{"id":16619,"date":"2016-09-21T09:32:48","date_gmt":"2016-09-21T13:32:48","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/maineracing.com\/16\/?p=16619"},"modified":"2016-09-21T09:32:48","modified_gmt":"2016-09-21T13:32:48","slug":"fan-appreciation-tap-pass-south-takes-hickory-weekend","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/maineracing.com\/legacy\/2016\/09\/fan-appreciation-tap-pass-south-takes-hickory-weekend\/","title":{"rendered":"Fan Appreciation On Tap As PASS South Takes On Hickory This Weekend"},"content":{"rendered":"
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CHARLOTTE, NC (September 20) \u2013 In late 2005, the ranks of Super Late Model racing in the Carolinas was shrinking.\u00a0 The few tracks that featured the division were eliminating them and there was not a series for teams to follow.\u00a0 That winter, Pro All Stars Series (PASS) President Tom Mayberry decided to take a big risk in expanding his sanctioning body that was finding success in New England.\u00a0 When the inaugural PASS South Super Late Model season was announced in 2006, there were many naysayers that did not think a series would be viable.\u00a0 But, when 33 cars showed up at Hickory Motor Speedway for the first Easter Bunny 150 that spring, the naysayers were quieted and a new series was born.\u00a0 Now, over 10 years later<\/span>, PASS South continues as the oldest and most successful Super Late Model sanction in the region, with hundreds of drivers having raced in the division throughout its history.\u00a0 But, PASS South would not be where it is today without the fans.\u00a0 So it is only fitting that this weekend PASS honors its fans with PASS Fan Appreciation at the track where it all began.\u00a0 For just $15 adult admission, fans will get to see a full field of PASS South Super Late Models compete for 150 laps, plus they will see the Mid-Atlantic Limited Late Models race for $1500 to win and the Southern Outlaw Street Stocks compete for $1000 to win.<\/p>\n

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Andy Loden returns to PASS South competition this weekend at Hickory for the first time since 2013.\u00a0 The former three-time Hickory Motor Speedway track champion will pilot Robert Hamke\u2019s potent #74 as he seeks his fifth career PASS South Super Late Model win.\u00a0 After moving to Super Late Model racing in 2010, Loden quickly established himself as one of the fastest drivers in PASS South setting 12 quick qualifying times over the years and finishing third in points in 2010 and 2011.\u00a0 But, Loden has stepped aside in recent years to support his son\u2019s Quarter-Midget racing efforts.\u00a0 Despite a little rust, Loden is excited to step into the car that Preston Peltier has piloted in recent years to several wins at Hickory.<\/p>\n

\u201cI don\u2019t have any expectations, just looking to have some fun and help Robert [Hamke] work out some stuff on his new car,\u201d says Loden.\u00a0 \u201cI think we can run good, but I\u2019ll definitely have some cobwebs to work out.\u201d<\/p>\n

As Loden looks for his first PASS South win since 2011, PASS South points leaders, Matt Craig and Kodie Conner will continue their race for the series title.\u00a0 Local favorite and former series champion, Tyler Church, returns along with veterans Kelly Moore, Jimmy Doyle, and Lee Hansard.\u00a0 Colt James will make his first start of the season following his track championship at Southern National and will be joined by June\u2019s winner at Hickory, Chris Dilbeck.\u00a0 JP Josiasse will make the trip from Ontario, while JD Roberts will make the tow from New York and Matt Sever will be coming from Pennsylvania.\u00a0 Rookies Garrett Archer and Justin LaDuke have also filed entries for this weekend.<\/p>\n

All the action gets under way on Friday<\/span> at Hickory Motor Speedway with rotating practice for all division from 3 \u2013 6:05 PM<\/span>.\u00a0 On Saturday<\/span>, practice will begin at 3 PM<\/span> with qualifying starting at 5:15 PM<\/span>, followed by the Pit Party, and main events going green at 7:05 PM<\/span> for the PASS South Super Late Models, Mid-Atlantic Limited Late Models, and Southern Outlaw Street Stocks.<\/p>\n

PASS Super Late Model entry forms and the complete weekend schedules for this weekends events at Hickory Motor Speedway and White Mountain Motorsports Park can be found at ProAllStarsSeries.com.<\/p>\n

The Pro All Stars Series is recognized as North America\u2019s premier sanctioning body for asphalt Super Late Models and Modifieds and boasts such marquee events as the legendary Oxford 250 at Oxford Plains Speedway and PASS South\u2019s Easter Bunny 150 at the historic Hickory Motor Speedway.\u00a0 For technical information concerning all PASS divisions please send questions to passracing@roadrunner.com<\/a>.\u00a0 For media or marketing questions, please contact Alan Dietz at 704-231-2039<\/a> or <\/strong>alandietzpass@live.com<\/strong><\/a>.\u00a0 And, don\u2019t forget to \u201cLike\u201d the Pro All Stars Series on Facebook or follow us on Twitter @PASSSLM14 to keep up with breaking news as it happens.<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

CHARLOTTE, NC (September 20) \u2013 In late 2005, the ranks of Super Late Model racing in the Carolinas was shrinking.\u00a0 The few tracks that featured the division were eliminating them and there was not a series for teams to follow.\u00a0 That winter, Pro All Stars Series (PASS) President Tom Mayberry decided to take a big […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_et_pb_use_builder":"","_et_pb_old_content":"","_et_gb_content_width":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[18,1,6,3,4],"tags":[1331],"class_list":["post-16619","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-maine-racing-news","category-uncategorized","category-new-england-racing-news","category-pass","category-latest-touring-news","tag-pass"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/maineracing.com\/legacy\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16619","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/maineracing.com\/legacy\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/maineracing.com\/legacy\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/maineracing.com\/legacy\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/maineracing.com\/legacy\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=16619"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/maineracing.com\/legacy\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16619\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/maineracing.com\/legacy\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=16619"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/maineracing.com\/legacy\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=16619"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/maineracing.com\/legacy\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=16619"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}