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SATURDAY, JUNE 25th,
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A PASS NORTH SLM
Overall Event
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A New
England South Event
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JOHNNY
CLARK #54 |
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Photos by
Norm Marx
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Photos by
Joe
Fernandes |
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Photos by
Michael
Rothwell |
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PASS SEEKONK
Race Video
Highlights HERE
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SUPER LATE MODELS at
SEEKONK
OFFICIAL RACE RESULTS -
6-25-22 |
1) 54 -
Johnny Clark - 150
Laps
2) 8 -
Angelo Belsito - 150
3) 17ma - Eddie
MaxDonald - 150
4) 27nh - Wayne
Helliwell Jr. - 150
5) 50 - Gabe Brown -
150
6) 72 - Ryan
Kuhn - 150
7) 88
- Brandon Barker -
150
8) 94 -
Garrett Hall - 150
9) 14me - Ben
Ashline - 150
10)
48 - Derek Gluchaki
- 150
11) 52 -
Jake Matheson - 150
12) 12 - Bobby
Pelland III - 150
13) 02 - Brian
Whalley - 150 |
14) 39 -
Nick Lascoula - 149
15) 06 - Brandon
Turbush - 147
16)
7b - Isaac Bevin -
146
17) 12g -
Derek Griffith - 96
18) 52d - Dave
Darling - 95
19)
17r - Vinnie
Arregnado - 95
20) 88ma - Kevin
Casper - 95
21)
11b - Jacob Burns -
95
22) 00 - Jimmy
Renfrew - 87
23)
15ma - Jake Johnson
- 74
24) 5 - Ben
Rowe - 41
25) 46
- Dylan Estrada - 34 |
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SLM ENTRIES - SEEKONK
- JUNE 25th |
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Seekonk Score for
Clark |
7-time PASS
North Champion
Johnny Clark #54
scored his 45th
career Pro All Stars
Series Victory at
Seekonk Speedway,
Saturday night June
25th. This was
Clark's 4th win at
the 1/3-mile
bullring and his 3rd
in the last 4
attempts. Clark had
to survive 11
cautions, fend off
some of the Pro All
Stars Series hottest
drivers and a bunch
of former Seekonk
Speedway Track
Champions for the
victory.
Heat races as always
determined the
starting positions
for the main event,
and the three heat
races were won by
Gabe Brown #50,
Angelo Belsito #8
and Nick Lascoula
#39. Gabe Brown and
Angelo "The Beast"
Belsito brought the
field to green for
the 150-lap main
event. Brown took
off with the lead
while former Seekonk
Mini Cup and Legends
Champion Nick
Lascoula followed
Browns #50 in the
second spot.
Brian Whalley
#02 slowed the race
twice. First on lap
14 and then again
two laps later.
Lascoula learned a
little lesson from
Brown on the first
restart and on the
second attempt was
able to overtake
Brown from the
outside for first
place on lap 17. The
Beast of Belsito
also was able to
make his way past
Brown.
Dylan
Estrella and Ben
Rowe, drivers with
recent success at
Seekonk, had early
struggles and
brought their cars
to the pits before
lap 42. The #48 of
Derek Gluchacki had
an issue on lap 45
and spun in turn two
bringing out the 3rd
caution.
Belsito was ready
for his chance to
lead. Firing off
from the second
position he
challenged Lascoula
for the lead.
They swapped the
lead back in forth
before Belsito
prevailed 3 laps
later. Johnny Clark
and Gabe Brown would
soon over take the
#39 of Lascoula as
well for second and
third.
The
yellow flag flew for
the 4th time on lap
71 when Wayne
Helliwell #27nh took
a spin off turn 2.
Belsito was able to
keep the lead for a
minute, but a heavy
challenge from
Johnny Clark would
be coming soon. The
Beast and the
defending champ
touch in turn 3.
Then collide in turn
four. All of a
sudden Belsito was
sitting in the
infield spun out of
the lead on after
contact with Clark
on lap 87.
Gabe Brown wanted
the lead back on lap
88 but Johnny Clark
worked hard for the
position and took
full control of the
top spot back on lap
89. The #06 of
Brandon Turbush had
a little spin on the
front stretch on lap
93 - repacking the
field for more
chaos.
Clark
continues to lead
but David Darling
#52d is on the move.
Darling an 8-time
Seekonk Track
Champion was
battling for second
spot with Gabe Brown
and looked poised to
give Clark a
challenge. Gabe had
other plans. A bump
exiting turn 2 from
Brown sent Darling
spinning in front of
a side-by-side pack
of 20 or so of the
bad fast Super Late
Models remaining on
track. The #17r of
Vinnie Arrenegado
making his SLM debut
made a big impact
with the rear of
Nick Lascoula then
made heavy contact
with the backstretch
retaining wall.
Kevin Casper #88ma,
Jake Matheson #52,
Ben Ashline ##14me,
Brian Whalley #02,
Fred Astle #72,
Brandon Barker #88
and Jacob Burns #11b
were involved. In
all this would
remove four cars
from the event with
multiple others
continuing to limp
on.
With
that mix-up Johnny
Clark, The Outlaw
Eddie MacDonald
#17ma, Derek
Griffith #12g,
Issac Bevin #7b and
Derek Gluchacki #48
would be the new top
5. Derek Griffith
had been having a
quiet day in his
return to PASS
competition after a
slight hiatus due to
torn up racecars.
Just when it looked
like DG12's luck was
about to change, the
#12g suffered a flat
tire just before the
lap 97 green flag.
On the
restart Eddie
MacDonald went to
the point for a lap
before Clark retook
the spot. Caution #8
flew for an Isaac
Bevin flat tire
brought on by some
contact with Nick
Lascoula.
On
lap 105. Clark led
the field after the
restart but Wayne
Helliwell #27nh was
the new 2nd place
runner with Belsito
in 3rd. While Eddie
MacDonald faded
towards the back
with an a flat tire.
MacDonald spun
himself out and
brought out the 9th
caution of the
feature. The Outlaw
returns to the end
of the field with
serious ground to
make up.
Luckily for Eddie
Mac the cautions
weren't done yet.
Lascoula and Ashline
collide with 14 laps
remaining. With 11
laps left the 11th
and final caution
flew for a Jake
Matheson, Nick
Lascoula and Bobby
Pelland #12 spin.
The Beast
Angelo Belsito had
11 laps to take the
lead away from
Clark. They beat and
bang door to door
multiple times on
the final restart
but Clark had the
preferred grove and
held on. With just 4
to go Wayne
Helliwell and Gabe
Brown were really
getting after it for
the final spot on
the podium. They
raced each other so
hard they forgot
about Eddie Mac.
MacDonald was able
to capitalize on the
pair sliding up the
track and drove
under them both for
the third position.
Clark
watched it all from
his rear-view mirror
as the 54 Clark's
Car Crushing entry
picked up his first
victory of the
season. The Beast
Angelo Belsito was
second and the 17 MA
wound up third. That
finish was good
enough for Eddie to
stretch out a big
lead in the PASS
North Point
Standings. But with
the introduction of
a drop race being
factored in to the
series, no lead is
safe this early in
the season.
The PASS Stars and
their cars will be
back in action July
10th at Oxford
Plains Speedway
where huge 40 plus
car counts and
fantastic racing has
been the norm this
season. The two
previous races have
been won by Cole
Butcher and Joey
Doiron, but Johnny
Clark has two
straight second
place finishes there
this season and is
looking to bring
some momentum back
to Oxford for one
spot better.
While the PASS
stars have gotten
the victorys down so
far this season,
don't count out the
vast Oxford Plains
Speedway
Championship Series
Roster. Kyle Desouza
#1 finished
third in the last
Oxford PASS race,
Dave Farrington Jr.
#23, Curtis Gerry
#7g, and Alan
Tardiff #9 are all
hard to count out,
Rookie Phenom Max
Cookson looks to get
vengeance on a
missed opportunity
for his first PASS
SLM top 5 finish
after leading laps a
few weeks back. Make
sure to visit Oxford
Plains Speedway July
10th because there
is nothing ordinary
about the plains.
SLM RACE NOTES
Lap leaders: #50
Brown (1-16, 88) #39
Lascoula (17-45,
47-48) #8 Belsito
(46, 49-86), #54
Clark (87, 89-97
99-150), #17ma
MacDonald
(98)
Most
Laps Led: #54 Johnny
Clark (62 Laps)
Hard Charger:
#72 Fred Astle 21st
to 6th (15 Spots)
Hard Luck: #11B
Jacob Burns 4th to
21st (17 Spots)
Fastest Lap: #54
Johnny Clark 12.690
(Lap 9)
Total Time of Event:
1:05:10
Cautions: 11
Heat Winners: Gabe
Brown #50, Angelo
Belsito #8B, Nick
Lascoula #39 |
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