Speed races slated at Loring
By Tom Hale
Special to The Star-Herald
LIMESTONE — Racers from Maine, Canada and throughout the Northeast will converge on the Loring Commerce Center this weekend for Loring Timing Association’s third annual Harvest Event.
“We have got good early signups for the Harvest Event,” said motorcycle tech inspector Joe Daly. “We are approaching 50 racers, which we typically have for the fall event. Everything is ready to go.”
Frank John of Brooklin, who is the electric vehicle technical inspector, will not have his electric motorcycle ready for the event since he is awaiting a critical component that will not arrive until too late. Instead, he will continue as a volunteer and race his 1974 Kawasaki H2 motorcycle.
“I am a volunteer along with my wife Shari,” John said. “We enjoy the atmosphere and the people at the fall event. It is not ultra-competitive.”
John went 125 miles per hour on his motorcycle and hopes to exceed that speed at the Harvest Event. In addition to tech inspecting and racing, he serves as the race controller, radioing the starter from the one-mile mark to tell him when the track is clear and ready to race.
The fastest man in The County, Jason Theriault of Caribou, will bring his 1995 turbocharged Nissan to the event.
“My goal is to run 200 in the mile and 225 in the mile and a half. I have turned up the boost and turned up the timing,” Theriault said.
Racing will take place on Saturday, Aug. 31 from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. and Sunday, Sept. 1 from 8 a.m. to 4 p.m. For more information, go to www.lta-lsr.com. A weekend pass is $15 and a daily pass is $10.
