Clark Claims PASS North White Mountain Win

By admin September 11, 2011 PASS, PASS Mod, PASS North, PASS Sportsman

North Woodstock, NH — Johnny Clark kicked in the jets with 50 laps to go in Sunday afternoons Pro All Stars Series (PASS) North 150 at White
Mountain Motorsports Park, winning a side by side battle with DJ Shaw to take the lead on lap 131 and nip Shaw for his sixth PASS North win of 2011. Shaw led the majority of the 150 green flag laps but had to settle for second. PASS rookie Bryan Kruczek led his share of laps and raced home a strong third, with Alex Gingras and Lonnie Sommerville rounding out the top five.

For ten seasons Clark and his Clark’s Car Crushing team couldn’t find the key to PASS victory lane at White Mountain, but he ‘s now won 2 of his last three starts at the fast quarter mile. His victory coupled with points challenger Ben Rowe’s seventeenth place finish padded the defending series champions’ point lead. Rowe was caught up in an early race wreck that took the nose off RMR ride, destroying any chance of a win at one of his favorite speedways.

Shaw and Kruzcek were the show for much of the race. The pair shared the front row and from the drop of the green they battled tooth and nail, swapping the lead on several occasions and distancing themselves from the field. Kruczek took over the top spot on lap nine and kept it until lap 69 when Shaw made his move . At the crossed flags it was Shaw, and Kruczek out front with Sommerville, Gingras and Travis Benjamin all giving chase. Clark showed up in the top five at lap 85, picking off Gingras for fourth, Sommerville on lap 93 and Kruczek one lap later. Catching Shaw would be another matter though, as the Center Conway NH racer had his ride on a rail, and as the green flag laps ran down he was opening up a gap on Clark. But as so often happens, a yellow flag brought Shaw back to the field and the restart gave Clark the opportunity he needed to deny Shaw the checkers.

Clark’s margin of victory as just .338 seconds. The race was slowed by seven cautions, and twelve of the twenty two starters completed all 150 green flag laps. Kruczek, Shaw and Scott Dragon won their qualifiers.

PASS 400 weekend presented by Southern Maine Motors.com is up next, with the mid week special kicking off the festivities on Thursday September 15 at 5:45 PM. Friday is a day of practice for all divisions, Qualifiers are on Saturday and the PASS 300, PASS Sportsman 100 and PASS Mod 50 are slated for Sunday. The 300 lap go for the super late models is round number four of the six race PASS National Championship series. Both days go green at 12:00 noon. Support divisions will round out both big days.

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UnOfficial PASS SLM 150 Results – WMMP – Sun. Sept. 11th
1) #54 – Johnny Clark – 150 Laps
2) #60 – DJ Shaw – 150
3) #00 – Bryan Kruczak – 150
4) #27qc – Alex Gingras – 150
5) #48 – Lonnie Sommerville – 150
6) #14m – Matt Frahm – 150
7) #10 – Scott Dragon – 150
8) #73 – Joey Doiron – 150
9) #17a – Scott Alexander – 150
10) #75 – Gary Smith – 150
11) #80 – Dustin Hubbard – 150
12) #2 – Matt Matheson – 150
13) #7g – Curtis Gerry – 149
14) #07 – Tom Scully Jr. – 149
15) #17 – Travis Benjamin – 149
16) #12 – John Dabrowski – 149
17) #4 – Ben Rowe – 147
18) #16 – Kevin Roberge – 129
19) #88 – Kyle DeSouza – 128
20) #11 – Austin Brehio – 84
21) #92 – Bill Brady – 82
22) #7 – Donnie Whitten – 48

PASS MODS Top Three – L to R: Travis Buzzell #3, 3rd; Winner Bill Dixon #33; & Ron Henry #05, 2nd.

Photos by Norm Marx

UnOfficial PASS MODS 40 Results – WMMP – Sun. Sept. 11th
1 33 – Bill Dixon – N Waterboro ME
2 05 – Ron Henry – New Gloucester ME
3 3 – Travis Buzzell – Hollis ME
4 53w – Alan Wilson – Hebron ME
5 14 – Scott McDaniel – Livermore ME
6 50 – Sumner Sessions – Norway ME
7 56x – Rich Ferriera – Raynham MA 8 28 – Mark Lundblad – Conway NH
9 66 – Andy Shaw – Ctr. Conway NH
10 9 – Scott Reed – Parsonsfield ME
11 23 – Dale Shaw – Ctr Conway NH
12 53 – Leo Oliviera – Raynham MA
13 85 – Mitch Miller – W Boylston MA
14 60 – Dana Reed – Shapleigh ME

PASS Sportsman Top Three – L to R: Shane Tatro #7, 2nd; Winner Dan McKeage #38; & Donny Morse #10, 3rd.

Photos by Norm Marx

UnOfficial PASS SPORTSMAN 75 Results – WMMP – Sun. Sept. 11th
1 38 – Dan McKeage – Gorham ME
2 7 – Shane Tatro – Holden ME
3 10 – Donnie Morse – Windham ME
4 8 – Clyde Hennessy – Windham ME
5 51 – RJ Austin – Smithfield ME
6 93 – Dave Langlois – Springvale ME
7 88 – Andy Field – Buxton ME
8 15 – Craig Smith – E Waterboro ME
9 1 – Kenny Marrier – Littleton NH
10 18 – Carey Martin – Denmark ME
11 77 – Sally Gherardi – Standish ME
12 16 – Kevin Douglass – Sidney ME
13 67 – Jourdan Davis- Lancaster NH
14 99 – Steve Heitz – Belmont ME
15 60me – Scott Dorr – Portland ME
16 58 – Lyman McKeage – Gorham ME
17 74 – Doug Lalemme – Bethlehem NH
18 34 – Spencer Morse – Waterford ME
19 35 – Bobby Nadeau – Buxton ME
20 777 – Mike St. Germaine – Auburn ME

WILDCATS Top Three – L to R: Alby Ovitt #35, 3rd; Winner Connor McDougall #8; & Skip Tripp #21, 2nd.

UnOfficial WILDCATS 40 Results – WMMP – Sun. Sept. 11th
1 8m – Connor McDougall Brookfield NH
2 12 – Skip Tripp – Poland ME
3 35 – Alby Ovitt – Lee NH
4 36 – Nate Leavitt – Buxton ME
5 84 – David Vaughn – Naples ME
6 55 – Billy Childs Jr.
7 70 – Dan Bean – Alfred ME
8 47 – Brian Casswell – Buxton ME
9 84 – Matt Dow – Hollis ME
10 41 – Steve Benincasa – Buxton ME
11 8 – Keith Stewart – Naples ME
12 15 – Chris Warming – Hollis ME
13 777 – Mike St. Germaine – Auburn ME
14 55 – Dennis Dumais – Nashua NH
15 33 – Bill Clement Jr. – Bedford NH

Sources: PASS PR