Apr 28, 2012 | Maine Race Tracks, Maine Racing News, NE Racing News, PASS, Touring Series News
TWO FOR THE SHOW: Mulkern Racing Gears Up
Two-Car PASS Super Late Model Effort Ready To Take Next Step
After a pair of wins last season and a runner-up finish in the PASS North Series championship standings, Mulkern Racing heads into 2012 eager to build on the success it forged in the second half of 2011.
New Brunswick driver Lonnie Sommerville is back with crew chief Gary Crooks to run the full PASS North schedule, while team owner Scott Mulkern will run a partial schedule with Seth Holbrook calling his shots atop the pit box. Sommerville won at Beech Ridge Motor Speedway in July and finished second in the final standings as a PASS rookie – garnering co-Rookie of the Year honors for his efforts, while Mulkern won the season finale in October at Oxford Plains Speedway.
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Oct 15, 2011 | Maine Racing News, NE Racing News, Oxford Plains Speedway, PASS, Touring Series News
Mulkern Racing: PASS North Series
Oxford Plains Speedway Race Preview
THE STORY
FALMOUTH, Maine – Mulkern Racing will field a two-car effort as the PASS North Series puts the final touches on the 2011 season with the rain-delayed PASS Championship 150 at Oxford Plains Speedway in Oxford, Maine, on Saturday, October 15. Lonnie Sommerville sits second in the overall PASS North standings heading into the final race of the year, while team owner Scott Mulkern will make his fifth start of the season. Sommerville, who will lock up the Rookie of the Year title with the start on Saturday, finished second to NASCAR Sprint Cup Series driver Kyle Busch when the series last visited Oxford Plains in July, while Mulkern posted a season-best finish of second in his last outing – in the PASS 300 at Beech Ridge Motor Speedway last month.
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Sep 14, 2011 | Beech Ridge, NE Racing News, PASS, Touring Series News
Mulkern Racing: PASS North Series 300
Beech Ridge Motor Speedway Race Preview
THE STORY
This weekend, a pair of Mulkern Racing entries will try and win the most prestigious regular-season PASS North Series race on the schedule, when Lonnie Sommerville of Saint John, New Brunswick, and Scott Mulkern of Falmouth, Maine, head to the PASS 300 at Beech Ridge Motor Speedway in Scarborough, Maine. Sommerville won the last time the series visited Beech Ridge, back in July, taking the No. 48 A.E. McKay Builders/Community Pharmacies Chevrolet to Victory Lane for the first time this season. Mulkern, who has a both a track champion and a PASS Outlaw Late Model win at the track on his resume, competes in a PASS event for the fourth time this season.
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Aug 7, 2011 | NE Racing News, PASS, Touring Series News
Lonnie Sommerville: PASS North Series
Seekonk Speedway Race Report
SEEKONK, Mass. – Lonnie Sommerville of Saint John, New Brunswick, finished fourth in the PASS North Series PASS 150 at Seekonk Speedway in Seekonk, Mass., on Saturday, August 6. It was Sommerville’s second straight Top-5 finish, and came after he won his heat race in his debut at the unique .333-mile facility. Sommerville started 11th and moved into the Top-5 by Lap 61. Despite a tight handling race car, Sommerville capitalized on a restart with 12 laps remaining to grab fourth at the checkered flag.
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Jul 21, 2011 | Maine Racing News, PASS, Touring Series News
FALMOUTH, Maine – The PASS North Series celebrates the halfway point of the season with two races in three days this week, and Lonnie Sommerville of Saint John, New Brunswick, plans to be right in the mix in both events.
Sommerville, third in the series standings, wants to use a Thursday night stop at Thompson (Conn.) International Speedway and a Saturday night return to Oxford Plains Speedway to springboard his chances at the championship in the Mulkern Racing No. 48 A.E. McKay Builders Chevrolet.
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