NAPLES
ME (7/23) Ben Rowe found a way to get around
Preston Peltier with four laps to go in Thursday
night’s Thompson (CT) International Speedway Pro
All Stars Series (PASS) North super late model
feature to capture the victory in race number
three of the 2010 PASS National Championship
Series. PASS South
and National point leader Peltier settled for
second after leading most of the seventy five
lap sprint and PASS North point leader Johnny
Clark claimed third.
Jay Fogleman and Lonnie Sommerville raced home
fourth and fifth.
The win was
Rowe’s second of 2010 and first National
Championship win of the season. With both PASS
North and National points on the line, Rowe
edged a few markers closer to Johnny Clark in
their battle for an unprecedented fifth PASS
North title.
Alan Tardiff
and Peltier led the field to the green and
Peltier quickly established himself at the front
of the field. Early on it was Peltier, defending
race winner Derek Ramstrom, Fogleman, Kelly
Moore and Tardiff battling for position at the
front. Ben Rowe and Johnny Clark have both
earned PASS North feature wins in 2010 and
series rules require that they start outside the
top ten.The pair had to work their way through
the field if they were going to contend and It
didn’t take the two long to crack the top five.
Rowe made his move past Clark on a lap 32
restart and the pair took the battle to the two
southern invaders.
That restart was Fogleman’s
cue to challenge Peltier for the lead and the
pair battled tooth and nail lap after
lap.Fogleman managed to get the nose out front
on several occasions before settling back into
second. The front four were racing nose to tail,
putting on the kind of show that only super late
models can. Rowe made his move on Fogleman with
thirteen remaining when Fogleman kissed the
backstretch wall trying to keep the 48 behind
him. Rowe set his sights on Peltier and looked
high and low for ten laps before he was able to
make his move
Behind the front two, Fogleman and Clark were
having a torrid battle for third,. Clark
prevailed on lap seventy to capture the final
spot on the podium.
Several potential contenders
succumbed to mechanical issues. Derek Ramstrom
lost his brakes and slapped the turn two wall,
ending his bid for two straight PASS wins at
Thompson. Ted Christopher, early front runner
Kelly Moore, pole sitter Alan
Tardiff and Steve
Legendre were all behind the wall before the
half-way mark.
Eleven cars
completed all seventy-five laps in a race slowed
by two cautions. Tardiff and Peltier won their
respective qualifying races.