by Mike Twist

The Speedway 95 race was not going well for Travis Benjamin at all. He struggled all day long just to stay on the lead lap. A flat tire and spin dropped him a lap down late in the race.  Things we not looking good for his #17 team as the race got nearer to its completion. But somehow, Benjamin’s fortunes changed. Another chain of events left him with a fifth place finish. He was surprised to say the least. “That was a win for us definitely,” said Benjamin. “We spun there with about 20 or 30 laps to go. Then we got the lucky dog to make up a lap and I almost stayed back there, just so I didn’t wreck the car. The next thing that you know, we were fifth. I don’t know how, but we’ll take it. I’d rather be lucky than good any day.”

Benjamin knows a thing or two about that since he is basically the poster boy of bad luck in PASS North. But those days might be behind him after the recent birth of his son Kaiden.  “Finally, some of the other guys have having a little bad luck,” said Benjamin. “I’ve got my good luck charm now. I shouldn’t tell you what it is, but I have a picture of Kaiden on my keychain.  Since I’ve had that, we’ve been in the top five for every race.”

PASS- Super Late Models Speedway 95 - 8/26/07
1	33	Richie Dearborn	Hollis, ME	Chadwick BaRoss
2	29	Trevor Sanborn	Parsonsfield, ME	Cushman Competition
3	77	Scott Chubbuck	Wiscasset, ME	Hight Chevy
4	4	Ben Rowe	Turner, ME	Hancock Lumber
5	17	Travis Benjamin	Morrill, ME	Irving Oil
6	15w	Paul White	Corrina, ME	-
7	35	Derek Ramstrom	W. Boylston, MA	West Boylston Auto Parts
8	25	Mike Thomas	Hermon, ME	Lone Star Racing
9	7	Curtis Gerry	Waterboro, ME	Saco Bay Tackle, Monster Energy
10	54x	Ryan Deane	Winterport, ME	Monroe Welding
11	28x	Matt Eaton	Little Deer Isle, ME	Pickle King Transport
12	98	Adam Bates	Warner, NH	Weaver Bros. Construction
13	54	Johnny Clark	Hallowell, ME	Clark's Cars & Parts
14	15	Stephen Berry	Gorham, ME	Gorham Sand & Gravel
15	2	Mike Rowe	Turner, ME	P.T. Watts
16	33x	John Higgins	Bangor, ME	Acadia Mortgage Co.
17	40	Gary Bellefleur	Stetson, ME	Newport Industrial Fabrication Inc.
18	75	Gary Smith	Bangor, ME	Uncle Henry's
19	59	John Phippen Jr.	Bar Harbor, ME	LE Norwood
20	8	Cassius Clark	Farmington, ME	EJP Pipeline Services
21	1	Sam Sessions	So. Paris, ME	Crete Carriers