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The PASS Super Late Model Championship will be determined at the Hicktory Speedway in NC this Saturday.
CHARLOTTE, NC (October 31) – The longest season in grassroots, short track racing will come to a close on Saturday afternoon, November 10, when the Pro All Stars Series (PASS) National Championship Super Late Models take the green flag at Hickory Motor Speedway. The 13th Annual Mason-Dixon MegaMeltdown 200 will cap off another exciting season that began in Dillon, SC way back in February. And, it will all be captured in front of the MAVTV cameras. Last year, race fans across the country were able to see the ultimate North versus South shootout when North Carolina’s Brandon Setzer and Maine’s Garrett Hall tangled coming to the checkered flag.
This year, all eyes will be focused on the battle for asphalt Super Late Model racing’s only national championship. After wins by Derek Griffith at Dillon and Thompson, CT to start the PASS National Championship season, Connecticut’s Ray Christian, III has chipped away at the lead and now trails Griffith by a single point as he heads to Hickory for the first time ever.
“We’re going in to Hickory with the same mindset that we have at every other racetrack…learn as much as we can and bring the car home in one piece,” says Christian, driver of the Crazy Horse Racing #93. “This whole national championship run was a completely unexpected scenario for us, considering this is my first year in a Super Late Model. But, I think we have shown these guys that we can race with them a little bit this year.”
Not to be forgotten though will also be Turner, ME’s, Ben Rowe. The 5-Time and defending PASS National Champion sits third in the standings, just 10 points behind Griffith. And, of Rowe’s 10 career wins down south, three have come at Hickory. Those stats are not lost on Christian.
“I’ve never been to Hickory, but I’ve watched races from down there and guys like Ben Rowe have a million laps there,” says Christian. “I can’t wait to get down there because it looks like a blast and definitely the kind of place I can really get in to. I just hope that no matter how the national points turn out that, at the end of the day at Hickory, I hope we earn those guys respect.”
And, if the PASS National Championship fight is not enough, fans will be treated to Matt Craig versus Kodie Conner as Craig goes for his third straight PASS South Super Late Model title, plus MASS Street Stocks and Legends.
Action gets under way on Friday with rotating practice for the PASS Super Late Models, MASS Street Stocks, and Legends from 2-5 PM. On Saturday, pit gates open at 7:30 AM, with practice starting at 9:30 AM, qualifying at 11:45 AM, and main events at 1:30 PM.
PASS Super Late Model entry forms and the complete weekend schedule for the Mason-Dixon MegaMeltdown 200 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, PASS South’s Easter Bunny 150 at the historic Hickory Motor Speedway, and the PASS Commonwealth Classic at Richmond Raceway. For technical information concerning all PASS divisions please send questions to passracing@roadrunner.com.
Source: Alan Dietz/PASS Tours PR
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Place Name Num Class Points Events
1 Sherman Baumann 36 FL 4.94157 Philo 1.000, Okemo I 1.000, Burke II 1.000, Burke I 0.996, Ascutney II 0.946
2 Emmanuel Cecchet 966 R1 4.73473 Ascutney I 1.000, Philo 0.990, Okemo I 0.949, Burke II 0.903, Burke I 0.893
3 Kent Everding 109 S1 4.57626 Burke I 0.963, Ascutney II 0.962, Burke II 0.949, Okemo I 0.881, Philo 0.822
4 Stephen Jones 702 S4 4.54 Philo 0.944, Okemo I 0.924, Ascutney II 0.902, Burke II 0.893, Burke I 0.877, Ascutney I 0.743
5 Margaret Sharron 11 R1 4.5149 Philo 0.970, Ascutney I 0.926, Burke II 0.881, Okemo I 0.873, Burke I 0.865
6 Don Taylor 88 S3 4.4907 Okemo I 0.918, Ascutney I 0.914, Ascutney II 0.895, Burke II 0.885, Burke I 0.879
7 David M. Dennis 98 P1 4.47991 Philo 0.947, Ascutney I 0.925, Okemo I 0.911, Burke II 0.858, Burke I 0.838
8 Patrick Martin 027 P2 4.1897 Philo 0.910, Okemo I 0.832, Ascutney II 0.823, Ascutney I 0.819, Burke II 0.805, Burke I 0.790
9 Jimi Heyder 442 P2 4.16814 Philo 0.896, Ascutney I 0.864, Okemo I 0.833, Ascutney II 0.800, Burke II 0.775, Burke I 0.764
10 Doru Caraeni 777X U1 4.15539 Philo 0.852, Ascutney I 0.850, Okemo I 0.827, Burke II 0.823, Burke I 0.804
11 Jesse O’Brien 365 P4 4.09302 Ascutney II 0.855, Okemo I 0.836, Philo 0.825, Burke I 0.792, Burke II 0.785
12 Mike Wilson 6X U1 4.08804 Philo 0.852, Ascutney I 0.845, Ascutney II 0.808, Okemo I 0.806, Burke II 0.777
13 Drew Young 62X U4 4.03434 Ascutney I 0.832, Philo 0.831, Okemo I 0.808, Ascutney II 0.803, Burke I 0.760
14 Kevin Gale 25 FL 3.90756 Ascutney II 1.000, Okemo I 0.996, Burke I 0.960, Burke II 0.951, Philo 0.000
15 Robin Rielly 69X U4 3.75952 Philo 0.803, Ascutney II 0.759, Burke II 0.750, Okemo I 0.749, Burke I 0.698, Ascutney I 0.000
16 Paul Malko 13X 3.57994 Ascutney I 0.750, Okemo I 0.745, Ascutney II 0.716, Burke II 0.694, Burke I 0.675
17 Erik Reisner 719 S2 3.57085 Philo 0.941, Ascutney I 0.902, Burke II 0.875, Ascutney II 0.852, Okemo I 0.000
18 Doug Hardy 948X U5 3.52312 Philo 0.766, Ascutney II 0.716, Okemo I 0.714, Burke II 0.672, Burke I 0.655
19 Brad Martin 7X UE 3.19833 Okemo I 0.824, Burke I 0.814, Philo 0.792, Burke II 0.768, Ascutney II 0.000
Source: New England Hill Climbers Assn.
DAYTONA BEACH, Fla. (Oct. 29, 2018) – AMA Pro Racing announced today that it welcomes longtime NASCAR veteran Mike Helton to its Board of Managers. Helton – who continues in his current role at NASCAR as Vice Chairman – joins David Atlas, Tom Bledsoe, George Silbermann and Mark Raffauf on the Board, which leverages 150-plus years of motorsports experience as it helps guide and assist the AMA Pro Racing organization.
Helton brings wide-ranging and multi-faceted experience to the Board, much of which comes from his decades of experience at NASCAR and within the motorsports community. Since 2015 he’s served as Vice Chairman of NASCAR, held the position of NASCAR President beginning in 2000, and been intimately involved with the sanctioning body since 1994.
“Mike Helton brings a lifetime of Motorsports experience to American Flat Track during a period of rapid growth for the sport,” said Michael Lock, CEO of American Flat Track. “We welcome Mike to the Board and are looking forward to the benefit of his insights and guidance.”
Helton’s duties today involve overseeing competition, helping guide NASCAR leadership in its strategic planning, and expanding the sport’s reach, both nationally and internationally. Helton is a current member of NASCAR’s Board of Directors, as well as a member of the company’s Executive Council.
Helton is also Chairman of The NASCAR Foundation, a charity that raises money and encourages volunteerism as it supports nonprofit causes around the country. Additionally, his career includes operational stints at two major racing venues, Atlanta Motor Speedway and Talladega Superspeedway – and he’s also spent some time in a race car himself.
“I’m excited about becoming a part of AMA Pro Racing’s Board of Managers,” Helton said. “I’ve been a motorcycle enthusiast for most of my life and really am impressed with the direction American Flat Track is going. I look forward to being a part of their increasing role in motorsports.”
Born and raised in Bristol, Va., Helton resides in Ormond Beach, Fla. with his wife Lynda. How to Watch: NBCSN and FansChoice.tv are the official homes for coverage of American Flat Track. For the 2018 season, NBCSN’s coverage of AFT moves to highly-coveted, weekend afternoon programming slots within two weeks of each event. The complete schedule for AFT on NBCSN can be viewed at http://www.americanflattrack.com/events-nbcsn/. FansChoice.tv remains a cornerstone of AFT’s digital strategy, providing live streaming coverage of every event on AFT’s live page while previous events and exclusive features are available on AFT’s VOD page. About American Flat Track: |
NICK JOHNSON (Credit: TMSP Photo)
EDGES TOM CAREY III FOR WHELEN ALL AMERICAN SERIES CROWN
BY KYLE SOUZA, FOR THOMPSON SPEEDWAY MOTORSPORTS PARK
THOMPSON, Conn. – When you look at the final NASCAR Whelen All American Series Late Model point standings at Thompson Speedway Motorsports Park, you see four drivers who captured a checkered flag. In fact, those four drivers were the only competitors to celebrate in Victory Lane this season in a division that saw 29 drivers take the green flag at least once.
But, at the top of those standings, the eventual champion of the 2018 season had a zero in the win column. Nick Johnson, a native of Rehoboth, Massachusetts, is celebrating his first Thompson championship in the No. 6, even though he didn’t visit Victory Lane. Johnson finished in the top five in all seven races, including a fifth-place in the season-finale, which helped him seal the crown.
Johnson was the only driver to score top five finishes in every event, and also the only driver to finish inside the top-10 in all seven races. He defeated Tom Carey III by just a mere three points in the closest battle across all four of the Whelen All American Series divisions at Thompson.
“Not at all,” Johnson said when asked if he thought he could win the title at the beginning of the season. “My immediate thought was I just wanted to come and win. We didn’t even think we were going to run a full-time schedule but one thing leads to another, and here we are.”
Entering the finale, Johnson knew he wasn’t going to win the title by just comfortably riding around the .625-mile oval. He started deep in the back, and watched Tom Carey III, his closest challenger, pull away from him. Carey got all the way to the front, and finished third, just inches behind Buddy Charette for that spot.
Even though he finished in front of Johnson on the track, it wasn’t enough to get the title.
“Honestly, going into the season, the goal was really to win races. We didn’t achieve that goal, but it ended up leading to the championship,” Johnson said. “Once we ended up leading the championship standings, it was going to be hard to back away from it. We decided to just run with it and see what we could do.”
In the end, after seven months, Johnson’s decision turned out to be the right one. While he defeated Carey but just three, Mark Jenison, who won the final race of the season, ended just 13 points out after doing everything he could.
William Wall was fourth, 15 back, while Ryan Morgan, who won a season-high three races, rounded out the top five.
“Those few laps, I was just watching the yellow car (Carey) and making sure I stayed with it,” Johnson said. “There were a few times where I had no where to go, and I was fast enough to pass, but it’s not really a track you can run three-wide. I just had to have patience, wait, and when the opportunity presented itself, I took it. I was pretty surprised to be honest.”
Johnson will be officially crowned champion at the 2018 Banquet & Awards Celebration, with a date to be announced at a later date.
Source: Taylor Pelletier
Sr. Manager, Event Services
Thompson Speedway Motorsports Park
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