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Mainely Motorsports TV August 21, 2011 Show

Jay Hall — Wed, 21 Sep 2011 02:53:52 +0000

This weeks show we have coverage of the PASS 400 Weekend at Beech Ridge Motor Speedway. We also chat with Senior Tech Editor from Circle Track Magazine, Bob Bolles, about the future of LOCAL short track racing. Highlights of the PASS 400 weekend, interviews with the winners, as well as the top 3 finishers in Sunday’s PASS 300 Super Late Model race.

Mainely Motorsports TV – September 7th 2011 Show

Jay Hall — Wed, 07 Sep 2011 09:06:37 +0000

Champion’s Night at Beech Ridge Motor Speedway. Exclusive interviews with the 2011 champions.

Beech Ridge a pivotal race for PASS North, National Championship title contenders

Jay Hall — Tue, 01 Sep 2009 23:09:51 +0000

NAPLES ME (9/1/2009) The Pro All Stars Series (PASS) returns to Scarborough Maine’s Beech Ridge Motor Speedway for the fifth annual PASS 400 weekend on September 10th, 11th, 12th and 13th , and the four day short track extravaganza will go a long way toward determining both the 2009 PASS North and PASS National super late model Champions

With just two events remaining on the PASS North schedule, Johnny Clark has a solid lead in the point standings. The defending champ currently enjoys a 40 point margin over Ben Rowe (2370-2330) in the title chase, with Adam Bates at 2310, Derek Ramstrom at 2290 and Kelly Moore in fifth with 2277. With two points available per finishing position and a minimum of 32 cars scheduled to take the grid in the seasons longest race, an upfront finish by Rowe combined with a bad day for Clark could easily tighten the standings. But so far in 2009, Clark has the Beech Ridge advantage with second and seventh place finishes compared to Rowe’s pair of ninth place runs. Both drivers have ten top 10 finishes in eleven starts, so it’s a tossup in that category. But Clark is the defending PASS 300 race winner, so he knows the extra distance setup and strategy that could carry him to a second consecutive $10,000.00 payday.

Adam Bates has had a virtual stranglehold on Beech Ridge victory lane of late. Bates has two wins, two second place runs and a fourth in his last five Beech Ridge starts, and despite a grinding wreck at Thompson International Speedway that completely destroyed his only super late model, he’s managed to regroup and battle back from adversity to remain near the top of the point standings.

There have been seven different winners in the last seven PASS North super late model races, and the last two have been first time wins scored by Randy Turner (Unity ME) and Tom Scully Jr. (Seekonk MA). There are plenty of talented drivers that haven’t crossed the stripe first in 2009, and there’s no doubt that another first time winner could emerge in the 300.

The PASS National Championship four race mini-series hasn’t been on track since May when Ben Rowe scored at Hickory Motor Speedway, but Beech Ridge is round two of the series, where Rowe leads by a scant two point margin over Jeff Fultz. Ryan Blaney is third, followed by Texan Trey Mitchell and South Carolina’s Hal Goodson. It’s all but impossible to miss one of the four races and remain in contention for the title, so you can expect all of the front runners to be on hand for the PASS 300, including Cassius Clark, the defending National Series Champion. Clark sits 21st in the National standings after a bad result at Hickory in the spring, but he will be looking to pull himself up in the title chase at Beech Ridge. Johnny Clark is seventh in the National standings and may make a run at the title if the team fares well in round two. The National Championship Series continues at Southern National Raceway Park in Lucama North Carolina on Saturday September 26th and wraps up at South Boston (VA) Speedway on Saturday October 17th with the Mason-Dixon Meltdown.

PASS 400 weekend kicks off on Thursday September 10 with a wild night of racing for the Beetle Bugs/Runnin’ Rebels,Trucks, Mad Bomber/Outlaw type cars and Beech Ridge 305s. Racing goes green at 6:00 PM. Friday is a practice day for all weekend divisions. Saturday it’s qualifying races for the PASS Mods, Sportsman and Super Late Models as well as heats and features for the Road Runners (30 laps),the Nelcar Legends (50 laps) and the Wildcats/Strictlys in a big 75 lap showdown.

Sunday is filled with PASS feature racing; a “B” feature for the PASS Super Late Models followed by 100 laps for the PASS Sportsman and a 50 lapper for the PASS Mods. Time and weather permitting, a driver meet and greet will follow while the Super Late Model teams set up the infield pit area for their longest (and richest) race of the year, the $10,000.00 to win PASS 300. Both Saturday and Sunday’s racing gets the green flag at noon.

Beech Ridge Motor Speedway is located at 70 Holmes Road in Scarborough Maine. The Speedway is on line at www.beechridge.com .

ACT TOUR RETURNS TO BEECHRIDGE MOTOR SPEEDWAY AFTER 16-YEAR ABSENCE

Jay Hall — Tue, 14 Jul 2009 22:51:17 +0000

Waterbury, VT – The American Canadian Tour (ACT) will return to the Beech Ridge Motor Speedway (BRMS) on Saturday, July 25, 2009. The “Ridge” was a mainstay for ACT back in the days of veteran racers Rowe, McCabe, Dragon, Crouch, Dion, Cabana and a host of other Pro Stock competitors.

A new crop of Late Model competitors will return to the Beech Ridge event from throughout New England and Canada. They are a diverse group comprising both veteran and new teams. The ACT 150 lap championship event will see a whole new generation of stars, along with some of those familiar names from 16 years ago. Second generation drivers Brent and Scott Dragon, rising stars Joey Polewarczyk from Hudson, NH and current point leader Scott Payea from Milton, VT will be joined by Maine ACT Late Model standouts Glen Luce of Turner and Ricky Rolfe from Albany Township. The Oxford Plains Speedway will also send a large contingent of their weekly stars to the inaugural ACT Late Model event. Oxford champions Travis Adams, Tim Brackett and Shawn Martin are expected to take on the Tour regulars.

“Returning to Beech Ridge has been one of the goals of the American Canadian Tour since we started touring with these Late Model teams about ten years ago”, said ACT President Tom Curley. “There is real excitement for the competitors to be able to compete at one of the premiere short tracks in America. I think BRMS is perfectly suited to our kind of racing. The fans should be in for a great treat, as there should be plenty of cars to make the qualifying intense, and traditionally our 150 lap races have fans on the edge of their seats”, continued Curley.

The American Canadian Tour was designed to give local racers an opportunity to compete on a level playing field with the outside touring teams. The basic concept was to have a series where it was more about driving the cars and setting them up than just buying raw horsepower. The popularity of the American Canadian Tour among teams and fans has proven this to be a good formula for the current times.

The added incentive of winning at Beech Ridge is that the winner will be given an invitation to participate in the New Hampshire Motor Speedway ACT Invitational on Saturday, September 19. This triple-header of racing will feature the NASCAR Whelen Modifieds, the NASCAR Camping World Truck Series and the ACT Invitational. ACT teams have been qualifying throughout the 2009 race season. Each touring event in both the US and its Canadian counterpart, the Série ACT Castrol, has brought record fields of cars to this year’s events. The winners all get invited to NHMS for the opening weekend of the Cup Chase. The winner of the Beech Ridge event will earn an invitation, along with 35 other competitors from throughout New England and the provinces of Quebec and Ontario.

Post time for the Saturday, July 25^th event is 6:00.
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