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2011-09-19

Clark Claims his third PASS 300 at Beech Ridge

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three in a row, seventh of 2011 for the defending series champion

 

SCARBOROUGH ME (9/18) Johnny Clark reclaimed the lead on lap 220 of Sunday's PASS North 300 presented by Southern Maine Motors.com at Beech Ridge Motor Speedway to earn his seventh win of 2011 and his third in the Pro All Stars Series (PASS)North's richest race. Scott Mulkern charged up through the pack to claim second and home track hero Trevor Sandborn raced home third.

 

Clark started deep in the pack but by lap 98 he was knocking on leader Donnie Whitten's door.Two laps later he was in control. Clark lost the lead to Lonnie Sommerville for several laps but the five time PASS North champ reclaimed the point and kept it until lap 191 when Seekonk regular Tom Scully Jr. took over. Clark's rubber was worn out, but he got the break he needed when the yellow flew on lap 216.. Rubbered up and race ready, Clark took the lead from Brad Babb ten laps later and was never headed, leading the final seventy four laps despite the best efforts of  both Mulkern and Sanborn.

 

Clark's win was worth $10,000.00 plus the majority of the lap leader bonuses. His margin of victory was .362 seconds. Eleven of the thirty three starters completed all 300 green flag laps in a race that took just over two hours to complete.

 

Beech Ridge regulars fared well in the 300 with Sanborn third, Dan McKeage 5th and Aaron Ricker 9th. Brad Babb spent some time in the lead before eventually finishing 12th. Bill Rogers ran up front early before settling for 13th at the checkers.

 

DJ Shaw, Cassius Clark and Travis Benjamin each won a qualifier. Consolation rounds went to Kelly Moore, Aaron Ricker and Johnny Clark.

 

The PASS 300 was round four of the six race 2011 PASS National Championship Series, and neither title contenders had a good day. National point leader Ben Rowe finished three laps down in 18th but his nearest challenger, Jay Fogleman was 23rd 26 laps down after encountering mechanical problems shortly after the start.

 

Both the PASS North and PASS National Championship series move on to North Woodstock's White Mountain Motorsports Park on Saturday September 24. Post time is 6:00 PM.

 

The Pro All Stars Series is on line at www.proallstarsseries.com.

 

Sunday feature results: PASS 400 Weekend presented by Southern Maine Motors.com

Beech Ridge Motor Speedway , Scarboough ME 9/19/2011

 

PASS North/National 300

 

1 54 Johnny Clark Farmingdale ME 2 84 Scott Mulkern Falmouth ME 3 29 Trevor Sanborn Parsonsfield ME 4 48 Lonnie Sommerville New Brunswick CA 5 40 Dan McKeage Gorham ME 6 7 Donnie Whitten Wells ME 7 26NH John Donahue 8 07 Tom Scully Jr Whitman MA 9 22 Aaron Ricker Tamworth NH 10 73 Joey Doiron Berwick ME 11 27QC Alex Gingras Quebec City Quebec 12 4X Brad Babb Windham ME 13 53 Bill Rodgers Old Orchard Beach ME 14 35 Derek Ramstrom Worcester MA 15 77 Cassius Clark Farmington ME 16 17 Travis Benjamin Morrill ME 17 14M Matt Frahm N Salem NH 18 4N Ben Rowe Turner ME 19 20 Steve Legendre St. Johnsbury VT 20 17A Scott Alexander Orrington ME 21 12 John Dabrowski W Bridgewater MA 22 97 Joey Polewarczyk Jr. Hudson NH 23 4S Jay Folgleman Durham NC 24 88 Kyle DeSouza E. Providence RI 25 00 Bryan Kruczek Newmarket NH 26 32 Charlie Colby Newcastle ME 27 60 DJ Shaw Center Conway NH 28 88T Alan Tardiff Lyman ME 29 7G Curtis Gerry Limerick ME 30 20L Mike Landry Oakland ME 31 2 Matt Matheson Geary NB CA 32 33 Mike Rowe Turner ME 33 47 Kelly Moore Scarborough M

 


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2011-09-12

Clark Claims PASS North White Mountain win

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North Woodstock NH (9/11) Johnny Clark kicked in the jets with 50 laps to go in Sunday afternoons Pro All Stars Series (PASS) North 150 at White Mountain Motorsports Park, winning a side by side battle with DJ Shaw to take the lead on lap 131 and nip Shaw for his sixth PASS North win of 2011. Shaw led the majority of the 150 green flag laps but had to settle for second. PASS rookie Bryan Kruczek led his share of laps and raced home a strong third, with Alex Gingras and Lonnie Sommerville rounding out the top five.

 

For ten seasons Clark and his Clark's Car Crushing team couldn't find the key to PASS victory lane at White Mountain, but he 's now won 2 of his last three starts at the fast quarter mile. His victory coupled with points challenger Ben Rowe's seventeenth place finish padded the defending series champions' point lead. Rowe was caught up in an early race wreck that took the nose off RMR ride, destroying any chance of a win at one of his favorite speedways..

 

Shaw and Kruzcek were the show for much of the race. The pair shared the front row and from the drop of the green they battled tooth and nail, swapping the lead on several occasions and distancing themselves from the field. Kruczek took over the top spot on lap nine and kept it until lap 69 when Shaw made his move . At the crossed flags it was Shaw, and Kruczek out front with Sommerville, Gingras and Travis Benjamin all giving chase.. Clark showed up in the top five at lap 85, picking off Gingras for fourth, Sommerville on lap 93 and Kruczek one lap later. Catching Shaw would be another matter though, as the Center Conway NH racer had his ride on a rail, and as the green flag laps ran down he was opening up a gap on Clark. But as so often happens, a yellow flag brought Shaw back to the field and the restart gave Clark the opportunity he needed to deny Shaw the checkers.

 

Clark's margin of victory as just .338 seconds. The race was slowed by seven cautions, and twelve of the twenty two starters completed all 150 green flag laps. Kruczek, Shaw and Scott Dragon won their qualifiers.

 

PASS 400 weekend presented by Southern Maine Motors.com is up next, with the mid week special kicking off the festivities on Thursday September 15 at 5:45 PM. Friday is a day of practice for all divisions, Qualifiers are on Saturday and the PASS 300, PASS Sportsman 100 and PASS Mod 50 are slated for Sunday. The 300 lap go for the super late models is round number four of the six race PASS National Championship series. Both days go green at 12:00 noon. Support divisions will round out both big days. For more information click on www.proallstarsseries.com and www.beechridge.com .

 

Unofficial Results

PASS North Super Late Models - 150 laps

 

1 54 Johnny Clark Farmingdale ME 2 60 DJ Shaw Center Conway NH 3 00 Bryan Kruczek New Market NH 4 27QC Alexander Gingras Quebec City CA 5 48 Lonnie Sommerville New Brunswick CA 6 14M Matt Frahm N Salem NH 7 10 Scott Dragon Colchester VT 8 73 Joey Doiron Berwick ME 9 17A Scott Alexander Orrington ME 10 75 Gary Smith Bangor ME 11 80 Dustin Hubbard Unity ME 12 2 Matt Matheson Geary New Brunswick CA 13 7G Curtis Gerry Limerick ME 14 07 Tom Scully Jr. Cranston RI 15 17 Travis Benjamin Morrill ME 16 12 John Dabrowski W Bridgewater MA 17 4 Ben Rowe Turner ME 18 16 Kevin Roberge Quebec CA 19 Kyle DeSouza E. Providence RI 20 11 Austin Brehio Hopkinton NH 21 92 Bill Brady Marstons Mill MA 22 7 Donnie Whitten Wells ME

 


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2011-08-09

Clark earns PASS North win number five at the Cement Palace

Claims first Seekonk win

 

Seekonk MA (8/6) Johnny Clark cleared Joey Polewwarcyzk with seven to go in Saturday night's Pro All Stars Series (PASS) North 150 at Seekonk (MA) Speedway to earn his fifth series win of 2011. Derek Ramstrom raced past Pole to claim second on lap148 and Pole ended his night third.

 

The victory was the fifth of 2011 for the PASS North point leader, his first at Seekonk Speedway and also the first win for a PASS regular in the traveling tour's three appearances at the legendary Massachusetts oval. Seekonk weekly racers Tom Scully Jr. and David Darling shut the PASS Pros out of victory lane in 2009 and 2010.

 

Early on it looked like Darling might make it home team three, PASS North zero as the defending race winner took the lead from Joey Pole on lap forty two and kept Pole at bay until Pole returned the favor on lap 71 to take back the lead.

 

Pole was in control but there were some fast guys coming.At the 100 lap mark Clark had worked his way to second, Darling was now third and Lonnie Sommerville and Derek Ramstrom were inside the top five Still Pole was fast and he kept the field in his mirrors until the closing laps.

 

Clark showed what he had with fifteen to go, mounting challenges high and low, but the last of six yellow flags at lap 139 gave Clark a chance to duel Pole on the restart. Pole hung tough at the green and the pair battled side by side for four circuits until Clark made the outside move stick. Ramstrom dug hard over the closing laps to power by Pole for the runner up spot with the clenched white and checkers showing.

 

Thirteen cars completed the entire distance. Clark's margin of victory was 1.042 seconds. Heat race wins went to Pole, Alex Gingras and Lonnie Sommerville.

 

PASS North gets back on track Sunday August 28th at White Mountain Motorsports Park in North Woodstock NH. With all three PASS North series in action. All the latest news can be found at www.proallstarsseries.com .

 

 

Unofficial Results: PASS North 150 – Seekonk Speedway, Seekonk MA - 8/6

 

1 Johnny Clark Farmingdale ME 2 Derek Ramstrom Worcester MA 3 Joey Polewarczyk Hudson NH 4 Lonnie Sommerville New Brunswick CA 5 Ben Rowe Turner ME 6 Dave Darling E. Providence RI 7 Alex Gingras Quebec City CA 8 Tom Scully Jr. 9 Gary Smith Bangor ME 10 Ray Parent Tiverton RI 11 Matt Frahm N Salem NH 12 Rick Martin Westport MA 13 Kyle DeSouza E. Providence RI 14 John Dabrowski W. Bridgewater MA 15 Ryan Vanasse Warwick RI 16 Matt Matheson Geary New Brunswick CA 17 Austin Brehio Hopkinton NH 18 Jake Vanada Berkley MA 19 David Hutchins Somerset MA 20 Fred Astle Westport MA 21 Scott Alexander Orrington ME 22 Bobby Pelland III Cranston RI 23 Billy Brady Marston Mills MA 24 Travis Benjamin Morrill ME 25 Joey Doiron Berwick ME 26 Donnie Whitten Wells ME

 


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2011-06-27

Johnny Clark rolls on, claims third PASS North win of 2011 at L'Autodrome Chaudiere

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Mother Nature loses one to the racers in the PASS North Habitations Dany Lagace 150

 

Naples ME (6/27) Defending Pro All Stars Series (PASS) North Champion Johnny Clark earned his third super late model win of the young PASS North season Sunday in the PASS Habitations Dany Lagace 150 at L'Autodrome Chaudiere . Ben Rowe and Patrick Laperle chased Clark to the stripe.

 

PASS North's first trip to Quebec since 2004 was marred by rain. A bleak forecast delayed the event until Sunday, then it was a battle between mother nature, the tenacious Chaudiere track crew and PASS officials to get and keep a raceable track surface. In the end their efforts paid off and the hardy Quebec fans were treated to the kind of racing only super late models can provide.

 

Travis Benjamin led early on from the front row, eventually surrendering the lead to Ben Rowe.. Benjamin lost a tire and suffered a bone jarring crash that led to a red flag at lap sixty.The wreck ended a promising evening for the Morrill Maine racer.

 

When the field took flag man Mike Mayberry's green Clark was next to Ben Rowe up front, moving up from eleventh on the grid. Laperle lookedvlike Clark's serious challenger, taking over the second spot and trying to use the bottom to get by the leader. Laperle could get to Clark's numbers but couldn't take away the lead. Those challenges took their toll on the Quebec star's equipment and Clark was able to build a formidable lead. Ben Rowe took the second spot from Laperle at lap 125 and that's the way they raced to the finish.

 

Scott Chubbuck had an up and down day, surviving contact to race back fourth. Alex Gingras had yet another sold run in fifth despite mechanical issues and a spin.Points contender Lonnie Sommerville lost some ground, falling out on lap 58 with mechanical problems.

 

Clark and Ben Rowe each earned a heat race win. Eight of the twnety starters completed all 150 green flag laps.

 

The PASS North super late model trail moves to New Hampshire's Canaan Fair Speedway on Saturday July 2 for the Firecracker 150. They'll be joined by the PASS Mods for a spectacular night of racing that includes monster trucks and firworks. All the details can be found at www.proallstarsseries.com and www.canaanspeedways.com .

 

Unofficial Results: PASS North Habitations Dany Lagace 150 – Autodrome Chaudiere, QC 6/26

 

1) 54 - Johnny Clark - 150 2) 4 - Ben Rowe – 150 3) 91 - Patrick Laperle – 150 4) 77 - Scott Chubbuck – 150
 5) 27qc - Alex Gingras – 150 6) 24 - Mike Rowe – 150 7) 28 - Kirk Thibeau – 150 8) 61 - Mario Gosselin – 150
 9) 21 - Jean Dery – 149 10) 60 - DJ Shaw – 149 11) 12 - John Dabrowski – 149 12) 75 - Gary Smith – 148
 13) 88 - Kyle
 Dessouza – 148 14) 2 - Matt Matheson – 145 15) 84 - Martin Latulippe – 145 
16) 16 - Kevin Roberge – 103 17) 17a - Scott Alexander – 64 18) 17 - Travis Benjamin – 60
 19) 48 - Lonnie Sommerville – 58 20) 73 - Joey Doiron - 46

 


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ÉCLATANTE VICTOIRE DE JOHNNY CLARK EN PASS

Communiqué pour diffusion  2011-06-26

 

Du jamais vu à l'Autodrome Chaudière

 

Les vingt voitures présentent de la Série Pass ont donné tout un spectacle aux amateurs de son, d'habilité et de vitesse, dans le cadre du «HABITATIONS DANY LAGACÉ PASS 150. Spectateurs patients pour tout dire, car le programme a été retardé à huit reprises suite aux caprices de dame nature. Avec tous ces délais, la finale a débuté vers les 19h00 devant un ciel presque bleu.

 

Pendant les trente-huit premiers tours, Travis Benjamin #17 et Benji Rowe #4 s'échangent la position de tête. Au 39ième passage, Rowe prend les commandes et Johnny Clark #54 le suit. Vingt-deux tours plus tard, Benjamin suite à une crevaison frappe le mur entre la courbe 3 et 4 et sa soirée de travail est terminée.

 

Du 62ième tour au 76ième tour Rowe et Clark tourne côte à côte et c'est au 77ième passage que Clark prend la pôle devant Patrick Laperle #91 et Benji Rowe. Toute une bataille entre Clark, Laperle et Rowe jusqu'à la fin de l'épreuve. Laperle et Rowe s'échange la deuxième position à tour de rôle.

 

Au 125ième tour, Clark domine toujours, mais Rowe a le meilleur sur Laperle. Et c'est ainsi que ce termine cette finale de 150 tours avec Johnny Clark comme grand vainqueur, suivi  de Mike Rowe et de Patrick Laperle. Scott Chubbuck # 77 et Alexandre Gingras #27 complète le «Big Five».Belle performance de Jean-François Déry et de Kevin Roberge.

 

Sport compacte Coupe BESYBUY Pièces d'Autos

Trente-deux voitures pour cette finale de 100 tours sans aucun drapeau jaune. Les honneurs de cette 1er tranche de la Coupe Bestbuy revient à Dominic Jacques, VOITURE # 7 de Vallée-Jonction, suivi de Philippe Poulin, voiture #33 de St-Georges et de Steeve Godbout, voiture #100,9 de St-Lambert. Domination complète de ces trois pilotes qui ont mené la course dans l'ordre du début à la fin.

Steeve Ladouceur de Mirabel, Dominic Jacques de Vallée-Jonction et Ian Phaneuf de St-Charles-Sur-Richelieu ont remporté leur qualification respective.

Kamikaze et Limité

En Kamikaze la victoire finale revient à Martin Bisson de Saints-Anges, suivi de Martin Gagnon de St-Agapit et de Jessy Bolduc de St-Georges. En Limité, Stéphane Lecours remporte la semi finale. La finale a été remise au 1er juillet.

 

PROGRAMME À VENIR :

 

C'est VENDREDI, 1er Juillet à 19H30 que se tiendra le prochain programme avec la deuxième visite de la Série Sportsman Québec dans le cadre du MIX 99.7 Sportsman 100.

Trente voitures d'inscrites dont Pier-Luc Labbé #25 de St-Joseph et Karl Drouin #39 de Vallée-Jonction, deuxième et troisième au classement qui mettront tout en œuvre pour déloger Sylvain Labbé #40 de St-Joseph, le meneur au championnat.

 

La Série Vintage en sera à leur seule visite de la saison avec Langis Caron et plus de vingt-cinq voitures en piste. Les LIMITÉ et KAMIKAZE également de la partie. Un rendez-vous du vendredi soir 19h30 à ne pas manquer.

 

André Gagnon, Relationniste Autodrome Chaudière, Vallée-Jonction

 


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2011-04-27

MULKERN PR - Sommerville Ready To Join Forces In 2011

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Mulkern, Sommerville Ready To Join Forces In 2011

 

FALMOUTH, Maine – They take two different approaches to their racing, but in the end they have a common goal. Mulkern Racing's drivers just want to win.

 

“Obviously, in my mind I want to win the championship,” said the latest addition to the Mulkern Racing lineup, Canadian driver Lonnie Sommerville. “But I'm not going to finish sixth when I could have won the race because I'm worrying just about points. If you win races, points will take care of themselves.

 

“But at the same time, you have to be smart about it – but that's what makes good race car drivers.”

 

Sommerville, from St. John, New Brunswick, will run the entire 2011 PASS North Series season in the Mulkern Racing No. 48 A.E. McKay Builders Chevrolet – marking his first full-time foray into PASS North competition after several seasons of part-time efforts coupled with a full-time run at the CARQUEST Tour north of the border.

 

The team finished second in the final PASS North standings last season with Ben Rowe behind the wheel of the No. 48. This season, they've brough Sommerville into the mix and added crew chief Gary Crooks of Crooks Racing in Mooresville, N.C.

 

“When we had the open ride (last fall), we were talking with Gary about working withus even before we were talking to Lonnie,” said Scott Mulkern, team owner and driver of the No. 84 Community Pharmacies/Southern Maine Motors Chevrolet. “Gary has a lot of confidence in Lonnie. Obviously, I've seen him race, and as far as the Canadian drivers, he's one of the top dogs. He's in that league – Scott Fraser, Patrick Laperle, those guys – and I'd put Lonnie right there.”

 

Despite competing right down until the final event of the 2010 season for the PASS championship, Mulkern said that the team won't base success this season around the title hunt.

 

“Lonnie and Gary – the whole team – I know they do want to win it,” Mulkern said. “That's what they're shooting for, and more power to them. But as far as any pressure from me to win the championship, that's not going to come from me. They're racers, and that's what it's about to a lot of them, I know that. But for me, I just want to show up every week and be right there trying to win.

 

“If you look at my style and the way I sometimes shoot myself in the foot (in the race car), I don't care about that championship stuff. Not at all. That's just the way I am. But we also have seen what Lonnie can do. We know what he can do. If he's got a good car, and things are going his way, he can win any race.”

 

Sommerville said the opportunity to drive for Mulkern Racing, and no longer have to maintain his own equipment, made it the right time to make the jump to PASS.

 

“This is the next level, the next step in my career,” Sommerville said. “There are racing goals you want to accomplish in life, and the the northeast, the PASS Tour has the best teams and best drivers onit. Aside from winning a CARQUEST championship, I've done everything I've wanted to do so far. This is where I wanted to take my career.”

 

And Sommerville believes that the pieces are in place to accomplish both of the team's goals – winning races and winning the PASS North Series title in 2011.

 

“The team they've put together, as far as I'm concerned, is as good or better than any as we're going to run against,” he said. “I don't feel a lot of pressure, but having been given this opportnity, I'm confident I can go and beat (five-time PASS champion) Johnny Clark and those guys. Maybe not every week, but as much as they're going to beat us – and that's really exciting.”

 

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2010-10-17

Pro All Stars Series news - Mason Dixon Meltdown race report

Justin Wakefield wins PASS Mason-Dixon Meltdown; Preston Peltier captures  South and National Titles

 

Newport TN (10/16) The Pro All Stars Series (PASS) headed to Newport Speedway (TN) on Saturday, October 16th, for the “Mason-Dixon Meltdown” to close out the 2010 Super Late Model South and National championship series with both titles up for grabs.  Heading into the night’s action, Ryan Blaney led Preston Peltier by a mere four points, while Peltier led Johnny Clark by 11 in the National Championship standings.  Andy Loden set fast time, but it was Justin Wakefield taking the checkered flag first while Peltier took advantage of Blaney’s misfortune to win the South title as well as the National title.

 

 

“I don’t have any words for it,” said Peltier, the only South regular in series history to win the National title.  “It is cool.”

 

31 drivers took to the track for qualifying.  While many drivers wanted to claim the final fast time of the season, it was once again Loden on top of the charts with yet another track record, a 12.362 second lap around the Newport Speedway.

 

“The car is just really fast,” said Loden.  “I have never really been good at qualifying until this year.  I don’t know really what happened.  We haven’t done anything different.  We just have a fast car for qualifying now.”

 

Wakefield, Clark, Blaney, Trey Mitchell, Jay Fogleman, Ben Rowe, Heath Hindman, Kyle Bonsignore and Dylan Presnell rounded out the top-10 qualifiers.

 

11 cars lined up for the six transfer spots in the 15-lap last-chance race.  Bradley McCaskill and PASS newcomer Blake Jones started side by side with Jones getting the jump on the start.  On lap 10, a car spun in front of the leaders, collecting McCaskill and Scott Patton, taking them out of transfer positions.  On the restart, Jimmy Weller and Trevor Sanborn, who were disqualified in post-qualifying inspection, rocketed to the top-two positions and held on up front to transfer into the feature, along with Jones, Kenzie Ruston, Ed Surette and Tim Pinion.

 

The top-10 redraw placed Mitchell and Loden on the front row, leading Wakefield, Clark, Fogleman, Blaney, Bonsignore, Hindman, Rowe, Presnell and the rest of the field to the green flag for 200 laps of racing.  When the green flag dropped, Loden jumped out to the lead with Clark making his way to the second position.

 

As Wakefield passed Clark for the second position, the first yellow flew with an incident involving Jake Crum, Jody Lavender and Surette in turns one and two.  All were able to continue.

 

On the restart, Wakefield jumped to the lead in front of Loden and Mitchell.  As they looked to settle in, the second yellow came out on lap 25 as Jimmy Doyle and Ruston got together, which also involved Jones.  Ruston and Jones were able to continue, but Doyle’s car suffered front end damage, ending his night.

 

After a lap on the track, Loden went back into the lead, but the third yellow came out on lap 28 for debris after Surette’s car appeared to lose power in front of Lavender, who made contact with Surette’s machine, dispersing debris on the track.

 

On the outside, Wakefield powered back to the lead when the field went back to green, bringing Blaney with him around Loden.  At lap 58, Wakefield appeared to slip up in turn four, which put Blaney and Loden up in the top-two spots.  A few laps later, at lap 65, Loden passed Blaney to reassume the top spot, and Mitchell went to third as Wakefield’s car started to drop off the pace a bit.  Eventually Wakefield had to pit and lost a lap, but later would get the “lucky dog” and get back on the lead lap.

 

Shortly after, South points leader Blaney started showing sparks under the right side of his race car.  He stayed on the track, but dropped back through the field, finally pitting on lap 84.  He came back on the track a few laps later, but was a few laps off the lead lap, ending his bid for the South title.

 

“The right front went flat,” said Blaney.  “We tried to ride it out as long as we could, but we couldn’t get a break.

 

“We had a good year.  Hopefully we can come back next year and beat them.”

 

The fourth yellow flag flew on lap 93 for debris.

 

Loden held the lead on the restart until the competition caution, which came out on lap 115 so drivers could opt to change the two right side tires and make adjustments.  Mitchell, Clark, Rowe and Peltier rounded out the top five at the break.

 

When the field  went back green Loden held the lead with a hard-charging Clark on his back bumper until the yellow flew on lap 119 for a spin in turn three involving David Flynn and Weller.  Both were able to continue.

 

Clark decided it was his time to lead, taking  the top spot from Loden on the restart.  Loden didn’t appear satisfied with running second though as he kept the pressure on Clark, retaking the lead at lap 126.  Rowe was running third, but a few laps later, Peltier worked his way around Rowe for the third position.

 

The caution came out on lap 144 as Presnell appeared to have spun on his own down the backstretch, also collecting Tim Pinion.  Both drivers were ok, but their machines were not as they both had to head to the pits.

 

The following restart once again had Clark leading the field as Loden and Peltier battled hard for the second spot, trading the position a few times until the yellow flew for debris at lap 158.  During this yellow, Mitchell, who was running in the top five, pitted for adjustments, moving Wakefield back into the top five behind Clark, Loden, Peltier and Rowe.

 

Clark and Loden held the top-two spots when they restarted, but Wakefield made a bold move, moving up to the third spot before the yellow flew at lap 166 when Steve Legendre and Derek Kneeland got together in turn two.

 

Loden was able to snag the top spot once again when they went green, but the yellow flew on lap 178 for a single-car spin back in the pack.

 

Wakefield, who moved to second before that last yellow, worked his way to the lead shortly after the restart by Loden and held on to win the event.

 

“It was a hard-fought battle tonight,” said Wakefield.  “We had a car to win this race, and I didn’t care what anyone else thought.  We were going to win this and I wouldn’t let anyone get in my way.

 

“The bleeder came out of the left front caliper and I had no front brakes,” said Wakefield about his early-race issues.  “We tried to stay on the lead lap as best we could.  We got that break at the right time and were able to get it taken care of.  We got back on the lead lap and started picking them off one at a time.

 

“I am glad to get a Georgia boy on that thing,” said Wakefield about the trophy.  “We are in the South and that is the way it is supposed to be.”

 

Loden, Rowe, Peltier and Clark rounded out the top five.  Peltier’s fourth-place finish earned him the PASS South Super Late Model and National Super Late Model titles. 

 

“I can’t thank these guys on the crew enough,” said Peltier.  “This Johnson Motorsports team was a big underdog coming into this year.  That was our goal to win this championship, and we did it.

 

“Earlier in the season one of my car owners told me I was racing like a girl out there and that I needed to go back to the way I was driving, so I went out and got it done tonight.

 

“It means a lot.  We are a low-buck team and struggle week in and week out.  To get this is really special.”

 

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

 

Unofficial Results – Mason-Dixon Meltdown 200 – Newport (TN) Speedway – October 16 2010

 

1 Justin Wakefield 2 Andy Loden 3 Ben Rowe 4 Preston Peltier 5 Trevor Sanborn 6 Johnny Clark 7 Trey Mitchell 8 Heath Hindman 9 Jay Fogleman 10 John Batten 11 Jimmy Weller 12 Kenzie Ruston 13 Mart Nesbitt 14 Jake Crum 15 Jeff Myers 16 Ryan Blaney 17 Derek Kneeland 18 Steve Legendre 19 Kyle Bonsignore 20 Dylan Presnell 21 David Flynn 22 Tim Pinion 23 Jody Lavender 24 Lee Tissot 25 Blake Jones 26 Jimmy Doyle 27 Mike Slone 28 Ed Surrette 29 Terry Smith

 

 

 


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2010-08-23

Pro All Stars Series News = PASS North Spud 150 recap

For immediate release: Media contact Norm Desjardins @ (603) 387-5598

PASS North win number four for Johnny Clark at Spud

NAPLES ME (8/23) Pro All Stars Series point leader Johnny Clark got back to his winning ways Saturday night, claiming his fourth PASS super late model win of 2010 at Caribou Maine’s Spud Speedway. The defending series champ topped Trevor Sanborn and Scott Chubbuck to earn the victory.

 

Clark took over the lead on lap 25 after starting twelfth on the grid and kept his Clark’s Car Crushing Chevrolet out front to the checkers

Gary Drew posted his best finish since taking on the majority of the PASS North schedule with a fourth place result; Ben Rowe completed the top five.

The win was Clark’s first since June when the Farmingdale Maine hot shoe racked up three in a row. While July was good to Clark with three top three results paired with a fifth and seventh, title nemesis Ben Rowe scored two wins and four top fives in the busy month of racing. Rowe’s only black mark in the five race stretch came at Beech Ridge where he finished eleventh.

Clark’s win comes at just the right time for the four time champion and his team. Prior to the super late model series’ first visit to Spud, the points gap between Clark and Rowe had narrowed to ten markers, and the championship momentum looked like it was on Rowe’s side.

Now Clark will carry the momentum to Scarborough Maine’s Beech Ridge Motor Speedway on September 11 and 12 for the sixth annual PASS 400 Weekend, round four of the PASS National Championship Series and the biggest race of the year for Northeast super late model racers.

 PASS South point leader Preston Peltier leads North Carolina’s Jay Fogleman by eleven in the National standings. Look for that pair to make the trip to Beech Ridge to take on Rowe and Clark, who sit in third and fourth respectively in the National title chase.

The PASS South super late models get back in gear with two big events in the next two weeks. The SoBo 150 at Virginia’s South Boston Speedway gets the green on Saturday August 28th and then it’s on to North Wilkesboro Speedway for the PASS Labor Day Classic September 3-4 as the Pro All Stars Series brings racing back to the famous North Carolina oval after a fourteen year hiatus.

All the schedules, web links to the speedways and statistics for the five  PASS tours are on line at www.proallstarsseries.com .

Unofficial Results – Pro All Stars Series super late model 150 – Spud Speedway, Caribou Maine – 8/21/2010

1  54   Johnny Clark   2 44 Trevor Sanborn  3  77  Scott Chubbuck   4  71  Gary Drew
5  48  Ben Rowe  6  7 Donnie Whitten  7  85 Nick Ribbe   8 1 7A  Scott Alexander
9   28   Kirk Thibeau  10   98  Adam Bates  11  1  Randy Turner  12  38   Andy Marino
13  75 Gary Smith  14  8  Cassius Clark  15  17  Travis Benjamin  16  11  Sterling Marlin
DNS  73  Joey Doiron

 

 

 


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2010-07-19

Pro All Stars Series news - PASS North SLM/Mod Beech Ridge race report

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Rogers rocks PASS regulars at Beech Ridge - Shaw claims PASS Mod win

NAPLES ME (7/18) Beech Ridge  Pro Series racer Bill Rogers  took advantage of a green-white-checker finish to beat Trevor Sanborn  in  Saturday night’s PASS 150 at  Scarborough Maine’s Beech Ridge Motor Speedway . Cassius Clark, Scott Mulkern and Johnny Clark chased Rogers and Sanborn to the checkers.

 

Rogers didn’t luck into the win by any means. The Old Orchard Beach racer was fast throughout the night. He took the lead from Scott Chubbuck on lap five and held the spot until Trevor Sanborn took over on lap thirty nine. At the half-way mark it was Sanborn, Rogers, Chubbuck, Scott Mulkern and Cassius Clark leading the way.

Rodgers took back the top spot on a lap 83 restart and stayed there until Sanborn returned the favor when the field went back to green after a lap 118 caution. It looked like Sanborn was in a position to finally claim a PASS North feature win; Rogers was right on his bumper though and Mulkern, Chubbuck and a resurgent Mike Rowe were all battling for position.  Rowe’s night ended early with a disqualification after Chubbuck went around off of Rowe’s front bumper to bring out another caution at lap 132.

Sanborn was in control on the restart and Cassius Clark briefly held second until Rogers came roaring back two laps later. The night’s final caution set up a green-white-checker finish and Rogers now had the preferred outside groove. Rogers took full advantage of his final shot at Sanborn, motoring around the outside to score a very popular home track victory.

A number of drivers had good runs going, only to see accidents spoil their night. Adam Bates, Dave Oliver and Aaron Ricker all ended their race on the hook after a wreck on lap 116, while Scott Chubbuck ran fourth prior to his contact with Mike Rowe. Chubbuck salvaged a tenth place finish.

Roger’s margin of victory was .304 seconds; fourteen cars completed all 150 green flag laps. Heat race wins went to Adam Bates, Scott Chubbuck and Scott Mulkern.

The PASS Mods were in town for a 40 lap feature and Andy Shaw became the first repeat winner of the 2010 season, capturing a hard fought win over Jon Brill. Wayne Whitten finished third with Alan Wilson fourth.  Mike Mayberry had a successful  Mod series debut, starting thirteenth and finishing fifth.

Shaw started shotgun on the fourteen car field but he was in second by the half way mark, ready to battle Brill for the win. The pair raced nose to tail lap after lap until Shaw powered around Brill on the outside for the lead with seven laps remaining.   

PASS North hosts round three of the 2010 PASS National Championship series on Thursday evening at Thompson (CT) International Speedway on Thursday July 22nd.   The PASS Mods get back on track Saturday July 24 at Canaan (NH) Fair Speedway.

Visit www.proallstarsseries.com ,  www.thompsonspeedway.com and www.canaanspeedways.com for the latest information on these upcoming events.

Unofficial Results – PASS Super Late Model 150 – Beech Ridge Motor Speedway

1) 53 Bill Rogers 2) 44 Trevor Sanborn 3) 8 Cassius Clark 4) 84 Scott Mulkern 5) 54 Johnny Clark 6) 85 Nick Ribbe 7) 1T Chris Thorne 8) 14M Matt Frahm 9) 33 Richie Dearborn 10) 77 Scott Chubbuck 11) 48 Ben Rowe 12) 47 Kelly Moore 13) 03 Scott Moore 14) 17 Travis Benjamin 15) 10 Scott Dragon 16) 71 Gary Drew 17) 79 Keith McKinnon 18) 7 Donnie Whitten 19) 73 Joey Doiron 20) 17A Scott Alexander 21) 75 Gary Smith 22) 98 Adam Bates 23) 21 David Oliver 24) 22R Adam Ricker 25) 02 Shane Lane 26) 7X Curtis Gerry 27) 36 Jay Sands 28) 1 Randy Turner 29) 28 Andy Shaw DQ: 2 Mike Rowe

Unofficial Results – PASS Mod 40 – Beech Ridge Motor Speedway

1) 66 Andy Shaw 2) 77 John Brill 3) 2X Wayne Whitten Jr. 4) 53W Alan Wilson 5) 18 Mike Mayberry 6) 21 Sulo Burbank 7) 53 Leo Oliveira 8)  85 Mitch Miller 9) 56X Rich Ferreira 10) 20 Frank Wear 11) 29 Greg Ellis 12) 33 Bill Dixon 13) 50 Sumner Sessions 14) 14 Scott McDaniel

 


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2010-07-16

Pro All Stars Series news - PASS North Lee USA Speedway race report

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Mike Rowe captures PASS Bastille 200 – Whitten, Landry claim Mod and Sportsman wins

Naples ME (4/14/10)    Mike Rowe stole the lead from Johnny Clark on a restart with twelve laps to go to capture the Pro ALL Stars Series (PASS) Bastille 200 at Lee (NH) USA Speedway Tuesday night.  Clark had to settle for second; Ben Rowe raced under the checkers third. DJ Shaw and Richie Dearborn completed the top five.

 

Clark looked like he was on his way to PASS North win number four of 2010, setting a blistering pace that left the field in another zip code over the second half of the 200 lap grind.  But Mike Rowe was lurking inside the top ten all night long and he turned on the jets with fifty laps to go in an effort to chase down the leader.  Still, it looked like his effort would come up one spot short until the final yellow flag of the night flew.  The pair let it all hang out on the restart and Rowe took over for good after a little contact between the pair coming out of turn three.

Kelly Moore led a bunch of laps early on until Gary Smith snatched the lead from Moore under green. Both drivers slid back as the night wore on, Smith settling for sixth and Moore eighth at the end of 200 green flag laps. Travis Benjamin made a surprise appearance behind the wheel of one of Richard Moody Racing’s rides and he was spectacular, taking the lead from Johnny Clark on lap 78. Benjamin paced the field until lap 99 when a flat tire ended his run, handing the lead back to Smith.

Wholesale pit stops left just two cars circling the speedway, and Johnny Clark quickly dispatched Rookie Joey Doiron and Scott Dragon to reassume the lead. That’s the way it went for ninety laps until Rowe got his shot at Clark and the win on the nights’ final restart.

Rowe’s margin of victory was .386 seconds. Seven cars completed all 200 laps in a face paced race that was slowed by four caution periods. Derek Ramstrom, Scott Chubbuck and Kelly Moore each won a qualifying race.

Wayne Whitten Jr. knows his way around the Lee oval and he proved it once again, winning the PASS Mod feature after a 20 lap duel with Andy Shaw .Rich Ferriera looked strong in the first half of the event until he gave up the lead to Whitten and retired shortly thereafter.  Scott McDaniel, Bill Dixon, Sulo Burbank and Leo Oliveira came under the checkers third through fifth.

Showers set in just prior to the start of the 75 lap PASS Sportsman feature but a determined effort by the LEE USA track crew and the drivers themselves got the feature on track after a short delay. R.J. Austin and Dan McKeage were scheduled to lead the field to the green but McKeage had a soft right rear that forced a pit stop and a start at the tail end of the field. Austin led  twenty six laps from the green but the final fifty laps became a battle between home track ace Grant Aither and PASS sportsman regular Mike Landry.  The pair raced nose to tail,  Aither holding down the point until a lap 63 restart gave Landry the opportunity he was looking for. Landry raced Aither side by side until lap 67 when he put his ride out front for good.

Second went to Aither, with Jim Russell and Nate Leavitt third and fourth. Dan McKeage came from the back of the field for a fine fifth.

 Next stop for the PASS super late models and Mods   is Scarborough Maine when    Beech Ridge Motor Speedway hosts   the two touring series plus their own Sport Series, Road Runners and Wildcats. Post time on Saturday July 17th is 6:00 PM. 

Get all the latest Pro All Stars news at www.proallstarsseries.com; Beech Ridge Motor Speedway is on line at www.beechridge.com

 

Unofficial Results – PASS NORTH – Bastille 200 Lee USA Speedway – 7/13


1) Mike Rowe 2) Johnny Clark 3) Ben Rowe 4) DJ Shaw 5) Richie Dearborn 6) Gary Smith 7) Trevor Sanborn 8) Kelly Moore 9) Donnie Whitten 10) Derek Ramstrom 11)Joey Doiron 12) Scott Dragon 13) Gary Drew 14) Nick Ribbe 15) Travis Benjamin 16) Scott Alexander 17) Matt Frahm 18) Adam Bates 19) Ryan Vanasse 20)JR Baril 21) Cassius Clark 22) Randy Turner 23) Rich Eaton 24) Scott Chubbuck

Unofficial Results – PASS Sportsman 75

1)  Mike Landry 2) Grant Aither 3) Jim Russell 4) Nate Leavitt 5) 38 Dan McKeage 6)  Billy Childs Jr. 7)  Shane Tatro 8) Mark MacGiver 9) Craig Smith 10) Carey Martin 11) Shane Green 12) Bob Emery 13) 90 Dana Reed 14) Bill Ahern 15) Steve Bennett Sr. 16) Frank Wear 17) Scott Dorr 18) RJ Austin 19) Randy Brunelle 20) Chris Watson 21) David Vaughn 22)  Clyde Hennessey 23) Lyman McKeage DNS: Jesse Bousquet, Matt Stewart

Unofficial Results – PASS Mod 40

1) Wayne Whitten Jr. 2) Andy Shaw 3) Scott McDaniel 4) Bill Dixson 5) 21 Sulo Burbank 6) 53 Leo Oliviera 7) 29 Greg Ellis 8) 53W Alan Wilson 9)  Sumner Sessions 10) Mitch Miller 11)  Jon Brill 12)  Rich Ferreira 13)  Charlie Small

 

 

 


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2010-07-05

Pro All Stars Series news: PASS North Beech Ridge preview

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Beech Ridge a key stop in the heart of the 2010 PASS North schedule

NAPLES ME (7/7/10) Mother Nature has turned up the thermostat and so has the Pro All Stars Series as the toughest month of the super late model schedule moves on to  Scarborough Maine’s Beech Ridge Motor Speedway on Saturday July 10. Beech Ridge is the second stop of a five race month for the super late models and it’s likely that many teams will measure thei seasons’  success based on their results in July.

 

The family focused oval produces some of the closest racing around and the Beech  Ridge Pro Series regulars that often come out to challenge the touring teams are always competitive. 2009 track champion Mike Rowe, Aaron Ricker, Chuck Colby, and a whole lot more are well capable of running up front. Former PASS North regular Mike Rowe whipped up on the field in the series’ first 2010 appearance at the immaculate Holmes Road oval. The 2006 PASS South Champion came from 28th in the field to deny Adam Bates and Ben Rowe the Sunoco checkered flag

Adam Bates’ last PASS super late model win came in the 2009 edition of this event, and the Warner New Hampshire speedster is hungry for another. The team looked good at Beech Ridge in the spring, and they are coming off a top five at Canaan Fair Speedway over the holiday weekend.

Ben Rowe earned his first win of 2010 at Canaan Fair and his team will be looking to get a win streak of their own started, after denying Johnny Clark a record breaking four straight PASS North SLM victories. Richie Dearborn earned a podium finish last weekend, and the Dick and Deb Dearborn owned team will try to build on that momentum at Beech Ridge. Rookie point leader Joey Doiron has to be ready to get back to familiar territory Saturday night; Doiron crossed the stripe fourth at Beech Ridge in the spring, his best result to date. Donnie Whitten has been coming on strong in recent weeks with top tens at Unity, Speedway 660 and Canaan.

PASS fans have to be wondering when Trevor Sanborn will finally earn a PASS North win. He’s led a pile of laps but hasn’t been able to seal the deal for Richard Moody’s team, even though they’ve scored twice in PASS South competition.

There are plenty of other potential winners. Johnny Clark wants to score at a track that he readily admits isn’t one of his best. Clark earned his first feature win  at White Mountain Motorsports Park in May  after many years of trying. He will  try to duplicate that feat at Beech Ridge.

The PASS Mods are slated for a 40 lap feature Saturday night.  Chris Staples won the season opener with Wayne Whitten Jr. and Jon Brill hot on his heats. The speedway’s own Sport Series, Wildcats and Road Runners will all be in action. Post time on Saturday July 10 is 6:00 PM.

Tuesday July 13th the PASS super late models are joined by the PASS Mod and Sportsman series at Lee (NH) USA Speedway, then its a trip to southern New England for round three of the five race PASS National Championship series for the super late models on Thursday night July 22nd at Thompson (CT) Speedway. On Saturday July 31 Summerfest 2010 at Groveton New Hampshire’s Riverside Speedway will round  out the month’s schedule for both the super late models and the Mod squad.

Find all the latest Pro All Stars news at www.proallstarsseries.com; Beech Ridge Motor Speedway is on line at www.beechridge.com .

 

 


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