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Ramstrom
Rumbles
to PASS Thompson Win |
Thompson CT (7/12) Derek
Ramstrom inherited the race lead on
lap 62 of Thursday night's Pro All
Stars Series (PASS) North California
Paints 75 at Thompson (CT.)
International Speedway and the home
track hero kept DJ Shaw and Travis
Benjamin in his mirror to the
checkers. Thompson regular Mike
O'Sullivan raced home fourth and
Cassius Clark completed the top
five.
Ramstrom put himself in
position to win early on, racing in
the top five at the fastest track
that PASS North visits. At the green
it looked like Ben Rowe would
finally toss that Gorilla off his
back, racing past the all Thompson
front row of Larry Gelinas and
O'Sullivan. The RMR 4 was flying and
the three time Thompson PASS winner
was able to keep both Gelinas and
Ted Christopher at bay. But on lap
47 the dreaded off song sound of a
cylinder going south suddenly
appeared, drop kicking Rowe through
the field until his engine finally
gave up the ghost on lap 67.
Rowe's misfortune handed Larry
Gelinas the lead and the former PASS
regular who's found a home at
Thompson in Rollie Lindblad's 48 led
a ton of Thompson experience in the
form of Christopher and Ramstrom.
The top three staged a battle royal
until it all went sour on lap 62.
Contact from Christopher sent the
leader sliding through the infield
grass. Gelinas didn't hit a thing
and continued, while race control
sent Christopher to the back of the
pack for his role in the skirmish.
That left Ramstrom on the point
and he made the best of it. Despite
Shaw's best efforts it was the two
time Thompson super late model champ
on top at the checkers. The victory
was Ramstrom's fourth in a PASS
super late model and his second at
Thompson.
Ramstrom crossed
the stripe 2.096 seconds in front of
Shaw. Three caution flags slowed the
pace to an average speed of 69.433
miles an hour and eleven cars
completed all 75 green flag laps.
Heat race wins went to Johnny Clark
and Gelinas.
PASS North takes
a weekend off before the racing road
show moves on to Oxford Plains
Speedway on Saturday July 21 for 150
laps. |
OFFICIAL PASS NORTH SLM
RESULTS
Thompson
Int'l Speedway - 7/12/12 |
1) 35 - Derek Ramstrom
2)
60 - DJ Shaw
3) 17 - Travis
Benjamin
4) 08 - Mike O'Sullivan
5) 77 - Cassius Clark
6) 48 -
Lonnie Sommerville
7) 54 - Johnny
Clark
8) 73 - Joey Doiron
9)
44 - Austin Brehio |
10) 48g - Larry Gelinas
11) 18 - Teddy Christopher
12) 87
- Matt Harris
13) 88 - Kyle
DeSouza
14) 4 - Ben Rowe
15) 2
- Matt Metheson
16) 13 - Jim
Banfield
17) 46 - Jake Vandana |
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Entries Received - Thompson - 7/12
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