Mulkern Racing Set For Multi-Car Effort In 2013
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Organization To Back PASS North, Beech Ridge Teams This Season
FALMOUTH, Maine – For the second time in as many seasons, Mulkern Racing have representation in both the PASS North Series and in weekly NASCAR Whelen All-American Series competition at Beech Ridge Motor Speedway in 2013.
Veteran pilot Scott Mulkern of Falmouth, Maine, will make his return to full-time PASS racing for the first time in a decade after several seasons of part-time efforts, while Bobby Timmons III of Windham, Maine, will return to the seat at Beech Ridge where he was a rookie in 2012.
"I can say 'thank you' over and over again, but it doesn't really truly show how appreciative we are – me, my father and my team – of what everybody at Mulkern Racing is doing for us," Timmons said. "It's everybody at Mulkern Racing that's part of this. They help us out and give us everything we need.
"I think we'll be forever indebted."
It's a change at the top for Mulkern Racing, which has fielded multi-car PASS efforts over the previous three seasons but will pare down to one car for the majority of the tour's schedule this year. Mulkern himself hasn't competed full-time in the series, which he has been a longtime supporter of, since he finished fifth in the final standings in 2003.
"I've never really been a points racer," Mulkern said. "I've always wanted to do the whole thing again at some point, and this felt like the right time to give it one good shot."
Mulkern will have Gary Crooks of Mooresville, N.C., – who served the same position for the team's second car a year ago – as his crew chief on the familiar No. 84, with sponsorship from Southern Maine Chrysler Dodge Jeep and Community Pharmacies.
Mulkern made just seven PASS starts a year ago, after winning the 2011 season finale at Oxford Plains Speedway.
Timmons finished sixth as a rookie in the NASCAR Whelen All-American Series Pro Series standings at Beech Ridge in 2012, including his first career win in July. He'd like to improve upon that showing this season in the ultra-competitive top division at the track.
"Last year was pretty much as good as could be expected for our first season in these cars," said Timmons, who'll drive the No. 48 Southern Maine Chrysler Dodge Jeep/Community Pharmacies/Timmons Machine Dodge. "There were some nights where I felt we left a little bit on the table, but overall – looking at the whole season in one picture – it went about the way we wanted it to go. Yeah, we left some on the table, but it could have been a lot worse some nights, too.
"I don't think (the championship) is out of the question this year. That's my goal – but that's every racer's goal. To come out and say, 'I want to win a championship,' I think it's a no-brainer. I want to win one. Everybody who races does. You have to have good cars and be good every week, but you have to have good luck, too. Take nothing from (Brad Babb) last year, but he had some luck, too."
Timmons will enter the first PASS North Series race of the season, at Oxford Plains Speedway on April 21, but has no firm plans to run PASS races beyond that. He finished eighth in his PASS debut at Oxford Plains Speedway last October.
"It's all about seat time and having fun," Timmons said. "We're coming off a Top-10 run there last year, and we're bringing the same thing this time around – just with a lot more confidence. I'm really just looking to improve on that.
"We're really focused on what we're doing with Mulkern Racing. When we're not racing ourselves, we'll go and help Scott's team at the track with whatever they need."
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