Sep 18, 2010 | PASS
Dearborn wraps up PASS season on a White Mountain high note
Johnny Clark claims unprecedented fifth Championship
Naples ME (9/18) –Hollis Maine’s Richie Dearborn got the best of Travis Benjamin on a late race restart to capture Friday night’s 150 lap Pro All Stars Series (PASS) North super late model feature at White Mountain Motorsports Park in North Woodstock New Hampshire. Benjamin, who had led from the green flag, held off Cassius Clark to finish second,..743 seconds behind the winner.
The victory was Dearborn’s first since PASS visited White Mountain in the fall of 2009 and his fifth in PASS super late model competition. It was the third time Dearborn and his Chadwick-BaRoss/Dayton Sand and Gravel team earned the win in the fall PASS visit to the fast quarter mile nestled at the foot of Franconia Notch.
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Sep 18, 2010 | PASS
Johnny Clark: PASS North Series
White Mountain Motorsports Park Race Report
Johnny Clark of Farmingdale, Maine, won his fifth PASS North Series championship with a 21st-place finish in the season-ending PASS 150 at White Mountain Motorsports Park in North Woodstock, N.H., on Friday, September 17. Clark suffered mechanical issues early in the main event after winning his heat race and working his way to third position on the race track. Still, Clark earned his series-record fifth title and won an unprecedented third straight series championship. In 13 starts, Clark won five races, posted 10 Top-5 finishes and 12 Top-10 runs and finished with a final margin of victory of more than 40 points.
WHO: Johnny Clark, Farmingdale, Maine
TEAM: No. 54 Clark’s Car Crushing/Port City Chevrolet
WHAT: PASS North Series PASS 150
WHERE: White Mountain Motorsports Park, N. Woodstock, N.H. (.250-mile oval)
STARTED: 11th
FINISHED: 21st
LED: 0 times for 0 laps
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Sep 18, 2010 | NASCAR K&N Series
In a race plagued with late race cautions, it was Ryan Truex behind the wheel of his No. 00 Michael Waltrip Racing Toyota who raced his way to the checkered flag in the New Hampshire 125 sweeping both series races at “The Magic Mile.”
Truex lost the lead with 15 laps to go but when the No. 38 of Allen Tardiff and No. 07 of Corey LaJoie got into each other he took the lead and found his way to victory lane for the second straight time this season.
“I think we definitely had the best car here today, and the best car won,” said Truex. “I really do have to give all the credit to my guys. They’re at the shop everyday working on both the East and Nationwide rides.”
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Sep 15, 2010 | American Canadian Tour
Waterbury, VT – Officials from Thunder Road Speedbowl in Barre, VT announced today a change in the format of one of America’s best-known short track events, the People’s United Bank Milk Bowl.
For most if its 47-year history, the Milk Bowl has been comprised of qualifying and three 50-lap segments, with a unique scoring system that crowns the Champion after the completion of the final segment. In 2010, fans will see a change in the number of laps to the Milk Bowl format. As usual, the first 50-lap segment will be determined from a pole and outside-pole effort in time trials. The second and third segments have traditionally seen a full inversion of the previous segment, with the last place driver from the previous segment starting on the pole and the winner last. Beginning with the Peoples United Bank 2010 Milk Bowl, the event will look the same until the second segment when the laps will increase from 50 to 75. Again 75 laps will be run for the third and final segment, after the second segment inversion, making the new format a 200-lap Milk Bowl versus the 150-lap event of the past.
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Sep 15, 2010 | Touring Series News
NEW ENGLAND MOTORSPORTS NORTH – By Lou Modestino(for 9/17-9/19/10)
It was the fastest commute in New Hampshire today as Governor John Lynch raced to work in New Hampshire Motor Speedway’s official Toyota Hybrid Pace Car this afternoon with Jerry Gappens, executive vice president and general manager of the speedway.
Governor John Lynch declared the week of September 13-19 “Race Week” for the Granite State. The week kicks off the SYLVANIA 300 festivities and the biggest sporting event in New England.
“We are delighted to be here today, and I wanted to thank Jerry Gappens and Bruton Smith for their ongoing commitment to New Hampshire. The speedway is such an important factor in our economy. Each year the races bring in hundreds and thousands of visitors and hundreds of millions of dollars to New Hampshire and we again thank you for stating your commitment to the state,” said Governor John Lynch at the press conference.
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Sep 14, 2010 | PASS
NAPLES ME (9/14) The Pro All Stars Series (PASS) North super late models wrap up their tenth anniversary season on Friday September 17 with 150 12 second laps around one of the prettiest short tracks in the country, North Woodstock New Hampshire’s White Mountain Motorsports Park.
The series has crisscrossed New England since early May and there’s been plenty of excitement along the way. Bill Rodgers (Beech Ridge) and Dave Darling (Seekonk) beat the touring pros at their own game. Ben Rowe saw success with a new team. His dad Mike just kept on winning, scoring twice in his six 2010 PASS starts. Trevor Sanborn finally got his elusive PASS North win, and of course there’s point leader Johnny Clark’s phenomenal season with five wins and twelve top tens in the season’s first twelve events.
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