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SEASON OPENER |
SUN APRIL 21 - 2
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Cassius
Clark Gets 2013 Started Off Right
with Victory in
Ripley and Fletcher Ford 150
PASS North Event
Dixon, Pastore and Hammar Also Win
on
Sunday at
Oxford Plains Speedway |
Oxford, Maine (4-21-13) -
One year ago, the #77 Hight
Motorsports team with driver Cassius
Clark were looking for their first
PASS North Super Late Model victory.
They got that win in the season's
third event and advanced to the role
of title contenders by the end of
the season. Clark eventually
finished second to Travis Benjamin
in the final 2012 PASS North
standings.
On Sunday
afternoon at Maine's Oxford Plains
Speedway, Clark and the #77 team
started out their 2013 season with a
victory in the Ripley and Fletcher
Ford 150 PASS North event. By coming
out of the gate with a victory,
Clark is already hoping that this
might be the season where he can
score his first career PASS North
championship.
"We were pretty
pleased with last year. We just fell
short of a goal there," said Clark.
"We worked hard on things over the
winter. Sitting at home and waiting
to race since October has been
tough. Winning was a good way to get
out there and knock the rust off."
Clark won the Ripley and
Fletcher Ford 150 after coming out
on top of a spirited battle with
Joey Doiron over the closing laps of
the race. Doiron took the lead for
the first time on lap 11 and held
down the top spot without much
pressure for the next 102 laps. At
that point, Clark took the lead,
temporarily. Doiron edged his way
back to the top spot and the two
racers battled back and forth until
the end of the race. At the
conclusion of the 150 lap event,
Clark crossed the finish line ahead
of Doiron, Benjamin, Ben Rowe and
Bobby Timmons.
"It was a
tight race," said Clark. "We were
running door to door and never had
any problems. We never put a
doughnut on each other. We kept each
other honest and raced hard. You
can't ask for anything better than
that."
"We put on a heck of a
show for everyone here," agreed
Doiron.
The dogfight between
Clark and Doiron capped off an
action-packed afternoon of racing
which also saw Billy Dixon, Joey
Pastore and Ryan Hammar score
victories.
The PASS Modified
feature race was one where survival
was the key to victory. Dixon
wheeled his #33 car to victory lane
after early contenders Scott
McDaniel, Mike Carignan, Mitch
Miller, Mark Lucas and Andy Shaw all
encountered various problems. Dixon
took the lead late and stayed out of
trouble to score the opening day
win. He was followed to the finish
by Scott Alexander and Sumner
Sessions.
In the 75-lap PASS
Sportsman feature, Joey Pastore led
every single lap on the way to
victory lane, but it was anything
but an easy win. Pastore had command
of the race through its early and
middle stages, but a hard charging
Ricky Burgess ran him down in the
final stages of the event. Burgess
closed to Pastore's bumper over the
final 10 laps and even got sideways
chasing him on the final circuit,
but Pastore held on to score the
victory. Burgess finished second,
while Carey Martin, Rusty Poland and
Dan McKeage completed the top five
finishers.
Ryan Hammar won
the NELCAR Legends feature after a
fierce battle with his teammate T.J.
Laro early in the race. Connecticut
driver Shawn Buffington joined the
fight and finished second to Hammar,
while Laro hung on for a third-place
finish.
Over 100 racecars
were in the pits among the four
divisions of racing on Sunday at
Oxford. Despite unseasonably cool
temperatures, the grandstands
featured a healthy crowd as well to
start off the 2013 season at the
historic racetrack. Oxford's regular
divisions - the Pro Late Models,
Strictly Stocks, Mini Stocks and
Outlaw Sportsman - will start their
seasons next Sunday afternoon.
The PASS North, PASS Modified
and PASS Sportsman divisions will
return to action on Saturday, May
4th with the running of the Southern
Maine Motors 150 at Beech Ridge
Motor Speedway in Scarborough,
Maine. Racing is scheduled to start
at 3pm.
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 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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SLM: Benjamin, C. Clark,
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Photos by
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OFFICIAL PASS NORTH SLM
RESULTS
150 Laps -
Oxford Plains - 4/21/13 |
1. 77 - Cassius Clark - 150
Laps
2. 73 - Joey Doiron - 150
3. 17 - Travis Benjamin - 150
4.
4n - Ben Rowe - 150
5. 48 - Bobby
Timmons - 150
6. 60 - DJ Shaw -
150
7. 22 - Aaron Ricker - 150
8. 94 - Shawn Martin - 150
9.
57me - Austin Theriault - 150
10.
28 - Kirk Thibeau - 150
11. 91 -
Patrick Laperle - 150
12. 23 -
David Farrington Jr. - 150
13. 14
- Bradley Babb - 150
14. 00 -
Bryan Kruczek - 150
15. 80 -
Richie Dearborn - 150
16. 47 -
Kelly Moore - 150
17. 42 - Corey
Bubar - 149 |
18. 7l - Glen Luce - 148
19. 35 - Derek Ramstrom - 148
20.
7 - Curtis Gerry - 148
21. 97 -
Joey Pole - 148
22. 75 - Gary
Smith - 147
23. 27qc - Alex
Gingras - 147
24. 21qc -
Jean-Francois Dery - 147
25. 84qc -
Martin Latulippe - 143
26.
84 - Scott Mulkern - 138
27. 20 - Michael Landry - 138
28.
55 - Tony Ricci - 89
29. 21
- David Oliver - 74
30. 24
- Mike Rowe - 73
31. 54 -
Johnny Clark - 63
32. 39 - Mike
Maietta Jr. - 51
33. 60b - Tim
Bracket - 49
34. 13 - Dustin
Hubbard - 33 |
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MODS: Sessions, Dixon, &
Alexander |
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Photos by
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OFFICIAL PASS MODS
RESULTS
50 Laps -
Oxford Plains - 4/21/13 |
1. 33 - Billy Dixon
2. 17
- Scott Alexander
3. 0 - Sumner
Sessions
4. 4 - Josh Brown
5.
9 - Evan Armington
6. 14 - Scott
McDaniel
7. 53 - Alan Wilson
8. 21 - Mike Carignan
9. 89 -
Ryan Phillips
10. 60 - Dana Reed |
11. 96 - Chad Binette
12.
05 - Ron Henry
13. 3 - Travis
Buzzell
14. 5 - Mark Lucas
15.
00 - Bill Lake
16. 66 - Andy Shaw
17. 31 - Ryan Morgan
18. 7 -
Mitch Miller
19. 28 - Mark
Lundblad |
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SPORTSMAN: Martin,
Pastore, & Burgess |
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Photos by
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OFFICIAL PASS SPORTSMAN
RESULTS
75 Laps -
Oxford Plains - 4/21/13 |
1. 20 - Joe Pastore
2. 34
- Richard Burgess
3. 18 - Carey
Martin
4. 44 - Rusty Poland
5.
40 - Dan McKeage
6. 32 - Jeff
Marshall
7. 36 - Nathan Leavitt
8. 01 - Rob Drew |
9. 94 - Garrett Hall
10.
15 - Craig Smith
11. 58 - Lyman
Mckeage
12. 48 - Jerry Harrison
13. 5 - Chris Warming
14. 1
- Dustin Bisson
15. 47 - Nathan
Weston
16. 10 - Donnie Morse |
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NELCAR Legends:
Teammates Ryan Hammar, 1st, and TJ
Laro, 3rd. |
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