Lets start this article off with the actual definition of a ‘sport’. According to Dictionary.com, a sport is “anathleticactivityrequiringskillorphysicalprowessandoftenofa competitivenature,asracing,baseball,tennis,golf,bowling,wrestling, boxing,hunting,fishing,etc.” Everyone may have their own definition of what a sport really is, but how does saying that racing isn’t a sport make you feel better?
Growing up around racing and having to talk about it to other people, I was constantly hit with the comment that racing isn’t a sport. “All they do is turn left”, “how hard can it really be?”, “they only go around in circles…how is that a sport?”. These comments have followed me around since my brother first started racing cars in New England and I’m done not voicing my opinion about it.
The American Canadian Tour’s Coastal 100 at the Scarborough, Maine track produced an exciting feature from the drop of the green flag to the checkers one hundred laps later with Eddie Mac posting a second place finish in the EXIT Realty/Hancock Electric Chevy. The finish closed the gap in the point’s championship with the Rowley, Mass. veteran driver in third place only four points behind Scott Payea and twenty points behind leader Nick Sweet.
Eddie Mac started on the pole with former track champion Brad Babb starting outside pole, who returned to the track after serving a two race penalty for rough driving involving Eddie Mac at Seekonk. This time the duo battled door-to-door and nose to tail for the entire feature without incident. Eddie Mac led the most laps in the race to gain points to help close the championship gap. However, a lapped car pushed up the track on lap 61 with Eddie Mac on the outside allowing Babb to dive under to take the lead.
Scarborough, ME – Brad Babb became the first ever multi-time American-Canadian Tour (ACT) Late Model winner at Scarborough, ME’s Beech Ridge Motor Speedway on Saturday, August 6, beating out rival Eddie MacDonald in the Coastal 100.
Windham, ME’s Babb, who was returning to ACT action for the first time following an incident with MacDonald at Seekonk Speedway in July, got under the Rowley, MA driver as the two worked through lapped traffic on lap 61 and was never headed the rest of the way. It was Babb’s first ACT Late Model Tour win of the season and second straight at Beech Ridge.
MacDonald started on the pole and led the first 21 laps. Babb got around him following a lap-20 caution for rookie Ryan Olsen’s spin in turn four, only for MacDonald to grab the lead back on the race’s second and final restart on lap 25 after Brandon Atkins went around exiting turn two.
Oxford, Maine – Timmy Brackett of Buckfield nailed down his second victory of the season in the Budweiser Championship Series Super Late Model main event Saturday night at Oxford Plains Speedway, taking the championship points lead away from Dixfield’s Scott Robbins in the process.
Brackett, the reigning champion at the historic Route 26 oval, ended a streak of 13 different winners in the top Saturday night class this season. He started the race from 10th position and quickly moved into contention behind early race leader Shawn Knight of South Paris and Hebron’s Alan Wilson.
Wilson and Knight, both seeking their first win of the season, were left to battle in Brackett’s wake, with Wilson claiming runner-up honors and Knight settling for third-place honors. Gunnar Rowe of Turner crossed the line in fourth position, with TJ Brackett of Buckfield filling out the top five.
Scarborough, ME – Brad Babb became the first ever multi-time American-Canadian Tour (ACT) Late Model winner at Scarborough, ME’s Beech Ridge Motor Speedway on Saturday, August 6, beating out rival Eddie MacDonald in the Coastal 100.
Oxford, Maine – Timmy Brackett of Buckfield nailed down his second victory of the season in the Budweiser Championship Series Super Late Model main event Saturday night at Oxford Plains Speedway, taking the championship points lead away from Dixfield’s Scott Robbins in the process.