Shawn Gray wins 1,500th career race

Shawn Gray visited the winner’s circle for the 1,500th time in his 15-year driving career on Tuesday after engineering the winning strategy while sulky-sitting Anthony Brannigan’s Hurricane Emily at the Maine State Fair at Skowhegan Raceway.

Gray, a 34-year-old native of South Gardiner, Maine, recorded the milestone victory on the same fairground oval upon which the driver first broke his maiden--a 1993 score behind Jill’s Wick, a Maine-bred pacer who was trained by his late father, Lewis Gray.

While currently sitting fourth on the Scarborough Downs leaderboard, Gray is engaged in a neck and neck battle with leading Scarborough driver Drew Campbell for bragging rights on a state-wide basis, with only a scant handful of wins separating the two top-rated teamsters on the Pine Tree Circuit.

A recognition ceremony will be held in the Scarborough Downs winner’s circle upon Shawn Gray’s next visit to the seaside oval. (Scarborough Downs)

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