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SATURDAY,
NOVEMBER 16th
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MOORE - ASHLINE
- HOPKINS |
Ben Ashline Takes Surprise
Win
In Racing's Return To Lanier |
BRASELTON, GA
(November 16) - Ben
Ashline made the long trip
from Pittston, ME count
taking the surprise win for
the Pro All Stars Series
(PASS) Super Late Models
Saturday afternoon in the
Lanier National 200 at
Lanier Raceplex. Ashline's
first career PASS victory
was the first checkered flag
that has flown at Lanier
since racing was last held
here in 2011.
"We
traveled down like 1200
miles, really not knowing
what to expect and made a
few changes and they
worked," said Ashline in
victory lane. "Mike
[Hopkins] is a great
competitor. We raced hard,
we raced clean, and we were
racing for the win. We came
down here with high hopes.
This is probably the best
race of my career."
After taking the heat race
wins, Ryan Moore and Dawson
Fletcher led the field to
green, with Fletcher moving
to the lead on lap two. The
first caution of the day
waved on lap 17 when veteran
Randy Gentry went for a spin
in turn four. Fletcher
continued to lead until
another Georgia teenager,
Jake Garcia, would bypass
him for the top spot on lap
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SHAW |
Rollercoaster Saturday at
Seekonk
Decides PASS North Champion |
Story by: Brandon Paul,
Speed51.com Editor |
A day full of ups
and downs for a pair of
championship contenders
decided the 2019 Pro All
Stars Series (PASS) North
champion Saturday afternoon
at Seekonk Speedway (MA).
Derek Griffith entered
the season-ending race with
an eight-point advantage
over defending champion DJ
Shaw. Ultimately, Shaw
overcame that deficit to
claim his fourth PASS North
championship; however, the
rollercoaster ride was
anything but easy.
"This was about the worst
day we could have possibly
had and still pulled this
off," Shaw said after the
race. "I don't even know
what to say. I can't believe
it, really. It was a bad
day. We missed it on the
setup and Griffith got
caught up in wrecks all day.
We were just fortunate to
survive." |
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SAT. & SUN., JUNE 22 &
23
RACING SUNDAY AT 12:30 PM |
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50 Laps for the
Super Late Models
A PASS
North & PASS National Event |
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HOPKINS -
MACDONALD - GRIFFITH
IN
FRONT: DAVE DION & BENTLEY
WARREN |
MacDonald edges
Hopkins in PASS thriller
at New Hampshire Motor
Speedway |
Loudon, NH
- Eddie MacDonald of Rowley,
Massachusetts just barely
held off hard-charging Mike
Hopkins to claim victory in
the 50-lap Pro All Stars
Series Super Late Model main
event, highlighting the
racing card at the third
annual New England Short
Track Showdown at New
Hampshire Motor Speedway in
Loudon on Sunday.
For
MacDonald it was win number
11 at the Magic Mile,
including scores in both
PASS Super Late Model races
ever contested at the
1.058-mile oval. He beat
Hopkins to the line by maybe
a foot, or .026-seconds
according to electronic
scoring, aboard his Hancock
Electric-Grimm Construction
17.
Hermon, Maine
driver Hopkins, a winner at
the 3/4-mile Richmond
Raceway in Virginia to open
up the 2019 Pro All Stars
Series season, solidified
his position atop the Pro
All Stars Series National
Championship standings with
his runner-up finish.
Derek Griffith of
Hudson, New Hampshire, the
defending PASS Super Late
Model National Championship
Series kingpin, swapped
positions in front of the
pack with both MacDonald and
Hopkins before settling for
a third-place finish,
following up his win in the
previous week's race at
Speedway 95 and injecting
the LCM Motorsports
operation right back into
the PASS North SLM title
chase. |
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SATURDAY, APRIL 20, 2019 |
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The 14th ANNUAL |
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SETZER -
RAMSTROM - HOPKINS |
Ramstrom Survives For
Easter Bunny 150
Triumph At Hickory |
HICKORY, NC (April
20) - Massachusetts racer
Derek Ramstrom prevailed in
a wild race to claim the
victory in the 14th Annual
MyComputerCareer Easter
Bunny 150 Saturday night at
Hickory Motor Speedway.
Ramstrom's victory was his
second straight Pro All
Stars Series (PASS) Super
Late Model win at Hickory
after claiming the checkered
flag there last November.
"You know a lot of stuff
happened in front of me with
the leaders tonight, so
things played out in my
favor and we earned it,"
said Ramstrom in victory
lane. "We've had a rough
start to the season and we
really needed this victory.
Everyone was racing really
hard to halfway because we
all thought the rain was
coming. It was definitely a
good time."
In
qualifying, Peltier took his
23rd career quick qualifying
time in PASS with a lap of
14.603 seconds (89.488 MPH).
After the top 10 qualifiers
redraw, Peltier would move
back to the sixth starting
position, while Tate
Fogleman and Mike Hopkins
would move up to the front
row.
With rain being
a persistent threat
throughout the day and into
the evening, the competition
was fierce as Fogleman
jumped into the early lead.
Peltier and fellow Easter
Bunny 150 winner, Stephen
Nasee, moved to the outside
groove early on and bypassed
Fogleman for the lead on lap
15. The first caution of the
night would wave on lap 28
for a spin by Christian Rose
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Shaw Outduels Griffith in
PASS North Opener
at
Thompson Speedway
Motorsports Park |
Thompson, CT -
Reigning Pro All Stars
Series North Super Late
Model Champion DJ Shaw of
Center Conway, New Hampshire
outdueled fellow Granite
State racer Derek Griffith
of Hudson to kick off his
title defense in winning
fashion, prevailing in a
thrilling 75-lapper Sunday
afternoon (April 7) at
Connecticut's Thompson
Speedway Motorsports Park.
Shaw, seeking a fourth
series title this year in
the Precision JLM / Dale
Shaw Race Cars 60, used the
outside groove to reclaim
the lead from Griffith, the
defending PASS Super Late
Model National Championship
Series kingpin. It was a
reversal of fortunes for the
top two finishers, as
Griffith bested Shaw in last
year's opener at New
England's fastest short
track.
Shaw started
from ninth position on the
starting grid while
third-starting Griffith
quickly moved into
contention, chasing early
race leader Gabe Brown of
Center Conway, NH.
Multi-time PASS North and
National Champion Ben Rowe
of Turner, Maine was an
early factor up front, as
was six-time PASS North
champ Johnny Clark of
Farmingdale, Maine. |
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SATURDAY, MARCH
30, 2019 |
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IRVAN #28 & REED
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JOHNSON -
HOPKINS - CRAIG |
Reed, Hopkins Take PASS
Commonwealth Classic
Wins |
RICHMOND, VA (March
30) - Austin Reed and Mike
Hopkins split Pro All Stars
Series (PASS) Super Late
Model wins in the Inaugural
PASS Commonwealth Classic
Saturday afternoon at
Richmond Raceway.
"The crew made some awesome
adjustments at the halfway
break and then the car was
on rails," said Reed after
the biggest win of his
career. "To win at Richmond
is just amazing. I can't
believe we won yet, but I
can't wait for it to sink
in."
In qualifying,
both PASS Crate pole sitter
Ray Christian, III and Heim,
the PASS Open fast
qualifier, were quicker than
Kevin Harvick's pole time at
Richmond last fall, with
Heim posting a lap of
126.152 miles per hour.
Heim jumped to the lead
at the start for the PASS
Open Super Late Model race,
while Tate Fogleman settled
into second. The car on the
move early was Matt Craig,
who started sixth, but moved
past Fogleman for second on
lap 30. The two made slight
contact at the exit of turn
two causing damage to the
right rear of Craig's
Camaro. Craig was able to
repair the damage during the
competition caution on lap
40.
On the restart,
Craig appeared to get the
advantage on Heim entering
turn one, but Heim would
rocket back by him down the
backstretch. The battle for
second between Craig and
Fogleman would heat up
again, literally. As
Fogleman looked ready to
take the position, a fire
would erupt from under the
hood of his car to bring out
the second caution of the
night on lap 48.
Following the restart, Craig
continued to struggle a bit
as Ben Rowe looked to try
and take second. But, after
the two made contact in turn
three, Jared Irvan was able
to jump up to the outside
and pass both of them for
second. The fastest car on
the racetrack, though, was
Austin Reed as he was making
his way up from the rear of
the field. Reed would take
second from Irvan with three
laps to go, but would run
out of time as Heim led
flag-to-flag to apparently
take his first career PASS
Super Late Model win. But,
in post-race inspection,
Heim's car was disqualified,
handing the win to Reed.
Irvan would finish second,
followed by Craig, Rowe, and
Augie Grill. Rounding out
the top ten were Eddie
MacDonald, Derek Griffith,
Eddie Van Meter, Mike
Wallace, and Kyle Reed.
At the drop of the green
flag for the PASS Crate Late
Models, Christian jumped out
to the lead from the pole.
After a caution for debris
from Garrett Hall's machine
on lap 10, Martin Latulippe
was able to grab the lead
from Christian on the
restart. It would be
short-lived though as
Christian reassumed the top
spot three laps later. The
caution would wave again on
lap 24 when Hall slammed the
turn four wall after
spinning in fluid from the
car of Reid Lanpher.
Prior to the competition
caution on lap 40, Hopkins
would snag the lead from
Christian. But just two laps
after the restart, Christian
would move back by to take
the lead. Christian looked
to be driving away for the
win, but would fall off the
pace with just 12 laps to go
with mechanical issues.
Hopkins moved back up front
and led the rest of the way
for his second career PASS
win over Jake Johnson, Matt
Craig, Latulippe, and Gabe
Brown. Rounding out the top
ten were Ben Rowe, Kyle
Reed, Devin O'Connell, Dan
McKeage, and Derek Ramstrom.
"I can't believe that we
just won at Richmond," said
Hopkins in victory lane. "We
really struggled with the
car yesterday in traffic,
but we put our heads
together and worked on the
car and it handled
flawlessly today. I'm
honestly a little emotional,
this is just awesome!" |
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