{"id":12792,"date":"2013-05-24T10:00:23","date_gmt":"2013-05-24T14:00:23","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/newenglandracingnews.com\/blog\/?p=12792"},"modified":"2013-05-24T03:29:59","modified_gmt":"2013-05-24T07:29:59","slug":"bradley-babb-racing-babb-begins-nascar-title-defense-at-beech-ridge-this-weekend","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/newenglandracingnews.com\/blog\/2013\/05\/bradley-babb-racing-babb-begins-nascar-title-defense-at-beech-ridge-this-weekend\/","title":{"rendered":"BRADLEY BABB RACING: Babb Begins NASCAR Title Defense At Beech Ridge This Weekend"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"Beech<\/a><\/p>\n

NASCAR Whelen All-American Series: Bradley Babb<\/strong>
\n Beech Ridge Motor Speedway Race Preview<\/strong><\/p>\n

THE STORY<\/strong><\/p>\n

WINDHAM, Maine \u2013 Third-generation champion Bradley Babb of Windham, Maine, returns to the NASCAR Whelen All-American Series at Beech Ridge Motor Speedway in Scarborough, Maine, on Saturday, May 25, for the season-opening Pro Series 40. Babb won the 2012 NASCAR Whelen All-American Series track championship at Beech Ridge last season after winning this race, and he plans on trying to become the track’s first third-generation multi-time champion \u2013 after both his grandfather, Robert Babb Sr., and father, Bobby Babb, each won multiple championships during their careers at the .333-mile oval. The No. 4 Babb Wood Contractors\/McGoldrick Bros. Blasting Chevrolet will be joined in the field by the No. 14 Chevrolet for Bobby Babb in 2013.<\/p>\n

THE FACTS<\/strong><\/p>\n

WHO: Bradley Babb, Windham, Maine
\nTEAM: No. 14 Babb Wood Contractors\/McGoldrick Bros. Blasting Chevrolet
\nCREW CHIEF: Bobby Babb, Windham, Maine
\nBEST CAREER BEECH RIDGE MOTOR SPEEDWAY FINISH: 1st (May 2012)
\nLAST RACE AT BEECH RIDGE MOTOR SPEEDWAY: 8th (September 2012)
\nWHAT: NASCAR Whelen All-American Series Pro Series 40
\nWHERE: Beech Ridge Motor Speedway, Scarborough, Maine (.333-mile oval)
\nWHEN: Saturday, May 25 \u2013 3:15 p.m., practice; 6:30 p.m., qualifying; 7:30 p.m., race
\nBeech Ridge Motor Speedway
\nNEXT RACE: June 1, NASCAR Whelen All-American Series Pro Series 40, Beech Ridge Motor Speedway, Scarborough, Maine (.333-mile oval)<\/p>\n

DID YOU KNOW?<\/strong><\/p>\n

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.<\/p>\n

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.<\/p>\n

Bradley Babb won his first career PASS North Series pole in the 2013 series opener at Oxford Plains Speedway on April 21.<\/p>\n

Bradley Babb was the 2010 ACT Late Model Tour Rookie of the Year.<\/p>\n

WHAT THEY ARE SAYING<\/strong><\/p>\n

BRADLEY BABB, Driver of the No. 4 Babb Wood Contractors\/McGoldrick Bros. Blasting Chevrolet, On the biggest thing he learned in his championship run last season: \u201cYou basically just have to run around and save your stuff for a while. I had to learn patience last year, because of being stuck in traffic all the time.<\/p>\n

\u201cBut at the same time, once you get a hole, you have to be ready to go. It’s mainly just about having the car in one piece and being around at the end. It doesn’t matter if it’s a weekly race or a Tour race.\u201d<\/p>\n

On whether he feels Beech Ridge experience plays a role: \u201cI think there’s definitely a little bit of a home track advantage. Experience at Beech Ridge is always a good thing because the track changes so much.<\/p>\n

\u201cWhen it comes to the track itself and knowing what it’s going to do, the guys that have run there a lot probably have the advantage.\u201d<\/p>\n

On being back in his championship-winning car for a test at Beech Ridge last week: \u201cIt felt really good to be back in that car. It felt like ‘home.’<\/p>\n

\u201cThe car’s good. We only made a few adjustments, and it was fast right off. We should be ready for the weekend.\u201d<\/p>\n

UP NEXT<\/strong><\/p>\n

Bradley Babb continues defense of his 2012 track championship at Beech Ridge Motor Speedway on with the NASCAR Whelen All-American Series on Saturday, June 1… Babb won the season-opening NASCAR Whelen All-American Series feature at Beech Ridge en route to the track title last year.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

NASCAR Whelen All-American Series: Bradley Babb Beech Ridge Motor Speedway Race Preview THE STORY WINDHAM, Maine \u2013 Third-generation champion Bradley Babb of Windham, Maine, returns to the NASCAR Whelen All-American Series at Beech Ridge Motor Speedway in Scarborough, Maine, on Saturday, May 25, for the season-opening Pro Series 40. Babb won the 2012 NASCAR Whelen […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":7,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_et_pb_use_builder":"","_et_pb_old_content":"","_et_gb_content_width":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[28,10,45,15251],"tags":[15775],"class_list":["post-12792","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-beech-ridge","category-maine","category-nascar","category-whelen-modified","tag-nascar"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/newenglandracingnews.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12792","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/newenglandracingnews.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/newenglandracingnews.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newenglandracingnews.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/7"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newenglandracingnews.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=12792"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/newenglandracingnews.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12792\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/newenglandracingnews.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=12792"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newenglandracingnews.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=12792"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newenglandracingnews.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=12792"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}