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RUMBLE in
the PINES 150
SUNDAY,
JUNE 23rd |
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Top three in the Super
Late Model Race - L to R: 3rd place
Jay Fogelman (4),
1st place
Austin Theriault (29), & 2nd place
Trevor Noles (2) |
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Theriault Outlasts
Competiton for South Win At Southern
National |
LLUCAMA, NC (June 23) –
Austin Theriault survived several
late race restarts on a hot and
humid Sunday afternoon to win the
rain-delayed Rumble In The Pines 150
at Southern National Motorsports
Park. Theriault captured his second
career Pro All Stars Series (PASS)
South Super Late Model win after the
race was postponed Saturday night
due to rain showers.
“I’m
struggling a little bit, it
definitely was hot out there,” said
Theriault afterwards. “I just rode
around a little while thinking a lot
of guys would burn it up. We didn’t
have a lot left at the end, but we
had enough. I definitely want to
thank the fans who came and stuck it
out with us through all the
weather.”
After a full day of
practice on Friday, weather
conditions seriously deteriorated
over night completely washing out
all on track activities on Saturday.
PASS officials rescheduled the event
for Sunday afternoon, but again
weather threated after another
thunderstorm rolled through eastern
North Carolina shortly before noon.
With the threat of more storms
looming, the schedule was compacted
with traditional single-lap
qualifying being scrapped in favor
of the more expedient
“European-style” qualifying format
which saw multiple cars on the track
at one time. When all was said and
done, Theriault had the quickest lap
in the unique qualifying session,
but had to start tenth after drawing
pill #10 during the redraw.
PASS South Super Late Model rookies
Spencer Davis and Trevor Noles would
lead the field to the green flag
under threatening skies that saw the
temperature exceed 90 degrees.
Following a lap one spin by Tanner
Rumburg that eliminated Justin
Allison from contention due to
contact, Noles quickly jumped into
the lead in the X1R-sponsored
machine owned by Coulter
Motorsports. Early on though, all
eyes were on defending PASS South
Champion Kyle Grissom, who had made
his way into the top 10 by lap five,
despite starting back in 22nd.
Following a spin in turn three
by Joe Ryan Osborne on lap 19, Davis
moved around Noles to take the lead.
The race entered into a grueling 80
lap stretch of green flag racing
that saw both driver and car pushed
to the limit under the hot Carolina
sun. By halfway, Davis continued to
lead by a short margin over
Theriault, who had made his way into
second, with Noles, Grissom, and
rookie Cole Timm rounding out the
top five.
Theirault’s Brad
Keselowski Racing #29 continued to
stalk Davis for the lead as the race
entered its final third, passing the
young Georgia driver with 48 laps to
go. The long green flag stint
finally came to an end on lap 110
following a spin by Florida’s Dusty
Cornelius in turn one. On the
ensuing restart, Jay Fogleman, who
was now running third, and Davis
made contact entering turn one. As
the field checked up behind them,
Bradley McCaskill and David
Quackenbush crashed knocking them
both from the race.
With 25
laps to go, Grissom and the lapped
machine of Brandon Ward were racing
hard for track position when Ward
lost a right front tire entering
turn three sending him into
Grissom’s Chevrolet. The contact
sent Grissom spinning and out of his
fourth running position.
In
the late stages of the race,
Theriault continued to lead, but
Timm would emerge as his biggest
challenger over the final laps of
the race. A spin by Bill Catania
with two laps to go set up a final
dash to the checkered flag.
Theriault got a better restart than
Timm, who dropped back to fourth
after contact exiting turn two from
Noles. Theriault made it back to the
checkered flag to take his first win
since winning the season opening
South Carolina Clash at Dillon Motor
Speedway in March.
“The car
stuck really good on the restarts,
on the long run we were pretty equal
or just a tick better than everybody
else,” said Theriault.
Noles
continued to impress, finishing
second in just his third PASS South
Super Late Model start.
“These races like this are pretty
tough on me, but I’m young, I can do
it,” said a tired, but excited
Noles. “The tires are done, but
Randy Renfrow gave me a good car and
we’ll just go on and try to get
another one.”
Fogleman
finished third despite struggling
with the heat in his car over the
final half of the race with Timm in
fourth and Grissom with a nice
recovery to finish fifth. Rounding
out the top ten were John Batten,
Tate Fogleman, Randy Gentry, Davis,
and Bobby Gower.
Earlier in
the afternoon, the PASS Pro Late
Models competed for 50 laps with
Spencer Davis scoring the win after
passing Harrison Burton for the top
spot with 14 laps to go. Davis’ win
was especially important since it
came driving a new Dodge Challenger
that his team debuted at Southern
National Motorsports Park. Rounding
out the top five were Burton, Trevor
Noles, Nick Robinson, and Tyler
Audie.
The PASS South Super
Late Models, PASS Pro Late Models,
CCS Modifieds, and CCS Legends will
be in action again on Wednesday
night, July 3rd at Anderson Motor
Speedway. Fans are encouraged to
come out and kick off the
Independence Day holiday early at
Anderson and enjoy the 8th Annual
Firecracker 150 and the Upstate’s
biggest fireworks show presented by
Zambelli Fireworks. |
OFFICIAL PASS SOUTH SLM
RESULTS
150 Laps -
SONAT - 6/23/13 |
1) 29 – Austin Theriault -
150 Laps
2) 2 – Trevor Noles -
150
3) 4 – Jay Fogleman - 150
4) 57 – Cole Timm - 150
5)
31 – Kyle Grissom - 150
6) 48 –
John Batten - 150
7) 8f – Tate
Fogleman - 150
8) 09 – Randy
Gentry - 150
9) 51sd – Spencer
Davis - 150
10) 5 – Bobby Gower
- 150
11) 97 – Brandon Lynn -
150
12) 13 – Joe Ryan Osborne -
150
13) 51 – Bobby Measmer, Jr. -
150
14) 50 – Karl Weber - 150 |
15) 18 – Bill Catania - 148
16) 15 – Tanner Rumburg - 146
17) 118 – Bradley McCaskill - 139
18) 62 – Brandon Ward - 121
19)
19 – Zak Hausler - 117
20) 05 –
Alex Fleming - 113
21) 41 –David
Quackenbush - 109
22) 8 – Joseph
Mursuli - 106
23) 22 – Dusty
Cornelius - 106
24) M3 – Shelton
McNair, Jr. - 40
25) 98 – Jody
Measamer - 23
26) 15h – Joe Heigl
- 18
27) 1 – Justin Allison - 2 |
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SLM Entries Received - SONAT - 6/23
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Top three in the Pro
Late Model Race - L to R: 2nd Place
Harrison Burton (12), 1st Place
Spencer (129) Davis, & 3rd Place
Trevor Noles (2). |
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OFFICIAL PASS SOUTH PLM
RESULTS
50 Laps -
SONAT - 6/23/13 |
1) 129 – Spencer Davis
2)
12 – Harrison Burton
3) 16 –
Trevor Noles
4) 71 – Nick
Robinson
5) 22 – Tyler Audie
6) 49 – Jeff Batten |
7) 45 – Kodie Conner
8)
14 – Austin Reed
9) 21 – Collin
Vernal
10) 7 – Mat Murphy
11)
6 - Evan Horne
12) 66 – Brandon
Setzer |
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PLM Entries Received - SONAT - 6/23 |
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Big Weekend For PASS
Begins with “Rumble” at Southern
National |
CHARLOTTE, NC (June 18) –
After nearly a month off thanks to
mother nature, the East Coast’s top
Super Late Model drivers will have a
chance to showcase their talents at
two of the country’s top short
tracks this weekend. On Saturday,
the Pro All Stars Series (PASS)
South Super Late Models and PASS Pro
Late Models will return to Southern
National Motorsports Park in Kenly,
NC, while the PASS North Super Late
Models and PASS Modifieds will be
back in action on Sunday at Maine’s
legendary Oxford Plains Speedway.
Fans and competitors around the
Southeast are excited for PASS
South’s trip back to Southern
National for the Rumble In the Pines
150. In April, the series returned
to the fast, high banked speedway
for the first time since 2009 with a
field of over 30 PASS South Super
Late Models vying for top honors in
the Dogwood Blossom 150. The race
proved to be a grueling test of man
and machine that came down to a
late-race battle between rivals
Preston Peltier and Jay Fogleman.
Peltier passed Fogleman with less
than 30 laps to go, but Fogleman
followed closely in his tire tracks
over the remaining laps. But, as the
field took the white flag, rookie
Brandon Lynn lost an engine which
resulted in Peltier sliding through
the oil and out of the lead.
Fogleman was able to avoid the
mayhem to take his sole victory this
season. Now, with several local
races having been run at the
speedway over the last couple of
months and high temperatures
expected for this weekend’s race,
there will be a premium on finding
the ideal set-up.
Thanks in
part to his win at Southern National
back in April, Fogleman leads the
PASS South Super Late Model
standings heading back there this
weekend. But, with just a scant four
point advantage over defending PASS
South Champion Kyle Grissom,
Fogleman realizes the added
importance of a good finish in the
Rumble In The Pines 150.
Following the most recent PASS South
event held at Caraway Speedway, a
new contingent asserted themselves
at the front of the field and served
notice that they will be contenders
for throughout the rest of the
season. Brandon Ward brought a new
car out at Caraway, leading a number
of laps before being sidelined by
mechanical problems. South Carolina
veteran Randy Gentry also led laps
before fading late and finishing
tenth.
But the biggest
surprises at Caraway came in the
drivers that finished behind Grissom
and Fogleman in the top five. Jared
Irvan, the son of 1991 Daytona 500
winner Ernie Irvan, had a hard crash
at Southern National in April, but
is primed to rebound after a third
place finish at Caraway. Likewise,
John Batten and Justin Allison, who
finished fourth and fifth last time
out, seemed to have also turned the
corner in recent weeks. And, perhaps
Batten could be the dark horse
favorite heading to the Rumble In
The Pines 150 since he is a former
two-time Super Late Model track
champion at Southern National.
The best of the best in Super
Late Model racing will once again
headline the action at Southern
National Motorsports Park led by
PASS South points leader Jay
Fogleman, defending series champion
Kyle Grissom, along with Brandon
Ward, John Batten, Bill Catania,
Justin Allison, and Bobby Measmer,
Jr. Dillon winner Austin Theriault
returns to the seat of the Brad
Keselowski Racing #29 along with
teammate Zak Hausler. Veterans Randy
Gentry and Jody Measamer return
looking to back up their strong runs
as of late along with talented
upstarts Jared Irvan, Tate Fogleman,
Cole Timm, and Karl Weber. Virginia
driver Tanner Rumberg returns to the
site of his PASS South debut a
couple of months ago while rookies
Bobby Gower and Joseph Mursuli try
to build more momentum. Trevor Noles
climbs back into the Coulter
Motorsports #2 at what he considers
a “home track.” Jerrick Johnson
hopes to get his season turned
around for Godfather Motorsports.
Action gets underway on Friday
for all divisions at Southern
National Motorsports Park with an
optional practice with gates opening
at 12:30 PM and practice until 6:30
PM. On Saturday, there will be
rotating practice for the PASS South
Super Late Models, PASS Pro Late
Models, Chargers, and U-Cars from
12:30 – 4:15 PM, followed by
qualifying at 4:50 PM and main event
racing slated to begin at 7:00 PM.
Entry list and schedule for
this weekend’s PASS South events at
Southern National Motorsports Park
and the PASS North events at Oxford
Plains Speedway can be found
HERE.
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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