Atlantic CAT 250 August 10-11 Scotia Speedworld Halifax, Nova Scotia

PASS Event # 10 of 14, for 2007

Start Time (track time): Friday at 7 p.m.; Saturday at 6 p.m.

Feature Race Distance: 250 laps

Year-To-Date Results & Point Standings: click here


Atlantic CAT 250 Top Three (left to right): Johnny Clark (3rd place), Mike Rowe (winner), Travis Benjamin (2nd place). Rowe will have his name engraved on the Scott Fraser Memorial Cup, for the second time...

Atlantic CAT 250 - Unofficial Results
1. Mike Rowe, Turner, ME
2. Travis Benjamin Morrill, ME
3. Johnny Clark Hallowell, ME
4. Donald Chisholm Antinonish, NS
5. Adam Bates Warner, NH
6. John Flemming Halifax, NE
7. Richie Dearborn Hollis, ME
8. Greg Proude N. Willshire, PEI
9. Trevor Sanborn Parsonsfield, ME
10. Mike Mackenzie Montegue Gold Mines, NS
11. Graham Spinney Argule NS
12. Wayne Smith Timberlea, NS
13. Gary Bellefleur Stetson, ME
14. Chris Duncan Kingston, NB
15. Ben Rowe, Turner, ME
16. Derek Ramstrom W. Boylston, MA
17. Frank Fraser Schubernacadie, NS
18. Marty Prevost Fall River, NS
19. Brian Northrup Elmsdale, NS
20. Shawn Turple Enfield, NS
21. Cy Harvey Elmsdale, NS
22. Dean MacInnis Shawnee, KS

CHECKERED FLAG NOTES...

• Kudos to top local finisher Donald Chisholm, who wound up fourth. Chisholm ran door-handle to door-handle with the top finishers in the late stages of the race...
• A four-car front-stretch pileup on a lap 11 restart saw Wayne Smith, Dean MacInnis, Cy Harvey and Gary Bellefleur involved. Bellefleur and Smith made repairs and got back in the race several laps down...Harvey and MacInnis were done for the night
• The melee started when Shawn Turple broke a rear-end on the restart; Turple was running mid-pack at the time, the wreck behind him was a chain reaction...
• John Flemming bounced back from early problems to get the "lucky dog" - free pass back to lead lap status - resulting in his sixth-place finish...
• Ben Rowe bent something on the front end of his racer before lap 10, then pitted for several laps while his team made repairs; when he returned to the track on lap 32, he was able to run with - and even pass - the leaders for the duration of the show...
• Trevor Sanborn was hoping to celebrate his 20th birthday in Victory Lane; he led many laps and was running down leader Mike Rowe in the closing stages when he spun out entering turn three..He went down a lap before he got going again...
• Race leaders and lead changes unofficially included: Richie Dearborn (grid-53), Johnny Clark (54-81), Mike Rowe (82-126, lost lead when he pitted), Derek Ramstrom (127-128), Trevor Sanborn (129-163), Mike Rowe (164-190), Adam Bates (191-196), Mike Rowe (197-250).
• The race was 250 green flag laps, but they counted cautions for scoring purposes - meaning the teams could lose a lap in the pits if the they were passed by the pace car while making their stop. Created exciting pit stop action - but because the scoreboard count included the caution laps, it was confusing for most of the audience, i.e. when the scoreboard read 240 laps, they were really on lap 190...
• In support class action rookie Mike Alexander of Dartmouth won his second Hobby Stock feature race of the summer in a 50-lap race. Alexander was followed across the finish line by Al Johnston of Goffs in second place and Alex Johnson of Milford in third place. The points leader entering this race, Mark Wilson of Lantz was fourth and terry Moore of Shubenacadie was fifth. Brandon Niles of Truro took the victory in Bandolero cars. Shelby Baker of Fall River was second with D.J. Casey of Hatchett Lake third. The Butcher brothers of Porters Lake finished fourth and fifth. Cole was fourth while younger brother Jarred was fifth.
• August 9-10 was announced as the date for the 2008 running of the Atlantic CAT 250...It will be the one and only stop for PASS at Scotia Speedworld next year...

Atlantic CAT 250 - Starting Lineup
Posted August 11/07
1. Richie Dearborn, Hollis ME
2. John Flemming, Halifax, NS
3. Trevor Sanborn, Parsonsfield ,ME
4. Donald Chisholm, Antigonish, NS
5. Adam Bates, Warren, NH
6. Mike MacKenzie, Dartmouth, NS
7. Shawn Turple, Enfield, NS
8. Gary Bellefleur, Stetson, ME
9. Travis Benjamin, Morrill, ME
10. Frank Fraser, Shubenacadie, NS
11. Johnny Clark, Hallowell, ME
12. Mike Rowe, Turner, ME
13. Ben Rowe, Turner, ME
14. Graham Spinney, Lower Argyle, NS
15. Greg Proude, North Wiltshire, PE
16. Derek Ramstrom, West Boylston, MA
17. Cy Harvey, Elmsdale, NS
18. Chris Duncan, Kingston, NB
19. Brian Northrup, Elmsdale, NS
20. Dean MacInnis, Shawnee, KS
21. Wayne Smith, Timberlea, NS
22. Marty Prevost, Fall River, NS

Dearborn, Johnny Clark and Mike Rowe won qualifying heat races; Clark and Rowe were shuffled to mid-pack starting spots by virtue of the PASS rule allowing that no previous feature winner on the season can start in the top 10.

Atlantic CAT 250 - Expected Entries*
Posted August 9/07; Source: Scotia Speedworld

Entry # - Car # - Driver Name - Hometown
1. 0 Shawn Turple Enfield, NS
2. 02 Mike MacKenzie Dartmouth, NS
3. 2 Mike Rowe Turner, ME
4. 4 Ben Rowe Turner, ME
5. 9 Stephen Brown Harrietsfield, NS
6. 11 Marty Prevost Fall River, NS
7. 17 Travis Benjamin Morrill, ME
8. 23f Frank Fraser Shubenacadie, NS
9. 29 Trevor Sanborn Parsonfield, ME
10. 29 Greg Proude North Wiltshire, PE
11. 33 Richie Dearborn Hollis, ME
12. 35 Derek Ramstrom W. Boylston, MA
13. 40 Gary Bellefleur Stetson, ME
14. 44 Wayne Smith Timberlea, NS
15. 54 Johnny Clark Farmingdale, ME
16. 79 Chris Duncan Kingston, NB
17. 89 Donald Chisholm Antigonish, NS
18. 97 John Flemming Halifax, NS
19. 98 Adam Bates Warner, NH
20. 99 Cy Harvey Elmsdale, NS

*Entry List subject to change without notice.

*ENTRY LIST NOTES: New Glasgow's George Koszkulics was on the expected entry list published by the track, however, has withdrawn his entry due to technical difficulties...There are published reports saying Lonnie Sommerville is expected to enter; as of Thursday night he does not plan to make the haul from Saint John (NB)...There are also published reports mentioning Cassius Clark as an expected entry; according to reports out of Maine, Cassius and his car owner have parted ways...We're checking to see if there is any chance he'll be in one of Henderson's cars this weekend (like he was for the IWK 250)... Answer is "no, that car was wrecked in Antigonish"...Since he's not on the expected entry list announced by the track, we're assuming he won't be there...We have confirmed Brian Northrup plans to enter the Atlantic CAT 250, driving the No. 14 car fielded by Provincial Pavement. Northrup, from Enfield, has raced everything from hobby stocks to pro stocks in the last 25+ years, nothing full-time since the early 90s. His last pro stock/late model endeavour was in the late 80s with MASCAR...

Event Payout (per entry blank): 1st $6,000; 2nd $3,000; 3rd $2,000; 4th $1,700; 5th $1,500; 6th $1,400; 7th $1,300; 8th $1,200; 9th $1,150; 10th $1,100; 11th $1,075; 12th $1,050; 13th $1,025; 14th $1,000; 15th $975; 16th $950; 17th $940; 18th $930; 19th $925; 20th $920; 21st $915; 22nd $910; 23rd $900; 24th $900; 25th $900; 26th $900; 27th $900; 28th $900

Qualifying Procedure (per entry blank): 24 cars will qualify for the feature event, the top 10 through time trials, the balance through qualifying heats and consolation races. There will be 2 PASS provisionals and 2 Scotia provisionals. The promoters reserve the right to add additional starting positions.

Qualifying Note (8/9): According to the format posted by the track, there are no time trials; looks like qualifying through heat races only...Waiting for confirmation from track...As of Friday morning, we have yet to receive clarification from the track. Never did get an answer from the track, but it's Saturday morning and there were no time trials...

Event Format**
Posted August 9/07; Source: Scotia Speedworld

Friday, August 10 - Show Starts at 7 p.m.

Opening ceremonies

Lockhart Truck Centre Big Rig Parade

Sportsman heat races ( 10 laps)

PASS heats & dash

Thunder "B" Feature ( 15 laps)

Lightning Feature ( 20 Laps)

Sportsman Semi, if necessary

Thunder "A" Feature (20 laps)

Lockhart Truck Center Sportsman 100

Saturday, August 11 - Show Starts at 6 p.m.

PASS Last Chance race, if necessary

Bandolero Feature (20 laps)

Hobby Stock Feature (50 laps)

Driver Introductions - The Atlantic Cat 250

PASS Atlantic Cat 250

**Format subject to change without notice.

Preview: Atlantic CAT 250
Posted August 7/07; Source: Scotia Speedworld

Halifax, NS (August 6, 2007) – The Atlantic Cat 250 Speed weekend is on tap August 10th and 11th, with two days of hard-chargin', fender-bangin', paint-swappin', wall slappin', elbows-up short track racing action.

The Pro All Stars Series (PASS) is at Scotia Speedworld for the Atlantic Cat 250, pitting the best New England drivers against the best of the Maritimes. It’s a battle of the border, with both sides looking to grab the bragging rights. The last few years have seen the Americans take the top spots, but the Maritimers have been making strides in closing the gap and appear poised to wreck some havoc on the US driver’s victory celebrations.

Friday night sees the PASS cars running qualifying heats for the Atlantic Cat 250. The feature race of the evening is the Lockhart Truck Center 100 lap Sportsman race. These drivers have been preparing their cars for this night for most of the summer, trying to get everything just perfect for this prestigious race. The Miller Tire/BF Goodrich Thunder & Lightning cars are providing the supporting division for the night and will showcase their side-by-side action from the drop of the green flag, until the checkered flag flies.

Lockhart Truck Center is also presenting their Truck Show n Shine in the main grandstand parking lot before the night’s racing. Then the big rigs will provide the always-popular parade lap for the night’s racing. All trucks are welcome in the Show n Shine and are made up of mostly working trucks with some restored antiques and near antiques for interest.

Saturday night sees the action of the Atlantic Cat 250 PASS race. 250 laps of hard charging racing action, with Johnny Clark of Farmingdale, ME looking for a repeat of 2006, when he took the victory on the Halifax 3/10-mile facility. Clark will have lots of company striving for that victory with PASS points leader Ben Rowe, his dad Mike, Richie Dearborn, Trevor Sanborn and Cassius Clark all expected to make the tow to Halifax. Add Maritime drivers, Shawn Turple, Wayne Smith, Lonnie Sommerville, Bobby White, Greg Proude, Rollie MacDonald, Donald Chisholm and George Koszkulics looking to prove their driving skills to their American cousins and the night has the makings for a heck of a race. The Bandolero cars and the Hobby Stocks will be providing the support divisions for the night.

Racing is slated to start at 7 pm on Friday, August 10th and 6 pm on Saturday August 11th, with the grandstands opening at 4 pm and 3 pm respectively.

Admission for adults is $20 Friday, August 10th and $35 Saturday, August 11th, with a two-day ticket at $40. Youth tickets are $5 for both Friday and Saturday, with a two-day ticket at $6. Children seven and under are admitted free of charge. Children under 12 must be accompanied by an adult. Access to the pits is restricted to those 16 and older, except the Bandolero drivers and is $25 on Friday and $40 on Saturday, with a two-day ticket at $45.

Event History
The first official running of the Atlantic CAT 250 was in 2000; for the two years preceding, the race was the Atlantic CAT 150. In 2005, the winner's trophy was renamed the "Scott Fraser Memorial Cup" in memory of Scott Fraser, who represented Atlantic CAT on the race track for several years before his death in 2004.

Past Atlantic CAT 250 winners include...

2007: Mike Rowe, Turner, Maine

2006: Johnny Clark, Farmingdale, Maine

2005: Mike Rowe, Turner, Maine

2004: Johnny Clark, Farmingdale, Maine

2003: Ben Rowe, Turner, Maine

2002: Ben Rowe, Turner, Maine

2001: Louie Mechalides, Tyngsboro, Mass.

2000: John Flemming, Halifax, Nova Scotia

The Track
Scotia Speedworld is a 3/10-mile asphalt oval stock car racing track featuring the Weekly Racing Series for six divisions and several special events during the race season, which runs from May to September. Scotia Speedworld is located at Exit 6, Hwy. 102, across from the Halifax Stanfield International Airport. For more information on Scotia Speedworld please visit ScotiaSpeedworld.ca or call our Event Hotline at (902) 873-2277.

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