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PASS South - Greenville-Pickens on 10/27

Saturday Oct. 27th

Ben Takes Second

Ben 2nd fastest of 29 cars in the second practice sessions.

In time trials, Ben runs 2nd at 19.789 compared to the 19.768
 of father Mike Rowe.

Ben easily took the checkered flag in the Dash race, putting him on the pole for the race.  Jeff Fultz crossed the line in second, putting him outside pole.  Mike Rowe started from the back and worked his way to the back bumper of Fultz on the last lap to finish third.  Ryan Lawler, Justin Wakefield, Corey Williams, Preston Peltier and Heath Hindman rounded out the top starting spots.

Ben finished second with Derek Ramstrom making a late charge up to the third position.  Series points leader Ryan Lawler finished fourth with
Corey Williams fifth.

 

Both Ben and Mike would share the lead throughout the first three-quarters of the 150-lap distance with five-time NASCAR Elite Series winner at Greenville-Pickens Speedway, Jeff Fultz. But, during a long green flag run in the mid-portion of the event, both Mike Rowe and Fultz began to fade and that’s when the white number-8 of Clark began to pour it on.

With 50 laps to go in the event, Clark had worked his way up to the bumper of Ben Rowe’s number-4. The two fought hard for the top spot for more than 30-laps. Rowe tried to hold him off as long as he could, but with 16 laps remaining, Clark made the move that got him the win.

“We had a shootout there at the end,” said Clark. “I didn’t want to lay the bumper to him, but I was going to try like hell to get by him. I was awesome getting into the center and pretty good off there, but with the little motor, it was hard to get up off the corner. I have crate motors and they have the big motors. I could get up to his rear wheel and door, but at the tail end of the straightaway he could pull down and get back in front of me. I knew if I kept putting the pressure on him he would have to drive in too deep and that is what happened. We had a five or six lap shootout there where I was on the bottom and he was on the top. It was good clean racing and I am happy with the outcome.”

Ben Rowe did everything he could to keep the lead in the late portions of the race, but had to concede to Clark’s car in the end.

“We had a good car there early on,” said Ben Rowe. “We knew we had to save tires. The crate engine car is just 200 pounds lighter than we are, which is huge on tires. I tried to save tires and I wanted a yellow there at the end. I knew Cassius was coming and there was nothing I could do. It is discouraging. I could hold him off down the straightaways, but there isn’t much of an outside so when he got up underneath me I just spun my tires. We were beating and banging and ran side by side there for some laps. We had a good car. We were the best in class with the big engine cars. He just had a different engine and weight package, and that is what beat us today.”

 

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