PASS to add races next year Super Late Models expanding schedule

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The Pro All-Stars Series North Super Late Models will have three races apiece at Wiscasset Raceway and Beech Ridge Motor Speedway in Scarborough next season, according to PASS founder and president Tom Mayberry.

Mayberry said he is hoping to have at least one race apiece at Speedway 95 in Hermon and Unity Raceway among the 15 he has planned for 2008.

There will be two races apiece at White Mountain Motorsports Park in North Woodstock, N.H., and All-Star Speedway in Epping, N.H.

Mayberry added that they will have a race at Thompson International Speedway (Conn.) and they probably will have three races in Nova Scotia between Scotia Speedworld in Halifax and Riverside International Speedway in Antigonish.

“I’d like to have a Triple Crown [three-race] series in Canada to get the racers a little extra money,” said Mayberry.

Mayberry said having the majority of the races in Maine and New Hampshire is designed to save the teams travel money.

“I’m really excited about next year,” said Mayberry.

Several PASS divisions will race at Wiscasset Raceway on Aug. 19. The date was added after Doug White recently bought the track.

White reinstituted the Pro Stock class that had been eliminated in 2004 due to the high costs incurred by the team owners and drivers.

“Doug has always been involved a lot [in auto racing] and it’s great to be back at Wiscasset,” said Mayberry.

Mayberry said PASS is having a “real good season,” although a couple of the classes have lost races due to rainouts.

“I’m really happy. We’ve had some real good races and real good fan counts that keep going up,” said Mayberry.

Car counts have been solid and Mayberry was quick to point out that the number of cars isn’t as important to him as the “quality of the field and the quality of the racing. We want to put on good shows for the fans.”

The Sportsman class he added this year has been a success.

“We’ve been getting 30 cars for the races. It’s grown like crazy,” said Mayberry.

The Sportsman class is for cars termed Limited Sportsman or Super Streets at various tracks.

The Outlaw Late Model Class has been snakebitten, according to Mayberry.

“They’ve had three rainouts. They’ve had the worst luck,” said Mayberry, who added that it’s difficult to reschedule the races “because our schedule is so full. We’ve added one race at White Mountain on Oct. 14.”

In the PASS North Super Late Models, Turner’s Ben Rowe is the points leader through nine races by 38 points over his father, Mike.

Hollis’ Richie Dearborn is third, 49 points behind. Farmingdale’s Johnny Clark is fourth, 78 points back, and rookies Trevor Sanborn of Parsonsfield and Derek Ramstrom of West Boylston, Mass., are 98 and 168 points back, respectively.

The Super Late Models will run the Atlantic Cat 250 at Scotia Speedworld on Saturday.

Through five races in the Modifieds, defending champ Chris Staples of Brunswick leads by 15 points over Harpswell’s Mark Lucas. West Gardiner’s Gary Norris Jr. is third, 36 points behind the leader, with Searsmont’s Jason Taylor 44 back and Buckfield’s Steve Bennett Jr. 48 back.

After three Outlaws races, Burnham’s Brian Whitney has a six-point lead over Winterport native Mike Harnish, currently living in Readfield. Jimmy Rosenfield of Middleboro, Mass., is third, seven points back. Albion’s Matt Lee trails by 23 and Hampton, N.H., native Jay Sands is tied with Brewer native Mike Thomas, currently living in New Portland, for fifth. They are 24 points out.

In the Sportsman class, Gorham’s Dan McKeage has an 11-point edge over Freeport’s Jerry Harrison. Madison’s Nate Weston trails by 22, Limington’s Robert Emery Jr. is 42 back and Levant’s Shane Tatro trails by 47.

Boothbay’s Corey Williams has been on a tear in the PASS South Super Late Models with three consecutive wins.

Moore is Crocker’s crew chief

Scarborough’s Ryan Moore has a new job, according to his father Kelly.

The 23-year-old former Busch East and NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series driver is the crew chief for Erin Crocker on the ARCA RE/MAX series.

Moore also drove in a few Busch races.

Crocker used to drive on the Craftsman Truck Series and also ran some Busch races.

“Ryan is working for Ray Evernham,” said Kelly Moore. “He had been the car chief and now he’s the crew chief. He’s still looking for a ride, but that’s his job right now.”

Moore had previously been a developmental driver at Dale Earnhardt Inc. and ran 11 races for the Key Motorsports Craftsman Truck series team a year ago, posting three top-20 finishes, before leaving the team in September due to philosophical differences.

Crocker earned a pole and set a track record with Moore as her crew chief at Kentucky Speedway last month.

Last weekend, Crocker finished fourth in the Pennsylvania 200.

She leads the Superspeedway Points Challenge.