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2016 PASS NORTH SLM CHAMPION: DJ SHAW #60 |
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2016 PASS MODS CHAMPION: RYAN
ROBBINS #36 |
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Glen Luce Wins PASS Super Late
Model Finale; DJ Shaw Wraps Up
North SLM Series Championship
Ryan Robbins Wins PASS Modified Race
& Title
Street Stock Open Win for Calvin Rose, Jr. |
Oxford, Maine - Glen Luce of Turner earned a
trip to victory lane the hard way, driving from 29th
starting position to victory lane Saturday on Pro All
Stars Series North Super Late Model Championship Day at
Oxford Plains Speedway.
Luce ran afoul of tech
inspectors after a heat race and was forced to the
consolation rounds, where he charged from the back of
the field to finish fifth. He made most of his progress
during a 100-plus lap green flag stretch in the
remarkably-competitive race.
Luce took the lead
away from Travis Benjamin, the HP Hood Oxford 250
runner-up this year, after Benjamin looked like the man
to beat. Benjamin had started from 11th position, and it
took quite awhile for the 7 to chase down nine-time
track champion Jeff Taylor of Farmington, clearly the
dominant force as the race first unfolded.
Taylor, racing rarely these days, last visited Super
Late Model victory lane at this event last season.
Back-to-back triumphs were not to be for the track's
most prolific top-class kingpin. Benjamin was again the
runner-up, following his HP Hood Oxford 250 finish in
that same position. Berwick's Joey Doiron, who swapped
the early race lead with Taylor, claimed a third-place
finish.
Four-time series champion Ben Rowe of
Turner picked up a fourth-place finish after a slam-bang
battle for the spot on the final lap with Taylor, who
failed to complete the final circuit. Local racing
legend Scott 'Kernal' Mulkern of Falmouth made a rare
appearance in the cockpit and claimed an impressive
top-five finish.
Mulkern finished one spot in
front of a car that he is an associate sponsor on, the
Precision JLM 60 driven by DJ Shaw of Center Conway, New
Hampshire. Shaw's sixth-place finish was enough to win a
second Pro All Stars Series North Super Late Model
championship. Shaw succeeds Hall of Famer Mike Rowe as
Pro All Stars Series champion. Shaw was the titlist in
the year prior to Rowe's title.
Cole Butcher of
Dartmouth, Nova Scotia, the 2016 Parts For Trucks
Maritime Pro Stock Tour champion, raced with the
frontrunners all afternoon and was seventh underneath
the checkered flag. Derek Griffith of Hudson, New
Hampshire; Dave Farrington of Jay and six-time series
champion Johnny Clark, of Farmingdale rounded out the
top ten.
Ryan Robbins of Dixfield climbed past
seven-time and reigning PASS Modified Champion Andy Shaw
of Center Conway, New Hampshire in the championship
standings, claiming both the 40-lap feature race and
2016 championship with an impressive victory.
Starting tenth, Robbins avoided a first-lap incident
that cost Shaw valuable track position, then
methodically worked his way to victory lane, netting the
series title in the process after entering the afternoon
with a four-point deficit.
Ben Tinker earned
runner-up honors in the race, and a third-place ranking
for his first PASS Modified campaign. Bruce Helmuth of
Wales led the first part of the race and racked up yet
another podium finish, crossing the finish line in third
position. Ron Henry of New Gloucester was fourth,
followed by Jariet Harrison of Freeport.
Newly-crowned Allen's Coffee Flavored Brandy Street
Stock division champion Calvin Rose, Jr. of Turner
prevailed in a special, 75-lap Open Competition Street
Stock Special. Rose inherited the lead when his closest
rival for the 2016 track title, Matt Dufault of Turner,
encountered problems after leading the early stages of
the race by a large margin.
Rose went on to
outrun West Poland's David Whittier to the checkered
flag, with Zach Emerson of Sabattus claiming yet another
third-place trophy this year. Jordan Russell of Norway
had one of his best runs against the stout field,
finishing fourth. Richard Spaulding of Lisbon rounded
out the top five.
Geoff Rollins of Groton,
Massachusetts led the early stages of the 75-lap Street
Stock Open en route to a sixth-place finish. Super Late
Model regular Kyle Treadwell of Buckfield was seventh in
the Ryan Hewins 5. Nathan Leavitt of Buxton, Jonathan
Emerson of Sabattus and Andrew Breton of Sabattus
rounded out the top ten.
Ryan Kuhn of East
Bridgewater, Massachusetts won the 25-lap Legends Cars
main event by a healthy margin over 14-year-old Austin
Teras, the division's top winner and points champion for
2016 at Oxford Plains Speedway. Windham's Charlie Buxton
claimed the third-place trophy. Hiram's Roger Edgecomb
was fourth under the checkered flag, followed by Casey
Call of Pembroke, New Hampshire.
Cody Childs of
Auburn dominated the action in the 40-lap race for
Runnin' Rebel division competitors, but it was a
wildly-entertaining event behind the winner. Matthew
Mahar of Buckfield earned runner-up honors in front of
an ultra-competitive Gerard Cote of Oxford.
Oxford Plains Speedway is located on State Route 26 at
877 Main Street in Oxford, Maine. For more information
visit oxfordplains.com or call (207) 539-8865.
Unofficial results from Pro
All Stars Series Championship Day at Oxford Plains
Speedway for the Budweiser Championship Series and the
NAPA Acceleration Series on Saturday October 15, showing
finishing position, car number, driver's name, driver's
hometown. |
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Pro All Stars Series Super
Late Model (150 laps) 1 7 Glen Luce, Turner;
2 7 Travis Benjamin, Morrill; 3 73 Joey Doiron, Berwick;
4 4 Ben Rowe, Turner; 5 84 Scott Mulkern, Falmnouth; 6
60 DJ Shaw, Center Conway, NH; 7 53 Cole Butcher,
Dartmouth, NS; 8 12 Derek Griffith, Hudson, NH; 9 23
Dave Farrington, Jay; 10 54 Johnny Clark, Farmingdale;
11 61 TJ Brackett, Buckfield; 12 73 Adam Polvinen,
Auburn; 13 59 Reid Lanpher, Manchester; 14 03 Joe
Squeglia, Jr., Derry, NH; 15 88 Jeff Taylor, Farmington;
16 7 Curtis Gerry, Waterboro; 17 40 Dan McKeage, Gorham;
18 36 Scott Robbins, Dixfield; 19 46 Dennis Spencer,
Jr., Oxford; 20 41 Tracy Gordon, Strong; 21 09 Jeremy
Davis, Tamworth, NH; 22 22 Scott Farrington, Minot; 23
13 Cassius Clark, Farmington; 24 16 Travis Stearns,
Auburn; 25 24 Mike Rowe, Turner; 26 60 Timmy Brackett,
Buckfield; 27 81 Dan Winter, Windham; 28 28 Kirk
Thibeau, Fort Fairfield; 29 9 Alan Tardiff, Lyman; 30 72
Chris Coolidge, Norway; 31 25 Shawn Knight, South Paris;
32 51 John Peters, Westbrook; 33 0 Shawn Turple, East
Mountain, NS; 34 50 Jeff White, Winthrop; 35 75 Gary
Smith, Bangor; 36 21 Dvaid Oliver, Standish; 37 20 Mike
Landry, Oakland; 38 48 Bobby Timmons, Windham; 39 53
Alan Wilson, Hebron; 40 14 Scott McDaniel, Livermore. |
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Pro All Stars Series
Modified (40 laps) 1 36 Ryan Robbins,
Dixfield; 2 19 Ben Tinker, New Gloucester; 3 25 Bruce
Helmuth, Wales; 4 05 Ron Henry, New Gloucester; 5 85
Jariet Harison, Freeport; 6 17 Austin Teras, Gray; 7 0
Andy Shaw, Center Conway, NH; 8 64 Matty Sanborn,
Westbrook; 9 33 Steve Jones, Saco; 10 15 Patrick
Sullivan, Poland; 11 05x Dennis Scribner, Otisfield; 12
34 David Vaughn, Naples; 13 44 David Grysk, Standish; 14
28 Mark Lundblad, Jr., Albany, NH; 15 00 Geoff Rollins,
Groton, MA. |
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Allen's Coffee Flavored
Brandy Street Stock Open (75 laps) 1 8
Calvin Rose, Jr., Turner; 2 58 David Whittier, West
Poland; 3 23 Zach Emerson, Sabattus; 4 15 Jordan
Russell, Norway; 5 36 Richard Spaulding, Lisbon; 6 02
Geoff Rollins, Groton, MA; 7 5 Kyle Treadwell,
Buckfield; 8 36x Nathan Leavitt, Buxton; 9 24 Jonathan
Emerson, Sabattus; 10 33 Andrew Breton, Sabattus; 11 35
Kristina Nadeau, Buxton; 12 04 Zack Bowie, Turner; 13 74
Rick Thompson, Naples; 14 2 Adam Lovejoy, Sanford; 15 85
Chandler Harrison, Freeport; 16 28x David Tripp, Oxford;
17 68 Paul Harmon, Bridgton; 18 09 Mark Turner, Norway;
19 28 Josh Varney, Leeds; 20 05 Glen Reynolds, Greene;
21 21 Skip Tripp, South Paris; 22 0 Donnie Wear, n/a; 23
08 n/a;, n/a; 24 61 Matt Dufault, Turner; 25 09x Ryan
Ripley, Thomaston; 26 47 Brian Caswell, Portland; 27 29
Chris King, Burnham; 28 60 Richard Wentworth, Center
Conway, NH. |
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Runnin' Rebel (40 laps)
1 94 Cody Childs, Auburn; 2 0 Matthew Mahar,
Buckfield; 3 05 Gerard Cote, Oxford; 4 4 David Cook,
Livermore Falls; 5 44 Rik Montminy,
Auburn; 6 3 Charlie Hall, Oxford; 7 52 Mike Nichols,
Livermore Falls; 8 08x Michael McKinney, Berlin, NH; 9
08 Jeff Merrill, Roxbury; 10 7 Dylan Luce, Turner; 11
121 Jeremy Farr, Oxford; 12 5 Mike Childs, Lewiston; 13
84 n/a; n/a; 14 17 Dan Wade, New Gloucester; 15 12 Chris
LaVanway, Poland; 16 4E Caleb Emerson-Mains, New
Gloucester; 17 00 Cam Childs,
Leeds; 18 19 Brandon Varney, Auburn. |
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Legends Cars (25 laps)
1 72 Ryan Kuhn, East Bridgewater, MA; 2 29 Austin Teras,
Gray; 3 129 Charlie Buxton, Windham; 4 27 Roger
Edgecomb, Hiram; 5 90 Casey Call, Pembroke, NH; 6 18
Parker Varney, Windham; 7 52 Mathew Burgoine, Newport; 8
48 Waylon Farrell, St. John, NL; 9 47 Chris Burgess,
Buckfield; 10 42 Nicholas Packard, Bridgewater, MA; 11
56 Anthony Pagliarulo, Groveland, MA; 12 92 Colby
Meserve, Windham; 13 3 Justin Stacey, Hiram; 14 21
Michael Humphrey, Cornish; 15 7 Kayla King, Windham. |
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SLMs: #54 JOHNNY CLARK, #4 BEN ROWE, & #60
DJ SHAW |
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MODS: #36 RYAN ROBBINS, #19 BEN TINKER, & #0
ANDY SHAW |
PASS North Championships To Be Decided
At Oxford Plains This Weekend |
NAPLES, ME (October 12) - After the grind of
another long season, the Pro All Stars Series (PASS)
North Super Late Models and Modifieds will close out
2016 this Saturday afternoon at Maine's Oxford Plains
Speedway. The PASS Modifieds have an outstanding points
battle heading to Oxford Plains with Andy Shaw leading
by a slight four points over Ryan Robbins and third
place points man Ben Tinker just 19 points behind Shaw.
The battle for the PASS North Super Late Model crown
comes down to two former champions, DJ Shaw and Johnny
Clark. Shaw leads Clark by 69 points as they come to
Oxford Plains for Saturday afternoon's 150-lap event.
Clark, the former six-time series champion, recently
captured his first win of the season at White Mountain
Motorsports Park. While Shaw has not won since Beech
Ridge Motor Speedway in April, his consistency has him
on the threshold of a second PASS North title.
"As far as the season goes, I would consider the season
successful, but we really wanted more wins," says Shaw,
driver of the Precision JLM/Mulkern Excavating #60. "We
race for wins and they just didn't come this year. We
still have a shot at winning our second race this
weekend, but you always want more."
While Shaw
has a fairly healthy advantage over Clark, he knows that
Oxford Plains always has some of the best car counts on
the circuit and that this weekend will be no different.
For the title hopefuls, an early problem could mean
disaster when it comes to winning the championship.
"I think we will have a big field so, at first, we
will play it safe and maybe, if a few cars drop out and
the risk becomes less, we can go for the win," says
Shaw. "Point racing is a tough deal because we probably
could have had one or two more wins, but you don't want
to take risks. Hopefully we have a good car and can take
no chances and still come away with a win and a
championship."
A strong field is expected on
Saturday afternoon led by former Oxford 250 winners,
Travis Benjamin, and Mike and Ben Rowe. David Oliver
returns to the seat of the #21 this weekend and will be
joined by fellow Mainers Scott McDaniel, Michael Landry,
David Farrington, Kirk Thibeau, Scott Robbins, Tracy
Gordon, Denis Spencer, Jr., John Peters, Reid Lanpher,
Tim and TJ Brackett, and Adam Polvinen. 2016 winner
Derek Griffith will be back, along with Nova Scotia's
Cole Butcher.
All the action gets under way
bright and early Saturday morning with pit gates opening
at 8 AM, followed by rotating practice at 9:30 AM, heat
races start at 2 PM, with feature events to follow for
the PASS North Super Late Models, PASS Modifieds, Street
Stocks, Rebels, and Legends.
The complete
weekend schedule and entry forms can be found at
ProAllStarsSeries.com.
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 legendary Oxford 250 at Oxford
Plains Speedway and PASS South's Easter Bunny 150 at the
historic Hickory Motor Speedway.
For technical
information concerning all PASS divisions please send
questions to
passracing@roadrunner.com.
For media or
marketing questions, please contact Alan Dietz at
704-231-2039 or
alandietzpass@live.com.
And, don't forget to
"Like" the Pro All Stars Series on Facebook or follow us
on Twitter @PASSSLM14 to keep up with breaking news as
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