FF: NE: Oxford race notes 2005-08-13

ABOLD STRIKES GOLD IN NORTHEAST FOCUS RACE IN MAINE INDIANAPOLIS -- Jeff Abold of Oswego, N.Y. won USAC's first ever race in the state of Maine, holding off 12 other competitors in Saturday's 25-lap Northeast Ford Focus Midget Car Series feature ...

ABOLD STRIKES GOLD IN NORTHEAST FOCUS RACE IN MAINE

INDIANAPOLIS -- Jeff Abold of Oswego, N.Y. won USAC's first ever race in the state of Maine, holding off 12 other competitors in Saturday's 25-lap Northeast Ford Focus Midget Car Series feature at Oxford Plains Speedway.

Abold, who won earlier this season at Seekonk Speedway in Massachusetts, drove to his second career feature triumph, leading the final 17 laps. He beat Dana Messier, Shawn Gosselin, Michael Sboro and Ginny Quinones to the stripe.

Sboro's fourth-place finish, coupled with a 13th-place result by Nick Wean, opened up a 33-point advantage by Sboro heading into the next race Aug. 27 at Seekonk. Abold sits third, now two points behind Wean.

<pre> NORTHEAST FORD FOCUS MIDGET CAR SERIES STANDINGS 1. Michael Sboro 421 2. Nick Wean 388 3. Jeff Abold 386 4. Stephanie Stevens 351 5. Dana Messier 300 6. Ryan Smith 287 7. Jesse State 284 8. Shawn Gosselin 279 9. Ryan Osborne 273 10. P.J. Stergios 210