Brown Captures Regional Hilborn Tri State Race Saver Sprint Event at Bridgeport

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Sweedsboro, NJ August 13, 2016 - Dave Brown took the lead at the wave of the green flag and never looked back as he drove away from the competition to pick up a flag to flag win in the fifth hand of the Tanner Dairy Store/Thayer Performance 2016 Poker Series to pick up his first ace of the season. It was also a regional event for the Tri State Race Saver Sprints (TSRS) - a confidence builder for Brown who plans to travel to Nebraska in September for the national event. It was Brown's third win of 2016.

Brown had nothing but praise for his crew and sponsors. "If it wasn't for these guys," Brown indicated, "we wouldn't be able to run as competitively as we do!" Brown had high praise for his two man crew, made up of his dad and Damien and sponsors Ennis Oil, Fuels & Burner Service and D Capps Carpentry.

"We changed gears twice tonight," Brown explained. "The track was so heavy when we went out for warm-ups. It was kind of crazy - we ran our heats first and our feature last," Brown explained. "The track was completely different. I just watched the track."

Brown became the seventh different winner in Bridgeport TSRS competition and the fifth different winner in the Tanner Dairy Store/Thayer Performance Poker Series.

Mike Haggenbottom started outside Brown and finished second. After five hands in the 2016 Poker Series, Haggenbottom leads the way with three Kings. Haggenbottom has two Bridgeport wins this season - both Friday night races - but he has finished second on three different occasions in Saturday night events.

Haggenbottom was able to narrow the margin between first and second but Brown ran to the checkered unchallenged.

Eddie Wagner finished third after winning the first hand of the 2016 Poker Series. After all of the discussion throughout the day about the heat and humidity and the effect it would have on the drivers, Wagner claimed that when he's in the race car, he didn't even notice the heat. "I was actually hotter at six o'clock when I was grooving tires than I was in the race car," Wagner explained. "You don't even notice it while you're racing."

Tim Tanner was the fourth place finisher with the Tanner Dairy Store No. 18. In addition to competing with TSRS, Tanner brought his 360 sprint car along and took some hot laps in preparation for Tuesday night's Three for All event on the 5/8 mile track.

After running just outside the top five for most of the race, Joe Kay found himself behind the grandstand for the first time this season, picking up the fifth position in the final laps when Logan Diehl ran into mechanical difficulty.

Rick Stief, Brendon Poff, Diehl, Samantha Lieberman and Zach Burd rounded out the top ten.

The drivers of the Hilborn Tri State Race Saver Sprint Cars paid tribute to Bryan Clauson and Jim Campbell as they made their way around the 5/8 mile Bridgeport Speedway for the wave lap of their twenty lap main event on Saturday night. The "Missing Man" formation was used to honor both drivers. It was a day short of the one year anniversary of Campbell's fatal accident. Many of the cars carried bright green ribbons in honor of Clauson.

HILBORN TSRS 305 SPRINTS - 5th Hand of Poker Series (20 laps): 1. Dave Brown, 2. Mike Haggenbottom, 3. Eddie Wagner, 4. Tim Tanner, Jr., 5. Joe Kay, 6. Rick Stief, 7. Brendon Poff, 8. Logan Diehl, 9. Samantha Lieberman, 10. Zach Burd, 11. Bryant Davis, 12. Erika Palmai, 13. Douglas Snow