After a rough Friday practice day at Hickory Motor Speedway, Jimmy Renfrew Jr. was money when it counted, sweeping the Super Late Model and Limited-Street Stock Challenge main events at the Pro All Stars Series season opener.
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Newton, North Carolina — 3/17/2026 — Candia, New Hampshire’s Jimmy Renfrew Jr. opened the 2026 Pro All Stars Series (PASS) season in style on Saturday, March 14, winning twice at the historic Hickory Motor Speedway. The young veteran capped the day with his first PASS Super Late Model victory in the CorvetteParts.net Easter Bunny 200, just hours after triumphing in the 100-lap Limited Street Stock Challenge.
For his dual victories, Renfrew went home with a combined $13,000 in prize money. It was a tale of perseverance for Renfrew, who spent much of Friday’s practice day fighting drivetrain woes in his Limited-Street Stock entry. Renfrew and his team were at the track until 2:00 a.m. Saturday morning, ultimately swapping engines twice and replacing the transmission.
But none of that mattered when it came time to race. Renfrew earned the pole in qualifying for the Easter Bunny 200 and dominated the early stages. Berwick, Maine’s Joey Doiron, a former St. Patrick’s Day 150 winner at Hickory, nosed ahead for one lap following a lap-51 caution, but Renfrew regained the point the following circuit.
As the race entered the middle stages on a long green-flag run, Renfrew came back to the field. Doiron took the top spot again on lap 121, and soon after, Renfrew surrendered the second spot to Hermon, Maine’s Mike Hopkins, with Garrett Hall and Sylas Ripley hot on his heels. The second yellow at lap 134, though, was Renfrew’s saving grace, with nearly the entire field coming to the pits for fresh right-side tires and adjustments.
“We kind of banked on the pit stop there and knew that we were going to get to make the adjustments, and we were going to get to put tires on,” Renfrew said after the race. “So we kind of used that to our advantage. But we definitely didn’t have the car to win before the pit stop.”
Renfrew came off pit road in second behind Ripley, with Doiron falling all the way to sixth. Ripley got the jump on the restart, but following another yellow at lap 147, Renfrew took over once again. As Ripley began to fall back with handling problems caused by a stuck bleeder valve, Hopkins and Doiron worked their way back to second and third but found themselves almost a straightaway behind Renfrew with laps ticking down.
With 17 laps to go, though, a pair of lapped cars got tangled up in turn two, with Mike Scorzelli getting going right in front of Renfrew. As he tried to find a way around the slower car, Renfrew then tagged Scorzelli in turn four, bringing the yellow out and closing the field back up.
“I kind of (did it to) myself bring out that yellow there,” Renfrew acknowledged. “I thought I threw it away there, for sure, but I knew it was just time to get up on the wheel and make it happen.”
Renfrew and Hopkins went back and forth on the restart, only for the spine-tingling action to be interrupted by a three-car crash behind them. Garrett Hall and Cole Robie got locked together in turn two while fighting for the fifth spot, and Ryan Moore was the innocent bystander, slowing the field up again with 15 laps remaining. The leader again had the advantage as Renfrew’s better short-run speed made the difference. Hopkins had one more chance with five laps to go after another incident involving Hall and Robie, but Renfrew was too strong and sped away to the $8,000 top prize in the PASS National Championship opener.
Hopkins and Doiron completed the podium. Kaiden Fisher made a late charge to finish fourth while reigning PASS North champion D.J. recovered from fender damage and a subsequent pit stop to take fifth. Travis Stearns, Brandon Barker, Ashton Tucker, Dennis Spencer Jr., and Craig Slaunwhite rounded out the top-10. Slaunwhite also received a free set of Hoosier tires courtesy of event sponsor CorvetteParts.net.
The PASS Super Late Model triumph was the exclamation point on Renfrew’s big day. Prior to PASS action, Renfrew went wire to wire in the Limited-Street Stock Challenge for an additional $5,000. Renfrew started on the pole and was never seriously challenged in the first half of the 100-lap event.
A pair of midrace yellows, one for Chris Riendeau’s spin on lap 51 and another for Spencer Barth’s troubles at lap 63, gave the field a chance to close on Renfrew. Barth’s older brother, Nate, sliced his way through the rest of the pack and gave chase as best he could, but Renfrew was too strong and expertly tiptoed through lapped traffic down the stretch for the victory.
Buxton, Maine’s Nate Barth ended up second with Jordan Russell, winner of the inaugural Limited-Street Stock Challenge at Oxford Plains Speedway, taking the third-place trophy. Rick Spaulding, Adam Lovejoy, Joey Israelson, Zach Bowie, Chris Riendeau, Billy Childs Jr., and Kristina Nadeau also went home from North Carolina with top 10 finishes.
In the 50-lap KHM Thunder Stock Crown Vic Special, Codey Benoit made the trip from Fort Myers, Florida, worth it with a victory. Benoit started on the outside pole alongside local Concord, North Carolina, racer Todd Bradburry and took the lead after contact in the opening corner. Once he had the lead, no one was able to hang with the Vermont native.
As with the other divisions competing, the middle portion of the race was slowed by several yellows, most notably at lap 20 when Karson Hewins pounded the turn three wall after cutting a right rear tire. But Benoit had them all covered, motoring to the checkered flag and a $2,000 winner’s purse.
Bradburry overcame damage from the opening-lap incident to finish second, with Benoit’s teammate, Cody Allen of North Fort Myers, Florida, sandwiching Bradburry in third. Puncin St. Clair and Trevor Jaques completed the top five.
The Pro All Stars Series returns to action on Sunday, April 19, for the sixth annual Northeast Classic at New Hampshire Motor Speedway. The 50-lap, $5,500-to-win main event for the PASS Super Late Models is round two of the PASS National Championship and round one of the PASS North schedule. The Milton CAT American-Canadian Tour also goes 50 laps with $5,500 to win, while the Modified Racing Series has 50 laps and $7,000 to win for tour-type Modifieds. The Pro Truck Challenge, R&R Race Parts NH Open Street Stocks, and Sunoco 604 Modifieds round out the card.
The post time for the Northeast Classic is 11:00 a.m. The full schedule and pricing are to be announced. Every lap will be streamed live on the North East Short Track Network.
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