Jason Gray wins 3rd DIRTcar Sabil & Sons Sportsman Modifieds
Seth Calson wins the USAC DMA Midgets
Twin State Ford of St Johnsbury VT feature winners were: Jason Gray in the Sabil & Sons DIRTcar Sportsman Modifieds, Jason Horniac in the DIRTcar Sportsman Coupes, Seth Carlson USAC DMA Midgets, John Neddo in the C.A. Miller Limited Late Models, Tyler Terry in the LaValley’s Building Supply Dirt Stockers, and Buddy Welch in the Peanuts Auto Four Cylinders.
In the DIRTcar Sabil & Sons Sportsman Modifieds Jason Gray once again comes from the final qualifying position capitalizing on some early lap cautions to use the restarts to make his way to the front and claim his third win of the season. Richie Simmons made his way to the pole position holding on until Gray knocked on his door on lap twenty-nine. Richie watched his chance at a win slip away as Gray cruised on to claim the checkers. Matt Lashua was the final one to complete the victory lane trio. Todd Buckwold and Jordan Fornwalt completed the top five.
The Wells River Chevrolet DIRTcar Sportsman Coupes was full of happy faces, with your feature winner and runner up having their best appearance to date. Jason Horniac coming from the third row was able to get Bob Shepard and move to the front for the win. Shepard held on for the bridesmaid position with Josh Harington coming home in third. Melvin Pierson and Jeremy Hodge completed the top five. Thomas Placey after flipping in his heat race was able to start the race from last and work his way up to the 8th place position.
Some familiar faces were back in action for the USAC DMA Midgets, with one doing very well, one being a hero surrendering his machine for the feature, and one who it seems if it weren’t for bad luck would probably have none it feels like. The man on the move was Seth Carlson who came from the tenth position, worked his way to the front, surviving the cautions to come home for the win, Justin Sheridan crossed the line in second with Manny Dias having one of his best finishes taking the final victory lane spot. Rookie Brandon Piastka and old-time veteran Jeff Horn rounded out the the top five. Horn was the one who faired the best for the familiar faces returning. Adam Whitney the worst breaking before the evening even started, and Joe Krawiec the hero surrendering his machine to Justin Phillips.
The C.A. Miller Limited Late Models and LaValley’s Building Supply Dirt Stockers had a combined field of thirteen cars for their main even, although eighteen were in the pits to start out the night. Mechanical problems both groups dropping their car counts to take the green for the feature. John Neddo grabbed the win for the C.A. Miller Limited Late Models with Todd Dunham and Nicholas Longley joining him in victory lane. Tyler Tremblay and George Osgood, doing it the hard way with no power steering rounded out the top five. Tyler Terry in his first appearance gets the win in the LaValley’s Building Supply Dirt Stockers with Michael Wright another newbie and Kaleb Shepard completing the victory lane trio. Lucas Wheeler crossed the line in fourth less than a hair width behind Shepard with Troy Prentice completing the top five.
They seem to be coming out of the word work to compete in the Peanuts Auto Four Cylinders, with thirty strong on hand for the main event. The number one objective for this many cars is to make damn sure you get qualified. Jason Porter coming from the final qualifying spot relegated to last weeks feature winner worked his way to victory lane, but was only able to make itto the third spot. Buddy Welch and Owen Carbee were the ones fighting each other to come out on top, at the end Welch was the one to grab the win with Carbee taking the 2nd place spot. Bobby Bell and Zach Audet completed the top five.
The Mike Estrada State Farm 4 Cylinder Enduro will return for racing action on Saturday July 25th.
The WYKR Sprint Cars of New England are scheduled to return on August 1st.
Racing action will resume this coming Saturday July 25th with our second State Farm Mike Estrada Four Cylinder Enduro. The night will offer a full card of racing for the 99Rock weekly racing series, with the Sabil & Sons DIRTcar Sportsman Modifieds, Wells River Chevrolet DIRTcar Sportsman Coupes, the USAC DMA Midgets, and the Peanuts Auto Four Cylinders. Sponsored by 95.3 & 107.1 The Wolf.The CA Miller Limited Late Models and the LaValley’s Dirt Stockers are off returning August 1st.
We are still working with limited fans in the stands with designating seating this coming Saturday July 25th. As per the designated VT state guidelines, we will continue to enforce social distancing and face coverings at all times. All people entering the property will be required to wear face coverings at all times and to be temperature checked. If you have a favorite section, you may want to reserve your tickets by emailing [email protected]. To order your tickets ahead of time email [email protected] by Friday August 24th. Any requests received after that cannot be filled, but tickets are available at the gate. We want to again thank everyone for their cooperation last night, we thinks went a bit smother than the first week, and from what we are hearing most fans are very happy to be back at the track, and are thankful for our efforts to keep all of us safe, we sincerely appreciate your understanding and continued support.
KEEP POINTS TO KNOW and REMEMBER we are working under the “arrive, play and leave” mentality. Groups may not gather before during or after activities (no tailgating, etc.). You will NOT be able to go into any section but the one your tickets are in. You will NOT be able to leave the grandstand area to go out to your vehicle. NO ONE will be able to come out of the pits to see you. You can NOT arrive before the gates open to save your seats. You will be required to provide your name and phone number for contact tracing purposes. Again we are working under the “arrive, play and leave” mentality.
General Admission tickets $12.00 adults, $10.00 seniors & teens, $2.00 kids. Pit entry fee is $25.00 for 2020 Registered members, and $30.00 for non-members- (plus the front gate fee) must be over the age of eleven to enter the pits.
Gates will open at 3:00pm gates and will be close at 7:00 pm. No entry will be allowed after that time. You will be required to enter your designated ticket area or pits immediately upon arrival, there will be no “tailgating” before the events. Racing will kick into gear at 6:00 pm(ish), based on track conditions. Once the events have concluded for the evening everyone will be required to leave the facility, there will be no “tailgating” after the events. Once you enter designated ticket area or the pits you will not be able to leave, (there will be no reentry), if you leave you will be required to leave the property immediately.
We are just as anxious as everyone is to get things back to our “new norm” until then we continue to work diligently within the Vermont State guidelines, to ensure that we are doing everything in our power to keep everyone safe, and sincerely appreciate your understanding. As we progress, we will keep you updated of any changes. Racing will kick into gear at 6:00 pm(ish), based on track conditions, and as always Visa and MasterCard are accepted.
April May and Butch are now on air with Stephen John for all the updates happening at the Ridge every Friday morning from 6:30 to 7:00 on WYKR.
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 and facebook at www.facebook.com/bearridgespeedway Questions can be sent to [email protected]
UNOFFICIAL RESULTS – 53rd Season of Racing Twin State Ford night
99ROCK Weekly Racing Series
Bear Ridge Speedway — Bradford, VT
Saturday July 18, 2020
Sabil & Sons DIRTcar Sportsman Modifieds (35 Laps)
1st 00 Jason Gray (started 21st)
2nd 34 Richie Simmons (started 10th)
3rd 18 Matt Lashua (started 13th)
4th 631 Todd Buckwold (started 11th)
5th 24 Jordan Fornwalt (started 22nd)
6th 42T Robert Tucker (started 6th)
7th 26 Jeremy Huntoon (started 7th)
8th 10s Ryan Christian (started 24th)
9th 5 Tanner Siemons (started 14th)
10th 98 Walter Hammond (started 12th)
11th 97 Alan Hammond
12th 91nh James Fadden
13th 20 Todd Hayward
14th 9 Michael Dunn
15th 86 Mike Ryan
16th 77 Wayland Childs
17th 51 Bryan Bigue®
18th 55 Cainen Schulz ®
19th 14 Nathan Locke
20th 4 DJ Robinson
21st 88 Walt Hammond
22nd 28 Josh Ruel
23rd 1d Wayne Stearns
24th 37 Todd Randlett ®
25th 92 Ricky Sanville
26th 23 Kevin Dickinson
DNS 27 Kyle Ashford ®
HEAT one: Kyle Ashford
HEAT two: Wayne Stearns
HEAT three: Walt Hammond
Semi Feature Winner: Wayne Stearns
Wells River Chevrolet Sportsman Coupe Feature (30 Laps)
1st 3 Jason Horniak (started 6th)
2nd 28 Bob Shepard (started 2nd)
3rd 71 Josh Harrington (started 9th)
4th 33 Melvin Pierson (started 8th)
5th 1 Jeremy Hodge (started 4th)
6th 09 Tad Kingsbury (started 17th)
7th 10 Ryan Christian (started 11th)
8th 22 Thomas Placey (started 19th)
9th 16 Brian Chaffee (started 12th)
10th 83 Will Hull (started 15th)
11th 4 Jeff Robbins
12th 50 Tyler Stygles
13th 21e Matt Ellsworth
14th 69 Alexander Pushee ®
15th 12 Cody Gregoropoulos
16th 18 Cody Copeland
17th 77 Robert Kilburn
18th 91 Alfred O’Haire ®
19th 23 Derrick Stearns
HEAT one: Bob Shepard
HEAT two Bob Kilburn
USAC DMA Midgets Feature (25 laps)
1st 4 Seth Carlson
2nd 17 Justin Sheridan
3rd 42 Manny Diaz
4th 7 Brandon Piastka ®
5th A1 Jeff Horn
6th 91 Wayne Koehler
7th 5 Tim West
8th 33 Melvin Pierson
9th 3 Will Hull
10th 50 Owen Carbee ®
11th 16 Justin Phillips
12th 55 Mike Netishen®
DNS 12 Adam Whitney
DNS 1B Joe Krawiec
HEAT one: Jeff Horn
HEAT two: Manny Dias
C.A. Miller Limited Late Model Feature (20 Laps)
1st 15 John Neddo
2nd 71 Todd Dunham
3rd 316 Nicholas Longley
4th 32 Tyler Tremblay
5th 17 George Osgood
6th 11 Matt Piper
7th 14 Jordan Martin
8th 61 Richard Downing DNS
9th 3 Deven Stearns
HEAT one: George Osgood
LaValley’s Building Supply Dirt Stockers (20 Laps)
1st 1 Tyler Terry
2nd 98 Michael Wright
3rd 0 Kaleb Shepard
4th 21 Lucas Wheeler
5th 78 Troy Prentice
6th 22 Michael Mann
7th 71 Jesse Dunham
DNS 34 John Duprey
DNS 3 Travis King
HEAT one: Michael Wright
Peanuts Auto Four Cylinders (20 Laps)
1st 65 Buddy Welch
2nd 5 Owen Carbee
3rd 13 Jason Porter
4th 24 Bobby Bell
5th 9 Jach Audet
6th 20 Pete West
7th 49 Kevin LaForest
8th 98 Tom Brown
9th 66 Robert Audet
10th 2 Taber Andrews®
11th 44 Logan Martin®
12th 33 Daniel Mears
13th 97 Cary Hunter
14th 55 Rick Stygles
15th 53 Travis Burroughs
16th 71 Sawyer Harrington®
17th 88 Joey Thibodeau®
18th 17 Shane Stygles
19th 89 Garrett Brown
20th 15 Colby Martin
21st 16 Tess Poitras
22nd 12 Devon Spinks
23rd 80 Eric Baker
24th 40 Tim Chase
25th 4 Shawn Bell
26th 54 Katie Burroughs
27th 29 David West
28th 22 Jonathon Baker
78 Jake StMartin (DNS)
3 Travis King (DNS)
HEAT one: Logan Martin®
HEAT two: Tom Brown
HEAT three: Jason Porter
Mike Estrada State Farm 4/6 Cylinder Enduro
Next event July 25th
WYKR Sprint Cars of New England
Off Returning 8/1
HEAT one:
HEAT two:
