PASS North
Recognizes Racers at
Annual
Banquet of Champions |
Naples ME (11/7) Pro All
Stars Series racers, teams, sponsors
and fans packed the Howard Johnson's
Conference Center in Westbrook Maine
Friday evening to celebrate the 2011
season, a festive night of awards,
food and socializing.
Mike
Mayberry filled in for series
President Tom Mayberry at the
podium, kicking off the ceremony
with the Presidents special
recognition awards. The PASS Mods
Sportsmanship award was presented to
Alan Wilson; Sumner Sessions
received the Hard Luck Award and the
Most Improved driver of 2011 was
Dana Reed. The PASS Sportsman were
up next and Donnie Morse earned the
Sportsmanship Award, the Hard Luck
driver was Shane Tatro and Craig
Smith was Most Improved. Alex
Gingras earned the title of Most
Improved driver in the PASS North
Super Late Model series, Joey Doiron
was recognized for the Hard Luck he
experienced in 2011 and Maritime
racer Matt Matheson earned the Super
Late Model Sportsmanship award.
Rookie of the Year honors were
up next, with Spencer Morse
capturing the Sportsman series
Rookie crown, and Mark Lundblad Jr.
claimed the award in the PASS Mod
series. An unusually strong Rookie
of the Year crop in the PASS Super
Late Models led to Co-Rookies of the
Year being named. Lonnie Sommerville
and Kyle DeSouza shared the podium
for this award.
Then it was
time for hardware and check
presentations to all the qualifying
drivers, speeches from PASS Mod
Champion Andy Shaw, PASS Sportsman
titlist Carey Martin and 2011 PASS
North Super Late Model Champion
Johnny Clark. Both Shaw and Martin
are now two-time champions in their
respective divisions, while Clark
now has six PASS North Super Late
Model titles on his resume,
including the last four.
The
PASS South and PASS National
Championship series will wrap up
their 2011 campaigns at Concord (NC)
Speedway on November 25 and 26 with
the Thanksgiving Classic/Mason-Dixon
Meltdown. |
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