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AUSTIN THERIAULT SCORES
SOUTHERN MAINE MOTORS 300
SLM VICTORY AT BEECH RIDGE |
A gorgeous late summer day
greeted race fans at the beautiful
Beech Ridge Motor Speedway in
Scarborough, Maine on Sunday, and
they were treated to some great
racing in all three PASS divisions
that participated on the final day
of the event.
Young Austin
Theriault carried the checkered flag
in the 300 lap Super Late Model
event, but it was a challenge from
the start as he led for the first
four laps before outside pole
sitter, Corey Bubar took over until
a lap 90 restart for a minor spin by
Kyle Desouza. At this point racing
became intense as some of the top
cars were starting to make their way
through traffic and were headed to
the front. Theriault got the jump on
the restart, and Kelly Moore erupted
from the fourth spot, and jumped to
the second spot at the green. Travis
Benjamin also slipped by Bubar, and
Michael Landry worked Bubar’s inside
for fifth. While Theriault led the
race, Bubar battled his way back
into the second spot before the
caution flew once again for a minor
spin in turn two. Suddenly, Travis
Benjamin headed to the pits, the
hood went up, and apparent
mechanical problems eliminated the
2013 TD Bank 250 from any more
action.
As the race
continued, Theriault fought off all
comers including DJ Shaw, Bubar,
Kelly Moore, Johnny Clark and
Cassius Clark. Around lap 225 Mike
Rowe muscled his way into the top
five and looked to be a contender
until lapped traffic slowed his
progress and the leaders slipped
away. A Bryan Kruczek spin on lap
288 set up a mad dash to the finish,
as Theriault, Shaw, Bubar, Cassius
Clark, Derek Ranstrom and Mike Rowe
filled the top three rows. When the
green dropped Theriault got the
jump, but Ranstrom dove underneath
Shaw for second, and then pulled up
to the door of the leader with nine
laps to go. Ranstrom couldn’t make
the pass on the leader, and Shaw
slipped back by for the second spot.
At this point Theriault opened up a
five car length advantage and
cruised to the victory. Shaw held on
for second, Ranstrom third, Bubar
fourth and Cassius Clark rounded out
the top five. Positions sixth
through ten included Kelly Moore,
Mike Rowe, David Oliver, Scott
Mulkern and Tony Ricci.
The
PASS Mods were once again out in
force and young newcomer Gary Thorne
lead the first twenty-four laps
before Mark Lucas weaved his way
through traffic and into the lead.
Lucas brought Scott Alexander and
Mitch Miller with him setting up a
dandy of a finish. While Lucas was
at the point, Miller battled his way
by Alexander and then set his sights
on the leader. As the white flag
waved, Miller pulled to the outside
lane to challenge for the win but
ran out of real estate as the
checkers flew. Lucas collected the
win and extended his points lead
heading into the final at Oxford
Plains Speedway on Saturday,
September 28th. Miller settled for
second ahead of Alexander, Travis
Buzzell and Mark Lundbland Jr..
The PASS Sportsman ran a 100 lap
race that saw Joe Pastore score
another impressive win as he
dominated the show, defeating Rusty
Poland, Carey Martin whom edged out
Clyde Hennessey in a photo finish
for the third spot. Ricky Burgess
completed the top five.
The
PASS North championships will be
decided in all divisions at Oxford
Plains Speedway on Saturday,
September 28th. Post time is 1pm. |
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OFFICIAL PASS
NORTH SLM
RESULTS
300
Laps - BEECH RIDGE - 9/15/13 |
1) 57 - Austin Theriault -
300 Laps
2) 60 - DJ Shaw - 300
3) 35 - Derek Ramstrom - 300
4)
42 - Corey Bubar - 300
5) 77 -
Cassius Clark - 300
6) 47 - Kelly
Moore - 300
7) 88j - Mike Rowe -
300
8) 21 - David Oliver - 300
9) 84 - Scott Mulkern - 300
10)
55 - Tony Ricci - 300
11) 47m -
Trey Mitchell - 300
12) 22 -
Aaron Ricker - 300
13) 54 -
Johnny Clark - 300
14) 00 - Bryan
Kruczek - 299
15) 73 - Joey
Doiron - 298
16) 4 - Ben Rowe -
298 |
17) 51 - Ricky Rolfe - 296
18) 91 - Dylan Gosbee - 295
19)
53w - Alan Wilson - 294
20) 9 -
Ron Moon - 277
21) 10 - Scott
Dragon - 264
22) 14 - Bradley
Babb - 201
23) 11 - Tyler King -
186
24) 20 - Michael Landry - 186
25) 23 - David Farrington Jr. - 182
26) 88d - Kyle DeSouza - 171
27)
17 - Travis Benjamin - 119
28) 53
- Bill Rodgers - 96
29) 7 -
Curtis Gerry - 96
30) 12 - Steve
Berry - 86
31) 13 - Jimmy Russell
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OFFICIAL PASS MODS
RESULTS
50 Laps -
BEECH RIDGE - 9/15/13 |
1. 5 - MARK LUCAS
2. 7 - MITCH
MILLER
3. 17a - SCOTT ALEXANDER
4. 3 - TRAVIS BUZZELL
5. 28 -
MARK LUNDBLAND JR.
6. 4 - JOSH
BROWN
7. 14 - SCOTT MACDANIELL
8. 9 - EVAN ARMINGTON
9. 21 -
MIKE CARIGNAN
10. 89 - RYAN
PHILLIPS |
11. 60 - DANA REED
12. 20 - GARY
THORNE
13. 2 - RONNIE BRYANT
14. 33 - BILLY DIXON
15. 31 -
RYAN MORGAN
16. 1 - DAVID SPRAGUE
17. 05 - RON HENRY
18. 00 -
DANIEL BEAN
DNS 96 - CHAD BINETTE |
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OFFICIAL PASS SPORTSMAN
RESULTS
100 Laps -
BEECH RIDGE - 9/15/13 |
1. 20 - JOE PASTORE
2. 44 - RUSTY
POLAND
3. 18 - CAREY MARTIN
4.
8 - CLYDE HENNESSEY
5. 34 - RICKY
BURGESS
6. 36 - NATE LEAVITT
7. 7oz - GRANT AITHER
8. 94 -
GARRETT HALL
9. 77 - SALLY
GHERADI
10. 40 - DAN MCKEAGE
11. 48 - JERRY HARRISON
12. 87 -
CHUCK COLBY
13. 60 - SCOTT DORR
14. 01 - ROB DREW
15. 22 - STEVE
BENNETT |
16. 81 - ROBBIE BODWELL
17. 92 -
FRANKIE ELDRIDGE
18. 47 - NATE
WESTON
19. 83 - SHAWN GILPATRICK
20. 5 - CHRIS WARMING
21. 58 -
LYMAN MCKEAGE
22. 20f - FRANK
WEARE
23. 75 - DOUGLAS WOLF JR.
24. 15 - CRAIG SMITH
25. 84 -
MATT DOW
26. 83x - GEORGE GREEN
27. 98 - ANDY FIELD
28. 1 -
DUSTIN BISSON
29. 32 - JEFF
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Sportsman Entries Received - BR - 9/15
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Phillips, Smith
Score Saturday Victories on 400
Weekend at Beech Ridge
Austin Theriault Earns Pole for
Super Late Model 300 Sunday |
Scarborough, Maine – Ryan Phillips
of Buxton, Maine scored a
career-first PASS Modified victory,
while Gorham’s Craig Smith prevailed
in a 75-lap open event for
Wildcat/Strictly Stock division
racers, topping the feature racing
card to kick off Southern Maine
Chrysler-Jeep-Dodge 400 weekend at
Beech Ridge Motor Speedway.
Austin Theriault of Fort Kent will
start from the pole in Sunday’s Pro
All Stars series Super Late Model
300 after winning his qualifying
heat race on Saturday. DJ Shaw of
Center Conway, New Hampshire and
Corey Bubar of Windham also won heat
races to set the 30-car starting
field for Sunday’s main event.
Other feature races were held
for the mid-week series racers after
their originally-scheduled Thursday
night event was washed out. Matt
Dufault of Turner, Alex Lacognata of
Scarborough, Chad Emery of Buxton,
Jeff walker of Waterboro and
Freeport’s Matt Curtis were
triumphant in those events.
PASS Modified winner Phillips, a
former champion of the Roadrunner
division at Beech Ridge, earned his
first trip to victory lane since
moving into the touring series class
in impressive fashion. Phillips
started eighth and worked his way
toward the front of the pack,
outbattling veteran racer Ron Henry
of New Gloucester to take a lead he
would not relinquish.
PASS
Mod championship contender Scott
Alexander climbed all the way from
15th on the starting grid to chase
Phillips under the checkered flag,
with Mark Lundblad of Conway, New
Hampshire posting a third-place
finish. Henry finished fourth after
leading most of the race, with
former champion Mark Lucas of
Harpswell rounding out the top five.
For Craig Smith the first time
was the charm, as the PASS Sportsman
series regular unveiled a new mount
and drove it into victory lane
following its’ maiden voyage. It was
no easy feat as Lewis Anderson – the
championship runner-up in the class
at Beech Ridge this season – started
dead last in the 31-car field and
almost found a way by Smith on a
late restart before settling for
runner-up honors.
Ryan Hewins
of Leeds hopped a ride in Dave
Whittier’s 58 and bounced back from
a heat race crash to challenge for
the win before crossing the line in
third position. Lewiston’s Corey
Morgan led several laps before
fading to a fourth-place finish in
front of Buxton’s Brian Caswell.
Matt Dufault of Turner dominated
the 50-lap main event for the 350
V-8 stock mid-week racers, winning
by a healthy margin. Chris Burgess
of Buckfield prevailed in a tight
balle for runner-up honors with Josh
Childs of Oxford. Early race leader
Corey Morgan of Lewiston and Billy
Childs, Jr., of Leeds rounded out
the top-five.
Alex Lacognata
of Scarborough likewise romped to an
impressive victory in the 35-lapper
for 305 V-8 stock mid-week racers.
Bill Gibson of Standish and Gorham’s
Johnny Wolfe shared the podium with
Lacognata. Chad Reynolds of
Limington and Alfred’s Chris
Letourneau posted fourth and
fifth-place finishes, respectively.
Chad Emery of Buxton cruised to
victory in a 35-lap race for
four-cylinder pick-up trucks. Matt
Curtis of Freeport made a late
charge into second position, with
Portland’s Jeff Gilette claiming
third-place hardware.
Jeff
Walker of Waterboro powered his way
to victory lane following the 35-lap
four-cylinder mid-week special.
David Stone, Jr. of Sanford used a
late-race restart to make it look
close, while Nate Dubuc of Lewiston
filling out the podium.
Wildcat feature winner Smith goes
for a weekend double in the
Sportsman 100 on Sunday after
winning a heat race to earn a front
row starting spot. Other Sportsman
heat winners were Matt Dow and Joey
Pastore.
The Southern Maine
Chrysler-Jeep-Doge 400 for Pro All
Stars Series competitors is set for
12:15 p.m. on Sunday, September 15
at Beech Ridge Motor Speedway in
Scarborough, Maine. The event is
headlined by a 300-lap Super Late
Model race. The PASS Sportsman
Series will race 100 laps, while
PASS Mods have a 50-lap race on the
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PASS Mods (40
laps) 1 89 Ryan Phillips,
Buxton; 2 17 Scott Alexander,
Newburgh; 3 28 Mark Lundblad, Jr.,
Conway NH; 4 05 Ron Henry, New
Gloucester; 5 5 Mark Lucas,
Harpswell; 6 33 Billy Dixon, North
Waterford; 7 60 Dana Reed,
Shapleigh; 8 7 Mitch Miller, West
Boylston MA; 9 21 Mike Carignan,
Somersworth NH; 10 14 Scott
McDaniel, Livermore; 11 3 Travis
Buzzell, Hollis; 12 9 Evan
Armington, Lovell; 13 31 Ryan
Morgan, Mystic CT; 14 96 Chad
Binette, Dayton; 15 4 Josh Brown,
Center Conway NH; 16 00 Dan Bean,
Alfred; 17 2 Ron Bryant, Livermore;
18 20 Chris Thorne, Sidney; 19 1
Dave Sprague, Buxton; DQ 66 Andy
Shaw, Center Conway NH. |
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Wildcat/Strictly Stock (75 laps)
1 11 Craig Smith, Gorham; 2 81 Lewis
Anderson, Hollis; 3 58 Kyle Hewins,
Leeds; 4 26 Corey Morgan, Lewiston;
5 47 Brian Caswell, Buxton; 6 1 Ed
Connolly, Scarborough; 7 96 Dan
Bernier, Wells; 8 8 Keith Stuart,
Naples; 9 40 Dave Brannon, Lisbon;
10 05 Glen Reynolds, Turner; 11 12
Justin Karkos, Livermore; 12 343
Spencer Morse, Waterford; 13 36x
Rick Spaulding, Lisbon; 14 33 Jeremy
Wescott, Naples; 15 08 Richard
Wentworth, Center Conway NH; 16 51x
Donnie Dinsmore, Limington; 17 51
Robby Bodwell, Sanford; 18 69 Tyson
Jordan, Brownfield; 19 12x Skip
Tripp, Poland; 20 53 Dan Wink, South
Berwick; 21 77 Jon Brill, Bridgton;
22 36 Nathan Leavitt, Buxton; 23 03
Maurice Young, Windsor; 24 04 Zach
Bowie, Lisbon; 25 73 Matt Hodgdon,
Scarborough; 26 00 Buddy Poole,
Hollis; 27 23 Zach Emerson,
Sabattus; 28 10 Ryan Villacci,
Falmouth; 29 3 Josh Childs, Oxford;
30 24 Larry Emerson, Dyrham; 31 84
Mike Ramsey, Freeport; DQ 70 Dan
Bean, Alfred; DNS 28 Mark Lundblad,
Sr., Conway NH; DNS 99 Megan Black,
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350 V-8 (50
laps) 1 91 Matt Dufault,
Turner; 2 5 Chris Burgess,
Buckfield; 3 3 Josh Childs, Oxford;
4 26 Corey Morgan, Lewiston; 5 21x
Billy Childs, Jr., Leeds; 6 44 Kyle
Treadwell, Auburn; 7 4x Brandon
Barker, Windham; 8 36 Phil Mitchell
III, Poland; 9 19 Steve Moon, Gray;
10 4 Jeremy Morais, Lyman; 11 37 Guy
Childs, Turner; 12 94 Archer
Bernard, Sanford; 13 24 Ed Johnson,
Hollis; 14 81 Thommy Bell, Minot; 15
64 Renn Noble, Kennebunk; 16 31 Dale
Alley, South Portland; 17 72 John
Halladay, Scarborough; 18 21 Chaz
Briggs, Portland; 19 39 Gery Freve,
Buckfield; 20 67 Mike Haynes,
Livermore Falls; 21 89 Kyle Curtis,
South Paris; 22 60 Steve McGrath,
Sanford; 23 68 Brian Picard, Gorham;
DNS 18 Bill Gibson, Standish. |
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305 V-8 (35
laps) 1 66 Alex Lacognata,
Scarborough; 2 18 Bill Gibson,
Standish; 3 42x Johnny Wolfe,
Gorham; 4 7 Chad Reynolds,
Limington; 5 53 Chris Letourneau,
Alfred; 6 00 Garrett Hall,
Scarborough; 7 33 Benjamin Jones,
Saco; 8 31 Dale Alley, South
Portland; 9 84 Keith Bernard,
Sanford; 10 54 Ed Johnson, Hollis;
11 15 Eric Cooper, Windham; 12 89
David Brown, Poland; 13 13 Katie
Moran, Windham; 14 14 James Dean,
Windham; 15 80 Todd Libby, East
Baldwin; 16 56 Eddie McConologue,
West Baldwin; 17 42 Richard Varney,
South Portland; 18 51 Brandi Libby,
Porter; 19 23 Matt Gain, Cornish; 20
60 Steve McGrath, Sanford; DNS 32
Nathan Leavitt, Buxton; DNS 35
Kristina Nadeau, Buxton. |
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Mini Truck
(35 laps) 1 88 Chad Emery,
Buxton; 2 1 Matt Curtis, Freeport; 3
44 Jeff Gillette, Portland; 4 22 Tom
Lovejoy, Kennebunk; 5 96 Chad
Binette, Dayton; 6 17 Ken Coombs,
Raymond; 7 5 Brian Darling, Gorham;
8 24 Steve Carignan, Somersworth NH;
9 55 Robbie Dunne, Hollis; 10 07
Mark Grantham, Jr., Casco. |
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Four-cylinder
(35 laps) 1 11 Jeff Walker,
Waterboro; 2 42 David Stone, Jr.,
Sanford; 3 15x Nate Dubuc, Lewiston;
4 09 Adam Jalbert, Waterboro; 5 115
Craig Pyy II, Gorham; 6 07 Scott
Fowler, Scarborough; 7 1 Dan Walker,
Windham; 8 82 Ben Krauter, Raymond;
9 17 Zack Robitaille, Norway; 10 28
Justin Stone, Alfred. |
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PASS
IRONMEN ALWAYS RISE to the TOP
at
BEECH RIDGE PASS 400 WEEKEND |
The old saying that the
cream always rises to the top
certainly is an accurate statement
for the PASS 400 Weekend at Beech
Ridge Motor Speedway in Scarborough,
Maine. September 15th marks the 9th
anniversary of the event at one of
Maine’s premiere facilities, located
just a few miles from the Atlantic
Ocean seacoast. When you think of
Maine, you think of lobster and
fresh seafood. When you think of
auto racing in Maine, you think of
the TD Bank 250 at Oxford, and the
PASS 400 Weekend at Beech Ridge.
When the checker falls this Sunday,
will it be an Ironman veteran, or
and up and coming young racer
sitting in victory lane?
History has had a way of repeating
itself over the first eight years of
the event. Mike Rowe captured the
inaugural Pullen Industries 300 back
in 2005. Mike’s son Ben took his
place in the history books by
capturing the 2006 edition. Not to
be outdone, Papa Mike returned to
victory lane in 2007 to claim his
second win in the prestigious event.
Johnny Clark broke the Rowe family
streak in 2008, but Mike Rowe nipped
DJ Shaw at the line by inches to
claim his third 400 Weekend victory
in 2009. Johnny Clark then won the
next two 400 Weekends in 2010 and
2011 before Ben Rowe edged out Joey
Doiron after Doiron lost valuable
time in the races final pit stop
after pretty much dominating the
show in 2012.
Now comes the
ninth 400 Weekend scheduled for
Thursday through Sunday, September
12th through the 15th. Red hot Joey
Doiron will bring his team to the
battleground called Beech Ridge
Motor Speedway, to see if he can
unseat the Rowe / Clark stronghold
on the event. Doiron will lead a
large contingent of starry eyed
youngsters to the battle including
the likes of Cassius Clark, DJ Shaw,
Derek Ranstrom, David Oliver, and
the defending PASS champion and 2013
TD Bank 250 winner, Travis Benjamin.
Both Johnny Clark and Ben Rowe have
struggled on the PASS. Tour this
season, while Mike Rowe has been
victorious in 2013 at Beech Ridge.
They may be struggling but this
event always has a way to bring the
cream back to the top. The big
question to be answered late Sunday
afternoon is, will history repeat
itself, or will a new “Top Gun” wear
the crown? Be there to see the war
yourself!
For more
information contact the Beech Ridge
Motor Speedway hotline at
207-885-0111, or the 24 hour,
automated hotline at 207-885-0110.
To GPS directions, just insert 70
Holmes Road, Scarborough, Maine,
04074. |
PASS 400 WEEKEND READY
to ROLL
at BEECH RIDGE MOTOR
SPEEDWAY |
Mark these dates on your
calendar, September 12th through
September 15th as the huge PASS 400
Weekend invades Beech Ridge Motor
Speedway in Scarborough, Maine.
Always known as one of the passages
of fall, race teams from throughout
the Northeast, Canada, and beyond,
prepare for one of the last big
weekends of the 2013 race season.
The PASS 400 Weekend gets
underway on Thursday night as the
Beech Ridge Motor Speedway presents
the Mid-week Series showdown
featuring several lower tier
divisions. Post time for Thursday is
5:45pm. Friday is practice day for
the big weekend for PASS Super Late
Models, Mods and Sportsman, as well
as Strictly Stocks, Wildcats and
350’s. Rotating practice will take
place from noon til the track closes
at 6pm. Saturday sees the pits
opening at 8am, practice at 10am,
and qualifying for the five
divisions get underway at 12:15pm.
After qualifying heats on Saturday,
features for the 350’s, and Strictly
/ Wildcats consisting of 40 and 75
laps respectively will take to the
track, along with a Super Late Model
consi, and the day will wrap up with
a 40 lap PASS Mod feature. The grand
finale day of the weekend, Sunday,
will feature a 100 lap PASS
Sportsman race, along with a PASS
Mod 50 lapper, and then the biggie
of the weekend, 300 green flag laps
of electrifying PASS Super Late
Model action.
For more
information on the PASS 400 Weekend
including camping guidelines and
ticket information contact the
Beech Ridge Motor Speedway hotline
at 207-885-0111, or the 24 hour,
automated hotline at 207-885-0110.
To GPS directions, just insert 70
Holmes Road, Scarborough, Maine,
04074. |
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