4/6 & 4/7 - SPEED51 PASS SOUTH "TRACKSIDE NOW" REPORT FROM HICKORY HERE Ryan Lawler #31 - 1st - Ben Rowe #4 - 2nd - Tim Nooner #02 - 3rd

Lawler Kicks Some Easter Bunny Tail in PASS South Season Opener Crate Engine Beats Others at Hickory Once Again On Easter weekend 2006, there were a few things that debuted at Hickory Motor Speedway (NC) – mainly the PASS South Super Late Model Series and Ryan Lawler’s full-sized stock car racing career. One year later, both were alive and well for the second running of the Easter Bunny 150 at Hickory Motor Speedway. The 2007 PASS South season opener attracted 37 teams, but none of those entries could outperform the number-31 of Lawler, who led the final 68 laps to score the victory over Ben Rowe, Tim Nooner, Johnny Clark and Dean Clattenburg. Lawler, who turns 20 years old on Monday, is quickly becoming the young prince of Hickory. The Texan also won last August’s PASS South event there. “I knew that we were going to win some races, but I didn’t know we’d be this good here,” said Lawler. “I came here last year and ran fifth in my first Super Late Model race. Then we came back for the second Hickory race and won that. Now, we’ve come back and won again. “I can’t get enough of this place. It’s my kind of racetrack. It’s worn out, it’s fun and you’ve got to get up on the wheel. I like that. We’re pretty pumped up about winning, especially at a place like this with so much history.” Ryan Lawler (center) was joined on the podium at Hickory by Tim Nooner (left) and Ben Rowe (right). Lawler’s victory might have looked easy, and his margin of victory might have seemed comfortable, but he did face a number of worthy adversaries during the evening. Fast qualifier Preston Peltier led early, but dropped out of the race with a mechanical problem. Defending Easter Bunny 150 winner and PASS South champion Mike Rowe fell off the pace early and then his number-2 car was run over by another competitor after slowing on the backstretch. PASS North regulars Ben Rowe and Johnny Clark also led laps, but had flat tires. FULL STORY HERE

Photos by Norm Marx

Finish for Easter Bunny 150 at Hickory on 4/7 2007 South SLM Points 1 31 Ryan Lawler Mooresville, NC Grapevine Suzuki 2 4 Ben Rowe Turner, ME Richard Moody & Sons Construction 3 O2 Tim Nooner Salisbury, NC On Track Auto Sales 4 54 Johnny Clark Hallowell, ME Clark's Cars & Parts 5 O9C Dean Clattenburg Dartmouth, NS N/A 6 91x Heath Hindman Signal Mtn., TN TS Racing 7 60 Dale Shaw Center Conway, NH N/A 8 48 John Batten Nashville, NC Batten Ceremic 9 1 Chris Dunn Raleigh, NC N/A 10 9 Shane Riffel Huntersville, NC Tenacious Racing 11 35 Derek Ramstrom West Boylston, MA West Boylston Auto Parts 12 47 Corey Williams Boothbay, ME Aegis Investigations 13 91 Joe Mattress Zebulon, NC Atlantic Ave. Tire and Service 14 29 Allen Gordon Leesburg, GA Gordon Electric Company 15 27 Tab Boyd China Grove, NC Cakes by Cindy 16 84 Chad Martin Denver, NC Automaster 17 5 Preston Peltier Concord, NC Corporate Image 18 53 Brad Buschoff Myakka City, FL Orion Communications 19 59 Greg Boone Louisville, KY Boone Drilling 20 O9 Randy Gentry Piedmont, SC DMR Inc. 21 O1 Brian Scott Mooresville, NC AP Brakes 22 3 Cassius Clark Farmington, ME EJP 23 O5 Alex Fleming Raleigh, NC Mom & Dad 24 26 Rob Stevens Aberdeen, NC N/A 25 12 Mark Reedy Kannapolis, NC MAL Entertainment 26 2 Mike Rowe Turner, ME PT Watts Inc. 27 62 Mark Gibson Winston-Salem, NC Yarbrough Transfer Company 28 98 Larry Pollard Taylorsville, NC Pollard Raceway Park

Friday Practice at Hickory Photos by Norm Marx

Northern Champions Ready to March Down to Easter Bunny 150 on Sat. April 7th Entries Come in From All Over for Season-Opening PASS South Super Late Model Race

CONCORD, NC (March 31, 2007) Many Americans will be hitting the roads next weekend during the Easter weekend to visit family, celebrate the holiday or just take in some rest and relaxation. A number of PASS North Super Late Model teams will be headed for the highways as well. But they aren’t planning on taking it easy or off hunting Easter Eggs, instead they’ll be on the prowl for trophies.

More than a half dozen New England drivers are expected to head to North Carolina’s Hickory Motor Speedway for the second annual Easter Bunny 150 PASS South season opener. Included in that bunch are three champions from the North: 2004 and 2006 PASS North champion Johnny Clark, 2002, 2003 and 2005 PASS North champion Ben Rowe and 2006 PASS Outlaw Late Model champion Derek Ramstrom.   FULL STORY

Race 1 - 4-15-06 -HICKORY
WFMX Easter Bunny 150 - Hickory Motor Speedway - Hickory, NC

Race 2 - 5-21-06 - KENLEY
Southern Sizzler - Southern National Speedway - Kenley, NC

Race 3 - 6-10-06 - FLORENCE
South Carolina Clash - Florence Motor Speedway - Timmonsville, SC

Race 4 - 6-17-06 - ORANGE COUNTY
Orange Blossom Special - Orange County Speedway - Rougemont, NC

Race 5 - 7-4-06 - FIRECRACKER
Firecracker 150 - Tri-County Motor Speedway - Hudson, NC

Race 6 - 8-6-06 - LANIER
Sunday of Speed - Lanier National Speedway - Braselton, GA

Race 7 - 8-27-06 - HICKORY II
Over the Mountain - Hickory Motor Speedway - Hickory, NC

Race 8 - 11-25-06 - MELTDOWN
Mason Dixon Meltdown - South Boston Speedway - South Boston, VA

L to R: Johnny Clark, 2nd place Meltdown race finisher; Mike Rowe, 2006 PASS South Champion
and 3rd place finisher in the Meltdown with PASS Official Paul Johnson;
and Cassius Clark, the Meltdown Race Champion.

FULL MELTDOWN PAGE        PASS SOUTH 2006 FINAL POINTS

Five Star Expands PASS Contingency Program To PASS South

(Naples, ME – May 24, 2006) PASS President Tom Mayberry announced today that Five Star Race Car Bodies of Twin Lakes, WI is expanding its support of the fast growing series for the 2006 season.

As a major provider of the A-B-C Body program to the PASS North Super Late Model Series that runs from CT to Nova Scotia in the northeast, Five Star will be awarding a complete “A” Package body and a certificate toward a “B” Package to two lucky PASS point finishers at the annual PASS awards banquet.

In addition, since PASS Racing has expanded into the south with the creation of the PASS South Super Late Model Series, Five Star will be awarding a complete “A” Package body to one of the top twenty point finishers in the southern series.

Except for awards tied to specific accomplishments during the season, PASS contingency awards are distributed by random draw of the top twenty in points at the annual banquet.

The A-B-C body program is an industry standard for the design, construction, and technical inspection of the bodies for offset template pro-stock and late model racecars throughout North America. The leading body manufacturers have agreed to produce aerodynamically identical bodies based upon agreed upon standardized specifications. For PASS, the objective is to keep the bodies uniform, control costs for everyone, and bring our series into line with other super late model series around the country that are already using the A-B-C body.