Rowe Keeps Title Hopes Alive With Top-5 Finishes

Rowe Keeps Title Hopes Alive With Top-5 Finishes

FALMOUTH, Maine -- Ben Rowe sits just a handful of points out of the PASS North Series championship lead as the tour barrels down the homestretch.

Rowe, of Turner, Maine, posted back-to-back Top-5 finishes at Seekonk Speedway in Seekonk, Mass., and Spud Speedway in Caribou, Maine to position himself just 13 points out of the PASS North Series lead with two races remaining.

"Everybody's still working really hard," Rowe said of the No. 48 Community Pharmacies team. "We're getting close. And we're still in the hunt for the championship -- so we may not be quite where we want to be, but we're not that far off, either."

Rowe finished fourth at Seekonk Speedway on Aug. 14. Just one week later, he ran fifth in the series' inaugural visit to Spud Speedway.

In both cases, Rowe said he had a competitive car early on.

"The car seems to be really fast for the first few laps, but it drops off pretty quickly for some reason," said Rowe, who has two wins and nine Top-5s through the first 11 races of the year. "Obviously, if we can figure out why that happens and fix it, we're going to be really good."

The series returns to action in the PASS 300 at Beech Ridge Motor Speedway in Scarborough, Maine, on September 12 -- the longest race of the season -- and concludes with a final PASS 150 at White Mountain Motorsports Park on September 17.

The PASS 300 is also the fourth of five PASS National Series events. The 4-time PASS North champion Rowe sits third in the National standings, just 27 points out of the lead in that series. He is the reigning PASS National and PASS South Series champion.

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