Williams earns PASS victory

HICKORY, N.C. – Boothbay’s Corey Williams took the lead from Ryan Lawler with 13 laps remaining and held on to win the season-opening Pro All-Stars Series South Easter Bunny 150 at the Hickory Motor Speedway Saturday night.

Williams took the checkered flag 2.18 seconds ahead of Lawler, who is from Colleyville, Tex. and is the defending PASS South champ.

North Carolina’s John Stancill and Zach Stroupe finished third and fourth, respectively, with Heath Hindman from Signal Mountain, Tenn. rounding out the top five.

Farmington’s Cassius Clark was sixth followed by John Fleming of Dartmouth, Nova Scotia; Morrill’s Travis Benjamin, Turner’s Mike Rowe and 10th-place Shawn Turple of Truro, Nova Scotia.

Turner’s Ben Rowe, the defending PASS North champion, finished 13th.