9.01.2007

Childs becomes 1st Oxford champ of '07

Jim Childs sure made short work of Saturday night.

The Oxford Plains Speedway driver needed less than 15 minutes to claim the first championship of the Oxford Championship Series' 2007 season. Childs won the 1st of 2 Mini Stock features Saturday night (the final 22 laps of a 30-lap race originally scheduled for last Saturday) to earn his 2nd straight Mini Crown.

The victory was Childs' 6th this season and 28th of his career, and it made him the 1st repeat Mini champion at Oxford since Harold Beisaw won 3 straight from 1974-76.

Childs entered the night with a 112-point lead over rookie Bill Irving and needed only to show up for the rain-delayed event to win. He added to the drama by winning.

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