{"id":15160,"date":"2014-01-28T08:00:23","date_gmt":"2014-01-28T13:00:23","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/newenglandracingnews.com\/blog\/?p=15160"},"modified":"2014-01-28T05:20:46","modified_gmt":"2014-01-28T10:20:46","slug":"bear-ridge-press-week-january-27th-2014","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/newenglandracingnews.com\/blog\/2014\/01\/bear-ridge-press-week-january-27th-2014\/","title":{"rendered":"Bear Ridge Press week of January 27th, 2014"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Still Plenty of Bang For Your Buck At the Ridge<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><em>Affordable family entertainment at New England\u2019s premier dirt track<\/em><\/p>\n<p>BRADFORD, VT \u2013 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\u2019s premier dirt short track and the weekly home of the region\u2019s top open-wheel and full-fender stock car racers.<\/p>\n<p>The 99ROCK Weekly Racing Series invades the 47 year-old quarter-mile clay oval each Saturday night, May through September, at the famous \u201c6:00-ish\u201d starting time.<br \/>\n<!--more--><br \/>\nFive divisions of the 99ROCK Weekly Racing Series compete every Saturday during the 22-week schedule \u2013 the Bond Auto Parts DIRTcar Sportsman Modifieds, the Wells River Chevrolet Sportsman Coupes, the Laquerre\u2019s Sports Limited Late Models, the Weglarz Property Service Fast Fours, and the KDD NAPA Auto Parts Hornets.  The popular USAC Dirt Midget Association runs on a bi-weekly schedule, with special appearances the Granite State Mini Sprints (GSMS), and the WYKR Sprint Cars of New England (SCoNE).<\/p>\n<p>Regular general admission prices continue to hold steady for the 2013 season, as they have for more than a decade.  General admission for all regular events in the 99ROCK Weekly Racing Series remains just $10.00 for adults (age 17-61), with teens (age 12-16) and seniors (age 62+) at $8.00, and children age 11 and under admitted for only $2.00.  Special events, such as those that include the SCoNE Sprint Cars, are still very affordable, at $13.00 for adults and $10.00 for teens and seniors; children\u2019s admission remains just $2.00.  Pit admission for all events is an additional $15.00 for Bear Ridge Speedway, DIRTcar, SCoNE, and GSMS license holders or an additional $20.00 for non-members.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIn today&#8217;s economy you\u2019ll be hard-pressed to find entertainment that\u2019s perfect for the whole family at less than these rates,\u201d Bear Ridge Speedway promoter April May Preston said.  \u201cRacing is the number-one spectator sport in the country, and we encourage everyone to get out and see it \u2013 if you haven\u2019t been to the Ridge, make 2014 the year you check this off your bucket list!  The admission is affordable, the show is top-notch, the food is great, and the family-friendly atmosphere is just what you are looking for.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Bear Ridge Speedway\u2019s 47th season of stock car racing begins on Saturday, May 3, 2014.  \u201cThe Home of the Coupes,\u201d Bear Ridge Speedway is the Connecticut River Valley\u2019s most family-friendly entertainment spot, located on Kidder Road in Bradford, VT, just off Exit 16 on Interstate 91.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Still Plenty of Bang For Your Buck At the Ridge Affordable family entertainment at New England\u2019s premier dirt track BRADFORD, VT \u2013 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 [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":7,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_et_pb_use_builder":"","_et_pb_old_content":"","_et_gb_content_width":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[4154,200],"tags":[15804],"class_list":["post-15160","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-bear-ridge","category-vermont","tag-bear-ridge"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/newenglandracingnews.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15160","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/newenglandracingnews.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/newenglandracingnews.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newenglandracingnews.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/7"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newenglandracingnews.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=15160"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/newenglandracingnews.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15160\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/newenglandracingnews.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=15160"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newenglandracingnews.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=15160"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newenglandracingnews.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=15160"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}