{"id":7848,"date":"2012-06-19T07:00:22","date_gmt":"2012-06-19T11:00:22","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/maineracing.com\/wp\/?p=7848"},"modified":"2012-06-19T18:17:01","modified_gmt":"2012-06-19T22:17:01","slug":"bobby-timmons-rebounds-for-best-career-finish-beech-ridge","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/maineracing.com\/legacy\/2012\/06\/bobby-timmons-rebounds-for-best-career-finish-beech-ridge\/","title":{"rendered":"Bobby Timmons Rebounds For Best Career Finish at Beech RIdge"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Mulkern Racing Driver Finishes 3rd In NASCAR Race At Beech Ridge<\/h3>\n

After late nights, long hours in the shop and a lengthy list of unknowns heading into the weekend, Bobby Timmons turned in a career-best effort on Saturday night at Beech Ridge Motor Speedway.<\/p>\n

Timmons, of Windham, finished third in the 40-lap NASCAR Whelen All-American Series Pro Series feature at the track for his best career finish in a Super Late Model. The 19-year-old Pro Series rookie was all smiles just one week after retiring early from a 100-lap event due to an off-track excursion that left the Mulkern Racing No. 48 Southern Maine Motors\/Timmons Machine & Fabrication Chevrolet with extensive suspension damage.
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\u201cIt’s awesome,\u201d Timmons said of his podium finish. \u201cI have to kind of remind myself that one of these weeks, I know I’m going to have a bad run. Last week was kind of bad \u2013 but I felt like we had a Top-5 car. One of these weeks we’re going to miss it, but it’s absolutely amazing right now.<\/p>\n

\u201cI only have seven races in one of these cars, so it feels really good to show up here and be one of the faster cars every week.\u201d<\/p>\n

Following practice on Saturday, Timmons said he’d have been happy just to finish the 40-lap main event. But a small adjustment to the car’s handling following a 12-lap qualifying race paid big dividends in the feature.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe were so bad in the heat race, but we found a problem that Greg Peters pointed out for us,\u201d said Timmons, who started 15th in the 20-car field. \u201cWe just took a stab in the dark. It started out really tight, but it got better and better and came to us at the end. I could pass on the bottom, pass on the top \u2013 Beech Ridge is starting to come back to a two-groove race track.\u201d<\/p>\n

Timmons was especially effective in the outside groove on his march to the podium finish. He joined 2011 NASCAR Whelen All-American Series state champion Bill Rodgers in a patient march to the front after starting deep on the grid.<\/p>\n

The key for Timmons came when he avoided a multi-car wreck on the backstretch in the middle stages of the race, one which collected a number of early contenders.<\/p>\n

All of this after wondering if he’d even have a race car ready in time to get back to the track after a destructive bounce over the Turn 1 rumble strips a week earlier. The crew worked late hours every night during the week to put the car back in working order.<\/p>\n

\u201cCan I say it was hell? Because that’s exactly what it was,\u201d Timmons said. \u201cIt was just absolutely exhausting this week. It was such a long week, and I can’t thank my guys enough. They’re sacrificing their time to help me.<\/p>\n

\u201cI can’t thank (Mulkern Racing owners Scott and Vickie Mulkern) enough. Vickie said, ‘Whatever it takes, get this car back to the race track.’ And Tony Ricci’s been such a great help. I’m really kind of speechless almost.\u201d<\/p>\n

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