Mason-Dixon Meltdown Notebook
South Boston Speedway, South Boston, Virginia
November 24-25

Event #: Race #8 of 8.

Feature Race Distance: 250 laps

It's not quite local...but we're thinking because of the number of familiar names on the roster - and the $12,500 payday - this event may be of interest to Maritime stock car racing fans.

Click here to see a picture of Nova Scotia natives Dean Clattenburg and Leo Cochrane testing at SoBo in preparation for the Mason-Dixon Meltdown. Both now reside in North Carolina - Leo doesn't drive much anymore - but helps Dean whenever he can. (You will be redirected to another site to see the picture).

Cassius Clark Wins Meltdown; Mike Rowe Clinches Title


left to right: Johnny Clark (3rd), Cassius Clark (winner) and Mike Rowe (3rd).

SOUTH BOSTON, VA (November 25, 2006) - Cassius Clark drove over 15 hours to make it from Farmington, Maine to South Boston, Virginia on his Thanksgiving weekend. When the weekend ends and Clark and the team of his number-eight Super Late Model head back to their hometown, they will be doing so with a lot more money than they left town with. The young PASS North regular scored a hard-fought victory in Saturday night’s Mason-Dixon Meltdown 250-lap Super Late Model feature event, earning him a $12,500 payday and the satisfaction of besting some of the best Super Late Model drivers from around the country.

Clark worked his way by fellow Maine native Johnny Clark with just two laps remaining and contact ensued down the length of the frontstretch, but Cassius was able to hold strong for the victory.

The third-place finish of Turner, Maine’s Mike Rowe earned him the 2006 PASS South championship. Rowe came into the event 12 points ahead of Ryan Lawler, but Lawler was a victim of an early crash during Saturday’s Meltdown event and finished 28th, dashing his hopes of a title. Canadian Patrick Leperle and Massachusetts native Rick Martin rounded out the top-five, while Ben Rowe completed a Northern sweep of the top finishing positions. Travis Kittleson was the highest-finishing Southern competitor in seventh.

Mason Dixon Meltdown Super Late Model Feature Results (Unofficial) 1. Cassius Clark 2. Johnny Clark 3. Mike Rowe 4. Patrick Leperle 5. Rick Martin 6. Ben Rowe 7. Travis Kittleson 8. Jason Hogan 9. Scott Hantz 10. Dan McKeage 11. Brian Campbell 12. Corey Williams 13. Ryan Seig 14. Tom McCann, Jr. 15. Chris Bowers 16. Alan Tardiff 17. Clay Jones 18. Brian Scott 19. Kyle Busch 20. Chris Kennison 21. Dean Clattenburg 22. Travis Benjamin 23. Trevor Sanborn 24. Justin Wakefield 25. Jeremie Whorff 26. Chris Dunn 27. Tim Nooner 28. Ryan Lawler 29. Richie Dearborn 30. Preston Peltier 31. Stan Meserve 32. J.C. Umscheid 33. Boris Jurkovic


Cassius Clark celebrates his $12,500 win.


Inaugural PASS South champ Mike Rowe (left) congratulated inaugural Mason-Dixon Meltdown winner Cassius Clark.


Mike Rowe - 2006 PASS South Champion.

Rowe's Pace Field For Mason-Dixon Meltdown

(November 25, 2006 at 5:00 p.m.) - Mike Rowe and his son Ben will share the front row for the Mason-Dixon Meltdown Super Late Model main event at South Boston after finishing one-two in their dash race. Heat race winners were Kyle Busch, Johnny Clark, Clay Jones, Brian Campbell and Dean Clattenburg in SLMs.

PASS North Drivers Fast at SoBo - Day One

(November 24, 2006) - Maine racing veteran and PASS South points leader Mike Rowe set fast time in all three practice sessions for Saturday's Mason Dixon Meltdown at South Boston Speedway (SoBo). When it came to time trials for the event it was PASS North drivers nailing four of the top five spots.

Cassius Clark set fast time, followed by Ben Rowe, Corey Williams, Travis Kittleson and Mike Rowe. Kittleson is the only "non-North" driver in the top five.

Dean Clattenburg, formerly of Dartmouth (NS), was 18th quick of the 48 cars in time trials. The only "official" Canadian entry is Patrick Laperle from Quebec, who was 30th on the clock. Laperle has a guaranteed spot in the event by virtue of his PASS North win at Oxford Plains Speedway earlier this year.

NASCAR Nextel Cup regular Kyle Busch was ninth fast, followed by 06 PASS North champ Johnny Clark.

Day two of the Mason-Dixon Meltdown gets underway at 8 a.m. Saturday when the pit gates open. Practice goes through the morning then heat races start at Noon. The Modified 250-lap feature is set to start at 5 p.m., followed by the 250-lap PASS North season finale.

MASON-DIXON MELTDOWN - TIME TRIAL RESULTS
Pos - Driver - Fast Lap Time
1 - Cassius Clark - 15.110
2 - Ben Rowe - 15.125
3 - Corey Williams - 15.159
4 - Travis Kittleson - 15.178
5 - Mike Rowe - 15.184
6 - J.C. Umscheid - 15.202
7 - Jason Hogan - 15.248
8 - Ryan Lawler - 15.279
9 - Kyle Busch - 15.284
10 - Johnny Clark - 15.288
11 - Clay Jones - 15.294
12 - Brian Campbell - 15.306
13 - Tom McCann, Jr. - 15.337
14 - Bill Whorff, Jr. - 15.350
15 - Ted Musgrave, Jr. - 15.369
16 - Scott Hantz - 15.385
17 - Tim Nooner - 15.394
18 - Dean Clattenberg - 15.404
19 - Preston Peltier - 15.480
20 - Alan Tardiff - 15.486
21 - Boris Jurkovic - 15.502
22 - Dennis Schoenfeld - 15.550
23 - Chris Dunn - 15.550
24 - Jeremie Whorff - 15.583
25 - Richie Dearborn - 15.596
26 - Rick Martin - 15.607
27 - Curt Gerry - 15.625
28 - Alex Haase - 15.631
29 - Trevor Sanborn - 15.649
30 - Patrick Leperle - 15.692
31 - Stan Meserve - 15.720
32 - Justin Wakefield - 15.742
33 - Travis Benjamin - 15.750
34 - Ryan Sieg - 15.754
35 - Chris Bowers - 15.782
36 - Joey Polewarczyk - 15.802
37 - Mike Parks - 15.832
38 - Alex Fleming - 15.846
39 - Joey Porciello - 15.856
40 - Larry Pollard - 15.886
41 - Chris Kennison - 15.904
42 - Mark Gibson - 15.948
43 - Matt Jones - 15.957
44 - Dan McKeage - 15.994
45 - Adam Crawford - 16.207
46 - Brian Scott - 16.275
47 - Charlie Colby - 16.419
48 - Rob Stevens - 17.893

PASS South Championship to be Decided at Mason-Dixon Meltdown

(November 21, 2006 ) - Mike Rowe has accomplished plenty during his racing career. The 56-year-old has won numerous races, championships and other titles throughout the years in the Northeast. Ryan Lawler is a 19-year-old upstart that has emerged as one of the breakout short track stars during the 2006 season, racing Super Late Models around the country as well as select starts in the NASCAR Elite Division.

This year, both drivers on different ends of the experience spectrum set their sights on the PASS South Series. The new division that resurrected the deep history of southern Super Late Model racing in the Southeast was a perfect home for both drivers. Rowe traveled each week from his Maine home, while the native Texan Lawler relocated to North Carolina to be closer to the sport’s hub to compete all season long in the PASS South Series.

Fittingly, the inaugural PASS South Championship should come down to two drivers who could not be any more different when it comes to experience. Rowe enters this weekend’s Mason-Dixon Meltdown, the 250-lap PASS South Super Late Model series finale just 12 points over Lawler. The two will have 250-laps to settle the score and see which one will be crowned the first-ever PASS South champion and both drivers are optimistic about their chances.

“We’re going there to win,” said Rowe. “That is what we’ve done all year long and it’s worked. We aren’t going to change a thing. Everything will fall where it falls. We had a good test down there last week, so things ought to be pretty good for us.”

Rowe’s two wins (the Easter Bunny 150 at Hickory Motor Speedway (NC) and the Firecracker 150 at Tri-County Motor Speedway (NC)) have put him on top by 12 markers over Lawler. Lawler’s victory at Hickory in the Over the Mountain 150, the most recent PASS South race, brings him to South Boston with a bit of an uphill climb. Because he has yet to finish outside the top-10 in any PASS South event, Lawler knows that the title is still within reach.

“After our first race at Hickory, I felt that we might have a chance at the championship because we ran so well,” said Lawler. “But before Hickory I had no idea what to expect. That was my first race in a Super Late Model.

“Now it is a kind of cool deal to be heading into South Boston fighting for a championship. It’s going to be such a big race.” With such a big discrepancy between age and experience levels, Rowe and Lawler would seemingly not have that much in common. The one thing that they do have is a mutual respect for one another thanks to some hard racing between the two drivers all season long.

“He’s a good kid and he’s been doing a great job all year long,” said Rowe. “I just want to be able to beat him down at South Boston.”

"I learned more racing Mike during the win at Hickory than I have all year,” said Lawler. “I really enjoy racing with Mike. He is a hell of a race car driver. “

The PASS South Super Late Model portion of the “Mason-Dixon Meltdown” features a 250-lap main event on Saturday, November 25th. The Tour-Type Modifieds also have a 250-lap event that day, and both premier divisions will be racing for a $12,500 paycheck for the winner, plus lap money and other bonuses. Also competing during the “Mason-Dixon Meltdown” weekend are the Legends Cars (Friday only) and the Pro Challenge Series (Saturday only).

EXPECTED ENTRY LIST - Mason-Dixon Meltdown
Car # - Driver - Hometown
00 - Jeremie Whorff - Topsham, ME
01 - Brian Scott - Mooresville, NC
02 - Tim Nooner - Salisbury, NC
04 - Joey Porciello - Lee, NH
09 - Dean Clattenburg - Kannapolis, NC
0 - Bill Whorff, Jr. - Topsham, ME
1 - Chris Dunn - Raleigh, NC
2 - Stan Meserve - Mooresville, NC
2s - Coley Shay - Matamoras, PA
4 - Ben Rowe - Turner, ME
5 - Preston Peltier - Concord, NC
6 - Alex Haase - Las Vegas, NV
8 - Cassius Clark - Farmington, ME
8t - Alan tardiff - Lyman, ME
10 - Chris Kennison - Oxford, ME
11 - Chase Austin - Mooresville, NC
14 - Rick martin - Winterport, MA
16 - Tom McCann Jr. - Ocala, FL
17 - Travis Benjamin - Morrill, ME
22 - Jeremy Pate - Pace, FL
24 - Mike Rowe - Turner, ME
26 - Rob Stevens - Aberdeen, NC
29 - Brian Campbell - Grand Rapids, MI
31 - Ryan Lawler - Colleyville, TX
40oz - Dan McKeage - Gorham, ME
43 - Dennis Schoenfeld - Concord, NC
44r - Jimmy Rosenfield - Middleboro, MA
47 - Corey Williams - Boothbay, ME
51 - Kyle Busch - Las Vegas, NV
53 - Boris Jurkovic - Joliet, IL
54 - Johnny Clark - Hallowell, ME
55 - Chuck Barnes Jr. - Lousiville, KY
62 - Mark Gibson - Kernersville, NC
66 - Mike Parks - Charlestown, NH
72 - Scott Hantz - Angola, IN
87 - Nathan Haseleu - Pardeeville, WI
88 - Travis Kittleson - Merritt Island, FL
91 - Patrick Laperle - St Denis, Quebec
92 - Jason Hogan - Cleveland, GA
97 - Joey Polewarczyk - Hudson, NH
98 - Justin Wakefeld - Woodstock, GA
99 - Casey Smith - Austin, TX

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