2019 the 52nd season Twin State Ford night wins go to Kevin Chaffee in the Sportsman Modifieds, Melvin Pierson in the Sportsman Coupes and Will Hull in the USAC Dirt Midgets
It was Twin State Ford/New Digs for Dogs night and the racing once again produced an action packed night at Bear Ridge Speedway. As has been the case most of the season the weather was not ideal with some mid evening mist and sprinkles, being more of an annoyance than anything. Kevin Chaffee copped his third win of the season the Sportsman Modifieds with Will Hull topping the USAC Dirt Midgets. Melvin Pierson authored a dominating performance in the Sportsman Coupes with John Neddo tops in the Limited Late Models and Jason Porter picking up the victory in the 4-cylinder Class.
The DIRTcar Sabil & Sons Sportsman Modified Feature event saw Stephen Lary take the lead at the drop of the green with Terry Williams moving to second and setting his sights on Lary early in the event. After a three lap battle Williams Used the high side to take the lead with eight laps complete, bringing Robert Tucker with him to second. A lap sixteen caution for a spin by Nathan Locke tightened the field with Matt Lashua moving to third shortly after the green reappeared with Tucker starting to fall back through the field. Meanwhile defending track Champion Kevin Chaffee was methodically working his way towards the front after starting in the 13th position. After a couple of Mid-race cautions Williams and Chaffee put on a fantastic battle for the lead with Williams running the low line and Chaffee up high. The duo ran side-by-side for the lead for nearly ten laps before lapped traffic came into play and allowed Kevin Chaffee to finally clear Terry Williams for the lead. From there Kevin Chaffee led the last five laps to take his division leading third win of the season. Terry Williams finished a strong second with Matt Lashua third. Tim Tucker and James Fadden completed the top five.
2018 track Champion Melvin Pierson put on a clinic in the Wells River Chevrolet DIRTcar Sportsman Coupes. Pierson took the lead from rookie Cody Gregoropoulos for good on lap five and steadily pulled away from the field, holding a large lead when the only caution of the race appeared for a backstretch incident involving Tanner Siemons and Josh Harrington, who were battling for second, with just two laps left in the event. On the final restart Pierson pulled away to take the impressive win. Chris LaForest crossed the line in second with Jason Horniak third. Todd Hayward, who started last finished fourth with Jeremy Hodge fifth.
When the USAC DMA Midgets took the green for the Feature rookie TJ Foster bolted into the lead. His lead was short lived however as a caution flew with two laps complete. When the green reappeared Justin Phillips took the top spot and held it until a restart on lap seven as veterans Dean Christiansen and Will Hull shot past Phillips and ran side-by-side for the lead for a few laps before Hull took the top spot using the outside, with the race going green the rest of the way Will Hull steadily pulled away to take his second win of the season. Dean Christensen was second with Joe Krawiec third. Seth Carlson and Jeff Champagne rounded out the top five.
The C.A. Miller Limited Late Models saw the return of defending Champion Ryan Christen, out since opening night due to a hot lap wreck. There was no magic for Christian though in the caution free event. Cary Moulton broke into the lead early and led the first ten laps before a 3 wide pass on the backstretch with John Neddo going high and Ryan Christian low, sandwiching Moutlon. When the trio exited turn four Neddo was solidly in the lead with Christian second and Moulton third. At the checkers it was John Neddo taking his fourth win of the season. Ryan Christian was second with Mike Santaw making a late race pass to finish third. Carey Moulton was fourth with Tyler Tremblay fifth.
The Peanuts Auto Four Cylinder Feature event was a wild affair that saw Jason Porter come from the rear after being involved in an early race incident to take the win, his first of the season. Kevin LaForest was second and Ricky Stylgles crossed the line third after leading the majority of the event but Stygles was disqualified after post race inspection moving rookie Westley Blake to third, Kyle Ashford to fourth and Mike Sherburne to fifth.
Bear Ridge Speedway’s 52nd season of dirt car racing continues Saturday, June 22nd sponsored by Wells River Savings Bank, featuring a full card of racing for the 99Rock weekly racing series, with the Sabil & Sons DIRTcar Sportsman Modifieds, Wells River Chevrolet DIRTcar Sportsman Coupes, C.A. Miller Inc Limited Late Models, and thePeanuts Auto Four Cylinders. Also on hand will be the Sprint Cars of New England and the second Mike Estrada State Farm 4/6 Cylinder Enduro of the season. The USAC DMA Midgets are off and will return to action June 29th.
Special admission pricing for the 99Rock Weekly Racing Series is $13 for adults (age 18-61), $10 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 – 52nd Season of Racing Twin State Ford night
99ROCK Weekly Racing Series
Bear Ridge Speedway — Bradford, VT
Saturday June 15, 2019
Sabil & Sons DIRTcar Sportsman Modifieds (40 Laps)
1 73 Kevin Chaffee
2 97 Terry Williams
3 18 Matt Lashua
4 91 Tim Tucker
5 91nh James Fadden
6 9 Michael Dunn
7 631 Todd Buckwold
8 24 Jordan Fornwalt
9 34 Richie Simmons
10 1d Wayne Stearns
11 42T Robert Tucker
12 2nh Tanner Siemons
13 86 Mike Ryan
14 6 Jeremy Huntoon
15 17 Jim Morgan
16 14 Nathan Locke
17 8 Stephen Lary
18 40 Steven Flint
19 14x Tyler Farnham
20 21d Randy Geake
21 78 Josh Ruel DNS
HEAT one: Steve Lary
HEAT two: Tanner Siemons
HEAT three: Terry Williams
Blackmount Equipment Buster Kathan Memorial Semi: Richie Simmons
Wells River Chevrolet Sportsman Coupe Feature (30 laps)
1st 33 Melvin Pierson
2nd 56 Chris LaForest
3rd 3 Jason Horniak
4th 20 Todd Hayward
5th 1 Jeremy Hodge
6th 12 Cody Gregoropoulos
7th 77j Robert Kilburn
8th O9 Tad Kingsbury
9th 16 Brian Chaffee
10th 18 Cody Copeland
11th 71 Josh Harrington
12th 66 Tim Churchill
13th 5 Tanner Siemons
14th 23 Derick Stearns
HEAT one: Tim Churchill
HEAT two: Tad Kingsbury
USAC DMA Midgets Feature (25 laps)
1st 3 Will Hull
2nd 69 Dean Christensen
3rd 1B Joe Krawiec
4th 2 Seth Carlson
5th 77 Jeffrey Champagne
6th 26 TJ Foster
7th 18 Mike Chaffee
8th 42 Manny Dias
9th 16 Justin Phillips
10th 7x Dan Douville
11th 11 Alex Rose
12th 50 Owen Carbee
13th 5 Rich Morroco
14th 23 Tim West
15th 17 Justin Sheridan®
HEAT one: Mike Chaffee
HEAT two: Dean Christensen
C.A. Miller Limited Late Model Feature (15 laps)
1st 15 John Neddo
2nd 10c Ryan Christian
3rd 72 Mike Santaw
4th 94 Cary Moulton
5th 32 Tyler Tremblay
6th 316 Nicholas Longley
7th 3 Devin Stearns
8th o4 Kelly Miller
HEAT one: Mike Santaw
Peanuts Auto Four Cylinders
1st 13 Jason Porter
2nd 49 Kevin LaForest
3rd 51 Westley Blake®
4th 60 Kyle Ashford
5th 83 Mike Sherburne
6th 8x Brian Putney
7th 87 Don Reynolds
8th 2 Amber Braley
9th 66 Robert Audet
10th 9 Zach Audet
11th 0vt Kelly Miller Jr
12th 65 Robert Welch
13th 34 John Duprey
14th 12 Devin Spinks
15th 27 Dustin Towle®
16th 5 Owen Carbee
17th 89 Garrett Brown
24 Bobby Bell (DNS)
23 Brian Lakin (DNS)
55 Ricky Stygles (DQ’d)
HEAT one: Westley Blake
HEAT two: Robert Welch
