Schedule Starts to Come Together For PASS South’s Second Season

Super Late Model teams and fans can pull out the calendars that they got for Christmas and start marking them up - PASS South is back for round two with the announcement of a working schedule for the 2007 season.

The SLM tour will kick off this year for the second annual Easter Bunny 150 at Hickory on April 7th. Also planned will be a new stop at Georgia’s Peachstate Speedway on July 3rd. A successful show in ’06 at Lanier National Speedway (GA) resulted in a return engagement to that famed track on August 4th, followed by a return to Hickory on September 29th.

Agreements have also been made with Concord Motorsport Park (NC), Orange County Speedway (NC) and Shenandoah Speedway (VA) for PASS South events. Dates for those shows have not been finalized yet, and further announcements will be forthcoming.

“We’re returning to some really good tracks and also visiting some new places where there should be some great racing,” said PASS founder Tom Mayberry. “We’re making a second trip to Georgia this year after getting a lot of support at Lanier. This schedule has a lot to offer teams and fans.”

At this point last year, PASS South was nothing more than a vision. It was part of a long-term plan that Mayberry had to take what has been successful in building a solid Northeastern-based SLM tour and applying the same ideas to a hotbed of racing down South.

Then a chain of events occurred that brought about the inaugural season of PASS South. With only a few months to prepare, a schedule that started on Easter weekend at Hickory and ended up on Thanksgiving weekend at South Boston was put together with assistance from SPEED Channel commentator Bob Dillner and his affiliated companies. Drivers from Texas to Maine (and just about everywhere in between) took part in the first season. Lessons were learned and some great racing was enjoyed.

“We got started late last year,” said Mayberry. “That meant we missed out on a lot of things – from teams setting their schedules to not having our race dates on track’s schedule cards that had already been printed. We did find out last year that there was a lot of interest in the Super Late Models down south, and we are planning to make PASS South bigger and better this season as a result.”

That interest is a reason why Mayberry believes that a strong Super Late Model tour could be the next big thing in asphalt racing down South.

“I’ve seen what has happened in the Northeast and we want to apply that to the South,” said Mayberry. “The cars get more expensive, and tracks get rid of Super Late Models running weekly. That creates an opportunity for a touring series.

“They are a special and elite type of racecar. Teams want to run them, and the fans want to see them. I know that we can build up a strong fan base down South, just like we did in the Northeast.”

Negotiations are also underway with a few other facilities, so the schedule could grow even more.

“There may be a few additional races added, and we’re working on that right now,” said Mayberry. “We should have some more announcements coming soon.”

For more information on the PASS South Series, contact Jeremy Troiano at (704) 455–2051 and be sure to visit www.racewithpass.com and also be sure to visit the official website of PASS North, www.proallstarsseries.com.

For more information on rules for all of the PASS divisions, contact Scott Reed at (207) 625-3230.