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Read moreThe Pro All Stars Series (PASS) has announced several changes to the 2009 PASS North super late model schedule. On Saturday May 16 the super late models will tackle Maine’s…
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Scarborough ME — Mike Rowe, Ben Rowe and Travis Benjamin staged a short track battle royal in the Pro All Stars (PASS) North super late model opener at Beech Ridge Motor Speedway, and when the dust settled Mike Rowe was in victory lane by one-one hundredth of a second . Ben Rowe came up inches short for second with Benjamin half a car length back in third. PASS Sophomore Adam Bates scored a career best fourth place finish and Beech Ridge master Bub Bilodeau rounded out the top five.
Cassius Clark and Benjamin were out front early on, swapping the lead several times per lap and battling side by side on restarts. Ben Rowe was next to challenge Benjamin and he held the top spot for laps 59 to 73 before Benjamin took over once again. At the crossed flags it was Benjamin out front with Ben Rowe second, Steve Berry third, Richie Dearborn fourth and Cassius Clark fifth.
Naples, ME — A welcome string of sunny, warm and breezy spring days have melted away the winters record snowfall and set the stage for a big weekend of Pro All Stars Series (PASS) racing at Beech Ridge Motor Speedway in Scarborough.
According to series President Tom Mayberry, “I met with the Cusacks at Beech Ridge yesterday (Tuesday) and we took a good look at the entire facility. Eighty percent of the pits and parking lots are ready to go today, and the forecast is for great weather right through race day. The Beech Ridge maintenance team is hard at work on the grounds so we’re in great shape for our PASS North season opener. There may be snow in your yard and mud in your driveway but we’re ready to go racing on Saturday and both practice days are on as scheduled.”
Pro All Stars Series (PASS) South point leader Corey Williams will lead a strong field of PASS South competitors to Dillon South Carolina Saturday April 5th for the South Carolina Clash 125 at Dillon Motor Speedway.
Williams is coming off a thrilling victory at the PASS South season opener at Hickory Motor Speedway. Williams and 2007 PASS South champion Ryan Lawler waged war in the closing stages of the Easter Bunny 150, racing side by side and swapping the lead countless times. Williams prevailed over Lawler and 15 year-old John Stancill for the win.
Naples, ME — Five Star Stock Car Bodies of Twin Lakes
Five Star will provide award certificates for a complete ABC body package (less windows and spoiler) and an ABC reskin body package to two racers in both the PASS North and South super late model divisions. All drivers that attempt to qualify for 85% of each series events are eligible for a random draw at their respective 2008 banquets.
Naples, ME — Cassius Clark is a racer through and through. The Farmington Mainer thrives on competition, and his team is one of a handful of Pro All Stars Series (PASS) regulars that travel all over the east coast to see how they match up against the toughest competition short track racing has to offer.
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Charlotte, NC — The Pro All Stars Series (PASS) South Super Late Model Series is pleased to announce that Pro Photo Productions will return in 2008 as sponsor of the “Best Appearing Car” Award. Pro Photo Productions came on late in the 2007 season as a PASS South supporter and is glad to be back in 2008.
“We’re really pleased to have Pro Photo Productions back with the PASS South Series in 2008,” said Tom Mayberry, President of PASS. “I think most of our competitors take pride in the way their cars look and this is a way to give back to them for their creativity.”
Naples, Me — Add Racing Electronics to the growing list of Pro All Stars Series (PASS) participating manufacturers for 2008. The leader in racing communications products will provide a $50.00 product certificate to the second place finisher in every 2008 PASS North and South super late model event.
Racing Electronics will also provide an end of season product award in each super late model division, to be announced at a later date.
Naples, ME — New venues abound on the 2008 Pro All Stars Series (PASS) South schedule, and the addition of these speedways to the mix creates an X factor in the chase for the 2008 PASS South Super Late Model Championship.
PASS South will kick off 2008 on familiar ground at Hickory (NC) Motor Speedway on March 22nd. The Easter Bunny 150 enters its third season as the South opener, and serves as round one of the inaugural four race PASS National Championship series. Look for a host of PASS North invaders to join their Southern brethren for this one.
Naples, ME — Pro All Stars Series (PASS) President Tom Mayberry announced today that Sonic Racing Products has agreed to provide PASS North and South Super Late Model competitors with an awards program for each division’s’ 14 race 2008 schedule.
A leading manufacturer of drive line components for motorsports, Sonic will provide $75.00 product certificates to the 3rd and 7th place finishers in every PASS North and South Super Late Model race. In addition, a total of $1,000.00 in season ending awards will be distributed. Each division’s Rookie of the Year will receive a $250.00 Sonic product certificate, and a second $250.00 certificate will go to a driver drawn at random that has competed in a minimum of 85% of their respective divisions’ 2008 events.
Naples, ME — For teenager Dale Shaw Jr., success behind the wheel of a race car seems to be preordained .Better known by his nickname D.J., his family tree reads like a racing legacy. Race wins and championships abound. His father Dale Shaw is well known throughout the racing world as a Busch North Series Champion, a successful car builder and the first Pro All Stars Series (PASS) feature winner ever. His grandfather Steve Blood earned 46 feature wins and a track championship at Maine’s Oxford Plains Speedway.
D.J. has already cemented his place in this racing family’s history book. He’s earned major race wins and a track championship against some of the toughest competition in New England. In 2008 he hopes to advance his career running a full fourteen race schedule with the PASS North Super Late Models, the fastest full-fendered short track racing series in the east.
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Naples, ME — The Pro All Stars Series (PASS) is pleased to welcome one of the nation’s foremost racing parts suppliers back for their second season as a PASS awards sponsor.
The BSR Products/PASS Hard Charger award will be presented to the driver who improves their starting position the most in each PASS Super Late Model North and South event. The award winner will receive a $100.00 product certificate redeemable at the short track superstore. BSR Hard Charger points will be accumulated at each of the fourteen PASS North and South Super Late Model events and the driver in each division who gains the most positions throughout the season will receive an additional $250.00 product certificate in recognition of their achievement as the 2008 BSR Products/ PASS Hard Charger.
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Charlotte, NC — Pro All Stars Series (PASS) Super Late Model Series Officials and RaceTalkRadio.com are proud to announce the addition of a brand new show to join RaceTalkRadio.com’s lineup of successful internet radio shows. “Live To PASS” will air every Tuesday night at 7:30pm Eastern beginning on March 18th.
“The PASS Series is a series that we really wanted to step up our coverage of in 2008,” said Dennis Michelsen of RaceTalkRadio.com. “Last year’s coverage of the PASS South Series with Alan Dietz, as well as racing in the Mid-Atlantic region, was very popular with our fans. We’re really looking forward to increasing our coverage to both the PASS North and South divisions in 2008.”
“We first heard about the PASS Series in 2006 when some of their drivers came down to
PASS North and South Super Late Model, Modified, Outlaw and Sportsman race winners will receive product discount award certificates at selected 2008 events. In addition the top three in each division’s championship chase will receive rewards recognizing their achievements at the conclusion of the 2008 season. The Bassett program will be contingent on the display of two Bassett fender decals at every Pro All Stars Series event.
Naples ME — Historically the Pro All Stars Series (PASS) has offered up some of the best pay offs for super late model racers in the southeast, and the series’ expanded fourteen race 2008 schedule is dotted with extra distance, big purse events.
While all PASS South 150 lap events pay a minimum of $5,000.00 to win and $500.00 to start, three extra distance races will see the winner’s share double to $10,000.00.
Naples, ME — Pro All Stars Series (PASS) President Tom Mayberry announced today that Sunoco Race Fuel will return as the official fuel of the Pro All Stars series as well as the spec fuel for both the PASS Super Late Model North and South series. 2008 will mark the eighth season that PASS has been fueled by Sunoco.
“I’m particularly pleased to welcome Sunoco Race Fuel back to the PASS family of sponsors, “said Mayberry.” Their northeast distributors, New England Racing Fuel stepped up to the plate and supported this series before we’d even run a single race. PASS has grown a great deal from our ten race series in 2001. In 2008 we will sanction over fifty races in five divisions from
The Halifax Nova Scotia native has made annual PASS North appearances since the series’ inception in 2001, but 2008 will mark his first all out assault on the east’s fastest full bodied racing circuit. Fleming has relocated his race team to Buckfield
Naples, ME — The Pro All Stars Series (PASS) South Super Late Model season is rapidly approaching and its time for both new and returning PASS South competitors to file for their 2008 license and car number.
PASS South has an ambitious fourteen race schedule on tap with five new venues added to the southern series. In addition, the PASS South and North Super Late Model divisions will square off in a four race National Championship Series that will include several $10,000.00 to win events. Visit www.proallstarsseries.com to view both schedules in their entirety.
The fastest full bodied race cars in the northeast will tackle a fourteen race schedule with stops at eight of the top short track racing venues in
Their 2008 campaign gets underway on April 19th at Beech Ridge Speedway, and returns to the Scarborough Maine oval on September 19-21 for the big PASS 400 weekend. Sportsman racers will make the drive to Speedway 95 on May 3rd for their only 2008 appearance at the Hermon Maine speed plant. Three trips to Wiscasset (ME) Raceway are on tap for June 15th and August 17th as well as the season’s grand finale championship event on October 5th. All Star Speedway in Epping NH rounds out the confirmed schedule with a June 27th date. One additional Sportsman division date is currently under negotiation.
Naples ME – Pro All Stars Series (PASS) President Tom Mayberry has released the 2008 schedule for the PASS Outlaws, and the schedule contains a new look for the upcoming season.
“We’ve combined the various Outlaw divisions of seasons past into one single schedule for 2008”, said Mayberry, “and we’ve tried to keep travel costs under control by scheduling the races in a closer proximity to the racers themselves. It’s a solid schedule that will give the Outlaw Series plenty of racing while leaving some summer weekends free to enjoy other family activities as well.”
Naples ME — The Pro All Stars (PASS) Mod division will kick off its fifth season in 2008 with a ten race confirmed schedule that will see New England’s most affordable asphalt open wheel division in action at four of Maine and New Hampshire’s toughest ovals.
Beech Ridge Speedway in Scarborough Maine will play host to the PASS Mods on three occasions; the season’s lid lifter on April 19th, July 5th, and the big PASS 400 weekend on Friday September 19th through Sunday September 21st. Wiscasset (ME) Raceway will welcome the PASS Mods on May 18th, June 15th and August 16th and host the grand finale championship event on October 4th. Groveton New Hampshire’s Riverside Speedway fans can look forward to two PASS Mod appearances on May 10 and July 26th. A May 3rd appearance at Speedway 95 in Hermon Maine will round out the 2008 card. One additional race date is currently under negotiation at press time.
The New Year is upon us and race fans and racers from throughout New England are already looking forward to the first big motorsports event of 2008.
Northeast Motorsports Expo will celebrate its 20th anniversary on January 4-6 at the Augusta (ME) Civic Center, and the Pro All Stars Series (PASS) will once again be well represented.
To commemorate this special event PASS has teamed up with New England Race Fuels and Sunoco to bring 2007 PASS South Super Late Model Champion Ryan Lawler to the 20th anniversary show. Lawler will join 2007 PASS North Super Late Model Champion Ben Rowe to sign a limited edition autograph card to celebrate their respective titles. Lawler and Rowe will appear at The New England Race Fuels booth on Friday evening from 6:00 P.M. until 8:00 P.M. They will return for two more autograph sessions on Saturday from 12:00 PM until 2:00 P.M. and from 6:00 P.M. until 8:00 P.M.
Rules For Only PASS South… Not PASS North Or Other PASS Series
From the local Street Stock competitor to the NASCAR Sprint Cup Series stars, it’s every driver’s goal to become a champion. Over the last several years, PASS has crowned champions in its regional series’, the PASS North and PASS South Super Late Model divisions. Beginning in 2008, PASS will crown its first ever National Champion. Both the PASS North and PASS South will have 14 race schedules that will award regional championships in both divisions. Within those two schedules, there will be a Champions Series that will determine who the PASS Super Late Model National Champion will be.
“It has been our goal since we started the PASS South Series in 2006 to eventually crown a National Champion,” said PASS President Tom Mayberry. “We believe that with the strength of the PASS North and PASS South Super Late Model divisions that 2008 is the right time to give back to the drivers that support both our series.”
Rules For Only PASS South… Not PASS North Or Other PASS Series
After much thought and discussion, PASS President Tom Mayberry announced today that starting in 2008 there will be a new qualifying procedure for all PASS South Super Late Model events. This announcement will not effect the PASS North Super Late Models or any other PASS-sanctioned event.
“In reviewing our qualifying procedures, we felt this decision to amend the rules was best in order to sustain the PASS South’s continued rise and popularity, not only with the drivers, but with the fans as well,” said PASS President Tom Mayberry.
Schedule includes more races and five new venues
In just its third year of existence, the Pro All Stars Series (PASS) South Super Late Models look to embark on its most ambitious season yet in 2008. The schedule will be made up of a mix of venues including familiar favorites and new, challenging tracks to the already impressive list of speedways.
For the first time in PASS South Series history, the schedule increases from eight races to 14 races. The season will once again begin at the Hickory Motor Speedway (NC) with the third running of the Easter Bunny 150 on March 22nd . The series will make a return trip to Hickory for the Over The Mountain 150 on September 27th . Greenville-Pickens Speedway (SC) and Orange County Speedway (NC) join Hickory in hosting two events each in 2008. Both the Lanier National Speedway (GA) and South Boston Speedway (VA) return once again to host major race weekends.
Concord, NC — In what could only be described as unbelievable, Ben Rowe capped off an amazing 2007 season in Saturday night’s 2nd Annual Mason-Dixon Meltdown at Concord Motorsport Park (NC) by passing Corey Williams on the final turn of the final lap to take the victory.
Naples, ME — 2007 might have been the year of the Rookie in Pro All Stars Series (PASS) North Super Late Model racing.