Scarborough, Maine- Corey Bubar in just his first full season of
competition at Beech Ridge Motor Speedway took his first career
checkered flag on Saturday night in the 35 lap main event. Bubar took
the lead at the drop of the green flag and stayed there until a lap 6
caution flag slowed the field.
When racing resumed it was youth on display as Bubar and Bobby Nadeau
put on a side by side race that any veteran driver should have taken
notice in. For 22 laps Bubar and Nadeau stayed side by side with each
driver taking the lead on several different occasions.
Finally Bubar was able to pull to the front on lap 28 taking the
victory over Nadeau in second place. Current point leader Sally
Gherardi was third with Nate Leavitt and Scott Dorr fourth and fifth
at the finish.
Bobby Babb padded his Pro Series division point lead with another
feature win on Saturday night. Steven Jones and Chris Smith shared
the early lead until lap 9 when the 2 drivers made contact with each
other sending Aaron Ricker into the lead.
Ricker opened up some distance over the field until Dan McKeage took
aim at his lead position unsuccessfully following a lap 20 restart but
Babb was in position to pounce on the young driver. Babb went to the
outside groove and took the lead from Ricker on lap 30 and led the
final 10 laps for the win.
Ricker finished a solid second place with Bub Bilodeau third. Steve
Carrier and David Oliver rounded out the fourth and fifth place
finishers.
Gary Babineau won the 30 lap Wildcat feature race despite the race
being slowed by 5 caution periods. Steve Benincasa led early until
Richard Randall took over on lap 12. Babineau made his move to the
front on lap 17 following a restart and despite 3 more cautions
Babineau endured to take the win.
Lyman McKeage finished second with Randall finishing in the third
position. David Wildes is leading the points chase and place a fine
fourth with Paul Lund recovering from an early incident to finish
fifth.
Ed Pierce made a last lap pass to take the 20 lap Road Runner feature
race. Mark Sylvain appeared to be headed to the win until the leaders
caught slower traffic on the white flag lap. Sylvain hesitated and
then went low as pierce went to the high side and took the lead and
the win. Sylvain was second with Dan Bernier third. David Turner and
Mark Hill were fourth and fifth at the finish.
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