Mike Rowe wins PASS North thriller at Beech Ridge

Scarborough ME ( April 19th 2008) Mike Rowe, Ben Rowe and Travis
Benjamin staged a short track battle royal in the Pro All Stars
(PASS) North super late model opener at Beech Ridge Motor Speedway,
and when the dust settled Mike Rowe was in victory lane by one-one
hundredth of a second . Ben Rowe came up inches short for second with
Benjamin half a car length back in third. PASS Sophomore Adam Bates
scored a career best fourth place finish and Beech Ridge master Bub
Bilodeau rounded out the top five.

Cassius Clark and Benjamin were out front early on, swapping the lead
several times per lap and battling side by side on restarts. Ben Rowe
was next to challenge Benjamin and he held the top spot for laps 59 to
73 before Benjamin took over once again. At the crossed flags it was
Benjamin out front with Ben Rowe second, Steve Berry third, Richie
Dearborn fourth and Cassius Clark fifth.

Mike Rowe must have seen those crossed flags ad decided it was time to
go as the P.T. Watts black deuce was now coming to the front. Mike
worked his way by Ben for second on lap 80 and took the lead from
Benjamin 20 laps later.

Ben Rowe was clearly fading, and the RMR team brought him to pit road
on a lap 104 caution with two tires going down. On the speedway
Cassius Clark was making his own charge to the point. Clark wrestled
away the lead on lap 113 and kept the top spot until a lap 127
restart, slipping back to sixth behind Mike Rowe, Benjamin, Bates,
Chubbuck and Bilodeau. Ben Rowe was charging back through the pack
from his pit stop and he cracked the top three with two to go. The
day's final caution on lap 148 set the stage for the wild
green-white-checker finish.

Cassius Clark, Scott Chubbuck, Kirk Thibeau, Derek Ramstrom and Richie
Dearborn rounded out the top ten. D.J. Shaw was the rookie of the race
in eleventh. Heat race wins went to Cassius Clark, Travis Benjamin and
Scott Mulkern.

I n PASS Mod Action, Andy Shaw made a successful return to PASS
racing, wiring the 40 lap feature event. Shaw and past champion Mark
Lucas staged a great restart battle throughout the first three
quarters of the event, with Shaw getting the best of Lucas each time
Gary Norris Jr. came up to challenge Lucas and grabbed the second spot
with nine to go. At the stripe it was Shaw, Norris Jr., Lucas, Tom
Oliver and youngster Ron Gooden with his best ever PASS Mod run fifth.
Tom Oliver and Shaw both earned heat race wins.

The Pluffybilt Racing Tractors Sportsman feature saw Terry Merrill
inherit the lead from Dan McKeage on lap 43 to win the fifty lap
feature. Ron Smith came home second, with Richie Morse third, veteran
Duane Seekins fourth and Shane Tatro fifth. It looked like it would be
McKeage's day before a blown engine sent the defending series champ
pit side. McKeage and Mike Landry were the sportsman heat winners.

All four PASS North divisions (Super Late Models, Outlaws,Mods and
Pluffybilt Racing Tractors Sportsman) will be in action on Saturday
May 3rd at Speedway 95 in Hermon Maiine

Vist the Pro All Stars Series on the web at

www.proallstarsseries.com

and www.racewithpass.com .

Ragan Headlines PASS South Visit to Watermelon Capital

CHARLOTTE, NC (April 18 2008) – NASCAR Sprint Cup Series driver David
Ragan headlines a star studded field of Super Late Model drivers
heading to the Watermelon Capital Speedway in Cordele, GA for the Pro
All Stars Series (PASS) South's first visit to the speedway. The
April 26th race at Watermelon Capital marks a homecoming for Ragan who
grew up in nearby Unadilla, GA. Ragan will race in the NASCAR
Nationwide Series race at Talladega, AL early in the day, fly to
Cordele for the Watermelon 125 and then it's back to Talladega for
Sunday's NASCAR Sprint Cup Series event.

"It feels good to come back and race for fun," said Ragan.
"Logistically, Talladega and Watermelon Capital Speedway are pretty
close and it works out in the schedule for that weekend. Anytime you
can race in front of family and friends it's always special."

At just 22 years of age David Ragan decided to follow his father Ken,
a veteran of 50 NASCAR Sprint Cup Series races, into the racing
business. He has already had a fair share of success. In 2007 Ragan
finished in the top five in the Daytona 500, had a best finish of
third at the Richmond (VA) International Raceway, and won the NASCAR
Nationwide Series Rookie-of-the-Year award,

Despite Ragan's meteoric rise to the top level of stock car racing, he
has spent little time behind the wheel of a Super Late Model. Ragan
moved fairly quickly from Legends and Thunder Roadsters to ARCA,
largely bypassing the fastest full fendered short track race cars.

"I spent some time racing Super Late Models in the summer of
2003 but I turned 18 shortly after that and started racing ARCA," said
Ragan.

With his busy schedule of Sprint Cup and Nationwide Series
races driving for car owner Jack Roush, David has had little time to
race with PASS or any other touring divisions. Thanks to help from
some of his old short track racing friends, David doesn't have to
worry about what he will be driving in the PASS South Series
Watermelon 125.

"I'm driving Casey Roderick's Super Late Model," said Ragan.
He's 16 years old and a friend of ours. I actually flew home Sunday
after [the Sprint Cup race at] Phoenix and practiced, so at least I
got some time in the car prior to the race."

In addition to Ragan, some of Georgia and the nation's best
have committed to the PASS South Watermelon 125. Bubba Pollard,
coming off a Super Late Model win in Alabama, Michael Pope, Justin
Wakefield, and Bill Elliott development driver Mitch Cobb are just a
few of the drivers with Georgia connections hoping for a win in the
Peach State. Those drivers plus PASS South points leader Corey
Williams, teen standouts Zach Stroupe and John Stancill, Kyle Busch
development driver Alex Haase, and many more are all expected for the
inaugural Watermelon 125.

Gates open Saturday April 26 at 11:00 AM.PASS South Super
Late Model practice gets underway ay 2:00 PM and qualifying gets the
green flag at 4:30 PM. Qualifying rounds and feature racing starts at
6:30 PM and the green flag is set to drop on the Watermelon 125 at
approximately 8:30 PM. Watermelon Capital Speedway is located in
Cordele, GA at exit 104 just off Interstate 75.

For information on all five PASS racing divisions, visit
www.proallstarsseries.com ; the PASS South web site can be found at
www.racewithpass.com . Watermelon Capital Speedway is on line at
www.watermeloncapitalspeedway.com

Beech Ridge good to go for PASS North opener

Naples ME (April 16, 2008) A welcome string of sunny, warm and breezy
spring days have melted away the winters record snowfall and set the
stage for a big weekend of Pro All Stars Series (PASS) racing at Beech
Ridge Motor Speedway in Scarborough.

According to series President Tom Mayberry, "I met with the Cusacks at
Beech Ridge yesterday (Tuesday) and we took a good look at the entire
facility. Eighty percent of the pits and parking lots are ready to go
today, and the forecast is for great weather right through race day.
The Beech Ridge maintenance team is hard at work on the grounds so
we're in great shape for our PASS North season opener. There may be
snow in your yard and mud in your driveway but we're ready to go
racing on Saturday and both practice days are on as scheduled."

Practice for all PASS and Beech Ridge divisions is set for both
Thursday April 17th and Friday April 18th from 2:00 until 7:00 P.M.

On Saturday it's the Cabin Fever 150 for the PASS North super late
models and there's a strong field ready to take to the tricky
Scarborough oval for the SLM lid lifter.

Multi time PASS champions Ben Rowe and Johnny Clark will both be
looking to get their 2008 championship drives off to a solid start but
the list of challengers is stronger than ever. John Flemming has moved
his race team from Nova Scotia to Maine to take a stab at the title.
He's got three maritime titles to his credit already so he knows what
it takes to wear the crown. Cassius Clark, Mike Rowe and Richie
Dearborn are all loaded for bear. Both Kelly Moore and Scott Chubbuck
have what it takes to be PASS Champion should they decide to challenge
for the title. Travis Benjamin, Derek Ramstrom and Adam Bates are all
on the verge of breakthrough seasons, and there are plenty of wild
card teams that will factor in to Saturdays season opener. Northern
Race Tires rookie challengers D.J. Shaw, Jimmy Chambers and Harry
Olson, veterans like Donnie Whitten, Steve Knowlton, Kirk Thibeau –
the list is long and talented.

The Pluffybilt Racing Tractors Sportman and the PASS Mods will both
kick off their seasons Saturday, and they're just as ready and eager
to go racing as their super late model counterparts.

Grandstand gates swing open for the Cabin Fever 150 at 11:30 AM and
the first green flag of the 2008 PASS North season waves at 3:00 PM
sharp.

Busch Enters Haase in PASS North opener

Naples ME (April 14, 2008) - Add PASS South racer Alex Haase to the
list of those gunning for victory lane in the Pro All Stars Series (
PASS) North super late model season opener at Beech Ridge Motor
Speedway this Saturday. The Las Vegas, Nevada native will be behind
the wheel of the Kyle Busch Foundation Toyota Camry for team owner
Kyle Busch.

Haase will join a hungry field of PASS North super late model regulars
and rookies eager to kick off their 2008 season. Recently received
entries include Scott Chubbuck, Johnny Clark,Jimmy Chambers, Harry
Olson and Kirk Thibeau. Donnie Whitten will make his return to PASS
competition at Beech Ridge as will Gary Bellefeur, and many more
entries are expected as race day draws near.

Mike and Ben Rowe, Cassius Clark, Travis Benjamin, Richie Dearborn,
Kelly Moore, D.J. Shaw and Derek Ramstrom have already filed their
entries .for the series kickoff at the Scarborough Maine oval. PASS
Mods and the Pluffybilt Racing Tractors Sportsman will complete a
non-stop, action packed afternoon of family fun and excitement at The
Ridge.

In preparation for opening day, two practice sessions are scheduled
for Thursday April 17th and Friday April 18th from 2:00 PM until 7:00
PM. All PASS and Beech Ridge divisions are invited to participate.

Pit gates open at 10:00 AM on race day with heat racing set for 3:00 PM sharp.

In case of foul weather, the show goes green on Sunday at 1:30 PM.

Speedway 95 Kicks Off 2008.

By Bill DaButler,

(Hermon, Me)
Speedway 95 held it's annual Airport Mall Car show on Friday, April
12th and Saturday April 13th to kick off the 2008 season. Opening day
is Sunday, April 20th at 1:30 with a pretty car contest, the race card
will kick off at 2.

Airport Mall Show 2008 Results

People's Choice Awards
1/2 Scale Winston Cups 88 Heather Phillips
Ladies 51 Jamie Rennebu
Little Enduro 77 Mark Sawyer
Big Enduro 0 Josh Curtis
Sat Trucks 99 Dana Smith
Sport Fours 8 Melanie Judkins
Strictly Street 27 Wayne Parritt JR
Super Street 39 Travis Beale
ProLimited 28 Rowland Robinson, Jr.


Best of Show 99 Truck Dana Smith
Best Display 28 Sport Four Jason Dorr

Best Dressed Crew Third 39 Super Street Travis Beale
Best Dressed Crew Second 39 Ladies Danielle DeLuck
Best Dressed Crew First 2 Sport Four Wally Gibbons

Johnson wins on fuel-mileage gamble at Phoenix

AVONDALE, Ariz. (April 12, 2008) -- Sometimes the slowest car wins the race.

With crew chief Chad Knaus beseeching driver Jimmie Johnson to save
fuel over the final seven laps of Saturday night's Subway Fresh Fit
500 at Phoenix International Raceway, the two-time defending Cup
champion nursed the No. 48 Chevrolet across the finish line 7.002
seconds ahead of Clint Bowyer, who also had gambled on fuel.

Johnson completed the final lap at a relative snail's pace -- 31.19
seconds -- in full conservation mode.

The victory returned Hendrick Motorsports to victory lane after an
eight-race hiatus and gave the two-time defending Cup champion the
34th win of his career -- and second straight at Phoenix. Denny Hamlin
ran
third, followed by Carl Edwards, who rallied from a pit road penalty
to claim the fourth spot.

Mark Martin, who surrendered the lead to Johnson when he came to the
pits for two tires and fuel on Lap 302, ran fifth, followed by points
leader Jeff Burton, Dale Earnhardt Jr., Martin Truex Jr., Greg Biffle
and Kyle Busch.

Johnson's margin of victory was the largest since Martin Truex Jr. won
the Autism Speaks 400 at Dover by 7.355 seconds over Ryan Newman on
June 4, 2007.

After all the other contenders save Bowyer had pitted for fuel in the
closing laps, Knaus instructed Johnson on Lap 304 to "Pit this time."

After a brief discussion, they changed their strategy. "Back up your
pace half a second a lap," Knaus radioed to his driver. "Screw it.
We'll go for it."

Knaus spent the remainder of the race slowing Johnson down, ultimately
telling him to back his pace down three seconds a lap, because none of
the drivers behind had time to catch up.

"Put it in neutral!" Knaus ordered as Johnson rolled through the final
two corners.

"I'm good," Johnson answered. "I've got good fuel pressure."

As he approached the finish line, Johnson screamed, "We're going to win this."

Johnson led 120 of the 312 laps. Only three other drivers -- Earnhardt
(87), Martin (68) and polesitter Ryan Newman (37) -- led the race, the
fewest since the Siemens 300 at New Hampshire (July 25, 2004)
produced three different leaders.

Johnson conserved his fuel so effectively that he had enough left for
a celebratory burnout, but he ran out of gas on the backstretch during
his victory lap.

The victory moved Johnson from sixth to fourth in the championship
standings, 99 points behind Burton.

Notes: The start of the race was delayed for more than 16 minutes to
accommodate the rain-delayed Major League Baseball game between the
New York Yankees and Boston Red Sox, which FOX also televised. . .
Engine failures wiped out both front row starters. Newman fell out
after 134 laps, and second-place starter Elliott Sadler followed with
a blown motor on Lap 161. Newman finished 43rd, Sadler 41st. . .
Comment of the race from 23rd-place finisher Kurt Busch: "My car's so
tight it wouldn't turn at Talladega."

Busch ‘Bashes’ Phoenix Field to Score Second Straight Win

Interstate Batteries Driver Dominates Bashas' Supermarkets 200

Kyle Busch gave fans of the NASCAR Nationwide Series a case of déjà vu
at Phoenix International Raceway as he scored a dominant victory for
the second straight week. The driver of the No. 18 Interstate
Batteries Toyota for Joe Gibbs Racing started from the pole in Friday
night's Bashas' Supermarkets 200 and led four times for a race-high
133 laps. He beat Carl Edwards to the finish by .241 of a second to
earn his second win of the season and the 13th of his Nationwide
Series career.

Busch's first Nationwide Series victory of 2008 came last week at
Texas Motor Speedway in Fort Worth, where he led four times for a
race-high 126 laps.

"There in the beginning of the race, I felt like we had the car to
beat. It was definitely the class of the field," said Busch, whose
second Nationwide Series win at Phoenix looked much like his first, as
he dominated last November's Arizona Travel 200 by leading three times
for a race-high 132 laps. "But then other guys were able to make
adjustments to their cars and got them handling a lot better. We made
some minor adjustments to our car, but we didn't make as many big
steps as the other guys behind us.

"Toward the end of the race, racing with Carl was pretty cool and a
lot of fun. I'm very fortunate that he gave me all the room that I
needed to race clean. He had a great race car."

Eight races into the 35-race Nationwide Series schedule, Busch has led
an astounding 604 laps of the 1,468 laps available (41.1 percent).
The 22-year-old Las Vegas native is now third in points, 106 markers
behind series leader Clint Bowyer.

"I just want to thank all the Interstate Batteries dealers and
distributors and Norm Miller (chairman of Interstate Batteries),
because they all do an awesome job for us," said Busch, who climbed
two point positions via his win. "It was just a great night for us."

The victory brought the No. 18 team up eight spots to 27th in owner
points. The No. 18 team is running a limited Nationwide Series
schedule in 2008, and Phoenix marked the team's fourth race of the
season.

Busch's Joe Gibbs Racing teammate, Denny Hamlin, started sixth and
finished third in his No. 20 Toyota.

Joe Gibbs Racing's No. 20 car – which is being campaigned for the full
Nationwide Series schedule – gained one position thanks to Hamlin's
third-place result. It now sits fourth in owner points, 92 markers
behind the leading No. 2 car of Richard Childress Racing.

There were nine caution periods for 36 laps, with 12 drivers failing
to finish the 202-lap race, which was extended two laps past its
scheduled 200-lap distance due to a green-white-checkered finish.

Following the trio of Busch, Edwards and Hamlin across the finish line
was Kevin Harvick in fourth and David Ragan in fifth. Mike Bliss,
Stephen Leicht, Bowyer, David Reutimann and David Stremme comprised
the remainder of the top-10.

The next event on the Nationwide Series schedule is the April 20
Mexico 200 at Mexico City's legendary former Formula 1 road course –
the Autodromo Hermanos Rodriguez. The race starts at 2 p.m. EDT with
live coverage provided by ESPN beginning with its pre-race show at
1:30 p.m. The race will also be broadcast live on SIRIUS Satellite
Radio Channel 128.