9.08.2007

Cassius Clark leads every lap

Cassius Clark led every lap en route to winning the NAPA Auto Parts 100 on Saturday night at Wiscasset Raceway.

It was the first Pro Stock win of Clark's career at Wiscasset, and it also snapped a long drought that hadn't seen him win a race since taking a PASS North Series race in Halifax, Nova Scotia in June.

Surprisingly, Clark utilized the crate motor in his retro red-and-white Chevrolet to take advantage on a couple of late race restarts, when he was able to hold off 2nd-place finisher Travis Benjamin.

"I was a little surprised. When you can set your own pace, you can pick up the speed a little bit." Clark said. "I probably shouldn't tell anybody that, but it's kind of what you have to do with a crate motor. You get it revved up so you can shift in there. Everything worked out for us, and we're finally back in victory lane again."

Scott Chubbuck, Johnny Clark and Scott Moore rounded out the top-5. Just seven of 19 starters finished the race on the lead lap, and the top-4 were all PASS invaders with that series enjoying a weekend off.

1 comment:

Anonymous said...

cassius and chubbock were DQ'd So Travis Benjamin got the win...