Apr 18, 2012 | Maine Race Tracks, NE Racing News, PASS, Touring Series News
Charlotte, NC 4/17/12- There’s a reason the PASS South Series has scheduled two races a year at the Orange County Speedway every year since 2008. The racing the 3/8th mile facility located in Rougemont, North Carolina has been unmatched compared to other facilities that the series has raced at over the years. This has lead to competitive car counts and stellar crowds, and the 2012 edition of the Orange Blossom Special looks to be no different.
One of the main reasons for the quality racing is the unique banking that not only occurs through the turns but down the straight-aways as well. This allows for side by side racing with cars fanning out from high to low through the corners before being forced to work it all out without and drag race their way down the straight-aways. More often than not a mental breakdown by a driver who has had to race two and three wide for a long period of time is what breeds trouble on the racetrack.
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Apr 12, 2012 | Lee Speedway, NE Racing News, PASS, Touring Series News
Naples, ME (4/12) The long awaited 2012 PASS North season gets in gear on Sunday April 15 when the popular PASS Sportsman series takes to Lee (NH) USA Speedway on the Route 125 ovals’ traditional Governors Cup opening day.
Lee USA will host a test and tune day on Saturday April 14th, open to all PASS Sportsman competitors.
On Sunday April 15 qualifying is slated to take the green at 1:15 pm with feature events for all participating divisions to follow.
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Apr 10, 2012 | PASS, Touring Series News
It’s no secret that Kyle Grissom has had success throughout the late model stock car ranks, but just because one has that success doesn’t mean it automatically transfers to the super late model ranks as many have found out. Kyle Grissom, however; wasted no time to making his presence known to the super late model world by winning the PASS South Easter Bunny 150 Saturday night at the Hickory Motor Speedway in Hickory, North Carolina.
Grissom, son of 1993 NASCAR Nationwide Series Champion Steve Grissom, was able to fend off challenges from several different drivers on multiple occasions before pulling away for the win in the final ten laps. The PASS South newcomer set fast time in qualifying before leading on five different occasions for a total of 101 laps behind the wheel of his #31 Harrison’s Workwear Chevy Impala enroute to his first series win.
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Apr 8, 2012 | PASS, Touring Series News
Newton NC (4/7) – Kyle Grissom fought off multiple challenges from several different drivers to earn his first career super late model win in the PASS South/PASS National Easter Bunny 150 at the Hickory (NC) Motor Speedway. Grissom was able to pull away in the final five laps from Brad Keselowski Racing development driver Landon Cling, who finish a career best second, and Texas native Trey Mitchell in third. Cassius Clark was the best finishing PASS North driver in fourth with Roger Lee Newton rounding out your top five. Current PASS South Series points leader heading into the Easter Bunny 150, Preston Peltier finished 26th after getting caught up in an accident early on.
Unnofficial Results: PASS South/National Easter Bunny 150 – Hickory Motor Speedway – Newton NC – 4/7/2012
1) #31 Kyle Grissom
2) #29 Landon Cling
3) #47 Trey Mitchell
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Apr 4, 2012 | Maine Race Tracks, Maine Racing News, NE Racing News, PASS, Touring Series News
Charlotte, NC 4/3/12- Every Easter hunting for eggs is a tradition around the country with a special “prize egg” as the one sought out egg amongst all young egg hunters. In most occasions that prize egg holds money that every kid desires so bad, and the fact they can brag about being the best Easter egg hunter to others is always a bonus. This Saturday at the Hickory (NC) Motor Speedway one of the biggest “prize eggs” in the country, worth about $5,000, is up for grabs in the seventh annual running of the PASS South Easter Bunny 150.
Over forty cars are expected to converge on the 3/8th mile track for Saturday night’s event. Former Easter Bunny 150 winners Ben Rowe, Ryan Lawler, Preston Peltier, and Stephen Nasse will all look to become the first repeat winner. If history is anywhere close to repeating itself the Easter Bunny 150 winner will give fans a pretty solid indication on who will win the series championship in 2012, as four out of six champions the series has crowned, won the 150 lap event the same year they won the series points championship.
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Mar 27, 2012 | Maine Racing News, PASS, Touring Series News
Charlotte, NC 3/28/12- There are a few select races throughout the country that both fans and competitors alike circle on their calendars every year once schedules are announced that they mark as a must attend. Most of those events have twenty, thirty, or even forty years of history that has built them to what they are today. However, the PASS South Easter Bunny 150 at the Hickory (NC) Motor Speedway has developed into one of the most attended races by competitors in the country in just six years of existence.
An average of fifty cars have attended each of the last two Easter Bunny 150 events making it the most attended single day super late model event in the country during that time. Just making the event is an accomplishment for some drivers such as Landon Cling, driving under the Brad Kesolowski Racing banner, who made his first career Easter Bunny 150 start a season ago.
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