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| Cassius
Clark, Johnny Clark, & Bill Rodgers |
| Johnny Clark
Scores PASS 300 |
Scarborough ME (9/12)
Johnny Clark got his shot at the lead late in Sunday’s Pro All
Stars Series (PASS) 300 at Beech Ridge Motor Speedway and he led
when it counted to earn his second win in PASS North’s longest
and richest super late model race. Clark passed Bill Rogers with
forty to go and held off Cassius Clark by less than three tenths
of a second to earn 2010 victory number five for the Clark’s Car
Crushing team.
Cassius Clark took his EJ Prescott mount
to the front several times throughout the event and looked like
the man to beat, but a long battle over third with Richie
Dearborn delayed him from catching the front pair until the
day’s final restart with nineteen to go. Cassius got to Johnny’s
rear bumper cover but the second generation Farmington Flyer
raced the leader hard and clean to the checkers, settling for
second.
Long stretches of green flag racing and plenty of
lead changes highlighted the afternoon. Seekonk Speedway regular
Tom Scully led from the pole to lap 30 when Cassius Clark took
over and ran off to a straightaway lead. Scully took back the
top spot on a restart and then it was Scott Chubbuck using the
outside line to take a turn up front. Beech Ridge regular David
Oliver led next, putting defending and three time race winner
Mike Rowe a lap down just before the 100 lap mark.
Oliver
ducked in the pits following a lap120 caution, handing the lead
to Travis Benjamin but at the midway mark it was Cassius Clark’s
turn to flex his muscle once again He led Benjamin, Johnny
Clark, Richie Dearborn and Bill Rodgers across the line at the
crossed flags.
The PASS 300 features live pitting and
once again strategy, skill and luck in the infield played a role
in the event’s outcome. Three quarters of the field came in for
fuel and tires during a lap 177 caution period and Johnny Clark
was first off pit road with fresh rubber all around, while many
of his challengers had slow stops or problems exiting the
crowded pit road.
It was Donnie Whitten and Lonnie
Sommerville’s turn to battle up front and the pair raced side by
side for nearly fifty laps with Bill Rodgers and Johnny Clark
right behind. The front four raced side by side lap after lap
until Rogers found a way by Sommerville on lap 226, bringing
Johnny Clark with him. Rodgers was strong all day and the July
PASS 150 winner at the Ridge looked like he might just repeat in
the season’s biggest race. Rodgers kept Clark at bay lap after
lap until the four time PASS champ slipped by on the bottom at
lap 260 for the winning move.
Clark’s nearest
championship challenger didn’t fare as well. Ben Rowe’s day was
a long one that ended on lap 232 when a sour engine sent him to
the infield. Clark’s win and Rowe’s 28th place result nearly
locked up a fifth PASS North crown for the Farmingdale Maine
super late model star, his third in a row.
The PASS 300
also carried PASS National Championship status and Clark’s win
put him in contention for that title as well. National points
leader Preston Peltier (15th) second place points man Jay
Fogleman (26th) and National third place runner Rowe (28th) all
had less than stellar results so that title race will go down to
the wire at Newport (TN) Speedway when the PASS South and
National Championships are decided at the Mason-Dixon Meltdown
on October 16.
The PASS North super late models wrap up
their season this Friday evening September 17 at North Woodstock
New Hampshire’s White Mountain Motorsports Park. |
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| UnOfficial
Finish - SLM - Beech Ridge - 9/12 |
1
54 Johnny Clark 300
2 8 Cassius Clark 300
3 53
Bill Rodgers 300
4 33 Richie Dearborn 300
5 84
Scott Mulkern 300
6 21 David Oliver 300
7 17
Travis Benjamin 300
8 14M Matt Frahm 300
9 1T
Chris Thorne 300
10 10 Scott Dragon 300
11 22
Aaron Ricker 300
12 2 Tom Scully Jr. 300
13 77
Scott Chubbuck 300
14 60 DJ Shaw 300
15 26
Preston Peltier 300
16 20 Steve Legendre 300
17
23 Lonnie Sommerville 299 |
18
47 Kelly Moore 299
19 7 Donnie Whitten 299
20 85
Nick Ribbe 298
21 03 Scott Moore 298
22 44
Trevor Sanborn 297
23 73 Joey Doiron 296
24 2X
Mike Rowe 294
25 98 Adam Bates 279
26 4 Jay
Fogleman 243
27 75 Gary Smith 237
28 48 Ben Rowe
224
29 29 Ricky Morse 184
30 17A Scott Alexander
181
31 0 Bill Whorff Jr. 178
32 71 Gary Drew 136
33 79 Keith McKinnon 59 |
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Shaw, McKeage and McKinstry
Winners on PASS 400 Sunday |
Scarborough ME (9/12)
The PASS Sportsman and Mod series joined the North East Mini
Stock tour on Sunday’s PASS 400 Weekend card and all three
divisions came through with exciting extra distance feature
racing for the fans in the stands.
Grant Aither led
thirty two PASS Sportsman racers to the green and kept the lead
until both Jay Sands and Craig Smith slipped under the LEE USA
track champion on lap five when Smith took the point away from
Sands and Clyde Hennessey followed him through. Smith kept the
field at bay until lap 35 when mechanical issues ended his
afternoon. Sands resumed command and ran away and hid, but
another caution erased his straightaway lead. Meanwhile the PASS
points leaders had worked their way toward the front Mike
Landry, Dan McKeage, and Carey Martin restarted 4th, 6th and
7the respectively. On the restart Landry made his way to second
with McKeage hot on his heels. Now it was time to challenge
Sands. Sands ran the second groove and Landry the bottom, the
pair battling side by side at the half way mark. Hennessey sat
third, McKeage fourth and Martin fifth when the field received
the crossed flags.
The second half of the 100 lapper
featured some longer green flag runs and there was no lack of
action. Sands and Landry were still battling for the point and
Carey Martin won a battle with McKeage for fourth. The yellow
flag flew at lap seventy one and PASS Sportsman point leader
Landry was forced to pit returning to the line- up twentieth.
Sands now had Martin on his tail with McKeage, Hennessey, and
Corey Bubar the top five.
McKeage moved under Martin on
the restart and the 2010 Beech Ridge Pro Series champ took the
battle to Sands. Meanwhile Landry was watching his thirteen
point series slip away, sitting in fourteenth spot with two rows
of side by side traffic holding him back. His day went from bad
to worse on lap 85 when he got together with Nate Leavitt and
crashed off the top of turn three, ending a great race. Race
control parked Leavitt for the night.
So Sands had
McKeage, Martin and Hennessey to contend with at 15 to go and
the front four raced side by side with McKeage by a nose on lap
88,clearing Sands on lap 89. Sands now had his hands full with
Carey Martin, giving McKeage a two car length edge, the most any
leader had enjoyed all night. At the stripe there was a new PASS
Sportsman point leader as Dan McKeage captured his first win of
2010 with Sands, Martin, Hennessey and Bubar second through
fifth.
Sumner Sessions jumped out front early in the 50
lap PASS Mod main with Rich Ferriera second and Scott McDaniel
up to race third. McDaniel and Jon Brill split the leader with a
three wide move to take over the top two spots. Brill took over
the point on a lap 13 restart but McDaniel continued to
challenge on the bottom, settling into second just in front of
Andy Shaw. That trio took off and left the pack and the order
remained the same at the half way mark with past series champion
Mark Lucas and Allan Wilson completing the top five. Shaw made
his move on McDaniel on lap 28 and set sail after Brill. Without
a doubt Shaw was looking for a a win to go with his first series
championship The caution flew with 15 laps to go, giving Shaw
his best shot at Brill. Shaw nosed ahead on the restart and
cleared the 77 on lap 39 but the front four raced nose to tail.
Another caution gave the front four another shot at the checkers
with eight to go. Brill took over the lead after one last
caution inducing spin but Shaw came right back on the outside to
fulfill every racer’s dream when the third generation racer
captured both the PASS Mod fifty lap feature and the 2010 PASS
Mod title on the same day. Brill, McDaniel, Lucas and Wilson
finished second through fifth.
The North East Mini Stock
Tour made their first PASS 300 Sunday appearance and the 50 lap
feature win went to Vermonter Chris McKinstry with Tim Boyle
second and Calvin Rose third.
The PASS Sportsman
Championship will be decided on October 16 when the series wraps
up their 2010 campaign at Riverside Speedway in Groveton NH. |
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PASS MODS 50: L to R -
Scott McDaniel #14, 3rd;
Winner & 2010 PASS Mod Champ Andy
Shaw; and Jon Brill #77, 2nd. |
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PASS MODS 50 -
UNOFFICIAL RESULTS - SUN. 9/12 |
1 66
Andy Shaw
2
77 Jon Brill
3 14 Scott McDaniel
4 9 Marc Lucas
5 53W Alan Wilson
6 2X Wayne
Whitten Jr. |
7 33
Bill Dixon
8
50 Sumner Sessions
9 53 Leo Oliiveira
10 56X Richard
Ferreira
11
28 Mark Lundbland
12 20 Charlie Small |
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SPORTSMAN 100: L to R
- Jay Sands #09, 2nd; Winner Dan McKeage #38;
and Carey
Martin #18, 3rd. |
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SPORTSMAN 100 -
UNOFFICIAL RESULTS - SUN. 9/12 |
1 38 Dan McKeage
2 09 Jay Sands
3 18 Carey
Martin
4 8
Clyde Hennessey
5 42 Corey Bubar
6 58NH Sparky
MacIver
7 7OZ
Grant Aither
8 75 Doug Wolfe Jr.
9 63 Russell Morse
10 54 Steve Fogg
11 16 Dan
Colpritt
12
34 Spencer Morse
13 83 Ryan Greene
14 40M Laura McKeage
15 07 Richard
Pelton
16 0
Shane Green |
17
60D Dave Torfano
18 51A RJ Austin
19 58 Lyman McKeage
20 40 Mike
Landry
21 2
Robert Emery
22 35x Kris Watson
23 60ME Scott Dorr
24 77 Sally Ghrardi
25 20 Frank
Wear
26 80
Steve Moulton
27 15 Craig Smith
28 36x Peter Cook
29 7 Shane
Tatro
30 35
Bobby Nadeau
31 7x Jimmy Burnham
32 36 Nate Leavitt |
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NORTH
EAST MINI STOCKS: L to R - Calvin Rose Jr.#81. 3rd;
Winner
Chris McKinstry #8; and Tim Boyle #90. |
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NEMST 50 -
UNOFFICIAL RESULTS - SUN. 9/12 |
1. 8 Chris
McKinstry
2. 81 Calvin Rose
3. 77 Ashley Marshall
4. 09
Joe Turner
5. 1 Dylan Lancaster
6. 18 Tim Collins
7. 41
Loren Smith
8. 18x Nik Coates
9. 88 Emerson Cayer
10. 4
Rob Gioia
11. 86 Jeff Hebert
12. 3 Kevin Bishop |
13. 90 Tim
Boyle
14. 34 Roger Ducharme
15. 41M Larry Melcher
16. 2
Rob Greenleaf
17. 31 Adam Armstrong
18. 10 Jimmy Childs
DNS 42 Loren Smith Jr.
DNS 95 Bruce Knowles
Note: #90
Tim Boyle received a 1 lap penalty after failing tech inspection
and dropped from 2nd to 13th. |
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Vaughn, Dow and Beaulieu Claim
Saturday PASS 400 Weekend Wins |
Scarborough ME (9/11)
Day three of PASS 400 weekend was highlighted by qualifying for
all three PASS North touring divisions plus features for the
Legends, Road Runners and Wildcats.
144 race cars rolled
through the Beech Ridge Motor Speedway back gate and from the
first green to the final checker the fans in the stands
witnessed short track racing at its finest.
Tom Scully
Jr., Joey Doiron, David Oliver and PASS Super Late Model point
leader Johnny Clark all claimed their qualifiers. Super Late
Model consolation rounds went to PASS National Series point
leader Preston Peltier and 2009 PASS North Rookie of the Year
Nick Ribbe. Sunday’s Last Chance race will determine the final
qualifiers for the 300 lap, $10,000 to win PASS 300.
Heat race wins for
Sunday’s PASS Sportsman 100 went to Grant Aither, Jay Sands and
Craig Smith Sumner Sessions and John Brill came out on top of
the PASS Mod heats. The Mods will run a 50 lap feature Sunday
and a new PASS Mod Champion will be crowned.
With PASS qualifying
complete it was feature time for the Road Runners and the field
made quick work of their show with just one lap nineteen caution
to mar the 25 lapper. Matt Dow captured the win over Shawn
Brackett, David Turner, Tasha Dyer and Donnie Dinsmore.
A twenty two car
Legends field ran a 50 lap Nationals qualifier and when the dust
cleared it was Evan Beaulieu in victory lane.
Seventy five laps for the Wildcats
wrapped up the day’s racing with Mike Short leading the thirty
two car field to the green. Short jumped out front from the pole
but a miscue sent him back through the field and Nate Leavitt
took over the point. Leavitt, Keith Stewart and David Vaughn
broke away from the pack at the halfway mark and the trio ran
nose to tail until ten to go when Stewart experienced troubles
and Vaughn went on by for second.
The caution flew with two circuits
remaining, setting up a green-white-checker with Leavitt on the
inside and Vaughn on the high side. The pair raced side by side
to the white flag, but Vaughn snatched the top spot from Leavitt
coming off turn two to claim the win. Leavitt, Steve Benicasa,
Louie Anderson and Matt Dow came home second through tenth.
On Sunday the feature racing goes
green at 12:15 PM sharp with
the PASS North super late model
last chance qualifier, qualifying and a
50 lap feature for the North East Mini Stock Tour, 100 laps for
the PASS Sportsman and the big one, the sixth annual PASS 300.
|
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ROADRUNNERS: L to R -
David Turner #21; 3rd; Shawn Bracett #31, 2nd;
and Winner
Matt Dow, #84. |
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ROADRUNNERS -
UNOFFICIAL RESULTS -SAT. 9/11 |
1 84 Matt
Dow
2 31 Shawn Brackett
3 21 David Turner
4 7 Tasha
Dyer
5 29 Donnie Dinsmore
6 24 Ray Letellier
7 6
Clayton Lauber |
8 74 Kari
Thibideau
9 77
10 89 Ryan Phillips
11 41 Mark Laigle
12 81 Ray Dinsmore
13 64 Brian Graffam |
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WILDCATS: L to R -
Nate Leavitt #36, 2nd; Winner David Vaughn #84x;
and Steve
Venicasa #41, 3rd. |
| WILDCATS -
UNOFFICIAL RESULTS -SAT. 9/11 |
1 84X
David Vaughn
2 36 Nate Leavitt
3 41 Steve Benicasa
4 81 Louie Anderson
5 84
Matt Dow
6
61 Matt Gain
7 12 Skip Tripp
8 47 Brian
Caswell
9 93
Randy Snow
10 5
Chris Warming
11 22 Paul Lund
12 83 Shawn Gilpatrick
13 83G Mike St. Germain
14 23 Joe Morse
15 14 Mad Max
16 88 Scott Deery |
17 62 Andy Ayers
18 18
Bob Eddy
19 8 Keith Stuart
20 11
21 70
Dan Bean
22 73 Matt Hodgdon
23 40
Lyman McKeage
24 2X Jeremy Morales
25 1 Mike Short
26 15 Kyle Nicely
27 2
28 35
Alby Ovitt
29 7 Travis Dyer
30 50 Dave Cameron
31 00
Mike Poole
32 3 Jesse Tolman |
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LEGENDS: L to R -
Reginald Leeman #71, 3rd; Winner Evan Beaulieu #56;
and Bob
Weymouth #399, 2nd. |
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Thursday Night Open Gets PASS 400 Weekend
Off to a Fast Start |
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NAPLES ME
(9/10) The stars of Maine’s mid week racing series took the spot
light Thursday, opening four days of motorsports mania at
Scarborough Maine’s Beech Ridge Motor Speedway.120 of the fast
and furious racers answered the call to get the sixth annual
PASS 400 party started in style.
The
Four Cylinders kicked off the
night with a fifty lap feature and a thirty-one car field. Kyle
Hewins made it two in a row on PASS 400 Thursday night,
surviving a torrid battle with Troy Jordan. The pair worked lap
traffic for much of the night and Jordan got the better of
Hewins from laps 11 to 26 but Hewins was able to drive under
Morse to reclaim the lead. The pair put on a show as they worked
lap traffic, splitting slower cars and battling for the $500.00
payday e but into the end it was Hewins by 6 car lengths.
The 305/Mad Bomber feature was
up next and Adam Lovejoy jumped out front early. Trouble was,
Lovejoy made that jump a little too soon and he was docked four
spots at the next yellow. That put Paul Ureneck out front on the
restart but Lovejoy wasted no time getting to second, putting
his ride on Ureneck’s bumper by lap 15. AT the half-way mark it
was still Ureneck with Lovejoy hot on his heels, then a
straightaway back to Kirk Bean, John Lord and Jason Inman.
Lovejoy saw an opening on the bottom and took over the top spot
at the line on lap 31 to claim the feature over Ureneck, Kirk
Bean, Jon Lord and Jason Curtis.
The
Mighty Truckers were up next with
Chad Binette and Troy Field occupying the front row Binette led
lap one but Field hung tough on the outside and led lap two.
Binette kept the pressure on but Field kept control, slowly
building upon his lead. At the half way it was Fields, Binette,
Brian Beaulieu, Duane Booth and Roger Allard the top five.
Jeremy Binette moved up to run fourth with ten to go and Ryan
Farrar broke into the top five. Farrar took fourth away from
Jeremy Binette with five remaining. Binette caught Field in
lapped traffic but Field made it three wide to keep the lead and
take home the win by a truck length.
The
350/Outlaws rolled out for the
night’s final fifty lapper with Bill Childs Jr. and Mike Short
leading the 33 car field to the green. Childs and Short raced
the early laps like they were the final five, side by side and
rubbing fenders. Short got the jump on an early restart but
Childs kept his ride right on Short’s bumper with Chris Burgess
and Corey Morgan giving chase. The caution flew on lap seven and
race control sent Short to the back of the pack for jumping the
previous restart. Short chose to take his mount to the pits and
call it a night. That gave Childs back the point with Chris
Burgess to his outside. Another early caution flew but not
before Corey Morgan was able to take over second from Burgess.
That set up a Childs/Morgan restart. Once again it was Childs in
the lead with Morgan right on his bumper then Ryan Robbins,
Burgess, and Dan Lovejoy third through fifth. Childs held the
point at half way and Burgess reclaimed third from Robbins. The
Outlaws were having a serious bout with yellow fever but Childs
was keeping the field behind him with little difficulty. A lap
34 restart decided the race when Childs failed to come up to
speed on the restart, sliding all the way back to fourth. It was
Morgan to the lead with Burgess second but Childs was on the
move, taking over second from Burgess with ten to go. Morgan had
a ten car length advantage but Childs slowly narrowed the gap.
Robbins spun out of fourth with eight to go, setting up a battle
between Childs and Morgan for the win. The pair got an even
restart with Morgan prevailing. Childs stayed right on his
bumper, applying the chrome horn but Morgan withstood the
challenge and slid across the finish line with an assist from
Childs for the victory. Childs, Burgess, Dan Lovejoy and Brian
Picard finished second through fifth.
Saturday September 11 is race time
with qualifying for the PASS Super Late Models, Mods and
Sportsman plus feature racing for the Road Runners,
Wildcat/Strictly and Legends divisions. The first green flies at
12:15 PM.
Sunday September 12
will see 50 laps for the PASS Mods, 100 for the PASS Sportsman
and a new addition for 2010, a 50 lapper for the North East Mini
Stock Tour. Topping off the day will be the sixth annual PASS
300, 300 green flag laps for the super stars in the super cars.
Sunday practice gets underway at 11:00 AM and the first
feature is set for a 12:15 PM green flag. All the details are on
line at www.proallstarsseries.com and
www.beechridge.com
MIGHTY TRUCKS -
UNOFFICIAL RESULTS -THURS. 9/9
1 1
Troy Field Buxton ME
2 96 Chad Binette Arundel ME
3 24 Brian Beaulieu
Saco ME
4 69
Ryan Farrar S. Paris ME
5 96X Jeremy Binette E. Waterboro ME
6 50 Duane
Booth Wells ME
7 66 Roger Allard Cundy’s Harbor ME
8 2 Mike
Carrigan Somersworth NH
9 22 Jeff Schmidt
10 29 Dale Gagne N
Waterboro ME
11 3 Kurt Nolden Cape Neddick ME
12 17 Ken Coombs
Gray ME |
13 35
Sean Smith So. Windham ME
14 71 Peter Reynolds Limington ME
15 8 Tom Petrin
Lyman ME
16
88 Chaz Briggs Westbrook ME
17 1X Charlie Sanborn Scarborough ME
18 19 David
Lamson Saco ME
19 68 Opie Allard Harpswell ME
20 2X Gary Perkins
North Waterboro ME
21 39 Corey Williams Sumner ME
22 16 Rick Emmons
Waterboro ME
23 6 Travis Lovejoy Alfred ME |
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305/MAD BOMBERS
- UNOFFICIAL RESULTS
-THURS. 9/9
1 33
Adam Lovejoy Sanford ME
2 8 Paul Ureneck Portland ME
3 70 Kirk Bean Jr.
Alfred ME
4
21 John Lord Scarborough ME
5 5 Jason Curtis Hollis ME
6 11 Garrett Hall
Scarborough ME
7 42 Johnny Wolfe Gorham ME
8 12 David Marsh
Buxton ME
9
19 Ryan Tenney Windham ME
10 94 Archer Bernard Sanford ME
11 08 Ryan Villacci
Falmouth ME |
12 1
Charlie Sanborn Scarborough ME
13 97 Jason Inman
Steep Falls ME
14 13 Brian Babb Windham ME
15 6 Robert Williams
Limington
16
96 Devin DiRenzo Windham ME
17 25 Bob Hogan Wells ME
18 64
19 01 Jeff Cannell
Standish ME
20 35 Kristina Nadeau Buxton ME
21 16 Tim Brown
Westbrook ME |
350/OUTLAWS -
UNOFFICIAL RESULTS -THURS. 9/9
1 26 Corey Morgan
2 1 Bill Childs Jr.
Peru ME
3 07
Chris Burgess Buckfield ME
4 22 Tom Lovejoy Alfred ME
5 68 Brian Picard
Gorham ME
6
84 Matt Dow Buxton ME
7 08
8 31 Shawn Brackett Gray ME
9 9 Ryan Robbins
Dixfield ME
10 67 Michael Haynes Livermore Falls ME
11 14 Scott Hethcoat
Danville ME
12 11X Dennis Hall Scarborough ME
13 81 Ray Dinsmore
Waterboro ME
14 11 Spencer Morse Waterford ME
15 99 Matt Lude
Hollis ME
16
37 David Brown Oxford ME
17 04 Ray Chesley Porter ME |
18 00
Mike Childs Turner ME
19 7
20 18 Thom Bell Minot ME
21 86 Zack Emerson
Durham ME
22
82 Jeremy Paradis Minot ME
23 36 Nick Hoyt Poland ME
24 50 Jim Lavoie
Alfred ME
25
23 John White Sr. New Gloucester ME
26 04X Zach Bowie
Poland ME
27
78 Pat Malloy Lisbon Falls
28 54 Jonathan Baldwin Auburn ME
29 59 Tyson Jordan
Poland ME
30
01 Ed Connolly Scarborough ME
31 3X Mike Short
Auburn ME
32
64 Renn Noble Kennebunk ME
33 1X Matt Hodsdon Scarborough ME |
FOUR CYLINDERS
- UNOFFICIAL RESULTS -THURS. 9/9
1 54 Kyle Hewins
Leeds ME
2 6
Troy Jordan Turner ME
3 26 Kyle Treadwell Auburn ME
4 5X Justin Moore
Skowhegan ME
5 56 Derrick Cook
6 2 Craig Bartlett Denmark ME
7 59 Corey Bealieu
W. Paris ME
8
93 Jamie Leavitt Minot ME
9 46 Jason Berry Turner ME
10 12
11 55X Ryan Hewins
Leeds ME Gorham ME
12 83 Brady Romano Livermore Falls ME
13 86 Jeff
Hebert Auburn ME
14 11 Jeff Walker Saco ME
15 91
16 69 Jeff Kearney
Limerick ME |
17 55
Craig Pyy II Gorham ME
18 5
19 15 Craig Pyy Gorham ME
20 28 David Stone
Jr. Sanford ME
21 8X Nate Dubuc Lewiston ME
22 1 Dan Walker
Yarmouth ME
23 3 Charlie Hall Oxford ME
24 8 Kevin Noyes Raymond ME
25 51 Dustin Moreau
Lyman ME
26
08 Sean Maguire Otisfield ME
27 50 Todd Foss
Windham ME
28
18 Tasha Dyer Arrowsic ME
29 33 Jonah Farrington Minot ME
30 64 Gary
Salamancha Old Orchard Beach
31 20 Adam Jalbert
Waterboro ME |
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The PASS 400 Weekend Is
Just Around the Corner |
Naples ME (8/31) While the
Pro All Stars Series (PASS) super late model race teams are
prepping for the return of oval track racing to North Wilkesboro
(NC) Speedway this weekend, there’ another big weekend of racing
on the horizon when the PASS Super Late Models, Mods and
Sportsman take to another history-laden venue in the form of
Maine’s Beech Ridge Motor Speedway on September 11 and 12.
It’s the sixth edition of PASS 400 weekend, a four day
motorsports extravaganza that’s become a must attend event for
racers and race fans from all over the eastern seaboard. It’s
the longest race of the season for all three PASS North touring
series, and there’s track time for almost every circle track
division one can find in northern New England.
There’ll be a full field of super late models on hand to try and
break the Rowe stranglehold on the 300 lap grind. Mike and Ben
Rowe finished 1-2 in the inaugural PASS 300 and Ben earned the
victory in 2006. Ben’s dad was back in victory lane in 2007 but
Johnny Clark broke the Rowe win skein in 2008. Mike Rowe came
back in 2009 to score his third PASS 300.
So
will the Rowe family dominance continue in 2010, or will a new
face grace victory lane? Certainly there’s plenty of worthy
challengers. Johnny Clark has already proven he can get the job
done. Adam Bates would like nothing better than to reclaim his
Beech Ridge dominance in the 300. Bates has had a tough season
but there’s no question he and his team are capable of putting
together a winning performance at the Cusack family’s immaculate
oval. Beech Ridge regular Bill Rodgers scored a big PASS win in
July, and he knows the secret to being around at the end of
distance races. Kelly Moore is due at the Ridge, and the veteran
racer still has all the necessary tools to score in the 300.
Cassius Clark is third in the series standings, but he hasn’t
stood atop the podium in 2010. Beech Ridge might be the perfect
opportunity for Cash to cash in.
What about Trevor Sanborn? He’s won in both PASS North and
South, he’s a multi-time weekly Pro Series winner at Beech
Ridge, but a PASS win on his home track continues to elude him.
He’s come close on many occasions, but he has all the pieces to
the puzzle now and 2010 may be his year to capture the big one.
The
list of potential winners goes on and on, and the fact that the
PASS 300 is race four of the five race PASS National
Championship series will likely add PASS National and PASS South
point leader Preston Peltier and his nearest National
Championship challenger Jay Fogleman into the mix as well.
The
four day racing party gets started Thursday at 5:45 PM with the
Little Guy’s PASS mid-week open (more on that next week!), and
there’s a full day of practice set for Friday September 10th ,
starting at 12:00 noon. On Saturday September 11th the racing
goes green in earnest with qualifying for the PASS Super Late
Models, Mods and Sportsman plus feature racing for the Road
Runners, Wildcat/Strictly and Legends divisions.
Then on Sunday September 12th its feature time: 50 laps for the
PASS Mods, 100 for the PASS Sportsman and a new addition for
2010, a 50 lapper for the New England Mini Stock Tour. Topping
off the day will be the sixth annual PASS 300, 300 green flag
laps for the super stars in the super cars.
Sunday practice gets underway at 11:00 AM and the first feature
is set for a 12:15 PM green flag.
Look for more information as the big weekend approaches at
www.beechridge.com |
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| Mid-Week Warriors Kick
Off PASS 400 Weekend at Beech Ridge Thursday |
Naples ME (9/6) Their
racing divisions have the best names in the sport;; Mad
Bombers, Mighty Trucks, Outlaws, Varsity, Runnin’
Rebels, Beetle Bugs and a whole bunch more. They’re the
Mid Week Warriors that take little more than a street
car (or truck), add the required safety equipment and go
racing. For many competitors they are in their first
race car ever, and for others the mid week racing wars
are just perfect for their budget. It takes cubic inches
and talent to win at this level, not cubic dollars.
Maine’s midweek racers put on some of the most
competitive and exciting racing out there and they will
be in the spotlight Thursday September 9th when they
kick off PASS 400 weekend ay Scarborough Maine’s Beech
Ridge Motor Speedway. Depending on car count there’s up
to fifty laps of racing and five hundred dollars on the
line for the winners. That payday is more than most of
these guys and gals can earn in a season, so there’s
plenty of incentive to win this one. The back gate at
Beech Ridge swings open at noon and practice gets
underway at 2:00 PM.
2009 Thursday night feature
wins went to Kyle Hewins (Runnin’ Rebel four cylinder),
Chad Binette (MightyTrucks), Jason Curtis (Junior
Varsity) and Larry Emerson (Outlaws).
The biggest
Maine racing week of 2010 gets started Thursday at 5:45
PM. There’s a full day of practice set for Friday
September 10th starting at 12:00 noon. On Saturday
September 11th the racing goes green in earnest with
qualifying races for the PASS Super Late Models, Mods
and Sportsman plus feature racing for the Road Runners,
Wildcat/Strictly and Legends divisions.
Then on
Sunday its feature racing time with extra distance for
every division. There are 50 laps on tap for the PASS
Mods, 100 for the PASS Sportsman and a new addition for
2010, a 50 lapper for the North East Mini Stock Tour.
Topping off the day will be the sixth annual PASS 300,
300 green flag laps for the super stars in the super
cars of the Pro All Stars Series with a cool $10,000.00
on the line for the 300 winner.
Sunday practice
gets underway at 11:00 AM and the first feature is set
for a 12:15 PM green flag. |
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