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Hickory SLM Entry List | |
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Top Three - Landon
Cling, Andy Loden, and Ben Rowe |
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Ben Rowe Wins
Over The Mountain
150 |
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Maine Racer Now All-Time
Wins Leader in PASS South
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The Pro All Stars Series
(PASS) South headed back to the
famed Hickory Motor Speedway (NC) on
Saturday, October 29th, for the Over
the Mountain 150 Super Late Model
event, the second to last race of
the 2011 season. Despite not being
in the championship hunt, Maine
racer Ben Rowe survived the event,
claiming the win and earning the
honors of the all-time wins leader
in the South Super Late Model
series.
With over 40 cars on
hand, just qualifying into the event
was a premium for most racers.
Taking fast time was Alex Fleming
with a 14.807-second lap. He was
followed by Andy Loden, Kyle
Grissom, Bradley McCaskill and
Rebecca Kasten. The balance of the
field was determined by qualifying
times and a last-chance qualifier to
fill the 28-car field.
After
the top-10 redraw, Grissom led the
field down to the green flag with
Jared Marks alongside. Grissom led
the early laps with Marks, Loden,
Kevin Floars and McCaskill in tow.
The first yellow flew early at lap
13 after Roger Lee Newton, who won
earlier this year at Orange County
Speedway (NC), broke a rear end on
his car.
On the restart,
Grissom and Loden battled side by
side for the lead for a few circuits
until Loden put his machine out
front. While Loden held the top
spot, positions jockeyed behind him
within the top 10. Kasten was able
to work her way to the second
position, then on lap 41, she made
her move, taking the lead before the
yellow flew a second time at lap 44,
which involved Dean Clattenburg and
John Batten. At the yellow, Kasten
led Loden, Cling, Marks and Preston
Peltier.
On the following
restart, a chain reaction forced
another yellow, which involved many
drivers, including championship
points leader Jay Fogleman, Jimmy
Weller, Steven Legendre, Gray
Gaulding, Logan Ruffin, Daniel
Hemric and others. Some cars were
able to continue while others were
done with heavy damage.
Loden
was able to get the lead on the
restart, but Kasten drove back by
for the lead at lap 50, bringing
Cling and Peltier by Loden for
position on the track. Over the next
25 laps, Kasten paced the field
while drivers looked to improve
their position.
At lap 75,
Marks slowed on the track, bringing
out the yellow flag. Loden pitted
during the yellow with a soft tire,
putting him at the back of the
field.
Peltier and Kasten
traded the lead throughout several
green-flag laps and cautions while
Rowe, who started in the 12th
position, slowly worked his way to
the top five. With Peltier out front
and pulling away in the final third
of the event, Kasten dropped back a
few positions and ended up spinning
out after contact with Ryan Blaney,
who was second in points entering
the event, bringing out the yellow
at lap 117. Blaney later had a
broken axle, which cost him multiple
laps to the leaders, finishing
outside the top 10.
As
Peltier and Trey Mitchell were
lining up for the restart, contact
between the two caused Mitchell to
head to pit road and Peltier to drop
back when the green flew, eventually
spinning out with a flat tire. Rowe
was then the leader with Cling and
Jody Lavender in the top-three
positions with 25 laps remaining.
Despite a few more yellow
flags, Rowe was able to hold on to
the top spot to win the event. Loden
was able to work his way back to the
second position after pitting
earlier in the race for a tire issue
while Cling crossed the line in
third. Hemric ended up fourth with
Heath Hindman rounding out the top
five.
Rowe, who is already
the current career wins leader in
the PASS North Super Late Model
Series, took over the honors in the
South with the victory, his
seventh-career PASS South win.
The PASS South Super Late Model
Series will be back in action for
the Mason Dixon/Thanksgiving Classic
at Concord Speedway (NC) November
25th and 26th, 2011, where the PASS
South and PASS National
championships will be determined. |
Official Results – Over The Mountain 150
Hickory Motor Speedway - 10/29/11 |
1. Ben Rowe (4n) 150,
started 12th
2. Andy Loden (29)
150, started 4th
3. Landon Cling
(29c) 150, started 7th
4. Daniel
Hemric (98) 150, started 22nd
5.
Heath Hindman (91) 150, start 16th
6. Becca Kasten (51k) 150, started
10th
7. Alex Fleming (05) 150,
started 5th
8. Scott Saunders
(49) 150, start 15th
9. Brandon
Ward (115) 150, start 14th
10.
Trevor Edwards (101) 149,start 13th
11. Kevin Floars (55) 147, started
3rd
12. Jay Fogleman (4) 147,
started 11th
13. Ryan Blaney (10)
144, started 21st
14. Jimmy
Weller (23) 13, started 25th |
15. Bradley McCaskill (18)
136,start 6th
16. Brandon Lynn
(76) 136, started 20th
17. Logan
Ruffin (8) 120, started 26th
18.
Trey Mitchell (47) 120, started 9th
19. Preston Peltier (26) 119, start
18th
20. Kyle Grissom (07) 117,
started 1st
21. Dean Clattenburg
(09) 104, start 8th
22. Jordan
Anderson (19) 96, start 23rd
23.
Jared Marks (12) 74, started 2nd
24. Gray Gaulding (2) 64, started
27th
25. Steven Legendre (20) 44,
start 24th
26. John Batten (48) 4
, started 28th
27. Ryan Moore
(74) 29, started 17th
28. Roger
Lee Newton (33) 12,start 19 |
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