The next installment of Maine's most significant stock car race has been scheduled for July 20, 2008.For the 5th consecutive year, the track announced on Tuesday, the Oxford 250 will be held on a scheduled off-weekend for the Nextel Cup Series. It will mark the 35th consecutive running of the summer event, which saw a record number of entries at almost 190 last year with 97 teams attempting to qualify.
Oxford Plains Speedway owner Bill Ryan has made no secret of his desire to keep the race on off-weekends for the Cup teams. Matt Kenseth, Kurt and Kyle Busch, Denny Hamlin, J.J. Yeley, Ricky Craven, Kevin Lepage and Terry Labonte have all been in the race in recent years because of the scheduling. With NASCAR finalizing its '08 schedule last week, Ryan went ahead and made the announcement.
"There has been a buzz in the Cup garage about our race ever since Matt Kenseth and Kurt Busch entered in 2004," Ryan said in a release on the track's Web site. "Every winter and spring, it’s exciting to answer the phone and hear who might be interested in giving it a shot."
The race, won by Roger Brown of Lancaster, N.H., this summer, will again pay at least $25,000 to to the winner, plus lap money.
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