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DOIRON - SHAW -
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DJ Shaw bests
Joey Doiron on restart to
score Southern Maine
Chrysler Jeep Dodge PASS
North Super Late Model 150
at Beech Ridge Motor
Speedway |
Scarborough, Maine
-- DJ Shaw of Center Conway,
New Hampshire drove from
third position to first on a
restart with four laps
remaining in Saturday's
Southern Maine Chrysler Jeep
Dodge 150 at Beech Ridge
Motor Speedway to nail down
his first Pro All Stars
Series Super Late Model win
of the season.
Shaw,
the 2014 PASS North Super
Late Model champion, watched
Doiron blast on by earlier
in the race after the
Berwick, Maine driver, and
eventual runner-up, charged
from his 14th starting
position into a lead
threatened only by hometown
racer Garrett Hall - the
opening day PASS Super Late
Model winner at
Connecticut's Thompson
Speedway - until the final
pair of restarts took place,
with six and four laps
remaining, respectively.
Shaw had been a healthy
distance behind Doiron
aboard his Dale Shaw Race
Cars / HK Powersports 60,
but the once-dominant JBJ
Machine 73 didn't have the
handles on cold tires. That
opened the door for Shaw,
who stepped through and into
victory lane.
Doiron
had mixed emotions, claiming
runner-up honors after
dominating the second half
of the race. Hall's
third-place finish was his
second PASS podium
appearance in three races
contested thus far in the
2016 campaign.
Former Beech Ridge Motor
Speedway NASCAR track
champion Dave Farrington.,
Jr., of Jay, led several
laps and battled among the
contenders all day,
finishing fourth. Reigning
PASS North Super Late Model
champion Mike Rowe of Turner
earned another improbable
top-five finish after
starting the race 23rd
position.
Trevor
Sanborn of East
Parsonsfield, six-time
series champion Johnny Clark
of Farmingdale; Bobby
Timmons of Windham;
four-time champ Ben Rowe of
Turner and Windham's Brandon
Barker rounded out the top
ten.
Mike Hopkins of
Hermon, Sanborn and
Farrington won heat races.
Ben Rowe aced the
last-chance qualifier.
Hopkins tuned in the
quickest lap of the race,
leading the early circuits
in the main event before
spinning in fluids dropped
by a rival's racecar.
Ben Tinker of New
Gloucester nailed down his
first victory in the 40-lap
feature race for PASS Mods.
Tinker, who was championship
runner-up at the second-tier
Sport Series level at Beech
Ridge last season, decided
to go touring this year, and
was the class of the field
on the Southern Maine
Chrysler Jeep Dodge
undercard.
Tinker
started seventh in the main
event and maintained a
comfortable advantage once
in front of the field,
outrunning 11th-place
starter Ryan Robbins of
Dixfield, the 2015 champion
of the class at Oxford
Plains Speedway.
Multi-time PASS Mod champ
Andy Shaw wheeled the Sumner
Sessions 0 to a third-place
finish, with early race
leader Mike Carignan of
Lebanon and Shapleigh's Dana
Reed rounding out the top
five. Ricci and Tinker won
the 10-lap heat races for
PASS Mods.
The Pro
All Stars Series North Super
Late Models race next at
Star Speedway in Epping, New
Hampshire on Saturday, May
7, followed by a Sunday, May
15 150-lapper at Speedway 95
in Hermon, Maine. |
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Photos
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PASS SUPER LATE MODELS at
BEECH RIDGE
UNOFFICIAL RACE RESULTS -
4-30-16 |
1) 60 - DJ Shaw -
150 Laps
2) 73 - Joey
Doiron - 150
3) 94 -
Garrett Hall - 150
4) 23
- David Farrington Jr. - 150
5) 24 - Mike Rowe - 150
6) 25 - Trevor Sanborn - 150
7) 54 - Johnny Clark - 150
8) 48 - Bobby Timmons - 150
9) 4 - Ben Rowe - 150
10)
49 - Brandon Barber - 150
11) 2me - Nick Cusack - 150
12) 05 - Jacob Dore - 150
13) 12 - Robbie Harrison -
150
14) 15 - Mike Hopkins
- 150
15) 9 - JT Thurlow
- 150
16) 7L - Glen Luce
- 150
17) 59 - Reid
Lanpher - 150 |
18) 37 - Larry
Gelinas - 149
19) 73me -
Adam Polvinen - 149
20)
2m - Matt Matheson - 148
21) 44p - Rusty Poland - 148
22) 47 - Kelly Moore - 148
23) 44 - Donnie Colprit Jr.
- 147
24) 40 - Dan
McKeague - 146
25) 33 -
Richie Dearborn - 145
26)
7 - Travis Benjamin - 145
27) 21 - David Oliver - 103
28) 66 - Mike Fowler - 80
29) 09 - Jeremy Davis - 78
30) 00 - Bryan Kruczek - 59
31) 41 - Tracy Gordon - 44
32) 81 - Dan Winter - 27
33) 12g - Derek Griffith - 6 |
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SLM Entries Received - BRMS - 4-30-16 | |
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ROBBINS - TINKER
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PASS MODS (40 laps)
1 19 Ben Tinker, New
Gloucester; 2 36 Ryan
Robbins, Dixfield; 3 0 Andy
Shaw, Center Conway, NH; 4
21 Mike Carignan, Lebanon; 5
60 Dana Reed, Shapleigh; 6
17 Scott Alexander,
Newburgh; 7 05 Ron Henry,
New Gloucester; 8 9 Evan
Armington, Lovell; 9 33
Billy Dixon, North
Waterboro; 10 28 Mark
Lundblad, Jr., Albany, NH;
11 64 Matty Sanborn,
Westbrook; 12 4 Nick Coates,
Turner; 13 66 Tony Ricci,
Westbrook; DNS 25 Bruce
Helmuth, Wales. |
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BRYAN KRUCZEK |
Beech
Ridge Opener On Deck For
PASS
North Stars This Weekend |
NAPLES, ME (April
27) - After a long, cold
winter of waiting, racing
season is back in full swing
for New England race fans as
the Pro All Stars Series
(PASS) North Super Late
Models and PASS Modifieds
prepare for their first trip
of 2016 to Beech Ridge Motor
Speedway in Scarborough, ME.
The best short trackers in
North America will tackle
the tough 1/3 mile,
semi-banked oval on Saturday
afternoon to compete in the
Southern Maine
Chrysler/Dodge/Jeep 150.
In last year's event,
Bryan Kruczek stormed to the
front of the field to claim
his first ever PASS North
Super Late Model checkered
flag. It was an emotional
win which was a long time in
coming that the veteran from
Newmarket, NH hopes he can
repeat on Saturday
afternoon.
"Winning
at Beech Ridge last year
really gave me and my crew a
great amount of confidence,
especially when we head to
the flat tracks," says
Kruczek, driver of the
Kruczek's Garage #00. "Beech
Ridge is a tough place to be
consistent at and seems to
me to change a lot with the
weather and you need to stay
ahead of its moody changes.
I thank my crew and Dale
Shaw Race Cars for giving me
a setup that stays neutral
throughout the race."
While Beech Ridge gives
Kruczek and his team a lot
of happy memories, so far
the start to the 2016 PASS
North season has been one
they would like to forget.
Mechanical problems took
Kruczek out early at
Thompson Speedway and a
chance for the win at Oxford
Plains Speedway last time
out was thwarted after
contact with another
competitor. Despite all
that, Kruczek remains
optimistic about his chances
to repeat this weekend at
Beech Ridge.
"We are
definitely not off to a
great start this season
after having a parts failure
at Thompson and the late
race deal at Oxford," said
Kruczek. "I can't thank my
guys enough, though, because
I've been given really good
cars both races. If not for
the misfortune, I think we
could have been doing well
in points to this point, but
my team is ready to rally
back and I plan to be
standing in victory lane
come Saturday with them."
As is becoming usual for
PASS North Super Late Model
events, the field will again
be stacked for Saturday
afternoon's Southern Maine
Chrysler/Dodge/Jeep 150,
including former HP Hood
Oxford 250 winners, Glen
Luce and Ben and Mike Rowe,
along with former PASS
champions, Johnny Clark,
Joey Doiron, and DJ Shaw.
Fellow Maine drivers Jacob
Dore, Dave Farrington, Jr.,
Larry Gelinas, Mike Hopkins,
Reid Lanpher, Kelly Moore,
David Oliver, Rusty Poland,
Adam Polvinen, JT Thurlow,
and Bobby Timmons have sent
in pre-entries. New
Brunswick's Matt Matheson is
entered along with New
Hampshire standouts Derek
Griffith and Dan Winter.
All the action gets
under way on Friday at Beech
Ridge Motor Speedway with
rotating practice for all
competing divisions from 2 -
6 PM. On Saturday, practice
will begin at 11:30 AM with
racing slated to begin at 3
PM for the PASS North Super
Late Models, PASS Modifieds,
and Legends.
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
legendary HP Hood Oxford 250
at Oxford Plains Speedway
and PASS South's Easter
Bunny 150 at the historic
Hickory Motor 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.
And, don't forget to
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