{"id":1728,"date":"2010-07-04T14:01:32","date_gmt":"2010-07-04T14:01:32","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/maineracer.com\/wp\/?p=1728"},"modified":"2010-07-04T14:01:32","modified_gmt":"2010-07-04T14:01:32","slug":"brad-babb-defends-miller-lite-50-title-at-beech-ridge-motor-speedway","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/maineracing.com\/legacy\/2010\/07\/brad-babb-defends-miller-lite-50-title-at-beech-ridge-motor-speedway\/","title":{"rendered":"Brad Babb defends Miller Lite 50 title at Beech Ridge Motor Speedway"},"content":{"rendered":"<p \/><span id=\"postmessage_143703\"><span style=\"font-weight: bold;\">Brad Babb  defends Miller Lite 50 title at Beech Ridge Motor Speedway.<\/span> <\/p>\n<p> Scarborough, Maine-Brad Babb won the Miller Lite 50 Saturday night for  the second consecutive year.  Charlie Colby led the opening laps with  Bill Whorff moving into early contention.  Whorff moved into the lead on  lap 8 with Babb moving to second place.   Babb moved to the lead on lap  10 and began to pull away from Whorff and Bill Rodgers.  By laps 21  Babb had a full straight lead as Whorff and Rodgers were racing side by  side for second place.  It appeared as if Babb was going to cruise to  the win until lap 47 when he came upon slower traffic just as they  decided to crash with each other.  Babb narrowly escaped the wreck but  the caution flag set the stage for a different kind of fireworks.   When  racing resumed Babb and Bill Rodgers blasted off for a 2 lap shoot out  for the win.  Rodgers got the better start and pulled into the lead on  the backstretch.  Entering turn 3 Babb got into the back of Rodgers  sending both cars up the race track and Bill Whorff into the lead.  On  the white flag lap Babb got to the inside of Whorff and was able to get a  run to the outside of Whorff racing down the backstretch.  The dash to  the finish line saw Babb get to the line first by inches over Whorff.   Dan McKeage was third with Dave Oliver and Rodgers rounding out the top  five. <\/p>\n<p><!--more--><\/p>\n<p> Russ Morse led just the final lap to win the 35 lap Sport Series main  event.  Andy Field was the early leader trading the spot with Travis  Buzzell on lap 8.   Buzzell handed the lead back to Field on lap 9 where  he stayed until lap 12 when Jason Larrabee took over the lead.   Larrabee was in a duel with Reggie Leeman until the caution flag waved  on lap 30 and Leeman headed to the pit with a mechanical problem.    Larrabee lined up with Russ Morse for the restart with Larrabee back to  the but Morse hanging to the outside.  With 2 laps to go, Larrabee and  Morse bumped and banged maintaining control to the white flag.   More  contact on the final lap found Larrabee into the back wall and Morse  into the lead heading for the checkered flag.  Justin Cusack got second  place with Larrabee getting back to finish third.  Chris Smith and Sally  Gherardi were fourth  and fifth.     David Vaughn won his third Wildcat  feature of the season on Saturday night.  Andy Ayers was the leader at  the drop of the green flag and stayed there through the first 20 laps.   Mike Rand took the lead on laps 21 through 25 until Dan Bean went in  front.  Vaughn moved into contention for the win on lap 27 moving around  Bean to lead the final 3 laps for the win.  Rand was second with Matt  Gain a close third.  Bean and Dan Wink were fourth and fifth at the  finish.  <\/p>\n<p> Tasha Dyer scored her first Beech Ridge feature win in dominating  fashion during the 20 lap Road Runner feature.  After suffering various  mechanical problems all season, Dyer started on the pole position and  quickly went to the front.  Dyer opened up a commanding lead on the  field leaving the rest of the drivers to battle for second place.  Shawn  Brackett took a turn at second place but was soon engaged in a fight  with Ryan Phillips for the runner-up position.  Phillips took second  place at lap 15 but was too far back to make a Run at Dyer who cruised  in for the win.  Phillips was second with Brackett third.  Matt Dow and  Ed Pierce rounded out the top finishers.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Forum &#8211; <a href=\"..\/board\/viewtopic.php?p=143703#143703\">http:\/\/www.maineracer.com\/board\/viewtopic.php?p=143703#143703<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Brad Babb defends Miller Lite 50 title at Beech Ridge Motor Speedway. Scarborough, Maine-Brad Babb won the Miller Lite 50 Saturday night for the second consecutive year. Charlie Colby led the opening laps with Bill Whorff moving into early contention. Whorff moved into the lead on lap 8 with Babb moving to second place. 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