SLM TOP THREE - L TO R: Preston
Peltier #26, 2nd; Winner Ben Rowe #48; and Johnny
Clark #54, 3rd.
BEN THE WINNER AT
THOMPSON on 7/22
Ben won the
PASS North Series PASS 75 at Thompson International
Speedway in Thompson, Conn., on Thursday, July 22. Rowe
passed Preston Peltier with five laps remaining to take
his third career PASS victory at Thompson, the largest
track on the series' schedule. The win marked the second
win in the last four races for Rowe, a four-time series
champion. A combination PASS North/PASS National
Championship event, Rowe gained ground on both Peltier
and Jay Fogleman in the PASS National standings as he
tries to defend his 2009 championship in the PASS
National ranks.
STARTED: 11th - FINISHED:
1st - LED: 1 time for 5 laps
NEXT RACE: Saturday, July 31st,
Riverside Speedway, Groveton, N.H.
BEN, HOW BIG A WIN WAS
THIS FOR THE TEAM?
This is just huge for us because
we ran so bad last week. I mean, I was ugly last week
about the way we ran at Beech Ridge. For this team to work so hard and
bring a whole different car to this race and go out and
win, that's a big deal.
BY MAKING THE PASS FOR
THE LEAD ON LAP 71, WERE YOU WORRIED YOU'D WAITED TOO
LONG?
I was. And then when I got by Jay
Fogleman for second, Preston (Peltier) squirted out
there a little bit and got away from us. But I could see
that if I settled in and just drove, I was catching up
to him a little bit.
I was going to get a run off four
on him, and he slipped up. I slammed my nose under him,
but he just pulled me down the straightaway with his
motor. I went into turn one, and he was blocking the
high line. I just headed for the bottom, I outbraked him
-- and I wasn't going to lift until I got beside him. I
just held that line and could kind of dictate his line
off the corner once I had the lead.
Thompson International Speedway
Race Preview Ben Rowe of Turner, Maine,
is the highest-ranking PASS North Series driver as the
PASS National Championship Series heads into its third
race of the season -- the PASS 75 at Thompson
International Speedway in Thompson, Conn., on Thursday,
July 22. Rowe is in contention for both championships,
one year after winning both the PASS National Series and
PASS South Series titles -- as he sits second in the
PASS North standings and third in the PASS South points
behind North Carolina drivers Preston Peltier and Jay
Fogelman. Rowe owns two career victories at Thompson and
has posted a top-five finish in six of the season's
first seven races.
BEST CAREER THOMPSON
FINISH: 1st (2 times; most recently July 2008) LAST RACE AT THOMPSON SPEEDWAY: 9th (July 2009) PASS National Series POINTS
POSITION: 3rd
LAST RACE: April 3, Hickory Motor Speedway, Hickory,
N.C. (8th-place) NEXT RACE: Sept. 12, Beech Ridge Motor Speedway,
Scarborough, Maine (.333-mile oval)
PASS North Series
POINTS POSITION: 2nd LAST RACE: July 17, Beech Ridge Motor Speedway,
Scarborough, Maine (9th-place) NEXT RACE: July 31, PASS 150, Riverside Speedway,
Groveton, N.H. (.25-mile oval) BEN, WHAT MAKES THOMPSON THE KIND OF PLACE
WHERE IT SEEMS EVERYBODY WANTS TO RACE?
(Laughing) You go fast!
The faster the better for me.
You really notice the speeds there because it's got
tight turns. You can go to Loudon and not really know
how fast you're going, but you know you're hopping down
the straightaways when you're at Thompson. I think a lot
of young guys don't see the banking, but when you get to
the end of that straightaway, there's a 90-degree turn
waiting for you. WHICH IS MORE IMPORTANT FOR YOU THIS WEEK, THE PASS
NORTH SERIES STANDINGS OR THE PASS NATIONAL STANDINGS?
We'll see how this week goes. We're quite a bit behind
(28 points in the PASS National), but if we could come
out of here with a shot at the next two races we'll go
for it.
Right now, it's just a bonus for us, because we're third
(in the standings). If we were leading, we'd play more
on the defensive side. Now we need every point we can
get -- whether it's heat races or not. We need max
points at every race. That's probably why you see us
driving and doing some crazy things in heat races
probably -- we need to make up points wherever. YOU WEREN'T HAPPY WITH THE WAY THINGS WENT AT BEECH
RIDGE LAST WEEKEND, EVEN THOUGH YOU CAME OUT WITH A
9TH-PLACE FINISH. IS IT A BLIP ON THE RADAR OR ARE YOU
GUYS STILL NOT WHERE YOU WANT TO BE AS A TEAM?
We don't know what happened -- but that race was
horrible for us by anybody's standards. I told (team
owner Scott Mulkern) they should fire us all.... To run
that bad, everybody was all upset. We'll have a
different car down there this weekend, and hopefully
we'll rebound.
The biggest thing is that we can't afford to give away
points like that, especially when (points leader Johnny
Clark) is off. When he's not good enough to win a race,
we have to be right there. We have to get those points
when we can if we're going to make up ground.
3rd Scott in the #84 -
9th for Ben in the #48 After a scoring revision and the
DQ of the #44 of Trevor Sanborn
at tech, Scott moves up to 3rd and Ben takes 9th.
Ben now stands 2nd in points with 1519 to Johnny Clark's
1538.
Third
in the PASS North Series Bastille 200
Ben finished third in the PASS
North Series Bastille 200 at Lee USA Speedway in Lee,
N.H., on Tuesday, July 13. With the effort, Rowe
continues to be the only driver in the series to have
posted top-5 finishes in each of the series six events.
After struggling in the back half of the field for most
of the first half of the 200-lap event, Rowe gained 13
spots on pit road during a lap 101 stop for tires and
adjustments and emerged in the fifth spot on the
restart. He then climbed to as high as second place with
50 laps remaining before relinquishing second to his
father and eventual race winner Mike Rowe.
WHAT: PASS North Series Bastille 200
WHERE: Lee USA Speedway, Lee, N.H. (.333-mile oval)
STARTED: 12th - FINISHED: 3rd - LED: 0 times for
0 laps
NEXT RACE: Saturday, July 17th, Beech Ridge Motor
Speedway, Scarborough, Maine
BEN, YOUR CAR CAME TO LIFE AFTER THAT PIT STOP
AND HELPED MAKE FOR A GOOD NIGHT.
We started off real bad. I don't know if it was a bad
tire or what, but we adjusted for it. We swapped tires
and then we were too tight -- so we think it was just a
bad tire right from the get go. The last run we adjusted
for it. We made a big air pressure adjustment and
changed two right side tires and gained a ton of spots
on pit road.
HOW CRUCIAL WAS THE EFFORT OF YOUR PIT CREW?
It got us back up to fifth after we'd come in like 15th
or 18th. They gained more spots on pit road than I did
on the race track. That's a big deal for a makeshift
crew to come out here and change tires and do that for
us.
YOUR THOUGHTS ON RACING AT BEECH RIDGE JUST FOUR
DAYS FROM NOW?
Beech Ridge is not one of my favorite tracks, but we'll
see when we get there what happens, I guess.
Beech
Ridge Motor Speedway 7/10 Preview
Ben Rowe of Turner,
Maine, rides the hot hand as the PASS North Series heads
back to Beech Ridge Motor Speedway in Scarborough,
Maine, for the PASS 150 on Saturday, July 10. Rowe
snapped a winless streak dating back more than a year to
June of 2009 by finding victory lane at Canaan Fair
Speedway last weekend. It was Rowe's first win for
Mulkern Racing, and it also marked his fifth top-5 in as
many races this season. Rowe, who finished third at
Beech Ridge back in May and has a win on his resume at
the track in 2006, sits second in the series standings
-- just eight points behind Johnny Clark -- as he vies
for a record fifth PASS North title.
BEST CAREER BEECH
RIDGE FINISH: 1st (September 2006) LAST RACE AT BEECH RIDGE: 3rd (May 2010)
LAST RACE: July 3, Canaan Fair Speedway, Canaan,
N.H. (1st-place) NEXT RACE: July 13, Bastille 200, Lee USA
Speedway, Lee, N.H. POINTS POSITION: 2nd BEN, WHAT KIND OF MOMENTUM DID YOUR TEAM TAKE FROM
WINNING AT CANAAN LAST WEEK?
Well, right now momentum is definitely in our corner,
and we're planning on riding it as long as we can. I
think momentum is a week-to-week thing in this sport.
Look at what Johnny (Clark) did -- he won that first
race (at White Mountain in mid-May) and then they went
off and won a couple more right after that. When you get
on a run like that, you know that your cars are good and
if you just go and do your job, you're going to win.
That's where we're at right now. We know we can beat the
best teams out there. Everybody's upbeat, everybody's
positive and everybody wants to work hard to keep
winning. Ninety percent of this team is volunteer -- and
a win just boosts their spirits and everybody wants to
get involved and do stuff to help the team. I'll tell
you what, this is going to be a fun weekend.
HOW DO YOU FIND SUCCESS AT BEECH RIDGE?
I'm not really sure. It seems to be a real hit or miss
place for me. Trevor (Sanborn) goes really good every
time he races there, and it's the same for my father
(Mike Rowe). But even my father, as good as he was there
last year he's struggled some there this year.
I don't know what it is. I wish I did.
IS THIS THE HARDEST TRACK THE SERIES VISITS TO GET A
FIRM
HANDLE ON?
Yeah, it's probably the worst of all of them. Oxford's
getting to be a little like it, but we don't race there,
so this is probably the worst for the PASS tour.
It's so flat and round. It's very, very easy to
overdrive Beech Ridge and get yourself in trouble. Maybe
that's what we all want to do there -- too much. You
look at the guys that have had success there -- guys
like Adam Bates -- and they all seem to be guys that
came from go-karts and learned not to overdrive the
track.
The WINNER at Canaan
Fair Speedway - July 3rd
Ben won the PASS North Series
Firecracker 150 at Canaan Fair Speedway in Canaan, N.H.,
on Saturday, July 3. The victory was the 33rd career
PASS North win for the four-time series champion and his
first in the Mulkern Racing No. 48 Community Pharmacies
Chevrolet. Rowe led on two occasions, taking the lead
for good from series points leader Johnny Clark shortly
after a restart near the halfway point of the event. It
was Rowe's fourth career Canaan Fair Speedway win.
STARTED: 2nd - FINISHED: 1st
BEN, HOW GOOD DOES IT FEEL TO GET THIS FIRST WIN
WITH YOUR NEW TEAM?
It's huge -- but (team owner Scott Mulkern) wasn't even
here to see it, because he was up at camp this weekend.
That's too bad.
But whenever you get that first win it's great, because
everybody's upbeat now. We know that we have the stuff
to get it done, and tonight we went out and showed
ourselves that we can.
WHEN JOHNNY CLARK PASSED YOU FOR THE LEAD EARLY
IN THE EVENT, WERE YOU WORRIED THAT TONIGHT MIGHT NOT BE
YOUR NIGHT?
I was thinking that when I saw him move into second
behind me. But I figured I'd pulled away from him a
little bit right before the caution came out, and I knew
that I was pretty good on the bottom and could probably
get by him. Once I did, track position was just huge.
It was that way for everybody. It just seemd that
everyone was pretty much done at the end.
TALK ABOUT HOW GOOD YOUR CAR WAS TONIGHT.
It's a lot easier starting up front, I know that. We
started out in practice and we weren't that good, but we
kept working on it and working on it and by the time
they dropped the green in the feature, we were really
good.
After that, it was just a matter of saving it all for
the end of the night.
Canaan Fair Speedway
7/3 Race Preview
4-time PASS North Series champion
Ben Rowe of Turner, Maine, heads to one of his favorite
stops on the circuit this weekend with the running of
the Firecracker 150 at Canaan Fair Speedway in Canaan,
N.H., on Saturday, July 3. Rowe has 3 career victories
at Canaan, including a sweep of the two PASS stops there
in 2005. The all-time winningest driver in series
history with 32 wins, Rowe is looking for his first win
in the Mulkern Racing No. 48.
BEST CAREER CANAAN FAIR SPEEDWAY FINISH: 1st (3 times;
most recently: September 2005)
LAST RACE AT CANAAN FAIR SPEEDWAY: 7th (May 2006)
PASS NORTH SERIES
LAST RACE: June 20, Unity Raceway, Unity, Maine
(3rd-place finish)
NEXT RACE: Saturday, July 10, Beech Ridge Motor
Speedway, Scarborough, Maine
POINTS POSITION: 2nd
BEN, TALK ABOUT CANAAN FAIR SPEEDWAY?
It's definitely fun to race there. It's a fast track,
and I like it. It's a lot like Speedway 660 (in New
Brunswick), so we should be fast there. It's pretty fast
and has a lot of grip -- and it's one of the tracks I
actually look forward to going to.
Everytime we go there, we're pretty decent.
YOU'RE THE ONLY SERIES DRIVER WITH A TOP-5 IN
ALL FOUR RACES THUS FAR IN 2010. HOW CLOSE ARE YOU TO
THAT FIRST WIN OF THE SEASON?
We're just 'that much' away from winning. I keep telling
everybody that once we get it all figured out and learn
how to win together, we're going to win a bunch of
races.
We're just knocking on that door right now.
DO YOU HAVE A CHANCE TO FINALLY BREAK THROUGH AT
CANAAN?
I think so. We're going into this weekend knowing we can
run good enough to win. We know the things that we're
running and we know the things that are keeping us just
a little off, so there's no question we can win.
We just have to raise our standards to (points leader
Johnny Clark), because he's obviously running really
well right now. We're almost there.
SUN. JUNE 20TH - 3 PM
BEN 3rd at
UNITY
Ben Rowe of Turner,
Maine, finished third in the PASS North Series Father's
Day 150 at Unity Raceway in Unity, Maine, on Sunday,
June 20. Rowe is the only driver to finish in the top-5
of all four PASS North events this season after turning
in another solid performance on Sunday. After starting
third, Rowe never dropped out of the top-5 in the
running order at any point in the event, holding off
Donnie Whitten for third as the two battled for position
for almost the final 50 laps of the event.
WHO: Ben Rowe, Turner, Maine TEAM: No. 48 Community Pharmacies Chevrolet WHAT: PASS North Series Father's Day 150 WHERE: Unity Raceway, Unity, Maine (.333-mile
oval)
STARTED: 3rd - FINISHED: 3rd - LED: 0 times for 0 laps
NEXT: Saturday, July 3, Firecracker 150, Canaan
Fair Speedway, Canaan, N.H. (.333-mile oval)
BEN, IT WAS ANOTHER GOOD DAY FOR THE 48 TEAM.
A top-3 for me here is a win. It's all about keeping it
on the track and keeping it in one piece. We've been
working on this thing day in and day out. We're getting
better.
We're getting the top-3s now. It won't be long, we'll be
up there with (race winner Johnny Clark). It just takes
time for everybody that hasn't been together, to put a
new team together. I can't wait (to start winning),
we're getting better and better every time.
DID THE MORE THAN 3-HOUR RAIN DELAY PLAY A FACTOR IN
YOUR RACE?
I don't think so. We were really good in the heat (race)
and then right at the end (of the 150) I got too tight
to do anything. We got this place dried out, the fans
stuck with us and we came out here and put on a show.
Ben Rowe: Unity Raceway Race Preview
4-time PASS North Series champion Ben Rowe of Turner,
Maine, returns to one of the toughest tracks on the
circuit this weekend when the series visits Unity
Raceway in Unity, Maine, for the PASS 150 on Sunday,
June 20. Rowe finished 5th last weekend at Speedway 660
near Fredericton, New Brunswick, and is the only driver
to post a top-5 finish in each of the first three PASS
races of the season. Rowe has won twice at Unity in his
career and is looking to put his new Mulkern Racing No.
48 in victory lane for the first time this season.
BEST CAREER UNITY RACEWAY FINISH: 1st (2 times; most
recently: October 2006)
LAST RACE AT UNITY RACEWAY: 3rd (August 2009)BEN, IT WAS ANOTHER SOLID RUN
FOR YOU LAST WEEKEND NORTH OF THE BORDER.
Another top-5, so I can't complain. It's what we need to
do. When I first started with (owner Tom) Estes -- and
it was the same when I started with (Richard Moody
Racing) -- it took us a while to hit on things and we
never won a race until end of the year. And where we are
now is way ahead of all that. We just need to get a
little bit better, and then things will be really good.
I was really happy with the car in practice. The first
segment (of the 200-lap race), the car bottomed out
really bad. It was dragging, and we tried to make up for
it in second segment but we just kind of overdid it. We
were closer than we have been this year, though, and I'm
happy about that.
ARE YOU LOOKING FORWARD TO GOING TO UNITY RACEWAY THIS
WEEKEND?
It's fun place to race during the actual race, if you
can get around the right people. It's really fun racing
guys like Johnny (Clark) there or Randy Turner. Those
guys are a lot of fun to race with.
I used to go there and totally hate it, and I'd run
terrible. Now, I just try to keep it on the race track.
My whole thing is just stay on the asphalt for 125 laps
and then race at the end. We've had some really good
races there doing that. The track puts on some good
racing, and hopefully we'll be right there with 25 to
go.
SAT. JUNE 12TH - 7 PM
5TH PLACE AT 660
Ben Rowe: Speedway
660 Race Preview
4-time PASS North Series champion Ben Rowe of Turner,
Maine, attempts to win for a second straight time at
Speedway 660 in Fredericton, New Brunswick, when the
series competes in the Pro All Stars Series 200 on
Saturday, June 12. Rowe won this race a year ago with
his former team, and he aims to put Mulkern Racing in
victory lane for the first time this season. He's won
twice in series history at Speedway 660 and enters this
weekend third in the PASS North standings -- one of only
two drivers with top-5 finishes in each of the season's
first two races. His father, Mike, is the other.
WHO: Ben Rowe, Turner, Maine
TEAM: Community Pharmacies No. 48 Chevrolet
BEST CAREER SPEEDWAY 660 FINISH: 1st (2 times; most
recently: June 2009)
LAST RACE AT SPEEDWAY 660: 1st (June 2009)
WHAT: PASS North Series Pro All Stars Series 200
WHERE: Speedway 660, Fredericton, New Brunswick
(.333-mile oval)
WHEN: 7:05 p.m., Saturday, June 12
PASS NORTH SERIES
LAST RACE: Saturday, May 22, PASS 150, White Mountain
Motorsports Park, North Woodstock, N.H. (5th-place
finish)
NEXT RACE: Sunday, June 20, Unity Raceway, Unity, Maine
POINTS POSITION: 3rdBEN, THIS SEEMS TO BE ANOTHER
ONE OF THOSE TRACKS THAT DRIVERS EITHER LOVE OR HATE.
THERE'S NO IN-BETWEEN.
It's a nice track, and it's a lot of fun to drive --
kind of like Oxford or Beech Ridge. I think it's a fun
little place, the fans really get into it up there, and
it makes it worth the long trip getting there.
I like Fredericton. It's kind of round and it's got a
lot of grip if you get the car right. I think you can
race two-wide there in these cars, and it puts on a lot
of good races.
ARE YOU READY FOR THIS NEXT STRETCH OF 5 RACES IN 6
WEEKS?
I hope so. We're testing again (Wednesday) at Beech
Ridge, just trying to get where we need to be as we get
ready for this stretch. We've got three or four cars
that could be ready to race in a day's time if we need
them, so equipment-wise we're ready. We're just not
quite ready speed-wise.
IN YOUR MIND, WHERE IS THE TEAM LACKING AFTER JUST TWO
RACES TOGETHER?
I'm not quite sure. It's something very tiny. Maybe it's
just me getting too fussy with things, but I know
there's more there for us to pick up. We know everyone
else is working hard to get better, and we are, too.
That's why we've done so much testing and we keep on
testing, so we can try and get this thing as good as it
can be.
Saturday, May 22nd,
2010
5th Place
at WMMP
Photos by Norm Marx
RACE REPORT
- Started 10th - Finished 5th
NORTH WOODSTOCK, N.H. -- Multi-time PASS North Series
champion Ben Rowe posted a 5th-place finish in the PASS
150 at White Mountain Motorsports Park on Saturday,
making him one of just three drivers to post a top-5 in
each of the first two events of the season. Rowe started
10th at the track where he owns eight career wins, and
he ran as high as third in the second half of the race.
BEN, YOU NEVER SEEMED TO HAVE THE
CAR JUST THE WAY YOU WANTED IT.
Right from the drop of the green,
we were just too tight on entry. We came here and tested
and had a really good car -- thought we were going to be
really good. Just as the track kept getting more and
more rubber on it, it just kept getting tighter and
tighter in the center.
IT'S A GOOD SIGN THAT THE TEAM IS
DISAPPOINTED IN A 5TH-PLACE FINISH, THOUGH, ISN'T IT?
To be disappointed with a fifth
coming out of here, it's because we have high
expectations coming here. This is a place that I'm
supposed to gain points on (race winner Johnny Clark),
not lose them. But like I said, two top-5s (to start the
season), we're happy. We'll figure out what happened and
we'll go from there.
NEXT RACE: Saturday, June 12,
PASS 200, Speedway 660, Fredericton, N.B.
Ben
Rowe: White Mountain Motorsports Park Race Preview
4-time PASS North Series champion
Ben Rowe of Turner, Maine, attempts to add to his
decorated resume in the PASS 150 at White Mountain
Motorsports Park in North Woodstock, N.H., on Saturday
night, May 22. Rowe owns a PASS-record 8 career
victories on the high-banked quarter-mile and is the
defending champion of this event. A recent test at the
track with with his new team at Mulkern Racing suggested
he's still one of the favorites at a track owned by the
Avery family -- which, ironically, fields an ACT-legal
Late Model in which Rowe races part-time.
BEST CAREER WMMP FINISH: 1st (8
times; most recently: May 2009) LAST RACE AT WMMP: 2nd (September
2009)
PASS NORTH SERIES LAST RACE: Saturday, May 1, PASS
150, Beech Ridge, Scarborough, Maine (3rd-place finish) NEXT RACE: Saturday, June 12,
Speedway 660, Fredericton, New Brunswick POINTS POSITION: 1st BEN, WHAT IS IT ABOUT WHITE
MOUNTAIN THAT YOU LOVE SO MUCH?
I don't really know. The first
time I ever was there, I thought I was flying around
there and then my father went by me and I figured I was
about 3-tenths of a second too slow. I just couldn't
quite get it figured out, and then he got into my car
and came back in and said, 'That's what it's supposed to
feel like.' Ever since then, I've tried to have that
feeling in the car.
I love the place. It's just a
great place where you can actually race each other.
There's plenty of room, there's two grooves, and you can
pass people.
MOST PEOPLE DESCRIBE THE PLACE AS
BEING VERY UNIQUE. DO YOU AGREE WITH THAT ASSESSMENT?
Yeah, I do. It's weird. The other
quarter-miles we go to -- (Riverside Speedway) and
All-Star Speedway -- they're tight and narrow. They
don't suit me at all. I'm sure if you talk to Johnny
(Clark), he loves those other places.
You always seem to find one of
those places you do well at, and fortunately for me this
has been one.
THIS IS THE FIRST TIME YOU'VE
BEEN TO WHITE MOUNTAIN WITH SETH HOLBROOK AS YOUR CREW
CHIEF. ARE YOU OPTIMISTIC?
Absolutely. We tested up there
last Thursday with both cars, and we had a really good
test. I can't wait to get back there for the race. I was
so happy with everything, that I just can't wait for
this weekend.
Me and Seth, we grew up racing
with each other, so it wasn't like it was a matter of
him and I getting along. (Tony Ricci) has been great to
work with, too, and (car owner Scott Mulkern) gives you
everything you need. We go to the race track, and we
laugh and have a good time together. It's been a lot of
fun with this team so far.
Saturday, May 1st,
2010
3rd for Ben and
20th for Scott
at the PASS North Opener
4-time PASS North
Series champion Ben Rowe of Turner, Maine, finished 3rd in the
season-opening PASS 150 at Beech Ridge Motor Speedway on
Saturday, May 1. He led on one occasion for a total of nine laps
in the Mulkern Racing Community Pharmacies No. 48 Chevrolet, his
PASS North debut with his new team and crew chief Seth Holbrook.
Team owner Scott Mulkern finished 20th in a second Mulkern
Racing car, the #84, after spending much of the day
trouble-shooting Ben's car. The #48 engine was randomly shutting
completely off. Giving up his own practice sessions, Scott went
through the fuel and electrical systems of the #48 to discover
the cause(s). Only in the last tire scuff session did Ben
realize that the motor died whenever he pushed the radio talk
button. Tearing into the dash, Scott realized the radio controls
were wired right next to the tachometer. Pushing the talk
button caused the tach to shut off the ignition circuit. It was
fixed just in time for the heat.
In his heat Scott was caught up in one of the multiple tangles
with the pole car and finished out of the transfer spots. In his
consi, the #84 had a great side-by-side battle with the #2 of
eventual race winner Mike Rowe.
In the feature, Scott was running with a pack of cars heading
for the top five when a spin without a yellow knocked Scott a
lap down and out of a top ten finish. BEN - STARTED: 6th - FINISHED: 3rd
- LED: 1 time for 9 laps
BEN, WHAT ARE YOUR THOUGHTS ON YOUR PASS NORTH DEBUT WITH
MULKERN RACING? Third-place with this
team, like I said, I can't thank (car owners Scott and Vickie
Mulkern) and Community Pharmacies enough, and all the people
that's kind of behind me in this whole deal. It's a lot of fun,
and I can't wait for White Mountain next.
WHAT WAS THEY KEY TO THE RACE FOR YOU? I learned a lot from
Adam (Bates). I kept going over to him and talking, and he just
said, 'Don't get on the gas around here and ride.' I thought I
was pretty good, and there was about 20 to go and I got pinched
down behind that lapped car and they got away from me. It's just too bad. I got
on the bottom and couldn't get going.
SCOTT
- FINISHED: 20th
CAR
OWNER SCOTT MULKERN ON TEAM'S FINISH AT BEECH RIDGE: I want to see Ben do
good, and I just don't want to get in the way of that. We did
all right. Ben finished third and I'm happy. We've got a little
work to do to get him happy in that car, but we're gaining. I'm
happy, for sure.
WHAT ABOUT YOUR RACE? It was hot and cold.
Everybody was in the same boat. The car wasn't that great, but
it had its moments. I kind of like this track -- it's a fun
track -- but you never know what you're going to get.
NEXT RACE: Saturday, May 22, PASS 150, White Mountain Motorsports
Park, North Woodstock, N.H.
Welcome to our new little buddy OSCAR!
He joined the crew on Nov. 4th, 2006
In Loving Memory
Our Best Friend
Rexie!
1991 - 2006
GARY BELLEFLEUR
Gary
Bellefleur Memorial Fund . If you wish to make a donation,
please make checks payable to
The Gary Bellefleur Memorial
Fund and mail to: Mulkern Racing LLC
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