To Do in Bangor Saturday? Harness Racing Championship

And they’re off.

Do you know the guy who says that? Yes, you do. Bangor radio/TV Veteran Wayne Harvey is the track announcer at Bangor Raceway.

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Maine’s richest day of Harness Racing with $500,000 in purse money. This weekend the top 2- and 3-year-olds will be crowned. It's The Festival of Champions. Maine Horse Racing Sire Stakes Finals.

Yesterday afternoon I dropped by the track to see where Q106.5 was going to set up before the races. Immediately meeting Smokin’ Q’s BBQ.  Note. Come hungry.  His pulled pork is awesome.

Then Q asked me to run a sandwich down to Drew in the barn.  I told him I knew Heath but he was the only one I knew from 2 years ago when we did this event.  Q tells me Drew and Heath are brothers. Small world.

Off to the barn for me and immediately not a second step inside I hear “Scott Miller from Middle Musquodoboit Nova Scotia”.  Haha.  There’s Heath.

It’s that kind of place.

Highly recommended for a fun afternoon this Saturday. Say hi on the way in.

It will be a special day in Harness Racing for Bangor Raceway, and it is a fun way to spend a Saturday afternoon. As they say the most exciting 2 minutes in sport. And this weather eventually has to turn more fall-like.