PASS North Series: Bradley Babb
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THE STORY
WINDHAM, Maine – Bradley Babb of Windham, Maine, joins the PASS North Series for the PASS 150 at White Mountain Motorsports Park in North Woodstock, N.H., on Sunday, August 4. Babb finished third – his best career PASS North Series finish – at White Mountain in 2011, the last time he competed on the scenic, high-banked quarter-mile. Babb sits 19 in the current PASS North standings, despite making only four starts, with two qualifying race wins and one Top-10 finish. The 2012 NASCAR Whelen All-American Series Maine state champion is hoping to rebound at White Mountain after a blown engine at Oxford Plains Speedway during qualifying forced him out of the TD Bank Oxford 250 last month.
THE FACTS
WHO: Bradley Babb, Windham, Maine
TEAM: No. 4 Babb Wood Contractors/McGoldrick Bros. Blasting Chevrolet
CREW CHIEF: Bobby Babb, Windham, Maine
BEST CAREER WHITE MOUNTAIN MOTORSPORTS PARK FINISH: 3rd (September 2011)
LAST RACE AT WHITE MOUNTAIN MOTORSPORTS PARK: 3rd (September 2011)
WHAT: PASS North Series 150
WHERE: White Mountain Motorsports Park, North Woodstock, N.H. (.25-mile banked oval)
WHEN: Sunday, August 4 – 11 a.m., practice; 2 p.m., qualifying; 4 p.m., race
PASS North Series
LAST RACE: July 21, TD Bank Oxford 250, Oxford Plains Speedway, Oxford, Maine (DNQ)
NEXT RACE: August 6, Budweiser 150, Autodrome Chaudiere, Vallee-Jonction, Que. (.25-mile oval)
CURRENT POINTS POSITION: 19th
DID YOU KNOW?
Bradley Babb became the first third-generation champion in Beech Ridge Motor Speedway’s top division when he won the 2012 NASCAR Whelen All-American Series Pro Series championship at the track. His father Bobby Babb and grandfather Robert Babb are both multi-time Beech Ridge champions in the top division.
Bradley Babb was honored at the NASCAR Hall of Fame convention center in Charlotte, N.C., in December as both a state and track champion in the NASCAR Whelen All-American Series.
Bradley Babb finished second in a 50-lap NASCAR Whelen All-American Series feature event at Beech Ridge Motor Speedway on June 1.
Bradley Babb won the pole for his most recent start at Oxford Plains Speedway in April, led nearly a third of the race and had a solid Top-10 run going when he was shuffled back by contact from another car on a green-white-checkered restart at the end of the 150-lap event.
Bradley Babb was the 2010 ACT Late Model Tour Rookie of the Year.
WHAT THEY ARE SAYING
BRADLEY BABB, Driver of the No. 14 Babb Wood Contractors/McGoldrick Bros. Blasting Chevrolet, On heading to White Mountain Motorsports Park this weekend: “It’s my favorite track. I’ve always liked going there and watching races, even. The first time I went there, I didn’t have any luck. I ended up losing power steering, but it was still so much fun to drive.
“It was the first place I ever ran besides Beech Ridge. The next time we went back, I had the fastest car all day and had a chance to win an ACT race there. It’s always been my favorite place to go, even though I’ve never had the luck when I’ve gone there.”
On how racy White Mountain Motorsports Park is: “Some guys can’t figure out the top, but if you figure out how to drive out there, there definitely is an outside groove. Maybe you wouldn’t run it if you were alone, but you can go out there and make passes.
“It’s a driver’s track, once you get the hang of it.”
On if his approach to races has changed now that he’s no longer chasing points: “Not really. The way my whole season’s been going, I’m sort of looking for more of the same of what we had at Oxford the week before the 250 – where we had a good run. If we can just come out of there with a good run, don’t stove anything up and have a good finish, hopefully we can run some more races this year.”
UP NEXT
The PASS North Series makes a quick, two-day turnaround for the Budweiser 150 at Autodrome Chaudiere in Vallee-Jonction, Que., on Tuesday, August 6.