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Top Three at
Aburndale: L to R - Joe Boyd
#5, 2nd:
Winner Joey
Doiron #73; & Jeff Scofield
#77, 3rd. |
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JOEY DOIRON
SCORES BIGGEST CAREER WIN IN
PASS FLORIDA WINTER MELTDOWN
200 |
Joey Doiron nudged
past Florida hotshoe Joe
Boyd with eight laps to go
to win the Pro All Stars
Series (PASS) Super Late
Model National season opener
Saturday night at Auburndale
Speedway. Doiron�s win in
the Florida Winter Meltdown
200 and was his second
straight season opening win
after capturing the PASS
North opener last year at
Beech Ridge Motor Speedway.
"This is such a big
deal, last year's win at
Beech Ridge gave us a big
boost and I can't wait to
get to Hickory and Oxford,"
said an elated Doiron in
victory lane. "We've always
had a decent car when we
come down South, but we've
had terrible luck. I got
into the 5 (Boyd) in turn
two and he had a chance to
get back to me, but we were
just a little bit better
there at the end."
After qualifying fastest and
leading the most laps, Boyd
was happy with a strong
effort and glad to come home
in second.
"This is a
brand new Port City race car
and I can't wait to get it
to Dillon now," said Boyd
referring to the PASS South
season opener coming up in
March. "I'm happy, I wanted
to win in front of the
hometown fans, but we just
didn't quite have enough."
Luck appeared to be on
Boyd's side after pulling
the number one pill during
the redraw and led the field
to green. The first caution
of the night waved on lap 15
after a spin by Dale Shaw in
turn four. After starting
sixth, Doiron was on the
move passing Anthony Sergi
on lap 23 for third. Seven
laps later, Jeff Scofield
would fall victim to Doiron
as he relinquished the
second position to the Maine
native. Following the second
caution of the night on lap
36 for a spin by Spencer
Davis, Doiron raced around
Boyd for the lead on the
ensuing restart. Doiron's
lead would be short-lived,
however, as Boyd charged
back around to regain the
top spot just two laps
later. The most serious
accident of the night
occurred on lap 60 when
Eddie King and DJ Shaw
tangled in turn two battling
for seventh. The contact
resulted in Shaw going up
and over King's left front
quarter panel and hood. Shaw
was able to continue, but
King was done for the night.
Two-time PASS National
Champion Ben Rowe looked
strong early, but dropped
back after contact from Dale
Shaw and spun a few laps
later.
At lap 100, a
competition caution waved to
allow teams the option to
change two tires. Boyd and
Doiron were up front as the
teams headed to the pits
with Jeff Scofield, Jonathan
Guy, and Alexander Gringas
rounding out the top five.
As the second half of
the Winter Meltdown got
under way, Doiron got the
better of Boyd on the double
file restart and took the
lead for the second time in
the race. After a spin by
Chad Pierce on lap 121, the
Meltdown would enter its
longest green flag stretch.
The race would go caution
free for over 50 laps with
Doiron stretching to nearly
a straightaway advantage
over Boyd. During this
stretch of the race, several
cars fell out due to brake
problems including Rowe,
Gingras, and Dale Shaw,
whose brakes caught on fire
briefly to bring out the
race's final caution of the
night.
With 21 laps
to go, Boyd was able to get
a better restart than Doiron
to charge back into the
lead. But, Doiron would
hound Boyd over the final
laps, making slight contact
in turn two to retake the
lead for the final time.
Doiron held on for his
second career PASS Super
Late Model win over Boyd,
Scofield, Jay Fogleman, and
Jonathan Guy.
The
next event for the Pro All
Stars Series will be on
March 9th at Dillon Motor
Speedway. The 8th Annual
South Carolina Clash will be
the season opener for the
PASS South Super Late Models
and PASS Pro Late Models. |
OFFICIAL PASS NATIONAL SLM
RESULTS
200 Laps - Auburndale Speedway - 2/9/13 |
1) 73 Joey Doiron
2) 5 Joe Boyd
3) 77
Jeff Scofield
4) 4 Jay
Fogleman
5) 42 Jonathan
Guy
6) 00 Anthony
Cataldi
7) 41 Tate
Fogleman
8) 21 Jean
Francois Dery
9) 60 DJ
Shaw |
10)
57 Chad Pierce
11)
88 Kyle Desousza
12)
27 Alexandre Gingras
13)
68 Dale Shaw
14)
4n Ben Rowe
15)
129 Spencer Davis
16)
17 Eddie King
17)
14 Steve Legendre
18)
20 Anthony Sergi |
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