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RACE TWO of the PASS 2008 National
Super Late Model Mini Series

THE SOUTHERN SIZZLER 200
July 19th - Orange County Speedway

Follow Corey at Speed51.com's Trackside Now Coverage of the Orange County Speedway National Race at the racewithpass.com site Saturday, July 19th as Corey defends his points lead in both the PASS South and the PASS National Mini Series standings.

Prerace Story - PASS South Stars Ready to Battle “Invaders” at Orange County

17th in Full Fendered Frenzy at Thompson

With a great ride in the strong Cushman Competition #29 Ford, Corey was excited about his first run in a PASS North event since 2006.

Progress in the heat was good even with contact with the #8 of Cassius Clark after Mike Rowe in the #2 lost a transmission and slowed in front of the pair.

In the 75 lap feature, Corey moved up to a solid third only to have multiple mechanical problems towards the end of the race that led to a 17th place finish.

“We were cruising and I saw them coming too me,” said Williams.  “They were wearing their stuff out.  Then I felt my car getting squirrely and I knew that I had a tire going down.  Both right side tires were flat.  So we went back out and it all went down hill from there.  We lost the brakes and blew another right front tire.  We didn't really have a whole lot of luck, but we did have an awesome car.”

More at the Mike Twist Speed51 Race Report


By Mike Twist

Williams to Drive Cushman #29 at Thompson

PASS South Driver Comes Back to PASS North in a Potent Car

FULL STORY HERE

Corey 2nd
at the
Firecracker 125
after starting 19th


Trackside Report from
Speed51 HERE

1) Alex Haase
2) Corey Williams
3) Jeff Fultz
4) Mark Gibson
5) Dean Clattenburg
6) Logan Ruffin
7) Jimmy Doyle
8) Heath Hindman
9) Perry Brown
10) Brandon Johnson
11) Justin Wakefield
12) Clete Caywood
13) Spencer Wauters
14) John Stancill
15) Rodney Brooks
16) Tim Pinion
17) 22x Michael Buckner
18) Alex Fleming
19) John Batten
Capital City Clash 150
 
Official Results
 
Wake County Speedway
Raleigh, NC
6/20/08 -150 lap SLM Feature
Finish
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
11
12
#
51
47
91
62
15
22
26
55
48
05
59
18
Driver
Alex Haase
Corey Williams
Heath Hindman
Mark Gibson
Clay Jones
Perry Brown
Brandon Johnson
Kevin Floars
John Batten
Alex Fleming
Matt Jones
Bradley McCaskill
Start
6
9
7
3
5
10
11
8
12
1
2
4
Qualified
2
1
3
8
4
10
11
9
12
6
7
5

 

Corey 7th at the Orange Blossom

Trackside Race Report at the SPEED51 site HERE

 

Race Results
1) #44 - Trevor Sanborn
2) #92 - Jason Hogan
3) #67 - Jeff Fultz
4) #4 - Ben Rowe
5) #20 - John Stancill
6) #51h - Alex Haase
7) #47 - Corey Williams
8) #5 - Spencer Wauters
9) #98 - Justin Wakefield
10) #24 - Brian Royalty
11) #26 - Preston Peltier
12) #22 - Perry Brown
13) #91 - Heath Hindman
14) #62 - Mark Gibson
15) #29 - Allen Gordon
16) #18 - Brandon McCaskill
17) #51 - Zach Stroupe
18) #76 - Logan Ruffin
19) #70 - Jeff Choquette
20) #42 - Tim Pinion
21) #05 - Alex Fleming
22) #31 - Ryan Lawler
23) #30 - Rodney Brooks
24) #0 - Strom Altman
25) #48 - John Batten
26) #15 - Clay Jones
27) #80 - Shannon Mines

5/10/08 - Motor Mile Speedway - Radford, VA

Corey 2nd at the MOM 150

Trackside Race Report at the SPEED51 site HERE
 

Corey led time trials with a 15.328  After the redraw Corey started in 9th.
 
Time Trials - Top 5
1 #47 Corey Williams (15.328)  -  2 #51 Zach Stroupe (15.350)
3 #8 Cassius Clark (15.350)  -  4 #20 John Stancill (15.377)
5 #51H Alex Haase (15.405)

Race Results - Top 10
1) #51 Zach Stroupe
2) #47 Corey Williams
3) #51H Alex Haase
4) #91 Heath Hindman
5) #44 Trevor Sanborn
6) #09 Kevin Barrett
7) #98 Justin Wakefield
8) #30 Rodney Brooks
9) #5 Spencer Wauters
10) #22 Perry Brown




51’s Short Track Draft – The Original

FULL STORY HERE   April 29, 2008  "Today, Speed51.com, is holding the “5th Annual Short Track Draft.” This is the “original” short track draft from the #1 Short Track site in America. Of course, since our basis is pavement racing, there is an asphalt bias to our picks, but dirt guys and open-wheel USAC drivers were certainly not excluded. To do this we have assembled a group of experts, more than 25 of them from all different realms (media, former drivers, series officials, parts manufacturers, industry leaders) to select their top draft picks.
They anonymously voted for their top prospects"


 #3. Corey Williams (PASS South, Super Late Models)
 
When the Atlanta Falcons took Boston College quarterback Matt Ryan with the third pick, they were looking for someone to build a franchise around.  They wanted a consistent performer that has proven he can win now and deep in to the future - just like Ryan did at BC and like Corey Williams has been in the Super Late Model ranks of the Southeast.
 
Williams grew up in Boothbay, Maine, not too far from Boston, where Ryan played college ball.  Both have movie-star good looks and have the ability to stick around and succeed for many years.  
 
After average performance in PASS North for a couple of years, Williams moved South, started working for Andy Santerre's Camping World East team and his Super Late Model stats started piling up. 
 
In just a little more than a year, Williams has become the PASS South SLM tour's all-time leading winner.  He scored three wins in '07 and a season-opening tally in the Easter Bunny 150 this year at Hickory.  NASCAR standout David Stremme recognized Williams' talent and started building his development franchise around Williams last year; that pairing won their first ASALM event at Orange County (NC).
 
The 22-year-old Williams has got the personality to boot.  Like Ryan, he is outgoing and extremely polite.  It looks like Williams could be the first Mainer since Ricky Craven to make it to the Cup world.

4/26/08 - Watermelon Capital Speedway - Cordele, GA

Corey 12th at the Watermelon 125
 

  

Speed51 Photos

Trackside Race Report at the PASS site HERE
 

Corey set a new track record with a hot lap of 15.982 seconds to set fast time for the Watermelon 125.  After the redraw Corey started in 7th.

In a race broken up by 18 yellow flags, Corey had made it up to 5th when a major wreck on lap 11. At the restart Corey immediately fell to the back and then pitted for a front tire change that put the #47 several laps down.

Corey headed back into the pits on the yellow at lap 37 for another check of the right front.

As the race lurched from yellow to yellow, Corey moved up in position to 12th as
cars spun out or crashed out of the event. With no long green runs, Corey had little chance to get his laps back.

3/22/08 - Hickory Motor Speedway - Hickory, NC

Corey Wins the EB III



Review the race at Speed51's Trackside Now


Corey time trialed 5th with a 14.991. The #47 led all in the first practice session with a scorching 14.758.
After the draw, started in 4th.

In the 150, Corey was in 3rd at lap 50 & 4th at lap 100.

After a big wreck and a red flag at lap 107, Corey restarted in 2nd to Ryan Lawler.

Over the closing laps, Corey and Lawler battled
side by side for the lead, with Corey taking over
about a dozen laps from the end and pulling
slightly away for the WIN!

Full PASS Site Race Report HERE


Race Report HERE

"With his victory, Williams is now the winningest PASS South driver going into the third season of the tour’s history.  The series helped him move from an upstart driver who had shown plenty of potential, but produced no victories, in PASS North to one of the hottest short track drivers in the country.  The Hickory victory was the fifth time that Williams had won a major short track touring race since early last summer.

Never giving up when times were tough up North has paid off for both Williams and his underfunded team of family and volunteers.
 
“Sometimes, it is easy to get down,” said Williams.  “But at the same time, if you have it in your blood, you want to just keep digging.  That definitely paid off.  I moved down here and got myself connected to enough people who have helped me.  They are making it happen for me and we’ve had a lot of success because of it.  I just wish that I could get enough of a break to run more.”
Williams Brothers Racing Welcomes
Support for the PASS South March 22nd race from:
 


The online PREVOST Community

www.prevost-stuff.com

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Winner of 2008 "51 Awards for Short Track Racing"

Best Story of the Year

Short track racing these days revolves around money. Let’s be honest, most rides go to someone writing a check and although a car owner might not put a total rookie into the driver’s seat, the days of earning a drive based just on talent are mostly over.

But not completely. When
Corey Williams won his first, second and third PASS South races back-to-back, readers of Speed51.com noticed. So did NASCAR driver David Stremme, who happened to have a crate-engined Late Model sitting in his shop. Stremme called Williams and put him into the car to gain some experience during the ASA Late Model event at Orange County Speedway. It was his first start in the series.

And Williams won the race after leading every lap. It was a Hollywood ending to a Hollywood story, so fans voted it by a comfortable margin as the best story of the year.

Most Inspiring Moment of the Year

Triumph in the face of tragedy was the central theme of the fans’ votes for the most inspiring moment of the 2007 short track racing season.

Fourth was when
Corey Williams went to the Easter Bunny 150 PASS South race at Hickory. Williams was quick in practice, but wrecked hard late in the afternoon. Without a backup, it looked like his day was through. But Williams’ team refused to give up. They thrashed and got their car ready for qualifying. They timed in the top group of cars, but had a mechanical problem in their heat race. They didn’t give up then though and thrashed some more to get ready for the feature. Another mechanical problem kept Williams back again during the main event, but he had one of the fastest cars on the track.

It should also be noted, that Williams’ team didn’t do this all for points. He didn’t run the full schedule of PASS South races due to work commitments. Instead, they did it for the right reasons – because they came to race and they didn’t want to go home without doing that.

Most Promising Driver Over the Age of 21

To those who watched him win countless Legends Car races in New England and then struggle with set-ups during his first few years of PASS North racing,
Corey Williams always had plenty of potential. In 2007, his potential was finally realized though when he won three PASS South features and an ASA Late Model event.

The Speed51.com fans recognized that potential as well, as they voted Williams the Most Promising Driver Over the Age of 21 in the 51 Awards by a healthy margin.

Most Improved Driver

Didn’t we see
Corey Williams’ name already in this story? Well, get ready to see it again as the Maine native, who now calls North Carolina home, was also voted as the most improved driver for the 2007 short track season.

Williams, who had won no races in his PASS North career, won his first PASS South race…and then his second…and then his third. Then he won in his first ever ASA Late Model start. He also contended for the victory while driving an unfamiliar car in the TD Banknorth 250 at Oxford Plains Speedway (ME).

Car Owner of the Year

Placing one car in the top five of the NASCAR Busch East Series standings is impressive. Owning two entries that finished there is amazing. But that kind of thing is nothing new for team owner Andy Santerre, who has won four series titles as a driver. Santerre fielded cars for Sean Caisse and rookie Jeffrey Earnhardt in 2007 and both young drivers delivered the goods. Also, while not owning the car per se, Santerre helped to coach Earnhardt’s car chief,
Corey Williams, to breakthrough performances in PASS South and ASA Late Models (see above…twice)

For those reasons, Santerre squeaked out a narrow victory as Car Owner of the Year.

Best Development Team

The fans made this category a blowout. The winner gathered three times as many votes of the runner-up. Who were those winners? The boys and girls of Andy Santerre Motorsports.

ASM tackled the NASCAR Busch East (now Camping World East) Series with returning young driver Sean Caisse and total touring newbie Jeffrey Earnhardt this season. Caisse finished second in points, which was no surprise, but Earnhardt was the one who really turned heads. Despite a limited driving resume of dirt mini stock and a few Late Model races under his belt, Earnhardt stayed out of trouble and learned a massive number of lessons from team owner Andy Santerre, himself a four-time champion in the series.

Earnhardt finished sixth in his first start of the year at Greenville and third in the season finale at Dover. In between, he amassed a total of six top 10 finishes in 13 starts and secured the fifth position in the point standings.

Also deserving mention is that ASM helped out
Corey Williams (Earnhardt’s car chief) on his PASS South effort. Williams scored his first three Super Late Model victories with guidance from Santerre.

Oddest Moment

Finishing second in the odd moment category was another strange finish. That was during the Mason Dixon Meltdown when
Corey Williams led Ben Rowe going into the final turn. A lapped car spun right in their path and while Williams wisely avoided danger, Rowe raced back to the flag under yellow. The move was allowed under PASS rules and Rowe claimed the victory by only leading a very short distance.

Best Finish

If you went to the Mason-Dixon Meltdown at Concord Motorsport Park, it appeared that you either left the track
loving the finish or hating it.

The race was voted as the second worst race earlier in the 51s due to a controversial finish. However, the finish was wild enough to also score a healthy victory in the best finish category.

The story was this…Ben Rowe passed race dominator and three-time
PASS South winner Williams as the white and yellow flags were waving at the same time. PASS South rules dictate that once the leaders have taken the white flag, they race to the checkers unless the track is blocked and officials deem it a red-flag period. Williams came out of the final turn, went low to avoid a spun car and got out of the gas long enough to allow Rowe to jump to the outside and take the checkers in the final 50 feet of the race. Williams recovered and got back in the gas, but lost the drag race to the finish line by 0.976 seconds.

After a great qualifying run to a 2nd place start in Friday's 100 lapper, Corey's Speedfest race weekend came to an abrupt end after motor problems in his #47 forced him to retire.  He battled with carburetor problems during practice, but Williams didn't believe the two problems were related, and that the motor just expired suddenly.

Speed51.com provided Trackside Now coverage HERE

Stout Entry List, Crate LM Feature and Cup Stars Are Among the Attractions of This Big Event
Meet Corey Williams…

Age:  22

Birth date:  November 30, 1985

Height:  6’2"

Weight:  175 pounds

Hometown: Boothbay, Maine

Family: Single

Years Racing: 12

Series Raced:  Pro All-Star Series (PASS)

     ASA Late Model Series

     BRMS Modified Karts

     WKA Modified Karts

     NELCAR Legends

     Allison Legacy Car

Hobbies: Four-Wheeling, Boating, Fishing, Skiing, Racing

Fast Facts…

Moved to North Carolina from Maine in 2007 to pursue a career in motorsports; hired as car chief for Andy Santerre Motorsports on the #1 DEI Chevrolet driven by Jeffrey Earnhardt in the Busch East Series.

In three starts, Williams won three PASS South races in a row in the summer of 2007 – Peach State, Orange County and Lanier. They were the first three PASS victories of his career.

Named 2007 “Toughest to Beat” in Short Track Racing by Speed51.com.

Won his first-ever ASA race in 2007 in dominating fashion – leading all 125 laps in a car owned by NASCAR’ NEXTEL Cup driver David Stremme.

Williams has won multiple championships in Go-Karts and Legend Cars.

Williams drives and maintains his race cars – he has an incredible feel for the car and can communicate information quickly and effectively.

Williams was nominated in 2003 for the Maine “Driver of the Year” Award.

A Proven Winner
 

Corey Williams has proven he has what it takes to win races, accolades and Championships. His accomplishments speak volumes for his talent:

2007
Three consecutive wins in the Pro All Star Series – PASS South at Peach State, Orange County and Lanier Speedway.

2007
Won in dominating fashion his first and only ASA Late Model Start at Orange County.

2006
Set track qualifying record at Riverside Speedway in Antigonish, Nova Scotia

2004
PASS North “Rookie of the Year” and
3rd in Pro All Star Series standings

2003
Nominated for “Driver of the Year” in Maine.

2003
CHAMPION - NELCAR Legends Cars

2002
CHAMPION - NELCAR Legends Cars

2002
CHAMPION - Maine INEX Legends Champion

2002
CHAMPION - BRMS Thunder Legends Cars

2001
CHAMPION - BRMS Sprint Cage I Division

Career Time Line…
 

2007 Pro All Star Series (PASS) South Super Late Model
- Moved to North Carolina to pursue racing career; hired as car chief for Andy Santerre Motorsports on the #1 DEI Chevrolet in the Busch East Series.
- Raced Pro All Star Series – PASS South; Scored three consecutive wins in six series starts at Peach State Speedway, Orange County Speedway and Lanier Speedway.
- Raced ASA Late Model Series – Scored a dominating win in his first and only series start at Orange County Speedway driving for NASCAR NEXTEL Cup Series Driver, David Stremme.
- Named Top-10 “Toughest to Beat” Drivers in Short Track Racing on Speed51.com.

2006 - 2005
PASS North Super Late Model Competitor
- PASS North “Most Improved Driver”
- Finished 7th in PASS North point standings.
- Graduate of Finish Line Racing School- Edgewater, FL
- Set track record at Riverside Speedway in Antigonish, Nova Scotia
- Finished 9th in the Oxford TD Banknorth 250

2004
PASS North Touring & Weekly Pro Stock
- Scored first win in third start in the Pro Stock Division at Wiscasset Raceway in Wiscasset, Maine
- Finished 3rd in PASS North “Rookie of the Year” standings, with 11 starts.

2003 - 2002
NELCAR Legends and Allison Legacy
- NELCAR Tour Champion 2002 & 2003
- Nominated for “Maine Driver of the Year”
- 21 victories in 26 starts during 2003 season
- Beech Ridge Legends Track Champion 2002 & 2003
- Sixth in National Points, INEX Pro Division
- Second in Legends National Qualifier Wins
- Second in Points at Legends Winter Nationals

2001
Beech Ridge Motor Speedway Modified Karts
- BRMS Sprint Cage I Division Champion
- BRMS 2nd in points Sprint Cage II Division

2000
BRMS and WKA Modified Karts
- BRMS Sprint Cage I Division Champion
- BRMS Sprint Cage II Division Champion
- Top finisher in major karting events - Pepsi Invitational 2nd, BRMS Sizzler 1st, - - BRMS Thirst Quencher 1st, New England Fall Shootout 1st

1999 – 1998
BRMS Modified Karts /Sugar Hill Speedway Karts
- BRMS “Most Improved Driver”
- Won Coca Cola 100 at Sugar Hill Speedway (NH)
- BRMS Restricted Junior II Division Champion
- Finished 3rd in points, BRMS Restricted Junior I Division
- Won Sugar Hill Speedway Fall Classic

Notes of Interest

Corey Williams is a proven winner and versatile driver – he has won in every competitive racing series he has competed in since the age of 11; Go Karts, Legend Cars, Pro Stocks and Late Models.

Corey Williams has extensive knowledge and experience of automotive mechanics and has built and prepared every type of race car he has driven.

Corey Williams is a hands-on racer – since he can build a race car from the ground he has extensive chassis knowledge and can relay information to his crew chief quickly and effectively.

Corey Williams’ integrity, both on and off the track, make him one of the most respected short track racers in New England and most recently, in the southeast.

Corey Williams is a media favorite - always polite and quick to give an interview.

Corey Williams has been racing competitively for 12 years. He started racing when he was 11 years old.

What They Are Saying…

“If the sponsorship was there I would put Corey in my (Busch East Series) car tomorrow and have every confidence we would contend for a Championship with no learning curve. He is that impressive!”
Andy Santerre, Four-time NASCAR Busch East Series Champion & Car Owner

“Corey impressed me as a driver the first time I saw him race. Then I met him in person and realized the passion he has for this sport and his dedication to be successful. He has a great mentality and is a hard worker; he deserves a shot.”
David Stremme, NASCAR NEXTEL Cup Driver

“I have always thought that you are a very talented driver and have a bright future.”
Tom Mayberry, President Pro All Star Series
Contact…
 

Corey Williams

10205 Pine Shadow Drive
Charlotte, NC 28262

207-380-6847

racin4705@yahoo.com
 

Race Results & Photos HERE

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