{"id":537,"date":"2010-09-01T04:01:10","date_gmt":"2010-09-01T04:01:10","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/maineracer.com\/wp\/?p=537"},"modified":"2010-09-01T04:01:10","modified_gmt":"2010-09-01T04:01:10","slug":"pass-400-week-end-just-around-the-corner","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/maineracing.com\/legacy\/2010\/09\/pass-400-week-end-just-around-the-corner\/","title":{"rendered":"PASS 400 week end just around the corner"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin: 0in 0in 10pt;\"><span style=\"line-height: 115%; font-size: 12pt;\"><span> <\/span>Naples ME (8\/31) While the Pro All Stars  Series (PASS) super late model race teams are prepping for the return of oval  track racing to North Wilkesboro (NC) Speedway this weekend, there\u2019 another big  weekend of racing on the horizon when the PASS Super Late Models, Mods and  Sportsman take to another history-laden venue in the form of Maine\u2019s Beech Ridge  Motor Speedway on September 11 and 12. <\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin: 0in 0in 10pt;\" \/><span style=\"line-height: 115%; font-size: 12pt;\" \/>It\u2019s  the sixth edition of PASS 400 weekend, a four day motorsports extravaganza  that\u2019s become a must attend event for racers and race fans from all over the  eastern seaboard. It\u2019s the longest race of the season for all three PASS North  touring series, and there\u2019s track time for almost every circle track division  one can find in northern New England.<br \/>\n<br \/><!--more--><br \/>\n<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin: 0in 0in 10pt;\"><span style=\"line-height: 115%; font-size: 12pt;\">There\u2019ll  be a full field of super late models on hand to try and break the Rowe  stranglehold on the 300 lap grind.<span> <\/span>Mike and Ben Rowe finished 1-2 in the inaugural PASS 300 and Ben earned  the victory in 2006.<span> <\/span>Ben\u2019s dad was  back in victory lane in 2007 but Johnny Clark broke the Rowe win skein in 2008.  <span> <\/span>Mike Rowe came back in 2009 to  score his third PASS 300.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin: 0in 0in 10pt;\"><span style=\"line-height: 115%; font-size: 12pt;\">So  will the Rowe family dominance continue in 2010, or will a new face grace  victory lane? Certainly there\u2019s plenty of worthy challengers. Johnny Clark has  already proven he can get the job done. Adam Bates would like nothing better  than to reclaim his Beech Ridge dominance in the 300. Bates has had a tough  season but there\u2019s no question he and his team are capable of putting together a  winning performance at the Cusack family\u2019s immaculate oval. Beech Ridge regular  Bill Rodgers scored a big PASS win in July, and he knows the secret to being  around at the end of distance races. Kelly Moore is due at the Ridge, and the  veteran racer still has all the necessary tools to score in the 300. Cassius  Clark is third in the series standings, but he hasn\u2019t stood atop the podium in  2010. Beech Ridge might be the perfect opportunity for Cash to cash  in.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin: 0in 0in 10pt;\"><span style=\"line-height: 115%; font-size: 12pt;\">What  about Trevor Sanborn? <span> <\/span>He\u2019s won in  both PASS North and South, he\u2019s a multi-time weekly Pro Series winner at Beech  Ridge, but a PASS win on his home track continues to elude him. He\u2019s come close  on many occasions, but he has all the pieces to the puzzle now and 2010 may be  his year to capture the big one.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin: 0in 0in 10pt;\"><span style=\"line-height: 115%; font-size: 12pt;\">The  list of potential winners goes on and on, and the fact that the PASS 300 is race  four of the five race PASS National Championship series will likely add PASS  National and PASS South point leader Preston Peltier and his nearest National  Championship challenger Jay Fogleman into the mix as well.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin: 0in 0in 10pt;\"><span style=\"line-height: 115%; font-size: 12pt;\">The  four day<span> <\/span>racing party gets started  Thursday at 5:45 PM <span> <\/span>with the  Little Guy\u2019s PASS mid-week open (more on that next week!), and there\u2019s a full  day of practice set for Friday September 10<sup>th<\/sup> , starting at 12:00  noon.<span> <\/span>On Saturday September  11<sup>th<\/sup> the racing goes green in earnest with qualifying for the PASS  Super Late Models, Mods and Sportsman plus feature racing for the Road Runners,  Wildcat\/Strictly and Legends divisions.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin: 0in 0in 10pt;\"><span style=\"line-height: 115%; font-size: 12pt;\">Then  on Sunday September 12th \u00a0its feature time:<span> <\/span>50 laps for the PASS Mods, 100 for the  PASS Sportsman and a new addition for 2010, a 50 lapper for the New England Mini  Stock Tour. Topping off the day will be the sixth annual PASS 300, 300 green  flag laps for the super stars in the super cars.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin: 0in 0in 10pt;\"><span style=\"line-height: 115%; font-size: 12pt;\">Sunday  practice gets underway at 11:00 AM and the first feature is set for a 12:15 PM  green flag.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin: 0in 0in 10pt;\"><span style=\"line-height: 115%; font-size: 12pt;\">Look  for more information as the big weekend approaches at <a href=\"http:\/\/www.proallstarsseries.com\/\" target=\"_blank\"><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\">www.proallstarsseries.com<\/span><\/a> and <a href=\"http:\/\/www.beechridge.com\/\" target=\"_blank\"><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\">www.beechridge.com<\/span><\/a> .<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Naples ME (8\/31) While the Pro All Stars Series (PASS) super late model race teams are prepping for the return of oval track racing to North Wilkesboro (NC) Speedway this weekend, there\u2019 another big weekend of racing on the horizon when the PASS Super Late Models, Mods and Sportsman take to another history-laden venue in [&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-537","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-pass"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/maineracing.com\/legacy\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/537","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=537"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/maineracing.com\/legacy\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/537\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/maineracing.com\/legacy\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=537"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/maineracing.com\/legacy\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=537"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/maineracing.com\/legacy\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=537"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}