Apr 22, 2014 | Beech Ridge, Maine Race Tracks, PASS, Touring Series News
story by Chris Roy
Beaulieu Racing
This weekend the Pro All Stars Series (PASS) kicks off the 2014 race season at Oxford Plains Speedway. Then PASS will head to BRMS where former NELCAR Legends Champion Evan Beaulieu, will try and qualify for the PASS SLM feature. “We plan on starting the season at BRMS for the PASS race, and from there it all depends on sponsorship. We do plan on running the Oxford 250, if I can find a ride for that race it will make it a lot easier for us to be competitive. It just makes more sense to do it with another car since we race at BRMS the night before. From there maybe we will run a few others towards the end of the season.”
The one thing all drivers do in the off season is to get ready for the next race season, “It’s been a very busy off season for us, we’ve been working hard getting our new car ready for the start of our season at BRMS in a few weeks. Between that and working at Hancock Lumber and building my Nitro Designs Company, I haven’t had much time for anything else. It was a rough winter up here in Maine, I’m more than ready to get back behind the wheel.”
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Apr 22, 2014 | PASS, Touring Series News
Hickory, NC – After being delayed a day due to rain, DJ Shaw and the #60 Precision JLM Racing team started their 2014 campaign in Victory Lane as they celebrated a big win in the “Easter Bunny 150” at Hickory Motor Speedway. After pacing for the first two thirds of the event, Shaw made some daring moves in the closing laps and was relentless as he got by Tyler Church in the final turn of the final lap to score the victory.
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“I was certainly more aggressive than usual there,” Shaw said of the closing laps, “We just rode for the first part of that race then with about 25 laps to go it was go time, the 7 (Church) and I raced hard there at the end, it was a little too close for comfort but I wasn’t going to let this one get away again.”
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Apr 16, 2014 | Maine Race Tracks, PASS, Touring Series News
Berwick, ME – Headed into his second start of the season, Joey Doiron and the #73 Wild Willy’s Burgers/JBJ Machine team are hoping to improve from their last trip to historic Hickory Motor Speedway. This weekend’s annual “Easter Bunny 150” is one of the most prestigious races in all of short track racing and certainly on the Pro All Stars Series South schedule, and Doiron wants to be added to its superior list of winners.
“The guys that have won this race are some of the best we race against and every driver would like to be added to that list,” Doiron said of the race this weekend, “We’ve been preparing our car for this race all winter and I think we can make a huge improvement over our result there last year.”
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Apr 8, 2014 | PASS
CHARLOTTE, NC (April 3) – A second generation racer and the series all-time wins leader have been added to an already impressive list of pre-entries for this weekend’s 9th Annual Orange Blossom Special at Orange County Speedway for the Pro All Stars Series (PASS) South Super Late Models. Harrison Burton, who has also filed an entry for the upcoming Easter Bunny 150 at Hickory, and Preston Peltier join a strong group of contenders looking to take the checkered flag in Saturday night’s third race of the 2014 season for North America’s most diverse Super Late Model series.
Burton will be making his PASS South Super Late Model debut this season in the Dex Imaging/Cessna/Morton Building’s #12 following a successful 2013 which saw him score a pair of PASS Pro Late Model victories at South Carolina’s Dillon Motor Speedway. But, this will not be his first foray into PASS South racing, having qualified for two of the biggest events on last year’s calendar, the Easter Bunny 150 at Hickory Motor Speedway and the Mason Dixon Meltdown at Southern National Motorsports Park.
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Apr 2, 2014 | PASS
<a href=”http://newenglandracingnews.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2014/04/image001.jpg”><img src=”http://newenglandracingnews.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2014/04/image001-300×225.jpg” alt=”OPS RESCHEDULES PASS NORTH SEASON OPENER TO APRIL 26TH GIANT DOUBLEHEADER WEEKEND NOW ON TAP” width=”300″ height=”225″ class=”alignleft size-medium wp-image-15507″ /></a>It’s been a long hard winter throughout the Northeast, and the harsh winter has caused Pro All Stars Series President, Tom Mayberry to move the Oxford Plains Speedway’s scheduled season opening, Ripley & Fletcher Ford 150 from Saturday, April 12, 2014 to Saturday, April 26th at 2pm. This change turns the weekend into a giant doubleheader as PASS North will open their Series on Saturday, and the $7,000 to win, Colossal Carnage 150 Enduro will go green on Sunday.
“We knew it was risky scheduling the opener in early April, but the past few seasons have allowed us to open up earlier as warm weather has graced us in late February and early March. Right now we still have several inches of snow on the grounds, and even with warm weather, we don’t feel the grounds will dry up enough to allow the event to be held on April 12th, stated Mayberry. We want to make sure to give plenty of advanced notice to our race teams, race fans, and employees, and that’s why we decided to make this decision well in advance of the event.”
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With the opening date changed to April 26th, this will give teams like 2013 champion Cassius Clark, runner-up Joey Doiron, DJ Shaw, Johnny Clark, Ben Rowe and a host of others a couple of more weeks to fine tune their racers. Joining the PASS Super Late Models will be the PASS Mods, PASS Sportsman and the NELCAR Legends. Post time for the Saturday event will be 2pm.
Apr 2, 2014 | PASS
<a href=”http://newenglandracingnews.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2012/02/300-PASS-South-Logo-copy.gif”><img src=”http://newenglandracingnews.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2012/02/300-PASS-South-Logo-copy.gif” alt=”PASS South” width=”300″ height=”135″ class=”alignleft size-full wp-image-8998″ /></a>CHARLOTTE, NC (April 1) – In less than a week, the Pro All Stars Series (PASS) South Super Late Models and Pro Late Models return to action at Orange County Speedway as part of the 9th Annual Orange Blossom Special. Orange County has provided some of the most memorable races in PASS South history and is a favorite stop for fans and racers alike. This year’s race will once again be a PASS Fan Appreciation event with special admission pricing featuring $25 per vehicle load up to 6 people or $10 general admission.
“The fans are what it’s all about,” said PASS President Tom Mayberry. “We wouldn’t be able to have all the great short track racing we have in PASS without the fans. Orange County has some of the best fans in all of racing and we thought that PASS Fan Appreciation at the Orange Blossom Special was a way we could give back to those who support us.”
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