Ben Rowe Victor
at Canaan Fair Speedway
Turner Maine’s Ben Rowe took advantage of a timely restart near the midpoint of
Sunday’s PASS 150 at Canaan (NH) Fair Speedway to snatch the lead away from Richie
Dearborn and motor away to his third Pro All Stars Series win of 2004. Dearborn had a
great run that ended with a second place finish while current PASS point leader Johnny
Clark took home third place honors. Cassius Clark was a contender all day and settled for
fourth at the checkers and Mike Rowe rounded out the top five. Sixth through tenth place
at the finish were Travis Kheil, Sam Sessions, Bobby Cabral, Gege Gravel and Donnie
Whitten.
Johnny Clark topped twenty-five other racers in Sunoco Race Fuel time trials with a lap of
14.005 seconds, edging out Sam Sessions (14.029) and Ben Rowe (14.070) for the honors.
Gege Gravel (14.152) Cassius Clark (14.155) Larry Gelinas (14.175) Mike Rowe (14.176),
Gary Smith (14.200), Richie Dearborn (14.210) and Walt Hammond (14.222) completed the fast
ten for the Pole Dash. Johnny Clark’s luck stood up for the redraw, drawing the pole
position and winning the dash to sit on the pole. Gelinas came home in second with
Dearborn third, Gravel fourth, Smith fifth, Mike Rowe sixth, Cassius Clark seventh,
Sessions eighth, Ben Rowe ninth and Walt Hammond completing the top ten starters.
Clark jumped out front when the feature took the green and looked like he might be able to
duplicate his Canaan win earlier in the season, but it soon become clear that he’d be
challenged this time around. Larry Gelinas ran side by side on an early race restart and
claimed the lead for one lap before settling for second. The early chargers were Dearborn
and Cassius Clark, The pair were on rails in the first half of the race with Dearborn by
J. Clark for the lead and C. Clark quickly by J. Clark for second as Gelinas slid back,
eventually parking the Watts Race Cars entry with mechanical problems.
The front three were setting a fast pace, pulling out to a half track lead over Mike Rowe,
Ben Rowe and Sam Sessions during a long green flag run. But a lap 67 caution brought the
top three back to the field and Ben Rowe knew it was time to try and make his move. Johnny
Clark took advantage of his inside spot to claim second from Cassius Clark, and Ben Rowe
jumped up to third then under Johnny Clark for second, just as the red flag flew for Gary
Smith’s wild flip off the front stretch wall and down over turn one.. Smith walked
away from the spectacular crash and when the field rolled again Rowe was next to leader
Dearborn on the grid. Rowe motored around Dearborn for the lead at lap 75 and Dearborn
looked to be in trouble when both J. Clark and C. Clark went by for second and third
respectively. Dearborn battled back to reclaim the second spot but didn’t have enough
to catch the 2002-2003 PASS champ, who claimed his third PASS victory of 2004 by a margin
of .824 seconds.
Heat race wins went Eric Hudson and Bobby Cabral. Donnie Whitten earned the PASS/Northern
Race Tires Rookie of the Race award for his tenth place finish.
The Pro All Stars travel to Lee USA Speedway for a special Labor Day weekend event on
Sunday September 5th. Practice for the The AutoDealer Magazine.com 150 presented by D-J
Equipment gets underway at noon with Sunoco Race Fuels time trials slated for 2 PM. The
rain date for this event is Monday, September 6th. On your way to the races, stop by one
of ninety Cumberland Farms locations in New Hampshire and Maine and pick up an entry for
the “You Pick the Race” contest. Turn in your entry at the Lee USA ticket booth
and receive five dollars off an adult general admission ticket for the race, and,
you’ll be entered in a drawing for the grand prize: two tickets, airfare and hotel
accommodations for the race of your choice The lucky winning fan can choose any race,
anywhere in the country in 2005, subject to ticket availability and the contest rules on
the entry form. The winning entry will be drawn at the PASS Octoberfest 200 at Thompson
International Speedway, East Thompson, CT on Saturday, October 2, 2004. Discount coupons
are also available in this week’s edition of Speedway Scene and the Racin’
Paper.
For more information, please log on to www.LeeUSASpeedway.com
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Official Order of Finish – Pro All
Stars Series Race #12 – PASS 150
Canaan Fair Speedway – Canaan, NH 8/29/04
1) 00 - Ben Rowe, Turner, ME - Mechanical
Service/Hi-Tech Insulation Chev
2) 33 - Richie Dearborn, Hollis,
ME - Chadwick-BaRoss/Dayton Sand and Gravel Chev
3) 54 - Johnny Clark,
Farmingdale, ME - DNK Select/Clark’s Cars and Parts Chev
4) 8 - Cassius Clark,
Farmington, ME - EJP/DNK Ford
5) 24 - Mike Rowe, Turner, ME - K&K Excavation/Lux Enterprises Chev
6) 24k - Travis Kheil, Denmark, ME - Frechette Tire/K&W Timberlands Chev
7) 0 - Sam Sessions ,So. Paris, ME - Auburn Metal Fab Chev
8) 55 - Bobby Cabral, E. Kingston, NH - RAM Printing/WDW Machine Chev
9) 54g- Gege Gravel, Groton, MA - Eliminator Inc,/Downeast Drilling Chev
10) 83 - Donnie Whitten, Biddeford ME
- R. Moody & Sons Construction Chev
11) 02 - Eric Hudson, Manchester, NH - Newmarket Sand & Gravel Chev
12) 10 - David Avery, Lincoln, NH - White Mt. Motorsports Park Chev
13) 55x- Bobby MacArthur, Beverly, MA - Atlantic Semiconductor Chev
14) 73 - Chris Ross, Malta, NY - Archibee Construction Chev
15) 2 - Todd Patnaude, Swanzey, NH - Patnaude Oil Chev
16) 08 - Donnie Lashua, Canaan, NH - Jack’s Competition Engines Chev
17) 36 - Jay Sands, Seabrook, NH - Sands Circle
Track Parts Chev
18) 35 - Garry Johnson, Hollis, ME - Johnson Trucking/Watson Racing Heads
Chev
19) 01 - Wayne Helliwell Jr., Pelham, NH - Zelonis Excavating Chev
20) 97 - Walt Hammond, Canaan, NH - Carpet Mill Chev
21) 75 - Gary Smith, Bangor, ME - Uncle Henrys.com Chev
22) 77 - Dave Gorveatt, Charlottetown, PEI - Interstate Batteries/PEI
Potatoes Ford
23) 37 - Larry Gelinas, Scarborough, ME - Watts Racing Chev
24) 05 - Pete Frappier, East Derry, NH - R&R Public Wholesalers Chev
25) 47 - Corey Williams, Boothbay, ME - Midnight Oil Co. Chev
26) 12 - Lianne Lombardi, Manchester,
CT - Sunoco Race Fuel Chev |
