2016 PASS SOUTH RACE

TUESDAY, JULY 12th

POLEWARCZYK - BENJAMIN - HALL

PETTIT RACING

HELMUTH - SHAW - ROBBINS

ANDY SHAW & FAMILY

Benjamin gets first PASS win
this year in Southern Maine
Chrysler Dodge Jeep 150

Scarborough, Maine - Travis Benjamin of Morrill nailed down his first Pro All Stars Series North Super Late Model win of the season Tuesday night at Beech Ridge Motor Speedway's Southern Maine Chrysler Dodge Jeep 150. It was the first victory for Benjamin with the Pettit Motorsports team he joined this season.

Benjamin was in control both early and late in the 150-lap event, battling several competitors for position through the middle stages of the race. At the end it was hometown Scarborough racer Garrett Hall pushing Benjamin across the finish line, falling just short of claiming his third win this year on the series.

Both Hall and third-place finisher Joey Polewarczyk, Jr. of Hudson, New Hampshire mounted serious challenges to Benjamin's lead, especially on restarts. Former Beech Ridge track champion Dave Farrington Jr. of Jay led a healthy portion of the race, looking like a serious threat to score his first-ever PASS triumph en route to a fourth-place finish.

DJ Shaw of Center Conway, New Hampshire, the 2014 PASS champion, claimed a fifth-place finish after making much progress late in the 150-lapper. Jacob Dore of Sanford, filling in for the injured Joey Doiron, was the sixth-place finisher. Six-time champ Johnny Clark of Farmingdale; former Beech Ridge champion Dan McKeage of Gorham; four-time PASS king Ben Rowe of Turner and Brandon Barker of Windham rounded out the top ten.;

Defending Pro All Stars Series Modified champion Andy Shaw of Center Conway, New Hampshire drove the Sumner Sessions 0 to yet another victory, extending the team's lead in the championship standings. Closest to Shaw under the checkered flag was Ryan Robbins of Dixfield, last year's Oxford Plains Speedway Modified titlist.

Bruce Helmuth of Wales led just about half the race before yielding to Shaw. Helmuth went on to claim a career-best third-place finish on the tour. Ron Henry of New Gloucester and Shapleigh's Dana Reed rounded out the top five. Helmuth won the heat race.

Photos by
Norm Marx

Photos by
Lindsay Ellison

Results from the Southern Maine Chrysler Dodge Jeep 150 Pro All Stars Series race at Beech Ridge Motor Speedway; Scarborough, Maine; Tuesday, July 12, 2016 showing finishing position, car number, driver's name, driver's hometown:

Super Late Model (150 laps) 1 7 Travis Benjamin, Morrill; 2 94 Garrett Hall, Scarborough; 3 97 Joey Polewarczyk, Jr., Hudson, NH; 4 23 Dave Farrington, Jr., Jay; 5 60 DJ Shaw, Center Conway, NH; 6 73 Jacob Dore, Sanford; 7 54 Johnny Clark, Farmingdale; 8 40 Dan McKeage, Gorham; 9 4 Ben Rowe, Turner; 10 78 Brandon Barker, Windham; 11 24 Mike Rowe, Turner; 12 48 Bobby Timmons, Windham; 13 7x Curtis Gerry, Waterboro; 14 12 Robbie Harrison, Gorham; 15 9 JT Thurlow, Windham; 16 12 Derek Griffith, Hudson, NH; 17 73 Adam Polvinen, Auburn; 18 15 Mike Hoipkins, Hermon; 19 09 Jeremy Davis, Tamworth; 20 00 Bryan Kruczek, Newmarket, NH; 21 7 Glen Luce, Turner; 22 21 David Oliver, Standish; 23 33 Richie Dearborn, Hollis; 24 59 Reid Lanpher, Manchester; 25 61 TJ Brackett, Buckfield.

| Entries Received - BRMS - 7-9-16 |

Photos by
Norm Marx

Modified (40 laps) 1 0 Andy Shaw, Center Conway, NH; 2 36 Ryan Robbins, Dixfield; 3 25 Bruce Helmuth, Wales; 4 05 Ron Henry, New Gloucester; 5 60 Dana Reed, Shapleigh; 6 34 David Vaughn, Naples; 7 19 Ben Tinker, New Gloucester; 8 21 Mike Carignan, Lebanon; 9 64 Matty Sanborn, Westbrook; 10 28 Mark Lundblad, Jr., Conway, NH; 11 29 Mark Lundblad, Sr., Albany, NH.