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TYLER CHURCH -
DJ SHAW - PRESTON PELTIER |
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THE
EASTER BUNNY 150 SUPER
LATE MODELS at HICKORY
SPEEDWAY
OFFICIAL RACE RESULTS - 4-20-14 |
1. #60 - DJ Shaw - 150 Laps
2. #7 - Tyler Church - 150 Laps
3. #74x - Preston Peltier - 150 Laps
4. #28 - Jared Irvan - 150 Laps
5. #1 - Tyler Dippel - 150 Laps
6. #33 - Roger Lee Newton - 150 Laps
7. #29 - Trevor Sanborn - 150 Laps
8. #57 - Cole Timm - 150 Laps 9.
#2 - Trevor Noles - 150 Laps 10.
#4T - Austin Theriault - 150 Laps
11. #14 - Clete Caywood - 150 Laps
12. #7k - Ted Mickelson - 150 Laps
13. #54 - Jake Griffin - 150 Laps
14. #68 - Clay Rogers - 150 Laps
15. #12j - Trey Jarrell - 150 Laps
16. #09 - Randy Gentry - 150 Laps |
7. #12 - Harrison Burton -
149 Laps 18. #8F - Tate Fogleman
- 149 Laps 19. #98 - Daniel
Hemric - 148 Laps 20. #70 - Nick
Tucker - 148 Laps 21. #41 - Jody
Measamer - 145 Laps 22. #9 - Matt
Daley - 126 Laps 23. #4N - Ben
Rowe - 117 Laps 24. #4F - Jay
Fogleman - 110 Laps 25. #88 - Lee
Tissot - 94 Laps 26. #48 - John
Batten - 44 Laps 27. #74 - Ryan
Moore - 5 Laps 28. #62 - Brandon
Ward - 5 Laps 29. #71 - Patrick
Staropoli - 5 Laps 30. #6 -
Brandon Setzer - 5 Laps DNS - #83
Joey Padgett |
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SLM Entries Received -
Hickory - 4-19 | |
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KODIE CONNER - WALKER
YATES - JEFF BATTEN |
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PRO
LATE MODELS at HICKORY
SPEEDWAY
OFFICIAL RACE RESULTS - 4-20-14 |
1. #02 - Walker Yates - 50
Laps 2. #49 - Jeff Batten - 50
Laps 3. #45 - Kodie Conner - 50
Laps 4. #81 - Jacob Schneider -
50 Laps 5. #11x - Erik Nash - 50
Laps 6. #17 - Greg Bohanon, Jr. -
50 Laps |
7. #16 - Lucas Jones - 50
Laps 8. #7 - Matt Murphy - 49
Laps 9. #23 - Zachary Dabbs - 45
Laps 10. #14 - Austin Reed - 44
Laps 11. #82x - Jason Lasky - 31
Laps 12. #71 - Nick Robinson - 1
Lap |
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PLM Entries Received -
Hickory - 4-20 | |
Shaw Makes Last Lap Pass
To Win 9th Annual Easter Bunny
150 At Hickory |
HICKORY, NC (April 20) – New
Hampsire’s DJ Shaw parlayed an
aggressive move on the final lap
into the win in the Pro All Stars
Series (PASS) Super Late Model 9th
Annual Easter Bunny 150 Sunday
afternoon at Hickory Motor Speedway.
Shaw and PASS South points leader
Tyler Church made contact entering
turn three allowing Shaw to move by
and claim his first PASS South Super
Late Model win. The race was delayed
for nearly 24 hours after torrential
rains drenched the Southeast on
Saturday.
“I got a little
more aggressive there than usual,
but I lost this race last year with
Preston [Peltier] for letting him be
aggressive with me,” said Shaw after
his first career Easter Bunny 150
triumph. “It’s great to win at a
historic place like Hickory and I
just have to thank the fans and PASS
for getting it in today and
supporting us on Easter.”
In
qualifying, Preston Peltier claimed
his 13th career quick qualifying
time and fifth overall at Hickory
with a lap of 80.816 miles per hour.
Following the top 10 qualifiers
redraw, Peltier dropped to second
alongside Jared Irvan, who would
start from the pole.
Under
beautiful Carolina blue skies, Irvan
jumped into the lead as the 30 car
field of PASS Super Late Models
entered turn one. On lap five,
Trevor Sanborn slid sideways after
contact from Harrison Burton
entering turn one. Several cars
checked up to avoid the incident
with the machines of Brandon Ward,
Ryan Moore, Brandon Setzer, and
Patrick Staropoli all ending up with
too much damage to continue on in
the race.
When racing
resumed, Irvan and Peltier traded
the lead, before 10th place starter
Randy Gentry made his way to the
front on lap 15. The second caution
of the race waved a few laps later
on lap 33 when Lee Tissot and Nick
Tucker spun in turn four.
Back under green, fans were treated
to some of the best short track
racing around as drivers jockeyed
for position, racing two and three
wide several rows deep around the
historic .363 mile speedway. Gentry
set a quick pace early on stretching
his lead to nearly a straightaway
over his nearest competitors. But,
just past halfway, Gentry’s Toyota
began to fade allowing Roger Lee
Newton to move by and into the lead
on lap 80.
Likewise, Newton’s
car also seemed to be going away as
Burton moved by to take the lead on
lap 92 for the first time in his
PASS South career. Rookie Tyler
Dippel began applying pressure on
Burton in the latter stages of the
race, taking the lead with 37 laps
to go when Burton bobbled exiting
turn four. Racing continued to be
torrid as Dippel worked multiple
grooves around the speedway to hold
off his challengers. With 10 laps to
go, Burton moved by Dippel to retake
the lead. But his turn up front
would be short lived as DJ Shaw
powered past Burton to take the lead
just two laps later.
However,
the caution would wave with 5 laps
to go following a flat right front
tire for Daniel Hemric. On the final
restart of the race, Tyler Church
got the advantage over Shaw to take
the lead entering turn one. Shaw
closed back in making contact with
Church on the final lap as they
entered turn three and survived more
contact coming to the checkered flag
to secure the win.
Following
the race, Church was clearly
frustrated after just missing out on
his second straight win at his home
track.
“We had that race and
I tried to race everybody clean, but
sometimes it doesn’t pay off,” said
Church afterwards.
Following
Shaw and Church at the finish were
Peltier, Irvan, and Dippel. Rounding
out the top ten were Newton,
Sanborn, Cole Timm, Trevor Noles,
and Austin Theriault.
Walker
Yates took the lead from race long
leader Jeff Batten on a late race
restart with 13 laps to go and held
on for his second career PASS Pro
Late Model victory. The most serious
accident of the race occurred on lap
29 when Austin Reed made contact
with Jacob Schneider exiting turn
four. The contact sent Schneider
spinning and collected Reed and
Lucas Jones in the aftermath.
Following Yates and Batten at the
checkered flag were Kodie Conner,
Schneider, and Erik Nash.
Matt Craig led every lap en route to
the win in the Legends division over
Austin Osborne, AJ Davis, Sam
McAulay, and Greg Lang.
The
PASS South Super Late Models and
PASS Pro Late Models will be in
action along with the USAC HPD
Midget Series on Friday night May 9
at Ace Speedway for the Ace’s High
150. |
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SUPER LATE MODELS at HICKORY
SPEEDWAY
TIME TRIALS RESULTS - 4-20-14 |
1. #74x - Preston Peltier
14.847 2. #7 - Tyler Church
14.863 3. #98 - Daniel Hemric
14.868 4. #28 - Jared Irvan
14.899 5. #60 - D.J. Shaw 14.927
6. #1 - Tyler Dippel 14.965 7.
#4T - Austin Theriault 14.996 8.
#33 - Roger Lee Newton 15.002 9.
#09 - Randy Gentry 15.010 10. #29
- Trevor Sanborn 15.024 11. #14 -
Clete Caywood 15.046 12. #4N -
Ben Rowe 15.053 13. #54 - Jake
Griffin 15.059 14. #12 - Harrison
Burton 15.078 15. #2 - Trevor
Noles 15.081 16. #70 - Nick
Tucker 15.090 |
17. #74 - Ryan Moore 15.093
18. #57 - Cole Timm 15.101 19.
#62 - Brandon Ward 15.131 20. #8F
- Tate Fogleman 15.143 21. #71 -
Patrick Staropoli 15.144 22. #12J
- Trey Jarrell 15.220 23. #7k -
Ted Mickelson 15.234 24. #68 -
Clay Rogers 15.234 25. #41 - Jody
Measamer 15.290 26. #88 - Lee
Tissot 15.310 27. #83 - Joey
Padgett 15.331 28. #6 - Brandon
Setzer 15.332 29. #4F - Jay
Fogleman 15.348 30. #48 - John
Batten 15.453 31. #9 - Matt Daley
15.644 |
PRO
LATE MODELS at HICKORY
SPEEDWAY
TIME TRIALS RESULTS - 4-20-14 |
1. #49 - Jeff Batten 15.296
2. #16 - Lucas Jones 15.417 3.
#11x - Erik Nash 15.499 4. #02 -
Walker Yates 15.512 5. #81 -
Jacob Schneider 15.518 6. #45 -
Kodie Conner 15.528 |
7. #14 - Austin Reed 15.592
8. #82 - Jason Lasky 15.687 9. #7
- Matt Murphy 15.699 10. #23 -
Zachary Dabbs 15.784 11. #17 -
Greg Bohanon, Jr. 15.816 12. #71
- Nick Robinson 16.230 |
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Enhanced PASS
TV Returns To Broadcast
9th Annual
Easter Bunny 150 At Hickory |
PASS Forms Unique
Interactive Partnership
With
MotorSportsBroadcasting.com
And
Race22.com |
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Full Info and Sign Up HERE
Streaming to begin at 2
PM on Sunday
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NAPLES, ME (April
15) - Pro All Stars Series
(PASS) officials announced
today the re-launch of PASS
TV in a unique partnership
with
MotorsportsBroadcasting.com
(MSB) and Race22.com. PASS
TV Powered By
MotorsportsBroadcasting.com
and Race22.com will feature
a live Pay-Per-View
broadcast of the 9th Annual
Easter Bunny 150 from the
legendary Hickory Motor
Speedway this Saturday
night, April 19. The
partnership will utilize
MSB's years of expertise in
covering short track racing
events and will also feature
live fan interaction through
Race22's live race updates
throughout the day from
Hickory.
"We're very
excited to announce this
partnership with MSB and
Race22 to bring fans around
the world unprecedented
coverage of the Easter Bunny
150," said PASS President
Tom Mayberry. "The Easter
Bunny 150 has established
itself as one of the biggest
Super Late Model races in
the country and we're glad
that fans can be a part of
this great event wherever
they live."
Fans will
be able to purchase the
broadcast of the 9th Annual
Easter Bunny 150 for just
$25 by visiting either
ProAllStarsSeries.com or
Race22.com. PASS TV, along
with
MotorSportsBroadcasting.com,
will partner to bring fans
multi-camera coverage with
play-by-play provided by
Race22.com. Throughout the
race weekend at Hickory
Motor Speedway, the live
race broadcast will be
further enhanced by Race22's
live coverage of the Easter
Bunny 150. Race22's team of
correspondents and
photographers will keep fans
updated throughout the day
on all the breaking news to
come out of the PASS pit
area at Hickory.
"This is big for short track
racing," said RACE22.com
owner Langley Austin. "Three
companies that are at the
top of their game on their
respective fields combining
to bring fans a unique, one
of a kind race broadcast
hasn't been done before and
the fans will be the real
winners."
The 9th
Annual Easter Bunny 150 is
expected to bring the best
short track stars together
from throughout North
America as they challenge
the tough and legendary
Hickory Motor Speedway. The
Easter Bunny 150 will be
race #2 of the PASS National
Series and will also double
as a PASS South Super Late
Model points event. PASS TV
Powered By
MotorSportsBroadcasting.com
and Race22.com will bring
flag-to-flag coverage of all
the events from Hickory
Motor Speedway including the
Easter Bunny 150 for the
PASS Super Late Models, as
well as all the action for
the PASS Pro Late Models,
Super Cup Stock Car Series,
and Legends.
"We are
thrilled to partner with
PASS & RACE22.com to debut a
new level of live
interaction and high quality
broadcast," said MSB
President of Operations Sam
Provencher. "Fans that
cannot make it to the track
will be able to experience a
unique, interactive race day
from their computers or
mobile devices."
To
purchase the 9th Annual
Easter Bunny 150 from
Hickory Motor Speedway,
please
sign up HERE. |
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Church Looking To Defend
Home Turf At Hickory In Easter
Bunny 150 |
CHARLOTTE, NC
(April 16) – The best short track
racers from across North America
will once again be descending on
Hickory Motor Speedway this weekend
as they prepare for the 9th Annual
Easter Bunny 150. Racers flock to
the legendary speedway nestled in
the North Carolina Piedmont as the
Easter Bunny 150 has become an
Easter weekend tradition for the Pro
All Stars Series (PASS) South Super
Late Model division. Likewise, fans
of short track racing recognize the
Easter Bunny 150 as one of the
sport’s premier races, thanks in
large part to the star studded field
of drivers the event attracts year
after year.
Names like Rowe,
Lawler, Williams, Naase, and Grissom
have all visited victory lane in the
Easter Bunny 150 at Hickory. And,
until last year’s win by Preston
Peltier, no driver had achieved
victory in racing’s ultimate Easter
egg hunt more than once. But, even
with the best the sport has to offer
coming to duke it out against one
another, it is a home grown product
of Hickory Motor Speedway that some
have circled on their entry lists as
the early favorite.
Current
PASS South Super Late Model points
leader Tyler Church is actually from
Hickory, NC. He started out as a fan
attending races at Hickory Motor
Speedway and, after becoming a race
car driver, became a top contender
in the track’s Limited Late Model
division. Eventually, Church joined
forces with Peltier competing on
limited basis with PASS South in
2013. But, despite only making
sporadic starts with the series,
Church became an immediate front
runner scoring an emotional win in
the Over The Mountain 150 at
Hickory. A win made even more
special in that it came in front of
longtime fans, family, and friends
that had supported his journey up
the racing ladder. And, by the fact,
that his late mother is buried in
the cemetery which overlooks the
historic speedway.
“It was
huge to get that win at Hickory last
September,” said Church, who went on
to capture his second career win
just weeks later in the Mason Dixon
Meltdown at Southern National. “I’ve
had a lot of help since I began
racing with PASS and being at home,
it was just huge. I’m just very
thankful and then to win the
Meltdown was just a bonus.”
Despite not winning so far in 2014,
Church and his Church’s Carpet team
have been the model of consistency.
The young season has seen steady
improvement for Church, including
two top five finishes, a third at
Dillon Motor Speedway in March and a
runner-up finish in the most recent
PASS South event at Orange County
Speedway. Now as one of the biggest
races of the season approaches at,
of all places, his home track,
Church is brimming with confidence.
All that despite the stellar field
that will try to keep him from
reaching victory lane at Hickory
Motor Speedway for a second straight
time.
“Going to Hickory, it’s
gonna be tough for sure, but I think
we will be okay,” said Church. “I
was hoping to have a win by now, but
this year was my first time at
Greenville. And, at Dillon and
Orange County, I was tickled to get
a couple of top fives with the
competition we had at those two
tracks. But all I want is that
Easter Bunny, that’s it.”
Church will certainly have his work
cut out for him though this weekend
as the strongest group of Super Late
Models of the year will assemble at
Hickory Motor Speedway. Fellow PASS
South points contenders Cole Timm,
Jared Irvan, Trevor Noles and Tyler
Dippel have filed entries. As is
usual for the Easter Bunny 150, a
strong contingent of Northern
drivers will be making the trip down
to Hickory including Ben Rowe, DJ
Shaw, Joey Doiron, Austin Theriault,
Trevor Sanborn, Ryan Moore and
Canadian Steve Laking. Jay Fogleman
returns to the driver’s seat at
Hickory along with his son, Tate, as
they carry the banner for Bull City
Race Cars and Speedco Truck Lube &
Tire. Daniel Hemric returns to PASS
after winning the first two events
of the season as well as two-time
Easter Bunny 150 winner Preston
Peltier. Harrison Burton and Gus
Dean will also be back as they make
their second attempts in PASS for
2014. Former PASS South winner Clay
Rogers returns as well for the first
time since South Boston in 2013.
Veteran Randy Gentry will be looking
to bounce back after a tough run at
Orange County along with fellow
South Carolina drivers Ted Mickelson
and Clete Caywood. Veterans Jody
Measamer, Brandon Ward, Joe Heigl,
and John Batten hope to get their
seasons turned around. Florida’s
Patrick Staropoli will be stepping
in to the Jimmy Doyle owned #71 and
will be joined by fellow Sunshine
State driver Joey Padgett in making
their first Easter Bunny 150
attempts this weekend. Local
favorite Brandon Setzer will also be
making his first attempt at
qualifying along with fellow rookie
Tanner Rumburg.
Entry forms
and the weekend schedule for the 9th
Annual Easter Bunny 150 at Hickory
Motor Speedway can be found
HERE.
Action gets under way on Friday,
April 18th at Hickory Motor Speedway
with rotating practice from 1 – 6 PM
for the PASS South Super Late
Models, PASS Pro Late Models, Super
Cup Stock Car Series, and Legends.
On Saturday, April 19th, pit gates
will open at 9 AM for the 9th Annual
Easter Bunny 150, with rotating
practice for all divisions from 11
AM – 2:45 PM. Qualifying will begin
at 3:30 PM and racing will start at
6 PM, featuring 150 laps for the
PASS South Super Late Models, 50
laps for the PASS Pro Late Models,
75 laps for the Super Cup Stock Cars
and action for the Legends cars.
Fans can
also purchase Pay-Per-View coverage
of the Easter Bunny 150 for $25 from
PASS TV Powered By
MotorsportsBroadcasting.com and
Race22.com.
Please
sign up 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 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.
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