Hermon ME (April 19) Johnny Clark fired his Car Crushing/Port City
Race Cars Impala SS under Richie Dearborn and Cassius Clark on lap 136
of Sunday's Pro All Stars Series (PASS) NAPA 150 to take the opening
day win at Speedway 95 in Hermon ME. Clark got into Dearborn on the
backstretch in a side by side battle for the lead and Dearborn dropped
his right rear off the backstretch, slipping back to fourth at the
finish after leading much of the day. Cassius Clark raced back from an
early race incident to capture second place. Chubbuck came home third
after running up front all day . Dearborn and Adam Bates rounded out
the top five.
The defending PASS North Champion beat Cassius Clark to the stripe by
.389 seconds. Derek Ramstrom, Chris Staples, John Flemming, Ben Rowe
and Donnie Whitten raced home sixth thru tenth. Fifteen cars finished
on the lead lap. Dearborn, Ramstrom and Cassius Clark each earned
heat race wins.
Cassius snatched the lead away from pole sitter Dearborn on lap six
but Kelly Moore's NAPA Chevy was charging and it looked like he might
have something for Clark. They battled tooth and nail for several laps
before the pair got together, spinning out of the top two spots on lap
fifty six. Clark fell back to thirteenth and Moore restarted
fourteenth. Scott Chubbuck was the beneficiary, restarting in the
lead, but Dearborn and Chris Staples soon made their way by. Those
three ran nose to tail at the halfway mark, with Johnny Clark fourth
and Ramstrom fifth. Staples had a great run going, keeping the
pressure on Dearborn and battling back and forth with Chubbuck for the
second spot.
With twenty five to go Cassius Clark had recovered from his early spin
and looked like he was ready to challenge Dearborn for the win; Johnny
Clark worked his way up to third and local hero Scott Alexander was
running a fine fourth as Staples faded back from the lead pack.
Alexander's day would eventually end in the tires off turn four with
the finish line in his sights.
It all came to a head on a lap 136 restart and Johnny Clark showed his
hand, clashing with Dearborn to grab the lead. Despite Cassius'best
efforts to run him down, it was Johnny at the checkers by two car
lengths.
PASS North takes a week off before heading to Beech Ridge Motor
Speedway in Scarborough Maine on Saturday May 2nd. Post time at "The
Ridge" is 3:00 PM. The PASS South Super Late Models race Saturday
night at Orange County Speedway in Rougemont North Carolina.
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Unofficial Finish – PASS North super late model NAPA 150 – Speedway
95, Hermon ME – April 19, 2009
1) 54 Johnny Clark, Hallowell ME 2) 8 Cassius Clark, Farmington ME 3)
77 Scott Chubbuck, Dresden ME 4) 33 Richie Dearborn Hollis ME 5) 98
Adam Bates, Warner NH 6) 35 Derek Ramstrom Worcester MA 7) 5 Chris
Staples, Brunswick ME 8) 97 John Flemming, Halifax N.S. CA 9) 4 Ben
Rowe,Turner ME 10) 7 Donnie Whitten, Wells ME 11) 12 John Dabrowski,
Dorchester MA 12) 36 Jay Sands, Hampton NH 13) 17 Travis Benjamin,
Morrill ME 14) 75 Gary Smith, Bangor ME 15) 20 Steve Legendre, St
Johnsbury VT 16) 25 Mike Thomas Lewiston ME 17) 47 Kelly Moore,
Scarborough ME 18) 60 D.J. Shaw, Center Conway NH 19) 17A Scott
Alexander, Glenburn ME 20) 15 David Folsom, Skowhegan ME 21) 85 Nick
Ribbe, Kingston MA 22) 33H John Higgins, Glenburn ME 23) 84 Scott
Mulkern, Falmouth ME
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