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2012-05-06

PASS North: Joey Doiron breaks through at Beech Ridge

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: Media, contact Norm Desjardins racewithpass@yahoo.com

 

Scarborough ME (5/5) Berwick Maine’s Joey Doiron charged to the lead on lap 87 of Saturday’s PASS North Southern Maine Motors.com 150 at Beech Ridge Motor Speedway  to earn a convincing victory, the first for the series’ 2010 Rookie of the Year. Lonnie Sommerville raced home in second followed by Derek Ramstrom, Cassius Clark and DJ Shaw. Doiron came from tenth on the grid and drove under Sommerville and race leader Shaw for a lead he would never relinquish.

 

Doiron’s best previous PASS North finish - a fourth - came in this event one year ago.

Doiron considers Beech Ridge his home track, and his victory comes after two seasons of trying to carry the PASS feature checkers.  Despite his Rookie of the Year title in 2010, Doiron has suffered through more than his share of mechanical issues and on track incidents.The family– focused race teams’ perseverance paid off Saturday as the young man drove off to the most convincing win that PASS fans have witnessed in recent memory.

The season opener proved to be a day for the young guns to shine. Aaron Ricker, Shaw and Sommerville shared the lead over the first two thirds of the race and 2011 Co-Rookie of the Year Kyle DeSouza, Ramstrom, and Brad Babb spent most of the day contending for the top spot.  Cassius Clark (4th) and Gary Smith (8th) both came from the back of the 32 car field and they were the only two in the top ten that have more than a few years experience on the tour’s tracks.

2011 race winner and defending series champion Johnny Clark had a race he’d rather forget, as did Ben and Mike Rowe. Clark qualified through the consolation rounds and started nineteenth. Clark picked up eight spots by lap 21 but he was sliding back 20 laps later and it was clear that there were problems with the 54. A trip to the pits under caution for a fix seemed to do the trick and he was back in the top five by lap 102. But the same driveline problem resurfaced, shutting off Clark’s ride intermittently and sending him sideways on more than one occasion. Only experience and determination allowed him to salvage a 16th place finish. Ben Rowe never seemed to have a handle on the speedway, despite his teams’ best efforts. Rowe had to settle for 22nd at the checkers. Mike Rowe had a race similar to his sons’ and the best the legend could muster was 18th.

The top eight all completed 150 green flag laps in just over an hour. The race was slowed by six caution periods, and Doiron’s late race dominance led to a 6.942 margin of victory. Fast lap was set by DJ Shaw (15.316/78.271). Qualifying wins went to Ricker, Hubbard and Shaw. Johnny Clark and Donnie Whitten prevailed in the consolation rounds.

The PASS Mod field had its’ strongest opening day showing ever and it was an all Shaw show from green to checker. Andy Shaw sat on the pole with Dale Shaw outside, and the pair swapped the lead on several occasions before the defending race and series champion prevailed. Dale chased Andy to the checkers and Dana Reed raced home third with Mark Lundblad Jr. and Travis Buzzell fourth and fifth. Scott Alexander and Andy Shaw claimed their heat races.

The PASS Sportsman suffered from the dreaded yellow fever early in their 75 lap feature. Five of the seven caution flags flew in the first 30 laps but once the field hit their stride the racing was intense. Carey Martin worked his way by Clyde Hennessey on a lap 28 restart and never gave up the lead, despite Craig Smith’s late race charge. Mike Clark made his trip from Littleton New Hampshire worthwhile with a solid third; Clyde Hennessey and Scott Dorr settled for fourth and fifth. Jarrod Ledger and Nate Leavitt earned the front row starting spots in their qualifiers.

The PASS Super Late Models and Mods are in action Saturday May 12th when the bull ring, Epping New Hampshire’s Star Speedway, hosts the two series. Race Time is 4:30 PM. The PASS Sportsman take a break until Sunday June 3rd when all three PASS North touring divisions visit Riverside Speedway in Groveton New Hampshire.

All the news, photos and standings after this week’s event can be found at www.proallstarsseries.com.

Unofficial PASS North Feature Results – Beech Ridge Motor Speedway, Scarborough ME -  5/5/12

Southern Maine Motors.com 150 –PASS North Super Late Models

1 73 Joey Doiron Berwick ME 2 48 Lonnie Sommerville Barnesville NB CA 3 35 Derek Ramstrom Worcester MA 4 77 Cassius Clark Farmington ME 5 60 DJ Shaw Center Conway NH 6 88 Kyle DeSouza E. Providence RI 7 21 David Oliver Standish ME 8 75 Gary Smith Bangor ME 9 80 Dustin Hubbard Unity ME 10 7 Donnie Whitten Wells ME 11 41 Brad Babb Windham ME 12 10 Scott Dragon Milton VT 13 27QC Alex Gingras Quebec QC 14 38 Dan McKeage Gorham ME 15 47 Kelly Moore Scarborough ME 16 54 Johnny Clark Farmingdale ME 17 17 Travis Benjamin Morrill ME 18 24 Mike Rowe Turner ME 19 33 Richie Dearborn Hollis ME 20 55 Corey Williams Huntersville NC 21 61 Andy Shaw Ctr. Conway NH 22 4 Ben Rowe Turner ME 25 15 Scott Chubbuck Dresden ME 26 9 J.T. Thurlow Windham ME 27 16 Kevin Roberge Quebec City QC 28 20 Mike Landry Oakland ME  29 53 Bill Rodgers Old Orchard Beach ME 30 84 Scott Mulkern Falmouth ME 31 26 John Donahue Graniteville VT 32 00 Bryan Kruczek Newmarket NH

 

PASS Sportsman (75 Laps)

1 18 Carey Martin Denmark ME 2 15 Craig Smith E. Waterboro ME 3 2 Mike Clark Littleton NH 4 8 Clyde Hennessey Windham ME 5 60ME Scott Dorr Portland ME 6 20 Joe Pastore Jr. Gorham ME 7 01 Sam Gooden Whitefield NH 8 88 J.R. Baril Haverhill MA 9 75 Doug Wolfe Jr. Buxton ME 10 02 Geoff Rollins Groton MA 11 36 Nate Leavitt Buxton ME 12 101 Rob Drew Ctr. Lovell ME 13 51 Bill Ahern Billerica MA 14 44 Jerrod Ledger Groveton NH 15 83ME Ryan Greene Berwick ME 16  10 Donnie Morse Windham ME 17 4 Allan Moeller Sr. Dresden ME 18 88 Andy Field Buxton ME 19 99 Peter Cook Nottingham NH  20 94 Garrett Hall Scarborough ME 21  38 Dan McKeage Gorham ME 22 51A RJ Austin Smithfield ME 23 58 Lyman McKeage Gorham ME 24 81 Ray Dinsmore Jr. Alfred ME 25 44X Rusty Poland Windham ME

PASS Mod (40 laps)

1 66 Andy Shaw Ctr. Conway NH 2 6 Dale Shaw Ctr. Conway NH 3 60 Dana Reed Shapleigh ME 4 28 Mark Lundblad Jr. Conway NH 5 3 Travis Buzzell Hollis ME 6 17A Scott Alexander Orrington ME 7 21 Mike Carignan Somersworth NH 8 0 Sumner Sessions Norway ME 9 20 Gary Thorne Sidney ME 10 33 Bill Dixon N. Waterboro ME 11 1 Dave Sprague W. Buxton ME 12 70 Gary Norris Jr. W. Gardiner ME 13 08 Rusty Bryant Weymouth MA 14 14 Scott McDaniel Livermore ME 15 7 Mitch Miller W Boylston MA 16 53 Alan Wilson Hebron ME 17 89 Ryan Phillips Buxton ME 18 00 Bill Lake Conway NH 19 56 Dave Pinkham Buxton ME

 

 

 


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2012-04-08

PRO ALL STARS SERIES NEWS: QUICK RESULTS - PASS SOUTH/NATIONAL EASTER BUNNY 150

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Newton NC (4/7) -  Kyle Grissom fought off multiple challenges from several different drivers to earn his first career super late model win in the PASS South/PASS National  Easter Bunny 150 at the Hickory (NC) Motor Speedway. Grissom was able to pull away in the final five laps from Brad Keselowski Racing development driver Landon Cling, who finish a career best second, and Texas native Trey Mitchell in third. Cassius Clark was the best finishing PASS North driver in fourth with Roger Lee Newton rounding out your top five. Current PASS South Series points leader heading into the Easter Bunny 150, Preston Peltier finished 26th after getting caught up in an accident early on.  


Unnofficial Results: PASS South/National Easter Bunny 150 - Hickory Motor Speedway - Newton NC - 4/7/2012 

1) #31 Kyle Grissom 2) #29 Landon Cling 3) #47 Trey Mitchell 4) #8 Cassius Clark 5) #33 Roger Lee Newton 6) #25 Ross Kenseth 7) #12 Jared Marks 8) #22 Kyle Bonsignore 9) #74 Ryan Lawler 10) #4 Jay Fogleman 11) #4n Ben Rowe 12) #19 Nate Caruth 13) #02 Tim Nooner 14) #62 Brandon Ward 15) #48 John Batten 16) #101 Trevor Sanborn 17) #76 Jerick Johnson 18) #98 Ryan Blaney 19) #66 Steve Wallace 20) #2 Gray Gaulding 21) # 88 Kyle DeSsouza 22) #89 David Latour Jr. 23) #29L Andy Loden 24) #2n Matt Matheson 25) #41 Wes Burton 26) #26 Preston Peltier 27) #81 Craig Goess Jr. 28) #26c Tyler Church 29) #11 Mark Gibson 30) #71 Jimmy Doyle 31) #12c Garrett Campbell 32) #80 Dustin Hubbard


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2010-06-14

Pro All Stars Series news - PASS North Speedway 660 race report

For Immediate Release

Johnny Clark PASS North winner at Speedway 660

Naples ME (6/14) Johnny Clark to advantage of a lap 61 restart to power past Cassius Clark for the lead in Saturday night’s Pro All Stars Series 200 and the defending series champ stayed there all the way to the checkers to score his second win of the young season. 

 

Cassius Clark led a big chunk of the race from the pole but had to settle for second, his best result of 2010. Saint John New Brunswick’s Lonnie Sommerville was the top Canadian with a strong run to third. Scott Chubbuck and defending race winner Ben Rowe came home fourth and fifth

2009 PASS North Rookie of the Year Nick Ribbe ran as high as second before another racer’s oil sent him spinning and out of  contention. Ribbe finished 198 of the 200 laps in 14th. Trevor Sanborn has joined Richard Moody Racing to take a shot at the PASS North  championship and ran up front early, only to succumb to problems that left him in 21st at the finish.

Nine drivers finished on the lead lap. Six cautions slowed the first 100 laps, but the second 100 stayed green to the checkers.

 Sunday June 20 PASS North gets back on track for the Fathers Day 150 at Unity (ME) Raceway.  All three PASS North touring series will be in action.  Practice gets underway at 11:30 AM; heat races are set for 3:00 PM.

For more information visit the Pro All Stars Series on line at www.proallstarsseries.com.

Unofficial Results – Pro All Stars Series 200 – Speedway 660, Fredericton New Brunswick CA – 6/12/2010 - (position, car number, driver, laps completed)

1) 54  Johnny Clark  200  2 ) 8  Cassius Clark  200 3)  23  Lonnie Sommerville 200 4)  77  Scott Chubbuck – 200 5)  48  Ben Rowe – 200  6)  1  Randy Turner – 200 7) Kelly Moore  8)  7 Donnie Whitten – 200 9)  75  Gary Smith – 200  10)  44w  Wayne Smith – 199  11)  99  Craig Slaunwhite – 199 12) 17a  Scott Alexander – 199  13)  11  Marty Prevost – 199  14)  85- Nick Ribbe – 198  15)  87  Matt Harris – 198 16)  17 Travis Benjamin – 198 17) 52  Shaun Tucker – 198 18) 12  Austin Theriault – 195 19)  28 Kirk Thibeau – 187 20) 98  Adam Bates – 177  21)  44 - Trevor Sanborn – 17 22) 17w  Brent Wiggins – 109    23 ) 88 - Kevin Moore -  27) 24  21 - Dustin Hubbard – 8  25)  73 - Joey Doiron - 7

 

 


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