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Shannon Babb Racing
Competes in Soggy Illinois Speedweek... At Spoon River Speedway in Banner, Illinois on Wednesday night, a $20,000 top prize was up for grabs in the FloRacing Night in America Series lid lifter. Shannon Babb ran ran fourth in his loaded heat race prior to advancing four spots during the 50-lap feature en route to a solid ninth place effort. On Saturday evening in the $30,000 to win 'FALS Spring Shootout' at Fairbury Speedway in Fairbury, Illinois, Shannon laid down the fastest lap in Group B during qualifying before placing third in his heat race and thirteenth in the 60-lap headliner. Full results from both Spoon River and FALS can be accessed online by clicking on www.floseries.com and www.lucasdirt.com. (Josh James Artwork)
Official Comment from
Shannon Babb Racing Concerning Tire Sample We have always raced with integrity and take pride in how we present our racing team and represent our sponsors. We accept the penalty, respect the rules and hope that the sanctioning bodies continue to follow their policies and rules for all dirt late model competitors. Shannon Babb Racing will have no further comment on this matter and we are looking forward to continuing our 2026 racing season! (Josh James Artwork)
Folded Under Front Bumper
Dooms Babb at Brownstown Bullring...
Top Ten for Shannon
Babb in Lid Lifting Illini 100 at Farmer City!
Shannon Babb Wraps Up
2025 Season in Gateway Dirt Nationals
Babb to be Inducted
into National Dirt Late Model Hall of Fame! A throttle-stomping star whose skills were a perfect fit for the home-state bullrings of the Summer Nationals, the still active 51-year-old Babb has piled up 102 series victories, one more than his mentor and former teammate Billy Moyer. An upstart with hints of brilliance came in the mid-1990s, Babb caught fire and came into his own with major victories at Kentucky Lake Motor Speedway and Brownstown (Ind.) Speedway, then hit his prime, securing Summer Nationals titles in 2005-06 with 28 victories over two seasons. Driving for Bill Moyer Sr. and Ed Petroff much of his career, he became a national star with 25 national touring victories, captured DTWCs at two tracks and won two Dixie Shootouts and two Topless 100s. Overall he won four Summer Nationals crowns (also 2011 and ’14) and the 2004 title on the National Auto Racing Association that evolved into the Lucas Oil circuit. The Class of 2026, elected by a 75-member committee and set to join more than 200 drivers and contributors enshrined since 2001, will be inducted next August during the Sunoco Race Fuels North-South 100 weekend at Florence Speedway in Union, Ky.
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(May
10, 2026) From May 5-9, the Shannon Babb
Racing (SBR) team was slated to compete in five high-profile events
in the Land of Lincoln. Unfortunately, only two programs escaped
the wrath of Mother Nature, as shows at LaSalle Speedway, Lincoln
Speedway, and Farmer City Raceway were all rained out.
(April
28, 2026) The World of Outlaws ruling on
the tire sample taken from Saturday night’s Illini 100 at
Farmer City Raceway is unfortunate to say the least. The tire was
a National Late Model 2 that we purchased from the tire truck at
Farmer City Raceway at 3:00pm on Saturday April 11th. We cleaned
our tire with a degreaser and wiped it off to remove the factory
mold release coating from the tire. If we would have washed it off
and not wiped it off, it would’ve been ok. This resulted in
the tire not meeting the benchmark. We were honest with the World
of Outlaws on the degreaser used to clean the tire and the test
results that came back confirmed the components of that degreaser.
(April
25, 2026) Shannon Babb and his #18 team returned
to action on Friday night, April 24 at Brownstown Bullring in Brownstown,
Illinois. The MARS Late Model Championship Series presided over
their season opener last night in the Land of Lincoln and a $5,000
payday was up for grabs. Shannon stopped the clock ninth quickest
overall during the qualifying session and later blasted to the front
of his heat race to record the victory. After rolling off from the
inside of the second row for the start of the 40-lap feature, Shannon
had a good run going until his front bumper folded under and forced
him to retire in the sixteenth position. Complete results from Brownstown
Bullring can be viewed online at 
(April
12, 2026) Shannon Babb Racing (SBR) kicked
off their 2026 campaign on April 10-11 in the annual running of
the 'llini 100' at Farmer City Raceway in Farmer City, Illinois!
In Friday's $12,000 to win opener, Shannon Babb unfortunately failed
to transfer into the 40-lap feature after suffering a flat tire
in his heat race. On Saturday with a $25,000 payday up for grabs,
Shannon fared much better in finishing second in his heat race and
ninth in the 60-lap headliner. Full results from the entire World
of Outlaws Late Model Series-sanctioned weekend can be viewed online
by clicking on 
(December
7, 2025) From December 4-6, Shannon Babb
wrapped up his version of the 2025 racing season indoors at The
Dome at America's Center in downtown St. Louis, Missouri, as the
ninth edition of the 'Gateway Dirt Nationals' was held in front
of a huge grandstand crowd and a worldwide streaming audience. In
his $10,000 to win preliminary event on Thursday, Shannon laid down
the tenth quickest lap in Group B during qualifying, but an incident
in his heat race dropped him to an eleventh place effort. Unfortunately,
Shannon was done for the weekend following the wreck and was not
able to compete for the $70,000 first place prize in Saturday's
grand finale. Full results from the entire 'Gateway Dirt Nationals'
weekend can be found online by clicking on 
(October
19, 2025) Shannon Babb of Moweaqua, Ill.
and Earl Pearson Jr. of Jacksonville, Fla., plus Gary Crawford of
Independence, Iowa, the late Jimmy Edwards Jr. of Hope Mills, N.C.,
and Crossville, Tenn., racer-turned-analyst Randy Weaver were revealed
Saturday as 2026 National Dirt Late Model Hall of Fame inductees
along with three contributors at Eldora Speedway during the 45th
annual Tire Dirt Track World Championship presented by ARP.:: home | profile | schedule | sponsors | photos | store | crew | g-book | contact ::
