This likely qualifies as old news by now, but the rained out PASS 150 at All-Star Speedway will not be made up.Weather has not been kind to the PASS North Series over the last 2 seasons, and this fall has been no exception. After already moving the D.J. Equipment 150 at White Mountain Motorsports Park from mid-September to this weekend because of rain, PASS was left without any wiggle room at the end of its schedule.
This weekend's 150-lapper at White Mountain will serve as the official end of the PASS North season. 3-time series champion Ben Rowe leads his father, Mike Rowe, by 12 points entering the race. Richie Dearborn is 40 points behind Ben -- giving him, at least technically, an outside shot at his 1st championship.
The reality is that Dearborn would have to win the race in a field featuring upwards of 30 cars -- plus not lose any points in the heat races -- while both Rowes would have to finish in the final few spots in the running order. It's highly unlikely, particularly considering the seasons each of the Rowes' respective teams have put together.
3 comments:
I think in the future Pass needs to pay more attention to whats going on after Labor Day. It too bad someone took the money at AllStar and went out the door without a thankyou.
From a fans perspective, it would have been nice if track management had switched the order of the feature line up so the division everyone paid extra money to see would have had an opportunity to run their event. I think its little things like that which separate the successful tracks from the struggling ones.
With that said, rainouts for any track or series are much more difficult to make up when they happen in the fall, rather than earlier in the racing season.
Anonymous is correct about paying attention to the market after Labor Day. The motorsports season in Maine used to run from Mother's Day to Labor Day weekend. That was it, except for a few specialized events.
In recent years, however, the season has been extended through September to mid-October. But guess what's missing: people in the grandstands. Don't take my word for it. Ask anyone who's been there.
The only way to crack the financial nut is through a good back gate, which only works if you have a purse big enough to entice support divisions.
Meanwhile, like most people in Maine, I've spend several hundred dollars filling my fuel tank and paying my property taxes this month. That doesn't leave a lot of extra money to watch auto racing.
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