Lee NH (4/16) J.R. Baril powered past pole sitter Carey Martin on the initial green flag and led all 75 laps to capture Sunday’s PASS Sportsman season opener at Lee (NH) USA Speedway. Martin chased Baril to the checkers with Joe Pastore Jr., Crag Smith and Rusty Poland third through fifth.
Baril was out front all the way but the win was by no means a runaway. Martin pressured Baril for all but the final five stanzas, trying every move and trick in the book to wrestle the lead away as the pair of veterans battled for the lead. Martin got to Baril’s left rear on several occasions and drew even with ten to go, but the defending PASS Sportsman champ had to back out for a spinning car in the low groove, ending his best shot at the win.
Baril was up to Martin’s challenge as the Lee veteran handled all the pressure Martin could muster as the pair worked lapped traffic. All eyes in the the full house at Lee USA glued on the battle up front, as well as a nose to tail war for third through fifth between Pastore, Smith and Poland. (more…)
It’s no secret that Kyle Grissom has had success throughout the late model stock car ranks, but just because one has that success doesn’t mean it automatically transfers to the super late model ranks as many have found out. Kyle Grissom, however; wasted no time to making his presence known to the super late model world by winning the PASS South Easter Bunny 150 Saturday night at the Hickory Motor Speedway in Hickory, North Carolina.
Grissom, son of 1993 NASCAR Nationwide Series Champion Steve Grissom, was able to fend off challenges from several different drivers on multiple occasions before pulling away for the win in the final ten laps. The PASS South newcomer set fast time in qualifying before leading on five different occasions for a total of 101 laps behind the wheel of his #31 Harrison’s Workwear Chevy Impala enroute to his first series win. (more…)
Newton NC (4/7) – Kyle Grissom fought off multiple challenges from several different drivers to earn his first career super late model win in the PASS South/PASS National Easter Bunny 150 at the Hickory (NC) Motor Speedway. Grissom was able to pull away in the final five laps from Brad Keselowski Racing development driver Landon Cling, who finish a career best second, and Texas native Trey Mitchell in third. Cassius Clark was the best finishing PASS North driver in fourth with Roger Lee Newton rounding out your top five. Current PASS South Series points leader heading into the Easter Bunny 150, Preston Peltier finished 26th after getting caught up in an accident early on.
Unnofficial Results: PASS South/National Easter Bunny 150 – Hickory Motor Speedway – Newton NC – 4/7/2012
PASS South Series: Trevor Sanborn
Hickory Motor Speedway Race Preview
THE STORY
DENVER, N.C. – Trevor Sanborn of Parsonsfield, Maine, starts his 2012 season when the PASS South Series invades Hickory Motor Speedway in Hickory, N.C., for the Easter Bunny 150 on Saturday, April 7. The race marks Sanborn’s second appearance in the No. 101 Pave-Tek/SaveSpeed4TheTrack Chevrolet – the Race 101 house car – after he drove for the team at North Wilkesboro, N.C., in April of 2011. Sanborn has two career PASS South victories, and he finished second in his only appearance at Hickory back in 2007.
THE FACTS
WHO: Trevor Sanborn, Parsonsfield, Maine
TEAM: Race 101 No. 101 Pave-Tek/SaveSpeed4TheTrack Chevrolet
CREW CHIEF: Tony Blanchard, Denver, N.C.
BEST CAREER EASTER BUNNY 150 FINISH: N/A
LAST RACE AT HICKORY MOTOR SPEEDWAY: 2nd (2007) (more…)
Charlotte, NC 3/28/12- There are a few select races throughout the country that both fans and competitors alike circle on their calendars every year once schedules are announced that they mark as a must attend. Most of those events have twenty, thirty, or even forty years of history that has built them to what they are today. However, the PASS South Easter Bunny 150 at the Hickory (NC) Motor Speedway has developed into one of the most attended races by competitors in the country in just six years of existence.
An average of fifty cars have attended each of the last two Easter Bunny 150 events making it the most attended single day super late model event in the country during that time. Just making the event is an accomplishment for some drivers such as Landon Cling, driving under the Brad Kesolowski Racing banner, who made his first career Easter Bunny 150 start a season ago.
“I don’t think I realized at the time but now looking back making the field in such a big race like the Easter Bunny 150 my first year of super late model racing was a pretty big accomplishment. We didn’t have the finish we wanted, but overall I think that race really showed a lot of people the promise of my BKR race team,” said 2012 PASS South Series championship contender Landon Cling. (more…)
Lee NH (4/16) J.R. Baril powered past pole sitter Carey Martin on the initial green flag and led all 75 laps to capture Sunday’s PASS Sportsman season opener at Lee (NH) USA Speedway. Martin chased Baril to the checkers with Joe Pastore Jr., Crag Smith and Rusty Poland third through fifth.
It’s no secret that Kyle Grissom has had success throughout the late model stock car ranks, but just because one has that success doesn’t mean it automatically transfers to the super late model ranks as many have found out. Kyle Grissom, however; wasted no time to making his presence known to the super late model world by winning the PASS South Easter Bunny 150 Saturday night at the Hickory Motor Speedway in Hickory, North Carolina.