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So. Boston, VA
SATURDAY, AUGUST 20TH |
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The PASS
150
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Presented by
Gazette Virginian |
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PASS South Top Three at
SOBO on 8/20/19 L to R:
Jody Lavender #115, 3rd; Andy Loden
#29, 2nd: & Winner Clay Rogers #74 |
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SOBO Entry List | |
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OFFICIAL RESULTS -
PASS 150 Presented by Gazette
Virginian at South Boston Speedway
(VA) on 8/20/11 |
1) #74 Clay Rogers
2) #29
Andy Loden
3) #115 Jody Lavender
4) #8 Cassius Clark
5) #19 Jordan
Anderson
6) #98 Justin Wakefield
7) #10 Ryan Blaney
8) #17A Scott
Alexander
9) #91q David
Quackenbush
10) #4 Jay Fogleman
11) #51 Stephen Nasse
12) #20
Steven Legendre
13) #62 Brandon
Ward
14) #91 Heath Hindman |
15) #2 Gray Gaulding
16)
#101 Trevor Edwards
17) #23 Jimmy
Weller
18) #29 Landon Cling
19) #26 Preston Peltier
20) #30
Ricky Frenette
21) #1 Justin
Allison
22) #42 Tim Pinion
23)
#18 Bradley McCaskill
24) #48
John Batten
25) #05 Alex Fleming
26) #29 Allen Karnes
27) #15
Tyler Young
28) #49 Scott
Saunders |
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Clay Rogers Wins His First PASS
South Event at South Boston Speedway |
Accomplished Racer Earns
Victory in Hard-Fought
Battle to
the Checkered Flag |
The Pro All Stars Series
(PASS) South Super Late Models
headed to South Boston Speedway in
Virginia on Saturday, August 20th,
for the “PASS 150 Presented by
Gazette Virginian” event, the 10th
race of the 2011 season. In the nine
previous races of the year, multiple
drivers, including Chris Eggleston,
Stephen Nasse, Roger Lee Newton and
Bubba Pollard, all went to the PASS
South victory lane for the first
time. On Saturday, one more name was
added to the list as accomplished
racer Clay Rogers earned his first
series victory.
“Thanks for
everybody for coming out,” said an
excited Rogers in victory lane to
the fans. “I hope that was the show
you wanted that you paid for.”
Nearly 30 Super Late Model
racers timed in during qualifying in
the late afternoon at South Boston
with Nasse claiming the top honors.
Cassius Clark, Rogers, Preston
Peltier, Heath Hindman, Andy Loden,
David Quackenbush, Jay Fogleman,
Alex Fleming and Jody Lavender
rounded out the top-10 qualifiers.
After the redraw, Quackenbush and
Lavender would start the event from
the front row, followed by Loden,
Peltier, Nasse, Fleming, Rogers,
Hindman, Fogleman, Clark and the
rest of the 28-car field.
Quackenbush got the better jump on
the initial start of the race,
taking the lead on lap one. Loden
shot through to second with Nasse
third. Lavender dropped back to
fourth with Peltier fifth in the
opening laps of the event.
The first yellow flag flew at lap 13
for debris on the track. On the
restart, Quackenbush tried to hold
off Loden, but the high side worked
for Loden, snagging the lead. After
a few laps, Nasse worked his way to
second with Quackenbush to third.
Peltier moved to fourth with Hindman
in fifth.
The second yellow
flag flew at lap 20 for Fleming
going around in turn two. Loden,
Nasse, Quackenbush, Peltier and
Hindman were the top five at the
yellow.
The outside line
worked for Loden on the previous
restart, and it worked for Nasse on
the next restart as he took the lead
with Peltier following through in
second. The yellow flag would fly
once again at lap 32 for a spin in
turn two by Ricky Frenette. Nasse,
Peltier, Rogers, Loden and
Quackenbush were the top five at the
third caution.
The top side
was once again the line to be in as
Peltier took the lead on the restart
with Nasse dropping back to second,
but the yellow flew once again on
lap 34 for an incident that involved
multiple drivers, including Jimmy
Weller, Fleming, Frenette, Allen
Karnes, Tim Pinion, John Batten,
Tyler Young, Ryan Blaney and Trevor
Edwards. The incident brought out
the red flag to clean up the track.
On the restart, Nasse was to
Peltier’s high side, and was able to
take the lead back once again.
Peltier dropped into second ahead of
Rogers, Loden and Quackenbush. Just
past lap 50, the top two remained
the same with Loden moving to third,
followed by Rogers and Hindman.
While Nasse was out to a
comfortable lead, the battle for the
second spot headed up around lap 85,
when Loden and Clark moved in on
Peltier. A very close race between
the three was intense for a few
laps, but on the back-end of the
battle, Clark went to second with
Loden third, Peltier fourth and
Weller moving into fifth. At lap
100, Nasse still was the leader, but
Clark worked his way to within a few
car lengths of him in second.
The yellow flag flew once again
at lap 104 for Peltier going around
in turn four. Clark got the jump on
the following restart with the
outside line getting the advantage
over the inside line being led by
Nasse, but another yellow flag flew
at lap 106 for a couple cars
spinning in turns one and two.
Clark, Rogers, Anderson, Nasse and
Loden were the top five during the
yellow.
Clark was able to
hold the lead on the restart on the
inside line with Rogers dropping in
a close second. While the top-two
drivers were out to a decent lead,
Loden, who was in fifth on the
restart, used the high side to work
his way to fourth, and then to
third. Anderson went to fourth with
Fogleman, who appeared to lose his
power steering, in fifth.
After another caution at lap 119 for
a few cars getting together in turn
one, Rogers powered to the lead on
the restart with Clark hanging on
the low side, looking to recapture
the top spot. The two raced side by
side for multiple laps before Clark
dropped back to fourth after slight
contact between the two. That moved
Loden to second, Nasse to third,
Clark to fourth and Anderson to
fifth with just 20 laps to go as the
caution fell on the field for a spin
in turn three by Quackenbush.
Loden went to the lead on the
outside with Rogers in second on the
following restart. Behind the
leaders, another yellow flag flew on
lap 134 as contact between Blaney
and Anderson sent Anderson around in
turns one and two. The yellow flag
flew again one lap later on lap 135
for Hindman slamming the front
stretch wall. Loden, Rogers, Nasse,
Ward and Clark were the top five at
the latest yellow.
Just
before the restart, Nasse, from the
third position, headed to the pits
to be serviced from his crew.
Meanwhile, Loden got the lead on the
restart, but Rogers tried hard to
get the lead back. Lavender moved up
to third with Clark in fourth and
Anderson fifth as Ward also slowed
on the restart.
With 10 laps
to go, Rogers and Loden raced hard
side by side for the lead with
Rogers getting out front. Driving
out to a decent lead in the closing
laps, Rogers took the checkered flag
first.
“That was kind of an
odd race the way it played out
there,” said Rogers in victory lane.
“At the drop of the green flag, I
couldn’t believe how much everyone
was riding. I know you have to save
your rear tires in this series, but
I thought my goose was cooked racing
with “high-side Loden,” who normally
doesn’t show up until the end of
these things. He showed he had a
strong car early tonight and backed
off to save his stuff. I paced
myself off how Andy was running.
When I felt I was hurting my rear
tires a little too much I backed
off.
“The high side was
where we needed to be on these
restarts. Andy was doing what he
needed to do to get another victory.
That was really fun racing door to
door with him as hard as we could.”
Rogers’ first PASS victory was
also his first of his 2011 racing
season.
“This was real
important for me to come and win
this race. Last week I had an
opportunity to win at Concord in the
Pro Cup Series, and my brother of
all people outran me in that race
with 20 to go. It has been a long
time since I have had a season
without a “W” in the win column
statistically, and I was worried
that this year would slip by. I
can’t thank Robby and Robert Hamke
enough.”
Loden, who went to
victory lane earlier this year at
South Boston Speedway, came up one
position short of the SoBo sweep.
“It was a good run for us,”
explained Loden. “Clay just ran a
good race and got us there at the
end. I thought when we got in front
of him we might have had it, but he
came on by and was hooked up at the
end. Our cross-member was bottoming
out, so we will get that fixed and
go back to Ace Speedway. I am glad
we picked up some points.”
During Friday’s practice, Lavender
had trouble with his car, forcing
the crew to haul it back to the
shop, get it fixed, and return on
race day. That dedication earned him
a third-place finish during the
race.
“I fell back some (at
the beginning) so I would have a
little bit of tires at the end, but
later on when I tried to go, I
didn’t have much,” said Lavender.
“We got some lucky breaks and came
into the pits to work on it. We were
good at the end when we needed to
be. Obviously when you come here you
want to win, but with the trials and
tribulations we had the last couple
of days, I am glad to get a good
finish.”
Clark and Anderson
rounded out the top five.
The
PASS South Super Late Model Series
will take be back in action at Ace
Speedway (NC) on Saturday, September
3rd. |
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