by Jay | Jun 25, 2012 | Canada, Maine, New England, PASS, Touring Series News
Valle Jonction QC (6/23) Travis Benjamin put his mount out front on a lap 85 restart in Saturday night’s Pro All Stars Series (PASS) North Habitations Dany Lagace 150 at Quebecs L’Autodrome Chaudiere and dominated the final 65 circuits to capture his first PASS North super late model win of 2012. Derek Ramstrom came back from an early race flat to claim the runner up spot and Joey Doiron grabbed third from Kevin Roberge with two laps remaining. Defending series champion and 2011 Chaudiere race winner Johnny Clark finished fifth.
Benjamin led the PASS North point standings as the series made their second 2012 appearance north of the border, and he had been close to claiming the checkers on several occasions. This night he had the fastest race car and the kind of racing luck that’s required to seal the deal.
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by Jay | Jun 22, 2012 | Canada, PASS, Touring Series News
Mulkern Racing: PASS North Series
Lonnie Sommerville Chaudiere Race Preview
THE STORY
Lonnie Sommerville of Saint John, New Brunswick, travels west across Canada to join the PASS North Series in the Habitations Dany Lagace 150 at Autodrome Chaudiere in Vallee-Jonction, Quebec, on Saturday, June 23. The driver of the Mulkern Racing No. 48 A.E. McKay Builders Chevrolet will be looking to rebound after back-to-back disappointing outings, including an 11th-place finish last time out at his home track of Speedway 660 in Geary, New Brunswick. Despite the rough patch, Sommerville sits only 16 points out of the PASS North Series championship lead with 11 races remaining on the schedule.
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by Jay | Jun 22, 2012 | Canada, New England, PASS, Touring Series News
Joey Doiron Racing: PASS North Series
Joey Doiron Autodrome Chaudiere Race Preview
THE STORY
Joey Doiron of Berwick, Maine, heads north of the border with the PASS North Series for the Habitations Dany Lagace 150 at Autodrome Chaudiere in Vallee-Jonction, Quebec, on Saturday, June 23. Doiron will try and rebound from a mechanical failure last time out at Speedway 660 that dropped the No. 73 JBJ Machine/Scarborough Downs Chevrolet out of the series points lead for the first time this season. Doiron was never a factor the last time PASS headed to Chaudiere, having been involved in an accident in his qualifying race. After four races, he sits fifth in the series standings – just 14 points out of the lead.
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by Jay | Jun 12, 2012 | PASS, Touring Series News
The notion of a sophomore slump in sports can be thrown out of the window for Landon Cling and his Brad Keselowski Racing race team as the Tempe, Arizona youngster scored his first career super late model win Saturday night in the PASS South SoBo 150 at the South Boston Speedway in Virginia. Cling took advantage of a second place starting position during the series redraw of the top ten qualifiers after posting the fifth fastest time during qualifying and never looked back. It was the seventeen year old driver’s first win in a full size super late model machine after majority of his experience up until last year had been behind the wheel of a go-kart.
“Our plan was to get out front and set the pace that we wanted until it got down to about fifty to go before we really started racing. I thought we were going to be fine but then all those cautions killed us and allowed Preston to really race us hard for the win. Luckily I was able to hold on and man does it feel good to be here in victory lane right now,” said Cling. “I knew at the end of the season last year we were getting close to winning a race so I had a good feeling about 2012 and here we are. I really want to say thank you to Brad Kelselowski for taking a chance on me, my family who’s been supporting me every step of the way, and this race team. They’ve really worked with me over the last year and half and developed me into a winning race car driver.”
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by Jay | Jun 10, 2012 | Canada, New England, PASS, Touring Series News
Speedway 660 has become Johnny Clark’s home away from home. The Hallowell, Maine driver led the field to the checkered flag, winning his 3rd straight Pro All Star Series 200 in the Geary Woods. The 2010 and 2011 race winner dominated the second half of Sunday’s race to take the victory in car 54.
“I love this place and we took a big swing at the car at the mid-race break and the boys in the crew did an awesome job” said Clark. “We’ll definitely be back here for SpeedWeekend and try to become the first driver to win three Auto Value 250 races.”
Travis Benjamin, from Morrill, Maine, stayed with Clark for much of the final 100 laps, but was just not able to get around the race winner. Cassius Clark, from Skowhegan, Maine beat Johnny Clark on an exciting last lap pass in their heat race, but settled for third in the feature. D.J. Shaw, from Center Conway, New Hampshire won the other qualifying heat.
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by Jay | Jun 9, 2012 | Canada, New England, PASS, Touring Series News
Joey Doiron Racing: PASS North Series
Speedway 660 Race Preview
THE STORY
Joey Doiron of Berwick, Maine, continues to hold the PASS North Series points lead as the tour heads north of the border for the PASS 200 at Speedway 660 in Geary, New Brunswick, on Saturday, June 9. Doiron posted a Top-10 finish last season in this event, and he’s the only driver to finish in the Top-10 in all three PASS North Series races this season. The PASS 200 marks the longest event of the season thus far and the first race with a halfway break for a tire change and pit road adjustments. The driver of the No. 73 JBJ Machine/Scarborough Downs Chevrolet considers Speedway 660 to be among his favorite tracks on the circuit, and he’s hoping to continue with his early-season success.
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