Fourteen year old Emma Libby of Glenburn led from the drop of the green flag to the checkers in the Ladies Division at Speedway 95 Wednesday night and won the 25 lap series event by overlapping all but the second place car on her way to the win. Her only challenge came from Danielle Beal of Hampden, who led briefly on the restart after a lap 3 caution, but was passed by Libby by the time they were on the backstretch. Five laps later the caution flew again when a rear wheel broke on Beal’s car, sending off turn one and rolling on to her roof. She was uninjured, but was out of competition for the night. Libby led the remainder of the race. Amy Hood of W. Enfield took the second spot with Winterport’s Chelsea Young finishing third. Fourth went to Angela Davis of Frankfort with Becky Elston Burns in fifth. Libby won the three race series with a perfect score of 300, winning all three of the series features. She also won the 10 lap qualifier, startng her on the pole for the feature. (more…)
Although he’s been atop the Dysart’s Late Model points chart for most of the 2012 season, it took Andy Saunders of Ellsworth until this past Saturday night to finally post a feature race win in the track’s premier division. Saunders started the race in the fifth spot in the 17 car field, and it took him until a restart on lap 26 before he could pass Milford’s Deane Smart to take the lead. Smart had led the event for most of the first 26 laps, losing it for only a lap at a time through close competition from Duane Seekins of Stockton Springs and Hermon’s Phil Richardson, who took turns challenging Smart for the top spot. Smart fought them both off, but didn’t have enough left at the end to keep Saunders from taking the win. Smart finished second with Seekins in third. Fourth went to Joey Doyon of Winterport with Hermon’s Dale Swoboda finishing fifth. (more…)
Brad Babb Racing: Beech Ridge Motor Speedway
NASCAR Whelen All-American Series Race Report
SCARBOROUGH, Maine – Brad Babb of Windham, Maine, unofficially reassumed command of the NASCAR Whelen All-American Series track standings with a second-place finish in the 45-lap Pro Series feature event at Beech Ridge Motor Speedway in Scarborough, Maine, on Saturday, August 18. Babb, 19, started 16th in the 24-car field and had cracked into the Top-5 by the midway point of the event. He was second on a late restart with five laps remaining, but the No. 4 Babb Wood Contractors/McGoldrick Bros. Blasting Chevrolet ran out of time to track down eventual winner Charlie Colby. Babb had entered the week fourth in a tight point battle at Beech Ridge, and was the only front-runner to finish in the Top-5 Saturday. (more…)
story by Chris Roy
Eight year old Ayden Clark, from Hallowell, ME is racing in the Boxstock Division at Richmond Karting Speedway (RKS).
Racing this weekend at RKS, Friday night under the lights, the drivers and pit crews are going to be busy. Though when it comes to racing in the afternoon or under the lights Ayden prefers “Under the lights for sure, my kart seems to handle at night.”
At RKS the teams can race either a Champ kart or a Rocker kart, Ayden is racing a Champ kart which has a fixed frame. Though there is a lot of work that goes into getting the Karts ready for each race Ayden lets his crew chief handle that, “My dad does everything on it, I do better driving it then working on it.” (more…)
Garett Hayman of Milford led all 25 laps of the Little Enduro Series race #3 on Varney Buick-GMC-Mazda’s Wacky Wednesday night at Speedway and, in the process, picked up the series points title with a perfect score of 300. Hayman won the evening’s first qualifier, which placed him on the pole for the main event. He led outside pole-sitter Jeremy Scott of Carmel, who won the second qualifier, for 23 laps until the red came out for a solo spin by Glenburn’s Emma Libby in turn 2. On the restart, Hayman again pulled away from Scott, but Newburgh’s Darren Durrell got in the gas hard and followed Hayman past Scott to finish second, with Scott finishing in third. Kyle Gallant, who battled with Durrell for most of the race finished in fourth with Donny Silva of Hudson finishing fifth in a borrowed car. Hayman also currently leads the Little Enduro season points with 2 race dates remaining in the season. (more…)
Fourteen year old Emma Libby of Glenburn led from the drop of the green flag to the checkers in the Ladies Division at Speedway 95 Wednesday night and won the 25 lap series event by overlapping all but the second place car on her way to the win. Her only challenge came from Danielle Beal of Hampden, who led briefly on the restart after a lap 3 caution, but was passed by Libby by the time they were on the backstretch. Five laps later the caution flew again when a rear wheel broke on Beal’s car, sending off turn one and rolling on to her roof. She was uninjured, but was out of competition for the night. Libby led the remainder of the race. Amy Hood of W. Enfield took the second spot with Winterport’s Chelsea Young finishing third. Fourth went to Angela Davis of Frankfort with Becky Elston Burns in fifth. Libby won the three race series with a perfect score of 300, winning all three of the series features. She also won the 10 lap qualifier, startng her on the pole for the feature.
