{"id":18357,"date":"2015-03-27T08:32:58","date_gmt":"2015-03-27T12:32:58","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/newenglandracingnews.com\/blog\/?p=18357"},"modified":"2015-03-27T04:43:03","modified_gmt":"2015-03-27T08:43:03","slug":"pass-pro-late-model-racers-ready-for-doubleheader-weekend-at-hickory","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/newenglandracingnews.com\/blog\/2015\/03\/pass-pro-late-model-racers-ready-for-doubleheader-weekend-at-hickory\/","title":{"rendered":"PASS Pro Late Model Racers Ready For Doubleheader Weekend At Hickory"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"IMG_0072<\/a>CHARLOTTE, NC (March 26) \u2013 In just over three years, the Pro All Stars Series (PASS) Pro Late Model division has produced some of the top talent in short track. Seen as a proving ground for racers looking to eventually make the move up to the PASS Super Late Models, drivers like Tate Fogleman, Jody Measamer, Trevor Noles, and Jeff Batten credit their time in PASS Pro Late Models with helping ease their transition to the much faster Supers.<\/p>\n

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For the first time in PASS Pro Late Model history, the division will have two complete 50 lap races on the same weekend as part of the 10th Annual Easter Bunny 150 at Hickory Motor Speedway April 3-4. This will be a huge upside for PASS Pro Late Model racers who will get to compete for more prize money in a single weekend and get more track time as well, including being the feature division on Friday night, April 3 along with Legend car racing and heat races for the Must See Racing Sprint Cars. Kodie Conner, a 6-time PASS Pro Late Model winner, is looking forward to returning to his roots with the Easter Bunny doubleheader.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt\u2019s very exciting, I haven\u2019t raced a doubleheader like that since the Bandolero days,\u201d said Conner, driver of the Jerry Conner Insurance\/Wheel Chill Toyota #45. \u201cWe\u2019re very excited. We\u2019ve got both cars ready to run just in case something does happen Friday night, but I\u2019m pumped up\u2026I can\u2019t wait.\u201d<\/p>\n

Third year PASS Pro Late Model racer Matt Murphy is also excited about the opportunity the Easter Bunny doubleheader provides. Murphy\u2019s Matt Murphy Motorsports\/Cool Shirt Systems Ford started the season off with a strong run at Dillon and followed that up with the best outing of his career at Anderson Motor Speedway. Murphy led until a problem on a late race restart sent him for a spin. Even with the problem Murphy still charged back to record a career best second place finish.<\/p>\n

\u201cOur luck at Hickory hasn\u2019t been that good, but we look to change that around because we\u2019ve got a new car that\u2019s really made a big difference this year,\u201d says Murphy. \u201cWe\u2019ve had a good car this year and probably could have won a race, but we\u2019ve got a new look at Hickory and hopefully can come out with a victory.\u201d<\/p>\n

Like Conner and Murphy, Matthews, NC\u2019s Zachary Dabbs is a graduate of Bandolero racing. And, like Conner, Dabbs has already gone to victory lane, scoring his only PASS Pro Late Model win at Dillon in his series debut last year. Dabbs has been in contention in both races so far this year and is excited to have two opportunities to race close to home in front of family and friends.<\/p>\n

\u201cYeah, it\u2019s going to be fun, so far this year we\u2019ve been used to racing every 2-3 weeks,\u201d said Dabbs, driver of the Truck Service of Charlotte #23. \u201cIt\u2019ll be good to get in the car and get some more seat time and it should be fun for the team and everybody. Hickory is where I first started my racing career and we\u2019ve got some good memories there. I think we\u2019re going to be able to drive hard and possibly get the win.\u201d<\/p>\n

For the first time ever, the Easter Bunny 150 weekend will expand to two days, beginning on Friday afternoon, April 3 with practice for the PASS Super Late Models, Must See Racing Sprint Cars and support divisions and will be followed by twin 25 lap qualifying races for the Must See Racing Sprint Cars and features for the PASS Pro Late Models and Legends cars. Then, on Saturday, April 4, the PASS Super Late Models will compete in the 10th Annual Easter Bunny 150 along with the 40 lap \u201cSouthern Showdown\u201d for the Must See Racing Sprint Cars and features for the USAC HPD Eastern Midgets, PASS Pro Late Models, and Legends.<\/p>\n

Also, look for more details to be released in the coming days on an Easter Bunny 150 Racers Welcome Party featuring food, fun, show cars, autographs, and a live band on Thursday, April 2 at Iron Thunder Saloon and Grill in Hickory.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

CHARLOTTE, NC (March 26) \u2013 In just over three years, the Pro All Stars Series (PASS) Pro Late Model division has produced some of the top talent in short track. Seen as a proving ground for racers looking to eventually make the move up to the PASS Super Late Models, drivers like Tate Fogleman, Jody […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":10,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_et_pb_use_builder":"","_et_pb_old_content":"","_et_gb_content_width":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[5],"tags":[15685],"class_list":["post-18357","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-pass","tag-charlotte"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/newenglandracingnews.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/18357","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/newenglandracingnews.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/newenglandracingnews.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newenglandracingnews.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/10"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newenglandracingnews.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=18357"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/newenglandracingnews.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/18357\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":18359,"href":"https:\/\/newenglandracingnews.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/18357\/revisions\/18359"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/newenglandracingnews.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=18357"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newenglandracingnews.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=18357"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newenglandracingnews.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=18357"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}