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45 PRELIMINARY DATES
SET FOR 2012 AMSOIL NATIONAL SPRINT CAR SERIES

“Bubba’s Winter Dirt Games” at Bubba Raceway Park in Ocala, Fla.in February kick off an ambitious 45-race 2012 calendar for USAC’s AMSOIL National Sprint Cars, with every race on the calendar offering a minimum of $5,000-to-win and $500-to-start and special events offering accelerated purses.

Major events will include the traditional “Budweiser Oval Nationals” at Perris (Calif.) Auto Speedway, which will conclude the campaign, plus the five-race “Eastern Storm” in June, a new three-night “Sprint Car Smackdown” at the Kokomo (Ind.) Speedway and a two-night “Ultimate Challenge” special event at the Southern Iowa Speedway in Oskaloosa which will wrap up a five-race mid-America swing in Iowa, Nebraska and Missouri.

Return engagements include the seven-race Indiana Sprint Week in July, Terre Haute’s “Tony Hulman Classic,” the “4-Crown Nationals” at Rossburg, Ohio, and September specials at Haubstadt and Lawrenceburg, Ind.

Additional new venues include Pontoon Beach, Ill., Cameron, Mo., Wilmot, Wisc., West Memphis, AR and Hartford, Mich. and return visits to tracks which had USAC debuts rained out in 2011 – Port Royal, Pa. and Eagle, Neb.

A two-night extravaganza at Dodge City (Kans.) Raceway Park concludes the Midwest and Central America part of the schedule in October.

2012 USAC AMSOIL NATIONAL SPRINT CAR SCHEDULE

Date Location/Track

February 9 Ocala, FL/Bubba Raceway Park
February 10 Ocala, FL/Bubba Raceway Park
February 11 Ocala, FL/Bubba Raceway Park
April 14 Lawrenceburg, IN/Lawrenceburg Speedway
April 20 Gas City, IN/Gas City I-69 Speedway
April 21 Rossburg, OH/Eldora Speedway
April 28 Putnamville, IN/Lincoln Park Speedway
May 12 Haubstadt, IN/Tri-State Speedway
May 18 Bloomington, IN/Bloomington Speedway
May 24 Terre Haute, IN/Terre Haute Action Track
June 4 #Sarver, PA/Lernerville Speedway
June 5 #Bechtelsville, PA/Grandview Speedway
June 7 #New Egypt, NJ/New Egypt Speedway
June 8 #Minersville, PA/Big Diamond Speedway
June 9 #Port Royal, PA/Port Royal Speedway
June 23 Wilmot, WI/Wilmot Raceway
June 24 Sun Prairie, WI/Angell Park Speedway
July 13 @Gas City, IN/Gas City I-69 Speedway
July 14 @Kokomo, IN/Kokomo Speedway
July 15 @Lawrenceburg, IN/Lawrenceburg Speedway
July 18 @Terre Haute, IN/Terre Haute Action Track
July 19 @Putnamville, IN/Lincoln Park Speedway
July 20 @Bloomington, IN/Bloomington Speedway
July 21 @Haubstadt, IN/Tri-State Speedway
August 3 Eagle, NE/Eagle Raceway
August 4 Grain Valley, MO/Valley Speedway
August 5 Cameron, MO/US 36 Raceway
August 6 Oskaloosa, IA (SE)/Southern Iowa Speedway
August 7 Oskaloosa, IA (SE)/Southern Iowa Speedway
August 11 Hartford, MI/Hartford Motor Speedway
August 23 Kokomo, IN/Kokomo Speedway
August 24 Kokomo, IN/Kokomo Speedway
August 25 Kokomo, IN/Kokomo Speedway
September 1 Terre Haute, IN/Terre Haute Action Track
September 7 Pontoon Beach, IL (T)/Tri-City Speedway
September 8 West Memphis, AR/Riverside International Speedway
September 15 Haubstadt, IN/Tri-State Speedway
September 22 Rossburg, OH/Eldora Speedway
September 29 Lawrenceburg, IN/Lawrenceburg Speedway
October 19 Dodge City, KS/Dodge City Raceway Park
October 20 Dodge City, KS/Dodge City Raceway Park
October 26 Peoria, AZ/Canyon Speedway Park
October 27 Peoria, AZ/Canyon Speedway Park
November 2 Perris, CA/Perris Auto Speedway
November 3 Perris, CA/Perris Auto Speedway

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MOORESVILLE, N.C. (December 5, 2011) – Penske Racing announced today that it has reached a mutual agreement with driver Kurt Busch to end its driver/race team relationship, effective immediately.

The team will evaluate its options for the driver of the No. 22 Sprint Cup Series car in the future while Busch will seek new opportunities with another race team.

"I appreciate the victories that Kurt has brought Penske Racing and our sponsors over the past six years," said Roger Penske. "While I am disappointed that Kurt will not be racing for our team in the future, both Kurt and I felt that separating at this time was best for all parties, including our team and sponsors. I wish Kurt the best in his future racing endeavors."

“I am grateful to Penske Racing for six very productive years,” said Busch. “Together we won a lot of races -16 in all. Leaving a great organization and a lucrative contract is not easy, but it’s an important step for me and allows me to take a deep breath to work on things that can make me a better driver and a better person. I want to personally thank Roger Penske for the opportunity that he has given me.”

Penske Racing is one of the most successful teams in the history of professional sports. Competing in a variety of disciplines, cars owned and prepared by Penske Racing have produced 350 major race wins, 412 pole positions and 23 National Championships.

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OAKS, PA November 23, 2011 . . . A sprint car racing legend, a former sprint racing star turned TV personality and an author/TV broadcaster will be appearing at the Motorsports 2012 Presented by VP’s SEF Small Engine Fuels Race Car and Trade Show set for January 20-22nd at the Greater Philadelphia Expo Center in Oaks, PA.
Hall of Fame sprint car racer Doug Wolfgang will join Brad Doty and Dave Argabright as the trio meets fans and sign autographs as part of the Coastal 181 display area at the show both on Friday and Saturday.
Wolfgang, winner of 107 World of Outlaws sprint car feature races, will be talking about his “Lone Wolf” book that will be available at the Coastal 181 display. The book, written by Wolfgang and Argabright, covers Doug’s five Knoxville Nationals wins and his long sprint car racing career. Wolfgang will also host a FREE sprint car chassis set-up seminar during the show.
Doty will have copies of his new “Still Wide Open”( second edition) book written with Dave Argabright. It is one of the most inspiring and powerful books in all of motorsports. Doty is a member of the SPEED television crew that covers a number of sprint car racing events.
The third member of the trio is one of the most prolific writers in the motorsports business and is a talented TV broadcaster. Argabright has written books on a number of key people in the industry and is currently finalizing a novel on the sport. He hopes to have that new book available at the show.
All three are looking forward to having the opportunity to chat with fans at the 27th edition of the Motorsports show which is organized by Len Sammons Productions and fills all 255,000 square feet of the Greater Philadelphia Expo Center with everything motorsports.
More than 200 racing vehicles representing just about all forms of the sport will be on display throughout the three days.
Show attendees will have the opportunity to meet many local, regional and national motorsports figures and be able to participate in free autograph sessions.
More than 600 exhibit booths offering 400 plus racing dealers, hardcore manufacturers of racing equipment, and more will be part of the huge show considered the biggest and best of its type in the Northeastern and Mid-Atlantic states.
There will be free industry seminars, antique race car displays, stage shows, interviews with major figures in the sport, the BPG Racing Ms. Motorsports Contests, the special Metal Fab sponsored Sunday activities for youngsters and so much more.
Information on exhibiting in the show, booth space is filling very quickly, can be had by telephoning Tim Hogue at 609.888.3618.
Show information, ticket prices and more can be had by checking in at www.aarn.com.
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INDIANAPOLIS, Wednesday, Nov. 23, 2011 - Jim Rathmann, winner of both the 1960 Indianapolis 500 and the international 500-mile "Race of Two Worlds" in 1958 at Monza, Italy, died Wednesday, Nov. 23.
Rathmann passed away in a hospice in Melbourne, Fla., nine days after suffering a seizure at his home. He was 83.
Rathmann, who was inducted into the Auto Racing Hall of Fame in 1993 and the Motorsports Hall of Fame in 2007, already was a three-time runner-up in the "500" (1952, 1957 and 1959) when he scored his greatest victory. And if the 1960 race, with its record 29 lead changes, was not the finest "500" ever held, there can be no question that Rathmann's epic two-hour duel with defending winner Rodger Ward continues to stand out as the Speedway's greatest sustained two-man battle of all time.
For the entire second half of that never-to-be-forgotten classic, Rathmann and Ward were rarely any more than a few feet from each other, exchanging the lead 14 times between them. That number could have been considerably more had not tire wear played into the equation. Long before the days of computer-generated race strategies, two-way radio communication, spotters, and Pace Car-led pack-ups during caution periods, these two wily veterans pretty much had to figure it out for themselves, aided only by a pit board message flashed to them every minute or so.
Ward, an early leader, had stalled on his first of three planned stops, losing at least a half-minute. He raced hard to regain lost ground and caught up with Rathmann just before the halfway mark, fully cognizant that in the process he had placed undue stress on his tires. They swapped the lead several times before Ward decided to run behind Rathmann for a while and let him dictate the pace, both aware that third-placed Johnny Thomson was running a comfortable margin behind them. That was until the pit board signs began advising them that the advantage was shrinking. When it fell to only 10 seconds, they determined it was time to go.
The lead changed hands six more times in the final 30 laps until Ward happen to notice tell-tale discoloration appearing in the center of his right front tire, indicating that the cords were about to show through. He led as late as Lap 197 before reluctantly slowing down to salvage second as a greatly relieved Rathmann nursed his ailing tiresto the finish and won at a record average speed of 138.767 mph.
Had Ward prevailed, Rathmann, who led exactly half of the 200 laps that day, would have held the dubious distinction of being history's only four-time runner-up at Indianapolis.
As an illustration of just how different things were in those days, the winning Ken-Paul Special was a brand new Offenhauser-powered car Rathmann had commissioned from his old friend A. J. Watson on behalf of Rathmann's partners, Kenny Rich and Paul Lacy. Rathmann and his chief mechanic, Chickie Hirashima, drove a station wagon out to Watson's shop in Glendale, Calif., to pick up the car whereupon they loaded it on to an open trailer and then towed it back to the Midwest themselves. More than rewarded by the eventual first-place prize money checks totaling a record $110,000, Rathmann later estimated the entire investment at only $35,000.
Born in Los Angeles on July 16, 1928, Rathmann started life as Royal Richard Rathmann, becoming "Jim" in the immediate post World War II years when he began racing hot rods as an underage teenager. He borrowed the identity of his two-and-half-year older brother, James, who later raced extensively and won the 1958 "500" pole position as "Dick" Rathmann. Although they were later to modify their dates of birth from time to time, they thankfully avoided further confusion by never professionally using their given names as they appeared on their driver's licenses and so forth, Richard Rathmann known for the remainder of his life as Jim, and James as Dick.
A contemporary, since his earliest racing days, of Troy Ruttman, Jack McGrath, Pat Flaherty, Don Freeland, Andy Linden and numerous other "500" stars of the future, Jim Rathmann moved to Chicago in 1948 to race hot rods with Andy Granatelli's Chicago-based Hurricane Hot Rod Association.
In 1949, Rathmann, Ruttman and Flaherty all made their Indianapolis debuts, Flaherty (who missed the show) being, at 23, the only one legally over 21. Rathmann, claiming to be 24, but really only 20, took his "rookie" test in a car he owned himself, but sponsored by Grancor Corporation, the hot rod business belonging to and operated by the Granatelli brothers. Rathmann ended up qualifying the Pioneer Auto Repair Special for John "The Popper" Lorenz and finishing 11th.
In 1952, driving for the Granatelli brothers, Rathmann finished second in the "500," beaten only by Troy Ruttman, his boyhood friend and fellow hotrod club member.
Rathmann, who was also runner-up to Sam Hanks in 1957 and to Ward in 1959, drove in a total of 14 Indianapolis 500 Mile Races between 1949 and 1963, leading at some stage during six of them for a total of 153 laps. At the time of his retirement in May 1964, he had completed 2,295 laps in competition and was within less than a full race of claiming the all-time record, only Cliff Bergere (2,452 laps) and Mauri Rose (2,420 laps) having completed a greater number.
Having travelled to Monza for the invitational 500-miler in 1957 merely as a potential relief driver since his regular car owner, Lindsey Hopkins had chosen not to send a car, Rathmann brokered a deal for the 1958 contest.
Underwritten by Bob Wilke of Leader Cards, sponsor of his recent fifth-place effort with Hopkins at Indianapolis, Rathmann leased a car from John Zink, retaining Zink's chief mechanic, Watson, another of Rathmann's hot rod cronies from the late 1940s. The 500-mile race at the steeply-banked and bone-jarring 2.64-mile concrete bowl was divided into three legs, with intervals between each. Rathmann won all three and was the undisputed overall winner at the incredible average speed of 166.722 mph.
That association led to Wilke forming the Leader Card Racing Team, with Watson leaving Zink to head up the operation and build new cars. At one point, Leader Card intended running a two-driver team, with Rathmann joining Ward. Then Hopkins made an arrangement to purchase the second brand-new "Watson" for Rathmann, Ward going on to win, with Rathmann recording his third runner-up finish.
By the time the 1959 "500" was held, Rathmann had further demonstrated his great skill and bravery by winning a 100-mile USAC National Championship race April 4 at the brand-new Daytona International Speedway. Far better suited to the NASCAR stock cars, which had ushered in the Daytona 500 in February with Lee Petty winning the caution-free inaugural at 135.521 mph, Rathmann ripped off the 100 miles in the astonishing time of only 35 minutes. Scrunched down in the cockpit of his fish-tailing front-engined Offenhauser-powered Watson "roadster" and wearing a short-sleeved polo shirt with only an open-faced Cromwell-type helmet for protection, he averaged a breathtaking 170.261 mph.
Three-times the Midwest hot rod champion (1948, 1950 and 1951) and third-ranking AAA stock car driver of 1955, the diversified Rathmann was one of the first oval track specialists to dabble in sports car racing, taking part in the Sebring 12 Hours three times (sharing the 12th place-finishing and class-winning Corvette with Dick Doane in 1958) and racing several times at Nassau. He was even down to drive the Tec-Mec Maserati at the inaugural Formula One Grand Prix of the United States at Sebring in 1959 although he ended up not competing. He twice ran in the Carrera Panamericana, sharing an Oldsmobile in 1952 with Frank "Rebel" Mundy, and he even took part in the Miami-Nassau powerboat race one year, sustaining a broken foot along the way while trying to fix a mechanical problem.
An entrepreneur from his earliest days, Rathmann graduated from a paper route to running a hot rod shop while still in his teens. A muffler shop in Chicago was followed by a speed shop in Miami, a used car business and eventually a huge Cadillac and Chevrolet dealership in Melbourne, Fla., the latter being contingent upon his retirement, an agreement upon which he "fudged" for at least two more years.
There was also a very successful go-kart business which produced the highly sought-after Rathmann Xterminator and even an adventuresome episode of his life in which he held the rights toretrieving centuries-old treasure chests, firearms and cannons from sunken pirate ships off the coast of Florida.
Close friends with all of the early astronauts, Rathmann actually pulled off a most unlikely coup by having one of them discreetly affix a Rathmann car dealership decal to the famous golf cart which was driven on the surface of the moon! Yet another venture was the G.C.R. Corporation team which contested the USAC championship series in 1966 and 1967, the "G" being for Gus Grissom, the "C" for Gordon Cooper and "R" for Rathmann.
One of the fascinating character traits of Rathmann was that he always seemed so nonchalant in the winner's circle, even at Indianapolis and Monza where he'd be poker-faced and stoic, standing up in the cockpit with loosened helmet straps dangling around his neck and barely smiling as he waved one hand at just above waist level.
It was a misleading illusion.
In fact, this very down-to-earth and unpretentious individual happened to be a fun-loving, chronic practical joker who seemed up for just about any mischievous adventure. A very modest man, he was most gracious to the fans, benched-raced with the best of them and told stories laced with a most infectious giggle. Questions about his own career were usually passed off with brief and rather evasive responses as he preferred instead to tell stories about his colleagues, tears of mirth rolling his cheeks as he relayed the details of yet another prank.
But Rathmann was a serious racer, and he loved the Indianapolis Motor Speedway. To him, the month of May at the track was "everything," the other 11 months always being filled with plenty of activities, but with the focus clearly on the next migration to IMS. In spite of his deep competitive spirit, he was a great sportsman who was close with many of his contemporaries, photographs taken in the aftermath of the 1957 and 1959 Indianapolis races indicating that he obviously had great affection for both Hanks and Ward, who had narrowly defeated him.
Ill health in recent years had prevented Rathmann from making his annual pilgrimage to his beloved Speedway where, for many years he had matched his golfing skills with Ward, Lloyd Ruby, Parnelli Jones, James Garner and others. Six times the Pace Car driver for the "500," Rathmann's final appearance in the city of Indianapolis came at the Convention Center in February 2009 for the Speedway's Centennial Era Gala, where he was the oldest and earliest of the 19 Indianapolis 500 winners on hand.
Rathmann is survived by wife Kay, sons Jimmy and Jay, stepsons Zack and Tosh Pence, five grandchildren and one great-grandchild.
In place of flowers the family requests that donations be made to:

William Childs Hospice House
381 Medplex Parkway
Palm Bay, FL 32907
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WALL TOWNSHIP, N.J. ~ As entries continue to pour into the Wall Stadium speedway office for this weekend’s Turkey Derby XXXVIII, it is becoming obvious that this year’s season-ending event could be the most hotly contested ever. Turkey Derby is a two-day stock car racing spectacular set for this Friday and Saturday (November 25 and 26) during the daylight hours.

Among the latest entries in the Touring Modified division are recent and four-time North-South Shootout winner Matt Hirschman of Northampton, Pa., Woody Pitkat of Stafford, Ct., Jimmy Zacharias of Candor, N.Y., Tommy Farrell of Tinton Falls, Bill Weichert of Chatham and Danny Bohn of Mooresville, N.C.

Newly crowned Wall Stadium Modified champion Anthony Sesely of Matawan is expected to see action this weekend in the Wall Modified main event, as is former champ Chas Okerson of Freehold, Tim Arre of Toms River, Howell’s Ken Woolley, Jr. and lady driver Victoria Bergenty of Plainville, Ct.

The weekend’s action for the Dirt track Modified and Sportsman cars should prove interesting as Canadian dirt racing standout Stewart Friesen will be in the field. Also seen testing their dirt cars at last Saturday’s practice session were Mike Iles of Medford, Jimmy Watts of Woodbridge, Andrew Krause of Holmdel and Dion Naples

The competitor pit area at Wall Stadium will open at noon on Wednesday to begin the process of parking the race teams in preparation for this weekend’s Turkey Derby XXXVIII stock car racing events. Turkey Derby is a two-day stock car racing spectacular set for this Friday and Saturday (November 25 and 26) during the daylight hours.

Starting at noon on Wednesday, race teams from divisions that will be participating in on-track activities on Friday are invited to arrive at the track to get their parking assignments. Touring Modified, Wall Modified, Late Models, Sportsman, Legend Cars, Dirt Modified, Dirt Sportsman and Factory Stocks will all see on-track action on Friday and are invited to arrive on Wednesday. Competitors from divisions that will only be on the track on Saturday are asked to wait until Saturday to park in the pit area.

Turkey Derby XXXVIII is set for Friday November 25 and Saturday November 26 during the daylight hours. On November 25, practice will start at 8:30 a.m., while qualifying will start at noon and feature racing will begin at 2:00 p.m. On November 26, practice will start at 8:30 a.m., with qualifying set for 11:00 a.m. and feature racing set for 1:00 p.m.

Pit gates will open at 6:30 a.m., with pre-purchased grandstand seating opening at 9:30 a.m. and grandstand seating opening at 10:00 a.m. both days.

Friday main event action will feature the paved Sportsman cars, the dirt Sportsman cars, Late Models, Legend Cars and the Factory Stocks. On Saturday, the Touring Modifieds, Wall Modifieds, dirt Modifieds, TQ Midgets and Street Stocks will all see main event action.

Wall Stadium is located on Route 34 in Wall Township, N.J., just one mile north of Garden State Parkway exit 98 and Interstate 195 exit 35B. The speedway hotline number is 732-681-6400, while CKMotorsports@aol.com is the track’s email address. More information is also available at www.wallspeedway.com.

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HOWARD, BALLARD, CONAWAY AND DEVAULT CLAIM WINS ON DAY TWO OF BRIDGEPORT’S BRAY MEMORIAL

BRIDGEPORT, NJ (November 20, 2011) – On day two of the Charlie Bray Memorial, Duane Howard earned $3000 by winning the Big Block Modified feature. Brett Ballard took the checkered flag in the Bridgeport Modified event. The Fallen Friend Fifteen for the Proformance Cuts Outlaw Stock Cars was won by Pat Conaway. Bob DeVault scored the victory in the TSRS Sprint Car main event.

At the start of the 25-lap Big Block Modified feature, Mike Barone pedaled to the front with Craig Von Dohren, Billy Pauch, Jr., Duane Howard and Jack Swain in pursuit. Howard was on the move early as he motored into third with two laps in the books. On the third circuit, Von Dohren tried to grab the lead from Barone but nearly spun out and Howard advanced into the runner-up spot. Howard became glued onto Barone’s bumper until the yellow lights flickered on lap 6 for Sammy Piazza’s stopped car. On the restart, Howard had a strong run and brushed by Barone for the lead entering turn one. As Barone fought back, he spun and Pauch, Jr. was caught up in the tangle. When action got back underway, Howard was now in front of Jimmy Horton and Dominic Buffalino. With ten laps in, Howard had half a straightaway lead over Horton. Horton was beginning to chip away at Howard’s lead when a caution period occurred for Sean Gunther on lap 13. On the single file restart, Howard maintained his advantage over Horton. For the remainder of the race, only two caution flags in the final ten laps would slow down Howard as Horton and the rest of the field could not muster a strong challenge. As the checkered flag waved, it was Howard comfortably in front for his third victory of the year at Bridgeport Speedway. Horton held on for second with Buffalino’s strong run resulting in a third place finish. Richie Pratt, Jr finished fourth with fifth going to Jack Swain. Heat race winners in the Big Block Modified division were Billy Pauch, Jr., Jesse Hill and Richie Pratt, Jr. Ron Robert was the victor in the consolation race.

Brett Ballard led every step of the way to take the 25-lap Bridgeport Modified feature. Ballard started on the pole and drove a smooth race to claim the $1000 first place check. For Ballard, it was his second win of the weekend after Saturday’s victory in the open Modified race on the quarter mile track. Second went to Jordan Watson with Dominic Buffalino claiming third. Ryan Watt and Matt Budd rounded out the top five.

After grabbing the lead from Ralph Gargiulo with two circuits to go, Pat Conaway went onto win the Fallen Friend Fifteen race for the Proformance Cuts Outlaw Stock Cars. Spider Ensinger led the opening lap before Vern McLaughlin took command. McLaughlin’s mechanical failure on lap 7 turned the lead over to Gargiulo. Starting at the halfway point, Gargiulo and Conaway waged a multi-lap battle for the top spot until Conaway took over on the thirteenth tour. Gary Klimeczak wound up in second with Billy Wroble finishing in third. Completing the top five were Jeff Dirkes and Ensinger. Brian Ludwig and McLaughlin picked up wins in the Proformance Cuts Outlaw Stock Car qualifying events.

Bob DeVault led all twenty laps to win the TSRS Sprint Car main event. Ryan Taylor finished in second place with third taken by Scott Flammer. John Wyers came on late to finish in fourth and Kyle Reinhardt held on for fifth. Victors in the TSRS Sprint Car heat race were John Wyers and Scott Flammer.

Bridgeport Speedway provides a safe and secure family atmosphere, free parking, giveaways and fan participation games. Billed ‘The Fastest Dirt Track in the East’, Bridgeport Speedway is a banked 5/8th mile dirt oval, featuring a dirt 1/4 mile oval embedded in the center, and is located in Southern New Jersey -- just minutes from Pennsylvania and Delaware at exit 14 off of I-295.

BRIDGEPORT SPEEDWAY RESULTS - CHARLIE BRAY MEMORIAL - SUNDAY, NOVEMBER 20, 2011

Big Block Modifieds

Heat 1 - 1. Billy Pauch, Jr. 2. Duane Howard 3. Dominic Buffalino 4. Jack Swain 5. Vince Gagliardo
Heat 2 - 1. Jesse Hill 2. Jimmy Horton 3. Craig Von Dohren 4. Mike Barone 5. Mike Franz 6. Ryan Watt
Heat 3 - 1. Richie Pratt, Jr. 2. Donny Radd 3. Don Cogdill, III 4. Larry Solomon 5. Sean Gunther Consolation - 1. Ron Roberts 2. Rick Laubach 3. Neal Williams 4. Jim Wyers 5. Brett Ballard 6. Rob Nixon 7. Scott Irwin 8. Sammy Piazza

BIG BLOCK MODIFIED FEATURE - 25 LAPS

1. DUANE HOWARD 2. Jimmy Horton 3. Dominic Buffalino 4. Richie Pratt, Jr. 5. Jack Swain 6. Craig Von Dohren 7.Jesse Hill 8. Rick Laubach 9. Sammy Piazza 10. Ryan Watt 11. Larry Solomon 12. Brett Ballard 13. Vince Gagliardo 14. Don Cogdill, III 15. Jim Wyers 16. Mike Franz 17. Ron Roberts 18. Neal Williams 19. Sean Gunther 20. Donny Radd 21. Mike Barone 22. Billy Pauch, Jr. 23. Rob Nixon

DNS: Scott Irwin
DNQ: Dave Shirk, Neil Huber, Rick Wegner, Jr., John Scarpati, John Stangle, Ed Firth, Nick Nicotra, Anthony Moran

BRIDGEPORT MODIFIED - 25 LAPS

1. BRETT BALLARD 2. Jordan Watson 3.Dominic Buffalino 4. Ryan Watt 5. Matt Budd 6. Ron Roberts 7. Ryan Anderson 8. Neal Williams 9. Jesse Hill 10. Travis Hill 11. Corey Anderson 12. Steve Durand 13. John Micek 14. Justin Hoffman 15. Brad Roberts 16. John Bilofsky 17. Ken Eckert, Jr. 18. Wayne Groover 19. Dan Cogdill, Jr. 20. Anthony Perrego 21. Sean Gunther 22. Jeff Duprez 23. John Stangle 24. Rich Jackson

TSRS Sprint Cars

Heat 1 - 1. John Wyers 2. Brittany Tresch 3. Stef Palmai 4. Ed Newhouser 5. Mike Esposito 6. Bill Case, Jr.
Heat 2 - 1. Scott Flammer 2. Kyle Reinhardt 3. Ryan Taylor 4. Bob DeVault 5. Rick Stief 6. Drew Richmond

TSRS SPRINT CAR FEATURE - 20 LAPS

1. BOB DEVAULT 2. Ryan Taylor 3. Scott Flammer 4. John Wyers 5. Kyle Reinhardt 6. Mike Esposito 7. Stef Palmai 8. Bill Case, Jr. 9. Ed Newhouser 10. Rick Stief 11. Scott Frach 12. Pat U’Selis 13. Drew Richmond 14. Doug Suiter 15. Harris Kohen 16. Brittany Tresch 17. Chuck Palmucci

DNS: Bill Barry, Cody Jordan, Torrey Rose

Proformance Cuts Outlaw Stock Cars

Heat 1 - 1. Brian Ludwig 2. Billy Wroble 3. Rick Broshcard 4. Jeff Dirkes
Heat 2 - 1. Vern McLaughlin 2. Pat Conaway 3. Spider Ensinger 4. Joe Meron

PROFORMANCE CUTS OUTLAW STOCK CARS - FALLEN FRIEND FIFTEEN FEATURE - 15 LAPS

1. PAT CONAWAY 2. Gary Klimeczak 3. Billy Wroble 4. Jeff Dirkes 5. Spider Ensinger 6. Rick Broschard 7. Ron Dirkes 8. Josh Denny 9. Jimmy Avery 10. Ralph Gargiulo 11. Cheri LaClaire 12. Vern McLaughlin 13. Jeremy Doerr 14. Brian Ludwig 15. Pete Ellis 16. Bob Hopely 17. Joe Meron 18. Jerry Ellinsworth

BRIDGEPORT SPEEDWAY NEWS

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ELLIOTT AND HOWARD LEAD THE ENTRANT LIST FOR BRIDGEPORT’S CHARLIE BRAY MEMORIAL ON NOVEMBER 19 AND 20

BRIDGEPORT, NJ (November 11, 2011) - With a chance at one more checkered flag before winter arrives, many top names in dirt racing including Ricky Elliott and Duane Howard are getting ready for the Charlie Bray Memorial Race on November 19 and 20 at Bridgeport Speedway. This season finale at the Gloucester County complex in New Jersey honors the late Nazareth Speedway Promoter and Bridgeport Speedway Official, who passed away suddenly on December, 8, 2008.

Activity for the two day event gets started on Saturday, November 19 with qualifying and a 25-lap $3000-to-win feature for the Super Late Models. Elliott headlines the Super Late Model field that is expected to include Kenny Pettyjohn, Donnie Lingo, Dale Lingo, Staci Warrington, Al Cheney, Lou Johnson and a host of others. Rick Eckert, the 2011 World of Outlaw Late Model Champion, has expressed interest in attending this event and will confirm his status shortly. Also on Saturday, the Bridgeport Modifieds will have heat races for Sunday’s 25-lap main event. In addition, the previously postponed $2500-to-win 25-lap Bridgeport Modified feature from the Wingate Classic will occur. Plus, the open Modifieds will do battle on the quarter mile track with qualifying contests and a 25-lap main event paying $1000 to the victor. The day closes out with an Allied Recycling Demolition Derby.

On Sunday, November 20, the Big Block Modifieds return to the big 5/8th mile dirt track with heat races being held prior to the $3000-to-win 25-lap feature. Howard leads a star studded field of Big Block Modified competitors which should include Ryan Watt, Rick Laubach, Richie Pratt, Jr., Craig Von Dohren, Mike Barone, Mike Franz, Billy Pauch, Jr., and many others. After Saturday’s qualifying, a 25-lap Bridgeport Modified feature occurs with a potential of $1200 going to the winner if more than 30 cars attempt to compete. The Proformance Cuts Outlaw Stocks will honor the late Marty Kulesza with the Fallen Friend Fifteen race. Kulesza, a co-owner of Proformance Cuts, passed away suddenly on October 25. Completing the program will be the TSRS Sprint Cars and Vintage Stocks. All of Sunday’s racing will be conducted on the outer oval.

On Saturday November 19, competitors can begin to enter the pit area at 10:00 a.m. with the spectator turnstiles opening at 11:00 a.m. Hot laps get underway at noon with racing slated to start shortly afterwards.

On Sunday November 20, all gates open at 10:00 a.m. A pre-race pit party for all classes and driver re-draw is scheduled for 10:45 a.m. at the pavilion behind the main grandstand. An extra treat is in store for fans as Sunday’s meeting for drivers will be held at the grandstand pavilion. Warm-ups hit the track at 12:15 p.m. on Sunday with racing starting afterwards.

A 2-day general admission pass may be purchased for $45 and a single day grandstand ticket can be secured for $25. Kids 12 and under are admitted for free to the grandstand. Plenty of giveaways are planned for this event as well. A 2-day pit admission pass is available for $60 and a single day wristband to the pits can be purchased for $40. No pit license is required for the Charlie Bray Memorial event.

The rules for this race weekend have been simplified. Any legal 13 x 92 Modified tire can be used for competition in the Big Block Modified, open Modified and Bridgeport Modified divisions on this weekend. No weight rule will be in force for Saturday’s open Modified event on the quarter mile and sail panels are permitted.

For Sunday’s Big Block Modified race, any Big Diamond/Grandview legal 358 Small Block or DIRT legal 358 Small Block must weigh a minimum of 2350 pounds to compete in the Big Block Modified division. Legal 467 Big Block Motors and any Big Small Block engines must weigh 2500.

Bridgeport Speedway provides a safe and secure family atmosphere, free parking, giveaways and fan participation games. Billed ‘The Fastest Dirt Track in the East’, Bridgeport Speedway is a banked 5/8th mile dirt oval, featuring a dirt 1/4 mile oval embedded in the center, and is located in Southern New Jersey -- just minutes from Pennsylvania and Delaware at exit 14 off of I-295.