Bear Ridge Speedway’s 47th consecutive season

BRADFORD, VT –With the snow is FINALLY melting, we are prepping the track, and beginning to spruce up the facility for the competitors and fans who are getting revved up to see the first green of the 2014 season on Saturday, May 3rd after the annual Bear Ridge Car show at the Bradford Jiffy Mart in Bradford VT. Before we swing open the gates be sure to check out the cars and stars at the 13th annual Upper Valley Car show this year being held at the JC Penney Plaza in front of the old Shaws in West Lebanon, NH. With drivers itching to hit the dirt this show is sure to pack a punch for the fans as those competitors participating in the show will be able to enjoy an exclusive practice.

Opening night for the 99Rock Weekly Racing Series could set the tone for the season for a few lucky competitors as double points will be on the line for all five divisions, making the action doubly exciting.
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Registration numbers high for the 2014 season

BRADFORD, VT – Bear Ridge Speedway Vermont’s Fastest Dirt Track, and the only DIRTcar Sanctioned track in New England seeing registrations higher than it has been in years, setting up the Ridge to be the best bang for your buck family entertainment once again for the 2014 racing season.

Opening night, May 3rd, the 47 consecutive season opener sponsored by KDD NAPA of Bradford, is gearing up to be the first of your weekly must see events this summer. Each of the six 99ROCK wfrd weekly racing series will be competing with double features for their double points, setting the stage for some edge of your seat racing excitement.
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Bear Ridge Press week of January 27th, 2014

Still Plenty of Bang For Your Buck At the Ridge

Affordable family entertainment at New England’s premier dirt track

BRADFORD, VT – Bear Ridge Speedway is offering affordable family fun and entertainment all summer long for the Connecticut River Valley. Conveniently located just minutes from Interstate 91 in Bradford, VT, Bear Ridge Speedway is New England’s premier dirt short track and the weekly home of the region’s top open-wheel and full-fender stock car racers.

The 99ROCK Weekly Racing Series invades the 47 year-old quarter-mile clay oval each Saturday night, May through September, at the famous “6:00-ish” starting time.
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99ROCK WFRD RETURNS AS WEEKLY RACING SERIES SPONSOR

Schedule set with race night sponsors returning for the 2014 season.

BRADFORD, VT – Bear Ridge Speedway announces the return of “99ROCK WFRD” as the Weekly Racing Series sponsor for the 2014 season. Our relationships with Chris and Heath has been working very well for us, and we are very pleased to be able to say the 99Rock weekly racing series will be pounding the dirt again at the Ridge in 2014.

The 2014 Bear Ridge Speedway 99ROCK WFRD weekly racing series will consist of the DIRTcar sanctioned Bond Auto Parts Sportsman Modifieds, the Wells River Chevrolet Sportsman Coupes, the USAC sanctioned DMA Midgets, the Laquerre’s Motorsports Limited Late Models, Weglarz Property Service Fast Fours, and the KDD NAPA of Bradford Ridge Runner Hornets. All divisions will be competing weekly and the USAC DMA Midgets on a by-weekly basis.
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Bear Ridge Speedway to Toast Champions at Lake Morey Resort

Donnelly, Williams, Krawiec among guests of honor at sold-out banquet

FAIRLEE, VT – Six stock car champions will be among those honored on Saturday, November 30th as Bear Ridge Speedway honors the stars of its 99ROCK Weekly Racing Series at a sold-out awards banquet at the Lake Morey Resort in Fairlee, VT.

Bond Auto Parts DIRTcar Sportsman Modified champion Chris Donnelly of Orford, NH will receive his seventh Bear Ridge Speedway Championship after a season long battle with runner-up Kevin Chaffee.
Veteran Terry Williams claimed the Wells River Chevrolet Sportsman Coupe title with one racing remaining, mainly by being consistently up front all season long.
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Donnelly Seals Bear Ridge Title With Crate Motor Nationals Victory

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Viets Tops Dirt Midgets, Pike wins Coupes

BRADFORD, VT – Veteran Modified stock car driver Chris Donnelly saved his best for last at Bear Ridge Speedway, winning the second annual Crate Motor Nationals and clinching the track’s 99ROCK Weekly Racing Series Title in the process. Donnelly, of Orford, NH, took the win in the last race of the season to wrap up the Bond Auto Parts DIRTcar Sportsman Modified track title
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