PASS North Series: Bradley Babb
Beech Ridge Motor Speedway Race Report
SCARBOROUGH, Maine – Bradley Babb of Windham, Maine, finished 24th in the PASS North Series Southern Maine Chrysler Dodge Jeep 150 at Beech Ridge Motor Speedway in Scarborough, Maine, on Saturday, July. Babb had just made an early pit stop for adjustments under the race’s first caution period on Lap 54 when he suffered damage in a domino-effect accident on a the ensuing restart. Babb’s water temperature spiked due to the damage, and the third-generation track champion at Beech Ridge retired for the night on Lap 59. Babb and the No. 14 Babb Wood Contractors/McGoldrick Bros. Blasting Chevrolet returns to the PASS North Series on Friday, July 12, for the postponed PASS 150 at Oxford Plains Speedway where he already qualified on the front row.
WHO: Bradley Babb, Windham, Maine
TEAM: No. 14 Babb Wood Contractors/McGoldrick Bros. Blasting Chevrolet
CREW CHIEF: Bobby Babb, Windham, Maine
WHAT: PASS North Series Southern Maine Chrysler Dodge Jeep 150
WHERE: Beech Ridge Motor Speedway, Scarborough, Maine (.333-mile oval)
STARTED: 15th
FINISHED: 24th
NEXT RACE: July 12, PASS 150, Oxford Plains Speedway, Oxford, Maine (.375-mile oval)
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BRADLEY, WHAT HAPPENED?
I don’t know. Just games on a restart. The whole field stacked up, and I had nowhere to go, I guess.
We had a decent car. I was happy with it. I was having fun racing Johnny Clark and some of those guys. It just wasn’t meant to be.
HOW WAS THE CAR UP UNTIL THAT POINT?
I pitted, but I didn’t know how it was going to be for sure after that. It was a little too loose, so we came in and put a little wedge into it trying to tighten it up. I think I was better than DJ (Shaw), I’m pretty sure I was better than (Scott) Mulkern and maybe even (Corey) Bubar – and they finished fifth, sixth and seventh. I might have had a fifth-place car, but it just didn’t work out.
It was fun for a little while.
WAS THE CAR DAMAGED TOO BADLY TO CONTINUE?
Honestly, I don’t think the water temperature would have gone any higher than it was, but it wasn’t worth risking and cooking the motor. They’re not cheap, and it probably would have been the end of my year if we had.