DALE SWOBODA TAKES 95 LATE MODEL FEATURE
 
Dale Swoboda of Hermon took off from the outside pole starting position in Saturday night’s Dysart's Late Model feature at Speedway 95 and led all the way to the checkered flag in the caution free event. It was not an easy win for the Hermon native as he was pressed for the entire distance by Bar Harbor’s John Phippen Jr. Phippen, the polesitter, tucked in behind Swoboda at the start and rode there for 24 laps until he saw Swoboda "get squirrely" as he called in his post race interview, on the last lap. He dove to the inside, making a last lap effort to pass Swoboda for the lead, but Swoboda pinched him down in the 3rd and 4th turns, keeping him from gaining the momentum he needed to complete the pass. At the checkers, Phippen was up to Swoboda’s door, but couldn’t complete the pass for the win. Phippen settled for second, with Matt Eaton of Deer Isle finishing a close third. Shane Clark of Winterport and Greg Morse of St. Albans rounded out the top five. Phippen won the qualifier, which put him on the pole for the start of the feature event.
 
The Super Streets ran 50 laps in their CAM II series event, and Steve Moulton took home the win. Hermon’s Kris Watson led the event from the drop of the green until lap 41 when Moulton managed to get inside him coming off turn 4 and make the pass that put him in victory lane. Only one caution flag slowed the event when Matt Kinney of Danforth did a 360 spin in mid air after his car hit the backstretch tire wall. Kinney was able to restart the car and continue in the race when the green dropped again. Watson finished in second, followed by Hermon’s Doug Sinclair in third. Franklin driver Mike Overlock finished the race in fourth, followed by Lindsey Seekins-Young in fifth. On his victory lap, Moulton stopped by the pit area and picked up an orange flag, specially made for the night, sporting the number 30 to remember Ikey Dorr, a Super Street driver who passed away last week while competing in the Super Street feature that night. Moulton also won the 10 lap qualifier for the special event.
 
In the Strictly Street feature event, Jordan Pearson won the 20 lap feature event by making two daring three wide passes to gain and hold the lead. Early in the race, Pearson made a three wide pass coming out of turn 4 to take the lead on the 4th lap. Points leader Bradley Norris of Ellsworth challenged Pearson for the lead for the next 10 laps, as he and Pearson swapped the lead by a bumper’s length several times until Pearson made another three wide pass through overlapped traffic on the backstretch to take the lead for good. Norris gave chase, but his car shut down on the 18th lap, and he retired it to the pit area for his first DNF of the season. That left Travis Poulin of Holden picking up the second place trophy and Bangor’s Shawn Hamel II to finish the event in third. Shawn Hamel of Bangor was fourth with Shawn Racilla of Dover-Foxcroft in fifth. Pearson also captured the win in the 10 lap qualifier.
 
Persistence finally paid off for Veazie’s Kyle Gallant as he finished a Sport-Four feature in the winning position for the first time this season. It wasn’t an easy win by any means, as Gallant started near the back of the pack and had to work his way through the field to the top spot. His break came on lap 18 of the 20 lap race when he finally drove his way past Hermon’s Ralph Allen, who had led since he took the lead from Gary Richards of Stetson at the half-way point. David Green of Hampden, the division’s current points leader finished in third, followed by Richards in fourth and last week’s winner Brent Fletcher of Old Town in fifth. Fletcher was the winner of the night’s Sport-Four qualifying heat.
 
The NELCAR Legends visited Speedway for the fourth and final time of the 2009 season Saturday night and Preston Connecticut’s Max Zachem won again, making it three for four at the 1/3 mile Hermon oval. Zachem took the lead from Evan Bealieu of Durham on the 15th lap, after Beaulieu had just taken the lead from Windham’s Bobby Timmons on lap 13.  Beaulieu finished the race in the second spot with Timmons finishing third. Bob Weymouth of Topsham was fourth, followed by Scarborough’s Tyler Jordan in fifth. The 25 lap event was stopped for caution twice for solo spins, one for Brad Eddy of Halifax Nova Scotia on lap 11, and another by Windham’s Charlie Buxton on lap 12. Buxton was the only Legends driver besides Zachem to score a win at 95 this season, and retired from the night's competition following his mid-race spin.
 
In the Maine Super Cup Racing League, Howland’s Josh Ireland picked up the lead on lap 19 of the 20 lap race when Rachel Bernard, who had led from the start, drove high in turn one and ended up off the track and out of competition. Ireland finished the last lap in the lead and won the event, followed by Gerry Phillips of Hermon, Ralph Melanson of Corinth, Francis Bernard of Howland and Milford’s Pete Rafuse. Rachel Bernard won the 10 lap qualifier earlier in the evening.
 
Racing continues at Speedway 95 on Saturday June 20 with a full schedule of racing featuring a 35 lap  event for the Strictly Streets. On June 27, the Wacky Wednesday Little Enduros will be making a Saturday night appearance in the MAC Tools/New England Transmission sponsored 75 lap event, that will pay $1200 to the winner. Lap money will also be paid for this event, and anyone wishing to sponsor laps for $5 or $10, can contact Wayne Elston at Wayne Elston's Speed Shop in Carmel, or at the speedway on Wednesday or Saturday nights.