Corey & Chad
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9th at the Fall Brawl |
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A finish of 9th in
the 150 lap Fall Brawl at Wiscasset Raceway that brings the
PASS North SLM season to a close. The 77 faced the same lack of grip
and no outside lane that challenged all the racers attempting to
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27th at the PASS 300 |
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At the longest
challenge of the PASS season, Scott and the #77 posted a pull- away
win in Heat 1 to earn the pole for the 300 lap feature.
At the green the
#77 moved into the lead and then swapped the top three spots with
Bill Rogers and Trevor Sanborn. But about lap 20, a spark plug wire
was burned through and the #77 lost its edge. Scott began to fall
though the field to mid-pack but battled on.
With the motor getting weaker, 38 laps from the end the decision was
made to keep the car in one piece and pull it behind the pit
barrier. The final scoring showed the #77 in 27th place. |
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Sunday, August
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4th at the Tundra 250 |
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PASS NORTH FINISH ORDER
& REPORT HERE |
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The
Hight Motorsports team returned to All-Star Speedway to
complete the 200 lapper rained out on June 28th. Starting from 5th,
Scott was right in the middle of a hard fought, hard hitting
contest. After missing a series of incidents, Scott was finally put
out when lapped car spun in the middle of the back straight while
running with the front pack. The #77 rode up over its nose and
damaged the right front a-arms and suspension. Next up for Hight
Motorsports in the Tundra 250 at Wiscasset on August 17th, a Sunday. |
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Scott Dominates 7/5
Race,
But has to Settle for Third
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Photos by Chris Roy and
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The
Hight Motorsports team went into Beech Ridge for the PASS
Fire Cracker 150 ready to race after being rained out the
week before at All-Star Speedway with what they believed to
be a fast car.
Scott rolled onto the track with the third heat, in the 4th
starting position. He worked his way up to 2nd but ran out
of time to reel in young Derek Ramstrom and settled for the
2nd place finish.
The Hight Motorsports Chevy rolled out onto the starting
grid for the 150 lap feature in the 6th position. After a
couple of early cautions Scott was able to get into a rhythm
and quickly moved up into the 2nd position. He followed on
the rear bumper of Adam Bates for a few laps before he made
his move around the outside, into the lead. Scott quickly
pulled away putting at times an entire straight away lead
between himself and Bates and Ramstrom who fought for 2nd.
The race stayed green for almost 100 laps as Chubbuck lapped
much of the field, well up into the top 10.
Around lap 110 the caution flag waved for Ben Rowe as his
night ended in the backstretch wall. Ramstrom lined up on
the outside of Scott, but mechanical problems sent him to
pit road just before the green flag came back out. That
moved Bates to the outside, which was the preferred groove.
On the restart he was able to work his way around Scott. A
side by side battle ensued as Scott was able to drive
underneath Bates every lap, but was unable to get enough
grip off the corner to complete the pass. The two put on a
great show for the fans as they battled side by side for
many laps without touching.
The caution flag flew again at lap 141 setting the stage for
a 9 lap shootout, with Scott restarting on the outside of
Bates. The initial restart was waved off at the last minute
for a car stalled leaving pit road. On the second try Scott
spun his tires coming to the green, he made a great save,
but it opened the door for DJ Shaw to get by him. Scott
caught right back up to Bates and Shaw and the three ran
nose to tail for the remaining laps as no one could make a
move at the bottom of the race track.
The team leaves Beech Ridge happy with the third place
finish and proud of Scott for a great run and his dominating
performance throughout most of the race. The next race on
the schedule will be the make-up event at All-Star Speedway
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Speed51 Race Report by Mike Twist HERE |
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8th Place in the
Rain Shortened "98" |
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After a 5 week
break that included 4 days of testing, and 2 rained out events, the
Hight Motorsports team finally got on the race track for a race
Sunday at Wiscasset Raceway.
Scott started 6th in the third heat race. He quickly moved up to 2nd
place behind Johnny Clark. The yellow came out with 4 laps to go for
a spinning car on the front stretch. Chubbuck had a near perfect
restart while Clark on the inside spun his tires allowing Scott to
clear him going into turn one and sail away for the heat race win.
PASS officials did a great job to shuffle the schedule of events to
start the race early, as they knew bad weather was coming. The Hight
Motorsports Chevrolet started 3rd, with Kelly Moore and Adam Bates
the only cars to start ahead of Chubbuck. As the green flag dropped,
Chubbuck worked his way around the inside of Bates and rode in 2nd
place. Only a few laps into the race a car spun in turn 1 forcing
the field to dodge it as they came around the track, the green flag
stayed out, and Scott lost a position as a result. Soon after that
near miss, a caution came out, and Scott moved back into second
place on the restart. He was hot on the tracks of leader Kelly Moore
when another caution came out for an altercation further back in the
field.
Restarting from the outside of the front row, Chubbuck had another
flawless restart and capitalized on Moore spinning his tires to take
the lead around lap 40. He led for 3 laps before getting spun by
Kelly Moore entering turn three. The altercation left both drivers
restarting from the back of the pack.
Scott kept his cool and worked his way back into the top ten without
any cautions. A late caution helped him pick up 2 more spots before
the rain began to fall at lap 98. Unfortunately the rain did not let
up, and forced the race to be called short. It was a disappointment,
as it looked like given another 25 laps Scott had a car that could
have gotten back into the top 5.
The team leaves Wiscasset with heads held high and eager for the
next race this Saturday, June 28th at All-Star Speedway.
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8th Place in the
125 Lap PASS Qualifier
Hard fought battle to an 8th place
finish at Wiscasset in the first of the 125 qualifiers leading to
the big 250 in August.
Scott started on the inside of the
third row and ran in the top five fighting with
Ben Rowe, Adam Bates, Travis Benjamin, and Cassius Clark for most of
the race. The front runners showcased tight clean racing while the
mid to tail cars brought out the nine cautions. Towards the end DJ
Shaw and Kelly Moore slipped by the #77.
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2nd Place at Wiscasset Raceway on
Opening Day Saturday, May 10th |
The Hight
Motorsports team decided to participate in a live test session on
May 10th at Wiscasset Raceway’s opening day Pro-Stock race. The team
used the day to prepare the car for the May 18th PASS 125 race.
Driver Scott Chubbuck took an 8th place starting position in the
second heat. He passed a few cars and on a couple of occasions did
an amazing job steering through spinning cars to take the lead and
the win in the heat race.
Starting 2nd in the 23 car featured, Chubbuck battled on the outside
of Chuck LaChance for nearly 20 laps. On a restart Johnny Clark was
able to sneak by both Chubbuck and LaChance to take the lead. Travis
Benjamin also got by Chubbuck, but would fall victim to the tech
shack in post race inspection.
The 2nd place finish was quite remarkable considering Chubbuck drove
the majority of race with no front brakes. The race proved to be a
valuable experience for the Hight Motorsports team as they were able
to diagnose this major brake problem.
This weekend Chubbuck will look to break his string of four
consecutive 2nd place finishes as Wiscasset Raceway with a win in
the PASS 125 race. Racing goes green at 2 PM on Sunday, May 18th.
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PASS NORTH SEASON OPENER
"THE CABIN FEVER 150" at BEECH RIDGE
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A Strong Performance to Build On |
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Scott
Chubbuck gave new team sponsor Hight Ford Mercury of
Skowhegan and the entire Hight Motorsports team a great
start to the season at the PASS 150 at Beech Ridge this past
weekend. Despite drawing the worst possible starting
position for the heat race, Chubbuck made his way to the
front of the heat in short order. After passing a few cars
and avoiding a spin in the early laps Scott cruised to a 2nd
place finish in the heat race behind Scott Mulkern.
Chubbuck started the feature 6th on the 31 car
field. The car was good early, with Scott riding in the top
5 for much of the first half of the race. Around halfway the
handling began to get worse as a push developed. The car
faded back to about 8th, because Scott made a
late race run towards the front. After a series of restarts
the Hight Motorsports Impala SS worked its way to 3rd
place with about 10 laps to go. With hot tires the car began
to fade again as others made their late race charges to the
front. Scott held on for a 7th place finish.
The
team was excited to come out of the race with a solid top
ten finish and hope to build on it as they head to Speedway
95 on Saturday, May 3rd, for the next PASS North
Super Late Model race. |
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The #77
Impala SS for 2008 |
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The Hight
Motorsports team has been busy preparing the car for the 2008 race
season. The Impala SS came back from Junior Hanley’s about a month
ago with a new body and several chassis updates. After returning
from Ontario, the car went to Rumford to Erik Designs for graphics.
The last couple
weekends have been spent putting the motor in and preparing the rest
of the car and equipment for opening day April 19th at
Beech Ridge for the PASS North season opener. Stay tuned to the site
for more updates in the weeks to come! |
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