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Ben Rowe Wins Wild Mason-Dixon Meltdown
at Concord On Final Lap
CONCORD, NC (November
17, 2007) – In what could only be described as
unbelievable, Ben Rowe capped off an amazing 2007 season
in Saturday night’s 2nd Annual Mason-Dixon Meltdown at
Concord Motorsport Park (NC) by passing Corey Williams
on the final turn of the final lap to take the victory.
Rowe passed Corey Williams as the white and yellow flags
were waving at the same time. PASS South rules dictate
that once the leaders have taken the white flag, they
race to the checkers unless the track is blocked and
officials deem it a red-flag period. Williams came out
of the final turn, ducked low to avoid a spun car and
got out of the gas long enough to allow Rowe to jump to
the outside and take the checkers in the final 50 feet
of the race.
“This is unbelievable,” said Rowe, who also won the 2007
PASS North Championship. “To come down here and win this
race at this track is just amazing. It was pretty wild
there at the end, but the rules are the rules. I’ve lost
two or three races in my career by slowing down when the
caution comes out on the white flag lap and that is what
Corey did. I feel bad for him because he had a better
car than us, no doubt. But my spotter told me to go high
to avoid the spun car and that is just what we did. So
to win this race is just awesome.”
Williams held on to finish second. Johnny Clark was able
to get by Preston Peltier on the last lap as well for
third. Peltier was fourth and Trevor Sanborn rounded out
the top five. Seven of the top-10 finishers in the race
represented PASS North.
Ryan Lawler locked up the 2007 PASS South Championship
despite falling out of the event on lap 93 after contact
with another car forced him into the wall. Peltier made
a charge at him in the final standings, but wound up
second.
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