Naples ME – (September 22, 2008) Donnie Morse Jr. looked like he would have a solid top five finish as the laps ran down Sunday in the Pro All Stars Series (PASS) Pluffybilt Sportsman 100 . But with four laps to go, Morse found himself scooting under the top four and taking over the lead as a four car melee at the front took out the rest of the front runners. Morse then cruised to victory over Russell Morse and Steve Bennett Sr. to score the win in the season’s biggest race for the PASS Sportsman division.
Until that point it looked like Terry Merrill, and Wayne Helliwell Jr. were going to duke it out for the win. The pair had swapped the top spot several times, often twice on the same lap as they battled side by side for the point. But Dan McKeage had raced his way up through the field to third as the laps wound down and was looking to challenge the top two McKeage got his chance to make a run on a lap 96 restart, trying to get under Helliwell on the bottom. The move didn’t work, the pair came together and the end result was a new leader as Mckeage, Helliwell, Merrill and Carey Martin all went spinning.
It was a wild finish to a wild race that was slowed thirteen times by caution flags
PASS Pluffybilt Sportsman regular Richie Morse finished fourth with Jeff Irish fifth. Helliwell recoverd for sixth and Reggie Leeman was seventh. Clyde Hennessey, McKeage, and Alan Moeller rounded out the top ten.
Richie Morse now leads Steve Bennett 276-250 in the Sportsman point standings .The PASS Pluffybilt Racing Tractors Sportsman Championship will be determined when the series heads to Groveton New Hampshire’s Riverside Speedway for their season finale on Saturday October 11th as a part of Riverside’s popular Frost Bite 250 event.
The PASS Sportsman division is on line at www.racewithpass.com and www.proallstarsseries.com . Check out Riverside Speedway at www.riversidespeedway.org .
Unofficial Order of Finish – PASS Pluffybilt Sportsman 100 – Beech Ridge Motor Speedway, Scarborough ME – 9/21/2008
1) 10-Donny Morse, Portland ME 2) 63-Russell Morse, Buxton ME 3) 22-Steve Bennett Sr. Buckfield ME 4) 34-Richie Morse, Waterford ME 5) 75-Jeff Irish, Lyman ME 6) 27-Wayne Helliwell Jr., Pelham NH 7) 71-Reggie Leeman, Windham ME 8) 8-Clyde Hennessey Windham ME 9) 38-Dan McKeage, Waterville ME 10) 04 – Allan Moeller, Dresden ME 11) 75-Douglas Wolfe, Gorham ME 12) 60-Kyle Hart, Fryeburg ME 13) 36-Terry Merrill, Saco ME 14) 42-Corey Bubar, Windham ME 15) 2x Wayne Whitten, Kennebunk ME 16) 2 – Robert Emery Jr., Limington ME 17) 00-Jake Madore, Arundel ME 18) 60X Tom Dorr, Portland ME 19) 7-Shane Tatro, Levant ME 20) 36L-Nathan Leavitt, Buxton ME 21) 07-Dave Charest, Westbrook ME 22) 35J-Garry Johnson, Hollis ME 23) 35-Bobby Nadeau, Hollis ME 24) 19S-Duanne Seekins, Stockton Springs ME 25)14 – Travis Buzzell, Hollis ME 26)16 – Don Colpitt, Scarborough ME 27 24-Mark Adams, Arundel ME 28) 8-Mike Field, Buxton ME 29) 51-Bradley Babb, Windham ME 30) 40-Mike Landry, Oakland ME DQ) 18-Carey Martin, Denmark ME DQ 20-Frank Ware , Scarborough ME