{"id":19548,"date":"2015-08-03T20:16:08","date_gmt":"2015-08-04T00:16:08","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/newenglandracingnews.com\/blog\/?p=19548"},"modified":"2015-08-03T20:16:08","modified_gmt":"2015-08-04T00:16:08","slug":"repeat-winners-in-the-dirtcar-sportsman-modifieds-and-dirtcar-sportsman-coupes-defying-the-attempts-of-mother-nature-rain-shorten-the-event","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/newenglandracingnews.com\/blog\/2015\/08\/repeat-winners-in-the-dirtcar-sportsman-modifieds-and-dirtcar-sportsman-coupes-defying-the-attempts-of-mother-nature-rain-shorten-the-event\/","title":{"rendered":"Repeat winners in the DIRTcar Sportsman Modifieds and DIRTcar Sportsman Coupes defying the attempts of Mother Nature rain shorten the event."},"content":{"rendered":"

\"BearRidgeLogo\"<\/a>Repeat winners in the DIRTcar Sportsman Modifieds and DIRTcar Sportsman Coupes defying the attempts of Mother Nature rain shorten the event.<\/strong><\/p>\n

BRADFORD, VT \u2013 Mother Nature tried and failed to wash out the show on Interstate Battery of Newmont\/JTB Towing & Recovery Night, but promoter CV Elms wouldn\u2019t have anything to do with it. Half way thru the features a strong shower arrived for about 20 minutes, an hour after it had stopped fast action resumed for some great edge of your seat racing on the \u00bc Bear Ridge Speedway clay oval.<\/p>\n

The Granite State Mini Sprints were on hand for their Lenny West Memorial Event. Twenty one cars took to the field in honor of Lenny West. In the 500 cc\u2019s lady luck was finally on his side, as Bob Griffin having struggled to figure out these mini beasts was finally able to capture the win the first in his career. Joining him in victory lane were Matt Hoyt and Brett Warren. In the 600\u2019s Richard Crooker continues to dominate as he claimed yet another win with Kyle Belliveau & Benjamin Bachand joining him in victory lane
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In the DIRTcar Bond Auto Parts Sportsman Modifieds Mike Gendron is able to join the elite club of multiple wins for season, as he claimed the checkers on the fast track after the rains. Gendron took the lead away from Gary Siemons and never looked back. Siemons was able to hold on to the runner up spot for only his third visit to the coveted victory lane. Richie Simmons was the lucky third place finisher joining the two in victory lane. Completing the top five were Kevin Chaffee and Derek Graham.<\/p>\n

The DIRTcar Wells River Chevrolet Sportsman Coupes got their feature in just before the shower came making for an exciting final two laps. The track would stay dry and the checkers were waved with Earl \u201cthe Squirrel\u201d Maxham claiming his third win of the season. Coming from midpack to join him in victory lane were Josh Harrington with only his third trip to victory lane for the season, still searching for that first win and Matt Ellsworth. Melvin Pierson and Jonathan Covey finished out the top five.<\/p>\n

This coming week Walker Motor Sales John Poor Memorial night is the DIRTcar Sportsman Coupe Madness night and to date the numbers show that they will be going for over $8000.00 in purse money!<\/p>\n

The USAC DMA Midgets return to action August 8, 2015.<\/p>\n

The Crazy Ed\u2019s Limited Late Models had to features to run, first making up their rained out Dennis Preston Builder night event. Matt Lashua was the big winner finally getting that monkey off his back as he was able to hold off the hard charges of Tim Martin. Martin came home in second with James Fadden grabbing third. In their regular event for the evening, the residual effects of the full moon made for one sild and strange event and finish. A next to last lap caution sent the leader Tim Martin to the pits with a flat tire and the person responsible to the rear. When the dust settled and the tower relined the field for the green checkers finish the person on top was Travis Smith. Smith was able to hold off the rest of the field to claim his first win of the season, a much overdue accomplishment. James Fadden came back to finish second with Martin getting his tire changed and coming back to finish third. Mike Rivers and Matt Boucher completed the top five.<\/p>\n

Jesse Durkee and Mike Ryan continue to swap the feature winner and runner up spot in the Weglarz Property Service\/F.M.S. Auto Parts Four Cylinders, this week the checkers waved for Durkee his fourth win of the season. Ryan held on to the second place spot with Jacob Roy coming home in third. Justin Severance and Sean Perron rounded out the top five.<\/p>\n

Bear Ridge Speedway\u2019s 48th season of stock car racing continues on Saturday, August 8th with our John Poor Memorial race sponsored by Walker Motors Sales with a full card of racing including the USAC DMA Midgets once again resuming their alternate week schedule. Plus it is Sportsman Coupe Madness with these drivers set to go for over $8,000. In purse money. General admission pricing applies for the 99Rock Weekly Racing Series at $10 for adults (age 18-61), $8 for teens (12-17) and seniors (62+), and $2 for children; Visa and MasterCard are accepted. Racing begins at the famous \u201c6:00-ish\u201d start time.<\/p>\n

Bear Ridge Speedway is located on Kidder Road in Bradford, VT, just off Exit 16 on Interstate 91. For more information, call (802) 222-4052 or visit www.bearridgespeedway.com.<\/p>\n

UNOFFICIAL RESULTS \u2013 Interstate Battery of Newmont-JTB Towing and Recovery night
\n99ROCK Weekly Racing Series
\nBear Ridge Speedway — Bradford, VT
\nSaturday, August 1st, 2015<\/p>\n

Bond Auto DIRTcar Sportsman Modified Feature (40 laps)
\n1st o1 Mike Gendron
\n2nd 5 Gary Siemons
\n3rd 34 Richie Simmons
\n4th 73 Kevin Chaffee
\n5th 10 Derek Graham
\n6th 15 Adam Pierson
\n7th 4 DJ Robinson
\n8th 11 Josh Sunn
\n9th OO Jason Gray
\n10th 24 Jordan Fornwalt
\n11th 42c Josh Currier
\n12th 42T Robert Tucker
\n13th 1x TC Forward
\n14th 9 Michael Dunn
\n15th 36 Brian Whittemore
\n16th 40 Steven Flint\u00ae
\n17th 12c Jamie Ferland\u00ae
\n18th 12 Steve Bell\u00ae
\n19th 10s Ryan Christian
\n20th 88 Thomas Kimball
\n21st 115 Tom Forward<\/p>\n

Wells River Chevrolet Sportsman Coupe Feature (30 laps)
\n1 43 Earl Maxham
\n2 71 Josh Harrington
\n3 21e Matt Ellsworth
\n4 33 Melvin Pierson
\n5 5 Jonathon Covey\u00ae
\n6 22 Thomas Placey
\n7 18 Jason Colbeth
\n8 8 Gene Pierson
\n9 28 Bob Shepard
\n10 44 Michael Danforth
\n11 2 Tim Hodge
\n12 16\/77 Brian Chaffee
\n13 24 Jeremy Beckley
\n14 3 Jason Horniak
\n15 14 Mitchell Frost
\n16 17 Todd Hayward\u00ae
\n17 13 Buster Kathan<\/p>\n

Blackmont Equipment Semi Feature winner: #21 Matt Ellsworth<\/p>\n

USAC DMA Midgets Feature (25 laps)
\nOff return to action 8\/8\/15<\/p>\n

Crazy Ed\u2019s Limited Late Model Feature (20 laps) top 3
\n1st 18 Matt Lashua
\n2nd 83 Tim Martin \u00ae
\n3rd 91 James Fadden<\/p>\n

1st 5T Travis Smith
\n2nd 91 James Fadden
\n3rd 83 Tim Martin \u00ae
\nWeglarz Property Management\/F.M.S. Auto Parts 4-Cylinder Feature (20 laps) top 3<\/p>\n

1st 88 Jesse Durkee
\n2nd 86 Mike Ryan
\n3rd 11VT Jacob Roy<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Repeat winners in the DIRTcar Sportsman Modifieds and DIRTcar Sportsman Coupes defying the attempts of Mother Nature rain shorten the event. BRADFORD, VT \u2013 Mother Nature tried and failed to wash out the show on Interstate Battery of Newmont\/JTB Towing & Recovery Night, but promoter CV Elms wouldn\u2019t have anything to do with it. Half […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"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":[],"class_list":["post-19548","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-bear-ridge","category-vermont"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/newenglandracingnews.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/19548","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\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newenglandracingnews.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=19548"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/newenglandracingnews.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/19548\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":19549,"href":"https:\/\/newenglandracingnews.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/19548\/revisions\/19549"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/newenglandracingnews.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=19548"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newenglandracingnews.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=19548"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newenglandracingnews.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=19548"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}