Sophomore Drivers Babb and Theriault Ready for 2011 ACT

Waterbury, VT - After competing in one of the closest Rookie of the Year
battles in American Canadian Tour (ACT) history, Windham, Maine's Brad Babb
and Fort Kent, Maine's Austin Theriault are ready for 2011. The two finished
just three points apart in the 2010 Rookie of the Year standings.
Babb came out on top of the standings and claimed the 2010 ACT Rookie of the
Year honors after capturing his first career top five in the season finale
at Waterford (CT) Speedbowl. With the help of his crew chief and father,
Bobby, a former ACT competitor, he also earned an impressive sixth place in
the 2010 ACT standings.
Babb is in his senior year of high school, but has made time to work for his
father's logging company, snowmobile and prepare the car over the winter
months. "We only have a couple small things left. If Lee (the 2011 season
opener) was next week we'd be ready," said Babb.
The 18 year old has now seen nearly every track on the 2011 ACT schedule and
credits the 2010 season for teaching him how to adapt to new tracks. He
hopes to use that knowledge to better his 6th place effort in the 2010
standings and top his career high 5th place finish at Waterford last
October.
"We'd really like to finish in the top five in the standings and win a
couple races, but we'll see how everything goes before we set too high of
goals," said Babb. "I'm really looking forward to going back to White
Mountain (Motorsports Park). We were going pretty good there before we broke
(in 2010)." The White Mountain 150 was Babb's only finish outside of the top
20 and the only event he did not finish.
Fellow Maine resident, Theriault has joined forces with Rick Paya
Motorsports (RPM) of Georgia, Vermont, during the off season. RPM has won
the ACT Late Model Tour Championship the past two seasons with driver Brian
Hoar. Theriault had a successful rookie season in 2010, earning his first
career top five with a second at Beech Ridge Motor Speedway. He also took
second in the rookie standings and seventh in the overall standings.
The 17 year old high school student took a break from his varsity wrestling
schedule this winter to join his new team at the 2011 Goodyear Speedweeks
Cup at New Smyrna Speedway in New Smyrna Beach, Florida. He started his
sophomore season early with a respectable 13th place finish in the Cup
standings with an 11th and 16th place effort in the two 100 lap events.
"I'm really looking forward to this year. I'm still just grateful to be
driving an RPM car," Theriault said. "We're still working on the team
chemistry with a brand new car."
Babb will kick off his sophomore season and Theriault will continue his in
the ACT season opening New Hampshire Governor's Cup 150 at Lee USA Speedway
in Lee, New Hampshire on Sunday, April 17.