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\nStory by Chris Roy
\nThe Pro All Stars Series tour kicks off their 2013 season at Oxford Plains Speedway on April 21st. Defending champion Travis Benjamin, is looking forward to the green flag. \u201cBeing a PASS champion is a great accomplishment!! There has only been 3 other drivers that can say that. I\u2019ve worked my whole life to win the championship in some kind of sport and now I can say that I\u2019m a champion!!\u201d<\/p>\n
Though the off season hasn\u2019t been all fun and games\u2026 actually it has been as Travis has hit the hoops in his spare time. \u201cThis off season I\u2019ve just been working a lot at Belfast Variety and during the off season I play a lot of basketball. There\u2019s been two leagues in Belfast, one league in Ellsworth and another in Waterville. So that keeps me in shape.\u201d
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\nThe 2013 race schedule has the Benjamin Motorsports Team traveling all over New England and Canada this race season. \u201cThe 2013 PASS schedule is going to be very interesting I think. I think we will get a lot of teams following the tour since it has a lot less traveling. The schedule honestly doesn\u2019t favor my driving style. Oxford and Beech Ridge are kind of the tracks we have a tendency to struggle at but we are usually really good at White Mountain, Canaan, 660 and Chaudiere so I\u2019m excited to get the season underway.\u201d<\/p>\n
Other than racing the PASS schedule, occasionally gets in a few other races during the season. \u201cI\u2019m not sure what my schedule is going to look like. As long as we are running good and not having a lot of bad luck we will be running the full PASS North schedule and maybe the Auto Value 250 if I can find a car to drive. With the PASS racing White Mountains the day before the Auto Value 250 it\u2019s almost impossible to run my car.\u201d<\/p>\n
Every driver has their favorite track, one where they know every bump and curve and where their car just seem to sync. \u201cI really like Speedway 660, I\u2019ve always had really good cars up there and we are do to win a race at that track. I\u2019m also very excited to go to Chaudiere three times for a few big money races. We won there last year and that track has really fits my driving style!!\u201d<\/p>\n
With the first race of the season only 2 weeks away the Benjamin Motorsports team is still working on the race car, to get it just right for OPS. \u201cWe just got our engine and that will be in this weekend and after that we just need to do setup so we are looking pretty good as far as being ready to roll on the 21st.\u201d<\/p>\n
A major part of racing is the sponsor. The sponsors support the race teams, the race tracks, and the races. \u201cI wouldn\u2019t be racing if it wasn\u2019t for my sponsors. I don\u2019t have any money to spend on my car. I\u2019ve been very lucky throughout my career to have a lot of great people behind me.\u201d<\/p>\n
Another big part of racing is safety especially at the speeds the super late models race at. \u201cNo one wants to get hurt in racing and no one wants to see anyone get hurt in racing!! We do know every time we step in that car that it can happen!! If all the tracks had an unlimited budget I would have all the tracks have the safer walls around each track but most likely that will never happen!\u201d<\/p>\n
Returning this season as a super late model race at Oxford Plains Speedway is the TD Bank 250. \u201cIt\u2019s very exciting to have the 250 back to super late models. The fans are going to see the best race the 250 has had in a long time this July!! I was in Hickory this past weekend and that\u2019s what everyone was talking about. There\u2019s going to be teams from all around the country!! It\u2019s going to be exciting!!\u201d<\/p>\n
Though Travis isn\u2019t the only racer in the family his son Kaiden, is now a professional kart racer. \u201cKaiden is starting to really enjoy racing!! I got him in a go kart for 3 races last year and he really enjoyed it. Over the winter I bought him a second go kart for xmas and while we were opening presents Kaiden took off and I couldn\u2019t find him. He was out in the garage sitting in his kart while he still had presents inside that had yet to be open!! So as long as he still enjoys racing we will be doing as much karting this summer as possible!!\u201d<\/p>\n
Travis has a few word for all the fans, \u201cI would just like to thank the fans for being behind me!! My career sure has been a roller coaster ride!! My team has worked hard and they deserve all the success!!\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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