianapolis area did not take place on...
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Speed Speed and more Speed
Episode 426 May 22, 2023 Sting Ray As long time UpNorth Motorsports followers know, one of the drivers we have been following several years since 2018 through his 2020 championship in Indy Pro 2000 on...
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From stock car to prom car
Episode 425 May 14, 2023 Styling in a Prom Car Tradition at many high school prom nights is for dates to be transported by a bevy of methods to the venue. Presque Isle High School has such a show, a...
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Monster trucks and more coming to Spud Speedway in 2023
Episode 424 April 30, 2023 Spud Speedway Announces Monster trucks coming to the speedway on June 17th for two shows. The event will be run by the monster truck series and not by track personnel so...
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Remembering Danny Raymond
Episode 423 April 2, 2023 Danny I was stunned when I heard the news about my good friend Danny Raymond dying in a traffic accident. I asked if this was the Danny Raymond I knew and unfortunately it was...
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County high school student national competition bound
Episode 422 March 19, 2023 Taggett captures state title…again In preparation for the Skills USA competition in Bangor, Woodland’s Jesse Taggett immersed himself for a time at the NMCC Welding shop to...
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