b'RACERSPOTLIGHTTheres a special bond which racerstechnician at a Honda dealership. He said there are few parallels between working at the dealership and working on have with their cars. his own car. Working on the Camaro has strengthened the bond between Babb and his father, Doug.Ray Babb, the Mod (No Box) champion at International HotHis mother, Gloria, and girlfriend, Karrie Vargo, have also Rod Association (IHRA) member track Thompson Racewayhelped him enjoy an incredible amount of success including Park, drives a 1968 Chevrolet Camaro which has particularIHRA Summit SuperSeries Mod (No Box) titles at Thompson meaning to him. Raceway Park four of the past five seasons.As a 15-year-old, he and his father took it from a field where itIts turned into a good family hobby and I get a lot of support had been sitting for 20 years. As you would expect, there wasfrom my whole family, Babb said. Ive finished first in Mod in a lot of work to be done both internally and externally. Babb2015, 2017, 2018, and 2019.In 2017, I won the (overall) track first used it as his mode of transportation. championship. We bought the car in 1996 and after we got the car drive-able,He has also run in Top (Box) for some of the higher playing I drove it on the street, Babb recalled.When I received a fewevents at Thompson. He also finished runner-up in the IHRA speeding tickets, dad told me we had to either stop driving onSummit Team Finals at Keystone Raceway Park in 2011. the street or go racing.We decided to try racing and it just took off from there. In 2015, he reached the semifinals at the IHRA Summit Once they got working on the project, they built what BabbTeam Finals. described as a good size shop at home where they doHis ultimate goal is winning the IHRA Summit SuperSeries fabrication and machining. According to Babb, theyve beenWorld Finals, the most prestigious grassroots national building and improving ever since 1996. championship in drag racing. In third straight visit to the Babb, a 38-year-old from Conneaut, Ohio, works as an autoannual event at Memphis International Raceway, Babb showed he had the talent and the special car to finish amongst the very best bracket racers in the country.20'