Garrett Hall eyes Oxford 250 win after rough start to August

Early August was not kind to Garrett Hall when he was last at Oxford Plains Speedway. An incident in the first Pro All-Star Series (PASS) practice would damage his primary car significantly, forcing him and his team to a back-up car.

Hall rebounded that day, and would bring it home with a sixth place finish.

Fast forward now to Friday night, to kick off Oxford 250 weekend, Hall in that same backup car, took the lead just after Lap 50, and would lead over 50 laps, but ultimately would come home in second behind Trevor Sanborn.

The second place finish was a welcomed outcome, compared to how things went earlier in August.

“It’s definitely an improvement from how the year’s been going,” Hall explained. “Just trying to fine tune on it a little bit, try to make it a little bit better, and correct our issues that happened last night to result in the second place finish and see what happens.” 

A late race caution with less than 40 laps to go would regroup the field. Hall felt that late race caution played a factor in their outcome.

 “The car was just way too free and that last restart,” Hall said. “Spun my tires a little bit on the bottom, it gave Renfrew the advantage. He was able to pinch me a little, and I tried to drive my car a little bit harder, and it just wasn’t there, which resulted in me going slower, and gave the opportunity to Trevor (Sanborn) to get a good run. Moved out for him on the bottom and then  just kind of maintained and rode on the top side there and tried to get my tires back up and cool down and was able to roll around.” 

After participating in practice and the PASS 150 on Friday, Hall felt they are headed in the right direction.

“We are feeling really good,” Hall said. “We went through all of our tires, got all our tires picked out, picked our best set. Last night we ran the race on our worst set of tires, so we still have five or six sets of tires in our inventory to pick the best for Sunday. Excited for that, to learn the tires a little bit more, and figure out which ones are going to suit our setup better and we messed around a little bit with some shocks and different set up stuff and ended up finding out what works the best obviously. Last night was a showcase for it, but Sunday is going to be a little bit tougher and there will be a lot more competition. Definitely be a whole different animal for sure.”

Hall will look to get another big win at Oxford Plains Speedway in the Oxford 250, after winning the Celebration of America 300 in 2025 and winning last year’s PASS 150 to kickoff 250 weekend.