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September 22nd |
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WMMP SLM Top Three - L
to R: Travis Benjamin #17, 2nd;
Winner Derek Ramstrom #35; & Scott
Dragon #10, 3rd. |
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Photos by Norm Marx |
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Photos by Jamie Williams |
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Ramstrom Rolls to PASS
North
White Mountain Win |
NORTH WOODSTOCK NH (9/22)
Derek Ramstrom won a restart battle
with Mike Landry on lap 48 of
Saturday night's Pro All Stars
Series (PASS) North 150 at White
Mountain Motorsports Park and the
young veteran stayed out front the
rest of the way to capture his
second PASS North Super Late Model
feature win of 2012. Travis Benjamin
chased Ramstrom to the line and
Scott Dragon claimed the final spot
on the podium. Ben Rowe had a solid
day, finishing fourth, and Johnny
Clark completed the top five.
The race was Ramstroms's fifth
career PASS North Super Late Model
win. His first win of 2012 came at
his home track, Thompson (CT)
International Speedway, where he
recently captured his third Super
Late Model division Championship.
Two caution flags in the first
two laps set the tone for a caution
filled night that saw eight yellow
flags fly and a red flag for a
spectacular wreck by Kevin Roberge.
Roberge emerged uninjured after a
hung throttle sent him up the wall
and almost out of the speedway in
turn one.
The early race
wreck had championship implications
as well. Series point leader Cassius
Clark took a hit in the right front
corner and never was a factor.
Benjamin went into the evening
trailing Clark by eight markers, but
his strong feature finish combined
with a second in his qualifier
unofficially vaults Benjamin to the
top of the standings.
Gary
Smith and Mike Landry captured the
qualifiers and the pair led the
field at the drop of the green.
Lonnie Sommerville took the point on
lap eighteen but Landry raced by
five laps later. Landry moved from
the PASS Sportsman ranks to a weekly
Pro Series ride at Beech Ridge Motor
Speedway and he ran with the super
late model top guns all night long
before sliding back to sixth at the
finish.
Mechanical issues
took out several contenders. Joey
Doiron pitted from third to try and
cure a problem and he returned to
action only to have his ride quit
five laps later for a nineteenth
place finish. Richie Dearborn
returned to PASS action behind the
wheel of Brad Watson's 80 and the
new pairing was strong, running up
front until the car gave out,
leaving him sixteenth in the final
running order.
DJ Shaw looked
like he might repeat his August
White Mountain win. Shaw was racing
second and chasing down Ramstrom
when a tire puncture ruined his run.
He stopped on the speedway and
brought out a caution but the one
lap penalty handed down by race
control for an intentional yellow
took him out of contention. Shaw was
twelfth one lap down at the finish.
Ramstrom's margin of victory was
1.423 seconds; eleven of the
twenty-one starters completed all
150 laps. PASS newcomer Dave
Pembroke laid claim to the fastest
race lap, a 12.461 circuit on the
quick quarter mile.
The final
round of the PASS North super late
model title fight moves to Oxford
Plains Speedway Saturday and Sunday
September 29-30. The PASS Sportsman
and PASS Mods join the super late
models on the card. The Oxford/PASS
Fall Finale goes green Sunday at
1:30 PM.
The complete weekend
schedule is available at
www.oxfordplains.com.
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OFFICIAL PASS NORTH SLM
RESULTS
150 Laps - WMMP - 9/22/12 |
1) 35 - Derek Ramstrom
2)
17 - Travis Benjamin
3) 10 -
Scott Dragon
4) 4 - Ben Rowe
5) 54 - Johnny Clark
6) 20 - Mike
Landry
7) 48 - Lonnie Sommerville
8) 77 - Cassius Clark
9) 75 -
Gary Smith
10) 06 - Dan Colby
11) 2 - Matt Matheson |
12) 60 - DJ Shaw
13) 44 -
Dave Pembroke
14) 84qc - Matin
Latuplippe
15) 26 - John Donahue
16) 80 - Richie Dearborn
17) 39 -
Chad Dow
18) 53 - Alan Wilson
19) 73 - Joey Doiron
20) 16 -
Kevin Roberge
21) 87 - Matt
Harris |
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Entries Received - WMMP - 9/22
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