NEW ENGLAND MOTORSPORTS SOUTH
By Lou Modestino
Get ready for Frank Maratta Auto Show and Race A Rama this weekend…Saturday, February 28 the doors open at 10 am-9 pm and Sunday, March 1 from 10 am-5 pm. Many New England race tracks and tours will be on hand with race cars and drivers. There will be lots of schedules from the different tracks and tours with the possibility of getting autographs and pictures.
The show features the Pit Crew Challenge, Pin-up Pageant 2015, show cars, hot rods, drag and road racing vehicles and oval track race cars. Some of the venues represented include; Stafford Motor Speedway, Thompson Motorsports Park, Waterford Speedbowl, New England Dragway, Lime Rock among others. Also tours such as the NEMA Midgets, Valenti Modified Racing Series, New England Mini Stock Tour, Pro 4 Modified Tour and NEAR Vintage Race Cars along with other racing series.
Pro All Stars Series (PASS) President Tom Mayberry and officials from New Hampshire Motor Speedway, along with Bob Guptill of the New England Mini Stock Tour (NEMST), announced today the addition of a historic Super Late Model event at the famed New England oval. PASS Super Late Models will tackle the 1-mile superspeedway for the first time ever on July 4-5.
New Hampshire Motor Speedway will supplant North Carolina’s .625 mile North Wilkesboro Speedway as the largest speedway the PASS Super Late Models have ever competed on. The PASS event at New Hampshire Motor Speedway becomes the fifth race announced of the 2015 PASS National Championship Series joining the Peach Blossom Special at Anderson (SC) Motor Speedway, the Easter Bunny 150 at Hickory (NC) Motor Speedway, a 200 lapper at Plattsburgh, NY’s Airborne Park Speedway, and the 42nd Annual Oxford 250 at Oxford Plains (ME) Speedway.
“We could not be more thrilled than to announce this historic partnership with the folks at New Hampshire Motor Speedway,” said PASS President Tom Mayberry. “This event really came together in a short period of time, but we wanted to make sure our fans and competitors knew as soon as possible. We will have much more information about the race coming out within the next couple of weeks”
The race will likely be 50-75 laps long, with a final determination slated to come following a scheduled Hoosier Tire test for PASS at the speedway in May. In addition to being part of the PASS National Championship Series, the New Hampshire event will also be a PASS North Super Late Model points race as well. However, PASS North teams will now have the option to drop their lowest finish during the 2015 season.
Joining the PASS Super Late Models at New Hampshire Motor Speedway July 4 – 5 will be the NEMST Mini Stocks racing for 30 laps and a Super Sportsman race featuring “open” rules slated for 35 laps. All divisions will be allowed to practice on Saturday, July 4, with an additional practice session scheduled for Sunday, July 5. Racing action will get under way at 2 PM Sunday, July 5 with the PASS Super Late Models going green at approximately 4 PM.
The 2015 PASS season will get under way on Saturday, March 7 when the PASS South Super Late Models and PASS Pro Late Models take to Dillon Motor Speedway for the 10th Annual South Carolina Clash. The PASS North Super Late Model season is slated to start on Saturday, April 18 with the Ripley & Fletcher Ford 150 at Oxford Plains Speedway.
The Pro All Stars Series is recognized as North America’s premier sanctioning body for asphalt Super Late Models and boasts such marquee events as the Easter Bunny 150 at Hickory Motor Speedway and the legendary Oxford 250 at Oxford Plains Speedway.