Johnny Clark: PASS North Series
Thompson International Speedway Race Report
Johnny Clark of Farmingdale, Maine, finished third in the combination PASS North Series/PASS National Championship Series PASS 75 at Thompson International Speedway in Thompson, Conn., on Thursday, July 22. at Lee USA Speedway in Lee, N.H., on Tuesday, July 13. The finish markes the seventh top-five finish in eight races for Clark, the PASS North points leader. He started 12th and quickly moved into the top-four, where he raced nose-to-tail with the leaders for most of the event.
WHO: Johnny Clark, Farmingdale, Maine
TEAM: No. 54 Clark’s Car Crushing/Port City Chevrolet
WHAT: PASS North Series PASS 75
WHERE: Thompson International Speedway, Thompson, Conn. (.625-mile oval)
STARTED: 12th
FINISHED: 3rd
LED: 0 times for 0 laps
NEXT RACE: Saturday, July 31st, Riverside Speedway, Groveton, N.H.
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JOHNNY, HOW WOULD YOU DESCRIBE YOUR NIGHT?
The car was as good as any we’ve had at Thompson. The top-4 cars, we were all bumper to bumper. It was too bad, because we were just a tick off. We needed a restart or two to try and mix it up with those guys a little bit, but we never gone one.
YOU AND JAY FOGLEMAN HAD A SPIRITED BATTLE FOR THIRD NEAR THE END.
As soon as you’d want to get to the inside of (Fogleman’s car), they’d want you to run a lane lower than you needed to. He was holding his hand out the window. As much banging as we were doing he probably should have put two hands back on the wheel.
We were just a tick off to stay in front of (winner Ben Rowe) and then he was able to go all the way.