NORTH WOODSTOCK, N.H. — D.J. Shaw got the victory as the PASS Super Late Models headlined Friday night’s four-division racing card at White Mountain Motorsports Park.
Derek Ming got the jump on Ryan Kuhn to start the 150-lap event. The first caution would come out on lap seven for Mark Patten spinning in turn one. On the restart, an accordion pile-up ensued resulting in a smashed-up nose and the end of the night for Evan Beaulieu. Again having trouble on the restart, Ming lost control of his 45VT ride, slowing up the inside line and bringing the caution back out.
The successful restart brought Wayne Helliwell Jr. to the front row, getting the jump on Dillon Moltz while Kuhn followed Helliwell on the bottom to duke it out for second.
By lap 23, D.J. Shaw pushed into contention by sliding under Kuhn for second-place position. With another restart coming after Ming and Evan Hallstrom spun in turn four, Helliwell once again prevailed on the inside groove while Moltz dug deep on the outside.
By lap 40, Shaw began to work Moltz for the bottom lane with seven-time PASS champion Johnny Clark stalking Shaw close behind. Before too long it was a battle between Clark and Shaw as they swapped lanes and positions three times for the chance to start working Moltz in second.
On lap 68, Shaw moved into second while Clark would get around Moltz for third on lap 72 with Helliwell gaining the most during the three-car battle behind him.
The yellow flag would be unfurled again on lap 79 as Jeremy Davis lost his right front tire, sending him hard into the front stretch retaining wall. On the restart, Helliwell, Shaw and Clark quickly reset themselves into a three-car string around the White Mountain asphalt.
While Shaw would look high and low a time or two, he was unsuccessful in finding the fast lane around Helliwell until the lap 114 caution flew for Eddie MacDonald’s parked machine on the backstretch gave Shaw hope.
On the restart, Shaw powered on the outside of Helliwell to lead 115 but quickly fell back, working the iconic orange No. 27NH machine of Helliwell until lap 133 when Shaw finally found a lane on the inside and took the lead once again followed closely by Clark.
In the final laps Clark made his way under Helliwell but there wasn’t enough time to catch up with Shaw. D.J. Shaw took his second Pro All Stars Series win of the season followed by Johnny Clark and Wayne Helliwell Jr.
Ryan Ripley won the 50-lap modified main event and Rob Summers topped the New England Supermodified feature. Les Rose won the Pro-4 Modified feature.
The finish:
D.J. Shaw, Johnny Clark, Wayne Helliwell Jr., Dillon Moltz, Joe Pastore, Ben Ashline, Trevor Sanborn, Ryan Kuhn, Stacy Cahoon, Eddie MacDonald, Brian Whalley, Scott McDaniel, Mark Patten, Gabe Brown, Mike Mayberry, Jeremy Davis, Ben Rowe, Nick Jenkins, Derek Ming, Evan Hallstrom, Dennis Spencer Jr., Evan Beaulieu, Dan Winter.