BEN WINS THE EASTER BUNNY
150!
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PASS South Fields Stacked With
Big Names Heading To Hickory
Ben is among the top ranked
competitors
competing in the Easter Bunny 150.
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Ben Rowe Has Won
the Easter Bunny 150 Super Late Model
race,
going two for two in the PASS South 2009 season.
Jeff Fultz, Aric Almirola, Ryan Blaney and
Trey Mitchell round out the top five.
PASS Race Report:
Two in a Row for Rowe
PASS South Leftovers: Easter Bunny 150 -
FULL STORY
ANOTHER “AWAY” WIN IS SPECIAL FOR ROWE
Ben
Rowe has won at PASS North tracks all through the New
England. From Thompson to White Mountain to Canada’s
Scotia Speedworld, there aren’t many victory lanes on
his home turf we Rowe hasn’t visited.
So that means Rowe has a new domain to conquer – PASS
South.
Rowe won the Mason-Dixon Meltdown at Concord in 2007 and
the PASS South opener at Dillon to start this season.
Winning the first race of the year wasn’t enough for the
Maine driver though, as he also invaded the South and
won the Easter Bunny 150.
“This is their backyard and I don’t see any of these
guys coming to Maine on my turf,” said Rowe. “So for me
and my guys, this is huge. I think you have to be heads
and shoulders above people to beat them on their own
turf."
2009 is already starting to be a comeback year of sorts
for Rowe. In 2008, his Richard Moody Racing team
struggled, by their own standards at least, and “only”
won of pair of races in PASS North.
“We got behind last year and we’ve fought back,” said
Rowe. “We have got a good bunch of guys here from all
different race teams back home and we put them all
together when we come down here. We just come have fun
and we have all learned. We all travel together. It's
fun, and when we are having fun, good things happen.
Coming out of here with a top five for the National
[championship] thing was big. We are going to go for
that, and I heard they were going to give away a chassis
for that and I’ve always been a big fan of Stevie
Leavitt. It would be pretty neat to win that and we are
going to go for it.”
Rowe’s father Mike won the first Easter Bunny 150 back
in 2006 and now Ben is following in the family tradition
at that event. Mike didn’t compete in this year’s race,
but he was right there to cheer Ben on. In return, Ben
paid tribute to his Dad after winning.
“That is why I went backwards around [during the victory
lap],” said Ben. “He was so tickled to win at Hickory
that he did a backwards lap so I thought of that when I
won. For him to come win at Hickory and then for us to
do it is pretty awesome.”
Also awesome was the race that Rowe had for the lead
with Aric Almirola and Jeff Fultz to decide this year’s
winner. Rowe enjoyed racing with those two competitors.
“It was fun. Racing with Aric Almirola and these guys
was fun. Jeff Fultz is the hardest guy I have ever raced
with. He won’t take an inch from you, you have to earn
it. He is one of the class acts of racing and I love
racing with him. We respect each other a lot and he is a
lot of fun to race with.” |
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