2010 PASS

CAMERON HAYLEY - DANIEL HEMRIC - RANDY GENTRY

Photos by Laura
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SUPER LATE MODELS at GREENVILLE-PICKENS
FOX CAROLINA 150
UNOFFICIAL RESULTS - 3-1-14

1. #41 Daniel Hemric -- 150
2. #24 Cameron Hayley -- 150
3. #09 Randy Gentry -- 150
4. #4n Ben Rowe -- 150
5. #12 Garrett Campbell -- 150
6. #28 Jared Irvan -- 150
7. #7 Tyler Church -- 150
8. #8 John Hunter Nemechek -- 150
9. #57 Cole Timm -- 150
10. #7k Ted Mickelson -- 150
11. #71 Lee Tissot -- 150
12. #77 Cassius Clark -- 150
13. #71b Kyle Benjamin -- 149
13. #4f Jay Fogleman -- 149
15. #198 Russell Fleeman -- 149

16. #98 Jody Measamer -- 149
17. #36 Anthony Anders -- 149
18. #13 Joe Ryan Osborne -- 148
19. #33 Brandon Jones -- 148
20. #1 Tyler Dippel -- 148
21. #15 Tanner Rumburg -- 147
22. #15h Joe Heigl -- 144
23. #8f Tate Fogleman -- 143
24. #26 Preston Peltier -- 133
25. #42 Tim Pinion -- 130
26. #4d Joey Doiron -- 113
27. #115 Jody Lavendar -- 112
28. #2 Trevor Noles -- 104
29. #48 Jeff Batten -- 9
30. #9 Matt Daley -- 2

| Entries Received - Greenville-Pickens-3-1 |

NICK ROBINSON - WALKER YATES - KERRY LAWRENCE

PRO LATE MODELS at GREENVILLE-PICKENS
UNOFFICIAL RESULTS - 3-1-14

1. #02 Walker Yates
2. #03 Kerry Lawrence
3. #71 Nick Robinson
4. #81 Jacob Schneider
5. #7 Matt Murphy
6. #23 Zachary Dabbs

7. #49 Jeff Batten
8. #45 Kodie Conner
9. #01 Anthony Anders
10. #16 Lucas Jones
11. #17 Gregory Bohannon, Jr.

Hemric Mounts Late Charge To Win PASS South Opener At Greenville-Pickens

EASLEY, SC (March 1) – Daniel Hemric came back from nearly a lap down and benefitted from a late caution to take the lead from Randy Gentry with 10 laps to go and win the Pro All Stars Series (PASS) South Super Late Model season opener Saturday night at Greenville-Pickens Speedway. Hemric’s win in the Fox Carolina 150 was his third career PASS South Super Late Model triumph and his second behind the wheel of car owner Dickie Woodman’s Ford.

“The plan was to just stay in front of the leaders and stay on the lead lap,” said Hemric in victory lane. “I thought I had saved enough and I told them I could go, but I couldn’t have caught them if I didn’t have a caution. We knew if we could get to lap 130 and have a shot that we thought we had the best car here.”

2013 PASS North Super Late Model Champion Cassius Clark paced the 33 car field in qualifying with a lap of 89.597 miles per hour around the flat half mile for his third career fast qualifying time in PASS South. Clark would be relegated to the fifth starting position after the top 10 redraw while Garrett Campbell and Randy Gentry would move up to the front row.

At the drop of the green flag for the Fox Carolina 150, Campbell and Gentry quickly distanced themselves from the star studded field of PASS Super Late Model drivers. While they were racing hard up front, the rest of the field deployed various strategies with the hopes of positioning themselves for a late race run for the victory. 2013 PASS North runner-up Joey Doiron started 17th, but was in the top 10 by lap seven and in the top five by lap 36. However, with just past a third of the race behind him, Doiron started to fade and would eventually fall from the race and finish 26th.

Several other drivers, including Hemric, Tyler Church, Cameron Hayley, Preston Peltier, and Kyle Benjamin, deployed a different strategy which saw them fall out of the top 20 early on. While Peltier and Benjamin struggled to get on track, Hemric and the others raced just in front of the leader Campbell, barely staying on the lead lap. But, despite being nearly a lap down, Hemric and Hayley slowly began to power away from the leaders with both breaking in to the top five with less than 30 laps to go.

Working a slew of heavy lapped traffic late in the race, Gentry closed in on Campbell for the lead. Using the slower machines of Peltier and Russell Fleeman as a pick, Gentry powered by Campbell to take the lead on the front straightaway with 23 laps to go.

As Gentry began to stretch his advantage up front over Campbell, Tim Pinion spun in turn four with 13 laps to go to bring out the Fox Carolina 150’s lone caution, erasing the leaders’ huge advantage over the rest of the field. On the restart, Gentry and Campbell led, but it was clear Hemric and Hayley had something left in reserve. Hemric moved by Gentry for the lead with 10 laps to go and Hayley followed by just a few laps later. Hemric sped to the checkers to take the win in the first PASS National Championship Series race of 2014 over Hayley, Gentry, Ben Rowe and Campbell. Rounding out the top ten were Jared Irvan, Church, John Hunter Nemechek, Cole Timm, and Ted Mickelson.

Walker Yates came back from an early race spin to take his first career PASS Pro Late Model win. The first incident of the race occurred on lap nine when Kerry Lawrence spun on the front straightaway after contact from Anthony Anders. Just four laps later, Yates was spun from the lead by Kodie Conner in turn three resulting in both cars going to the tail of the field. The hardest crash of the night occurred on lap 15 when Anders and rookie Lucas Jones made contact while battling for the lead sending Jones hard into the inside wall on the backstretch. Yates and Conner cycled back around to the front with Conner taking the lead with 11 laps to go. Conner’s time up front was short-lived though as he went to the pits with a transmission leak handing the lead and eventual victory to Yates. Rounding out the top five were Lawrence, Nick Robinson, Jacob Schneider, and Matt Murphy.
Randy Porter took the Southeast Super Truck victory over fellow Greenville-Pickens Speedway veteran Kenneth Headen, Tim Lollis, Jamie Tate, and Wally Fowler.

The PASS South Super Late Models and PASS Pro Late Models will be in action once again this Saturday night March 8 at Dillon Motor Speedway for the 9th Annual South Carolina Clash. Allison Legacy and 4-Cylinder Mayhem will also be in competition. Qualifying starts at 4 PM with racing at 6 PM.

SUPER LATE MODELS at GREENVILLE-PICKENS
STARTING LINEUP

1. #12 Garrett Campbell
2. #09 Randy Gentry
3. #24 Cameron Hayley
4. #71 Lee Tissot
5. #77 Cassius Clark
6. #28 Jared Irvan
7. #8 John Hunter Nemechek
8. #198 Russell Fleeman
9. #26 Preston Peltier
10. #1 Tyler Dippel
11. #41 Daniel Hemric
12. #15 Joe Heigl
13. #4N Ben Rowe
14. #71b Kyle Benjamin
15. #4F Jay Fogleman

16. #7 Tyler Church
17. #4d Joey Doiron
18. #13 Joe Ryan Osborne
19. #8F Tate Fogleman
20. #7k Ted Mickelson
21. #36 Anthony Anders
22. #115 Jody Lavendar
23. #57 Cole Timm
24. #33 Brandon Jones
25. #98 Jody Measamer
26. #2 Trevor Noles
27. #48 Jeff Batten
28. #9 Matt Daley
29. #15 Tanner Rumburg
30. #42 Tim Pinion

SUPER LATE MODELS at GREENVILLE-PICKENS
TIME TRIALS RESULTS

1. #77 Cassius Clark -- 20.090
2. #26 Preston Peltier -- 20.142
3. #09 Randy Gentry -- 20.161
4. #24 Cameron Hayley -- 20.163
5. #1 Tyler Dippel -- 20.173
6. #8 John Hunter Nemechek -- 20.192
7. #198 Russell Fleeman -- 20.193
8. #12 Garrett Campbell -- 20.223
9. #28 Jared Irvan -- 20.253
10. #71 Lee Tissot -- 20.273
11. #41 Daniel Hemric -- 20.289
12. #15 Joe Heigl -- 20.306
13. #4N Ben Rowe -- 20.314
14. #71b Kyle Benjamin -- 20.327
15. #4F Jay Fogleman -- 20.339
16. #7 Tyler Church -- 20.369

17. #4d Joey Doiron -- 20.439
18. #13 Joe Ryan Osborne -- 20.454.
19. #8F Tate Fogleman -- 20.500
20. #7k Ted Mickelson -- 20.503
21. #115 Jody Lavendar -- 20.518
22. #36 Anthony Anders -- 20.534
23. #57 Cole Timm -- 20.579
24. #01 Travis Braden -- 20.582
25. #48 John Batten -- 20.620
26. #33j Brandon Jones -- 20.630
27. #2 Trevor Noles -- 20.693
28. #98 Jody Measamer -- 20.710
29. #47 Alan Karnes -- 20.743
30. #9 Matt Daley -- 20.830
31. #42 Tim Pinion -- 20.916
32. #15 Tanner Rumburg -- 21.076

Champions Looking Forward To PASS Opener At Greenville-Pickens Speedway

CHARLOTTE, NC (February 27) – A star studded field of North America’s top short track drivers are just days away from taking to the legendary Greenville-Pickens Speedway in South Carolina for race one of the 2014 Pro All Stars Series (PASS) National Championship Series. The Fox Carolina 150 will double as the first PASS South Super Late Model race of the season and will also feature 50 laps for the PASS Pro Late Models and 75 laps for the Southeast Super Trucks.

The field of drivers pre-entered is stacked with champion drivers including former PASS National and PASS North Champion Ben Rowe, 2013 PASS Pro Late Model Champion Trevor Noles and Super Late Model touring champions Daniel Hemric and Travis Braden. But, those are not the only drivers racing at Greenville-Pickens Speedway this Saturday night who have achieved championship status.

Short track veteran Jay Fogleman enters the 2014 racing season at a crossroads. The Durham, NC driver is coming off one of the best seasons of his 30 year career. A season that included winning his second straight PASS National Championship, finally winning the elusive PASS South title, and a podium finish in the Oxford 250. But, despite his success, Fogleman will trim back his schedule substantially, competing in only the PASS National Championship Series events in order to spend more time fostering the budding career of his son, Tate.

That will wait at least one more week, though, as Fogleman focuses his attention on this weekend’s action behind the wheel at Greenville-Pickens Speedway. He won a thrilling PASS South race there in the summer of 2009 with conditions much different than what is expected for the Fox Carolina 150.

“The racetrack should have more grip this time of year and it should be a different type of race than what we’ve seen there in the summer,” said Fogleman. “It’s all about momentum and timing because the track is so flat and so line sensitive, it’s a driver’s race track. I’m looking forward to getting through this one and then getting to Dillon and getting on the pit box to help Tate.”

Like Fogleman, Farmington, ME’s Cassius Clark also captured an elusive championship in 2014, finally winning the PASS North title in a tight three way battle with Joey Doiron and DJ Shaw. But, Clark is not new to winning PASS championships or to winning races at Greenville-Pickens Speedway. Clark won the first ever PASS South race held at the historic speedway in 2007. A year later, he was able to take home the first PASS National Championship, again at Greenville. Clark returns this year hoping, that with similar conditions to those of the fall, it will play into his hands once again.

“I think the track is very weather sensitive,” said Clark. “It’s a lot like Hickory in that there can be grip early in the year, but later in the year it’s a lot slicker. We went back there a few years ago and tried the top side, we moved up to the middle of the racetrack and found grip. But the next time we went, there was no grip up top. We probably won’t have a good idea of what the track will do until practice on Friday.”

Anthony Anders comes to Saturday night’s Fox Carolina 150 as a sort of wildcard. Over the last five years, Anders has been one of the Palmetto State’s most successful drivers. He won a track championship at Myrtle Beach Speedway in 2012 and followed that up by winning the championship at Greenville-Pickens last year, his first title at his hometrack. But those championships came behind the wheel of a Late Model Stock car. The Easley, SC driver has only raced his straight rail chassis sporadically, with a few starts at the now closed Lanier National Speedway and last year on the short track at Daytona International Speedway. This weekend Anders plans to compete in both the PASS South Super Late Model and PASS Pro Late Model features. Anders hopes his vast experience at Greenville-Pickens Speedway, along with some help from local PASS South veteran Randy Gentry, will pay off with a victory in the Fox Carolina 150.
“Tire management is definitely going to be key,” said Anders. “Greenville is always tough on tires and hard to get around with its flat turns. I think we’re gonna be at a slight disadvantage to the PASS regulars, but I’ve won a lot of races at Greenville in Late Model Stocks, including some 150 lappers. These cars are racier than what I’m used to and I’m looking forward to it. The PASS cars are just built to race.”

Among those pre-entered for the Fox Carolina 150 are two-time PASS South winner in 2013, Tyler Church, third generation racers Jared Irvan and Tate Fogleman, veterans Randy Gentry, Joey Doiron, Jimmy Doyle, Jody Measamer, and John Batten, and rookie contenders Brandon Setzer and Matt Daley.
Entries are continuing to come in daily for what looks to be one of the biggest Super Late Model races of the Winter.

Action gets under way on Friday, February 28th at Greenville-Pickens Speedway with practice for all divisions from 2-6 PM. On Saturday, March 1st, pit gates will open at 10 AM for the Fox Carolina 150, with practice from Noon- 3 PM. Qualifying will begin at 4 PM and racing will start at 6 PM, featuring 150 laps for the PASS Super Late Models, 50 laps for the PASS Pro Late Models and 75 laps for the Southeast Super Trucks.

PASS Readies For Palmetto State Double To Begin 2014 Season

CHARLOTTE, NC (February 20) – As the remnants of a major winter storm finally disappear in the Southeast, Pro All Stars Series (PASS) Super Late Model and Pro Late Model teams up and down the East Coast are making their final preparations for the kickoff to the much anticipated 2014 racing season. And it all starts with two big weekends of racing in the state of South Carolina.

On March 1, the season gets under way in the upstate with the Fox Carolina 150 at the legendary Greenville-Pickens Speedway. Not only will it be the first race of the year for the PASS South Super Late Models and PASS Pro Late Models, but it will also be the first of six PASS National Championship events. The Fox Carolina 150 will bring together the best of the Southeast, such as two-time defending PASS National Champion Jay Fogleman, to compete against top New England short trackers like Joey Doiron and former PASS National Champions Cassius Clark and Ben Rowe.

Then, just a week later, the PASS South Super Late Models and PASS Pro Late Models head east to the Palmetto State’s Pee Dee Region and the Dillon Motor Speedway for the 9th Annual South Carolina Clash. Built and configured in the 1960’s by Harold Brasington, the father of nearby Darlington Raceway and Rockingham Speedway, Dillon has proven to be one the most challenging speedways on the PASS circuit. Some of the best PASS has had to offer over the years have managed to tame Dillon Motor Speedway. Drivers like Ryan Blaney, Ben Rowe, Justin Wakefield, Preston Peltier, and Austin Theriault.

But, about the only thing Greenville-Pickens Speedway and Dillon Motor Speedway have in common are that they are both located in South Carolina. Greenville first held stock car races in 1946 and has operated every year since with the exception of 1953. Dillon was one of the most popular speedways in the Carolinas throughout the 1960’s and 1970’s, but was shuttered for nearly 30 years before Ron Barfield reopened the track in 2007.

While Greenville-Pickens measures in at over a half-mile and Dillon is four tenths, the horsepower advantage does not translate. Greenville’s long and extremely flat corners will put handling at a premium over 150 laps for the PASS short trackers, while Dillon’s newer asphalt and banked turns tends to make the PASS engine gurus smile.

With the Fox Carolina 150 at Greenville-Pickens and the 9th Annual South Carolina Clash at Dillon on back-to-back weekends, the two challenging South Carolina ovals will become an even bigger test for North America’s top short track racers. But besides the PASS Super Late Model and PASS Pro Late Model racers who will get to see Winter’s hard work and long hours in the shop pay off by visiting victory lane, the real winners over the next couple of weeks will be the PASS fans.
South Carolina drivers headline those pre-entered for the Fox Carolina 150 including defending Greenville-Pickens Speedway track champion Anthony Anders and PASS veterans Randy Gentry, Clete Caywood, and Jody Lavender. Other drivers currently pre-entered for the Fox Carolina 150 include Super Late Model champions Travis Braden and Daniel Hemric, PASS North championship runner-up Joey Doiron, two-time PASS South winner in 2013, Tyler Church, third generation racers Jared Irvan and Tate Fogleman, veterans Brandon Ward, John Batten, Jimmy Doyle and Jody Measamer, and 2014 PASS South rookie contenders Trevor Noles, Brandon Setzer, and Matt Daley.

Action first gets under way on Friday, February 28th at Greenville-Pickens Speedway with practice for all divisions from 2-6 PM. On Saturday, March 1st, pit gates will open at 10 AM for the Fox Carolina 150, with practice from Noon- 3 PM. Qualifying will begin at 4 PM and racing will start at 6 PM, featuring 150 laps for the PASS Super Late Models, 50 laps for the PASS Pro Late Models and 75 laps for the Southeast Super Trucks.

The Pro All Stars Series is recognized as North America’s premier sanctioning body for asphalt Super Late Models and boasts such marquee events as PASS South’s Easter Bunny 150 at the historic Hickory Motor Speedway, the Autobus La Quebecoise Triple Crown at Autodrome Chaudière, and the legendary Oxford 250 at Oxford Plains Speedway. For technical information concerning all PASS divisions please send questions to passracing@roadrunner.com.

For media or marketing questions, please contact Alan Dietz at 704-231-2039 or alandietzpass@live.com.

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PASS Opener Set To Make More
History At The Legendary
Greenville-Pickens Speedway

CHARLOTTE, NC (February 11) – The Pro All Stars Series (PASS) looks to embark on one of its biggest seasons yet as the series season opener approaches on March 1 at the historic Greenville-Pickens Speedway in South Carolina. The PASS National Championship Series will take center stage as the PASS South Super Late Models will be featured in the Fox Carolina 150. A strong field of PASS Pro Late Models will make their first ever trip to Greenville for 50 laps of short track excitement. And, if that was not enough, the strong weekend of racing will also include the first of three companion events with PASS for the Southeast Super Trucks.

Greenville-Pickens Speedway first began hosting stock car races in 1946 after a time in which it operated as a horse racing facility. Man-made horsepower has been the name of the game at GPS for nearly 70 years now. A track made famous by the names of former track champions that now line its walls. Names like Pearson, Earnhardt, Lindley, and Porter just to name a few.

The Fox Carolina 150 will mark a return to the historic half-mile speedway for the PASS Super Late Models for the first time since 2010. Ironically, the first PASS National Championship Series race of 2014 takes place at the same track where the first champion was crowned. Cassius Clark of Farmington, ME held off North Carolina’s John Stancill to become the first ever PASS National Champion in 2008. That came on the heels of Clark winning at GPS in the 2007 Howler 150 when the PASS South Super Late Models first debuted at the speedway. Clark will be back this year at the Fox Carolina 150 to make his first run at the title in a several years.

Alex Haase swept both races at Greenville-Pickens Speedway in 2008 en route to the PASS South Super Late Model championship that year. In 2009, Jay Fogleman outlasted Brian Ickler and Alex Fleming to win the Firecracker 125 in what many have heralded as one of the greatest PASS South races of all time. Fogleman followed his win in July of that year up with a runner-up finish to 6-time PASS North Champion Johnny Clark in the Howler 150 at GPS. Although racing only a limited schedule in 2014 as he pursues a third straight PASS National Championship, Fogleman will no doubt be among the favorites for victory in the Fox Carolina 150.

PASS last visited Greenville-Pickens Speedway in 2010 when Ryan Blaney took his second win of that season in the Firecracker 125. In 2014, the PASS South Super Late Models return for two big events which include the Fox Carolina 150 on March 1 and the 9th Annual Firecracker 125 on July 3. The PASS Pro Late Models and Southeast Super Trucks will also be in competition on both dates.

Among those pre-entered for the Fox Carolina 150 are two-time PASS South winner in 2013, Tyler Church, third generation racers Jared Irvan and Tate Fogleman, veterans Brandon Ward and John Batten, and rookie contender Matt Daley.

Entries are continuing to come in daily for what looks to be one of the biggest Super Late Model races of the Winter.

Action gets under way on Friday, February 28th at Greenville-Pickens Speedway with practice for all divisions from 2-6 PM. On Saturday, March 1st, pit gates will open at 10 AM for the Fox Carolina 150, with practice from Noon- 3 PM. Qualifying will begin at 4 PM and racing will start at 6 PM, featuring 150 laps for the PASS Super Late Models, 50 laps for the PASS Pro Late Models and 75 laps for the Southeast Super Trucks.

The Pro All Stars Series is recognized as North America’s premier sanctioning body for asphalt Super Late Models and boasts such marquee events as PASS South’s Easter Bunny 150 at the historic Hickory Motor Speedway, the Autobus La Quebecoise Triple Crown at Autodrome Chaudière, and the legendary Oxford 250 at Oxford Plains Speedway.

For technical information concerning PASS South divisions please contact Kyler Honeycut at 1-704-791-6115.

For media or marketing questions, please contact Alan Dietz at 704-231-2039 or alandietzpass@live.com.

Don’t forget to “Like” the Pro All Stars Series on Facebook or follow us on Twitter to keep up with breaking news as it happens.