Travis with number one fan his son Kaiden. (click to enlarge)
Benjamin Motorsports are
the Atlantic Cat 250 Champions
This weekend the Benjamin Motorsports Irving racing team
headed North of the Border to Halifax Nova Scotia. One
Friday we were the fastest in
practice and before we could get qualifying in the rain came
and rained out Fridays races. On Saturday we returned to the
track and won our qualifying heat and that would put us on
the pole for the Atlantic Cat 250.
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Speedway. We qualified 7th a few weeks ago and then the rain
came. At the start of the race we ran in the top 5 until a
caution around lap 100 and we decided to pit for fresh right
side tires. We quickly got into the top 5 again and with 30
laps to go we got to 2nd and on the final restart we dropped
back to 5th and that's how the race would end.
start us 13th for the feature. During the feature the first
61 laps were caution free and we worked our way up to 8th.
On the next restart we dropped back to 11th and as the
skies started to darken we knew we had to make our move. On
lap 100 we were 5th and during the next 30 laps we got to
second and tried running down Johnny Clark but the rains
came and ended our chance of a win. But for the championship
we are now tied for the lead going into All Star Speedway in
Epping this Wednesday.The Benjamin Motorsport/Irving Oil team raced into Thompson International Speedway.
It was a great day for racing
and in the qualifying heat the team started 7th and would
finish third which would start the team 4th for the Full
Fender Frenzy 75 laps main event. For the first half of the
race Travis was
running in the top 5. With a caution on the final lap would
set up a green white checkered finish and as the checkers
flew we were 3 wide crossing the finish line and would end
up 6th. Another top 10 for the team and this weekend we head
north to Antigonish Nova Scotia and will race in the IWK 250
with Regan Smith and Aric Almirola.
BENJAMIN BIRTHDAY BASHES
It was like a big birthday party in the Travis Benjamin pit on Saturday. Race day was also his son Kaiden's first birthday.
“We came down last night to try and relax - me, him and the wife. We 
were going to try and go to Chuck E. Cheese this morning, but we didn't make it,” said Travis Benjamin. “So we're going to have a big party for him tomorrow. If we had been racing on his birthday party, I'd be in trouble. It's bad enough racing on his birthday.”
That wasn't the only birthday celebration that involved the Benjamin clan.
“There's another kid who cheers for me, Matthew, who is having his fifth birthday,” said
Benjamin. “So I went over and had some cake with him. After the heat race. It's everyone's birthday, so the pressure is on the run good.”