Race News

Saturday July, 12th 2008

Another beautiful and packed night at Wiscasset speedway had T.J. and the Watson racing crew excited for a good run!. T.J. started 3rd in his heat race and had a very strong car, He got boxed in on the bottom and made it 3 wide on the inside 3 times off of turn 2 but backed out to avoid wrecking the field. T.J. ended up 5th in the heat earning him a 10th place starting position in the feature. T.J. Was happy with the car after the heat so the team only made minor adjustments for the feature. when the green flag dropped T.J. made a good drive into the top 5 before the 1st and only caution of the race came out. On the restart T.J. drove his Ford Fusion into the 3rd spot where he would remain until the checkers flew. Another  strong run for the Watson racing team pushed T.J. into 6th in points not far out of the top 3. With that strong run The team is preparing for the TD Banknorth 250 where T.J. has some unfinished business from last year.

 

The official first day of summer and longest day of the year proved to be a good one for Watson racing. T.J. started outside pole in his heat race and even though the Tire pressures got started to low T.J. managed to make a late run to challenge for the heat win coming up just a car length short taking home 2nd place and a 4th place starting position for the feature, After making the necessary adjustments the team was ready for battle. When the Green dropped T.J. made a strong run up the outside to take the 2nd spot and then he set his eyes on the lead which opened up to about ten car lengths while T.J. was battling for position,     Full Story  
(Photos by Peter Taylor)

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CHUCK COLBY AND TJ WATSON PICKUP KEY WINS AT THE CENTER OF SPEED
 
Chuck Colby's patience paid dividends Saturday night in Wiscasset Raceway's top division. The patience wasn't what he did on the track but rather off the track leading up to Saturday night's program sponsored by Hafford's Saloon of Waterville. The third generation racer had been working on a new car leading up the the start of the 2008 season, but rather than rush to get it finished, he waited and filled the time driving a car provided by friend Norm Sherman for the first three weeks. The car was finally ready Saturday evening as Wiscasset brought the action to its first night race of the year. Colby survived a caution filled 50 lap feature for the Clark's Car Crushing Prostocks, losing the lead on two occasions, but battling back to retake the lead on lap 13 and go on to pick up the feature win.
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(Photos by Peter Taylor)

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