North Woodstock NH (9/25)
DJ Shaw battled a pair of Clarks
in Saturday night's Pro All
Stars Series (PASS)
North/National 150 to claim the
victory at his home track, North
Woodstock NH's White Mountain
Motorsports Park.
The victory was Shaw's third
PASS North career win and his
first since 2008. Johnny Clark
came one step closer to a fourth
consecutive PASS North title,
finishing second. and Brad Babb
backed up his strong run in the
Beech Ridge PASS 300 with his
first PASS podium in third.
Shaw and
Cassius Clark led the full field
to the green and Shaw got the
jump on the initial green, but
Clark drove under Shaw to take
over the point on lap eight and
the new pilot of the Hight 77
was in control until a restart
on lap 104, when Shaw used the
outside pole to make his move.
Clark's race went bad at lap 126
when another competitor returned
from the pits just as the field
was restarting and Clark found
himself with nowhere to go but
up the race track, losing a ton
spots in the process. Clark
soldiered on to finish 8th
at the checkers.
Meanwhile Johnny Clark had raced
and paced his way up to second
and it looked like there might
be a repeat of PASS North's last
visit to White Mountain when
Clark denied Shaw in the waning
laps . I t wasn't to be this
time around as Shaw got a great
restart off the night's final
yellow at lap 127 and the man
who claimed a late model title
at the fast quarter mile at age
sixteen sealed the deal.
Shaw's margin of victory was
.584 seconds ; eleven of the
twenty six starters completed
all 150 green flag laps. Shaw,
Johnny Clark and Cassius Clark
each claimed a qualifier and
Gary Smith claimed the
consolation round.
The 75
lap PASS Sportsman feature
started off on a wild note with
a multi car wreck at the front
of the field turned the race
topsy turvy. When the dust
settled championship contenders
Dan McKeage and Craig Smith were
out on lap two, and points
leader Carey Marin was in the
pits for repairs. The wreck
claimed contender Jarrod Ledger,
and sent Sam Gooden Jr. to the
rear for his role in the melee.
On the restart it was Donnie
Morse to the lead and despite
the best efforts of Clyde
Hennessy and RJ Austin, the
veteran couldn’t be
rattled,claiming his first
series win since 2008. Hennessy
was the runner up with Austin a
strong third.
Carey Martin recovered from the
early race incident and came
from the rear for fourth. Shane
Tatro's misfortunes continued,
the victim of a qualifying race
wreck that left his racer
looking like a PASS
Modified/PASS Sportsman hybrid.
Tatro picked his way through the
pack to salvage a fifth place
run and stay in contention for
the series title.
Gooden Jr. and Martin each won a
heat race.
Jay Fogleman took a hit in the
PASS
National points race with
a twenty-third spot in the final
run down; National Championship
point leader Ben Rowe widened
his lead in the series with his
seventh place run. The PASS
National Championship will be
decided on November 26 at Orange
County Speedway at the
Thanksgiving Classic/Mason-Dixon
Meltdown.
PASS
North will crown Champions in
all three series this Saturday
October 1st when the
fastest full fender cars and
stars return to Oxford (ME)
Plains Speedway for Championship
Day. Wildcats and the North East
Mini Stock Tour complete the
five division card that goes
green at 1:00 PM.