Bear Ridge Speedway
Bobby Bell makes it two wins in the Weglarz Property Service Four Cylinders
Bear Ridge Speedway’s 18th event of 50th season of racing.
The Lumberjacks helped make forty-eight lucky 2017 Bear Ridge Speedway active Kids Club members very happy as their number was drawn for one of the bikes donated by drivers, fans, and employees here at the Ridge on Spencer Rocke Memorial night.
Another new winner is seen in the DIRTcar Sabil & Sons Sportsman Modifieds, putting the number of different winners up to thirteen overall as Matt Lashua holds off the full field behind him. Making it to second but running out of time to set a challenge was Wayne Stearns with Adam Pierson on his tail finish in third. Richie Simmons and Mike Dunn Rounded out the top five. The impressive run of the night was by Jordan Fornwalt who thought his night was over when an altercation set him on top of the front stretch wall facing traffic. The Bear Ridge Speedway awesome wrecker crew were able to get the car off the wall without further damage and Fornwalt was able to return to the racing. Restarting in last he came back to finish tenth overall.
With the end of the season fast approaching and the points battle extra tight in the Wells River Chevrolet DIRTcar Sportsman Coupes racing has reached a feverish pitch as drivers try to defend their positions and point standings. Tonight, it would cost the second-place points stander his chance at winning a championship. The battle for the win was fought by Melvin Pierson and Chris LaForest Hayward with Pierson getting the win as he crossed the line ahead of LaForest. Jason Colbeth and Brian Chaffee crossed the line in fourth and fifth. Todd Hayward second in points going into the night would end up disqualified for unsportsman like conduct for deliberately dumping a competitor on the last lap, and dropped to fifth in the points standings.
With his third-place finish in the Laquerre’s Sports USAC DMA Midgets it looks like Dean Christensen will be crowned the 50 year of racing at the Ridge USAC DMA Midget Champion for 2017. Taking home the win was Joe Krawiec and joining them in victory lane in second was Seth Carlson. Adam Whitney and Derek O’Hearn completed the top five. The USAC DMA Midgets will return on September 23rd our final event of the 2017 season. Time trials will be awarded points, and feature start points will be the same for everyone.
In the C.A. Miller Limited Late Models Bryan Campbell gets his second win with Ryan Christian tight on his heals coming home in second. Kevin Dickinson grabbed the final victory lane spot. Wayland Childs and John Neddo rounded out the top five.
Bobby Bell gets his second win of the season in the Weglarz Property Service Four Cylinders as he beats out Buddy Welch and Jason Porter. Welch comes home in second with Porter taking third. Sean Perron and Peter Burt completed the top five.
The Wingless Auto Club were in town with a strong car count. Seventeen machines took the green for their twenty-lap main event. When the checkers waved Troy Comeau was seen crossing the line in first with Allen Hammond hot on his heels in second. Wad Prentice would take the final victory lane spot. Rick stone and Clay Dow rounded out the top five.
Bear Ridge Speedway’s 50th season of dirt car racing continues Saturday, September 16th with Dirt Track Championship night sponsored by Interstate Battery of Newmont 99ROCK ~ DIRTcar Sportsman Modifieds and Sportsman Coupes, Limited Late Models, Four Cylinders NE Dirt Track Championships (Double Points all Bear Ridge regular divisions) Time trials for Four Cylinders, Late Models Last night for Four Cylinders and Late Models plus visiting Granite State Mini Sprints. General admission for the 99Rock Weekly Racing Series is $10 for adults (age 18-61), $8 teens (12-17) and seniors (62+), and $2 for children; Visa and MasterCard are accepted. Racing begins at the famous “6:00-ish” start time.
Bear Ridge Speedway is as an alcohol free family friendly entertainment spot, with our goal to make each experience at the Ridge better than the last. Remember “Dirt where every lap is the last lap” we continue to offer the best source of good inexpensive high quality entertainment for families.
Bear Ridge Speedway is located off exit 16 of I91 on to Rte 25 west 1 mile to South Road up the hill to Kidder Rd. The green will wave every Saturday at 6:00 pm(ish). Be sure to check the web www.bearridgespeedway.com Questions can be sent to [email protected]
UNOFFICIAL RESULTS – 50th Season of Racing Lumberjack’s Spencer Rocke Memorial night
99ROCK Weekly Racing Series
Bear Ridge Speedway — Bradford, VT
Saturday September 9, 2017
Sabil & Sons DIRTcar Sportsman Modified Madness (40 Laps)
1 18 Matt Lashua
2 1D Wayne Stearns
3 15 Adam Pierson
4 10 Derek Graham
5 34 Richie Simmons
6 9 Michael Dunn
7 631 Todd Buckwold
8 73 Kevin Chaffee
9 3 Jeff Huntington
10 24 Jordan Fornwalt
11 63 Trevor Rocke
12 25 Billy Lussier
13 97 Terry Williams
14 98 Walter Hammond
15 4 DJ Robinson
16 42T Robert Tucker
17 92 Ricky Sanville
18 88 Walter Hammond
19 631x Earl Maxham
20 8 Stephen Lary
21 86 Mike Ryan
22 187 Tim Aldrighetti
23 77 Chris Clark
24 42c Josh Currier
25 40 Steven Flint
26 10s Ryan Christian
81vt Dan Johnston (DNS)
HEAT one: Mike Ryan
HEAT two: Todd Buckwold
HEAT three: Walter Hammond
Wells River Chevrolet Sportsman Coupe Feature (30 laps)
1 33 Melvin Pierson
2 56 Chris LaForest
3 5 Tanner Siemons
4 18 Jason Colbeth
5 16 Brian Chaffee
6 21 Matt Ellsworth
7 50 Tyler Stygles
8 2 Earl Maxham
9 28 Bob Shepard
10 15 Gene Pierson
11 42 Matt Lashua
12 77 Robert Kilburn
13 71 Josh Harrington
14 44 Tad Kingsbury
15 3 Jason Horniac
16 13 Buster Kathan
20 Todd Hayward (DQ’D unsportsman conduct retaliation dump of #3 on last lap)
HEAT one: Jason Horniac
HEAT two: Melvin Pierson
Laquerre’s Sports USAC DMA Midgets Feature (25)
Off returning 9/9/17
1 1B Joe Krawiec
2 2 Seth Carlson
3 69 Dean Christensen
4 12 Adam Whitney
5 5 Derek O’Hearn
6 42 Manny Dias
7 3 Will Hull
8 A-1 Jeff Horn
9 6x Mark Cole
10 10 Shilo Boyce
11 64 Robert Spino
68 Bobby White (DNS)
HEAT one: Manny Dias
HEAT two: Seth Carlson
Elliott Beverage Dash winner: Derek O’Hearn
C.A. Miller Limited Late Model Feature (20 laps
1st 12 Bryan Campbell
2nd 10c Ryan Christian
3rd 21 Kevin Dickinson
4th o2 Wayland Childs
5th 15 John Neddo
6th 52 Corey Kennison
7th 37 Donald Ottati
o4 Kelly Miller (DNS)
HEAT one: Ryan Christian
HEAT two:
Weglarz Property Management 4-Cylinder Feature (20 laps)
1st 24 Bobby Bell
2nd 65 Robert Welch
3rd 13 Jason Porter
4th 8 Sean Perron
5th 82 Peter Burt Jr
6th 71 Rodney Davis
7th 9x Joe Malzac
8th 2 Tim Davis
9th 62 Wayne LaBree ®
10th 6x Chris Cole
11th O Zachary Audet
12th 21 Harry Davidson
13th 17 Shane Stygles
14th 88 Jesse Durkee
15th 29J Justin Stockman
16th 83 Mike Sherburne
17th 66 Robert Audet
18th 73 Willie Rice
19th 27 Hunter Hannon
20th 0vt Kelly Miller
21st 12 Steve Bell
HEAT one: Wayne LaBree
HEAT two: Bobby Bell
