Mike Rowe Wins PASS South Championship

 

Naples, ME (December 5, 2006) — In April, 2006, PASS North Super Late Model Series regulars Mike Rowe, Scott Mulkern, Cassius Clark, Travis Benjamin, and Corey Williams made the long trip from Maine to legendary Hickory Motor Speedway in Hickory, NC for the Easter Bunny 150, the first race in the newly formed PASS South Super Late Model Series. All of them wanted to participate in the new series to test themselves against the best in the south at one of the legendary short tracks in the country.

CONCORD, NC (November 29, 2006) – Cassius Clark was supposed to end his racing season with last weekend’s Mason-Dixon Meltdown at South Boston Speedway (VA).  In fact, if he had finished in any one of 31 other positions at the conclusion of the 250-lap race, he’d be up in Maine getting ready for Ice Fishing or Snowmobiling season there instead.

CONCORD, NC (November 28, 2006) – The moon was shining down brightly on South Boston Speedway (VA) for the Friday night feature races of the Mason-Dixon Meltdown.  It wasn’t quite a full moon (the lunar phase is still two weeks away from that), but judging from the wild race that the INEX Legends cars put on, many people would have guessed that the moon was in full glow.

CONCORD, NC (November 27, 2006) – Cassius Clark came out of turn four at South Boston Speedway on the final lap of Saturday’s inaugural Mason-Dixon Meltdown PASS South Super Late Model feature knowing he would be going back home to Maine with a strong finish.  After dispatching Johnny Clark in a hard-fought battle, Cassius crossed beneath the checkered flag knowing he had a good run.  Once he had a chance to look at the turn-two scoreboard on his cool-down lap, it hit him just how well he had done.

CONCORD, NC (November 27, 2006) – Mr. November.

 

That’s a nickname that Matt Hirschman has definitely earned in the past month.  After a very respectable rookie season in NASCAR Modifieds, Hirschman hit a pair of major open shows and swept both events.  On Saturday night, Hirschman won the 250-lap Modified portion of the inaugural Mason-Dixon Meltdown at South Boston Speedway (VA).  The victory bookends a month that started by winning the North-South Shootout at Concord Motorsport Park (NC).

 

CONCORD, NC (November 25, 2006) – Cassius Clark drove over 15 hours to make it from Farmington, Maine to South Boston, Virginia on his Thanksgiving weekend.  When the weekend ends and Clark and the team of his number-eight Super Late Model head back to their hometown, they will be doing so with a lot more money than they left town with.  The young PASS North regular scored a hard-fought victory in Saturday night’s Mason-Dixon Meltdown 250-lap Super Late Model feature event, earning him a $12,500 payday and the satisfaction of besting some of the best Super Late Model drivers from around the country.    Clark worked his way by fellow Maine native Johnny Clark with just two laps remaining and contact ensued down the length of the frontstretch, but Cassius was able to hold strong for the victory.