Mike Sabiston
1953-2013
The
Pro All Stars Series would
like to extend our deepest
condolences to the family of
Mike Sabiston and New Day
Motorsports on his recent
passing. Mike was an
ardent supporter of PASS
whose love for racing
was only surpassed by that
of his love for his
family. God speed, Mike.
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Statement From New Day
Motorsports On The
Passing Of Mike Sabiston
On behalf of New Day
Motorsports, Jeff
Day, Brandon Ward,
and the entire crew,
we would all like to
extend our prayers
and deepest
condolences to the
family of our friend
Mike Sabiston after
his tragic passing
today. Mike was a
long time friend and
supporter of New Day
Motorsports and was
an integral part of
our racing family.
He certainly was
loved by us all and
deeply appreciated.
Due to the
events of Friday,
the crew made a team
decision and has
decided not to race
at this weekend's
Pro All Stars Series
event at Southern
National Motorsports
Park out of respect
for Mike and his
family. It is our
hope to return to
PASS competition
soon as we know
that's what Mike
would have wanted.
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The
SCORCHER 150
SATURDAY,
AUG. 3rd |
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UNOFFICIAL PASS SOUTH SLM
RESULTS
150 Laps -
SONAT - 8/3/13 |
1) 41 - Daniel Hemric - 150
Laps 2) 25 - Ross Kenseth - 150
3) 98 - Jody Measamer - 150 4)
129 - Spencer Davis - 150 5) 7 -
Tyler Church - 150 6) 05 - Alex
Flemming - 150 7) 48 - John
Batten - 150 8) 2 - Trevor Noyes
- 150 9) 09 - Randy Gentry - 150
10) 8f - Tate Fogleman - 150 11)
1 - Justin Allison - 150 12) 5 -
Bobby Gower - 149 |
13) 8 - Joseph Mursuli - 146
14) 50 - Karl Webber - 144 15) 4s
- Jay Fogleman - 117 16) 97 -
Brandon Lynn - 117 17) 17 - Cole
Timm - 117 18) 28 - Jared Irvan -
107 19) 15 - Tanner Rumburg -81
20) 5w - Wes Burton - 71 21) 76 -
Jerrick Johnson - 56 22) 26 -
Preston Peltier - 42 23) 31 -
Kyle Grissom - 13 24) 80 - Blake
Jones - 12 |
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SLM Entries Received - SONAT - 8/3 | |
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UNOFFICIAL PASS SOUTH PLM
RESULTS
50 Laps -
SONAT - 8/3/13 |
1) 16 - Trevor Noyes - 50
Laps 2) 49 - Jeff Batten - 50
3) 71 - Nick Robenson -50 4) 5 -
Jared Fryar - 50 5) 02 - Walker
Yates - 50 6) 12 - Harrison
Burton - 50 7) 21 - Colin Vernal
- 50 |
8) 45 - Kodie Conner - 50
9) 7 - Matt Murphy - 49 10) 55 -
Hans Seth - 41 11) 22 - Tyler
Audie - 28 12) 14 - Austin Reed -
7 DQ - 6 - Evan Home
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Hemric Scores Emotional
PASS South Win At Southern National |
LUCAMA, NC (August 3) – On a
weekend chalked full of emotion,
Daniel Hemric took his first career
Pro All Stars Series (PASS) South
Super Late Model win in the Scorcher
150 Saturday night at Southern
National Motorsports Park. Fans and
racers alike were still reeling from
the sudden death of longtime PASS
South crew member Mike Sabiston,
known to many as “The Judge,” who
passed away at the track Friday in
an accident while unloading the #62
New Day Motorsports Ford driven by
Brandon Ward. The evening started
with a remembrance of Sabiston which
included a moment of silence and the
local Bandolero division drivers
laying a flower at a wreath in his
honor. Due to the circumstances
surrounding the weekend, the win by
Hemric was bittersweet.
“I
know everybody here has a heavy
heart thinking about “The Judge” and
our thoughts and prayers go out to
him and his family, so this one’s
for you buddy,” said Hemric
afterwards in victory lane.
The evening started with Preston
Peltier knocking his Johnson
Motorsports teammate Tyler Church
off the top of the qualifying charts
with a lap of 98.307 miles per hour.
Peltier’s 11th career pole equals
the All-Time PASS South leading
total of Andy Loden and marks the
first race back for the veteran
after being injured eight weeks ago
in an accident at home. In the top
10 qualifiers redraw, Peltier drew
pill #7, while rookie Trevor Noles
and Daniel Hemric had the luck of
the draw to start on the front row
for the Scorcher 150.
Prior
to the start of the race, the pole
position was left vacant during the
pace laps in a tribute to Mike
Sabiston and the entire PASS South
field of drivers and the fans in the
grandstands gave a thumbs up in an
additional tribute. At the drop of
the green flag to start the race,
Hemric quickly jumped into lead from
the outside of row 1, but his stay
at the front was short lived as Ross
Kenseth moved into the top spot on
lap 7. The first caution of the
night waved on lap 10 for a solo
spin by Jerrick Johnson on the
frontstretch. On the restart, top 10
runners Peltier and Blake Jones had
issues when the field stacked up in
front of them ending both of their
nights’ early. Then, just four laps
later, PASS South championship
contender Kyle Grissom suffered a
mechanical problem that knocked him
out of the race and relegated him to
a disappointing 23rd place finish.
The first half of the Scorcher
150 saw Kenseth dominate, while PASS
South points leader Jay Fogleman
moved into second looking to build
on the eight point advantage he had
on Grissom entering the race.
Another championship contender
having a good run was rookie Brandon
Lynn, who entered the race third in
points behind Fogleman and Grissom.
Despite a poor qualifying effort
that resulted in starting 21st, Lynn
wasted little time making his way to
the front. Lynn was in the top 10 by
lap 60 and on lap 95 he moved around
Church to break into the top 5. The
third caution of the night would
wave on lap 107 for rain leaving
many to wonder of Kenseth could be
on his way to his third straight
rain-shortened PASS South win dating
back to last year. But, the skies
cleared and after an approximately
30 minute delay to dry the track,
competitors were back out and ready
to complete the final 43 laps.
At this point, Hemric had made
his way around his Woodman Racing
teammate Fogleman and would start
outside of Kenseth for the restart.
Much like the initial start, Hemric
was able to jump into the lead while
Kenseth fell back to fourth behind
Spencer Davis and Fogleman. Despite
the hiccup, Kenseth regrouped to
move back into second and would
restart outside of Hemric following
two minor cautions for spins.
On the lap 118 restart, disaster
struck for Fogleman when he would
spin exiting turn two following
contact with Brandon Lynn,
collecting Cole Timm in the process.
All three cars would suffer race
ending damage. Although not able to
completely capitalize on Grissom’s
earlier problems, Fogleman’s 15th
place finish still enabled him to
extend his points lead over Grissom
to 24 markers.
In the end,
Hemric proved to be too strong
taking the checkered flag 1.5
seconds over Kenseth, Jody Measamer,
Davis and Church. Rounding out the
top 10 were Alex Fleming, John
Batten, Noles, Randy Gentry, and
Tate Fogleman.
“We were good
on the bottom, but it definitely
took us two or three laps to get
going,” said Hemric, who made his
first ever Super Late Model start
with PASS in 2010. “I can’t thank
Dicky Woodman and Hamke Race Cars
enough and everybody who put their
hearts and souls in this deal.”
Kenseth looked to be on his way
to another PASS South win, but
struggled with the handling on his
machine following the rain delay.
“I wasn’t too happy with the
car, I thought we were too tight,”
said Kenseth. “I thought me and
Daniel had very similar handling
race cars and after the rain I got
really loose going into turn one for
some reason and it messed me up.”
In the 50 lap PASS Pro Late
Model feature, Trevor Noles took the
lead with less than 10 laps to go
when Jared Fryar slowed for an
accident involving slower cars for
his fifth win of the year. Following
the race, Noles and the Coulter
Motorsports team announced they
would be giving their race winnings
from this weekend to the family of
Mike Sabiston. Tyler Audie led the
first 27 laps of the race, but fell
back to fourth and was involved in
an accident with Harrison Burton
that ended his night early.
Following Noles at the finish were
Jeff Batten, Nick Robinson, Fryar,
and Walker Yates.
The PASS
South Super Late Models will be in
action again on Saturday night,
August 17th at South Boston Speedway
along with Twin 75’s for the NASCAR
Late Model Stocks and CCS Legends. |
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