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MAY 1ST |
Ben Rowe, 3rd; Winner
Mike Rowe, & Adam Bates, 2nd |
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Mike Rowe Scores
Back–to-Front
PASS North Win at Beech Ridge |
Mike Rowe didn’t look
like a winner during qualifying for Saturdays Pro All
Stars Series (PASS) North opening day at Beech Ridge
Motor Speedway. Rowe started the 150 lap super late
model feature in the 28th position, but the defending
Pro Series Champion at the immaculate Scarborough Maine
oval picked his way through the field to put his PT
Watts Chevrolet on race leader Trevor Sanborn’s back
bumper at the half way mark..
Sanborn kept Rowe at bay for nearly 50 laps, but
the Maine motorsports legend found an opening under
Sanborn on lap 120 and led the final thirty circuits to
capture his sixteenth PASS North Super Late Model
feature and two in a row at Beech Ridge. Rowe’s margin
of victory was .526 seconds.
Adam Bates was back in 18th at the start but the
Warner NH racer and his team displayed their Beech Ridge
mastery once again by finishing second. Bates looked
like he might be able to challenge Rowe for the victory
but the checkered flag flew before Bates had a chance to
show his stuff. Ben Rowe’s PASS North debut with Mulkern
Racing was a successful one with a solid third place run
and Joey Doiron got his PASS North Rookie campaign off
on the right foot by finishing fourth. Sanborn came home
a disappointed fifth after leading the most laps.
Defending PASS North champ Johnny Clark was
sixth followed by Brad Leighton, Beech Ridge regular
Aaron Ricker, Richie Dearborn and Maritime racer Shaun
Turple in seventh through tenth.
39 cars attempted to qualify for the 31 car
starting field. Just four yellow flags slowed the pace;
Sanborn recorder the fastest lap, a 15.512 (77.282 mph).
Heat race wins were recorded by Trevor Sanborn,
Aaron Ricker, Kelly Moore and Ben Rowe. Nick Ribbe and
D.J. Shaw checkered the two last chance qualifiers.
Race number two of the PASS North 2010 super
late model schedule is set for Saturday May 22nd at
North Woodstock New Hampshire’s White Mountain
Motorsports Park. The PASS super late models will bring
their own special brand of thunder to the mountains when
they tackle the lightning fast quarter mile White
Mountain’s five weekly racing divisions will join PASS
for the speedway’s opening day. The action gets underway
at 5:00 PM.
Recap the weekends’ events Monday night at 7:00
PM on “Inside PASS”, the fastest internet radio show on
the web. Click on pitrowradio.com for all the latest
racing reviews and news.
NORTH POINTS HERE |
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Beech Ridge PASS North SLM Finish |
1 - 2 - Mike Rowe - Turner, ME
2 - 98 - Adam Bates - Warner, NH
3 - 48 - Ben Rowe - Turner, ME
4 - 73 - Joey Doiren - Berwick,
ME
5 - 29 - Trevor Sanborn - E.
Parsonfield, ME
6 - 54 - Johnny Clark -
Hallowell, ME
7 - 55 - Brad Leighton - Center
Harbor, ME
8 - 22r - Aaron Ricker -
Tamworth, NH
9 - 33 - Richie Dearborn -
Hollis, ME
10 - 0x - Shawn Turple - Truro,
Nova Scotia
11 - 10 - Scott Dragon - Milton,
VT
12 - 14m - Matt Frahm - North
Salem, NH
13 - 77 - Scott Chubbuck -
Dresden, ME
14 - 8 - Cassius Clark -
Farmington, ME
15 - 17 - Travis Benjamin -
Morrill, ME
16 - 12 - Austin Theriault - Fort
Fairfield, ME |
17 - 47 - Kelley Moore - Scarborough, ME
18 - 7 - Donnie Whitten - Wells, ME
19 - 1 - Randy Turner - Unity, ME
20 - 84 - Scott Mulkern - Falmouth, ME
21 - 87 - Chuck Colby - Newcastle, ME
22 - 85 - Nick Ribbe - Kingston, MA
23 - 60 - DJ Shaw - Center Conway, NH
24 - 75 - Gary Smith - Bangor, ME
25 - 99 - Craig Slaunwhite - Halifax, Nova
Scotia
26 - 35 - Derek Ramstrom - West Boylston, MA
27 - 0 - Bill Whorf Jr. - Topsham, ME
28 - 28 - Andy Shaw - Center Conway, NH
29 - 17a - Scott Alexander - Orrington, ME
30 - 71 - Gary Drew - Gorham, ME
31 - 9 - Bub Bilodeau - Standish, ME |
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| Mike Landry, Winner Carey
Martin, & Clyde Hennesey |
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Martin Snares PASS Sportsman Win |
25 cars lined up for
the first 75 lap PASS Sportsman feature of 2010.
2009 series champ Carey Martin took off from the
pole to lead early on with series regulars Clyde
Hennessey, Shane Tatro and Dan Mckeage hot on
his heels.. PASS newcomer Scott Dorr had his
sharp new sportsman in the mix early, but
contact with Craig Smith sent Dorr spinning.
Clyde Hennessey took a turn up front until Shane
Tatro powered on by for the lead. Tatro had his
problems on a lap 63 restart and went for a
spin, handing the lead to Hennessey with Dan
Mckeage now second and Martin third. Mike Landry
was all the way up to fourth after an early race
tangle that sent him to the back of the pack.
Mckeage got the best of Hennessey on the
next restart and Martin made his move under
Hennessey on lap 65 to claim second. Three laps
later Mckeage and Martin were in a dead heat at
the finish line. Martin claimed the lead for
good one lap later and Landry snatched the
second spot away from Hennessey. Mckeage slipped
back to fourth at the stripe and ageless Steve
Bennett Sr. completed the top five.
It
was Martin’s second visit to Beech Ridge victory
lane in as many races, and his fourth win in the
PASS Sportsman series .Martin and Dorr each
earned a heat race win.
Spud Speedway in
Caribou Maine will host their first ever PASS
Sportsman race on May 30. Check Spud out at
www.spud-speedway.com .
Unofficial PASS
Sportsman Finish – Beech Ridge Motor Speedway –
Scarborough ME – 5/1/2010
1)
18 Carey Martin, Denmark ME 2) 40 Mike Landry,
Oakland ME
3) 8 Clyde Hennessey, Windham ME
4) 38 Dan Mckeage, Gorham ME
5) 22 Steve
Bennett Sr Buckfield ME 6) 60 Billy Childs, Jr,
Peru ME
7) 18x J.T. Thurlow 8) 35x Kris
Watson, Hermon ME 9) 15 Craig Smith, E Waterboro
ME 10) 58 Lyman Mckeage, Gorham ME 11) 2 Bob
Emery Jr Limington ME 12) 0 Shane Green S Paris
ME 13) 32 Jeff Marshall, Jefferson. NH 14) 20
Frank Wear, Scarborough ME 15) 4 Allan Moeller,
Dresden ME
16) 7 ShaneTatro Levant ME 17)
51) 60D Scott Dorr, Portland, ME
18) William
Ahern, Billerica MA 19) 01 David Herrick, Gray
ME
20) 36 Nate Leavitt, Buxton ME 21) 04
Matt Stewart, Pittston ME
22) 51A RJ Austin,
Smithfield, ME 23) 58 Mark “Sparky” MacGiver,
Sandown, NH 24) 00 David Vaughn, Naples 25) 10
Donny Morse, Windam ME
SPORTSMAN POINTS HERE |
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| Jon Brill, Winner Chris
Staples, & Wayne Whitten Jr. |
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Staples Masters PASS Mods |
Chris Staples has seen success in nearly every
Pro All Stars Series (PASS) North division; he’s
a two time Mod champ, he’s raced up front in the
now dormant Outlaw division, and he has a Beech
Ridge super late model win to his credit.
Saturday Staples returned to Beech Ridge one
year after his first super late model victory,
but this time he was back behind the wheel of
his PASS Mod. After a year’s hiatus from the
PASS Mod ranks, Staples returned to victory lane
in the open wheel series lid lifter at the
Scarborough Maine speed plant. Staples now has
twelve wins in the fast, fun and affordable
series.
Wayne Whitten Jr. charged through
the field for second and John Brill started his
season off right with a third place finish.
Early leader Greg Ellis settled for fourth; Bill
Dixon, Andy Shaw, Kevin Douglas, Scott McDaniel
Sumner Sessions and Wanderson Oliviera claimed
fifth through tenth.
A ten minute red
flag for an incident that saw Ryan Morgan park
his mod atop Andy Shaw ride was the only flag to
slow the 40 lap feature. Shaw raced back to
sixth at the checkers but the lack of caution
flags hindered his forward progress. The entry
list featured several teams making their PASS
Mod debut including Kevin Douglas in seventh and
Alan Wilson, who shook the gremlins out of his
new ride to finish eleventh.
Shaw and
Greg Ellis claimed heat race victories.
The PASS Mods take a spring break before
returning to action at Unity Raceway on June 20.
The raceway is on line at
www.unityraceway.info.
Unofficial PASS Mod
Finish – Beech Ridge Motor Speedway –
Scarborough ME – 5/1/2010
1)
5 Chris Staples, Brunswick ME 2) 2x Wayne
Whitten Jr Arundel ME
3) 77 John Brill
Bridgton, ME 4) 29 Greg Ellis, Hermon 5) 33 Bill
Dixon, N Waterboro 6) 66 Andy Shaw, Ctr Conway
7) 18 Kevin Douglas, Sidney
8) 14 Scott
McDaniel, Livermore 9) 50 Sumner Sessions,
Norway
10) 53 Wanderson Olivera, Raynham, MA
11) 53w Alan Wilson, Hebron
12) 56 Dan
Somes, Belgrade 13) 31 Ryan Morgan, Mystic, CT
14) 56x Richard Ferreith, Raynham, MA 15) 85
Mitch Miller, W Boylston, MA 16) 20 Charlie
Smith, Buxton
MODS POINTS HERE |
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| Forest Boucher, Winner
Bobby Timmons III , & Evan Beaulieu |
Pro 4 Winner Adam Norton
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