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FRIDAY & SATURDAY, SEPT.
27th & 28th |
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2013 PASS NORTH SUPER
LATE MODEL CHAMPIONS
CASSIUS
CLARK & HIGHT MOTORSPORTS |
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SHAW WINS THE RACE,
CASSIUS CLARK
WINS THE PASS NORTH
CHAMPIONSHIP |
It was day two of the PASS
North championship weekend, and a
beautiful weather day attracted a
full field of cars into the huge
Oxford Plains Speedway pit area.
Fifty Super Late Models entered the
garage area to compete for
thirty-six positions in the Ripley
and Fletcher Ford 150.
Johnny
Clark and Shawn Martin brought the
field to green with Clark assuming
the point from the get go. Clark
held the lead until Scott Mulkern
took over the top spot on lap 17 and
set a torrid pace until lap 75 when
Joey Doiron slipped by Mulkern for
the lead. Doiron and Cassius Clark
were tied in points heading into the
main event, and Doiron was ecstatic
as the crowd erupted when he grabbed
the top point. Mulkern regained the
lead after a caution for a minor
spin by Dylan Gosbee on lap 94.
Mulkern held off all chargers
including Doiron, Cassius Clark and
DJ Shaw until the final caution flew
on lap 130 as Shawn Martin broke a
suspension part and flew over the
top of turn three. This caution set
up an unbelievable set of
circumstances as the top three,
Mulkern, Clark, and Doiron were
three wide for three consecutive
laps before Clark snared the lead.
The lead time for Clark was short
lived as DJ Shaw raced by, and held
the lead to the finish. Mulkern
raced home second, followed by
Cassius Clark, Travis Benjamin and
Doiron. By finishing in the third
position, Cassius Clark was crowned
the 2013 PASS North champion. In
victory lane Clark thanked the
world, especially his Hight
Chevrolet family for their support.
Heat checkers flew for
Johnny Clark, Mike Rowe, Joey Doiron
and Shawn Martin. Consolation
victories went to Tony Ricci and DJ
Shaw, while the “B” feature checkers
flew for Mike Landry.
Mark
Lundblad Jr. changed a motor in his
PASS Mod on Saturday morning, and
dominated the fifty lap main event
on Saturday afternoon. Ron Henry
raced home second ahead of Scott
Alexander, Evan Armington and Travis
Buzzell. Heat victories went to
Carey Martin and Lundblad Jr, Scott
Alexander was crowned the 2013 PASS
Modified champion. At post race
inspection, the #28 of Mark Lundblad
was found to be in violaion of class
tire rules and was DQ'd. OFFICIAL
FINISH HAS BEEN POSTED.
Richard Burgess led all 50 laps of
the PASS Sportsman feature, as he
defeated Rusty Poland, Steve Bennett
Sr., Joe Pastore Jr. and Billy
Childs. Burgess and Poland won their
respective qualifiers. Carey Martin
was crowned the 2013 PASS Sportsman
champion, and in victory lane
announced that he will be behind the
wheel of a PASS Modified full time
in 2014.
The support division
features saw Calvin Rose Jr win the
Allen’s Coffee Flavored Brandy Mini
Stocks, Kurt Hewins the Allen’s
Coffee Flavored Brandy Street
Stocks, and Josh Childs won the
Ripley and Fletcher Ford Outlaw
Sportsman main. |
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SLM TOP THREE: CASSIUS
CLARK - DJ SHAW - SCOTT MULKERN |
OFFICIAL PASS
NORTH SLM
RESULTS
150 Laps -
OPS - 9/28/13 |
1) 60 - DJ Shaw - 150 Laps
2) 84 - Scott Mulkern - 150
3) 77
- Cassius Clark - 150
4) 17 -
Travis Benjamin - 150
5) 73 -
Joey Doiron - 150
6) 7 - Curtis
Gerry - 150
7) 7L - Glen Luce -
150
8) 48 - Bobby Timmons - 150
9) 4 - Ben Rowe - 150
10) 51 -
Ricky Rolfe - 150
11) 88j - Mike
Rowe - 150
12) 21 - David Oliver
- 150
13) 13 - Craig Slaunwhite -
150
14) 88 - Kyle DeSouza - 150
15) 58 - Bill Rogers - 149
16) 54
- Johnny Clark - 149
17) 22 -
Aaron Ricker - 149
18) 20 -
Michael Landry - 149 |
19) 55 - Tony Ricci - 149
20) 2x - Nick Cusack - 148
21) 53
- Alan Wilson - 148
22) 73a -
Alan Polvinen - 148
23) 0 - Shaun
Turple - 147
24) 12 - Steve
Berry- 147
25) 57me - Austin
Theriault- 146
26) 91 - Dylan
Gosbee - 145
27) 92 - Scott
Robbins - 144
28) 60b - Tim
Brackett - 143
29) 03 - Scott
Moore - 121
30) 61 - TJ Brackett
- 120
31) 94 - Shawn Martin - 119
32) 75 - Gary Smith - 119
33) 8 -
Alan Tardiff - 78
34) 54x - Shane
Green - 73
35) 80 - Richie
Dearborn - 45
36) 25 - Shawn
Knight - 37 |
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SLM Entries Received - OPS - 9/28 | |
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2013 MODS CHAMPION
SCOTT
ALEXANDER |
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MODS TOP THREE: SCOTT
ALEXANDER - MARK LUNDBLAD - RON
HENRY |
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OFFICIAL PASS MODS
RESULTS
50 Laps -
OPS - 9/28/13 |
1) 05 - RON HENRY
2) 17a - SCOTT
ALEXANDER
3) 9 - EVAN ARMINGTON
4) 3 - TRAVIS BUZ
5) 1 -
DAVID SPRAGUE
6) 89 - RYAN
PHILLIPS
7) 00 - JR BARIL
8) 4
- CAREY MARTIN
9) 7 - MITCH MILLER |
10)
96 - CHAD BINIETTE
11) 14 - SCOTT
MACDANIEL
12) 21 - MIKE CARIGNAN
16) 31 - RYAN MORGAN
14) 33 -
BILLY DIXON
15) 60 - DANA REED
16) 2 - RON BRYANT
DQ - 28 - MARK LUNDBLAD JR. |
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2013 SPORTSMAN CHAMPION
CAREY
MARTIN |
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SPORTS TOP 3: STEVE
BENNETT - RICHARD BURGESS - RUSTY
POLAND |
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OFFICIAL PASS SPORTSMAN
RESULTS
50 Laps -
OPS - 9/28/13 |
1) 34 - RICHARD BURGESS III
2) 44 - RUSTY POLAND
3) 22 -
STEVE BENNETT SR.
4) 20 - JOE
PASTORE JR.
5) 48 - BILLY CHILDS
6) 32 - JEFF
MARSHALL
7) 40 - DAN MCKEAGE
8) 36 -
NATHAN LEAVITT
9) 15 - CRAIG
SMITH |
10) 18 - CAREY MARTIN
11) 5 - CHRIS WARMING
12)
60 - SCOTT DORR
13) 20F - FRANK
WEARE
14) 01 - ROB DREW
15)
1ME - CHARLIE SANBORN III
16) 1 -
DUSTIN BISSON
17) 98 - ANDY FIELD
18) 58 - LYMAN MCKEAGE |
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PASS North SLM, PASS
Mods, &
Sportsman Championship
Fights
To Be Settled at Oxford
Plains |
NAPLES, ME (September 24) –
After a hard fought season battling
fellow competitors and pesky
weather, the Pro All Stars Series
(PASS) will crown its first
champions of the year this weekend
at Oxford Plains Speedway in Maine.
It will be the final weekend of
racing for New England’s premier
short trackers as the championships
will be decided for the PASS North
Super Late Models, PASS Modifieds
and PASS Sportsman. The points are
extremely tight heading to Oxford,
particularly in the Super Late Model
and Modified divisions.
The
PASS North Super Late Model
championship is down to three
drivers realistically, points leader
Cassius Clark, Joey Doiron, and DJ
Shaw. Defending PASS North champion
and 2013 TD Bank 250 winner Travis
Benjamin sits fourth in points,
still with a mathematical shot at
another championship as well.
Clark, Doiron, and Shaw are
separated by just seven points as
each of them seek their first PASS
North titles at Saturday’s Ripley &
Fletcher Ford 150. Handicapping who
the favorite might be is no easy
task as each driver has their strong
suits heading to Oxford. Clark is
the veteran of the group having
raced for PASS North Championships
since the mid-2000’s. Although he’s
never won a PASS North title, he has
come close on several occasions and
he did win the inaugural PASS
National Championship back in 2008.
This year, Clark has been
consistent, winning twice early in
the year, one of those wins being
the season opener for PASS North at
Oxford in April.
Doiron has
been the picture of consistency in
2013 leading the PASS North points
since the second race of the season.
After starting the year with a big
PASS National win in Florida,
Doiron’s focus shifted to the
Northern Championship. And, after
sweeping the Twin 150s at White
Mountain Motorsports Park in late
August, many thought he was a shoe
in for the championship. But, a
ninth place run at Autodrome
Chaudiere and a 15th place finish at
Beech Ridge Motor Speedway have him
trailing Clark by three points
heading to the season finale.
Like Clark and Doiron, Shaw is a
two-time winner this year and has
been very consistent. Shaw’s wins
were spread out over the season,
winning at Beech Ridge in May and at
Chaudiere in August. Being just
seven points out of the championship
lead, Clark and Doiron will not be
able to overlook Shaw. A slight
mistake for any of the three
championship leaders will most
likely knock them from contention
for the title.
If you thought
the PASS North points race was
tight, it has nothing on the PASS
Modified tussle. Mark Lucas and
Scott Alexander are only separated
by single point heading to Oxford.
Lucas is the only PASS Modified
driver to win more than one race
this year taking the checkered flag
four times, one of those wins being
at Oxford. Alexander, on the other
hand, has yet to go to victory lane
this year. But, Alexander has more
top five’s than any other driver,
finishing there in seven of the
eleven races this year.
In
the PASS Sportsman division, five
drivers have a mathematical shot at
the championship, but points leader
Carey Martin has a fairly
comfortable 43 point advantage over
second place points driver Rusty
Poland.
Action kicks off for
a big weekend of racing at Oxford
Plains Speedway on Friday with
rotating practice for all PASS
divisions and Oxford local divisions
from 12-6:15 PM. Heats for the
Ladies, Trucks, Rebels and Outlaws
will start at 6:30 PM and will be
followed by their main events. On
Saturday, pits gates open at 8 AM,
with rotating practice for the PASS
North Super Late Models, PASS
Modifieds, PASS Sportsman, Minis,
Outlaws, Strictly, and Legends from
9 AM – Noon. Heat race action starts
at 1 PM and will be followed by full
slate of feature racing later in the
afternoon.
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.
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