Johnny Clark Motorsports

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Johnny Clark Motorsports Honored
at PASS Banquet of Champions

2009 PASS Super Late Model Champion Johnny Clark was honored at the Nov. 7th PASS awards presentation, making his fourth walk to the podium as Champion in the series premier division. Clark’s team received championship jackets and travel bags from Northern Race Tire and Superior Image Embroidery. Johnny presented the Mayberry family an appreciation plaque for devotion to their PASS tour.

		Sat. Oct. 24th The Howler 125
Johnny Wins the Howler 125
TOP FINISHERS 1 - 54 -Johnny Clark 2 - 4s - Jay Fogleman 3 - 60 - DJ Shaw 4 - 4n - Ben Rowe 5 - 32 - Randy Porter 6 - 47 - Corey Williams 7 - 98 - Justin Wakefield 8 - 32x - Corey Gibson 9 - 2 - Ralph Carnes 10 - 62 - Brandon Ward TOP QUALIFIERS 1 - 98 - Justin Wakefield - 19.968 2 - 54 - Johnny Clark - 19.982 3 - 47 - Corey Williams - 20.056 4 - 5 - Preston Peltier - 20.192 5 - 4n- Ben Rowe - 20.207 6 4s Jay Fogleman - 20.259	After posting the second fastest lap in time trials, Johnny redrew for the 10th place starting spot. Working his way to the front, Johnny passed DJ Shaw for 4th on lap 65, was in 2nd on lap 75, and moved around Preston Peltier for the lead on lap 78. At the restart on lap 95, Johnny had to retake the lead as DJ Shaw in the #60 had surged ahead. Holding the lead for the final 20 laps, Johnny finished several car lengths ahead of the 4s of Jay Fogleman.

		Sat. Oct. 17th Mason-Dixon Meltdown 250
Rowe - Rowe - Clark - Clark -- Johnny 4th in the Meltdown 250
TOP TEN FINISHERS 1. Ben Rowe 2. Mike Rowe 3. Cassius Clark 4. Johnny Clark 5. Heath Hindman 6. Mark Gibson 7. Ryan Blaney 8. Jay Fogleman 9. Preston Pelitier 10. DJ Shaw	Johnny joined a contingent of PASS North teams that headed down to South Boston, Virginia to battle the PASS South Super Late Model Stars in the final event of the PASS National Championship. After qualifying 5th, Johnny redraw the 8th starting spot. Johnny moved up to take the lead at lap 32 and then settled in to run in the top five through the pit stops and the 250 laps. Ben and Mike Rowe moved up to take the first two spots, with Ben becoming the 2009 PASS National Champion.

PASS 150 - White Mountain Motorsports Park - Friday, Sept. 18th

Fourth PASS Championship for Clark Motorsports
With a heat win and a fifth place finish at White Mountain,
Johnny posted a 32 point lead over Ben Rowe to win
a fourth PASS North SLM Championship.
For the 13 starts in the 2009 season, the Clark Motorsports Team
scored 3 Wins, 8 Top 5s, and 12 Top 10s.
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WMMP 9/18 Results HERE

Sunday, September 13th - Scarborough, ME
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4th at the PASS 400 Weekend
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The PASS 300 lap feature saw the #54 make a solid run to a 4th place finish. With the #4 in 3rd - but a heat winner for 5 points - Ben Rowe only picked up 7 points, leaving Johnny 33 ahead entering the final PASS North race of the season at White Mountain Motorsports park.

After a six hour rain delay on Saturday, Johnny placed 6th in Saturday's Heat #2 for a starting spot of 17th in Sunday's feature. After surviving a couple of close calls, Johnny's steady progress to the front had the #54 on the top five scoreboard at lap 244. Ben Rowe slipped by into 3rd while Johnny kept Jay Fogleman in the #4s at bay. Johnny now stands in second behind Ben in the National Standings. PASS Race Story

Sunday, September 6th - Fredericton, NB

3rd for Johnny in the Peterbilt 250

After transferring to the 250 with a heat win, Johnny took the race lead on lap 25 with a pass on the outside. Johnny dominated most of the night from that point forward leading 118 laps.

After a lap 224 caution for oil on the track, Lonnie Sommerville who had pitted for two fresh tires moved right up into the lead from 5th at the restart while Johnny hung onto third with used up tires.

Including lap money of $50 per lap, Johnny took home $8900.00 for his efforts.

Full Race Report at Speedway660.com

Jamie Williams
Photos

Hot....Long....Exhausting....Wild

- Johnny ran the 2 1/2 hour Late Model portion of the Wiscasset open specials weekend in the #0no and survived with a third place out of 30 starters. T.J. Watson was the winner with Adam Chadbourne in 3rd.

- In the Pro Stocks 150, Johnny led 122 laps in the car that came straight from the Seekonk PASS 150 with no damage. But the car was used up at the end and Scott Chubbuck took the lead on lap 139 after a hard battle and pulled away for the win
over Johnny in 2nd and Randy Turner in 3rd.

"It was a grueling marathon of attrition that tortured drivers, cars and fans alike...."

Three very tough races on two days - scoring a 2nd and two 3rds!



					Chris Roy Photos

PASS North 150 Presented by Cirelli Foods - Seekonk Speedway - 8/15

Seekonk Top 3: Ben Rowe, 2nd; Winner Tom Scully Jr.; and Johnny, 3rd.

The NAPA 150 - Unity Raceway - Unity, ME - 8/2

6th Place at The NAPA 150 at Unity

Heat >>				*Race* >>

The Summerfest 150 - Riverside Speedway - Groveton, NH - 7/25

9th Place at Grovetona

The trip to Groveton, NH produced a 9th place finish in a field of only 17 cars. From an 11th place starting spot as a previous race winner in the 2009 season, Johnny made little progress toward the front.

Meanwhile Cassius Clark in the #8 was back to his old style of running away with the lead. With only two cautions, the 43 minute race flew by. Johnny was the last car on the lead lap, and at the checkers Cassius was right behind the #54.

Chassis changes from the setup notebook that had worked well on previous cars didn't help with this new machine. Johnny just didn't have the grip or speed to keep up with the front runners.

Johnny holds onto the points lead with 1939 markers, and Adam Bates moves back into second with 1899. Ben Rowe moved up into third with 1888 with Derek just 1 point back in fourth with 1887.

After great runs at Thompson and Lee - and no damage to either of the race cars - Johnny & the Team headed up to Antigonish, Nova Scotia for the IWK 250.
The race was postponed to Sunday the 19th after showers were followed by evening fog and mist. Time Trials were completed - Regan Smith posted fast time.
Johnny was second fastest.
In the race, Johnny was out early at lap 20 after an early multi-car tangle damaged the nose of the #54. The air to the radiator was cut off so Johnny pulled into the infield for a 32nd and last place finish.

Lee UA Speedway - PASS Bastille 200 - Tues. 7/14

Johnny Wins the Bastille 200

Louis Mechalides 2nd - Cassius Clark 3rd

Photos by

NormMarx.com

Thompson Int'l Speedway - Full Fender Frenzy 75 - Sat. 7/11

Third Place at Thompson

Johnny had a good run at Thompson for a third place finish and a 21 points lead in the PASS North points standings.

Starting from 13th as a 2009 race winner, the #54 moved into the front group that were watching Derek Ramstrom disappear. Three cautions saw DJ Shaw, Adam Bates, and Ben Rowe run into trouble. On the second restart Johnny made a dramatic three wide low move but had to fall back in line in turn one.

At the final restart on lap 58, Johnny moved around
Kelly Moore and Travis Banjamin to chase the #33 Richie Dearborn. The #54 was strong in the closing laps but the #33 held onto second.


	*Jamie Williams Photo*

Beech Ridge - PASS 150 - Sat. 6/26
A Run to a 2nd Place

Richie Dearborn, 3rd; Winner Adam Bates; & Johnny, 2nd.

PASS Press Release (6/27) Adam Bates took over the race lead from Scott Chubbuck just past half way in the June 26th Pro All Stars Series (PASS) North 150 lap super late model feature to score his third career series win, his second at Beech Ridge Motor Speedway. The Granite State racer had a car that could dominate and the talent to take advantage of it in a race that was short on cautions and featured a 115 lap stretch of green flag racing. Bates now has two wins and two second place finishes in the last four PASS races at Beech Ridge dating back to July of 2008.

Johnny Clark did his best to wrestle the win away from Bates. The pair started one-two after the night’s final caution at lap 144 set up a six lap shoot-out to the checker. Clark held his ground on the outside and the lead pair crossed the stripe on lap 145 in a dead heat. But Bates edged ahead on the bottom and slowly increased his margin of victory to .462 seconds over the three time series champ.

Clark settled for a solid second and Richie Dearborn came out on top of a three wide tussle with Kelly Moore and Scott Mulkern to finish third. Moore, who led from the pole through lap 82, had to settle for fourth. Donnie Whitten earned his first top five of 2009, and Scott Mulkern had a successful return to PASS racing with a sixth place run.

Bates takes over the PASS North points lead with Johnny right behind after Ben Rowe was caught up in a late race multi-car pile up and finished in 9th.


*Jamie Williams Photos*

Speedway 660 - PASS 200 - Sat. 6/13

Fighting Back from a Broken Front Hub to a 14th

With the fastest car in practice and a nice run in the heat, Johnny and the #54 looked like the one to beat at Speedway 660. The 2007 winner of the fall Peterbilt 250, Johnny likes the track and knows it well.
Starting from his usual past winner spot of 11th, Johnny started the run to the front followed by Ben Rowe.

Outside the #23 of Lonnie Sommerville and just car lengths behind leader Kirk Thibeau in the #28
(shot above), Johnny was suddenly into the back straight banking on lap 75 and the right front wheel was bouncing free. An unheard of failure of the front "5 on 5" wheel hub had occurred. After a quick damage check in the right front corner, Johnny grabbed the hood to get it out of the way of the tow truck crew and sprinted for the pits to get the repairs under way. Parts were pulled out and tools laid out and work started as the wrecker delivered the #54.

Helped out by two cautions in the closing laps of the first 100 lap segment, Johnny made it back out for a few laps before the mid-race tire change and refueling break. For the second 100, Johnny started at the back and left a little room to the pack......which helped in missing the big back straight wreck that started with Derek Ramstrom #35 and Cassius Clark #8 on lap 103.

Running 98 laps in the second segment for a race total of 178, Johnny grabbed a 14th spot finish (just ahead of D.J. Shaw with 175 laps) instead of being the first car out in 22nd. The 16 point gain for eight places may be important at the end of the season.



		Jamie Williams Photo

White Mntn. Motorsports Park - PASS 150 - Sat. 5/23

Johnny in 6th

Johnny had a fast #54 during his heat and took the win. But changes just before the feature did not produce the desired results. Johnny wheeled the Monte Carlo up from 11th to 6th and that all it had.

Jamie
Williams
Photos

Clark, Cassill, Wimmer, Varney & More on
Speed 51 Radio on 5/20/09
PASS North Unity Speedway (ME) winner Johnny Clark, ASA Midwest Iowa Speedway winner Chris Wimmer, last year's NASCAR Nationwide Series Rookie of the Year Landon Cassill and ASA Late Models President Ron Varney headline the list of guests on a special Wednesday night edition of Speed 51 Radio tonight at 8pm ET. The Speed 51 Mafia will be broadcasting live from Buffalo Wild Wings in Concord, NC, located just off Interstate 85's Exit 54.

Unity Raceway - PASS 150 - Saturday 5/16

Johnny Wins!

Johnny Clark Gets Home Cooked Unity Victory
This Time, He Has to Work Hard for PASS North Victory at Unity

By Mike Twist - SPEED51.COM
The fans at Unity Raceway (ME) face a bit of a dilemma when the PASS North Super Late Models come to town. One of their own, Johnny Clark, is usually a threat to dominate the race - which is a welcome sight. But at the same time, the fans want to witness a good and competitive show as well.

This time around, the fans got to see both things happen though. Clark won. He even dominated early and late in the race. But fans also got to see some great competition in the middle stages of the event and had the added bonus of seeing two other familiar drivers to the central Maine speedplant, Scott Chubbuck and Randy Turner, finish on the podium.



		Jamie Williams Photo

Beech Ridge Motor Speedway - PASS 150 - May 2nd. - 7th

With a car that was OK but not really fast, Johnny let the 150 laps play out and posted a seventh place finish. Next to a first time racer in his heat, Johnny leapt into a big lead and the win as the first timer held up the rest of the racers.

Starting in 11th for the feature as a previous race winner in 2009, Johnny and Ben Rowe in the #4 ran the first part of the race in 12th and 13th with the #54 on the loose side. As the sun went down, the car went very tight and every position gained was a struggle. Johnny spent much of the race battling Marty Prevost in the #11 and Alan Ricker in the #22 with Ben in the #4 attached to his rear bumper.

With two races in the books, Johnny stands tied for 2nd in points. But everyone is real close:
Cassius Clark 436, Johnny 435, Chris Staples 435, Adam Bates 433, and Derek Ramstrom 432.

Johnny Wins at Speedway 95!
Race finishing order at PASS Here

Johnny Wins NAPA 150 PASS North Opener

PASS PRESS RELEASE - Hermon ME (April 19) Johnny Clark fired his Car Crushing/Port City Race Cars Impala SS under Richie Dearborn and Cassius Clark on lap 136 of Sunday’s Pro All Stars Series (PASS) NAPA 150 to take the opening day win at Speedway 95 in Hermon ME. Clark got into Dearborn on the backstretch in a side by side battle for the lead and Dearborn dropped his right rear off the backstretch, slipping back to fourth at the finish after leading much of the day. Cassius Clark raced back from an early race incident to capture second place. Chubbuck came home third after running up front all day . Dearborn and Adam Bates rounded out the top five.

The defending PASS North Champion beat Cassius Clark to the stripe by .389 seconds. Derek Ramstrom, Chris Staples, John Flemming, Ben Rowe and Donnie Whitten raced home sixth thru tenth. Fifteen cars finished on the lead lap. Dearborn, Ramstrom and Cassius Clark each earned heat race wins.

Cassius snatched the lead away from pole sitter Dearborn on lap six but Kelly Moore's NAPA Chevy was charging and it looked like he might have something for Clark. They battled tooth and nail for several laps before the pair got together, spinning out of the top two spots on lap fifty six. Clark fell back to thirteenth and Moore restarted fourteenth. Scott Chubbuck was the beneficiary, restarting in the lead, but Dearborn and Chris Staples soon made their way by. Those three ran nose to tail at the halfway mark, with Johnny Clark fourth and Ramstrom fifth. Staples had a great run going, keeping the pressure on Dearborn and battling back and forth with Chubbuck for the second spot.

With twenty five to go Cassius Clark had recovered from his early spin and looked like he was ready to challenge Dearborn for the win; Johnny Clark worked his way up to third and local hero Scott Alexander was running a fine fourth as Staples faded back from the lead pack. Alexander’s day would eventually end in the tires off turn four with the finish line in his sights.

It all came to a head on a lap 136 restart and Johnny Clark showed his hand, clashing with Dearborn to grab the lead. Despite Cassius'best efforts to run him down, it was Johnny at the checkers by two car lengths.

PASS NAPA 150 at Speedway 95

Naples ME (April 14) The Pro All Stars Series (PASS) North season kicks off Sunday April 19th at Speedway 95 in Hermon Maine with the NAPA 150 and fans of the fastest full fender short track series in the east are asking themselves, “can Ben Rowe Rowe score three PASS super late model wins in a row and lead the points in all three title chases?”

It will be no easy task, but the four time PASS North champion is definitely on an early season roll. With PASS South wins at Dillon (SC) Motor Speedway and Hickory (NC) Motor Speedway already under his belt, Rowe leads both the PASS South and National Championship title chases. A win in the NAPA 150 and a good run in his qualifying race could put Rowe on top of the North Series points as well, a feat never accomplished since PASS started the South super late model series in 2006.

Rowe will have his hands full with a strong field of super late models that will include defending PASS North champ Johnny Clark, 2008 race winners Travis Benjamin, Adam Bates, Derek Ramstrom and 2008 PASS Rookie of the Year D.J. Shaw, Scott Chubbuck, Kelly Moore and a host of new talent including Steve Legendre and John Dabrowski.

If licensed drivers are any indication, the PASS Sportsman and Mod divisions should see their ranks grow in 2009. Many of the top guns in the Sportsman class are back on board for 2009, including Steve Bennett Sr., 2008 Rookie of the Year Kyle Hart, Mike Landry, Duane Seekins, Shane Tatro and many more. New names and veterans dot the Mod list, including Greg Ellis, Scott McDaniel, Steve Bennett Jr. and Dan Somes. The Mods “move up” to 10 inch tires this season, and the quick, economical class should be even more exciting in 2009.

- NAPA Two for One Discount Coupon: 2 Adult Tickets for $10.00 each!
If you’ve made it this far, you’re in for an additional treat! NAPA will be offering a Two for One discount coupon, valid exclusively at the NAPA 150 at Speedway 95 this Sunday, and for the Father’s Day weekend (6/21) race at Unity Raceway. The two for one coupon brings the price of two adult tickets down to $10.00 each.

“We felt it was an opportune time to give back to the fans that have supported PASS in the North for nine seasons now,” said series President Tom Mayberry, “ and with the cooperation of NAPA we are able to offer this coupon for these two events. “ The Two for One coupon will be available in Bangor area NAPA stores late this week.

PASS North goes green for the first time in 2009 at Speedway 95 on Sunday April 19th at 2:00 PM sharp.

- 2nd Fastest Qualifier -

- 11th Place Finish for Johnny -

"IT'S EVEN A TOUGHER DAY
TO BE A CLARK"

"Nothing seemed to go right today," said Johnny Clark. "It seemed like you had to have a great motor and we didn’t have one. It killed us. The track seemed weird to me. I am going to have to go home and tear this thing apart because that was the worst this car has ever ran. I would have a solid ten laps and then ten laps that were out of control. It wasn’t loose and it wasn’t pushing, it would just skate. I know there was a lot of oil on the track by looking at everyone’s windshields, but I still don’t think that was all of it. We just need to go back to the shop and do our homework."

After repairs to the hauler on the way down, Johnny and the
#54 arrived at Hickory ready for action. All of Friday's
practice was wiped out by rain, so Johnny didn't miss anything.

Power Rankings - A 51 Exclusive & Tradition

Speed 51 Short Track Power Rankings
So when the green flag drops, who is expected to be the most powerful players of them all in 2009? Speed51.com gathered our own big dogs to cast their votes and share their comments on that and as a result, we present the pre-season edition of our long-running and exclusive feature, the 51 Short Track Power rankings.

#7. Johnny Clark (PASS North) - It seems that every other year is when Johnny Clark will win a PASS North championship. He won the crown in 2008, so traditionally, he won't repeat the task in 2009.

But that's just hogwash in our eyes. Clark came on so strong in the second half of the 2008 season that there is no way that momentum can't carry on into the new season. He'll have some tough competition in PASS with Ben Rowe, Cassius Clark, DJ Shaw, Derek Ramstrom, Adam Bates and Travis Benjamin all chasing him, but we'd be fools to bet against Clark rising to the top again this year.

“Clark himself would joke with you and say it's an odd year so it's Ben Rowe's turn to win the PASS series championship,” wrote one of our experts. “Looking at the history, the 2004, 2006 and 2008 PASS Champion loses his title defenses to Ben Rowe. This might be the year to bet that that will not happen again. However, the series is creating new talent drivers each season like Adam Bates, Trevor Sanborn and DJ Shaw.”

PREVIOUS RESULTS & PHOTOS HERE