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UNITY RESULTS & PHOTOS
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Ben
Rowe Wins PASS North Finale at Unity,
Johnny Clark Earns 2nd Championship |
UNITY, Maine (Oct. 22, 2006) -
Despite cold temperatures and an aggressive late-race challenge from Cassius Clark, Ben
Rowe continued his autumn hot streak Sunday afternoon by capturing the 2006 Pro All Stars
Series (PASS) North Super Late Model division season finale at historic Unity Raceway.
The Turner, Maine, native took the lead for the third and final time on lap 115 and hung
on to record his third straight victory on the PASS North Super Late Model/Pro Stock tour.
This has been an impressive turnaround for the three-time series champion, after getting
off to a slow start in his first season driving for the Richard Moody Racing (RMR) team.
Clark fought side-by-side with Rowe in his Team EJP/Chapman Racing Ford Fusion, battling
back from an early-race spin to contend for the victory.
Johnny Clark, of Farmingdale, Maine, locked up his second career championship Sunday with
a solid run, leading on three occasions and coming home third at the finish. Local
favorite Jeff Burgess of nearby Oakland finished fourth, while Trevor Sanborn came from
22nd on the 26-car grid to round out the top five.
FULL STORY HERE |
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Recognized for It’s Efforts at Racing Against Cancer Banquet |
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December 11, 2006 (Naples, ME) On Friday December 8, 2006, the Racing
Against Cancer Annual Banquet was held at the Foxwoods Resort & Casino in Ledyard, CT.
This was the tenth year
that the RAC organization has been raising money for cancer research and cancer care
through race teams, race tracks, and race sanctioning bodies like PASS Racing, Inc
throughout New England. |
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PASS was recognized for its continuing contribution and work on behalf of Racing
Against Cancer as the organization passed the half million dollar mark in contributions
made to the American Cancer Society and David’s House in Lebanon, NH. For those who
don’t know of the work done at David’s House to support the families of children
receiving care at Children’s Hospital at Dartmouth of a Dartmouth-Hitchcock Medical
Center, go to www.davids-house.org to see what
these wonderful people have created over the last 20 years with the help of many,
including the racing community throughout New England. The recognition award was not the end of the day for PASS, however, as the
William J. Fales Sportsmanship Award was presented to Amanda Mayberry of PASS and Jack
Gerbrands of Northern Race Tires. The award recognizes the work Amanda does throughout the
year and especially on the Racing Against Cancer fundraising cruise and Jack’s
“Match Jack” tire sales program in which the PASS teams made a contribution with
each tire they bought that was matched by Northern Race Tire. |
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TARDIFF PROVES THAT
MOVING UP TO PASS IS POSSIBLE by MikeTwist
Beech Ridge's Youngest SLM Winner Will Be a PASS North
Rookie in '06
It used to be that when a young racer would have a great deal of success at their local
short track, they would move up to a regional tour and maybe even to the top levels of
NASCAR eventually. If the driver had talent and the right opportunities presented
themselves, the ladder system worked very well for countless drivers through the years.Nowadays, moving up is a little bit of a different story. The cars that
race at weekly tracks usually aren’t anything remotely the same as what goes on tour.
It also takes some serious money to run those tour races and to buy specialized equipment.
Some young drivers are even skipping that rung of the ladder altogether and are debuting
on the road with the attitude that they are ready for the big leagues even if they are
barely out of high school.
So it’s refreshing when a driver comes along
and does things old school. Enter Maine’s Alan Tardiff. The 21-year-old grew up in
the shadows what started out as his grandfather’s, and later became his
father’s, auto repair shop in the small town of Lyman.
STORY
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PASS SHOW
SHOWS OFF WHAT THE TOUR IS ABOUT by MikeTwist
Motorsports Extravaganza Benfitted Series, Teams and Fans
Like it or not, short track racing is not NASCAR Nextel Cup racing. Sanctioning
bodies cannot depend on word of mouth or Coca-Cola commercials with a half dozen of their
drivers to get fans to want to come to the track. They need to be active in recruiting
both competitors and spectators or a series will die. That is the harsh truth with no
exceptions. One only has to look as far as the now-defunct ASA National Tour to realize
what the cold realities of racing today are.
That is why PASS took the unusual step this past weekend of renting exhibition space at
the Scarborough Downs horse racing track in suburban Portland, Maine and holding their own
racing show.
But that really shouldn’t be a surprise since competitors in PASS have come to expect
the unexpected. When Tom Mayberry hung up his own driving suit to start a tour for Super
Late Models in the Northeast back in 2001, nobody expected that now it would consist of
the SLM tour, two outlaw late model tours, a Southern SLM tour, a Modified tour and an
entity that helps to sanction two racetracks. The PASS Motorsports Extravaganza, which was
a three-day show is just more of the same. Full Story |
Great Times
for All at PASS Motorsports Extravaganza
(Naples, ME – March 27, 2006) – The PASS Motorsports Extravaganza at Scarborough
Downs in Scarborough, ME this past weekend was full of great looking race cars, good
conversation, some surprise visitors, a lot of PASS fans, and great support from the race
teams.
Chris Staples of Brunswick, ME, Driver of the #5 PASS Outlaw Late Model and the #5 PASS
Modified, came to the show with two cars and four kids bikes to raffle off for Racing
Against Cancer, one of the favorite charities of PASS. Dick Therrien of Riverside Speedway
in Groveton, NH won the first bike on Saturday morning and promptly gave it to young
Regina Ramsey of Buxton, ME. The second bike was claimed by Danica Lynn Peaslee, age 3 �,
of Scarborough, ME. The third bike was won by PASS official Scott Reed, who, like
Therrien, found a little girl to whom he gave the bike. Alice Betts of Biddeford, ME will
be a Scott Reed fan for life. And the fourth bike drawn on Sunday afternoon went to Norm
Woods of the weekend security staff who was taking it home to his daughter. A total of
over $200 dollars was raised for Racing Against Cancer.
The autograph sessions were a big hit. Mike Rowe, Scott Mulkern, Ben Rowe, Alan Tardif,
Travis Khiel, Chris Staples, Troy Morse, Richie Dearborn along with Beech Ridge drivers
Bub Bilodeau, Sally Gerardi, Bob Emery, Lewis Anderson, Bill Nason, Dan McKeag, Beaver
Norton, Steve Carrier, and Jonathan Rouselle who were all there at various times during
the weekend for autographs.
On Saturday afternoon, “OL BW” came down from Oxford for a visit. It was great
to see Bob Walker in the Winner’s Circle Lounge swapping stories and laughing for a
couple of hours. Everyone remarked how much Bob has improved in the last several months.
It’s obvious that he’s really working hard at his therapy program.
A big thank has to go to Dick Therrien of Riverside Speedway who came down from Groveton,
NH with his complete show booth and the beautiful #04 PASS Outlaw Late Model of Jamie
Swallow, Rick Ramstrom made the trip from W. Boylston, MA with son Derek’s #35 PASS
Outlaw Late Model, and Gary Norris, Jr lead the Unity contingent with his #03 PASS Outlaw
Late Model. And how about 23 cars from Beech Ridge Motor Speedway, with more waiting in
the wings if needed. Bruce Wainwright organized and coordinated the Beech Ridge effort
including an early arrival on Friday to get the cars into the hall.
And we have to thank the Vintage Supers, The Legends, the Maine Vintage Car group, Maine
Indoor Carting, Troy Bossineau for the 1957 Curtis Indy Roadster, Roland Mayberry for the
1929 Phaeton, and all the vendors who supported a first-time show. |
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PASS Outlaw Late Model Best in Show at Racearama
(Naples,
Me – March 5, 2006) The beautifully prepared #5 PASS Outlaw Late Model of Chris
Staples of Brunswick, ME won the Best in Show for Late Model/Pro Stock cars at the 26th
Annual Racearama and Trade Show 2006 at the Dana Farber Field House at Gillette Stadium in
Foxboro, MA
Chris
will be running all 16 races in the North and Central Divisions of the Inaugural PASS
Outlaw Late Model Season in search of the first ever Overall Division Championship. In
addition, Chris will be campaigning his #5 PASS Modified in the 14-race PASS Modified
Series starting on Sunday May 7th at Speedway 95, a week after he will kick off
the Outlaw Late Model season at Unity on April 30th.
Chris
and the #5 will be next appearing at the PASS Motorsports Extravaganza at Scarborough
Downs in Scarborough, ME on Friday March 24th to Sunday March 26th. |
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PASS Favorite Mike Rowe
Driver of the Year
in Speed51 Awards
Full Speed51 Awards Report |
(Naples, ME – February 24, 2006)
PASS regular and New England racing legend Mike Rowe of Turner, ME was named the Driver of
the Year after several weeks of on-line voting by short track fans across the country in
the Speed 51 Short Track Awards.
Mike finished second to his son Ben in the 2005 PASS Super Late Model 2005 points race and
added big wins in the PASS Pullen 300 at Beech Ridge Motor Speedway in September, the TD
Banknorth 250 at Oxford Plains Speedway, and the Atlantic CAT 250 at Scotia Speedworld in
Halifax, Nova Scotia to impress the fans. |
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The PASS Booth with
Mike Rowe's SP2 #24 and
Travis Khiel's RMR #44
Troy Morse and Chris Staples
PASS Mods
January 6 - 8, 2006
at the Augusta Civic Center
More Info: www.northeastmotorsports.net |
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Mike Rowe Named Touring Series
Driver of the Year
(Naples, ME - January 6,
2006) PASS regular Mike Rowe of Turner, ME capped off a great 2005 season by being named
Touring Series Driver of the Year after balloting by over 30 members of the New England
motorsports press corps at the Northeast Motorsports Expo in Augusta, ME tonight.
In PASS competition, Mike had five wins, including a sweep of the Forbes Chev-Olds 200 and
Atlantic CAT 250 at Scotia Speedworld in Halifax, Nova Scotia,
the big win at Beech Ridge in the Pullen Heavy Industries 300 at the inaugural PASS 400
Weekend in September. After a slow start Mike and the SP2 Team
came to life and finished with a total of 10 top threes including two seconds and three
thirds as well as the five wins. And you can’t forget Mike’s win in the Oxford
250 after winning the Last Chance Race to make the field. Mike joined Dave Dion and Ralph
Nason as the only three time winners of the 250.
Mike joins a distinguished roster of the most successful racers in the Northeast. Mike is
the third PASS competitor to be chosen Touring Series Driver of
the Year, following last year’s winner Johnny Clark and his son Ben Rowe who won in
2000.
He joins some of the greatest names in racing in the Northeast, from Joe Bessey in 1992
and Ricky Craven in '93 to Dale Shaw, Dave Dion, Kelly Moore, Brad Leighton, Mike Olsen,
two-time winners Mike Stefanik and Andy Santerre, as well as Benjie and Johnny. |
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