by Jay | Sep 29, 2009 | PASS
Naples, ME 9/29/09- Race fans wanted to see super late model action return to one of the nicest facilities in the state of North Carolina but Mother Nature decided that race teams and fans alike would have to wait an extra day for the Pro All Stars Series (PASS) South Southern National 150. That wait wasn’t near as long as Ben Rowe’s wait to return to victory lane in PASS South competition. So for Ben, the extra day wasn’t a big deal as he came from the back of the pack on the event’s final restart to claim his third PASS South win of 2009.
Jay Fogleman ruled time trials for his first career PASS South Pro Photo Productions fast qualifier award, but the top ten redraw put Preston Peltier on the point. Peltier quickly took the lap one lead and held it until a lap forty-two red flag due to a hard hit in the turn two wall by Chris Bowers. Under the red flag, Peltier’s right front tire went flat on his #5 machine forcing him to the pits for a change.
Georgia’s Justin Wakefield was the benefactor of Peltier’s bad luck and took over the top spot with Rowe right on his tail. It wasn’t long before the bad luck demons would strike Wakefield as well when the brakes went away on his #98 Ford giving the lead to PASS South and National point leader Rowe for the first time. Rowe would eventually give the lead up to Cassius Clark with fifty-five laps remaining. A yellow flag flew on lap 107 for a Dean Clattenburg spin which brought Rowe, who at the time was in third place, to pit road for adjustments.
The final forty-three laps went clean and green playing right into Rowe’s strategy allowing him to slice through the field and capture the win. Clay Jones finished a career high of second followed by Preston Peltier in third who recovered nicely from his flat tire. Cassius Clark kept his National Series hopes alive
Jody Measamer was victorious in the PASS LM Trucks. The win was Measamer’s third of 2009. Michael Cooper and series point leader Grant Davidson raced under the checkers second and third.
Next up for PASS South is the Mason-Dixon Meltdown at South Boston (VA) Speedway on Saturday October 17th. The event will mark the series one and only stop in the state of Virginia in 2009; “The Meltdown” is also the fourth and final round of the 2009 PASS National Championship series. For more information including tickets visit the track’s website at www.southbostonspeedway.com or call 434-572-4947.
For more information including schedules, standings, and results for all PASS sanctioned touring series visit their home on the web at www.racewithpass.com or www.proallstarsseries.com . For marketing or media questions contact Norm Desjardins at 603-539-3368 or for technical information contact Scott Reed at 207-625-3230.
Official Results PASS South/PASS National Series Round 3 – Southern National 150 – Kenly NC 9/27/2009
1) 4n Ben Rowe 2) 15 Clay Jones 3) 5 Preston Peltier 4) 8 Cassius Clark 5) 20 John Stancill 6) 10 Ryan Blaney 7) 91 Heath Hindman 8) 18 Bradley McCaskill 9) M3 Shelton Mcnair jr 10) 62 Mark Gibson 11) 23 Jimmy Weller 12) 48 John Batten 13) 98 Justin Wakefield 14) 53 Brad Bischoff 15) 39 Dean Clattenburg 16) 48H Brandon Head 17) 4s Jay Fogleman 18) 16 Joey Coulter 19) 79 Chris Bowers 20) 35 Devin Jones
by Jay | Sep 28, 2009 | Monadnock Speedway, New Hampshire
Winchester, NH: This past Saturday, Monadnock Speedway held its Coca Cola Season Finale where Mini Stock Chris McTaggart and Super Stock Jeremy Sorel were crowned the 2009 champions. Dick Houle won the 4-cylinder Enduro Championship as did Dan Yagmin in the Full Size Enduros. Emerson Cayer won the Mini Stocks, John Lavoie took the Super Stock Checkers. Other winners include pro 4 Modifieds Norm Wrenn, All Star Race Trucks Brandon Warren and Allison Legacy North Tommy Barrett.
The Mini Stocks rolled onto the ¼ mile high banked speedway where Chris Davis was scored the early leader. Lap five, Davis continued to lead as Joey Kendall put the pressure on for the lead. Jamey King ran third as Chris McTaggart and Emerson cayer battled for fourth. Lap ten, the leaders began to work through heavy lap traffic as Emerson Cayer challenged Davis for the lead. The side by side battle ended on lap thirteen as Cayer took the lead and Kendall slipped into second. Lap twenty, Cayer gained a good lead as Kendall sat in second. Davis and Kimg battled for third. On lap twenty nine, the caution was displayed for James Hancock as he made hard contact with the backstretch wall. Hancock was not injured. On the restart, Cayer mad it to the line first as a three way battle for third developed between Davis, McTaggart and King. Tow laps to go, Kendall began to reel in the leader of Cayer as King moved into third. At the checkers, it was cater followed by Kendall, King, McTaggart and Davis.
Kevin Ouellette led the Super Stocks out for their final 2009 event. Ouellette brought the field to the green but had an early challenge from Ken Springer. Springer took over the lead by lap two until the field was shown a caution for Austin Brehio who spun on the front stretch. On the restart, Springer took the lead for one more lap until John Lavoie moved into the number one spot. Andy Brooks followed in third as Ed Brehio III and Scott McDonald battled for fourth. On lap seven, the caution was displayed as Ed Brehio III spun on the backstretch. On the restart, Lavoie led the field as Matt Mead joined the top five and placed pressure on McDonald for fourth. Lap ten, Mead made his move to the inside of Springer to take over third. Half way to go, Lavoie continued to lead as Mead made several attempt to pass Brooks staying on his back bumper. Geoff Rollins ran fourth as Springer and McDonald battled for fifth. Lap twenty nine, the forth place runner of Rollins suffered mechanical problems and retired to the pit area. As the laps winded down, Mead continued to make the pass on Brooks for second as Springer felt the challenges from Sorel for fourth. At the checkers, it was Lavoie followed by Brooks, Mead, Springer and Sorel.
The 2009 race season is official over at the high banked ¼ mile of Monadnock Speedway however one more event is on the schedule, the Mud Slinger Fall Classic Mud Bog. The Mud Slinger Fall Classic will be held on Saturday, October 17th with a rain date of Sunday, October 18th. The mud will start flying at 11am.
For more information regarding the Mud Slinger Fall Classic or the 2009 awards Banquet, please log onto www.monadnockspeedway.com or call the speedway’s office at 603-239-4067.
Mini Stock Results: Emerson Cayer, Joey Kendall, Jamey King, Chris McTaggart, Chris Davis, Tim Jackson, Derek Bergquist, Beth Adams, Kim Rivet, Rich Fournier, Dennis Wallace, Joe Rogers, Robert Carter, Jason Roberts, Louis Maher, Brad Curtis, Alicea Fohlin, Kevin McKnight, Shawna Wallace, Brennan Johnson, James Hancock, Bob Chapdelaine, Travis Grover, Ron Normandin
Super Stock Results: John lavoie, Andy Brooks, Matt Mead, Ken Springer, Jeremy Sorel, Ed Brehio III, Bill Johnston, Scott McDonald, Josh King, Dana Shepard, Kevin Ouellette, Nancy Muni, Brian Chapin, Craig Cashman, Buster Duncan, Dave Striebel, Geoff Rollins, Nick Gravel, Chris Wilk, Austin Brehio
Top Twenty 4-cylinder Enduro results: Matt Gauffin, Heath Renaud, Tyler Lescord, Tim LeBlanc, Julia Raymond, Scott Hatt, Adam Houle, John Walker, Pat Houle, Rob Thompson, Fred Rogers, Billy Chaffee, Kris Kristolaitis, Eric Pomasko, Tim Paquette, Justin Morse, Darren Jacobs, Eric Silvernale, Dick Houle, Gordon Farnum
Top Twenty Full Size Enduro results: Robert Morton, Dan Yagmin, Ryan Rivet, Dan Figueiredo, Duane Stonier, Bill Davis, Barry Schonborg, Jared Edson, John Yagmin, William Faford, Joe Ethier, Jon Wyman, Robert Thompson, Bucky Sheats, Trevor Dyer, Seth Petalas, Christopher Harris, Roger Lamoureaux, Blaze Stonier
by Jay | Sep 28, 2009 | NASCAR, NASCAR K&N Pro Series
Dover, DE (September 27, 2009): Alan Tardiff struggled with a flu bug at Dover International Speedway over the last couple of days, but was able to overcome it long enough to post a fifth place finish in the Sunoco 150 on Friday evening. Tardiff drove the No. 38 Bestway Disposal/Renton Coil Springs Chevrolet to the top-five from a 16th place starting position.
“I don’t know if I have a flu bug or something,” said Tardiff. “I got up today and I still had a headache, but I had to put everything together and just work it out. We had a fast racecar today. We raced in second place for a long while, but the 44 car was stellar and no one was touching him. We came in took fuel and tires, and the car got really loose. Our goal was to come here and get a top-five and we accomplished that so I’m really happy.”
The Sunoco 150 marked Tardiff’s track debut at Dover so patience was the name of the game until the first caution came out. Tardiff was running 14th for the restart at lap 16 and made it up to 10th before caution slowed his pace once again. He remained in the top-10 until lap 48 when a majority of the leaders headed for pit road. Tardiff elected to stay out and gain track position.
“We wanted to put ourselves off sequence,” explained Tardiff. “To be off sequence later in the run would give us fresher tires and more fuel in the car later in the run. It turned out to be beneficial for us. My guys did a really, really good job this weekend just as they have been all year.”
Tardiff restarted the race on the outside second row and moved up to third at the drop of the green. On lap 60, Tardiff went to the bottom of early leader Matt DiBenedetto and passed him for second. Moffit, however, had already stretched out a 2.2 second lead over the Bestway Disposal/Renton Coil Springs Chevrolet. Tardiff worked on closing up the distance when caution appeared at lap 80.
The yellow flag conditions gave Tardiff the opportunity he needed to come down pit road for fuel and tires. He returned to the track in eighth for the restart at lap 86. Tardiff gained two spots on the initial drop, but experienced a loose condition in the Bestway Disposal Chevrolet that hadn’t existed before.
Caution tightened the field up once again at lap 97 with Tardiff maintaining his position over the next 15 laps. He was able to move up to fifth by passing Ryan Truex on lap 116.
The race went green for the remainder of the distance and Tardiff was able to close out the 2009 NASCAR Camping World Series East with a fifth place finish. It was his third top-five and eighth top-10 of the season. Tardiff earned a seventh place position in the final point standings.
“I didn’t have high expectations coming to this racetrack since I had never been here before. A top-five is a win. I was running second and I was smiling ear to ear,” Tardiff said.
by Jay | Sep 27, 2009 | Maine, Wiscasset Raceway
Wiscasset, ME- The first day of the 2nd Annual Ray Haskell Ford Fall Brawl could not have been set for a better date. Temperatures were in the 60’s with the sun shining all day long. The national qualifying races were run and the front row for the national event in the Aable Auto Parts Mini Stock race will be Thomas True and Ryan Ripley. In the New England Transmissions Strictly Streets the pole and outside pole sitters are Mike Short and Skip Tripp and the first and second starting positions for the Verizon Wireless Super Street national events went to Adam Chadbourne and Allan Moeller Sr. The ladies had the first feature event on the track on Saturday. Chelsea Young would get the feature victory by half a track over Christina Spaulding and Tori Burgess. Fourth and fifth went to Tricia Thomas and Missy Morgan. The U.S. Cellular Mini Trucks hit the track for their national event and it would be Chad Binette picking up the win and that was his fourth of the season here at Wiscasset Raceway. Kevin Oliver held off a hard charging Opie Allard over the last 15 laps of the race to get second. Allard would finish third with Mark Lucus fourth and Ryan Farrar fifth. The Outlaw 350’s also had their national feature which saw Zach Emerson picking up the win with Mike Short and Josh Childs second and third. Chris Burgess would come home fourth and Jon Brill fifth. The Wicked Good Vintage racers were also on tap Saturday. Feature number one went to Wally Henderson with Dick McPhail second and Rosey Gerry third. Feature number two winner was Paul Pierce. Second place would go to Greg Vewtte and third to Terry Husten. The crown jewel of the day was the first ever 6 cylinder enduro which took place after a celebrity
race between Ray Haskell and Adam Friend where Haskell was victorious. The 100 lap enduro paid $1,000 to win and through complete luck as he confessed Jim Hart was able to hold off David Folsom for the win. Folsom would get second with Larry Emerson finding his way through the wreck fest to get third. Fourth went to Justin White and fifth to Mike St. Germain.
Day two of the Ray Haskell Ford Fall Brawl has been rescheduled for Oct. 18th
by Jay | Sep 27, 2009 | NASCAR, NASCAR K&N Pro Series
Dover, DE (September 26, 2009): Brett Moffitt used lapped traffic to take the lead for the fourth and final time in the Sunoco 150 at Dover International Speedway Friday evening and convincingly score his second win of the 2009 NASCAR Camping World Series East season. Moffitt, behind the wheel of the No. 44 Red Line Oil Chevrolet, took the checkers two-and-a-half seconds over Ryan Gifford. The finish catapulted Moffitt and Andy Santerre Motorsports into third in the final point standings.
“The Red Line Oil car was just really good,” said Moffitt. “This is amazing with all these Cup guys here. This track is always talked about as that crazy place so it’s really cool to win here.”
Moffitt started the race from the fourth position after posting a qualifying lap of 23.569 seconds (152.743 mph) earlier in the day. At the drop of the green, Moffitt was on a tear. He dropped to the bottom groove and easily drove into third before challenging Eddie MacDonald for second. After passing him on lap three, Moffitt set his sights on then-leader Matt DiBenedetto, who had already pulled away by nearly half a straightaway. Moffitt closed in to five carlengths on the leader when the caution flew at lap 13.
When racing resumed at lap 16, Moffitt blew by DiBenedetto to take the lead. Caution flew immediately for a blown engine further back in the field, but Moffitt was able to repeat his earlier performance on the restart at lap 18. Moffitt continued to lead until a restart at lap 18 saw DiBenedetto take the lead.
Moffitt stayed glued to DiBenedetto’s bumper over the next several laps, and made a challenge on lap 39 for the position. Lapped traffic forced Moffitt to back out of it, but on lap 40, Moffitt repeated the challenge and took the lead for the second time.
A caution at lap 47 saw some cars opt to pit, but Moffitt elected to keep the No. 44 Red Line Oil Chevrolet out on track. They went back to green flag racing at lap 51 with Moffitt and DiBenedetto side by side heading into turn one. Coming out of turn two, Moffitt comfortably took the lead and remained there for the next 30 laps. Moffitt gave up the lead on lap 82 to come in for fuel and tires.
Moffitt took the green at lap 86 in sixth place. A caution period slowed his progress, but Moffitt was up to fourth for the restart at lap 97. The 17-year-old driver showed a lot of maturity as he patiently waited for things to settle up front before really making the push back to the front. By lap 110 Moffitt was in second place and chasing then-leader Ryan Gifford down. Lapped traffic worked to Moffitt’s advantage and he was able to take the lead for the final time on lap 116.
“I was catching him and the car was a little bit too tight. We caught those lapped cars and I used them. Ryan was able to hang with me for a little while, but as soon as we got into clean air I was able to go. My car was awesome,” he said.
Only six cars remained on the lead lap when Moffitt took the checkers.
The Sunoco 150 at Dover International Speedway marked the final race for Andy Santerre Motorsports, who sold off the team to the 909 Group last week. The race also marked the last time car owner Andy Santerre and driver Brett Moffitt would work together.
“This is our last race together unless we go to the Showdown. I really wanted Brett to win here. The kid has a bright future and I’m glad we could be a part of it,” said car owner Andy Santerre. “I wish him the best of luck. He and his Dad are great people and we’ve had a good relationship this year. I’m moving on to different things and I wish them the best. To end the ASM era here at Dover with a win is pretty awesome.”
