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Beech Ridge SLM: L to R
- Johnny Clark #54, 2nd;
Winner Lonnie Sommerville #48; and
Ben Rowe #4, dropped to 5th. |
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Photos by
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Norm Marx |
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Sommerville Breaks Through at
the Ridge |
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New Brunswick racer claims his
first PASS super late model victory |
Scarborough ME (7/9) Lonnie
Sommerville took the lead for good
on lap 116 of Saturday night's Pro
All Stars Series (PASS) North
Southern Maine Motors.com 150 at
Beech Ridge Motor Speedway and drove
away from the field to put an
exclamation point on his first PASS
race win.
Sommerville beat
the best of the best. Johnny Clark
ran second, Matt Frahm's third place
marked his career best PASS finish
and Joey Doiron rallied to come home
fourth.
Ben Rowe ran second
on the race track but after post
race technical inspection he was
moved to the fifth position (last
car on the lead lap) and fined 25
championship points for a deck lid
infraction .
Sommerville's
win was the first PASS North victory
for a Canadian driver since the late
Scott Fraser scored at Speedway 660
in 2003.
David Oliver and
Alex Gingras led the twenty eight
car field to the green and it was
Gingras out front in the early
stages. Sommerville took his first
turn at the front on lap 36, just as
a restart melee sent a pack of cars
into the front stretch wall. The red
flag incident involved Donnie
Whitten, Aaron Ricker, Travis
Benjamin, Kirk Thibeau,defending race
winner Bill Rodgers, Derek Ramstrom,
Chris Thorne, and Scott Mulkern,
among others. Thibeau and Benjamin
were the only cars able to continue
on to the finish.
Ben Rowe
used the outside to take away the
lead on a lap 68 restart and he
managed to keep Sommerville in his
mirror for just under 50 laps,
despite a multitude of challenges.
Sommerville's move in lapped
traffic sealed the deal for the
Canadian Maritimer, and he built a
lead of more than three seconds as
the field raced to the checkers.
The top five were the only
drivers to complete all 150 laps.
Oliver, Gingras and Sommerville each
claimed a twelve lap heat race;
Travis Benjamin claimed the
consolation round.
Andy Shaw
continued his stranglehold on PASS
Mod victory lane, earning his fourth
straight win. Allan Wilson chased
Shaw to the checkers once again and
former Beech Ridge regular Bill
Dixon earned the final spot on the
podium. Dana Reed and Sumner
Sessions were the heat winners.
PASS racers will be burning the
midnight oil this week as the
touring pros are back on track
Tuesday evening at Lee (NH) USA
Speedway. The 7:00 PM show features
the third annual PASS Bastille 200
for the super late models plus 40
laps for the PASS Mods and a 75 lap
PASS Sportsman showdown.
You'll find all the particulars on
line at
www.leeusaspeedway.com . |
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SLM Unofficial Results:
Beech Ridge on Sat., July
9th |
POS - # - DRIVER - LAPS
1) 48 - Lonnie Sommerville - 150
2) 54 -
Johnny Clark - 150
3) 14m - Matt
Fraham - 150
4) 73 - Joey Doiron
- 150
5) 4 - Ben Rowe - 150*
6) 271c - Alexander Gingras
- 149
7) 77 - Scott Chubbuck -
149
8) 29 - Trevor Sanborn - 149
9) 16 - Kevin Roberge - 148
10)
17a - Scott Alexander - 148
11)
28 - Kirk Thibeau - 148
12) 10 -
Scott Dragon - 148
13) 47 - Kelly
Moore - 147
14) 12 - John
Dabrowski - 144 |
15) 17 - Travis Benjamin -
144
16) 24 - Mike Rowe - 139
17) 88 - Kyle Dessouza - 125
18)
29m - Ricky Morse - 121
19) 2 -
Matt Matheson - 93
20) 60 - D.J.
Shaw - 66
21) 35 - Derek Ramstrom
- 46
22) 21 - David Oliver - 37
23) 22 - Aaron Ricker - 36
24) 53
- Bill Rodgers - 36
25) 17t -
Chris Thorne - 36
26) 7 - Donnie
Whitten - 36
27) 84 - Scott
Mulkern - 36
28) 0 - Billy
Penfold - 35
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*Ben Rowe #4 dropped to 5th
position (last car on lead lap) and
fined 25 points
due to rear deck
lid infraction. |
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Beech Ridge PASS MODS Winner: Andy
Shaw, #66. 4 in a row! |
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MODS Unofficial Results:
Beech Ridge on Sat., July
9th |
1) 66 - Andy Shaw
2) 53w
- Alan Wilson
3) 33 - Bill Dixon
4) 60 - Dana Reed
5) 77 -
Jon Brill
6) 28 - Mark Lundblad
Jr.
7) 05 - Ron Henry |
8) 3 - Travis Buzzell
9)
53 - Leo Oliveira
10) 56x -
Richie Ferreira
11) 85 - Mitch
Miller
12) 50 -Sumner Sessions
13) 61 - Shawn Austin |
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