Ben Rowe: PASS North Series
Riverside Speedway Race Report
Ben Rowe of Turner, Maine, finished fourth in the PASS North Series Summerfest 150 at Riverside Speedway in Groveton, N.H., on Saturday, July 31. Rowe started 12th in the 18-car field and worked into the top-10 before the 50-lap mark on the high-banked, quarter-mile track. He benefited from a lap 81 restart, gaining a few spots’ worth of track position before running comfortably inside the top-five for the remainder of the event. Unofficially, Rowe gained five points in the title chase on leader Johnny Clark and now trails by just nine points heading into the final four races of the year.
WHO: Ben Rowe, Turner, Maine
TEAM: No. 48 Community Pharmacies Chevrolet
WHAT: PASS North Series Summerfest 150
WHERE: Riverside Speedway, Groveton, N.H. (.625-mile oval)
STARTED: 12th
FINISHED: 4th
LED: 0 times for 0 laps
NEXT RACE: Saturday, August 14, Seekonk Speedway, Seekonk, Mass. (.333-mile)
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BEN, YOUR THOUGHTS ON A TOP-FIVE FINISH AT RIVERSIDE?
We’re happy. To come out of here top-five at Groveton, to me, is like a win. We gained some points on Johnny. I know it’s slim, but we’re on the upper hand of it. We gained a little last week, a little more this week. That’s what you need to do. We’ve got to capitalize on it when he falls off. Good points night for us — that’s about it.
THAT LAP 82 RESTART OBVIOUSLY HELPED OUT.
Here, (the leaders) get squirted away so bad that you need a couple restarts. I’d like to see a couple more at the end — bunch us all back up and let us go. The lapped cars were really tough… Once we cleared them, it wasn’t bad. It was just at the end it got so free, I couldn’t do anything with them.