Ben Rowe celebrates in victory lane after winning Saturday night’s Easter Bunny 150 for the PASS South Super Late Model Series at Hickory Motor Speedway. Photo by Laura / LWpictures.com
Three-time PASS Super Late Model national champion Ben Rowe led 114 laps en route to a dominating win in Saturday night’s 11th Annual Easter Bunny 150 at Hickory Motor Speedway in Newton, NC.
The Turner, ME, native’s second win in the Easter Bunny 150 was made even sweeter by the fact that it guarantees Rowe a starting spot in this year’s Oxford 250 in August at Oxford Plains Speedway in Maine.
“I just tried to set my own pace, but that kid in the 19 car (Riley Herbst), he was giving me all I wanted, but if I could clear him off turn two I was ok and I can’t think of a better way to travel back home 17 hours than with a win,” said Rowe after his first win in the prestigious race since 2009. “This win is huge, I mean it’s the Easter Bunny and this is Hickory and it’s a tough place. To be locked into the Oxford 250 is huge too. I’ve seen over 100 cars try to qualify for that race and a lot can happen in the heat races, so to have a guaranteed starting spot is great.”
Qualifying earlier in the day had its own share drama with several drivers breaking the six-year-old track record set by Andy Loden. Jody Measamer set the new track record with a lap of 82.693 miles per hour and also became the fastest Super Late Model driver in any series to ever tour the legendary speedway. Following the top 10 qualifiers redraw, Measamer would slot into the seventh starting position, while the father-son duo of Ben and Mike Rowe would move to the front row.
When the green flag fell under overcast skies, Mike Rowe jumped into the lead over the younger member of the family. The two would trade the lead four times before Ben Rowe would take command on lap 41.
Following a caution for an incident between Brandon Setzer and Tracy Gordon on lap 54, Ben Rowe continued to lead, but a new player was in the mix. Trey Jarrell took the top spot on lap 56, before relinquishing it to Ben Rowe four laps later. While they were exchanging the lead up front, Matt Craig and Joey Doiron had climbed up to 10th and 11th respectively after both started deep in the field.
After spins by Tanner Gray and Trevor Noles in turn four, the action continued to pick up with less than 50 laps to go. D.J. Shaw’s return to PASS was derailed with 34 laps to go when he spun and collected Craig, Doiron, and Joey Padgett. Things would only get worse for Doiron, the defending PASS National Champion, when he was eliminated in a crash involving Travis Stearns, Josh Williams and Travis Benjamin just 10 laps later.
After struggling with the handle on his car throughout the night, three-time Easter Bunny 150 winner Preston Peltier climbed into the top 10 and into contention late in the race. But Peltier would be eliminated in a grinding crash in turn three on lap 129 involving A.J. Frank and Kodie Conner.
Ben Rowe held off a persistent Riley Herbst to take the win, with Derek Ramstrom finishing in third, Measamer in fourth and Jeremy Davis in fifth.
Mike Hopkins, Gray, Jarrell, Tate Fogleman, and John-Michael Shenette rounded out the top ren.
The PASS South Super Late Models will return to action on Saturday, April 16 at Caraway Speedway in Sophia, NC.
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PASS South Super Late Model Series
Hickory Motor Speedway – Newton, NC
Easter Bunny 150 – March 26, 2016
1. 4 – Ben Rowe
2. 19 – Riley Herbst
3. 35 – Derek Ramstrom
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5. 09 – Jeremy Davis
6. 15M – Mike Hopkins
7. 40 – Tanner Gray
8. 12J – Trey Jarrell
9. 8F – Tate Fogleman
10. 82 – John-Michael Shenette
11. 16ME – Travis Stearns
12. 45 – Kodie Conner
13. 24J – J.P. Josiasse
14. 54 – Matt Craig
15. 1 – Josh Williams
16. 88 – Kyle Desouza
17. 33 – Roger Lee Newton
18. 07 – Shane Lee
19. 15X – A.J. Frank
20. 74X – Preston Peltier
21. 49 – D.J. Shaw
22. 24 – Mike Rowe – 126
23. 7 – Travis Benjamin
24. 73 – Joey Doiron
25. 22 – Trevor Noles
26. 9 – Chris Dilbeck
27. 83 – Joey Padgett
28. 41 – Tracy Gordon
29. 71 – Jimmy Doyle
30. 6 – Brandon Setzer
31. 01 – Derek Scott, Jr.
32. 44 – Gus Dean
33. 7K – Jody Lavender
34. 53 – Cale Gale
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