"Travis Adams, Ben Rowe take home Driver-of-the-Year Honors at the Northeast Motorsports Expo"

Augusta, Maine [January 23, 2008] – Three-time Oxford Plains Speedway Late Model division champion Travis Adams and three-time PASS Super Late Model North Series champion Ben Rowe were presented 2007 Driver-of-the-Year awards at the recent 20^th Anniversary Northeast Motorsports Expo & Trade Show.

The Weekly Racing Series Driver-of-the-Year award and the Touring Series Driver-of-the-Year award are voted by members of the motorsports media in Maine and New Hampshire. The Weekly Racing Series award includes drivers from all the short tracks in Maine and New Hampshire. The Touring Series awards includes drivers from the northern New England-based touring series – PASS Super Late Model North Series, Outlaw Late Model Series and Modified Series; ACT Late Model Tour; the True Value Modified Series and the International Super Modified Association (ISMA).

In winning the Weekly Racing Series driver-of-the-year award, Travis Adams out-pointed Beech Ridge Motor Speedway HASCAR All-American Pro Series champion Bub Bilodeau and All-Star Speedway NASCAR Whelen All-American Late Model champion Bobby Gahan.

Adams won his third Late Model title at Oxford Plains on the strength of six feature race victories. The Canton, Maine driver also won an ACT Late Model Tour 100-lap event at his home track.

For Ben Rowe, winning the Touring Series Driver-of-the-Year award marked the second time the Turner, Maine driver had been so honored. Rowe also won the award at the completion of the 2000 racing season. Consistency was the key to winning the 2007 PASS North Series championship as Ben won only one series race but he had a series leading five second-place finishes in fifteen series events.

The media balloting was close for Touring Series Driver-of-the-Year as Rowe received one more first place vote than True Value Modified Series champion Kirk Alexander and TD Banknorth OXFORD 250 winner Roger Brown. Alexander and brown tied for second in the balloting, just three points behind Rowe.

Nine drivers representing seven different tracks received Weekly Racing Series Driver-of-the-Year votes from the ME-NH media and nine drivers representing five different touring series received Touring Series Driver-of-the-Year votes.