BEN ROWE: PASS NATIONAL SERIES Hickory Motor Speedway Race Preview

BEN ROWE: PASS NATIONAL SERIES Hickory Motor Speedway Race Preview

Four-time PASS North Series champion Ben Rowe of Turner, Maine, will compete in the PASS Easter Bunny 150 at Hickory Motor Speedway in Hickory, N.C., on Saturday, April 3. Rowe is the defending champion of the event.

WHO: Ben Rowe, Turner, Maine
TEAM: Mulkern Racing/No. 48 Community Pharmacies Chevrolet
BEST CAREER FINISH AT HICKORY MOTOR SPEEDWAY: 1st (2009)

WHAT: PASS Easter Bunny 150
WHERE: Hickory Motor Speedway, Hickory, N.C. (.363-mile oval)
WHEN: 8 p.m., Saturday, April 3

PASS NATIONAL SERIES
LAST RACE (Jan. 31): Finished 14th (New Smyrna Speedway, New Smyrna Beach, Fla.)

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BEN, HOW IMPORTANT IS IT TO HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY TO WORK WITH A NEW TEAM BEFORE THE PASS NORTH SERIES SEASON BEGINS IN A FEW WEEKS?

“Anytime we can get out and do this before we get our season started up here in the north, it’s a good thing. Just getting a chance to be around the guys, work as a team and get to know each other better is only going to help us.”

WHAT CAN YOU SAY ABOUT HICKORY MOTOR SPEEDWAY?

“I don’t know what it is about that track. I just like it. I really don’t know what it is. It’s old and there’s a lot of history there.

“The track (surface) is pretty worn out, so I think that brings the driver’s ability into effect a little more.”

IS IT TRUE THAT YOUR FATHER, INAUGURAL PASS SOUTH SERIES CHAMPION MIKE ROWE, WAS THE ONE WHO ENCOURAGED YOU TO GO TO HICKORY THIS WEEKEND?

“Things have been kind of slow at work, and my father decided we should go racing. I figured, ‘Why not?’ He kind of got the whole thing rolling.”