Cassius Clark overcame some bad luck during a pit sequence Saturday night at Scotia Speedworld to put a Ford in victory lane at the Forbes Chevy-Olds 200.Clark was the leader with 60 laps to go when the caution flew, but pit road was not opened until after he had passed the opening. Everybody pitted behind him, forcing the No. 8 EJP team to pit one lap later and restart at the tail end of the field. Within 30 laps, Clark had used the outside groove to pass Johnny Clark and Ben Rowe, who were battling for the lead at the time.
"It's a real fun track for me," said Cassius Clark, who started 9th in the slim 20-car field and had the lead before the lap 50 mark. "It's a really flat track, and you have to slow down a lot for the turns. It's about picking the right line. There's a wide backstretch and a tight frontstretch, so there's two distinctive ways you have to run the corners."
Unofficially, Rowe, Trevor Sanborn, Johnny Clark and Shawn Turple rounded out the top-5 behind the winner.
It was Clark's 1st win of the season in PASS North Series competition, after he was disqualified for a win at Speedway 95 in May when his engine failed post-race tech.
"We've run well in every race so far," said Clark, of Farmington. "We're right there and staying at it, and we're ready to go."
PASS North is at All-Star Speedway in Epping, N.H., next Saturday night for the All-Star 200.
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