This piece was produced for the Oxford Plains Speedway - Oxford Championship Series Awards Banquet on November 15.

It came together very quickly and we called on the Voice of OPS, Kalle Oakes to recap the year's highlights on-camera for us. Our plans to shoot on the track changed slightly on shooting day when the weather turned cold and blustery, and Kalle called in to saying that he was under the weather. To his credit, Kalle came in anyway and we shifted the shooting location indoors, but without the benefit of professional lighting. We dragged a tall shop light out of the back room and cobbled it all together.

What Kalle gave us was truly remarkable. His encyclopedic knowledge of the season's details provided an articulate description of the year's events.

Editing was done under a two day deadline. Since the piece is 15 minutes long, it's rather highly compressed to get under the 500MB limit so there are some artifacts.

Kalle also recapped the details of many of the top drivers' seasons in the three series that there wasn't time for in this segment. I'm hoping to put that together on a DVD/BD for those who might want it.

I just finished cutting this and it ended up being such a great race I had to post it for all to see.

This was the high point heat race for the Mini Stocks on the last night of points racing at OPS. The tightest points battle in the Championship Series, which includes Late Models and Strictly Stocks was in the Mini Stock class. Ashley Marshall was leading the points and needed to beat his closest rivals in both the heat and feature to earn the 2008 championship. What results is some fantastic, close racing.

Ashley let me mount a camera in his car so we got some great on-board shots. And the voice of Oxford Plains, Mr. Kalle Oakes, gave some of his best commentary on both the race and the championship standings.

Truly this was one great race in a Saturday night that was chock full of great races.

Music: "This" by Professor Kliq.
The music is licensed separately under a Creative Commons Attribution Share-Alike (by-sa)

Part 2 of the two part report on the TD Banknorth 250. A look back with Kevin Harvick's Victory Lane celebration and interviews with the top three finishers; Harvick, Glen Luce and Joey Polewarczyk Jr.

I cannot wait until next year's race. I wonder if they could get Elliot Sadler, Johnny Benson, Ron Hornaday or even Tony Stewart. Or they could go with the ultimate in culture shock and invite Marcos Ambrose. Doubt they have anything quite like this down under.

This is part 1 of a two part report in which we talk to some of the local and regional drivers before the race about their plans and expectations. We look at the action on pit lane and even get to squeeze in a little Eye Candy.

The next episode we'll have a post race reports with race highlights and the post race festivities.

Shining the spotlight this time on the Strictly Stock class, we talk with two veteran drivers, Kim Tripp and Sumner Sessions, and a relative newcomer, Rick Thompson.

While the Late Models garner much of the attention at Oxford Plains Speedway, Strictly Stocks offer fans some of the best, close racing each Saturday night. What the fans don't often see is the camaraderie and support that exists within this community of drivers. As Thompson said, there are no friends when you're out on the track. But back on pit lane everyone's ready to lend a hand when a driver's up against it.

Time constraints didn't allow for any eye candy this time, but it will be back in the next episode as the TD Banknorth 250 weekend looms large.