St. Clair is one of those family names synonymous with Wiscasset Speedway — a name that is engrained in the history of Maine’s fastest track, much like Ripley or Reno.

It began with Dave “Boss Hogg” St. Clair, who has turned laps since it’s opening in 1969 and still races today. Then came son Puncin St. Clair, who was a regular winner in Super Streets and Late Models in the 1990’s and 2000’s, winning Driver of the Year honors in 1996.

The family legacy remains intact today with Puncin’s sons Josh and Ryan becoming rising stars in the track’s Late Model Sportsman division. The third generation racers from Liberty each visited Victory Lane Saturday night with Group 2 in action — eldest brother Josh taking honors in the regular 35-lap points feature, and younger brother Ryan winning the special Dave’s World Dash For Cash at night’s end.

It was a busy night on the track, and also turned out to be a busy night in the tech garage with trophies changing hands in all four classes.

Saturday’s race program started a half hour late due to a pair of mid-afternoon showers passing through the area. That didn’t dampen the spirits of eager fans and anxious racers. The Late Model Sportsman division rolled out for the first feature of the night with 22 drivers going after the checkers. Alex Waltz and Ben Erskine made up the front row as several heavy hitters lurked back in the field. While Waltz and Erskine waged a good early battle for the lead, two early movers in the race were Josh St. Clair (starting 13th) and Chris Thorne (starting 15th).

It took the pair just eight laps to run up the outside lane and into the top five. The field bunched up for a lap-10 restart and that is all the help Josh St. Clair needed, taking over the lead on lap 11 and quickly pulling away. It turned out to be the only caution of the 35-lap race. Josh St. Clair led the remainder of the race on his way to his second win of the season.

There were plenty of racers scrambling to join him in the top three. Shane Clark came out of the group to claim second as Waltz desperately tried to hold on to third through the midpoint of the race with Thorne, Erskine, Ryan St. Clair and his grandfather Dave St. Clair all in hot pursuit. On lap 22, Waltz slipped up exiting turn four just enough for Ryan St. Clair to sneak underneath to grab the third position and Thorne to follow into fourth. Things settled down for the remainder of the race as they all chased Josh St. Clair. It was the older St. Clair brother’s second win in as many weekends. Clark took the second place trophy, but failed postrace inspection. The runnerup honors then passed on to Ryan St. Clair and Thorne bumped up in the official finish to take third.

The Strictly Street 25-lap feature was slowed by three early cautions in the first five laps as youngsters Faith Cleaves, Brett Osmond and Dylan Varney were each involved in minor spins. Prospect Maine’s DJ Moody held the early lead until Bryan Robbins took over on a lap five restart. From there he cruised to the checkers with the brothers Hewins (Kyle and Kurt) chasing him across the stripe. However, Robbins, having grabbed his third win of the season, refused post-race engine inspection resulting in a disqualification and forfeiture of his win. Point leader Kurt Hewins was declared the winner, resulting in his third win of the season. Defending champ Kyle Hewins bumped up to second and five-time champ Maurice Young took third.

The NAPA Modifieds went caution free for their 30-lap feature. Wiscasset’s Chuck Colby held point wire to wire for what appeared to be his first open wheel victory. However his car also failed post-race inspection, turning the win over Joe Williams. It was the veteran racer’s first win in over 20 years at Wiscasset. Former modified champ Allen Moeller Sr., was awarded the second-place trophy and third went to Nick Reno.

Wiscasset Speedway returns to action this upcoming Saturday at 6 p.m.