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AUGUST 14TH |
L to R:
Derek Ramstrom, Dave Darling, and Trevor Sanborn
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Darling‘s the PASS North
Kingpin at Seekonk |
NAPLES
ME – (8/15) Seekonk Speedway regular David
Darling took over the lead from Derek Ramstrom
on lap 107 of Saturday night’s Pro All Stars
Series (PASS) 150 at Seekonk Speedway and fought
back a challenge from Trevor Sanborn to defend
his home turf and join the list of PASS Super
Late Model feature winners. Trevor Sanborn was
three car lengths back at the finish, followed
by Ramstrom, Ben Rowe and Johnny Clark.
Darling and car owner Gary Johnson came to the
track Saturday planning to use the practice
sessions to tune up the Johnson Landscaping
ride, with no plans to even enter the event. But
the work Darling and his team put in during
practice encouraged them to go ahead and take on
the PASS touring pros and the result was a big
payday and the hardware that goes with it.
Early on it looked like Rick Martin had the
car to beat as the twenty four car field clicked
off lap after lap without incident. Martin
withstood all of pole sitter Derek Ramstrom’s
challenges through the halfway mark but the
former PASS regular appeared to be slowing as
both Travis Benjamin and Darling caught the
front pair. The bottom was the place to be but
it looked like Benjamin might make the outside
work, briefly taking second away from Ramstrom
before the defending Thompson super late model
champ battled back on the bottom to reclaim the
spot. Benjamin saw a good run destroyed when he
lost the right front on his RMR mount to bring
out the nights first caution period.
As
Benjamin was losing his tire, Ramstrom’s
relentless pressure on Martin finally paid off
when he slipped under Martin on lap 100 to take
over the race. Ramstrom and Darling both got the
jump on Martin when the green flag flew but
Martin got loosened up and spun off of turn two
to bring out what would prove to be the night’s
final caution at lap 107.
When the green
flag flew Darling took advantage of his front
row spot to take the lead from Ramstrom. The top
six pulled away from the rest of the field as
the laps wound down with Darling,
Ramstrom,Trevor Sanborn, Ben Rowe, Johnny Clark
and Cassius Clark all jockeying for position.
Sanborn found a way to get under Ramstrom with
20 to go for second and that’s the way they
finished as Darling made it Seekonk Pro Stocks
two, PASS super late models zero at the Cement
Palace. Darling joins Tom Scully Jr. in the
record book as a PASS feature winner at the
house that Venditti built.
Darling is the
second home track hero to score in PASS super
late model competition in 2010, joining Bill
Rodgers (Beech Ridge Motor Speedway, 7/17) on
that exclusive list.
Johnny Clark, Derek
Ramstrom and Rick Martin each won a qualifying
race. Two cautions slowed the action but the
field still completed 150 green flag laps in 45
minutes. Twelve cars finished on the lead lap.
PASS will travel north to the end of
Interstate 95 and then some as the series makes
its’ first appearance at Spud Speedway hosts
both the PASS super late models and PASS Mods.
Two time Daytona 500 winner Sterling Marlin will
take on the PASS super late model regulars and
meet and greet fans at the Caribou speed plant.
Fans planning to take in the action at Spud
Speedway should check out
www.spud-speedway.com.
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SLM Official Finish - Seekonk - Saturday,
8/14 |
1 - 52 -
Dave Darling - 150
2 - 44 -
Trevor Sanborn - 150
3 - 35 -
Derek Ramstrom - 150
4 - 48 -
Ben Rowe - 150
5 - 54 -
Johnny Clark - 150
6 - 8 -
Cassius Clark -150
7 - 98 -
Adam Bates - 150
8 - 73 -
Joey Doiron - 150
9 - 71 -
Gary Drew - 150
10 -
85 - Nick Ribbie - 150
11 -
17A - Scott Alexander- 150
12 -
75 - Gary Smith - 150 |
13 - 14 Rick
Martin - 149
14 -
17X - Ray Parent - 149
15 -
88 - Kevin Casper - 149
16 -
90 - Craig Weinstein - 149
17 -
12 - John Dabrowsski - 147
18 - 2 - Tom Scully - 144
19 - 1 - Randy Turner - 142
20 -
96 - David Hutchins - 137
21 -
17 -Travis Benjamin - 101
22 - 7 -
Donnie Whitten - 86
23 -
33 - Richie Dearborn - 69
24 -
30 - Fred Astle - 30 |
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