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Mike Rowe Winner of the
3rd Annual PASS 300

PASS 400 Sunday Trackside
at Beech Ridge
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The PASS 400 Weekend is Sometimes Unpredictable

(Naples, ME ' September 23, 2007) Where to begin. There were so many story lines on the biggest day of the PASS 400 Weekend at Beech Ridge Motor Speedway.

The young guns were out in force for the DJ Equipment 300 PASS North Super Late Models with 16 year-old D J Shaw on the pole in the #60 and a slightly older Mike Fowler in the 66X on the outside as the 33 car field took the green. The first three cars on the outside row were all PASS Outlaw competitors with Donnie Lashua's #21 and Jay Sands in the #36 lined up behind Fowler.

Another of the young guns, 16 year-old Derek Ramstrom in the #35, who started 31st, saw his day get off to a bad start as a tire problem on lap 3 saw him around in turn one and going a lap down. On the plus side, he had 297 laps to make it up.

On lap 20, Joey Porciello in the #04 started to fall back with the beginnings of engine troubles that plagued him all day. At the 30 lap mark, it was young Shaw escorted by his dad Dale in the #23, a fast charging #47 of Kelly Moore, Fowler, and Ben Rowe's #4.

Kelly Moore took the lead on lap 47 with Ben following him through, and at the 50 lap mark it was Moore, Ben Rowe, DJ, Dad, Mike Rowe, Fowler, and another young gun in 19 year-old Adam Bates in the #98.

After a quick caution on lap 57, Ben and Mike Rowe took the top two spots, with Moore falling briefly to third, but by lap 74 Kelly had the #47 back in the groove and he took the lead again with Ben Rowe next. The #47 was not great on the restarts, but after several laps he was flying. On lap 80, Fowler had a flat right front under green, ending a promising day.

Cassius Clark in the #8 arrived in the top five before the 90 lap mark from his 20th-place start and was going to be a presence for the rest of the day. At the 100 lap mark, it was Ben, Cassius, Kelly, and the two youngsters Bates and Shaw in the top five.

Cassius took the lead on lap 116, but Kelly took it back on lap 120 as the leaders swapped the lead several times. A caution on lap #138 for a single car spin lead to a round of pit stops that juggled the top runners, and at the 150 lap mark it was Mike Rowe, Ben, DJ, Travis Benjamin in the #17, Cassius, Kirk Thibeau in the #28, Johnny Clark in the #54, and the 2007 Beech Ridge Pro Stock Champion Bub Bilodeau in the #9.

Kelly Moore made his way back to the front and took the lead again on lap 176, but 20 laps later his day came to end when he got caught in a turn one tangle not of his making with the #17 of Travis Benjamin, the #33 of Richie Dearborn who had made his way from 29th on the grid, and Johnny Clark who was an unwilling participant. Both Moore and Clark were done for the day with major damage, but the others were able to continue.

It took him almost 200 laps, but Derek Ramstrom was the recipient of the lucky dog after working his way into the top ten runners from the back after the lap three troubles. He refueled, changed tires and was back on the lead lap.

With the race two thirds done, it was Benjamin, Steve Berry in the #15, Mike Rowe, and John Flemming from Halifax, NS in the #97 the top five. On lap 209, Mike powered past Berry for the lead but this twosome was not done yet.

With 50 to go, it was Mike, Berry, Benjamin, Alan Wilson ' in his #53 Outlaw car ' Cassius Clark, and Ramstrom who had passed a ton of cars after the pit stop and was solidly in the top ten, with Scott Chubbuck in the #77 and Dearborn's #33 next.

On lap 259, Porciello's engine finally gave it up as he slowed in turn one. On the restart, Berry took the lead from Mike but Mike fought back and retook the lead a few laps later.

Rowe and Berry ran side by side for several laps with one or the other being the leader at the line as the race wound down. Berry lost a tire in turn four on lap 280 after side-to-side contact with Rowe ending what was a great showing by this up and coming team from Gorham, ME.

On the restart, it was the #2 of Mike, Cassius in the #8 with no power steering for over 200 laps, Wilson, and Ramstrom. On lap 288, Ramstrom went around Cassius for third.

Over the final ten laps, the fans were cheering for fan favorite and ultimate low bucker Alan Wilson in the #53 and Ramstrom in the #35 who fought his way back from a lap down early.

A final caution on lap 293 saw Dave Dion around off the bumper of Ben Rowe on the frontstretch in front of the entire crowd, and Ben being sent to the back and Dion recovering to go on.

Wilson tried Mike on the outside on the restart, but it was Mike's day as he brought the P T Watts #2 home for the $10,000 winner's share. Wilson and Ramstrom joined Rowe on the podium. Cassius Clark held on for fourth, Trevor Sanborn in the #29, another of the young crowd, came from 30th and ran a steady race to take fifth, Dearborn was solidly in sixth, Scott Chubbuck was seventh, Kirk Thibeau was eighth, and Rick Martin rounded out the unofficial top ten.

When the PASS Outlaw Late Models took the track for the Norway Savings Bank 100 lap tussle, up from the scheduled 75 lap race, it was the first the fans heard of the added 25 laps and they responded with cheers. The race got off to a stop and go start as the #2 of Charlie Colby was sent to the back for a false start when he went and polesitter J. R Baril in the #58 didn't. On the restart Baril went out quickly to the lead followed by Joe Decker in the #01, but Baril's time out front didn't last long as Decker took the lead on lap seven.

Things settled down with Decker and Baril out front followed by the #44 of Jimmy Rosenfield and the #84 of Tony Ricci right behind. A series of quick spins slowed the race through the first 40 laps,

At halfway, it was still Decker, Baril, Chris Staples in the #5 up to third, Mike Fowler in the 66, followed by Rosenfield, Katie Hagar in the #14, Alan Wilson in the #53, and Walt Hammond in the #97. After a caution on lap 51, Baril took off again as he had a great car on restarts, and Ricci went by Decker for second.

Baril and Ricci swapped the lead with Decker always right there over the next twenty laps with out any one getting more than car length ahead. On lap 75, it was Baril, Ricci, Decker, Rosenfield, Staples, and Wilson.

On lap 95, Baril again took off on the restart, but this time Ricci was right there as the two went at it over the final five laps. As they came to the checkers, Ricci made one last move to the outside, but Baril held him off for the win by a few feet, with Decker, Staples, and Rosenfield right behind.

The PASS Pullen Sportsman were next up for their 100 lap feature. The cousins ' Dan McKeage in the #38 and Mike Landry in the #40 ' shared the top spot over the first 20 laps as Landry's car just wouldn't go for several laps, but then he would be right there with McKeage for the lead. The family affair went on until Terry Merrill in the #36 got by Landry for second on lap 25, and Merrill took the lead on a lap 46 restart.

Just after the halfway mark Landry's car came to life as it did on the long runs and took the lead on the outside of Merrill on lap 53, and Shane Tatro's #7 moved up to third n lap 58 with the #48 of Jerry Harrison making his first appearance at the front of the field.

Landry started to stretch out his lead as traffic held up the next four cars, but a blown engine in the #24 of Marty Adamson lap 84 oiled down turn three and brought the field back together.

On the restart, it was Landry again falling back as Merrill took the point, but with ten to go Landry was back up to speed and challenging Merrill for the lead. At lap 92, Landry went by Merrill and made it to the checkers before another caution would ruin his day. However, post race tech did ruin Landry's day and Merrill was credited with the win. Followed by Tatro, McKeage, Harrison, Chris warming in the #5W, Nate Weston in the #47, Kurt Hewins in the #55, Sally Gherardi in the #77, and Jeff Cannell in the #26.

The PASS Modifieds were next up for the Price-Rite Fuel 50 lap feature. The #01 of Ron Gooden, Jr and the #66 of Tim Churchill brought the 18 car field to the green. A scary pile up in turn three brought out the caution as the #6 of Troy Morse and the #85 ended up off turn three with Morse getting some air before landing on all four wheels.

On lap 12, Chris Smith in the #1 used his local knowledge of the Beech Ridge track to take the lead with Jason Taylor in the #8 right behind. At halfway, it was still Smith, Taylor, with the #33 of Bill Dixon, the #34 of Richie Morse, and the #29 of Greg Ellis fifth in his rest run of the year.

From there on it was Smith all the way to the checkers for the rookie win, with Taylor next, Tom Oliver in the #63, Chris Staples #5, and Ellis fifth.

Mike Rowe Continues Family Tradition on 400 Weekend

Berry, Benjamin, Shaw, Clark and Moore Also Contend
for Beech Ridge Victory

NAPLES, ME (September 24, 2007) ' During the inaugural PASS 400 weekend at Beech Ridge Motor Speedway (ME) in 2005, Mike Rowe emerged as the big winner. He captured the 300-lap PASS North Super Late Model event and put the exclamation point on a great season that consisted of a total of five PASS North victories.

In 2006, it was Mike's son, Ben Rowe, who won the 300-lap SLM event at Beech Ridge. On Sunday, the race victory once again stayed in the family, but it was the father who knew best this time around again, with Mike Rowe taking the $10,000 victory in his #2 PT Watts machine.

Mike Rowe has no problem with the trend that is emerging with the biggest race on the PASS North schedule.

'That's good,' Rowe laughed. 'Benji can go and win it next year. I'll finish second.'

Because of the fact that the Rowes have teamed up to win each season, you might think that the competition is only between those two drivers. That was hardly true on Sunday though. Mike Rowe might have become a two-time winner of the race, but he had plenty of competition for the victory.

DJ Shaw, Kelly Moore, Ben Rowe, Travis Benjamin, Steve Berry and Cassius Clark all led laps in the SLM feature on Sunday afternoon. Mike Rowe did lead laps before the halfway mark, but did not appear to have anything close to a dominant card early on.

'There were a lot of good cars out there,' said Mike Rowe. 'I was a little tight on the first set of tires. I came in and the crew loosened it up a little bit. They did a good job. It was a little bit too loose then, I came back in and they adjusted it. After that, it was awesome. It worked out well.'

Rowe's strongest competition late in the race came from the #15 car of Berry. The former Beech Ridge regular, and PASS North rookie, put up a strong fight for the lead with Rowe. The two swapped the lead several times and were running side-by-side while battling for the top spot with 20 laps to go. That is when Rowe slid up into Berry's car, who cut down a left front tire. Berry spun off the turn four banking with the flat and was left with a finish of 13th.

'That was just wicked hard racing,' said Rowe. 'Steve and I were running ragged and that sort of thing happens sometimes. It was one of those deals and I hope that we can iron things out. He's a really nice guy.'

Another really nice guy was then left to give Rowe his final challenge. Low-buck racer Alan Wilson, the 2005 PASS North Rookie of the Year, charged through the field with his #53 to battle with Rowe at the end. The laps clicked down too quickly for Wilson though, and he was left with a second-place finish.

Teenager Derek Ramstrom filled out the podium after starting at the rear of the field with a provisional. He was followed to the finish by Cassius Clark and Trevor Sanborn, who also started deep in the pack with the other PASS North provisional that was awarded after Saturday's qualifying races.

Rowe was one of four feature winners on Sunday. J.R. Baril held off Tony Ricci by just inches to win the 100-lap PASS Outlaw Late Model feature, former Beech Ridge Super Sportsman champion Chris Smith won the 50-lap PASS Modified feature. Terry Merrill was awarded the victory in the PASS Pullen Heavy Industries Sportsmen 100-lap feature after Mike Landry crossed the finish line first, but was disqualified for an unapproved engine part.

The PASS North Super Late Models return to action in two weeks, with a visit to All-Star Speedway in Epping, New Hampshire on October 6th.




				Photos by Norm Marx nmarx-dtp @comcast.net

Official Finish - DJ Equipment Super Late Models Beech Ridge Motor Speedway - Saturday, September 23rd
	#	Driver	Town	Sponsor
1	2	Mike Rowe	Turner, ME	P.T. Watts
2	53	Alan Wilson	Hebron, ME	Wilson Logging
3	35	Derek Ramstrom	W. Boylston, MA	West Boylston Auto Parts
4	8	Cassius Clark	Farmington, ME	EJP Pipeline Services
5	29	Trevor Sanborn	Parsonsfield, ME	Cushman Competition
6	33	Richie Dearborn	Hollis, ME	Chadwick BaRoss
7	77	Scott Chubbuck	Wiscasst, ME	Hight Chevrolet
8	28	Kirk Thibeau	Fort Fairfield, ME	Grower's Exchange
9	17	Travis Benjamin	Morrill, ME	Irving Oil
10	14	Rick Martin	Westport, MA	G. Lopes Construction
11	4	Ben Rowe	Turner, ME	Richard Moody & Sons Construction Co. LLC
12	23	Dale Shaw	Center Conway, NH	Precison JLM
13	15	Steve Berry	Gorham, ME	Gorham Sand and Gravel
14	29d	Dave Dion	Pelham, NH	Berlin City
15	21	Donnie Lashua	Canaan, NH	RSB Chassis
16	36	Jay Sands	Seabrook, NH	Robbins Auto Parts
17	40	Gary Bellefleur	Stetson, ME	Newport Industrial Fabrication Inc.
18	04	Joey Porciello	Lee, NH	Prociello Drywall
19	97x	T.J. Brackett	Buckfield, ME	Racing Technology
20	97	John Flemming	Halifax, NS	The Roofng Connection
21	66x	Mike Fowler	Standish, ME	KDA Development, RJF Motorsports
22	60	D.J. Shaw	Center Conway, NH	Lennox, Hill's RV
23	14h	Katie Hagar	Nobleboro, ME	Hagar Enterprises
24	83	Donnie Whitten	Biddeford, ME	LUX, Miranda Transport
25	53r	Bill Rodgers	Old Orchard Beach, ME	Bill'S Automotive
26	47	Kelly Moore	Scarborough, ME	NAPA Auto Parts
27	54	Johnny Clark	Hallowell, ME	Clark's Cars & Parts
28	0x	Bill Whorff Sr.	Topsham, ME	AAA Insurance
29	10	Danny Burbar	Portland, ME	Charlie's Auto Transport
30	9	Bub Bilodeau	Standish, ME	Window Technicians
31	40m	Dan McKeage	Gorham, ME	McKeage Top Gun Construction
32	98	Adam Bates	Warner, NH	Weaver Bros. Construction
33	10	Chris Kennison	Oxford, ME	Thule Trailers

SLM Starting Grid - Sunday
60 D.J. Shaw	66x Fowler
23 D. Shaw	21 Lashua
14 Martin	36 Sands
28 Thibeau	83 Whitten
0 B. Whorff	98 Bates
4 B. Rowe	2 M. Rowe
47 K. Moore	04 Porciello
40m McKeage	29d Dion
53x Rodgers	53 Wilson
15 Berry	8 C. Clark
17 Benjamin	10 Kennison
77 Chubbuck	40 Bellefleur
54 J. Clark	14x Hagar
10x Bubar	97x Brackett
33 Dearborn	29 Sanborn
35 Ranstrom	9 Bilodeaux
97 Fleming	-

PASS SLM ENTERED DRIVERS - BRMS SEPTEMBER 23. 2007
Car #	Driver	Town	Sponsor
04	Joey Porciello	Lee, NH	Porciello Drywall
07k	Kevin Kimball	S. Portland, ME	The Step Guys
0	Bill Whorff Jr.	Bath, ME	AAA Insurance
2	Mike Rowe	Turner, ME	PT Watts, Inc.
4	Ben Rowe	Turner, ME	Hancock Lumber
7	Curtis Gerry	Waterboro, ME	Monster Energy
8	Cassius Clark	Farmington, ME	EJP Pipeline Services
9	Bub Bilodeau	Standish, ME	Window Technitions
10	Chris Kennison	Oxford, ME	Thule
10x	Danny Bubar	-	-
14	Rick Martin	Taunton, MA	G Lopes Construction Inc
14x	Katie Hagar	Nobleboro, ME	Hagar Enterprises
15	Steve Berry	Gorham, ME	Gorham Sand & Gravel
17	Travis Benjamin	Morrill, ME	Irving Oil
21	Donnie Lashua	Canaan, NH	RSB Chassis
23	Dale Shaw	Center Conway, NY	Precision JLM
28	Kirk Thibeau	Fort Fairfield, ME	Grower's Exchange Co.
29	Trevor Sanborn	Parsonsfield, ME	Cushman Competition
29d	Dave Dion	Pelham, NH	Berlin City
33	Richie Dearborn	Hollis, ME	Chadwick BaRoss
35	Derek Ramstrom	Worcester, MA	West Boylston Auto Parts
36	Jay Sands	Seabrook, NH	Robbins Auto Parts
40	Gary Bellefleur	Stetson, ME	Newport Industrial Fabrication, Inc.
40m	Don McKeage	Gorham, ME	-
47	Kelly Moore	Scarborough, ME	NAPA Auto Parts
53x	Bill Rodgers	Old Orchard Beach, ME	Bill's Automotive
53	Alan Wilson	Hebron, ME	Wilson Logging
54	Johnny Clark	Hallowell, ME	Clark's Cars & Parts
55	Brad Leighton	Center Harbor, NH	LUX Enterprises, PULLEN
60	DJ Shaw	Center Conway, NH	Lennox, Hill's RV
66X	Mike Fowler	Standish, ME	KDA Development RJF Motorsports
75	Gary Smith	Bangor, ME	Bud & Ray's Auto
77	Scott Chubbuck	Wiscasset, ME	Hight Chevy
83	Donnie Whitten	Biddeford, ME	LUX Miranda Transport
88	Alan Tardiff	Lyman, ME	BBI Waste Industries
97	John Fleming	Halifax, NS	The Roofing Connection
97x	TJ Brackett	-	-
98	Adam Bates	Warner, NH	Weaver Bros. Construction

Outlaw Late Models Photo Page by Chris Roy

Official Outlaw Feature Finish BRMS 9-23
1	58	JR Baril
2	84	Tony Ricci
3	01	Joe Decker
4	5	Chris Staples
5	44	Jimmy Rosenfield
6	53	Alan Wilson
7	21	Donnie Lashua
8	36	Jay Sands
9	87	Chuck Colby
10	25x	Gunnar Josselyn
11	72	Brian Whitney
12	25	Mike Thomas
13	09x	Greg Peters
14	94	Shawn Martin
15	37	Pete Fraser
16	09	Jeremy Davis
17	31	Erik Nash
18	97	Walt Hammond
19	2	Charlie Colby
20	22x	Aaron Ricker
21	12	Carey Heath
22	04	Jamie Swallow Jr
23	14	Katie Hagar
24	8	Dennis Spencer Jr.
25	66x	Mike Fowler
26	00	Matt Lee
27	91	George Fernald Jr.
28	29e	Ben Erskine
29	3	Kraig Coffin
30	22	Mike Harnish
31	96	Mark Childs Jr.

Outlaws Starting Grid - Sunday
2	58
01	44
22x	14
84	5
97	36
94	66x
25	00
72	29e
53	25x
37	8
12	87
22	96
3	21
04	09
91	09x
31	-

PASS OUTLAWS ENTERED DRIVERS - BRMS SEPTEMBER 23, 2007
Car #	Driver	Town	Sponsor
2	Charlie Colby	Newcastle, ME	Colby's Auto Center
12	Carey Heath	Eliot, ME	Hidden Automotive/Hughes Sheetmetal
25	Mike Thomas	Hermon, ME	Lone Star Racing
29E	Ben Erskine	Solon, ME	Erskine Trucking
31	Erik Nash	Richmond, ME	Main Street Fuel
44	Jimmy Rosenfield	Middleboro, MA	Brackett Landscape
72	Brian Whitney	Burnham, ME	New England Auto Parts.com
87	Chuck Colby	Newcastle, ME	Colby's Auto Center and Norms Used Cars
91	George Fernald Jr.	Benton, ME	GEO & Sons Mobile Homes
97	Walt Hammond Jr	Canaan, NH	Carpet Mill/ADW Builders
66X	Mike Fowler	Standish, ME	Kola Development
O1	Joe Decker	Chesterville, ME	Atlantic Hardchrome
O4	Jamie Swallow Jr	Stark, NH	IBEW Electrical Workers Local 104
O9	Greg Peters	Westbrook, ME	Digby's Variety

PULLEN Sportsman Photo Page by Chris Roy

Official PULLEN Heavy Industries Sportsman Feature Finish BRMS 9/23
1	36	Terry Merrill
2	7	Shane Tatro
3	38	Dan McKeague
4	48h	Jerry Harrison
5	5w	Chris Warming
6	47	Nate Weston
7	55	Kurt Hewins
8	77	Sally Gherardi
9	26	Jeff Cannell
10	21	Kenny Harrison
11	04	Allan Moeller
12	71	Reggie Leeman
13	19s	Duane Seekins
14	7x	Jason Gammon
15	2	Robert Emery Jr.
16	9	Michael Davis
17	8	David Vaugh
18	35x	Kris Watson
19	8x	Clyde Hennessey
20	11d	Joey Doiron
21	31	Jeff Irish
22	24	Marty Adams
23	48	Gary Modugno
24	57	Ron Smith
25	63	Russell Morse
26	64	Billy Childs Sr.
27	88m	Gene Hatch
28	88	Andy Field
29	20	Frank Wear
30	35	Bobby Nadeau
31	10	Don Morse
32	40	Michael Landry

Sportsman Staring Grid - Sunday
40	31
36	71
57	38
55	77
47	88
24	35
04	7
7x	48
8x	8
21	88m
20	64
35x	19s
10	26
48h	5w
11d	2
9	63

*PASS SPORTSMAN ENTERED DRIVERS - BRMS SEPTEMBER 22, 2007*
Car #	Driver	Town	Sponsor
2	Robert Emery Jr.	Limington, ME	Amsoil-4 Seasons Synthetic
3	Dave Raymond	Scarborough, ME	Merrit Pools
5	John Kalel II	Orrington, ME	Taters Racing
7	Shane Tatro	Levant, ME	Tatro's Transport
15	Jeffrey Clewley	Winterport, ME	Blue Ribbon Builders
24	Marty Adams	Arundel, ME	Korpaczewski & Sons Asphalt
31	Jeff Irish	Lyman, ME	Lou's Service Center
35	Bobby Nadeau	Hollis, ME	Mine Fabrication
36	Terry Merrill	Saco, ME	N/A
40	Michael Landry	Oakland, ME	Strictly Roofing
46	Bill Sprague	Minot, ME	Action Vinyl.com
54	Steve Fogg	Gray, ME	Pepperidge Farm
55	Rob Herrick	Buxton, ME	A&J Trailer Sales, Inc.
55	Kurt Hewins	Winthrop, ME	Lone Star Racing/NAPA Auto Centers
57	Ron Smith	Hollis, ME	Frank Galos Chevrolet
63	Russell Morse	Buxton, ME	TJ Sandwich Shop
66	Ernie Wallace Jr.	Winterport, ME	Allen's Coffee Flavored Brandy
71	Reggie Leeman	Windham, ME	RSVP Discount Beverages
88	Andy Field	Buxton, ME	Tarbox Construction
11D	Joey Doiron	Berwick, ME	JBJ Machine Co, Inc.
19S	Duane Seekins	Stockton Springs, ME	Ho Bouhard Hamilton Marine
35X	Kris Watson	Hermon, ME	Country Crossings USA
5W	Chris Warming	Buxton, ME	Mortage Specialist
88X	Jeremy Welch	Lebanon, ME	RSB Chassis
O4	Allan Moeller	Dresden, ME	K&G Auto

PASS MODS Photo Page by Chris Roy

Official Modified Feature Finish BRMS 9-23 Price-Rite Fuels 50
1	1	Chris Smith
2	8	Jason Taylor
3	63	Tom Oliver
4	5	Chris Staples
5	29	Greg Ellis
6	9	Mark Lucas
7	33	Bill Dixon
8	14	Scott McDaniel
9	34	Richie Morse
10	12	Steve Bennett Jr.
11	04	Chad Harrington
12	05	Dennis Scribner
13	0	Shane Michalski
14	66	Tim Churchill
15	03	Gary Norris
16	01	Ronald Gooden Jr.
17	6	Troy Morse
18	85	Kenny Harrison

Price-Rite Fuels PASS Modified Feature Starting Grid
1	#01 Ronald Gooden Jr.
2	#66 Tim Churchill
3	#29 Greg Ellis
4	#33 Bill Dixon
5	#34 Richie Morse
6	#12 Steve Bennett Jr.
7	#03 Gary Norris
8	#1 Chris Smith
9	#9 Mark Lucas
10	#6 Troy Morse
11	#5 Chris Staples
12	#8 Jason Taylor
13	#04 Chad Harrington
14	#14 Scott McDaniel
15	#85 Kenny Harrison
16	#63 Tom Oliver
17	#05 Dennis Scribner
18	#0 Shane Michalski

SATURDAY FINISHES

PASS 400 Weekend Wildcat and Roadrunner Saturday Feature Results

(Naples, ME - September 23, 2007) Saturday was qualifying day for all six divisions plus the Roadrunner and Wildcat features.

In the T & K and Sons Concrete 25, it was Edward Pierce in the #77 of Alfred, Me taking off to an early lead, but Tim Caswell of Waterboro in the #47 soon tracked him down and took the lead. Caswell held off Pierce and a hard charging Todd Lefebvre of Gorham in the #26 to take the win. Shawn bracket of Gray was fourth in the #31, and David Palmer of Waterboro brought the #01 home fifth.

The Wildcats rolled out of the pits after the field of 53 cars was thinned down to the 31 qualifiers in a series of five heat races for the Victory Lane Indoor Karting 75. Dan Wink of N. Berwick, ME finished second in the 2006 Wildcat feature and was looking to go one better this time. He put his win in the first heat to good use as he lead from the pole and moved out to a two car lead in the first few laps.

However, his lead soon went away as a big pileup off turn two put six cars into the backstretch wall. On the restart, Wink again took off with the #90 of Dickie Randall of Limington right behind. By lap 10, Dave Brannon of Lisbon in the #14, the 2006 Wiscasset Raceway champion, joined the top two.

On lap 20, something on the #12 of Skip Tripp of Lisbon broke and oiled down turn one sending cars scattering over the banking and through the infield. After a caution on lap 33 for a one car spin in turn one, the #03 of Maurice Young of Windsor made his way to second past Randall who got caught on the outside and was freight-trained back to fourth.

The top four were moving away from the field as the reached the halfway mark. On lap 41 Randall took third back from Brannon as the top four were cruising nose to tail, and by lap 50 Alby Ovitt of Barrington, NH in the #35 came from deep in the field to join the fray.

As the laps wound down everyone was waiting for someone to make a move to challenge Wink, but they were all afraid of getting caught on the outside like Randall did earlier. However, as we got to lap 65, Ovitt, the #27 of Kenny Harrison of Freeport, ME, the #113 of Tommy Tompkins of Carthage had joined the parade at the front.

With ten laps to go, it was Wink, Young, Randall, Brannon, Ovitt, Harrison, and Tompkins. Ovitt decided it was time to go and made a move to the outside on Brannon which allowed Harrison and Tompkins to slip by Ovitt on the inside. Meanwhile, up front Young was knocking on Wink's bumper as they came down the backstretch with two to go, but Wink had enough left to hold young off and take the win. Young was second, followed by Brannon, Randall, Harrison, Tompkins, Ovitt, David Wildes of Limington in the #29 was eighth, Ronnie Carbeil, Jr of E. Waterboro in the 12X ninth, and Michael Poole of Hollis in the #0 rounded out the top ten.

Road Runners Official Finish - 9/22
Pos	Car #	Name	Town
1	47	Tim Caswell	Waterboro, ME
2	77	Edward Pierce	Alfred, ME
3	26	Todd Lefebvre	Gorham, Me
4	31	Shawn Brackett	Gray, ME
5	01	David Palmer	Waterboro, ME
6	6	Matt Stuart	Pittston, ME
7	24	Brian Beaulieu	Saco, ME
8	1	Ed Connolly	Scarboro, Me
9	84	Matt Dow	-
10	96	Dan Bernier	Wells, ME
11	38	Steve Bennett	Windham, ME
12	74	Kari Thibodeau	Windham, ME

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Wildcats Official Finish - 9-22
Pos	Car #	Name	Town
1	53	Daniel Wink	N. Berwick, ME
2	03	Maurice Young	Windsor, ME
3	14	Dave Brannon	Lisbon, ME
4	90	Dickie Randall	Limington, ME
5	27	Kenny Harrison	Freeport, ME
6	113	Tommy Tompkins	Carthage, ME
7	35	Alby Ovitt	Barrington, NH
8	29	David Wildes	Limington, ME
9	12x	Ronnie Carbeil Jr	E Waterboro, ME
10	0	Michael Poole	Hollis, ME
11	33x	Steve Pierpont	Cushing, ME
12	56	Mike Short	Auburn, ME
13	6	Clayton Barker	Standish, ME
14	93	Randy Snow	Buxton, ME
15	41	Steve Benincasa	Buxton, ME
16	62	Andy Ayers	Shapleigh, ME
17	81x	BJ Chapman	Bridgton, ME
18	24	Larry Emerson	Durham, ME
19	07	Rick Thompson	Naples, ME
20	35x	Phil Mitchell III	Buckfield, ME
21	47	Brain Caswell	Buxton, ME
22	09	Gary Babineau	Gorham, ME
23	9x	Jeremy Davis	Tamworth, NH
24	112	Derek Mingo	Ellsworth, ME
25	96	Jason Webster	Gorham, ME
26	16x	Jordan Pearson	Alton, ME
27	13	Shawn Emery	Steep Falls, ME
28	81	Lewis Anderson	Hollis, ME
29	12	Skip Tripp	Lisbon, ME
30	85	Glenn Bradbury	Hollis, ME
31	57	Glen Henderson	Sabattus, ME

*PASS WILDCAT ENTERED DRIVERS - BRMS SEPTEMBER 22, 2007*
Car #	Driver	Town	Sponsor
3	Jesse Tolman	OOB, ME	AAAA HVACR
4	Michael Roe	West Paris, ME
8	Bradley Norris	Ellsworth, ME	PM Painting, Auto Body, & Repair
12	Skip Tripp	Lisbon, ME	RPM Engines
16	Bob Hayslip	Lisbon, ME	RPM Racing Engines
30	Linwood Varney	Gorham, ME	N/A
32	Buddy Minott	Windham, ME	Arkie Rogers Septic Service
35	Alby Ovitt	Barrington, NH	Shea's Septic Service
41	Steve Benincasa	Buxton, ME	B&B Automotive
45	Cole Watson	Naples, ME	Dana Watson & Son Building Movers
47	Brian Caswell	Buxton, ME	BWC Motorsports
53	Daniel Wink	N. Berwick, ME	Lt Graphics
62	Andy Ayers	Shapleigh, ME	Bayley Realty Group
64	Billy Childs Jr.	Leeds, ME	Stanley Excavation
66	Shawn Hamel	Bangor, ME	Meineke Car Care Center
67	Michael Nest	Lyman, ME	Pave Tek
69	Russel Boivin	Lyman, ME	Olin Recyclin
81	Lewis Anderson	Hollis, ME	N/A
85	Glenn Bradbury	Hollis, ME	Coastal Win Air, Co.
93	Randy Snow	Buxton, ME	1st Stop Convenience Store
96	Jason Webster	Gorham, ME	Victory Lane Indoor Karting
777	Mike St. Germain	Auburn, ME	GOD
47C	Tim Caswell	N. Waterboro, ME	BWC Motorsports
5W	Chris Warming	Hollis, ME	N/A
66X	Steve Coffin	Hollis, ME	Main Street Auto
OO	Joe Melberg	Attleboro, MA	Checkerd Flag Auto Sales

An Action Filled Thursday Night of PASS 400 Weekend at Beech Ridge

(Naples, ME - September 21, 2007) The New England Dodge Dealers Mid-Week Series Finale drew 124 cars for the four 50 lap features to kick off the PASS 400 Weekend on Thursday night at Beech Ridge Motor Speedway, Scarborough, ME.

The Trucks were the first of four 50 lap features, and the #24 of Ray Letellier of Buxton, ME jumped out to the early lead, but it was Marvin Hamilton of New Gloucester, ME who was coming like a banshee on the outside. He made it to second by lap 15, but at the halfway mark it was still Letellier with the #1 Tony Field of Buxton second, Hamilton third, Ryan Farrar of Oxford, ME fourth in the #69, and Matt Dow of Buxton in the #84 rounding out the top five.

Field and Hamilton swapped second a few times on restarts, and Hamilton finally got by Letellier on a restart going into turn one and puts it in cruise around the bottom. But Field wasn't done. And with ten to go Field was right on Hamilton's back bumper, but Hamilton was committed to the bottom and wasn't going to move.

With one to go, Field drove it in hard on the outside of turn one with a lapped car in the middle with Hamilton on the bottom. Coming out of turn two they were still three wide, and Field bounced it off the back stretch wall. He kept his foot in it into turn three and took the checkers. Hamilton was second, Letellier third, Farrar fourth, and Matt Dow of Buxton in the #84 rounding out the top five.

The 350's were next up for their 50 lapper. Nick Coates of Turner, ME took the #12 to the front quickly. On lap six, the #18 of Carl McAlpine of Burham, ME went around Coates for the lead, but it was Richard Spaulding of Lisbon, ME in the yellow #36 using the high groove like Hamilton in the Trucks to get to the front.

But it all came to an abrupt stop on lap 11 as a back marker dumped oil from turn three through turn four, and everyone of the leaders went spinning as the yellow flew. McAlpine recovered quickly and stayed in the lead, but Spaulding knocked the front bumper off and had to pit along with several others.

At halfway, McAlpine was gone. In fact, so far gone he got DQ'd in post race inspection. By lap 35, Spaulding was up to fourth after working his way from the back after his lap 11 visit to the pits. At lap 40, he was third and at lap 45 he was second. He finally caught McAlpine but it was in the tech line. Spaulding was declared the winner, with the #19 of Steve Moon of Gray, ME #12 second, the #12 of Coates second, third, Tim Hatch of Standish, ME in the #58, and Jeremy Leavitt of Poland, ME rounding out the top five.

The 305's were next up for their 50 green-flag laps. The 28 cars took the green, and the #11 of Craig Smith of Waterboro, ME took the point and held the lead over the # 22 of Tom Lovejoy of Kennebunk, ME through a series of yellows. The #4 of Adam Ricci of Westbrook, Me got into the mix by halfway along with the #6 of Robert Williams of Limington, Me.

After a caution on lap 38, Ricci and Lovejoy swapped second back and forth through a couple of yellows, but it was still the #11 of Smith out front.

With two to go, Lovejoy finally got to Smith and pinned him behind a lapped car. Lovejoy pulled away out of turn two and took the win. Smith held on for second, with Ricci third, Williams fourth, and Dana Bean of Alfred, ME fifth.

Thirty three stock 4's took the green in the final 50 lapper of the night. It didn't take long for the fireworks to begin with a multiple car spin in turn one on lap 4. However, things settled down for a while and Mark Childs, Jr of Mechanic Falls, ME was out front with #521 of Scott Farrington of Minot, ME second and the #54 Kyle Hewins of Leeds, ME third.

At the halfway mark, it was still Childs, with Hewins now second, Farrington third, and Josh Childs of Oxford, ME in the #3 fourth. A caution on lap 33 gave Hewins in the $54 a chance for the lead and he took into turn one side by side with Childs, Jr and came out of turn two with the lead.

However, Hewins trip to the front was short lived as the #3 of Childs (not Jr) took the lead on lap 35 and pulled away over the final 15 laps. The #521 of Farrington was second, Hewins third, Childs Jr in the #95 fourth, and the #119 of Greg Norton of Lewiston, ME fifth.

If Thursday night's action was any indication of the racing fans will see on Saturday and Sunday, it will be quite a show. Saturday is qualifying day for the PASS Super Late Models, Outlaw Late Models, Modifieds, Sportsman, Wildcats, and Roadrunners. Saturday will also feature the Victory Lane Indoor Karting Wildcat 75 lap feature and the T & K and Sons Concrete Roadrunner 25. On Sunday, it's the PASS North Super Late Models in the 300 green-flag lap DJ Equipment 300, the Outlaw Late Models in the Norway Savings Bank 75, the PASS Modifieds in the Price-Rite Fuels 40, and the PASS Sportsman in the Pullen Heavy Industries 100.

THURSDAY
New England Dodge
Dealers Mid-Week Series
FINISHES

Truck Feature UNOfficial Finish - 9/20

Pos.

Car #

Name

Town

Sponsor

1

1

Tony Field

Buxton, Me

Francover Const/Energize Me Electric

2

7

Marvin Hamilton

New Glouster, Me

Emerson Toyota

3

24

Ray Letellier

Buxton, Me

Jeffs Garage

4

69

Ryan Farrar

Oxford, Me
-

5

84

Matt Dow

Buxton, Me

Hews Truck Body

6

88

Mike Field

Buxton, Me

Dave Gutters Meat Market

7

74

Jake Burns

Gray, Me

Portland Insulation

8

02

Chad Emery

Buxton, Me

Rick Emery and Sons

9

96

Chad Binette

Arundel, Me

Champion Auto

10

2

Jerry Kennie

Waterboro, Me
-

11

68

Roger Allard

Harpswell, Me

Lucas Auto Repair

12

44

Jeff Gillette

So. Portland, Me
-

13

6

Dale Gagne

No. Waterboro, Me

Lake Side Market

14

33

Joe Manson

Gray, Me

Roe Racing

15

16

Rick Emmons

Bar Mills, Me

Douglas Brothers

16

5

Russ Anderson

Portsmouth, NH
-

17

66

Joe Maines

Portland, Me

Tri Tank welding

18

19

Rick Hebert

Peru, Me

Tommy Guns Pit Stop

19

17

Jeff Meserve

Saco, Me

The Wood Doctor

20

3

Duane Booth

Wells, Me

Chase Hamlyn

21

93

Kevin Rumery

No. Newfield, Me
-

V-8 305's UNOfficial Finish - 9/20

Pos

Car #

Name

Town

1

22

Tom Lovejoy

Kennebuck, ME

2

11

Craig Smith

Waterboro, Me

3

4

Adam Ricci

Westbrook, ME

4

6

Robert Williams

Limington, ME

5

45

Dan Bean

Alfred, ME

6

01

Josh Anderson

Waterboro, Me

7

13

Paul Emery

Steep Falls, ME

8

85

Donal Fenderson

Wells, ME

9

99

Meagan Black

Limington, ME

10

64

Renn Noble

W Kennebunk, ME

11

2x

Tyler Tenney

Windham,ME

12

4x

Phil Chapman

Saco, ME

13

77

Wayne Elkins

Sanford, ME

14

8

Paul Ureneck

Portland, ME

15

21

Jonathan Lord

Scar. ME

16

31

Davd Turner

Buxton

17

7

Rusty Whitten

Saco, ME

18

71

Preston Kennie Jr

Westbrook, ME

19

20

Keith Stiffler

Scar. ME

20

29

Kevin Rumney

W Newfield, ME

21

24

Scott Dery

Hollis, Me

22

6x

Troy Leach

Arundel, ME

23

72

Jeffrie Beaulieu

Hollis Ctr, ME

24

88

Steve Swendson

Gorham, ME

25

29x

Ken Varney

Oxford, ME

26

83

Neil Hobson

Alfred, ME

27

25

Bob Hogan

Wells, ME

28

96

Ceaser Morgan

W Paris, ME

Stock 4 UNOfficial Finish - 9/20

Pos

Car #

Name

Town

1

3

Josh Childs

Oxford, ME

2

521

Scott Farrington

Minot, Me

3

54

Kyle Hewins

Leeds, ME

4

95

Mark Childs Jr

McFalls, ME

5

119

Gregg Norton

Lewiston, Me

6

12x

Mark Syllvain

Portland, ME

7

84

Doug DeGroat

Oxford, ME

8

85

Jeff Herbert

Auburn, Me

9

05

Errol Smith

Stow, ME

10

72

Preston Peabbles

Falmouth, ME

11

333

Craig Farrington

Hebron, ME

12

29

Chris Peters

N Waterboro, ME

13

56

Mike Short

Auburn, Me

14

7

Charles Webster

Auburn, Me

15

115

Craig Pyy

Gorham, ME

16

83

Brady Romano

Livermore Falls, ME

17

17

Kevin Jalbert

E Waterboro, Me

18

5

Tyson Jordan

Poland, ME

19

41

james Wood

New Gloucester, ME

20

86

Nic Stanley

Buckfield, ME

21

82

Martin Krauter

Raymond

22

07

Todd Hubbard

So Portland, ME

23

5x

Nick Cusack

Scar. ME

24

88

Derek Cook

Wilton, ME

25

6

Troy Jordan

Turner, ME

26

32x

Brian Hawthorne

New Gloucester, ME

27

41m

Logan Melcher

Livermore Falls, ME

28

25

Dave Moreau

E Waterboro, Me

29

16

Mike Ward

Harrison, Me

30

12

Calvin Rose Jr

Turner, ME

31

67

Brain Beaulieu

Limerick, ME

32

106

Nathan Guptill

N Turner, ME

33

50

Todd Foss

Windham, ME

V-8 350's UNOfficial Finish - 9/20

1

36

Richard Spaulding

Lisbon, ME

2

19

Steve Moon

Gray, ME

3

12

Nick Coates

Turner, ME

4

58

Tim Hatch

Standish, ME

5

77

Jeremy Leavitt

Poland, ME

6

27

Patrick Thorne

Standish, ME

7

35x

John Spencer

Auburn, ME

8

61

Mark MacDonald

Ctr. Conway, NH

9

122

Maike Rainville

Littleton, NH

10

69

Steve Wilson Jr

New Flouster, ME

11

99

Jerry Goss

McFalls, ME

12

90

Keith Landry

Oxford, ME

13

11

Craig Smith

Waterboro, ME

14

71

Fred Clavet

Buckfield, ME

15

97

Shannon Judd

Jay, Me

16

777

Mike St Germain

Auburn, ME

17

9

Ralph Felker

Poland, Me

18

35

James Phillips

Gray, ME

19

112

Dennis Morang

S Paris, Me

20

43

Rodney Englehapt Sr

Standish, ME

21

33

Tyler Belanger

E Sumner, Me

22

06

Kevin Cole

Arundel, ME

23

01

George Haskell

Caso, Me

24

18 DQ'd

Carl McAlpine

Burham, ME

View the Lap Boards for
all the 400 Divisions HERE

Maine's Biggest Racers Make Maine's Biggest Race Weekend

(Naples, ME ' September 16, 2007) Now in only its third year, the PASS 400 Weekend brought to you by Richard Moody & Sons Construction, Norway Savings Bank, and Pullen Heavy Industries at Beech Ridge Motor Speedway, Scarborough, ME is rapidly becoming the biggest race event in Northern New England. There will be over 300 race teams competing over the four days from Thursday night September 20th to the big $10,000 to win DJ Equipment PASS North Super Late Model 300 green-flag lap race on Sunday afternoon, but, more importantly, it's the names of the racers who choose to race PASS that make this the biggest show. It's a Who's Who of local racing.

In the PASS North Super Late Model 300 qualifying heats on Saturday the 22nd and in the 300 lapper on Sunday afternoon the 23rd, race fans will see Ben Rowe, Johnny Clark, Mike Rowe, Richie Dearborn, Travis Benjamin, Kelly Moore, Brad Leighton, Dave Dion, Cassius Clark, Alan Wilson, Rick Martin, Gary Smith, and a host of Beech Ridge favorites like Bub Bilodeau, Dan McKeage, Alan Tardif, Curtis Gerry, Billy Rodgers, Donnie Whitten, Kevin Kimball, Mike Fowler, among others.

And how about the under 20 crowd, Trevor Sanborn, Derek Ramstrom, and Adam Bates are currently fifth, seventh, and eighth in the PASS North points chase. And don't forget Joey Porciello, Jeremie Whorff, and Stephen Berry as part of the young guns chasing the frontrunners in the big fast Super Late Models.

The PASS Outlaw Late Models are full of names you know ' Last year's winner Dennis Spencer will be back to defend his title, 2006 Central Division Champion Jimmy Rosenfield, 2006 North Division Champion Matt Lee, Alan Wilson, Walt Hammond, Jay Sands, Mike Harnish, Brian Whitney, Mike Thomas, Tony Ricci in the Mulkern car, Busch North fan favorite Carey Heath, Charlie and Chuck Colby, Donnie Lashua, Mike Fowler, and many more will be there. And it will be another barnburner as they go at it for 75 green-flag laps in the Norway Savings Bank 75 for $2,000 to win or $1,000 and transfer to the PASS 300 that pays $1000 to start. Either way, the winner takes home $2,000 . . . but has a chance for more if he or she transfers.

Several drivers are going to do double duty in both the Outlaws and the Super Late Models ' Mike Fowler, Jay Sands, Alan Wilson and several others have indicated their plans for the big weekend include both races.

The PASS Modified Division will be going at it for 40 green-flag laps in the Price-Rite Fuels 40 on Sunday afternoon. Chris Staples of Brunswick, ME holds a 49 point lead over Troy Morse of Bridgton, ME with Mark Lucas of Harpswell, ME only five markers behind Morse as the season moves into the homestretch. Chris Smith of Scarborough has been Mr. Steady with four thirds in nine races and has a solid hold on fourth in the points. However, the big winners in 2007 have been Gary Norris, Jr of W. Gardner, ME and Jason Taylor of Searsmont, ME with three wins each. With only three races left, it's far from over if Norris and Taylor keep up their winning ways, but Staples, Morse, and Lucas are no rookies with a host of wins up and down the state of Maine.

Some of the best short track racing this year has been in the new PASS Pullen Sportsman Series featuring some of New England's best Limited, Sportsman, Street Stock, and Super Street racers. No matter what you call them at your local track, with over 50 cars already participating this season Dan McKeage, Jerry Harrison, Mike Landry, Robert Emery, Jr, Shane Tatro, and Kurt Hewins have put on some great races in the series premier year. And most recently, Gentleman George Baldwin from Lowell, MA bested them all at Canaan Fair Speedway, Canaan, NH on September 3rd. The Pullen Heavy Industries 100 on Sunday afternoon is sure to be exciting.

Cole Watson of Naples, ME dominated last year's Wildcat 75 with Dan Wink of N. Berwick, Billy Childs, Jr of Leeds, and Brian Caswell of Buxton right behind. But this is a different year, and with more than fifty cars expected for the Victory Lane Indoor Karting 75, someone will surely surprise these top runners in the Saturday afternoon/evening show along with the T & K and Sons Concrete Roadrunner 25. And Saturday also features all the PASS Super Late Model, Outlaw Late Model, Modified, and Sportsman Series heats and consis.

The weekend starts early on Thursday at 5:45pm with the N. E. Dodge Dealers Mid-Week Series with heats and then four fifty lap features for the Stock 4's, V8 305s, V8 350s, and the exciting Truck Series.

Friday is practice day from noon to five with FREE grandstand admission for all fans who want to get a taste of what Saturday and Sunday will be like.

2006 - Sept. 30th at Beech Ridge Motor Speedway, Scarborough, ME
PASS 400 Weekend

2005 - Sept. 25th at Beech Ridge Motor Speedway,
Scarborough, ME
The Pullen Heavy Industries 300

THE DJ EQUIPMENT 300 Sunday, Sept. 23rd 1 - #2 - Mike Rowe 2 - #53 - Alan Wilsom 3 - #35 - Derek Ramstrom Results Here	THE NORWAY SAVINGS BANK 100 Sunday, Sept. 23rd 1 - #58 - J.R. Baril 2 - #84 - Tony RIcci 3 - #01 - Joe Decker Results Here	THE PRICE-RIGHT FUEL 70 Sunday, Sept. 23rd 1 - #1 - Chris Smith 2 - #8 - Jason Taylor 3 - #63 - Tom Oliver Results Here
THE PULLEN HEAVY INDUSTRIES 100 Sunday, Sept. 23rd 1 - #36 - Terry Merril 2 - #7 - Shane Tatro 3 - #38 - Dan McKeage Results Here	THE T AND K AND SONS CONCRETE 25 Saturday, Sept. 22nd 1 - #47 - Tim Caswell 2 - #77 - Edward Pierce 3 - #26 - Todd Lefebvre Results Here	THE VICTORY LANE INDOOR KARTING 75 Saturday, Sept. 22nd 1 - # 53 - Daniel Wink 2 - #03 - Maurice Young 3 - #4 - Dave Brannon Results Here
New England Dodge Dealers Mid-Week Series -Thursday 9/20 Story and Official Finishes HERE