CHARLOTTE, NC (August 8 2008) – There's still more than a month until
race number three of the Pro All Stars Series (PASS) Super Late Model
National Championship Series, but teams up and down the East Coast
are already making preparations. The first two National races have
been held in North Carolina, while the third race will be held on
September 21st, headlining the PASS 400 weekend at Beech Ridge Motor
Speedway in Scarborough Maine. Several teams from the PASS South
region have already confirmed that they are planning to make the long
trek to New England.
Atop that group of Southerners heading north is the surprising leader
of the PASS National standings, John Stancill. At just 15 years of
age, everything Stancill has done in 2008 has exceeded expectations.
Stancill came to the PASS South Series as a Legends car standout with
similar credentials to those of other PASS drivers such as Ryan Lawler
and Corey Williams. In the first PASS National race at the Hickory
Motor Speedway, Stancill started an unassuming 26th and shocked the
crowd in attendance by coming home with a third place finish. PASS
National race number two at the Orange County Speedway saw Stancill
lead laps and come home with a fourth place finish. That finish in
the Southern Sizzler has put Stancill atop the National points leading
the likes of Cassius Clark, Mike and Ben Rowe, and Corey Williams.
What makes that accomplishment even more amazing is the fact that
Stancill and his team are racing on a very limited budget. A budget
so tight he was unable to race at the most recent PASS South event at
the Dillon Motor Speedway. Nonetheless, Stancill and his team are
heading to Beech Ridge with the hopes of protecting their lead in the
PASS National standings.
Unlike John Stancill, everyone knew that Alex Haase would be a driver
to watch this year. And sure enough, as Haase became more comfortable
with his surroundings, he became a consistent front runner week in and
week out. Wins at Wake County and Greenville-Pickens have put Haase
third in points with a shot at the PASS South championship. Haase and
his Kyle Busch-owned Toyota team aren't strangers to racing with PASS
North in 2008 either. Haase has already competed in the two PASS
North events at Beech Ridge this season finishing 17th and 29th
respectively. Obviously those results are not what he was hoping for,
but they've given Haase and his team an idea of what they need when
they head back to Beech Ridge in September.
"We've got another car up North, separate from the car that we race in
the South and I think we can go up to Beech Ridge and have a chance to
win," said Haase. "The guys that take care of the car in the North do
a really good job and I know we can do better than what we did when we
go back to Beech Ridge."
Perhaps the driver traveling the farthest distance to get to Beech
Ridge will be Perry Brown. The Florida native has had an astounding
start to his first full-time season in PASS South competition. Brown
took a dominating win at the Watermelon Capital Speedway in Georgia
and has followed that up with seven top tens, good enough for second
in PASS South points. In addition, Brown has finished in the top ten
in both PASS National races and will enter Beech Ridge fifth in
National points.
Several other top PASS South contenders will be attending, plus some
of the best Super Late Model racers in the country for race number
three of the PASS National Series coming up on September 21st at the
Beech Ridge Motor Speedway in Scarborough, ME.
PASS South takes a couple of well deserved weeks off before they hit
the track again for the Piedmont Pride 125 on August 30th at the
Caraway Speedway in Asheboro, NC.
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