Ben Rowe: PASS North Series
Lee USA Speedway Race Report
Ben Rowe of Turner, Maine, finished third in the PASS North Series Bastille 200 at Lee USA Speedway in Lee, N.H., on Tuesday, July 13. With the effort, Rowe continues to be the only driver in the series to have posted top-5 finishes in each of the series six events. After struggling in the back half of the field for most of the first half of the 200-lap event, Rowe gained 13 spots on pit road during a lap 101 stop for tires and adjustments and emerged in the fifth spot on the restart. He then climbed to as high as second place with 50 laps remaining before relinquishing second to his father and eventual race winner Mike Rowe.
WHO: Ben Rowe, Turner, Maine
TEAM: No. 48 Community Pharmacies Chevrolet
WHAT: PASS North Series Bastille 200
WHERE: Lee USA Speedway, Lee, N.H. (.333-mile oval)
STARTED: 12th
FINISHED: 3rd
LED: 0 times for 0 laps
NEXT RACE: Saturday, July 17th, Beech Ridge Motor Speedway, Scarborough, Maine
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BEN, YOUR CAR CAME TO LIFE AFTER THAT PIT STOP AND HELPED MAKE FOR A GOOD NIGHT.
We started off real bad. I don’t know if it was a bad tire or what, but we adjusted for it. We swapped tires and then we were too tight — so we think it was just a bad tire right from the get go. The last run we adjusted for it. We made a big air pressure adjustment and changed two right side tires and gained a ton of spots on pit road.
HOW CRUCIAL WAS THE EFFORT OF YOUR PIT CREW?
It got us back up to fifth after we’d come in like 15th or 18th. They gained more spots on pit road than I did on the race track. That’s a big deal for a makeshift crew to come out here and change tires and do that for us.
YOUR THOUGHTS ON RACING AT BEECH RIDGE JUST FOUR DAYS FROM NOW?
Beech Ridge is not one of my favorite tracks, but we’ll see when we get there what happens, I guess.