Jason Gray Tops in the Sportsman Modifieds, Jason Horniak Rolls to Victory in the Sportsman Coupes
With lots of extra events on tap for the evening no time was wasted once the first green flag of the evening flew. Winners in the Weekly Rock99 Racing Series were Jason Gray in the Sportsman Modifieds, Jason Horniak in the Sportsman Coupes; Mike Chaffee was a first time winner in the USAC Dirt Midgets with Ryan Christian topping the Limited Late Models and Owen Carbee best in the 4-Cylinders. Also on hand for the evening were the Sprint Cars of New England Where Will Hull claimed the win. A 75-lap Enduro saw Eric Lindbled Victorious and all the kids had a great time as it was also Kid’s Bike Race night.
Just like last week, the DIRTcar Sabil & Sons Sportsman Modified Main event saw Jeremy Huntoon break to the lead on the initial start, leading the first three laps before Todd Buckwold took the top spot. A lap eight restart saw Buckwold once again break into the top spot with Robert Tucker moving to second. Meanwhile Jason Gray, who started 12thon the field had advanced to the third and started to gain on the front duo. With ten laps to go Gray slipped inside Tucker to take second and just a lap later the caution flew for Richie Simmons, who hit the backstretch wall after breaking his steering. On the restart Buckwold and Gray fought for the top spot for a couple of laps before Jason Gray took the lead for good to take the impressive win. Todd Buckwold was second with Jordan Fornwalt making a late race pass to claim third. Robert Tucker and Kevin Chaffee completed the top five.
The Wells River Chevrolet DIRTcar Sportsman Coupes saw Jason Horniak annex his second win of the season. Rookie Cody Gregoropoulos broke into the lead on the initial green, leading the first eight laps before Jason Horniak took the top spot. While Horniak repelled all challengers the battle for the rest of the top five was intense with positions changing nearly every lap. When the checkers flew it was Jason Horniak with his second win of the season. Todd Hayward was second after starting deep in the field with Bob Kilburn third. Tanner Siemons was fourth with Brian Chaffee fifth, good runs for both drivers after they were involved in separate incidents and had to come from the rear.
Mike Chaffee was the show in the USAC DMA Midgets, leading every lap to take win in a race punctuated by a single caution that involved five cars. Mike Netishen ran second most of the race, holding off the perpetual challenges for the spot by Justin Phillips, who was finally successful in his quest for second on the last lap to take the position at the checkers. Justin Phillips was third across the line with Adam Whitney fourth and Justin Sheridan completing the top five. The top point contenders didn’t fare so well as Seth Carlson pitted with mechanical issues and Will Hull was involved the five car incident in turn two ending his night.
The WYKR Sprint Cars of New England ran a fast caution free feature. Kurt Conklin took the lead early with Mark Cole running second. As the laps clicked off Will Hull began to close ground on the duo, arriving in third on lap nine and finally passing Cole for second on lap fifteen. From there it only took Hull three more laps to blast by Conklin for the lead and pull away for the win. In the closing laps the field behind Hull shuffled spots so at the checkers it was Will Hull with the win, Chris Donnelly was second with Mark Cole third, Kurt Conklin was fourth with Clay Dow rounding out the top five.
The C.A. Miller Limited Late Models saw Nicholas Longley lead the first five laps before Ryan Christian took the lead, it was all over from there as Christian rolled to an easy win in spite of a caution just before the halfway point. John Neddo was second at the checkers with points’ leader Tyler Tremblay third, Nicholas Longley fourth and Carey Moulton fifth.
In the Peanuts Auto 4-Cylinder Feature it looked like Zach Audet would get his first win as he led the first fourteen laps as the big guns worked their way to the front, running two and three wide most of the time. A scramble off turn four as the lead pack approached lapped traffic found Garrett Brown take the lead for a lap while Audet got shuffled out of the top five. As the flagman gave five to go Owen Carbee shot to the lead and held back all challengers to take the win. Buddy Welch was second with Jason Porter third. Kevin Laforest was fourth with Garrett Brown fifth.
The night concluded with a 75-lap Enduro where Eric Lindbled held off all challengers to take the win with Taylor Sayers second and Frank Putney third.
Bear Ridge Speedway’s 52nd season of dirt car racing continues Saturday, August 3, 2019 with the John Poor Memorial night sponsored by Walker Motor Sales, 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 with their MADNESS night, C.A. Miller Inc Limited Late Models, and the Peanuts Auto Four Cylinders. Plus the WYKR BRS Sprint Cars of New England. The USAC DMA Midgets are off and will return to action on August 10th.
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]
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UNOFFICIAL RESULTS – 52nd Season of Racing Lucky’s Trailer Sales night
99ROCK Weekly Racing Series
Bear Ridge Speedway — Bradford, VT
Saturday July 27, 2019
Sabil & Sons DIRTcar Sportsman Modifieds (30 Laps)
1 OO Jason Gray
2 631 Todd Buckwold
3 24 Jordan Fornwalt
4 73 Kevin Chaffee
5 42T Robert Tucker
6 18 Matt Lashua
7 2nh Tanner Siemons
8 86 Mike Ryan
9 6 Jeremy Huntoon
10 17 Jim Morgan
11 40 Steve Flint
12 3 Jeff Huntington
13 92 Ricky Sanville
14 8 Steve Lary
15 91 James Fadden
16 9 Michael Dunn
17 21d Randy Geake®
18 21 Jeremy Stygles
19 78 Josh Ruel
20 34 Richie Simmons
HEAT one: Jeremy Huntoon
HEAT two: Todd Buckwold
Wells River Chevrolet Sportsman Coupe Feature (30 laps)
1st 3 Jason Horniak
2nd 20 Todd Hayward
3rd 77j Robert Kilburn
4th 5 Tanner Siemons
5th 16 Brian Chaffee
6th 33 Melvin Pierson
7th O9 Tad Kingsbury
8th 23 Derek Stearns
9th 17 Ryan Christian
10th 18 Cody Copeland
11th 71 Josh Harrington
12th 12 Cody Gregoropoulos
13th 1 Jeremy Hodge
14th 56 Chris LaForest
HEAT one: Cody Copeland
HEAT two: Chris LaForest
USAC DMA Midgets Feature (25 laps)
1st 18c Mike Chaffee
2nd 16 Justin Phillips
3rd 5 Mike Netishen
4th 12 Adam Whitney
5th 17 Justin Sheridan®
6th 50 Owen Carbee
7th 23 Tim West
8th 91 Wayne Kohler ®
9th 1B Joe Krawiec
10th 77 Jeffrey Champagne
11th 26 TJ Foster
12th 3 Will Hull
13th 2 Seth Carlson
9 David Moniz (DNS)
HEAT one: Mike Chaffee
HEAT two: Jeff Champagne
C.A. Miller Limited Late Model Feature (20 laps)
1st 10c Ryan Christian
2nd 15 John Neddo
3rd 32 Tyler Tremblay
4th 316 Nicholas Longley
5th 94 Cary Moulton
6th 3 Devin Stearns
7th 21 Lucas Wheeler
8th OO Brandon Gray
HEAT one: Ryan Christian
Peanuts Auto Four Cylinders
1st 5 Owen Carbee
2nd 65 Robert Welch
3rd 13 Jason Porter
4th 49 Kevin LaForest
5th 89 Garrett Brown
6th 69 Jeffrey Martin
7th 9 Zach Audet
8th 0vt Kelly Miller Jr
9th 70 Josh Vilbrin
10th 73 Tim St John
11th 87 Don Reynolds
12th 60 Kyle Ashford
13th 51 Westley Blake®
14th 98 Tom Brown
15th 12 Devin Spinks
16th 29 Justin Carbee
17th 83 Mike Sherburne
18th 66 Robert Audet
19th 55 Rick Stygles
20th 75 Chase LaFoe
21st 23 Brian Lakin
22nd 47 Paige Whittemore
23rd 62 Wayne LaBree
30 Hayden Bishop (DNS)
HEAT one: Jeffrey Martin
HEAT two: Ricky Stygles
HEAT three: Owen Carbee
WYKR BRS Sprint Cars of New England Feature (25 laps)
1st 61 Will Hull
2nd 24 Chris Donnelly
3rd 6x Mark Cole
4th 45 Kurt Conklin
5th 58 Clay Dow
6th 5 Mike Kondrat
7th 69 Floyd Billington
8th 41 Rick Stone
91 Scott Holcomb (DNS)
HEAT one: Will Hull
Mike Estrada State Farm 4/6 Cylinder Enduro Feature (75 laps)
1st 44 Eric Lindbled
2nd 95 Taylor Sayers
3rd 88 Frank Putney
4th 35 Aren Keene
5th 13 Jason Porter
6th 80 Bob Racine
7th 4 Kelly Linton
8th 14 Geoff Durphey
9th 56 Chris LaForest
10th 17 Jason Langmaid
11th 77 Phillip Basaldr
12th 91 Tim Sherman
13th 19 Dan Allard
14th 7 Anne Rrancourt
15th 93 Derrick Root
16th 90 Corey Mossey
17th 79 Jon LaForest
18th 23 Mike St. Lawrence
19th 71 Chris Mooney
20th 2 Justin Blakley
21st 51 Danny Doyle
22nd 53 Travis Burroughs
23rd 74 David Wilder
24th 69 Collin Morse
25th 31 Adrian Langmaid
26th 18 Bruce Poirier
27th 97 Cary Hunter
28th 78 Dylan Bowen
29th 27 Logan Martin
30th 40 Shawn Bell
31st 70 Troy Duprey
32nd 92 George Wanner
33rd 30 Ryan Sayers
34th 87 Daniel Plante
