Lady racer enjoying retirement racing vintage cars
Episode 209 April 29, 2018 Flying Seven Vintage Racer makes its debut Marcia Buck Barker pictured here at South Mountain Raceway, Boiling Springs, Pennsylvania in 2017. Could this have been part of the...
View ArticleTexan land speed racer on her way to recover despite loss of leg
Episode 211 May 6, 2018 Brenda Sue on the road to recovery runs 222 mph in Texas After her crash at Loring September 4, 2016, Brenda Sue Carver from Seguin, Texas woman spent over a month at Eastern...
View ArticleMaine racer makes final four in national contest
Episode 212 May 13, 2018 Racer with County roots named national finalist Wyatt Alexander named one of the final four drivers in the Valvoline Fast Track to Fame $50,000 contest. Wyatt Alexander from...
View ArticleMaine man part of $1,000,000 payout race
Episode 213 May 20, 2018 Oxford native part of $1,000,000 All Star win Despite suffering a severe snowmobile accident his senior year at Oxford Hills Comprehensive High School, Mike Morneau, with the...
View ArticleGet out the broom Swanson sweeps
Episode 214 May 27, 2018 Kody Swanson’s four races in four days began at the one-mile dirt Indiana State Fairgrounds, Indianapolis, Indiana on Thursday with the USAC Silver Crown Hoosier 100. Swanson...
View ArticleUnited Way of Aroostook Auto Rally Raises $10,000
Episode 215 June 3, 2018 120 Mile Road Rally deemed a success After I finished racing at Spud Speedway Saturday, I caught up with Sherry Locke, Executive Director of the United Way of Aroostook where...
View ArticleSchool field trip a step in the right direction
Episode 216 June 10, 2018 One way to help fix the education system Thirty eight years in education as an agriculture instructor taught me a few things, some good and some not so good. As an agriculture...
View ArticleA few reflections from childhood growing up with Dad
Episode 217 June 17, 2018 What I would say to Dad on Father’s Day 2018 My father’s headstone in a cemetery located on Grimes Road in Caribou. That little dashed line between birth and death has...
View ArticleRace day in the County getting close as excitement builds
Episode 218 June 24, 2018 Countdown to Aroostook Savings and Loan Firecracker 200 continues Race fans from Maine and New Brunswick are getting ready for the Firecracker 200 on July 3 at Spud Speedway...
View ArticleAroostook Savings and Loan PASS Firecracker 200 helps Feed the County
Episode 219 July 1, 2018 Firecracker 200 is finally here When it was announced several months ago that the Pro All Stars Series (PASS) would be racing at Spud Speedway July 3rd, it seemed so far away....
View ArticleRecord crowd at Spud Speedway in Caribou
Episode 220 July 8, 2018 Firecracker 200 in the books and it was good July is loaded with motorsports events in the County or nearby New Brunswick. Car cruises abound and warm weather is cooperating to...
View ArticleSpeed records tumble at former Air Force base
Episode # 221 July 15, 2018 Speed Comes to the County Aroostook County has been the place for motorsports fans these last couple weeks. Though somewhat remote, the County has hosted two of the largest...
View ArticleFamous race driver rare rally car burns down at New England Forest Rally
Episode 222 July 22, 2018 New England Forest Rally does not disappoint With a star-studded line up and 55 entries combined with hot, dusty forest roads, the New England Forest Rally (NEFR) gave some...
View ArticleTractor pulling, family, and Northern Maine Fair go well together
Episode 223 July 29. 2018 All the way from Slave Lake, Alberta to pull at the Northern Maine Fair, Logan Thomas, formerly of Mars Hill on his trial run in the 8500 pound ProFarm class. He finished...
View ArticleFormer Loring Air Force Base the site of ninth annual Mega-Autocross
Episode 224 August 5, 2018 Former SAC bomber base hosting Northeast’s largest autocross One of the few advantages to closing the former Strategic Air Command (SAC) bomber base at Loring in Limestone,...
View ArticleWoman mechanic big part of rallycross team’s success
Episode 225 August 12, 2018 While in Vermont visiting my kids and grandchildren, I met with Garrett Holler of Holler Customs in Ferrisburg. The last time I wrote about Garrett he was working at...
View ArticleGood Monsters coming to Maine race track
Episode 226 August 19, 2018 Monsters are coming to Spud Speedway Will Jefferson,Maine’s Greg Winchenbach’s Crushstation be in action at Spud Speedway September 8? Photo by Don Rideout The infield at...
View ArticleGeorgia racer comes to Oxford 250 and wins 28,300 dollars
Episode 227 August 26, 2018 Bubba Slam Dunks! Georgia’s Bubba Pollard celebrates his win in Victory Circle at 45th Annual Oxford 250. Pollard made $28,300 in his Oxford debut. Last Chance Motorsports...
View ArticleFastest non-Bonneville Corvette on the planet
Episode 228 September 2, 2018 In pursuit of “World’s Fastest Corvette” I believe the world’s fastest production bodied Corvette is the Vinson & Allison machine at 278.52 miles per hour (mph) at the...
View ArticleProof that good guys sometimes win big races
Episode 229 September 9, 2018 Seventeen year old wins the biggest race of his racing career Often after young person gets a big win, some may think, “That was a fluke, or big money won it, or luck”. I...
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