{"id":331,"date":"2009-04-28T10:38:09","date_gmt":"2009-04-28T10:38:09","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/maineracer.com\/wp\/?p=331"},"modified":"2009-04-28T10:38:09","modified_gmt":"2009-04-28T10:38:09","slug":"pass-racers-ready-for-the-ridge","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/maineracing.com\/legacy\/2009\/04\/pass-racers-ready-for-the-ridge\/","title":{"rendered":"PASS racers ready for The Ridge"},"content":{"rendered":"<p align=\"left\">NAPLES ME. (April 28) The Pro All Stars Series (PASS) North Super Late Models, Mods and Sportsman will all converge on Beech Ridge Motor Speedway this Saturday May 2 for their second tilt of 2009, and there&rsquo;s several teams with momentum on their side and a few that are looking for redemption after a tough day at the Speedway 95 opener.<\/p>\n<p><!--more--><\/p>\n<p align=\"left\">Johnny Clark (SLM) and Steve Bennett Jr. (Mods) and Carey Martin (Sportsman)went home winners in the season&rsquo;s lid lifter, and they have to feel good about their chances at Beech Ridge Saturday. Richie Dearborn led the most laps (84) at 95 and he&rsquo;ll be looking to lead lap 150 at Beech Ridge. Kelly Moore can hear the cars on the speedway from his race shop and he&rsquo;s right at home at The Ridge.&nbsp; Cassius Clark is on top of the points after finishing second to &ldquo;the other Clark&rdquo; at 95, and he&rsquo;ll be looking for his first trip to victory lane since 2007.<\/p>\n<p align=\"left\">DJ Shaw, Ben Rowe, and Travis Benjamin all had sub-par performances in the season opener and will look to rebound on Saturday,&nbsp; as will Andy Shaw who lost a rear end in his PASS Mod while out in front of the field.<\/p>\n<p align=\"left\">Carey Martin and Dan McKeage and Richie Morse finished 1-2-3 in a 75 lap PASS Sportsman thriller, and you can expect more of the same from three of the toughest racers around, in any division.<br \/>Steve Knowlton will be making his first start of 2009 in the Ciotti #10, as will Matt Frahm and Bill Rodgers. Shawn Turple and John Fleming are both making the long tow from the Canadian Maritimes .Expect a few of the Beech Ridge regulars and some other surprise entries to roll into the pits for Saturday&rsquo;s season opener. <\/p>\n<p align=\"left\">There&rsquo;s practice for all PASS and Beech Ridge divisions on tap for Thursday and Friday. Gates open at noon and rotating practice will run from 2:00 until 7:00 PM each day. The grandstands will be open to the public free of charge.&nbsp; On race day the pit area opens at 10:00 and the front gates will swing open at 11:30. The qualifying races go green on Saturday at 3:00 PM, followed by 265 laps of green flag&nbsp; feature racing.<\/p>\n<p align=\"left\">For the latest news, results and standings visit <a href=\"http:\/\/www.racewithpass.com\/\">www.racewithpass.com<\/a> and <a href=\"http:\/\/www.proallstarsseries.com\/\">www.proallstarsseries.com<\/a>. Beech Ridge Motor Speedway is in Scarborough Maine at 70 Holmes Road.&nbsp; The track is on line at <a href=\"http:\/\/www.beechridge.com\/\">www.beechridge.com<\/a> . Click on <a href=\"http:\/\/www.racetalkradio.com\/\">www.racetalkradio.com<\/a> every Wednesday night at 7:00 for an hour&rsquo;s worth of PASS news and interviews on &ldquo;Live to PASS&rdquo;.<br \/>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>NAPLES ME. (April 28) The Pro All Stars Series (PASS) North Super Late Models, Mods and Sportsman will all converge on Beech Ridge Motor Speedway this Saturday May 2 for their second tilt of 2009, and there&rsquo;s several teams with momentum on their side and a few that are looking for redemption after a tough [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_et_pb_use_builder":"","_et_pb_old_content":"","_et_gb_content_width":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-331","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-pass"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/maineracing.com\/legacy\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/331","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\/5"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/maineracing.com\/legacy\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=331"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/maineracing.com\/legacy\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/331\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/maineracing.com\/legacy\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=331"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/maineracing.com\/legacy\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=331"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/maineracing.com\/legacy\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=331"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}