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Rowe Survives To End
Drought With North-South Shootout
Win at Caraway |
SOHPIA, NC (November 9) –
Ben Rowe weaved his way through a
multi-car accident with four laps to
go while running sixth and led the
remaining laps to win Saturday
afternoon’s Pro All Stars Series
(PASS) South Super Late Model
North-South Shootout at Caraway
Speedway. Rowe’s 8th career PASS
South Super Late Model victory ended
a winless streak dating back to
September, 2012 when he won the PASS
400 at Maine’s Beech Ridge Motor
Speedway.
“It was kind of our
strategy to back off, but the
leaders got out front and we
couldn’t run with them,” said Rowe,
the All-Time winningest driver in
PASS Super Late Model competition.
“I knew all hell was going to break
loose with 10 or 15 laps to go and
we just wanted to be in the right
position. I’d rather be lucky than
good any day and lo and behold we
got through the wreck and were
leading with just a few laps to go.”
In Friday night’s qualifying
session, veteran Lee Tissot turned
the quick time around the .455 mile
speedway with a lap of 99.969 miles
per hour. Following the customary
PASS South redraw for the top 10
qualifiers, Tissot would line up
fifth for the 150 lap feature while
Justin Allison and Rowe would move
up front to pace the field. But all
eyes would be on the back of the
field where Kyle Grissom and Daniel
Hemric would start 21st and 22nd
respectively. Grissom struggled with
an engine issue in qualifying, while
Hemric had to start at the rear
after missing qualifying due to his
racing in Phoenix Friday night in
the Truck Series event.
Under
overcast skies Saturday afternoon,
Allison led early on, while Grissom
and Hemric quickly made their moves
up toward the front. It only took
Grissom five laps to make it into
the top five. Hemric proved to be a
bit more methodical moving into the
top ten by lap 24.
Several
drivers took turns at the front of
the field including Allison, Spencer
Davis, and Ryan Moore. The fast
qualifier Tissot was in the mix as
well taking the lead for the first
time on lap 57 from Davis. Two hard
crashes on the frontstretch in the
early going took out several top ten
contenders including John Batten,
Gus Dean, Bill Catania, and rookie
Ashley Rogero.
Points leader
Jay Fogleman had a scare when a flat
right front tire caused him to stop
on the track on lap 92 resulting in
the Durham, NC veteran going a lap
down. But, when early leader Moore
stopped with a problem of his own 12
laps later, Fogleman got the free
pass putting him back on the lead
lap and back into contention.
Tissot would lead the field down
on the restart, but spun his tires
coming up to speed allowing Grissom
to move up front for the first time
in the race. Hemric would soon make
his move into second and it looked
like the two drivers who started on
row 11 would duke it out for the
win. With 22 laps to go, they made
contact entering turn one which sent
Grissom up the track and Hemric into
the lead. But a rash of late
cautions kept the field together in
the race’s waning laps.
With
four laps to go, both Hemric and
Grissom spun their tires coming to
the green flag. As the field entered
turn one, it appeared Hemric lost
control and spun up the track as the
entire field sped in behind him. In
one instant the entire complexion of
the race changed drastically as
Grissom, Kyle Desouza, Tissot,
Allison, Jody Measamer, Randy
Gentry, Karl Weber and others were
all swept up into the accident.
Rowe, who was running sixth at
the time of the accident, emerged
from the carnage with the lead and
held on for the final four laps for
his first PASS South Super Late
Model win since 2011. Fogleman
rebounded to finish second in front
of Ted Mickelson, Gentry and Davis.
Rounding out the top ten were Joseph
Mursuli, Allison, Weber, Desouza,
and Bobby Measmer, Jr.
Next
up for the PASS Super Late Models
will be the 8th Annual Mason Dixon
Meltdown 200 at Southern National
Motorsports Park on Saturday,
November 23rd. The Meltdown will be
the final PASS event of 2013 and
will see champions crowned in the
PASS National Series, PASS South,
and the PASS Pro Late Models. It
will also feature the 900 HP Must
See Racing Xtreme Winged Sprint Cars
in their only visit to the Carolinas
this year. |
UNOFFICIAL PASS SOUTH SLM
RESULTS
150 Laps -
CARAWAY - 11/9/13 |
1. #4N - Ben Rowe -
150 Laps
2. #4F - Jay
Fogleman - 150 Laps
3.
#77 - Ted Mickelson - 150
Laps
4. #09 - Randy
Gentry - 150 Laps
5. #29
- Spencer Davis - 150 Laps
6. #8 - Joseph Murculi - 150
Laps
7. #1 - Justin
Allison - 149 Laps
8. #50
- Karl Weber - 149 Laps
9. #88 - Kyle Desouza - 149
Laps
10.#51 - Bobby
Measmer - 148 Laps
11.#71
- Lee Tissot - 147 Laps
12.#41 Daniel Hemric 146
Laps |
13.#31 - Kyle
Grissom - 146 Laps
14.#74
- Ryan Moore - 146 Laps
15.#98 - Jody Measamer - 146
Laps
16.#8F - Tate
Fogleman - 116 Laps
17.#93 - David Russell - 62
Laps
18.#17 - Ashley
Rogero - 58 Laps
19.#18 -
Bill Catania - 58 Laps
20.#30 - Rodney Brooks - 10
Laps
21.#48 - John Batten
- 7 Laps
22.#2G - Gus
Dean - 7 Laps
23.#40 -
Ryan Krachun - Did Not Start |
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CARAWAY - 11/9
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PASS South
Points Leaders Come
to
North-South Shootout
with Different Objectives |
CHARLOTTE, NC
(November 5) – Heading into
this weekend’s 11th Annual
North-South Shootout, Pro
All Stars Series (PASS)
South Super Late Model
points leaders Jay Fogleman
and Kyle Grissom both come
to Caraway Speedway with
lots of optimism, but
differing goals. Fogleman’s
win in last year’s
North-South Shootout helped
propel him to the 2012 PASS
National Championship and
Grissom has two wins in his
last three PASS South starts
at Caraway.
This year
has seen the PASS South
championship fight once
again come down to Fogleman
and Grissom with two races
left, but unlike last year,
Grissom is the one pursuing
Fogleman. After a strong
start to the season that saw
Grissom win at Myrtle Beach
Speedway and Caraway, the
defending PASS South Super
Late Model champion has
struggled and has fallen 76
points behind Fogleman. He’s
finished no higher than 9th
in the last three races.
And, Grissom failed to
finish at Southern National
in August due to a
mechanical problem and most
recently at Orange County
due to a crash while racing
for the lead with less than
15 laps to go. With more
PASS South wins at Caraway
Speedway than any other
driver, Grissom knows any
chance to repeat as champion
relies on nothing less than
a win in the North-South
Shootout.
“We’ve
taken the whole car apart to
try and figure out what’s
going on and haven’t found
anything major yet, so
hopefully we can get it
figured out for Caraway,”
said Grissom. “Caraway is a
track that you’ve really got
to hit your marks every lap
and be consistent. It fits
my driving style and we’re
looking forward to hopefully
getting things turned around
there.”
While Grissom
has struggled through the
summer and early fall,
Fogleman has been on a
consistent march towards his
first PASS South title. The
Durham, NC veteran has
finished no lower than third
in the last three races and
scored a popular win at his
home track, the Orange
County Speedway. After
barely missing out on the
title the last two years to
Ryan Blaney and Grissom,
Fogleman looks to have his
best shot yet heading to
Caraway this weekend and the
season ending Mason Dixon
Meltdown on November 23rd.
And, with 13-year-old son
Tate’s racing taking more of
a priority moving forward,
Fogleman knows that this
year is likely his last
chance to win that elusive
PASS South championship.
“It’s been easier this
year honestly because I’ve
been spending so much time
working on Tate’s stuff that
I haven’t had time to think
about it,” says Fogleman.
“It’s been hard the last two
years because we’ve lost the
PASS South points right at
the end of the year. To be
that close the last two
years and with this being my
last run for a championship,
I want to get the South and
the National done. Caraway
and Southern National are
good tracks for us. All we
can do is keep doing what
we’re doing and hopefully we
can end up winning this
deal.”
While Fogleman
and Grissom look to close in
on a championship, they will
be faced with field of
hungry competitors looking
for a win in the prestigious
North-South Shootout. Gus
Dean returns to PASS South
competition this weekend in
the potent #2 out of the
Coulter Motorsports shops.
Justin Allison, Bobby
Measmer, Jr., Randy Gentry,
and Kyle Moon also return
and look to build on their
strong runs at Caraway in
May. John Batten and Jody
Measamer will also be in
competition in the hopes of
backing up top 5 runs at
Orange County, while Rodney
Brooks and Bill Catania look
to get their entries back up
front. The North will once
again be well represented in
this Civil War on Wheels by
4-time PASS North champion
Ben Rowe, Massachusetts’
Kyle Desouza, and New York’s
David Russell. Short track
veteran Lee Tissot steps
behind the wheel of Jimmy
Doyle’s familiar #71, while
rookie Ashely Rogero steps
into the Hamke Race Cars
house car and hopes to join
fellow rookies Joseph
Mursuli and Karl Weber near
the front of the field.
Action gets under way on
Friday, November 8th for the
North-South Shootout at
Caraway Speedway with
practice and qualifying for
the PASS South Super Late
Models that afternoon. On
Saturday, November 9th,
racing will start at 2 PM
featuring 150 laps for the
PASS South Super Late
Models, 125 laps for the
Tour-type Modifieds, 50 laps
for Southern Modified Lite,
25 laps for Legends, and 50
lappers for the Limited Late
Models and Late Model
Supertrucks.
Two
weeks later on November
23rd, the PASS South and
PASS National Champions will
be crowned at Southern
National Motorsports Park as
part of the 8th Annual Mason
Dixon Meltdown, which will
also feature the Must See
Xtreme Racing Winged Sprint
Cars, PASS Pro Late Models,
and Mini Cups.
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 Super
Oval, PASS South’s Easter
Bunny 150 at the historic
Hickory Motor Speedway, the
Autobus La Quebecoise Triple
Crown at Autodrome
Chaudière, and the legendary
Oxford 250 at Oxford Plains
Speedway.
For
technical information
concerning all PASS
divisions please send
questions to
passracing@roadrunner.com.
For media or marketing
questions, please contact
Alan Dietz at 704-231-2039
or
alandietzpass@live.com.
And, don’t forget to
“Like” the Pro All Stars
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us on Twitter to keep up
with breaking news as it
happens. |
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