(left) 3rd
Place: #20 Steve Legendre, (middle) 1st
Place: #10 Ryan Blaney, (right) 2nd
Place: #16 Hal Goodson |
Winner Ryan
Blaney |
Devon Jones #35
battles
Prestion Peltier #26 |
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Ryan Blaney Dominates for
First Career PASS South Win |
Naples, ME 3/15/10- Fans who have
followed the PASS South series for the
last year and a half have all wondered
and even asked him to his face, “Ryan
when are you going to win your first
race?” That question along with a
statement on who might be the guy to
beat for the 2010 PASS South series
championship was answered in front of a
stellar crowd at the Dillon Motor
Speedway in Dillon, South Carolina as
fifteen-year-old Ryan Blaney stole the
show and earned the win, dominating the
South Carolina Clash 150.
The youngster bested the thirty-four
cars all day during practice and then
backed it up in Pro Photo Productions
qualifying, setting the fastest time
over the thirty-one cars that took time.
With the large field in attendance, PASS
officials were forced to have a last
chance race for those who did not lock
themselves in by qualifying inside the
top twenty. Kernersville, North Carolina
driver Duane Linville led from start to
finish ensuring himself a spot in the
night’s 150 lap main event.
The first forty laps proved to be the
most exciting as cars sliced and diced
for position after the series’ mandatory
top ten qualifying redraw. The biggest
mishap of the night came on lap thirteen
when multiple cars went spinning,
including top runners Jay Fogleman,
Preston Peltier, and Dylan Presnell
after the #79 of Chris Bowers didn’t
quite get up to speed on a restart,
causing the field to stack up. Most of
the cars in the incident were able to
continue after minor repairs to their
machines. The final caution of the night
came just thirty-eight laps into the 150
lap event but it was lap forty-eight
that was the lap to remember for Ryan
Blaney as he took the lead when
Georgia’s Justin Wakefield went up in
smoke with motor trouble.
While the difference between first and
second was over fifteen seconds, the
battle between local favorite Hal
Goodson, Steve Legendre, and Preston
Peltier, who ran second most of the
night after working his way back through
the field, was quite interesting. As the
leader, Blaney, was taking the checkered
flag coming out of four just a car
length behind the three drivers battling
for position, Peltier slowed on the back
straightaway as if the race was over
while Goodson and Legendre raced back to
complete their final lap since the three
never went a lap down. Goodson managed
the runner up spot while Legendre scored
his career best PASS finish of third
leaving Peltier in the fourth position
at the line. Spencer Wauters made it
back to back fifth place finishes as he
rounded out the top five for the second
consecutive season.
Next up for the Pro All Stars Series
will be the “Easter Bunny 150” at the
Hickory Motor Speedway on Saturday April
3rd. The event will double as both a
PASS South and PASS National point race
making the chances of huge car count an
easy possibility.
PASS SOUTH POINTS STANDINGS |
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Official PASS South Dillon Finish - 3/13 |
1. #10 - Ryan Blaney
2. #16g - Hal Goodson
3. #20 - Steven Legendre
4. #26 - Preston Peltier
5. #5 - Spencer Wauters
6. #10s - George Gorham
7. #48 - John Batten
8. #11 - Cooper Fassen
9. #93 - Tayla Orleans
10. #67 - Duane Linville
11. #91 - Heath Hindman
12. #39 - Kenzie Ruston
13. #47 - Trey Mitchell
14. #15h - Joe Heigl |
15. #4 - Jay Fogleman
16. #29 - Andy Loden
17. #7 - Dana White
18. #98 - Justin Wakefield
19. #23 - Jimmy Weller
20. #35 - Devin Jones
21. #02 - Tim Nooner
22. #16 - Joey Coulter
23. #83 - Dylan Presnell
24. #05 - Alex Fleming
25. #79 - Chris Bowers
26. #15 - Clay Jones
27. #19 - Chris Bohlman
#91 - David Quackenbush *DNS*
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