by Jay | Sep 15, 2012 | Bear Ridge, Dirt Track, Vermont
3rd annual New England Dirt Track Championships on Sept. 22
Bear Ridge Speedway will host back-to-back headline events to close out its 45th anniversary dirt track stock car racing season. The third annual New England Dirt Track Championships presented by Perry Oil Service and 99ROCK will be held on Saturday, September 22, and a special event has been added on Saturday, September 29, presented by Woodsville Guaranty Savings Bank.
The double-points New England Dirt Track Championships on September 22 will feature a special 50-lap, $750-to-win race for the Bond Auto Parts DIRTcar Sportsman Modifieds. Multi-time champions Chris Donnelly of Piermont, NH and Adam Pierson of Fairlee, VT won the first two editions in 2010 and 2011; they’ll be challenged by Kevin Chaffee, Justin Comes, Jason Gray, Derek Graham, Gary Siemons, and many others.
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by Jay | Aug 5, 2012 | Bear Ridge, Dirt Track, Photos, Vermont
Sunn nips Pierson in Modifieds, Colbeth dominates Coupes; Fornwalt in Late Model photo finish
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The youth movement continued its ascent to the top of the 99ROCK Weekly Racing Series stock car program at Bear Ridge Speedway on Interstate Batteries of New-Mont/JTB Towing & Recovery Night on Saturday. New stars Josh Sunn, Jason Colbeth, and Jordan Fornwalt took center stage in three electrifying finishes to light up the night.
Sophomore campaigner Sunn, of White River Junction, VT, posted his third Bond Auto Parts DIRTcar Sportsman Modified win of the year in a narrow finish with defending champion Adam Pierson. After rookie Josh Currier of Newport, NH lead the opening 12 circuits of the 40-lap event, fellow first-year driver Robert Tucker of Topsham, VT took command. Tucker was under fire from Sunn, who raced from ninth place at the start, just as the second and final caution flag flew with only six laps remaining.
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by Jay | Jul 29, 2012 | Bear Ridge, Vermont
Bear Ridge Speedway Doubleheader Washed Out
SCoNE Sprints, USAC Midgets to be rescheduled
BRADFORD, VT – Mother Nature wasn’t a race fan at Bear Ridge Speedway on Saturday night, washing out the Perry’s Oil Service doubleheader event that was to feature the WYKR Sprint Cars of New England and the USAC Dirt Midget Association along with a full card for the 99ROCK Weekly Racing Series.
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by Jay | Jul 20, 2012 | Bear Ridge, Dirt Track, New England, Vermont
Second-Half Push Begins at Bear Ridge Speedway on Saturday
Title fights heating up after last week’s Mid-Season Championships
Dirt track stock car drivers at Bradford, VT’s Bear Ridge Speedway are beginning to see the light at the end of the tunnel, now that the 21-week season has passed the halfway point. Several drivers from the 99ROCK Weekly Racing Series are beginning to make serious rallies toward the front of their divisions in hopes to play the roles of championship spoilers.
Entering Saturday’s Dennis Preston Builders-sponsored event, the best average finish in the headline Bond Auto Parts DIRTcar Sportsman Modified division belongs to former three-time champion Gary Siemons of Orford, NH. With a 5.0 average, Siemons is the only full-time driver to have posted a top-ten finish in all of his starts in 2012. He dug a hole for himself on opening night in May by not making the call for the event’s feature race, and trails leaders Adam Pierson, Kevin Chaffee, and Derek Graham as a result, but Siemons won on Jiffy Mart of Bradford Night in June, has three additional podium finishes, and remains the most consistent driver in the Modified division.
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by Jay | Jul 7, 2012 | Bear Ridge, Dirt Track, New England, Vermont
Horniak ends Coupe skid; Holcomb hangs on for USAC Midget win
Stock car racing champion Chris Donnelly became the first repeat winner of the season in the Bond Auto Parts DIRTcar Sportsman Modified division in the 99ROCK Weekly Racing Series on Bond Auto Parts Night at Bear Ridge Speedway on Saturday. Donnelly slipped into the annual Modified “Madness” event win with a strong car and a little luck in the race’s three 40-lap segments.
The Piermont, NH driver posted finishes of sixth and second in the first two rounds of the cumulatively-scored race, entering the final 40-lap leg with eight points and trailing Kevin Chaffee and Jason Gray. Fairlee, VT racer Chaffee won the first segment in a wildly competitive and caution-free run that saw five lead changes in heavy lapped traffic, then finished fourth in the second leg for five total points. Gray, of East Thetford, VT, was fifth in the first round, then dominated the second segment from the 14th starting position to win by nearly half a lap, totaling six points.
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