CARIBOU, Maine — Spud Speedway’s “Door to Door Since ‘64” 50th anniversary awards banquet was held Nov. 8, featuring a “story swapping hour,” followed by the dinner and award presentations.
Track points champions were recognized in each of the classes and a slide show highlighted the evening’s activity.
The Maine Motorsports Hall of Fame Class of 2015 has been announced and it was revealed Saturday that Spud Speedway’s Mark Jones of Caribou made the list. With over 175 candidates, Jones was one of the six who make up the list of this year’s inductees and will be honored at a banquet at the Augusta Civic Center on April 4, 2015.
The top three in points for each division were recognized as follows: Aroostook Trusses Northern Lights: first, Matt Lloyd, New Denmark, New Brunswick; second, Ian Rasmussen, New Denmark; and third, Shawn Dewley, Presque Isle. Aroostook Savings and Loan Street Stock: first, Anderson; second, Jon Dixon, Presque Isle; and third, JR Howlett, Mapleton.
Haney Building Specialties Fast Fours: first, Nate Haney, Caribou; second, Stephen Levesque, Blaine; and third, Matt Lloyd, New Denmark. Coca Cola Outlaw Sportsman: first, Connor Thibeau, Fort Fairfield; second, John Albert, Limestone; and third, Glenn Rasmussen, New Denmark. Blacked Out Window Tint Kid Karts (no points races): participants were Ryder Leavitt, Fort Fairfield; Isaac Rossignol, New Denmark; Gage Theriault, Limestone; and Brayden Thibodeau, Caswell.
Blacked Out Window Tint Junior Champ Karts: first, Damian Theriault, Caribou; second, Brian Searles, Presque Isle; and Landen Leavitt, Fort Fairfield. Blacked Out Window Tint Senior Champ Karts: first, Tyler Raymond, Caribou; second, Tom Hale, Westmanland; and third, Nancy Haggerty, Houlton.
It was a busy year involving the track, beginning with two other former racers, Bobby Alexander and Chink Maynard, getting inducted into the Maine Motorsports Hall of Fame at a ceremony in Augusta last spring. Supporters of the County racers made up nearly a third of the 300 in attendance.
The first ever Motorsports Fair, held July 10-13, highlighted the Spud Speedway season. Each day featured Smokey’s Greater Shows, Lazer Tag and a different motorsports event including a Bomber car race, Monster Truck Show, 100-lap Outlaw Sportsman feature race, Classic Car Show and races by each of the regular race classes. More than 2,000 fans showed up during the four-day event.
