Unofficial Finish - PASS South super late model Daniel Boone Classic 125 – Newport Speedway, Newport TN – 7/18/2009
| 1. 45 – Jay Fogleman 2. 99 – Jake Crum 3. 4n – Ben Rowe 4. 26 – Preston Peltier 5. 91 – Heath Hindman 6. 98 – Justin Wakefield 7. 10 – Ryan Blaney 8. 9 – David Flynn |
9. 35 – Devin Jones 10. 23 – Jimmy Weller 11. 1 – Jimmy Garmon 12. 92 – Mart Nesbitt 13. 48 – John Batten 14. 02 – Scott Patton 15. 8 – Ed Surrett 16. 88 – Lee Tissot |
Naples, ME 7/16/09- This weekend thePro All Stars Series (PASS) South super late models s will make their one and only stop in the state of Tennessee as they tackle the ultra high banked Newport Speedway, just thirty miles north of the world famous vacation town of Gatlinburg.With twenty-five degree banking gracing the corners of the 4/10th mile oval there won’t be much time for vacationing once the green flag flies for the 125 lap event. Deemed to be one of the most physically demanding tracks on the tour, Newport Speedway presents new challenges unlike any other.
One of the main challenges that championship point contenders will have their hands full with will be fending off Newport Speedway locals. Veteran drivers Mart Nesbitt and Ed Surrett have each filed an entry and are expected to be in attendance. Youngsters Scott Patton and Jake Crum are also expected to make up the group of locals that will hope to defend their home turf. Last season Corey Williams, who finished second in the season standings just sixteen points behind eventual champion Alex Haase, got caught up in a wreck battling local racer Gary Helton. The two tangled and destroyed Williams’ racecar which cost him the 2008 championship as Helton went on to an impressive top five finish in his one and only start in the series that year.
Ben Rowe started the season out by winning back to back PASS South events at the Dillon Motor Speedway followed by a win at Hickory Motor Speedway has been winless since then but has built a comfortable yet reachable forty-six point lead over fourteen-year-old Ryan Blaney as Ben has not finished worse than seventh all year long. This may be the weekend that Rowe gets back to his winning ways as he has teamed up with Gary Crooks to pilot Crooks’ brand new Chevy Impala in three of the remaining six PASS South events after Rowe has raced his own older equipment the last two events. Prior to that Rowe’s PASS North team of Richard Moody Racing had made the long haul from the state of Maine for each of the first five PASS South events catapulting him to the top of the standings.
The driver who will have everyone watching him this weekend is the driver that has made the longest haul and has competed in every PASS South event since the 2007 season, Heath Hindman. Hindman and his TS Racing team will be in front of a home town crowd this weekend and with Newport Speedway being his home track on the tour, look for big things out of the #91 team. A couple of drivers who will pull into Newport with a ton of momentum on their side after each picked up a win in the Fourth of July weekend double header just a week ago are Jay Fogleman who won at Greenville-Pickens and Justin Wakefield who won at Hickory. Neither driver lead early or often but both showed their veteran knowledge of being there at the end gives you the best chance to win races.
Tickets still remain for the hottest event of the year at the Newport Speedway. For more information and directions to the eastern Tennessee facility visit their website directly at www.newportspeedway.com or call 423-623-2182.
Naples, ME 7/7/09- It may have been a good thing that it was a PASS South double header this weekend, for Justin Wakefield at least. After a twenty-second place finish in race one of the double header, Friday night at Greenville-Pickens, Justin Wakefield made the statement, “I don’t know if I ever want to drive a racecar again.” Well it was a good thing he did and it was probably a good thing it was only two days later because at night’s end the thoughts he had of Greenville were nothing but a foregone conclusion as he celebrated in victory lane for the first time in 2009.
The team traveled through the night to be at Hickory first thing Saturday morning to repair the extensive damage incurred at Greenville which included putting a nose on the #98 Jubilee Conferences Ford Fusion. After renting a welder from a local store and some hardnosed work to the Ford, the team was ready to go by the first round of practice on Sunday.
“This is awesome to be able to bring home this win after how bad we were at Greenville. Everyone was down, I was down on myself, but we battled back and made it happen. I have to say thanks to everyone on this Carswell Motorsports team after working their tails off to get this car back together, without them we wouldn’t have even made it to Hickory,” stated Wakefield after the race.
Rounding out the top three were a pair of young drivers who posted career bests in super late model competition. Texas native Trey Mitchell who just two nights ago didn’t get the results to back up his impressive run at Greenville-Pickens made up for it at Hickory the hard way. Mitchell recovered from a poor qualifying effort and having to avoid several on track incidents during the race to finish second. Fourteen year old Devin Jones who finished third under the guidance of new team mentor Chase Pistone had his own issues to battle back from including front end damage that occurred during the midpoint of the race.
It may have been Mitchell and Jones who got the finishes but just like many times this year Preston Peltier was the driver to beat as he lead the most laps throughout the 150 lap event before contact with Ryan Blaney in the closing laps sent the #26 of Peltier spinning and the #10 machine of Blaney to the pits with a flat tire. Peltier was able to recover for a fourth place finish in the final five laps of racing action while Blaney wasn’t as lucky.
Point leader Ben Rowe competed in his own car after his PASS North car owner Richard Moody decided not to make the haul to all the remaining south races leaving him with many questions heading into this weekend. Rowe raced a quiet yet productive race on both nights expanding his points lead and leaving him in the top spot at the halfway point of the season.
The PASS trucks series also rolled back into action during the Independence 150 week end at the Hickory Motor Speedway Sunday afternoon. Jody Measamer claimed his first series win by inches at the finish line over series point leader Grant Davidson who won at the track earlier in the year. Trevor Hignutt making his PASS truck series debut finished third, followed by Ben Ebling in fourth, and Marty Griggs rounded out the top five. With just four races remaining in the inaugural PASS truck series season every race counts toward being crowned the first series champion. The point battle will heat up even more next race out at the Southern Sizzler weekend at the Orange County Speedway in Rougemont, NC on Saturday August 8th.
Next up for PASS South is the Daniel Boone Classic at the Newport Speedway in Newport, Tennessee on Saturday July 18th. The event will mark the series one and only stop in the state of Tennessee in 2009. For more information including tickets visit the track’s website at www.newportspeedway.com or call 423-623-2182.
For more information including schedules, standings, and results for all PASS sanctioned touring series visit their home on the web at www.racewithpass.com . For marketing or media questions contact Norm Desjardins at 603-539-3368 or for technical information contact Scott Reed at 207-625-3230.
Unofficial Results – PASS South Super Late Model Independence 150 – Hickory Motor Speedway Hickory North Carolina – July 5, 2009
1. 98 Justin Wakefield 2. 47m Trey Mitchell 3. 35 Devin Jones 4. 26 Preston Peltier 5. 4N Ben Rowe 6. 93 Tayla Orleans 7. 47 Corey Williams 8. 18x Billy Leslie 9. 51W Bryce Walker 10. 51 Michael Pope 11. 64 Joe Winchell 12. 1 Jimmy Gamon 13. 10 Ryan Blaney 14. 10L Johanna Long 15. 91 Heath Hindman 16. 101 Jeremy Frankoski 17. 8 Cassius Clark 18. 48 John Batten 19. 83 Jeff Choquette 20. 66 Jeff Fultz 21. 18 Bradley McCaskill 22. 05 Alex Fleming 23. 4s Jay Fogleman 24. 2 Zach Stroupe 25. 20 John Stancill
Naples, ME 6/30/09- Race fans, teams, and officials will all prepare for a double header this weekend as the PASS South super late model series will invade the Greenville-Pickens Speedway on Friday July 3rd for the Firecracker 125 followed by a Sunday night shootout at the famed Hickory Motor Speedway on Sunday July 5th for the first ever Independence 150. The double header will mark the first of its kind for the five year old series and with the anticipation of several newcomers expected to make their 2009 PASS South series debuts, it’s shaping up to be one of the best Fourth of July weekend races in the country.
Race one of the double header will be featured at the Greenville-Pickens Speedway, a paper clip shaped half mile track known to produce some tight racing. Last year’s winner, Alex Haase, will not be in attendance to defend his win but his Kyle Busch Motorsports team with youngster Bryce Walker behind the wheel will. Another driver to watch is Justin Wakefield, the exact guy who battled the #51 machine for the win just a season ago before a wreck ended his night early. Three time winner Preston Peltier, along with Ben Rowe, Heath Hindman, and Ryan Blaney are among the championship contenders that will have to fend off a list of drivers making their return to the series in 2009 that include Clete Caywood, Dean Clattenburg, and J.R. Norris. An expected capacity size crowd along with a stellar field of race cars as well as one of upstate South Carolina’s largest fireworks shows to conclude the night’s activities adds up to produce one of the best Fourth of July celebrations for any race fan around.
An open practice for the Firecracker 125 will kick off Thursday July 2nd from 6-8pm then the following day the cars and stars of the PASS South super late model series will take to the track for the 125 lap event set to go off at 7pm. For more information including how to get your hands on tickets to the Firecracker 125 visit the Greenville-Pickens Speedway at www.greenvillepickens.com.
The second leg of the double header concludes at the first ever Independence 150 at the Hickory Motor Speedway. The race will mark the second of three events that the PASS South series has planned at the famed oval in 2009, making it a facility the championship contenders must run well at in order to have a shot at the championship. Always producing strong car counts at Hickory makes for impressive side by side racing and with this event being the first during the month of July one can bet that a slick race track will produce some wild racing action.
Having won the 2009 version of the Easter Bunny 150 earlier in the year, Maine’s Ben Rowe has to be considered a favorite heading into this weekend. Several drivers such as Jeff Bolen and thirteen-year-old Chase Elliot, who is the son of NASCAR star Bill Elliot, will be making their first career PASS South series starts. In addition, Corey Williams (2008) and Tennessee native Heath Hindman (2007) have to be thrown into the mix as each has scored a win at the Hickory, North Carolina track. Hickory also marks the only track so far this season that current hot shoe Preston Peltier has struggled at. Early in the year, Peltier posted only a seventeenth place finish but since then has racked up three series wins and moved into third in the series standings just forty points out of the top spot.
The Independence 150 at the Hickory Motor Speedway kicks off Sunday July 5th with racing set to begin at 6:15pm. For directions and ticket information visit the track’s website at www.hickorymotorspeedway.com.
Naples, ME 6/15/09- So far, the month of June has been a quiet month for the Pro All Stars Series (PASS) South super late models with just one event marking the 2009 calendar; however, that one event on June 20th donning the name Dixie 150 at New Senoia Raceway located just south of Atlanta, Georgia may be the turning point for many this 2009 racing season. The word “new” in the speedway’s moniker couldn’t be more fitting as it will mark the first time in the series four year existence to visit the 3/8th mile high banked track.
Another “new” will be the fact that a majority of the championship contenders have never competed at the Georgia speed plant leaving the door wide open for all in attendance. So far this season Ben Rowe and Preston Peltier have been the drivers to beat with each one picking up two victories so far but it will be Rowe who has his work cut out for him this week as the Maine native who competes full time on both the PASS North and South schedules will travel from the north’s farthest race north in Geary, New Brunswick Canada to the south’s farthest race south in Senoia, Georgia to compete in the Dixie 150. While it’s been Peltier and Rowe winning races, youngster Ryan Blaney has been Mr. Consistency finishing in the top ten in all five PASS South series starts putting him second in the championship points standings just twenty six points behind leader Rowe.
While the New Senoia Raceway will be new to many, a driver who knows the ins and outs of the place is Bubba Pollard. Pollard, who will be making his 2009 PASS South season debut lives just a few miles from the Senoia facility and has competed in more than his fair share of races at the place. Drivers such as Trey Mitchell, Devin Jones, and Jeff Fultz are all expected to make their return to PASS South competition at Senoia making Pollard not the only one to consider for taking home the hardware at night’s end.
While the New Senoia race may be all about the super late models, the PASS truck series has reached their mid-season break and won’t be back into action until Sunday July 5th at the Hickory Motor Speedway. The first year touring series under the PASS banner has produced some of the best racing so far this season. Each and every time the trucks have hit the track Michael Cooper, Ben Ebeling, and Jody Measamer have produced side by side battles all race long.
The surprise of the year however may be the quick development of thirteen year old Clint King who went from struggling with the bigger and heavier trucks in his first race of the year at Dillon Motor Speedway to winning his first ever PASS truck series race at Coastal Plains just a few weeks ago. Regardless of the four drivers listed above, all series drivers have been chasing down Asheboro, NC driver Grant Davidson who has already collected three wins this season and sits at the top of the championship standings with just five races remaining.
The Dixie 150 at the New Senoia Raceway kicks off Saturday June 20th with racing set to begin at 7:30. For directions and ticket information for the Dixie 150, contact the speedway at 770-599-6161 or visit www.newsenoiaraceway.com.
For more information including schedules, standings, and results for all PASS sanctioned touring series visit their home on the web at www.racewithpass.com. or, www.proallstarsseries.com .For marketing or media questions contact Norm Desjardins at 603-539-3368 or for technical information contact Scott Reed at 207-625-3230.
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