TWISTED THOUGHTS – BY MIKE TWIST Maine has a number of historic oval racetracks within its borders. Storied facilities such as Oxford, Wiscasset, Speedway 95, Unity and Spud are set to roar to life again in 2023. We are also blessed with memories of tracks such as Beech Ridge, Arundel, Sanford, Belfast and Brewer. The
WHAT ARE YOU WAITING FOR ? My first thought while writing this first column for the Maine Vintage Race Car Association is one that perhaps those who are wiser than myself can learn from. I have waited way too long to become involved with the MVCRA. I’m not quite sure why that was. I was
Eight Notable Figures with Various Skill Sets Earn Accolades by Mike Twist On Sunday, November 6th, the Maine Vintage Race Car Association held their annual meeting in Gray, Maine. Part of the agenda was to announce the Maine Motorsports Hall of Fame Class of 2023 inductees. The class will be formally inducted into the Hall
Maine Motorsports Hall of Fame class of 2022 announced at the MVRCA annual meeting held on Sunday November 9th. These deserving inductees will be honored at the annual Hall of Fame banquet, which will be held on October 22, 2022 MAINE MOTORSPORTS HALL OF FAME – CLASS OF 2022• Kennison “Chummy” Brown• Dick Glines• Del Merritt•
Goodwin Hannaford MVRCA joins the New England racing community in greiving the loss of Hall of Fame engine builder and car owner Goodwin Hannaford. Living out his childhood dreams, 2010 Maine Motorsports Hall of Fame inductee Goodwin Hannaford’s bond to racing started as a wide-eyed boy walking to a nearby garage where Phil Libby (2004
Bobby Turner Maine Vintage Race Car Association remembers Bobby Turner. The Hall of Fame driver from Sanford, Maine was highly decorated. A trailblazer, Bobby set fast time at Stafford Speedway’s inaugural Spring Sizzler in 1972. Teaming with fellow Hall of Famer Dave Coutermarsh, he would be unstoppable during the final three modified features on the
