Lonnie Sommerville came away with his first PASS North Series victory Saturday at Beech Ridge. Photo by Norm Max/Courtesy PASS
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.
This frontstrech pileup eliminated many of the contenders. Photo by Norm Max/Courtesy PASS
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.
Lonnie Sommerville (48) battles Ben Rowe (4) and Johhny Clark (54) at Beech Ridge. Photo by Norm Max/Courtesy PASS
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.
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.proallstarsseries.com and www.leeusaspeedway.com.
PASS North Super Late Model Series
Beech Ridge Motor Speedway – Scarborough Maine
Southern Maine Motors.com 150 – July 9, 2011
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1. 48 Lonnie Sommerville
2. 54 Johnny Clark
3. 14M Matt Frahm
4. 73 Joey Doiron
5. 4 Ben Rowe
6. 27QC Alex Gingras
7. 77 Scott Chubbuck
8. 29 Trevor Sanborn
9. 16 Kevin Roberge
10. 17A Scott Alexander
11. 28 Kirk Thibeau
12. 10 Scott Dragon
13. 47 Kelly Moore
14. 12 John Dabrowski
15. 17 Travis Benjamin
16. 24 Mike Rowe
17. 88 Kyle DeSouza
18. 29M Ricky Morse
19. 2 Matt Matheson
20. 60 DJ Shaw
21. 35 Derek Ramstrom
22. 21 David Oliver
23. 22 Aaron Ricker
24. 53 Bill Rodgers
25. 17T Chris Thorne
26. 7 Donnie Whitten
27. 84 Scott Mulkern
28. 0 Bill Penfold
