Johnny Clark PASS North SLM winner at Star
For immediate release: Media contact Norm Desjardins – racewithpass@yahoo.com Rusty Bryant scores first PASS Mod win EPPING NH (5/12) Johnny Clark overcame mechanical problems and a shot gun starting position to win Saturday night’s Pro All Stars Series (PASS) North 150 at Epping New Hampshire’s Star Speedway. Clark gave race leader Travis Benjamin the bump and run on lap 144 and led the final six laps to capture his first win of the young season. Benjamin settled for second with Quebec racer Martin LaTulippe finished in third. Beech Ridge winner Joey Doiron raced under the checkers fourth and Ben Rowe was fifth. |
Engine issues kept Clark out of the qualifying rounds but the defending series champ worked his way into the top five before the half way mark. Benjamin had taken over the top spot from Ben Rowe at lap 62 and it looked like he had the car to capture his first PASS super late model win since 2008. Clark took the lead on a lap 103 restart and held it until Benjamin reclaimed it under green on lap 126. Five laps later a power surge darkened the entire race track, setting up a red flag period that miraculously saw all competitors come to a safe stop. Once power was restored Benjamin held the point with Clark, Donnie Whitten and defending race winner Derek Ramstrom all giving chase .Ramstrom had gone from front to back several times and Whitten was about to make a charge at the lead but both made off track excursions in the closing laps, relegating Ramstrom to 13th and Whitten to 10trh at the stripe. The race was slowed by ten caution periods and one red flag. The top ten finished all 150 laps and Clark’s margin of victory was .414 seconds. Heat race wins went to Lonnie Sommerville, Ben Rowe and Joey Doiron. Once again a strong PASS Mod field answered the call for their 40 lap showdown and when the dust cleared it was PASS Mod rookie Rusty Bryant in victory lane in only his second start in the open wheel touring division. Dana Reed earned his second podium of 2012 with a second place run and Travis Buzzell came home in third. Sumner Sessions and Scott Alexander rounded out the top five. Mitch Miller took the lead from Allan Wilson on lap 17 and Miller was in charge at the half way mark with Wilson and Dale Shaw and Bryant in tow. Bryant powered to the point with Dale Shaw on his bumper and Andy Shaw now up to challenge them both. The defending Champ wanted second but the veteran wasn’t about to give it up without a fight and the contact that resulted sent Dale to the pits for the night. Andy salvaged an eighth place finish. The PASS North super late models take a weekend off before heading back to New Hampshire for round #2 of the bull ring tour at North Woodstock’s immaculate quarter mile, White Mountain Motorsports Park on Saturday May 26th. The PASS Mods wait until Sunday June 3rd to return to action in a PASS triple header at Groveton New Hampshire’s Riverside Speedway. Photos, point standings, results and schedules are all on line at www.proallstarsseries.com . Unofficial Pro All Stars Series 150 results–Star Speedway, Epping NH 5/12/12 1 54 Johnny Clark Farmingdale ME 2 17 Travis Benjamin Morrill ME 3 84QC Martin LaTulippe Valley Junction QC 4 73 Joey Doiron Berwick ME 5 4 Ben Rowe Turner ME 6 88 Kyle DeSouza E Providence RI 7 27QC Alexander Gingras Quebec City QC 8 48 Lonnie Sommerville Barnsville NB CA 9 61 Andy Shaw Ctr. Conway NH 10 7 Donnie Whitten Biddeford ME 11 24 Mike Rowe Turner ME 12 60 D.J. Shaw Ctr. Conway NGH 13 35 Derek Ramstrom Worcester MA 14 87 Matt Harris Fredericton NB CA 15 75 Gary Smith Bangor ME 16 02 Geoff Rollins Groton MA 17 80 Dustin Hubbard Unity ME 18 77 Cassius Clark Farmington ME 19 33 Richie Dearborn Hollis ME 20 9 J.T. Thurlow Windham ME 21 10 Scott Dragon Milton VT 22 00 Bryan Kruczek Newmarket NH PASS Mods – 40 lap feature 1 08 Rusty Bryant Weymouth MA 2 60 Dana Reed Shapleigh ME 3 3 Travis Buzzell Hollis ME 4 0 Sumner Sessions Norway ME 5 17A Scott Alexander Orrington ME 6 7 Mitch Miller W Boylston MA 7 33 Bill Dixon N Waterboro ME 8 66 Andy Shaw Ctr. Conway NH 9 53 Allan Wilson Hebron ME 10 21 Mike Carignan Somersworth NH 11 1 Dave Sprague W Buxton ME 12 89 Ryan Phillips Buxton ME 13 70 Tommy Stilphen Cornish ME 14 6 Dale Shaw Ctr. Conway NH 15 00 Bill Lake Conway NH 16 14 Scott McDaniel Livermore ME 17 28 Mark Lundblad Jr. Conway NH 18 20 Gary Thorne Sidney ME 19 61 Matt Gain Cornish ME |
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