OXFORD — Cole Butcher started on the front row Sunday in the Oxford 250, was sent to the back early, then made his way back up to the front when it mattered most.
Butcher passed Joey Doiron with 27 laps to go by diving down to the bottom, and he was at the top of the mountain at the end of the 50th Oxford 250 on at Oxford Plains Speedway.
It was the Nova Scotia native’s second straight 250 win, making him the sixth driver to win back-to-back Oxford 250s as he joined Geoff Bodine, Ralph Nason (three in a row), Ben Rowe, Eddie MacDonald and Travis Benjamin.
Butcher started outside of polesitter Jimmy Renfrew Jr., then was sent to the back when he spun Renfrew while battling for the lead on Lap 6. That was the first of 12 cautions in the race, the last of which came on Lap 212.
Doiron had the lead out of that restart until Butcher overtook him. Doiron finished second after starting in the 41st and final starting spot, and DJ Shaw was third.
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