Red Hot Joey Doiron Sweeps a Pair of PASS Slm Features at WMMP
N. WOODSTOCK, NH — The start of the giant PASS doubleheader EVENT AT White Mountain Motorsports Park in North Woodstock, New Hampshire was delayed by showers for a little more than half an hour this past Saturday night, but PASS and WMMP officials weathered the storm and completed the show just in time as showers moved into the area just moments after the final checkered flag of more than six hundred laps of racing came to a close.
The previously rained out PASS Super Late Model 150 rolled to the grid to start off the afternoon with Bryan Kruczek and Ben Rowe starting in the front row. Rowe got the early jump and looked to be super strong in the early going. Doiron chased Rowe down, and made the pass on lap 34. The first caution of the day came on lap 53 for a minor spin. When the green flew Doiron was off like a rocket ship and opened up a sizable until lapped traffic slow his momentum, allowing Derek Ranstrom whom started eighteenth to close in. Ranstrom turned up the heat on lap 127 as nobody appeared to be heeding the passing flag. Ranstrom had Canadian, Karl Allard on his back bumper with Doiron a couple of car lengths ahead. On lap 146 Ranstrom dove underneath a lapped car leaving Doiron hung out to dry three wide, but disaster struck the youngster from Worcester, Mass. as he had to lock up the brakes of his mount causing him to loop his car in front of the field, bringing out the final caution of the race. Doiron then coasted to victory lane ahead of Allard, Ben Rowe, David Oliver and DJ Shaw.
Richie Dearborn appeared to be the man to beat in the second PASS 150 as he led the first 60 laps of the event and appeared to be on cruise control until the caution flew on lap 58 as Ben Rowe and Karl Allard tangled on the frontstretch sending both cars to the infield. Rowe got the worst of that one as he tagged the infield light barrier knocking out his radiator, and sending him to the pits for repairs. Allard joined the field at the back, one lap down. Dearborn held on until lap 68 as Doiron made the winning pass on a slowing Dearborn. Cassius Clark was running strong but just didn’t have enough on the restart to pass Doiron. Clark had a mirror full of DJ Shaw to contend with as Doiron opened up a ten car length advantage and nobody had enough to reel in the 21 year old driver from Berwick, Maine. Doiron cruised to victory over Shaw, Clark, David Oliver and Derek Ranstrom. Doiron made a clean sweep of every race he was in as he and Dearborn claimed the qualifying rounds.
The PASS Modifieds also ran a pair of forty lap features. In the first round Mark Lucas was clearly the class of the field as he held off Andy Shaw, Mark Lundbland Jr., Ryan Phillips and Travis Buzzell. The race was cut short to 37 laps as a horrendous wreck at the flagstand saw Evan Armington coming to rest atop the #33 of Billy Dixon. Both drivers emerged from their cars with no injuries, and ironically both drivers started the second feature.
Rookie Joshua Brown led all forty laps of the second main event to score his first career PASS Mod win. He was virtually unchallenged until the final couple of laps when Andy Shaw closed the gap. Brown held tough and picked up the victory over Shaw, Ron Henry, Lundbland Jr., and Scott McDaniell.
The PASS Super Late Models head across the border to Autodrome Chardiere this Saturday, September 7th for the final leg of the Autobus La Quebecoise Triple Crown Series, The Thunder Valley 200. The PASS Mods return to action at Beech Ridge Motor Speedway September 13th.
UNOFFICIAL PASS NORTH SLM RESULTS
Race #2 – 150 Laps – WMMP – 8/31/13
1) 73 – Joey Doiron – Laps: 150
2) 60 – DJ Shaw – 150
3) 77 – Cassius Clark – 150
4) 21 – David Oliver – 150
5) 35 – Derek Ramstrom – 150
6) 44 – Dave Pembroke – 150
7) 54 – Johnny Clark – 150
8) 00 – Bryan Kruczek – 149
9) 22 – Aaron Ricker – 149
10) 20 – Michael Landry – 149
11) 75 – Gary Smith – 149
12) 17 – Travis Benjamin – 149
13) 51 – Ricky Rolfe – 149
14) 10 – Scott Dragon – 149
15) 37 – Larry Gelinas – 149
16) 7a – Karl Allard – 148
17) 06 – Dan Colby – 148
18) 7 – Curtis Gerry – 148
19) 82qc – John Michael Shenette – 146
20) 53 – Alan Wilson – 95
21) 14 – Bradley Babb – 86
22) 80 – Richie Dearborn – 85
23) 4 – Ben Rowe – 69
24) 41 – Francis Gross – 45
UNOFFICIAL PASS NORTH SLM RESULTS
Race #1 – 150 Laps – WMMP – 8/31/13
1) 73 – Joey Doiron – Laps: 150
2) 7a – Karl Allard – 150
3) 4 – Ben Rowe – 150
4) 21 – David Oliver – 150
5) 60 – DJ Shaw – 150
6) 00 – Bryan Kruczek – 150
7) 77 – Cassius Clark – 149
8) 7 – Curtis Gerry – 149
9) 35 – Derek Ramstrom – 149
10) 17 – Travis Benjamin – 149
11) 37 – Larry Gelinas – 149
12) 54 – Johnny Clark – 149
13) 14 – Bradley Babb – 149
14) 22 – Aaron Ricker – 149
15) 44 – Dave Pembroke – 148
16) 06 – Dan Colby – 148
17) 75 – Gary Smith – 148
18) 49 – Andy Saunders – 147
19) 51 – Ricky Rolfe – 146
20) 53 – Alan Wilson – 48
21) 82qc – John Michael Shenette – 35
UNOFFICIAL PASS MODS RESULTS
Race #2 – 40 Laps – WMMP – 8/31/13
1) 4 – JOSHUA BROWN
2) 66 – ANDY SHAW
3) 05 – RON HENRY
4) 28 – MARK LUNDBLAND. JR.
5) 14 – SCOTT MCDANIELL
6) 60 – DANA REED
7) 21 – MIKE CARIGNAN
8) 17A – SCOTT ALEXANDER
9) 5 – MARK LUCAS
10) 3 – TRAVIS BUZZELL
11) 33 – BILLY DIXON
12) 89 – RYAN PHILLIPS
13) 9 – EVAN ARMINGTON
14) 37 – MITCH MILLER
15) 00 – DAN BEAN
16) 1 – DAVID SPRAGUE
17) 68 – KEN MARIER
UNOFFICIAL PASS MODS RESULTS
Race #1 – 37 Laps – WMMP – 8/31/13
1) 5 – MARK LUCAS
2) 66 – ANDY SHAW
3) 28 – MARK LUNDBLAD JR.
4) 89 – RYAN PHILLIPS
5) 3 – TRAVIS BUZZELL
6) 60 – DANA REED
7) 05 – RON HENRY
8) 21 – MIKE CARIGNAN
9) 33 – BILLY DIXON
10) 9 – EVAN ARMINGTON
11) 14 – SCOTT MCDANIELL
12) 1 – DAVID SPRAGUE
13) 7 – MITCH MILLER
14) 17A – SCOTT ALEXANDER
15) 00 – DAN BEAN
16) 4 – JOSHUA BROWN
17) 31 – RYAN MORGAN
18) 68 – TIM HINES
Sources: PASS PR