Jason Colbeth goes for a wild flip in the DIRTcar Wells River Chevrolet Sportsman Coupe makeup feature and comes back to finish 6th in the regular feature for the night.
BRADFORD, VT – The Sprint Cars of New England hit the Ridge for their fourth of seven events for the year. SCoNE veterans Chris Donnelly and Jacob Williams were no challenge for the new boy in town. Scott Holcomb hailing from Conn, having run in the New York ESS series is no stranger to the wings or to Bear Ridge Speedway, competing bi-weekly in the USAC DMA Midgets. It only took Holcomb 2 weeks at the Ridge to reacquaint himself with the Wings, finishing in victory lane his last visit and taking the win dominantly this week. Donnelly finished second with Jacob Williams taking third. Will Hull and Lacey Hanson completed the top five.
In the DIRTcar Bond Auto Parts it took Kevin Chaffee 32 laps to methodically charge from the back of the pack to take the point away from TC Forward. From there he sailed on for his fourth win of the season. Four different drivers held the point over the course of the feature with TC Forward holding the most but unfortunately not the last. Forward was able to hold on to third losing the runner up spot to Jason Gray. Gary Siemons was another point leader along with Mike Dunn, both coming back from heat race damages. Both would fall out of the top five as DJ Robinson and Robert Tucker crossed the line fourth and fifth.
The night started a bit rough for Jason Colbeth, as he went for a wild ride connecting with the infield tires midway in the Dennis Preston Builder night makeup race. Colbeth crawled out of his upside down DIRTcar Wells River Chevrolet Sportsman Coupes and made the long walk to the pits. His night appeared to be over, but Colbeth was not ready to call it quits. The car was righted hauled to the pits, and the crew worked feverously to get the car race ready. With a handful of laps left Colbeth jumped in and started up his machine with smoke billowing and finished the race coming home fourteenth. While working on the car the racing was hot and heavy as Tim Hodge did battle with Thomas Placey for the point position. Hodge was able to hold off Placey for the win with Melvin Pierson finishing third. Bob Shepard and Brian Chaffee completed the top five.
In the regular event the aged veteran Buster Kathan in the horned thirteen took advantage of his front row starting spot and a track just to his liking leading the charge for twenty five laps of the thirty lap main event. A popular favorite everyone would love to see Kathan win, and all thought tonight would be the night. Unfortunately having been denied the win in the first race, Thomas Placey was not going to fall for second a second time taking the lead from Kathan on lap 26 and went on to win. Kathan held on for second his best finish of the year with Jason Horniak in third. Jonathan Covey and Matt Ellsworth completed the top five.
The USAC DMA Midgets return to action August 8, 2015.
The Crazy Ed’s Limited Late Models were a bit short for the night with a small field of cars on hand. Wanting to give the drivers the opportunity to race but also mindful of fans and the need to ensure a good show for them, the Late Models ran a five lap shortened race. James Fadden claimed the win with Matt Lashua once again the runner up. Tim Martin completed the final victory lane spot.
It was all eights again in the Weglarz Property Service/F.M.S. Auto Parts Four Cylinders with Sean Perron in the 8 bringing the field to the green to start the race. This week though it would be Mike Ryan in the 86 grabbing the win with Jesse Durkee 88, coming home second and Perron falling back once again to third. Robert Welch and Jacob Roy rounded out the top five. Justin Severance had his worse finish of the season coming home eighth.
Bear Ridge Speedway’s 48th season of stock car racing continues on Saturday, August 1st sponsored by Interstate Battery of Newmont & JTB Towing and Recovery with a full card of racing, and the Dennis Preston Builder night makeup race for Limited Late Models. The Granite State Mini Sprints return for action with the Lenny West Memorial, plus Kids Bike Races. General admission pricing applies for the 99Rock Weekly Racing Series at $10 for adults (age 18-61), $8 for 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 located on Kidder Road in Bradford, VT, just off Exit 16 on Interstate 91. For more information, call (802) 222-4052 or visit www.bearridgespeedway.com.
UNOFFICIAL RESULTS – Perry Oil Service night
99ROCK Weekly Racing Series
Bear Ridge Speedway — Bradford, VT
Saturday, July 25th, 2015
Bond Auto DIRTcar Sportsman Modified Feature (40 laps)
1st 73 Kevin Chaffee
2nd OO Jason Gray
3rd 1x TC Forward
4th 4 DJ Robinson
5th 42T Robert Tucker
6th 5 Gary Siemons
7th 10 Derek Graham
8th 24 Jordan Fornwalt
9th 15 Adam Pierson
10th 42c Josh Currier
11th 34 Richie Simmons
12th 91 Tim Tucker
13th 10s Ryan Christian
14th O1 Mike Gendron
15th 115 Tom Forward
16th 11 Josh Sunn
17th 9 Michael Dunn
18th 79 Ray Johnson
19th 12 Steve Bell
20th 63 Trevor Rock
21st 40 Steven Flint
22nd 36 Brian Whittemore
23rd 88 Thomas Kimball
24th 12c Jamie Ferland
Blackmont Equipment Semi Feature winner: #91 Tim Tucker
Wells River Chevrolet Sportsman Coupe Feature (30 laps)
1st 22 Thomas Placey
2nd 13 Buster Kathan
3rd 3 Jason Horniak
4th 5 Johnathan Covey
5th 21e Matt Ellsworth
6th 18 Jason Colbeth
7th 28 Bob Shepard
8th 2 Tim Hodge
9th 71 Josh Harrington
10th 8 Gene Pierson
11th 33 Melvin Pierson
12th 43 Earl Maxham
13th 16/77 Brian Chaffee
14th 17 Todd Hayward
15th 24 Jeremy Beckley
16th 44 Michael Danforth
17th 11 Martin Mastic
18th 14 Mitchell Frost
USAC DMA Midgets Feature (25 laps)
Off return to action 8/8/15
Crazy Ed’s Limited Late Model Feature (15 laps) top 3
1st 91 James Fadden
2nd 18 Matt Lashua
3rd 83 Tim Martin ®
Weglarz Property Management/F.M.S. Auto Parts 4-Cylinder Feature (20 laps) top 3
1st 86 Mike Ryan
2nd 88 Jesse Durkee
3rd 8 Sean Perron