Mulkern Racing: PASS North Series
Oxford Plains
THE STORY
FALMOUTH, Maine 10/14/11 – Mulkern
Racing will field a two-car effort as the PASS North Series puts the final
touches on the 2011 season with the rain-delayed PASS Championship 150 at
Oxford Plains Speedway in Oxford, Maine, on Saturday, October 15. Lonnie Sommerville
sits second in the overall PASS North standings heading into the final race of
the year, while team owner Scott Mulkern will make his fifth start of the
season. Sommerville, who will lock up the Rookie of the Year title with the
start on Saturday, finished second to NASCAR Sprint Cup Series driver Kyle
Busch when the series last visited Oxford Plains in July, while Mulkern posted
a season-best finish of second in his last outing – in the PASS 300 at Beech
Ridge Motor Speedway last month.
THE FACTS
WHO: Lonnie Sommerville,
TEAM: Mulkern Racing No. 48 A.E.
McKay Builders/Community Pharmacies Chevrolet
CREW CHIEF:
WHO: Scott Mulkern,
TEAM: Mulkern Racing No. 84
CREW CHIEF: Seth Holbrook, Turner,
WHAT:
WHERE: Oxford Plains
WHEN:
PASS North Series
LAST RACE: September 24, PASS 150,
POINTS POSITION: 2nd (Sommerville)
DID YOU KNOW?
Lonnie Sommerville will be the highest finishing rookie in
PASS North Series history with a second-place finish in the final overall
standings.
Mulkern Racing finished with two cars in the Top-11 when the
series last visited Oxford Plains Speedway.
Lonnie Sommerville has a win and 10 Top-5 finishes in 13
series starts this season.
Lonnie Sommerville won a Sportsman race in
WHAT THEY'RE
SAYING
LONNIE SOMMERVILLE, Driver of the No. 48 A.E.
McKay Builders/Community Pharmacies Chevrolet, On
finishing second his last time out at Oxford Plains Speedway: “We probably
saved (our car) a little too long. We talked about it before the race started,
that we were going to try and run about 80 percent to try and save the tires
and keep it under us. We probably didn't expect as many long green-flag runs as
we had.
“I probably used a little bit of it at the end, but I still
think we had more left in it. One or two more yellows would have been nice – it
was pretty good on old tires. Once we'd get going, I'd get a little tight on
the top and a little free on the bottom.”
On how his first full season in the PASS North Series has
gone: “It's been pretty good. This race team is just awesome. Vickie and Scott
(Mulkern) give us everything we need, and Andrew McKay from McKay Builders,
too. It's exciting to finish on the podium with these guys as much as we have,
but I think we can be even better. Going to a lot of new tracks for me this
year has been a challenge, and I feel like we can't be satisfied – even with as
good a year as we've probably had. I think it will just help motivate us for
next season.
“Everybody on my race team... All my guys just work their
butts off.”
SCOTT MULKERN, Driver of the No. 84 Southern Maine Motors
Dodge, On racing as a part-time competitor in 2011: “In
the big picture, if you look at my style and the way I sometimes shoot myself
in the foot, I don't care about (points). Not at all.
Guys like Ben (Rowe) – he likes that. Johnny (
“I don't think they drive much different than if they
weren't racing for points – that's not necessarily the way they are. But I
personally don't care about the championship. I want to win races more than
that. If you told me I could race all year and not win a race but win the
championship, or I could win four races and no championship, I'd want to win
four races. We're trying to do that – but it just goes along with everything
else you're doing.”
SETH HOLBROOK, Crew Chief on the No. 84 Southern Maine
Motors Dodge, On racing at Oxford Plains Speedway: “We
like going there. It's a a
good place to race, and both of our cars ran well there last time. Hopefully,
we can get a win this weekend.”
On racing at
“You can really get up on the wheel. The harder you drive it the faster you're going to go, where as a lot of places, it's a lot more finesse. That's how I grew up driving.”
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