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Sun.
November 2nd
150 Lap PASS
SLM - 125 Lap
Tour Mod
100 Lap South
East Limited
35 Lap USAC
Midgets
Race
1:30 PM
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Ryan Moore
Survives Wild Last Lap for
North-South Shootout Win at
Caraway |
SOPHIA, NC (November
2) - Scarborough, Maine's
Ryan Moore survived an
intense late race battle
with Christopher Bell to
secure his first career Pro
All Stars Series (PASS)
South Super Late Model win
in the 12th Annual
North-South Shootout Sunday
afternoon at Caraway
Speedway. Moore was able to
take advantage of an
opportunity when Bell
appeared to make contact
with his Kyle Busch
Motorsports teammate Karl
Weber's machine while trying
to put him a lap down, which
resulted in a slow leak on
Bell's right front tire.
Bell tried to furiously to
protect the inside groove as
Moore closed in over the
final laps, with the two
cars making contact entering
turn three on the last lap,
sending Bell up the track
and Moore to victory lane.
"I couldn't run the 52
[Bell] down so I decided I
would save my tires and take
care of it and I knew we
were gonna catch lap traffic
and I caught him," said
Moore, alongside the RC
Moore Transportation
Chevrolet afterwards. "I
hate he had to tear my car
up there on the last lap,
but he was going for the win
too. It was an exciting trip
down the backstretch I can
tell you that. I didn't know
if we were both gonna wreck
or what was gonna happen. It
was a fun race."
In
qualifying Friday, Bell
backed up his impressive win
at Orange County Speedway
last time out by scoring his
first career quick
qualifying lap with a speed
of 99.945 miles per hour
around the .455 mile
speedway. After the top 10
qualifiers redraw, Bell
would slot in at the fifth
starting position, while
veterans Jody Measamer and
Brandon Ward moved up to the
front row.
At the
drop of the green flag for
the 150 lap contest, Ward
got the better of Measamer
entering turn one, while
third place starter Bill
Catania struggled dropping
he, Bell and others down the
running order. While Catania
continued to struggle, Bell
regrouped, settling in
eighth as he plotted a
strategy for moving back
towards the front.
Ward led the first third of
the North-South Shootout,
staying out front through
the first caution flag of
the event on lap 58 when
Tate Fogleman spun exiting
turn two. All the while,
Bell was making his way back
towards the front,
eventually taking the lead
from Ward just shy of the
halfway mark. Ward continued
to slide back, surrendering
second to Ryan Moore.
The hardest accident of
the day occurred with 55
laps to go when Kevin Powell
spun entering turn three,
making hard contact with the
wall on the driver's side.
After a few tense moments,
Powell emerged from his
machine shaken, but
otherwise okay.
On
the restart, Moore was able
to get the advantage over
Bell entering turn one to
take the lead for the first
time in the race. Just two
laps later, Ward slowed
while running ninth due to
an apparent broken track bar
just in front of Derek
Ramstrom. The two would make
contact, sending Ward into
the inside wall along with
Trevor Noles.
Following a spin by PASS
South points leader Tyler
Church in turn four with 40
laps to go, Moore and Bell
led the field coming back
for the restart. Bell was
able to move by Moore and
started to stretch his lead
over the field as he sought
his second straight PASS
South win. But, with about
15 laps to go, Bell entered
slower traffic which allowed
Moore to close the gap on
the leader.
With
less than 10 laps to go,
Bell tried to put a lap on
his teammate Karl Weber as
they entered turn one. The
two made slight contact that
would prove to be disastrous
for Bell. A slow leak
developed on the right front
tire allowing Moore to
quickly close the gap. Over
the last five laps, Bell
tried to hold off Moore by
protecting the low line.
But, on the last lap, Moore
was able to get on the
inside of Bell as they
headed down the backstretch.
The two cars made hard
contact as Bell tried to
protect his lead. More
contact was made entering
turn three sending Bell
sideways through the corner
as Moore moved around and to
the checkered flag.
"Whenever I got down there
into those lapped cars I got
my right front knocked down
and just couldn't turn,"
said Bell. "Congrats to
Ryan, it was a heck of a
race for sure."
Following Moore and Bell to
the checkered flag were
Measamer, Ben Rowe, and
Ramstrom. Rounding out the
top ten were Spencer Davis,
Dalton Sargeant, Jared
Irvan, Brandon Lynn, and
Zane Smith.
The PASS
South Super Late Models will
be in action again for the
final time in 2014 on
Saturday, November 15 as
part of the 9th Annual Mason
Dixon Meltdown 200 at
Southern National
Motorsports Park in Kenly,
NC. Championships will be
decided for both the PASS
National Championship Series
and the PASS South Super
Late Models. Also in action
will be the PASS Pro Late
Models, Pee Dee/Coastal
Supertrucks, and USAC
Eastern Midgets.
And, don't forget, to "Like"
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PASS SUPER LATE MODELS at
CARAWAY
OFFICIAL RACE RESULTS - 11-2-14 |
1) 74 - Ryan Moore -
150 Laps
2) 52 - Chris
Bell - 150
3) 98 - Jody
Measamer - 150
4) 4n -
Ben Rowe - 150
5) 7r -
Derek Ramstrom - 150
6)
129 - Spencer Davis - 150
7) 5s - Dalton Sargeant -
150
8) 28 - Jared Irvan -
150
9) 4 - Brandon Lynn -
150
10) 66 - Zane Smith -
150
11) 7 - Tyler Church
- 150
12) 33 - Brendon
Bock - 150
13) 71 - Jimmy
Doyle - 150 |
14) 57 - Cole Timm -
150
15) 45 - Kodie Conner
- 149
16) 6 - Brandon
Setzer - 149
17) 8F -
Tate Fogleman - 149
18)
7k - Ted Mickelson - 147
19) 51 - Karl Weber - 145
20) 8x - David Garbo Jr. -
118
21) 62 - Brandon Ward
- 98
22) 2 - Trevor Noles
- 98
23) 1 - Tyler Dippel
- 96
24) Q104 - Kevin
Powell - 93
25) 18 - Bill
Catania - 83
26) 09 -
Randy Gentry - 61 |
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SLM Entres Received - Caraway - 11-2 | |
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Ben Rowe Hoping
To Salvage Season With
Another North-South Shootout
Win |
CHARLOTTE, NC
(October 29) - Since the Pro
All Stars Series (PASS)
Super Late Models first
began turning laps on the
short tracks of New England
and Canada in 2001, Ben Rowe
has been there virtually
from the beginning. Rowe, a
4-time PASS North Super Late
Model Champion and 2-time
winner of the prestigious
Oxford 250, has become a
modern day short track
racing legend thanks to his
exploits in PASS over the
last 15 years. But, PASS
Super Late Model racing's
all-time winningest driver,
with nearly 40 checkered
flags to his credit, has
struggled in recent seasons.
Last year, Rowe came South
to Caraway Speedway for the
North-South Shootout hoping
to end the year on a strong
note. And, following a
late-race caution that
eliminated several
contenders for the win, Rowe
did just that, taking his
first win of the season and
first in the North-South
Shootout.
"It was
kind of our strategy to back
off, but the leaders got out
front and we couldn't run
with them," said Rowe,
following last year's come
from behind win at Caraway.
"I knew all hell was going
to break loose with 10 or 15
laps to go and we just
wanted to be in the right
position. I'd rather be
lucky than good any day and
low and behold we got
through the wreck and were
leading with just a few laps
to go."
Rowe comes to
Saturday afternoon's 12th
Annual John Blewitt III
Memorial North-South
Shootout Presented In Memory
Of Charles Kepley in a
similar position as last
year. The Turner, Maine
veteran struggled through
another PASS North Super
Late Model season in 2014,
going winless and without
scoring a single top five
finish. Despite all that,
Rowe still finished sixth in
the final standings and
appeared to be getting the
program turned around on the
famed Richard Moody & Sons
Construction #4. Now, with
two North-South Shootouts at
Caraway Speedway under his
belt, including the win last
year, Rowe hopes to end the
season on a high note by
contending for another win.
"Last year was kinda
strange really," says Rowe.
"It seemed pretty clean
until the end then everyone
went nuts. Getting another
win in the North-South
Shootout would be a huge
lift for all of us,
especially after the season
we've head."
And,
despite his New England
roots, PASS South has been
good to Ben Rowe. In fact,
he won the PASS South Super
Late Model Championship in
2009 on the way to his first
PASS National Championship.
Of his 8 career PASS South
wins, two have come in the
Mason-Dixon Meltdown, at
Concord Speedway in 2007 and
at South Boston Speedway in
2009. As he did last year,
Rowe will stay in North
Carolina following the
North-South Shootout for the
9th Annual Mason-Dixon
Meltdown which will be held
at Southern National
Motorsport Park on Satuday,
November 15. Rowe leads the
PASS National Championship
standings heading to the
final race of the season
hoping to hold off rookie
Tyler Dippel for his third
National title.
But
before they do that, Rowe
and Dippel will have to
attend to this weekend's
business at Caraway
Speedway. This year's
North-South Shootout has all
the earmarks of another
classic as Tyler Church,
Cole Timm, and Jared Irvan
look to bounce back after
lackluster performances at
Orange County Speedway as
they compete for the PASS
South Super Late Model
championship. Tate Fogleman,
Trevor Noles, and Brandon
Setzer will each be seeking
their first career PASS
South wins. Other drivers
who have pre-entered for
Saturday afternoon's race
include veterans Jimmy
Doyle, Randy Gentry, Brandon
Lynn, Jody Measamer, Ted
Mickelson, Kevin Powell, and
Brandon Ward. Massachusetts
driver Derek Ramstrom is
planning on double-duty in
the North-South Shootout
competing in both the PASS
South Super Late Model race
and Tour-type Modified
feature.
Action at
Caraway Speedway gets
started early for the 12th
Annual North-South Shootout
with an optional practice
for all divisions on
Thursday, October 30th from
Noon - 6 PM. On Friday,
October 31 practice will go
from 11 AM - 4:10 PM, with
grandstand gates opening at
4 PM, and qualifying set to
start at 5 PM for the PASS
South Super Late Models,
Tour-type Modifieds, USAC
Eastern Midgets, and Limited
Late Models, followed by the
PASS last chance race,
Tour-type Modified heat
races and support division
features at 7 PM. On
Saturday, November 1,
practice will start at 9:30
AM, with grandstand gates
opening at 11 AM, the pit
party at 12:30 PM and racing
slated to start at 2 PM. The
PASS South Super Late Models
will race for 150 laps,
along with 125 laps for the
Tour-type Modifieds, and 100
laps for the Limited Late
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Caraway's
North-South Shootout Brings
Out The Best In PASS South
Racers |
CHARLOTTE, NC
(October 23) - In its
12-year history, the John
Blewett III Memorial
North-South Shootout
presented in memory of
Charles Kepley has become
known for attracting the
best in short track racing.
And, as the Pro All Stars
Series (PASS) South Super
Late Models enter its third
season being a part of the
North-South Shootout at
Caraway Speedway, this has
also proven to be the case
as well.
PASS South
has competed at Caraway
Speedway five times since
2008 when Justin Wakefield
took the first checkered
flag there. But, it's been
in the North-South Shootout
when the best PASS has to
offer has shined. In 2012,
North Carolina legend Jay
Fogleman battled throughout
the 150 lap event with Ross
Kenseth before finally
prevailing for his second
win of the season. That win
at Caraway sent Fogleman on
his way to his first of two
straight PASS National
Championships.
Last
year's PASS South Super Late
Model portion of the
North-South Shootout at
Caraway is still a race fans
are talking about today.
Two-time PASS South Caraway
winner Kyle Grissom appeared
to be on his way to a third
win at the speedway, but a
characteristic late race
surge by Daniel Hemric
propelled him to the lead
and seemingly on the way to
a victory. But, a late race
caution changed all of that,
as Hemric and Grissom made
contact entering turn one on
the restart and collected
several other lead lap
contenders. Maine legend and
4-time PASS North Champion,
Ben Rowe, avoided the
carnage, advancing from
seventh place on the restart
to claim his first victory
in the prestigious event.
This year's event has
all the earmarks of another
classic as Tyler Church,
Cole Timm, and Jared Irvan
look to bounce back after
lackluster performances at
Orange County Speedway as
they compete for the PASS
South Super Late Model
championship. One of the
most impressive group of
Super Late Model drivers
ever assembled for the
North-South Shootout is
expected as they look to
defend the bragging rights
for their respective
regions.
Action at
Caraway Speedway gets
started early for the 12th
Annual North-South Shootout
with an optional practice
for all divisions on
Thursday, October 30th from
Noon - 6 PM. On Friday,
October 31 practice will go
from 11 AM - 4:10 PM, with
grandstand gates opening at
4 PM, and qualifying set to
start at 5 PM for the PASS
South Super Late Models,
Tour-type Modifieds, USAC
Eastern Midgets, and Limited
Late Models, followed by the
PASS last chance race,
Tour-type Modified heat
races and support division
features at 7 PM. On
Saturday, November 1,
practice will start at 9:30
AM, with grandstand gates
opening at 11 AM, the pit
party at 12:30 PM and racing
slated to start at 2 PM. The
PASS South Super Late Models
will race for 150 laps,
along with 125 laps for the
Tour-type Modifieds, and 100
laps for the Limited Late
Models.
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.
Don't forget to "Like" the
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