Ben Rowe: PASS North Series – Beech Ridge Motor Speedway

4-time PASS North Series champion Ben Rowe of Turner, Maine, finished 3rd in the season-opening PASS 150 at Beech Ridge Motor Speedway on Saturday, May 1. He led on one occasion for a total of nine laps in the Mulkern Racing Community Pharmacies No. 48 Chevrolet, his PASS North debut with his new team and crew chief Seth Holbrook. Team owner Scott Mulkern finished 20th in a second Mulkern Racing car in the event.

WHO: Ben Rowe, Turner, Maine
TEAM: Community Pharmacies No. 48 Chevrolet
WHAT: PASS North Series PASS 150
WHERE: Beech Ridge Motor Speedway, Scarborough, Maine (.333-mile oval)

STARTED: 6th
FINISHED: 3rd
LED: 1 time for 9 laps

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BEN, WHAT ARE YOUR THOUGHTS ON YOUR PASS NORTH DEBUT WITH MULKERN RACING?
Third-place with this team, like I said, I can’t thank (car owners Scott and Vickie Mulkern) and Community Pharmacies enough, and all the people that’s kind of behind me in this whole deal. It’s a lot of fun, and I can’t wait for White Mountain next.

WHAT WAS THEY KEY TO THE RACE FOR YOU?
I learned a lot from Adam (Bates). I kept going over to him and talking, and he just said, ‘Don’t get on the gas around here and ride.’ I thought I was pretty good, and there was about 20 to go and I got pinched down behind that lapped car and they got away from me.
It’s just too bad. I got on the bottom and couldn’t get going.

CAR OWNER SCOTT MULKERN ON TEAM’S FINISH AT BEECH RIDGE:
I want to see Ben do good, and I just don’t want to get in the way of that. We did all right. Ben finished third and I’m happy. We’ve got a little work to do to get him happy in that car, but we’re gaining. I’m happy, for sure.

WHAT ABOUT YOUR RACE?
It was hot and cold. Everybody was in the same boat. The car wasn’t that great, but it had its moments. I kind of like this track — it’s a fun track — but you never know what you’re going to get.

NEXT RACE: Saturday, May 22, PASS 150, Mountain Motorsports Park, North Woodstock, N.H.

FOR POST-RACE VIDEO OF BEN ROWE:
LINK: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YBkQEQO41RA