Race 3 2006 - Canaan 5-27-06

The PASS 150
Canaan Fair Motorsports Park - Saturday, May 27th

Cassius Clark and the Chapman Racing Team signal Three Wins for 2006!










Heat Action >>>>

	--	Photos by Norm Marx

OFFICIAL FINISHING ORDER The PASS 150 Canaan Fair Asphalt Speedway - Saturday, May 27th - Practice, Heats, Dash, Feature, & Lap Chart at http://PASS2006.mylaps.com/
-	#	*Driver*	Hometown	Make	Sponsors
1	8	Cassius Clark	Farmington, ME	Ford	EJP, Chapman Trucking
2	14	Rich Martin	Taunton, MA	Chevy	G. Lopes Construction
3	33	Richie Dearborn	Hollis, ME	Chevy	Chadwick BaRoss
4	29	Scott Chubbuck	Wiscasset, ME	Ford	Cushman Competition
5	24	Mike Rowe	Turner, ME	Chevy	LUX Enterprises, T K & Sons Concrete
6	53	Alan Wilson	Hebron, ME	Chevy	Wilson Logging
7	4	Ben Rowe	Turner, ME	Chevy	Richard Moody & Sons Construction Co. LLC
8	47	Corey Williams	Boothbay, ME	Dodge	AEGIS Investigations
9	75	Gary Smith	Bangor, ME	Chevy	UncleHenrys.com
10	17	Travis Benjamin	Morrill, ME	Ford	Belfast Variety, Morrill General
11	44	Travis Khiel	Denmark, ME	Chevy	John Khiel Logging & Chipping, Richard Moody & Sons Construction Co. LLC
12	66	Mike Parks	Charlestown, NH	Chevy	Madsen Motorsports
13	8t	Alan Tardiff	Lyman, ME	Chevy	Kevin Bedard Contracting
14	54	Johnny Clark	Hallowell, ME	Chevy	Clark's Cars and Parts, TDS Telcom
15	91	Patrick Laperle	St. Denis, Quebec	Chevy	Precision JLM Inc.
16	40	Eric Chase	Milton, VT	Chevy	Gary Clay Builders
17	28x	Matt Eaton	Little Dear Island, ME	Chevy	Tirewarehouse, The Granite Shop
18	55	Bobby McArthur	Beverly, MA	Chevy	Atlantic Semi-Conductor
19	11	Erik Worster	Winterport, ME	Chevy	Area Home Center
20	35	Garry Johnson	Hollis, ME	Chevy	Johnson Trucking, Watson Racing Heads
Heat One: 8t - 8 - 35 - 91 - 66 - 24 - 29 - 53 - 11 - 28
Heat Two: 54 - 44 - 14 - 47 - 4 - 75 - 40 - 17 - 55 - 33

Cassius Clark Goes Three in a Row With Canaan Victory

NAPLES, ME (May 29, 2006) – Second-generation driver Cassius Clark continued his perfect win streak in Pro All Stars Series (PASS) North competition in 2006 by pulling into winner’s circle at Canaan Fair Speedway (NH) on Saturday night. The Farmington, ME driver quickly worked his way from the 11th starting position into the top five during the 150-lap main event, and passed leaders Johnny Clark and Patrick Laperle just before both were eliminated from contention at lap 139.

Former PASS Champion Johnny Clark, who had led all but six laps to the point of his demise, suffered damage from a broken rear brake rotor while out front. Debris from the brake rotor damaged Clark’s rear wheel hub and then bounced into Laperle’s car, cutting Laperle’s brake line off his brake master cylinder. As PASS officials threw the caution flag to clean up leaking fluid from both cars, Laperle retired to the pit area, while Clark attempted the restart but pulled off immediately after the green.

At the restart, Cassius Clark held off the challenges of Rick Martin and Richie Dearborn to capture his third PASS North victory in three events, the seventh win of his career. Despite having to add extra weight to his EJP, Inc./PEP Transportation Ford while utilizing an optional two-barrel carburetor engine, Clark has been untouchable in 2006. No driver had previously swept the first three events of any PASS season, and a fourth-straight win would be an all-time PASS record for consecutive victories.

“We’re going pretty good right now, but tonight was pretty tough, that’s for sure,” Cassius said following the victory. “We had a good car, but on the restarts the four-barrel cars were really killing us on the straightaways. The extra weight definitely took something away from us, but once we got going I started gaining on Johnny and Patrick a little bit. Johnny had trouble at the end and it took Patrick out too, so I guess it just worked out for us tonight. Sometimes it’s better to be lucky than good.”

Like most drivers in the field, multi-time Seekonk Speedway (MA) Champion Rick Martin of Taunton, MA benefited from the problems that took Johnny Clark and Patrick Laperle out of the picture. Martin had been the only driver to edge in front of Johnny Clark for the lead during the race’s early lap, but had fallen back as far as fifth place before the lap 139 caution.

Martin surged into second place on the restart, and held on to his G. Lopes Construction Chevrolet over Richie Dearborn of Hollis, ME to take runner-up honors. Dearborn’s crew worked until moments before the start of the 150-lap event, and got the Chadwick-BaRoss Chevrolet out of the pits in time to start 20th – dead last – on the field. Dearborn methodically moved his way through the field to take his best finish of the season in third place. Scott Chubbuck of Wiscasset, ME took his third top-five finish of the season in fourth place, while Mike Rowe of Turner, ME charged from 15th to finish fifth over the final 40 laps.

Alan Wilson, Ben Rowe, Corey Williams, Gary Smith, and Travis Benjamin rounded out the Top 10 in order. Rookie Alan Tardiff and Johnny Clark were qualifying heat winners.

The PASS North Super Late Model Series heads to Riverside Speedway in Groveton, NH on Sunday, June 4 for a 150-lap event. Johnny Clark and Rick Martin each earned victories at the fast, high-banked 1/4-mile bullring in 2005.

6-2-06 Compiled by Mike Twist

ONE PASS POWERHOUSE GOES AWAY -- The Tom Estes #00 Team has shut down......

…WHILE ANOTHER PASS POWERHOUSE GETS STRONGER -- It didn’t take long for the remaining #00 car and its crew chief Brian Burgess to find a new home though. Both ended up at SP2 Motorsports, which fields the #24 entry of Mike Rowe. Burgess will now team up with Seth Holbrook to share the crew chief duties. The car will be repainted from yellow to red and the #24 will be slapped on the side of it. After the cosmetic changes, it will be ready to race.

ANOTHER NEW FACE IN PASS - Mike Parks in the #66......

& OXFORD ADOPTS PASS RULES CHANGES..... FULL SPEED51 COLUMN HERE

6-1-06 by Justin St. Louis

#8 - CASSIUS WINS AGAIN – BUT IT WASN’T AS EASY THIS TIME

#54 & #91 - STRANGE SITUATION KNOCKS JOHNNY CLARK AND PATRICK LAPERLE OUT OF LEAD

#14 - VETERAN RICK MARTIN TAKES SECOND

#33 - DEARBORN CREW FIGHTS OFF GREMLINS, BRINGS 12 YEAR-OLD CAR HOME THIRD

#29 - CHUBBUCK RIDES TWO-BARREL TO FOURTH

#24 - MIKE ROWE MAKES A WHALE OF A COMEBACK

#53 - ALAN WILSON HAPPY WITH IMPROVEMENT AT CANAAN

#4 - BEN ROWE HAS FAITH IN RICHARD MOODY TEAM

#54 -JOHNNY CREDITS CANAAN SUCCESS TO VETERAN ROBIE

DRIVERS READY FOR “GROVETONA” FULL SPEED51 COLUMN HERE

EVERYONE LOVES CANAAN AND PASS GOES THERE NEXT by MikeTwist
New Hampshire Track is a Fan and Competitor Favorite

As the Pro All Star Series Northern Super Late Model teams head to Canaan Fair Speedway for their next race on Saturday, May 27th, there is one common thing that is heard about the track. It doesn’t matter if you talk to a veteran or a rookie, this is one popular place to race.

“I like Canaan,” said three-time PASS champion Ben Rowe. “It’s a fun place to race.”

“We really like Canaan,” said Richie Dearborn, whose PASS career dates back to the first ever tour race in 2001. “We’ve had some good runs there and also some bad luck. We look forward to going back.”

“I think that Canaan is pretty fun,” said Rookie of the Year contender Alan Tardiff. “We made our debut at the track last year and had a pretty good set-up going into the race. We made a few adjustments, but I think that the track is a lot like White Mountain. We had a pretty good run going until lap 101 when we went off the backstretch. But overall, we had a fun time.”

FULL SPEED51 STORY HERE