Bobby
Babb and Kelsey Babb made history on Saturday night at
Beech Ridge Motor Speedway becoming the first
Father/Daughter combination in history to win feature
races on the same night. Dad Bobby recorded his first
win in two years by taking the NASCAR Dodge weekly
Series Pro Series feature race. Sixteen-year old
daughter Kelsey posted the win in the Road Runner
division. Kelsey Babb becomes a third generation winner
at Beech Ridge for the Babb family.
In the 40-lap Pro Series race,
Steve Berry took the lead at the start and held it to
the caution flag on lap 4. The complexion of the race
changed at that point as Dan McKeage forced his way in
front of Berry but was not quite clear of Berry’s car
raising the anger of Berry, who proceeded to remove
McKeage from the lead. Berry and McKeage were sent to
the rear allowing Bobby Babb a free pass to the front.
Babb would have to endure a final
caution flag on lap 25 and a challenge from Bill Rodgers
to claim the win. Rodgers finished second with Trevor
Sanborn third and Steve Carrier fourth. Dan McKeage
recovered to finish in the fifth position.
Jason Larrabee dominated the
35-lap Sport Series feature race leading all of the
laps. Larrabee had two early caution flags on laps 2 and
9 but other than that, he went home free to take the
win. Clyde Hennessey was second with Robert Emery third.
Sally Gherardi and Don Morse were fourth and fifth at
the finish.
Scott Berry took the lead with
just 4 laps remaining to win the Wildcat feature race.
Mike Nest led the opening laps until Lewis Anderson took
over on lap 10. Anderson relinquished the lead to Buddy
Minott on lap 13. While working through lapped traffic
on lap 26, Berry took the lead and held on for the win.
Minott finished second with David Grysk third. Brian
Caswell and Russ Thistlewood were fourth and fifth.
Kelsey Babb held up her end of the
history making night by winning the Road Runner main
event. Carl Bergeron led the first 2 laps until Paul
Lund took over on lap 10 but his run at the front ended
4 laps later when he exploded a motor while leading.
Kelsey Babb took over following the restart and cruised
the final 5 laps to take the win over reigning champion
Jamie Heath and Brian Beaulieu. Shawn Brackett and Wayne
Wildes rounded out the top five place finishers.
This Saturday night it is the
annual Budweiser 100 for the Sport Series division with
the big payday waiting at the checkered flag for the
winner. Qualifying gets underway at 6:30 p.m. and will
feature the Pro Series, Wildcat and Road Runner
divisions rounding out the program.
On Sunday night, it is the first
round of the Day of Destruction series with a starting
time of 6:00 p.m.
Beech Ridge Motor Speedway is
located on Holmes Road in Scarborough and is the only
NASCAR Dodge Weekly Series race track in Maine.
