{"id":19586,"date":"2015-08-06T08:24:10","date_gmt":"2015-08-06T12:24:10","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/newenglandracingnews.com\/blog\/?p=19586"},"modified":"2015-08-06T08:24:10","modified_gmt":"2015-08-06T12:24:10","slug":"act-tour-title-tilt-continues-at-historically-wide-open-beech-ridge","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/newenglandracingnews.com\/blog\/2015\/08\/act-tour-title-tilt-continues-at-historically-wide-open-beech-ridge\/","title":{"rendered":"ACT Tour Title Tilt Continues at Historically Wide-Open Beech Ridge"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Waterbury, VT<\/em> \u2013 The American-Canadian Tour (ACT) continues its Maine swing this Saturday, August 8<\/span><\/span> with their annual trip to Scarborough\u2019s Beech Ridge Motor Speedway. The eight previous ACT Tour events at the 1\/3-mile oval have seen eight different winners, leaving this year\u2019s Beech Ridge 150 up for grabs.<\/p>\n

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Former Beech Ridge Pro Series Champion Brad Babb of Windham, ME will try to become the ninth different winner. Babb was fighting for the victory in the Oxford Plains 150 with Hudson, NH\u2019s Joey Polewarczyk Jr. two weeks ago when the two made contact with four laps remaining; Babb eventually spun and was relegated to an 11th<\/sup>-place finish while \u201cJoey Pole\u201d went on to his fourth win of the season.<\/p>\n

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\u201cAfter the way we ran at Oxford, I\u2019m really looking forward to Beech Ridge,\u201d Babb said. \u201cIf we can run that well again, I really think we can come away with a win. Obviously I feel like I got the short end of the stick on the deal at Oxford, but I\u2019m not going to worry about it. I\u2019m just going to race like nothing happened and we\u2019ll see what happens when we get there.\u201d<\/p>\n

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Last year\u2019s Beech Ridge event marked Babb\u2019s ACT Tour debut with the Joey Laquerre\u2013owned #15NH team. What began as a series of one-off races eventually turned into a full-time partnership which Babb describes as \u201cincredible\u201d and currently has them sitting third in points.<\/p>\n

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Joey Pole\u2019s win at Oxford leapfrogged him back ahead of Dover, NH\u2019s Wayne Helliwell Jr. in the 2015 championship chase. Pole has a seven-point edge going into Beech Ridge with the lead already having changed hands four times.<\/p>\n

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Both Pole and Barre, VT\u2019s Nick Sweet will try to become the first multi-time ACT winner at Beech Ridge. Sweet is the defending winner of the Beech Ridge 150, while Pole captured the 2010 event and is ACT\u2019s all-time leading money winner at the speedway. Helliwell is still seeking his first Beech Ridge victory.<\/p>\n

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The race behind the two leaders is even tighter following Oxford, with 16 points separating third-place Babb from seventh-place Sweet. Mainers Travis Stearns and Jeff White sit fourth and fifth in the standings will try to keep the first-place trophy in their home state.<\/p>\n

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East Montpelier, VT\u2019s Emily Packard finished fourth and sixth in the two Oxford events and looks to carry her Maine performance down-state. Fellow Vermonter Jimmy Hebert aims to continue his late-summer turnaround. Defending Beech Ridge Pro Series Champion Dave Farrington Jr. has also entered the event.<\/p>\n

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The ACT Tour Beech Ridge 150 is this Saturday, August 8<\/span><\/span> at Scarborough, ME\u2019s Beech Ridge Motor Speedway. Post time is 7:00pm<\/span><\/span> with the pit gates opening at 2:00pm<\/span><\/span> and the front gates at 3:00pm<\/span><\/span>. Beech Ridge\u2019s weekly Pro Series, Sport Series, and Wildcats will also be in action. Admission is $20 for adults and free for kids 12 and under.<\/p>\n

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For more information contact the ACT offices at 802.244.6963<\/a>, media@acttour.com<\/a>, or visit www.acttour.com<\/a> or www.beechridge.com<\/a>.<\/p>\n

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