Naples ME (8/17/2009) Seekonk Speedway regular Tom Scully Jr. worked his way to the front of the field at the halfway mark of Saturday night’s Pro All Stars Series (PASS) Cirelli Foods 150 and kept two of the touring series best in his mirrors to record an upset victory. At the checker it was Scully Jr. followed by Ben Rowe in second and Johnny Clark third. Derek Ramstrom and Dave Darling came home fourth and fifth in the twenty eight car field.
It was the second race in a row that home track advantage played a part in the victory. Former Unity Raceway regular Randy Turner upset the apple cart with a victory at Unity on August 2nd. Scully joins Turner and Chris Staples as a new winner in the traveling super late model road show, and the eighth different PASS feature winner in the eleven events contested to date.
Kelly Moore and Joey Pole led the field to the initial green but contact between the pair brought out the event’s first caution. Moore soldiered on for a tenth place finish but Pole’s night was over.
The PASS regulars battled it out with Seekonk’s’ home town heroes throughout the race. Early on Dave Hutchins was out front, but Rowe and Clark were working their way to the front and for a time it looked like that pair might have the edge. Rowe lead briefly around the one third mark, but Seekonk speedster Ray Parent took the lead away on a restart. By the half-way point Parent had Scully Jr. on his bumper, all the way up from fifteenth on the grid. But Parent had another problem to deal with – a fourteen gallon fuel cell that wouldn’t allow him to go the full 150 lap distance without a stop for fuel. So Parent peeled off for a can of Sunoco under caution and handed Scully Jr. a lead he would never give up, despite the best efforts of Johnny Clark and Rowe to take the race away from him.
As the laps wound down the green stayed out and Scully managed to pull away from the pack. Rowe took over second from Clark and chipped away at Scully Jr.’s lead but it was too little too late and the Westport Massachusetts racer, who’s scored two wins and nine top tens in the Speedway’s top division this season, had a PASS winner’s trophy to add to his collection.
Fred Astle, Adam Bates, Rick Martin, Dave Hutchins and Kelly Moore earned fifth through tenth place finishes. Thirteen cars completed all 150 green flag laps. Ben Rowe, Kelly Moore and Derek Ramstrom each scored a heat race win.
The Pro All Stars are back in the Granite State on Sunday August 23rd for a 150 lap showdown at Canaan Fair Speedway. Practice gets underway at noon; racing goes green at 2:00 PM. PASS Mods and Sportsman share the bill with the fastest full fender race cars in the east.
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Official Finish – Pro All Stars Series super late model Cirelli Foods 150 – Seekonk Speedway-Seekonk MA -8/15/2009
1) 2 Tom Scully Jr., Westport MA 2) 4N Ben Rowe, Turner ME 3) 54 Johnny Clark, Hallowell ME 4) 35 Derek Ramstrom, Worcester MA 5) 52 David Darling, E. Providence RI 6) 30 Fred Astle, Warren RI 7) 98 Adam Bates, Warner NH 8) 88 Rick Martin, W. Warwick RI 9) 96 David Hutchins, Somerset MA 10) 47 Kelly Moore Scarborough ME 11) 60 DJ Shaw, Center Conway NH 12) 17P Ray Parent Tiverton RI 13) 17A Scott Alexander, Orrington ME 14) 33 Richie Dearborn Hollis ME 15) 85 Nick Ribbe, Kingston MA 16) 95 Steve O Brien, Scituate MA 17) 20 Steve Legendre, St. Johnsbury VT 18) 6 Steve Desmarais, Westport MA 19) 58 Kevin Casper, Tiverton RI 20) 12 John Dabrowski , W. Bridgewater MA 21)25 Michael Thomas, Lewiston ME 22) 8 Cassius Clark, Farmington ME 23) 4s Chris Ross, Malta NY 24) 7 Donnie Whitten, Biddeford ME 25 90 Craig Weinstein, Walpole MA 26) 97 Joey Pole E. Providence RI .27) 3 Tom Scully Sr., Westport MA 28) 17 Travis Benjamin, Morrill ME