Rogers rocks PASS regulars at Beech Ridge - Shaw claims PASS Mod win

NAPLES ME (7/18) Beech Ridge  Pro Series racer Bill Rogers  took advantage of a green-white-checker finish to beat Trevor Sanborn  in  Saturday night’s PASS 150 at  Scarborough Maine’s Beech Ridge Motor Speedway . Cassius Clark, Scott Mulkern and Johnny Clark chased Rogers and Sanborn to the checkers.

Rogers didn’t luck into the win by any means. The Old Orchard Beach racer was fast throughout the night. He took the lead from Scott Chubbuck on lap five and held the spot until Trevor Sanborn took over on lap thirty nine. At the half-way mark it was Sanborn, Rogers, Chubbuck, Scott Mulkern and Cassius Clark leading the way.

Rodgers took back the top spot on a lap 83 restart and stayed there until Sanborn returned the favor when the field went back to green after a lap 118 caution. It looked like Sanborn was in a position to finally claim a PASS North feature win; Rogers was right on his bumper though and Mulkern, Chubbuck and a resurgent Mike Rowe were all battling for position.  Rowe’s night ended early with a disqualification after Chubbuck went around off of Rowe’s front bumper to bring out another caution at lap 132.

Sanborn was in control on the restart and Cassius Clark briefly held second until Rogers came roaring back two laps later. The night’s final caution set up a green-white-checker finish and Rogers now had the preferred outside groove. Rogers took full advantage of his final shot at Sanborn, motoring around the outside to score a very popular home track victory.

A number of drivers had good runs going, only to see accidents spoil their night. Adam Bates, Dave Oliver and Aaron Ricker all ended their race on the hook after a wreck on lap 116, while Scott Chubbuck ran fourth prior to his contact with Mike Rowe. Chubbuck salvaged a tenth place finish.

Roger’s margin of victory was .304 seconds; fourteen cars completed all 150 green flag laps. Heat race wins went to Adam Bates, Scott Chubbuck and Scott Mulkern.

The PASS Mods were in town for a 40 lap feature and Andy Shaw became the first repeat winner of the 2010 season, capturing a hard fought win over Jon Brill. Wayne Whitten finished third with Alan Wilson fourth.  Mike Mayberry had a successful  Mod series debut, starting thirteenth and finishing fifth.

Shaw started shotgun on the fourteen car field but he was in second by the half way mark, ready to battle Brill for the win. The pair raced nose to tail lap after lap until Shaw powered around Brill on the outside for the lead with seven laps remaining.    

PASS North hosts round three of the 2010 PASS National Championship series on Thursday evening at Thompson (CT) International Speedway on Thursday July 22nd.    The PASS Mods get back on track Saturday July 24 at Canaan (NH) Fair Speedway.

Visit www.proallstarsseries.com ,  www.thompsonspeedway.com and www.canaanspeedways.com for the latest information on these upcoming events.

Unofficial Results – PASS Super Late Model 150 – Beech Ridge Motor Speedway

1) 53 Bill Rogers 2) 44 Trevor Sanborn 3) 8 Cassius Clark 4) 84 Scott Mulkern 5) 54 Johnny Clark 6) 85 Nick Ribbe 7) 1T Chris Thorne 8) 14M Matt Frahm 9) 33 Richie Dearborn 10) 77 Scott Chubbuck 11) 48 Ben Rowe 12) 47 Kelly Moore 13) 03 Scott Moore 14) 17 Travis Benjamin 15) 10 Scott Dragon 16) 71 Gary Drew 17) 79 Keith McKinnon 18) 7 Donnie Whitten 19) 73 Joey Doiron 20) 17A Scott Alexander 21) 75 Gary Smith 22) 98 Adam Bates 23) 21 David Oliver 24) 22R Adam Ricker 25) 02 Shane Lane 26) 7X Curtis Gerry 27) 36 Jay Sands 28) 1 Randy Turner 29) 28 Andy Shaw DQ: 2 Mike Rowe

Unofficial Results – PASS Mod 40 – Beech Ridge Motor Speedway

1) 66 Andy Shaw 2) 77 John Brill 3) 2X Wayne Whitten Jr. 4) 53W Alan Wilson 5) 18 Mike Mayberry 6) 21 Sulo Burbank 7) 53 Leo Oliveira 8)  85 Mitch Miller 9) 56X Rich Ferreira 10) 20 Frank Wear 11) 29 Greg Ellis 12) 33 Bill Dixon 13) 50 Sumner Sessions 14) 14 Scott McDaniel