2005 Action Photos

Justin's photos from the 2005 season

65 year-old "Racin' Ralph" Nason awaits the start of the TD Banknorth Oxford 250

"Sud'n" Sammy Sessions came out of his early retirement for the 250

Looking past Turn 4 during Sunday morning practice at the 250

The sun begins to set over the TD Banknorth 250 starting field and a packed house at Oxford

The IBG-PASS series lined up for the feature at WMMP in July

Roger Brown had some issues on Memorial Day at Thunder Road

Mark Durgin rushes by at White Mountain

Dave Whitcomb, Jamie Fisher, and Ron Henry in ACT practice at WMMP

Ted Christopher won the Whelen Modified Tour race at Loudon in July

Ryan Moore's crew changes tires on his Busch North car

Robby Gordon in Nextel Cup practice

A look through the left side of Mike Perrotte's #35 Modified at Airborne Speedway

We found this spider web on Chad Gordon's Warrior

Oxford champion Ricky Rolfe checked out the PASS race at White Mountain in April

Patrick Laperle's car awaits the start of the April PASS show at WMMP

ACT Champion Jean-Paul Cyr takes a nap before winning the Maine-ly Action Sports 100 at OPS in July

Oxford 250 winner Mike Rowe speeds down the frontstretch in practice

NASCAR Nextel Cup rookie Kyle Busch ran as a teammate to Mike Rowe in the 250 and finished 6th

With the help of Ed Companion, ACT rookie Scott Payea was a title contender in 2005

Ryan Nolin on Memorial Day

Don Drew (#91) leads the White Mountain Late Models into Turn 1

Rich Lowrey and Joey Becker lead the ACT "B" Feature at WMMP in June

Steve Whitt bump-drafts Jimmy Blewett down the fronstretch at NHIS

Matt Kobyluck (#40) and Eddie MacDonald (#77) race at NHIS just hours before partying with Team Cite

Mike Stefanik won the Busch North race at Loudon

Bryon Chew tore up his car a little at NHIS... here's a tip - don't be #99!

Cassius Clark is one of the fastest-rising stars in PASS

The ACT Late Model Tour takes the green flag at Canaan Fair Speedway in June

Mike Rowe, even in his old age, can still kick the crap out of anyone on the track. Cool car, too.

Ben Rowe won the April PASS race at White Mountain, then collapsed in victory lane

Maine racing legend and TD Banknorth 250 polesitter Stan Meserve in the P.T. Watts #2x

Wayne Helliwell, Jr. in 250 practice

DISCLAIMER: Many of the photos on this website have been used without prior permission, and for that, we're sorry. For the ones we did ask to use, thanks a ton! Proper credit is due every photographer, but since tagging every single shot would take a really long time, and we've forgotten a lot of who took what, let's just thank everyone who has "helped" out now: Alan Ward, Eric LaFleche/VLFPhotos.com, Gene Gagne/OutsideGroove.com, Leif Tillotson, Brian McCullough (RACEGOD), the late David Heath, Dave Brown, Cindy Weed, John Sullivan, Norm Marx, Bethany Bell, vintagemodifieds.com, the late Bob Doyle, Ron Pittsley, David Paris, Jim DuPont, Tom Herzig, and myriad others. A huge thanks goes out to contributors Andy Boright, the late Cho Lee, and Christian "Ti Gaz" Genest, all treasurers of racing history. You're all awesome and very much appreciated!!!

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