Personal Best: Stock Car Race
Down East contributing editor Rob Sneddon reflects on the races at Oxford International Speedway.
Rob Sneddon
Who, I wondered, would bring a snowplow to a NASCAR race in the middle of July?
A late-afternoon thunderstorm had swamped Oxford Plains Speedway. When I saw the pond on the front stretch, I figured the race was a washout. Then the plow came along and cleared the standing water. The track dried, and I got to see my first Oxford 250, where the improbable and the practical ran a dead heat.
It was 1988. I was living on Cape Cod, working odd jobs, and trying to be a freelance writer. I was also an auto-racing aficionado. The Oxford 250 had a reputation as [for the rest of this story, see the January 2008 issue of Down East]
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