Doug White purchases Wiscasset Raceway
It began with conversations that Dave St. Clair didn't think were that serious. Then, in a midweek auto racing story in the Kennebec Journal and Morning Sentinel that followed the late-May Coastal 200, it was reported that while the track was for sale, there were no serious inquiries.That got Doug White on the telephone, and in a matter of a few hours, the .333-mile high-banked Wiscasset Raceway was en route to becoming his.
In the days and weeks that followed the announcement of the sale, White's energy served notice that he could singlehandedly change the face of stock car racing in Maine. A former driver himself, he announced his intentions to resurrect the Pro Stock division that the track and aligned himself with the regional touring PASS North Series.
Instantly, the facility went from being a place that existed soley on its own to one that spread its wings to gain attention across the region. That kind of attention also served to ignite a Pro Stock vs. Late Model debate that had subsided somewhat. But now, Pro Stock supporters had a track that was picking up the cause for them.
2008 promises to be an interesting year for Wiscasset. White will try and run the Pro Stocks weekly, and he has pieced together an ambitious schedule of touring series and big shows. How fans and teams will respond to his plans will speak to the future of the track under his leadership.
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