Windham’s Babb finishes in top 30.

OXFORD PLAINS SPEEDWAY – At the Oxford Plains Speedway on Sunday, Eddie MacDonald made it back-to-back wins in the TD Bank 250. MacDonald became only the fourth driver to win two in a row in the race’s 37-year history. MacDonald took the lead on lap 203 from Brad Leighton after Leighton blew a tire. MacDonald held on to the end, beating Brian Hoar and Corey Morgan to the checkers. Brent Dragon was fourth and Leighton recovered for fifth. Rounding out the top ten were Nick Sweet, Patrick Laperle, Don Wentworth, Dave Pembroke and Ricky Rolfe, respectively.

NASCAR Nationwide Series point leader and Sprint Cup driver Brad Keselowski made a trip to Maine for the 250 and wound up 22nd at the finish, two laps behind the leader. After arriving at the track Sunday morning, Keselowski, who didn’t get to practice his car on Saturday as he was competing in the Nationwide race in Illinois, failed to qualify through the heat races and used the promoter’s option to make the field.

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Twenty-one-year-old Jeffrey Earnhardt, grandson of the late Dale Earnhardt, attempted to qualify for this year’s TD Bank 250, but struggled in his heat and consolation race and unfortunately was not given a free pace to the big show.

Also failing to qualify for the big race was Derek Kneeland. Kneeland, who grew up in Windham, made the trip North from his new home in North Carolina where he works full-time for Turner Racing and also is a spotter for Joe Gibbs Racing K&N East team. After starting eighth in the fifth qualifying heat, Kneeland barely missed the cut and certainly gave it a valiant effort in his “last chance” qualifying race. The former Beech Ridge racer looked like he was well on his way to making the show leading the first 15 laps of the 20-lap race before Keselowski made a daring and somewhat controversial move on a restart, which shuffled Kneeland back and allowed eventual winner Dale Verrill to take the lead.

Third generation Windham driver Brad Babb, son of Bobby Babb and grandson of Bob Babb, was able to qualify for the 250 lapper in his heat race and ended up 28th at the finish.