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Postponed by
rain to SUNDAY,
SEPT. 8th |
THIRD
ROUND OF THE
THE THUNDER
VALLEY NATIONAL 200 |
LAP BOARD HERE
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Fogleman - Kenseth - Allard |
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OFFICIAL PASS
NORTH SLM
RESULTS
200 Laps -
CHAUD #3 - 9/8/13 |
1) 25 - Ross Kenseth - 200
Laps
2) 4f - Jay Fogleman - 200
3) 7a - Karl Allard - 200
4) 54 -
Johnny Clark - 200
5) 60 - DJ
Shaw - 200
6) 77 - Cassius Clark
- 200
7) 49 - Michael Lavoie -
200
8) 12 - Steve Cote - 200
9) 73 - Joey Doiron - 200
10) 4n
- Ben Rowe - 200
11) 129 -
Spencer Davis - 200
12) 2qc -
Dany Poulin - 200
13) 36 - Alex
Labbe - 200 |
14) 91 - Patrick Laperle -
200
15) 17 - Travis Benjamin -
200
16) 42qc - Eric St. Gervais -
200
17) 7 - Curtis Gerry - 199
18) 27qc - Alexandre Gingras - 199
19) 8f - Tate Fogleman - 199
20)
39 - Chad Dow -199
21) 75 - Marc
Bilodeau - 171
22) 16 - Kevin
Roberge - 147
23) 61 - Marc Andre
Cliche - 145
24) 27 - Brent
Dragon - 128
25) 21qc -
Jean-Francoise Dery - 118
26) 18
- Austin Theriault - 85 |
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SLM Entries Received - Chaud. - 9/7 | |
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Johnny Clark # 54 is the
2013 Autobus La Quebecoise
Triple Crown Points Champion |
2013 Autobus La Quebecoise
TRIPLE CROWN
BONUS POINT FUND
Total:
$30,000 |
1) 54 - Johnny Clark -
Hallowell, ME - 347 - $7,000
2)
60 - DJ Shaw - Ctr Conway, NH - 339
- $3,500
3) 91 - Patrick Laperle
- St. Denis, Quebec - 324 - $2,500
4) 12 - Steve Cote - Montreal,
Quebec - 322 - $2,000
5) 77 -
Cassius Clark - Farmington, ME - 320
- $1,800
6) 7A - Karl Allard -
Levis, Quebec - 317 - $1,600
7)
73 - Joey Doiron - Berwick, ME - 317
- $1,500
8) 4 - Ben Rowe -
Turner, ME - 316- $1,400
9) 17 -
Travis Benjamin - Morrill, ME - 306
- $1,350
10) 36 - Alex Labbe - St
Albert, Quebec - 301 - $1,300
11)
27QC - Alex Gingras - Quebec, Quebec
- 295 - $1,250
12) 61 - Marc
Cliché - Vallee Jonction, Quebec -
284 - $1,200
13) 21QC - Jean Dery
- Quebec, Quebec - 278 - $1,200
14) 42QC - Eric St. Gelais - Quebec
- 264 - $1,200
15) 7 - Curtis
Gerry - Waterboro, ME- 263 - $1,200 |
ROSS KENSETH CLAIMS
THUNDER VALLEY NATIONAL 200
VICTORY
at AUTODROME CHAUDIERE |
It took an extra day to get
the event in, but day two was a
charm for the
PASS Super
Late Model National event at
Autodrome Chardiere as Ross Kenseth
held off Jay Fogleman and Karl
Allard to claim the third leg of the
Autobus La Quebecoise Triple Crown
Series this past Sunday afternoon.
Ross Kenseth and Austin
Theriault led the field to green
with Theriault leading lap one
before Kenseth dove underneath on
lap two to take the point. The first
caution of the day flew on lap 5 for
a spinning Jean-Francoise Dery.
Series point leader Johnny Clark
limped to the pit area with a flat
tire, returning just before the
green flag flew again. Kenseth held
his lead until caution flew on lap
26 for rain. The track dried quickly
and action resumed after a fifteen
minute delay. Caution would fly
again for a hard crash as Curtis
Gerry looped his mount in front of
Travis Benjamin, and Benjamin
climbed over the top front fender of
Gerry and Chad Dow got involved in
the tangle as well.
At this
point the top runners were Kenseth,
and Jay Fogleman. The pair ran nose
to tail until lap 54 when Karl
Allard and Danny Poulin got together
in turn one bringing out another
caution on. On the restart, Fogleman
continued to dog Kenseth, until he
had a tire go down and slapped the
wall on lap 69. Fogleman would
return and joined the field at the
rear. This time Austin Theriault was
Kenseth’s challenger with Johnny
Clark now up to third. On a lap 84
restart Kenseth and Clark battled
hard for the point, and Clark
assumed the top spot, but Kenseth
took it back as the teams took a
fifteen minute half way break for
pit stops and a two tire change.
When the race resumed, Clark
took over the point with some great
top ten racing behind as Ben Rowe,
DJ Shaw and Jay Fogleman cross the
start / finish line three wide in a
great three car battle.
Karl
Allard and Cassius Clark were now
running second and third behind race
leader Johnny Clark. Kenseth, whom
was shuffled back to fourth on a lap
129 restart was now a factor again
as he challenged Clark for the lead
on lap 147, and passed him in turn
two. Clark was not to be denied
until he went into turn four too
hard and looped it bringing out the
caution once again. Clark refired
his mount and rejoined the field.
Cassius Clark outgunned Kenseth
on the restart, but Kenseth battled
back to the point on lap 168.
Kenseth then held off all
challengers to capture the checkers
on the 200 lap event. Jay Fogleman
raced back to a solid second place
finish ahead of Karl Allard, Johnny
Clark and DJ Shaw. Positions six
through ten included Cassius Clark,
Michael Lavoie, Steve Cote, Joey
Doiron and Ben Rowe.
By
virtue of his fourth place finish,
Johnny Clark won the Autobus La
Quebecoise Triple Crown
championship. Kenseth lead more than
170 laps of the event, and took home
over $17,000. |
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Photos by Jamie
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Much At Stake as PASS
Heads
to Chaudiere for Final Leg
of the
Autobus La Quebecoise
Triple Crown |
NAPLES, ME
(September 4) – The eyes of the
short track racing world will be on
Quebec’s Autodrome Chaudiere as the
Pro All Stars Series (PASS) Super
Late Models travel there this
weekend for the final leg of the
Autobus La Quebecoise Triple Crown.
The Thunder Valley 200 will feature
North America’s top short trackers
competing for $10,000 to win, with
an additional $20,000 in guaranteed
lap leader money. But in addition to
the winner’s large payday, there
will be three separate points
battles going on at the same time
that will also peak fan’s interest.
First, PASS North points
leader Joey Doiron looks to build on
his slight advantage in the
standings over Cassius Clark and
Travis Benjamin. Doiron just
completed a dream weekend in New
Hampshire that saw him sweep the
White Mountain Twin 150’s and will
be looking to make it three PASS
North wins in-a-row at Autodrome
Chaudiere. Second, this is the final
leg of the Autobus La Quebecoise
Triple Crown, a separate
championship comprised of the races
at Chaudiere with a bonus point fund
totaling over $30,000. After
struggling through a dismal 2013
season, 6-time PASS North Champion
Johnny Clark comes to this weekend’s
Thunder Valley 200 seeking his first
win of the season and clinging to a
slim lead with only 20 points
separating the top eight drivers.
And finally, Saturday night’s race
will be the fourth of five races
that comprise the PASS National
Series. PASS South Super Late Model
points leader Jay Fogleman leads a
strong contingent of drivers from
the Southeast, including his son
Tate, all of whom will be competing
at Autdrome Chaudiere for the first
time.
“Looking forward to
the Canada trip, the fan base up
there is always huge,” said
Fogleman, who currently leads the
PASS National points. “Everything up
there is different. It’s just a
whole different mindset and type of
racetrack that you go to. We finally
think we’ve got some things figured
out for those little flat, slick
racetracks and really looking
forward to going.”
There a
few short track drivers that have
logged the number of hours traveling
that Georgia’s Spencer Davis has
this season. Competing primarily in
the PASS South Series in 2013, Davis
has raced everywhere from Florida to
the TD Bank 250 at Oxford Plains
Speedway in Maine. Davis currently
sits fourth in PASS National points,
just 38 markers behind Fogleman.
After impressive top 10 finishes in
the PASS National events at Hickory
Motor Speedway and Oxford Plains,
Davis feels he and his team are
primed for another strong showing
this weekend at Chaudiere.
“I
like to race with new people, but
it’s going to be cool to have more
Southerners coming up there and
hopefully the PASS South guys can
clean out the top five spots,” said
Davis. “I’ll watch some videos to
see what the line is like and we’re
going to go in there hoping to gain
some more points on the leaders. It
would be cool to get a win up in
Canada, but I’ll take a top five any
day.”
Despite not being in
the national championship picture,
Ross Kenseth comes to the Thunder
Valley 200 looking to claim another
major event victory. After a solid
season in 2012 saw him finish in the
top 10 in PASS South points, Kenseth
has elected to compete in a partial
schedule this year. In three PASS
South starts in 2013, Kenseth has a
second at Southern National
Motorsports Park and won both races
at South Boston Speedway, including
last weekend’s SoBo 100.
“Running the PASS South Series last
year, I had not seen a lot of the
tracks we raced on, so this is kind
of the same,” said Kenseth. “I love
going to new racetracks, meeting new
people, and racing with a new crop
of drivers. I’ve heard a lot about
the fans up there and that will be a
new experience, so I’m really
looking forward to it.”
In
addition to the drivers already
mentioned, a strong group of
challengers from the States has
already entered led by 4-time PASS
North Champion Ben Rowe, Austin
Theriault, Chad Dow, Brent Dragon,
and Michael Landry. As one would
also expect, Quebec will have a
standout contingent looking to
defend their home turf including
Patrick Laperle, who won the first
race of the Triple Crown, Karl
Allard, Marc Andre Cliché, Steve
Cote, Jean-Francois Dery, Alexandre
Gingras, Dany Poulin, Kevin Roberge,
and Dany Trepanier.
Action
will get under way on Saturday,
September 7th at Autodrome Chaudiere
for the Thunder Valley 200 with
rotating practice for the PASS North
Super Late Models and support
divisions starting at 12:30 PM, PASS
heat races will start at 6:30 PM
followed by main event action and a
fireworks show to conclude the
evening.
The Pro All Stars
Series is recognized as North
America’s premier sanctioning body
for asphalt Super Late Models and
boasts such marquee events as the
PASS Northwest Triple Crown at
Wenatchee Valley’s Super Oval, PASS
South’s Easter Bunny 150 at the
historic Hickory Motor Speedway, the
Autobus La Qubecoise Triple Crown at
Autodrome Chaudiere, and the
legendary TD Bank 250 at Oxford
Plains Speedway. For technical
information concerning all PASS
divisions please contact Scott Reed
at 207-625-3230 or
scottreedpass@yahoo.com. For media
or marketing questions, please
contact Alan Dietz at 704-231-2039
or alandietzpass@live.com. Don’t
forget to “Like” the Pro All Stars
Series on Facebook to keep up with
breaking news as it happens. |
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