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Upcoming Events

Wednesday, July 16 - Night of Wings III - 360 Sprint Cars & 358 Small Block Modifieds with sail panels. Racing at 7:30 (Rain date - Thur, July 17th)

Friday, July 18 - Twin 15s for 270cc Micros - 600cc Micros and 4 Cylinders - Racing at 8pm on 1/4 mile

Saturday, July 19 - Bill Hill Memorial - Big Block Modifieds, Crate/Sportsman & Outlaw Stocks - Racing at 7pm on 5/8 mile track

HENDRICKSON PICKS UP SECOND BIG BLOCK MODIFIED WIN OF THE SEASON

The "Flying Farmer", Wade Hendrickson, drove the Pondish 358 small block powered #6 to a second feature win in the Spirit Dodge Big Block Modified feature event on Saturday night. 2013 Bridgeport Rookie Champion, Ian Humphreys raced to a flag to flag win in the 811 Dig Safely Crate/Sportsman Feature event while Alex Bright picked up another win in American Racing Drivers Club (ARDC) action on the quarter mile track.

It was Hendrickson's second win in the last four weeks of racing. The driver from Lawrenceville, NJ has learned to read the race track and his competition, waiting patiently for the track conditions to come to him. "These guys go so fast at the start of the race," Hendrickson explained, "With the track watered before the feature, they can go so fast and it builds up a lot of heat. That works in my favor in the late stages of the race."

Tom Maccherone and Kyle Hieber paced the Big Block Modifieds to the start of the twenty-five lap main event. Hieber quickly took the lead at the wave of the green but Maccherone powered back underneath the Big Block rookie to take the lead. But neither driver would be credited with leading the first lap as Roco Infante drove to the inside of both competitors to take the lead on the first circuit. As the field came around to complete lap two, Maccherone and Dominic Buffalino split to either side of Infante with Buffalino taking the lead. After starting tenth, Buffalino was the race leader at the end of two laps.

Buffalino's advance to the front came as no surprise to anyone as the Sayreville, NJ leadfoot was the fastest car on the track all night. Buffalino set the fastest lap times in both warm-ups and his heat race - the only car to break the twenty-one second mark. His fastest lap in the feature was again 20.839 seconds.

Buffalino set a torrid pace in the caution free laps, stretching his lead over Infante through lap sixteen. Hendrickson was waged in a three way battle for second as Ron Roberts made it three wide in turns one and two on lap seventeen with Hendrickson taking over the runner-up spot. 2012 Bridgeport Track Champion, Rick Laubach took over third one lap later.

With five laps to go, Buffalino led with Hendrickson closing. Laubach ran third followed by Roberts and Infante.

One lap later, Laubach slowed on the backstretch with a right rear flat on his Benton Electric #7, bringing out the first caution of the race. Laubach pitted for a tire change and returned to restart in the rear of the field on the single file restart with just four laps remaining.

With Hendrickson on his bumper, Buffalino led the field in search of his first win of the season. Hendrickson looked to the outside on lap twenty-two but Buffanlino prevailed. On the next lap, Hendrickson powered by Buffalino as the pair raced down the backstretch. Hendrickson led the final two and a half laps to take the win over Buffalino. Tommy Beamer rallied in the closing laps with the Thornton #31 to finish third. Jimmy Horton raced his way to fourth after starting sixteenth. Roberts culminated a strong run with a fifth place finish.

2013 Rookie Champion, Ian Humphreys overcame a season full of disappointments as he earned his first win in the 811 Dig Safely Crate/Sportsman twenty lap main event. Humphreys led from the green to the checkered, surviving several complete restarts before even one lap could be scored. Justin Lilick, a recent graduate of the DA's Auto Body & Repair Rookie class of 2014, finished second. CJ Jones raced his way to a third place finish followed by Frank Holmes and Jesse James Bonaduce.

Collegeville, PA driver, Alex Bright led a field of ARDC midgets on the quarter mile track to pick up his second win of the 2014 season in ARDC competition as the wingless midgets returned to the Bridgeport Speedway after an absence of several seasons. It was deja vue for Bright who won his very first ARDC midget feature on the Bridgeport quarter mile. Trailing Bright across the line was his younger brother, Brenden Bright in second. Current ARDC point leader, Steven Drevicki finished third followed by Bruce Buckwalter Jr. and Nick Wean.

The fifty lap 8 Cylinder Enduro capped off the evening of racing with the win going to "The Animal", Mike Baldwin.

SPIRIT DODGE BIG BLOCK MODIFIED FEATURE (25 laps – 5/8 mile track)

1. Wade Hendrickson 2 Dominic Buffalino 3. Tommy Beamer, 4. Jimmy Horton 5. Ron Roberts 6. Scott Ambruster 7. Ryan Watt 8. Richie Pratt, Jr.,9. Rocco Infante 10. Eric Kormann 11. Dave Witte 12. Sam Martz,13. John Pakenham 14. Kyle Hieber 15. Bob Sarkisian 16. Tom Maccherone 17. Rick Laubach 18. Jack Swain 19. Corey Andersen 20. Steve Searock 21. Jesse Hill,22. Brett Ballard 23. Mike Franz, 24. Matt Harrell

811 DIG SAFELY CRATE/SPORTSMAN FEATURE (20 laps – 5/8 mile track)

1. Ian Humphries 2. Justin Lilick 3. CJ JoneS 4. Frank Holmes 5. Jesse Bonaduce 6. Ricky DiEva 7. Kris Lilick 8. Travis Hill 9. Rich Rutski 10. Gary Hieber 11. Steve Searock 12. Matthew Peck 13. Dave Damiano 14. Scott Hulmes 15. Sean Gunther 16. Joe Langshaw 17. Jeff Sargent 18. Pete Serra 19. Steve Desmelyk 20. Brett Kelly 21. David Crossman 22. Jason Duppel

Searock Landscaping Hard Charger - CJ Jones

ARDC MIDGET FEATURE (25 laps – 1/4 mile track)

1. Alex Bright 2. Brenden Bright 3. Steven Drevicki 4. Bruce Buckwalter, Jr. 5. Nick Wean 6. Ryan Watt 7. Shawn Jackson 8. Trevor Kobylarz 9. Brett Arndt 10. Austin Burke 11. Brett Wanner 12. John Barnett, Jr. 13. Tony Kunsman 14. P.J. Gargiulo 15. Greg Fitzpatrick 16. Carey Becker 17. Clayton Glassman 18. Tyler Brehm 19. Brian Gilmore

EIGHT CYLINDER ENDURO (50 laps – 1/4 mile track)

1. Mike “The Animal” Baldwin 2. Lee Allen 3. Travis Gruyer 4. Chris Allen, Sr. 5. Art Guadagno 6. Rob Longo 7. Brandon Guyer 8. Chris Felber

DA's Auto Body & Repair Rookies:

1. 00-Rich Deck, Jr., 2. 80d-David Crossman, 3. 8.5-Steve Desmeylk, 4. 39-Matthew Peck, 5. 23m-Mike Liccardi, 6. 24t-Jeff Sargent, 7. V8-Andrew Exter, 8. 269-Matt Davis.

Spirit Chrysler Dodge Jeep Modifieds (completion of 5/3 race):

1. 27-David Hunt, 2. 31-Tom Beamer, 3. 267-Mike Barone, 4. 35-Matt Harrell, 5. 0-Richie Pratt, 6. 7-Rick Laubach, 7. 901-Eric Kormann, 8. z14-Ron Roberts, 9. 7-Dave Witte, 10. 47-Bob Sarkisian, 11. 29m-Tom Maccherone, 12. 66-Kyle Heiber, 13. 5-Jimmy Horton, 14. 57-Rich Acolia, 15. 1jr-Rocco Infante, 16. 7-Don Cogdill, III, 17. 9a-Cory Anderson, 18. 28f-Stan Frankenfield, 19. 11-Scott Armbruster, 20. 3-Sam Martz, 21. 14w-Ryan Watt, 22. 6-Wade Hendrickson, 23. 5B-Brett Ballard, 24. 51m-Dominick Buffalino, 25.R2-Rusty Smith.

Stewart Stainless Supply Outlaw Stock Feature #1

1. 16-Jeramy Doerr, 2. 24-Mick Search, 3. 60-Jeff Dirkes, 4. 191-Jack Beaumont, 5. 39-Art Avery, 6. 44-Terry Griffin, 7. 856-Tom Wills, Jr., 8. 73-Ken Moren, 9. 76-Jimmy Avery, 10. 80-Jimmy Hughes, 11. 38-Ed Tinsman, 12. 56-Joe Meron, 13. 44j-David Kramer.

Stewart Stainless Supply Outlaw Stock Feature #2

1. 76-Jimmy Avery, 2. 16-Jeramy Doerr, 3. 856-Tom Wills, Jr., 4. 191-Jack Beaumont, 5. 56-Joe Meron, 6. 44j-David Kramer, 7. 24-Mick Search, 8. 39-Art Avery, 9. 44-Terry Griffin, 10. 38-Ed Tinsman, 11. 60-Jeff Dirkes, 12. 80-Jimmy Hughes, 13. 73-Ken Moren.

Spirit Chrysler Dodge Jeep Modifieds

1. 11-Scott Armbruster, 2. 0-Richie Pratt, 3. 7-Rick Laubach, 4. 51m-Dominick Buffalino, 5. z14-Ron Roberts, 6. 6-Wade Hendrickson, 7. 35-Matt Harrell, 8. 901-Eric Kormann, 9. 31-Tom Beamer, 10. 1jr-Jimmy Horton, 11. 267-Mike Barone, 12. 44-John Mclelland, 13. 28f-Stan Frankenfield, 14. 27-David Hunt, 15. 7-Con Dogdill, III, 16. 66-Kyle Heiber, 17. 47-Bob Sarkisian, 18. z28-Mike Franz, 19. 14w-Ryan Watt, 20. 7-Dave Witte, 21. 57-Rich Acolia, 22. 29m-Tom Maccherone.

Colonial Pipeline & 811 Dig Safely Crate/Sportsman

1. 94-Sean Gunther, 2. 26-Steve Searock, 3. 19-Travis Hill, 4. 43-Jesse Bonaduce, 5. 98-Jesse Hill, 6. 94m-Rich Rutski, 7. 56-Gary Heiber, 8. 90-Ian Humphries, 9. 0-CJ Jones, 10. 34-Scott Hulmes, 11. 3H-Marc Hermann, 12. 14B-Brad Roberts, 13. 00-Rich Deck, Jr., 14. 640-George Nardelli, 15. 10-Jason Duppel, 16. 23m-Mike Liccardi, 17. 21-Pete Serra, 18. 53-Kris Lilick, 19. 28-Jeff Bubori, 20. 24t-Jeff Sargent, 21. 85-Ricky Dieva, 22. 269-Bruce Davis, 23. 12-Kevin Belmont, 24. 39-Matthew Peck, 25. 8.5-Steve Desmeylk.

UPCOMING EVENTS
Friday, May 30 - Twin 15s for 600cc Micros, 270cc Micros & 4 Cylinders - racing at 8pm
Saturday, May 31 - $$Kids Money Scramble$$ - Big Block Modifieds, Crate/Sportsman, Rookies and Twin 12s for the Outlaw Stocks plus the held over Big Block Modified Feature from May 3rd- racing at 7pm
Friday, June 6 – 600cc and 270cc Micro Sprints and Four Cylinders – racing at 8pm
Saturday, June 7 – GARDEN STATE VINAGE CUSTOM CAR SHOW – Big Block Modifieds, Crate/Sportsman, TSRS 305 Sprints and Rookies

HOWARD TOPS OFF WEEKEND WITH POKER SERIES WIN AT BRIDGEPORT
Lyons & Frees Pick Up Aces in Pokers Series Competition

It was a big weekend for Duane Howard who broke his winless streak by picking up two wins at two different tracks and for two different car owners over the Memorial Holiday weekend as he picked up the win in the Bridgeport Speedway's Wingate Classic - a race dedicated to the memory of former Bridgeport promoter, George Wingate.

Mike Lyons earned an Ace with his win in the 811 Dig Safely Crate/Sportsman feature while Ron Frees earned his second ace in Poker series competition with his win in the Pete Ellis 'Lucky Teter'/John Blewett Inc Poker Series Hand #2 for the Outlaw Stocks.

Howard picked up the win in the 40 lap main event for the Spirit Dodge Big Block Modifieds. After winning his qualifying heat, Howard drew the outside pole to start the feature event. Polesitter, Jimmy Blewett led the first lap before Howard took over on lap two. Dominic Buffalino moved up to third one lap later as Blewett, Jeff Heotzler in a Ron Roberts entry and Rick Laubach completed the top five.

With Howard out in front, Laubach took over third on lap eight as Matt Harrell followed to take over the fourth spot. Laubach took over second on lap twelve. The running order remained unchanged until Harrell left the race with a smoking car on lap nineteen. At the half way mark, Howard led Laubach, Buffalino, Blewett and Heotzler when the first caution flag waved for last week's winner, Richie Pratt who headed to the pits for a tire change.

Jimmy Horton ran outside the top ten prior to the caution but drove into fourth on lap twenty-one.

Laubach drove to the outside of Howard to challenge as the leaders raced into turn three on lap thirty-eight. Howard was able to pull away, however, when Laubach was unable to make the outside work to his advantage.

Howard drove to his first Bridgeport win of the season for car owner, Glenn Hynneman followed by Laubach, Buffalino, Horton and Heotzler. It was Howard's 41st win at the Bridgeport Speedway.

"I always love coming to Bridgeport and racing here," Howard noted in Victory Lane. "The entire staff down here does an excellent job in keeping this place alive," Howard continued. "The track had multiple grooves of racing the first 20 laps - before it started to take rubber the last 20 laps which can be expected with this many cars and races."

Mike Lyons only led the final laps of the 811 Dig Safely Crate/Sportsman Feature event but they were the most important laps to lead. 2013 DA's Auto Body & Repair Rookie Champion, Ian Humphreys took the lead on the first lap after starting fourth on the grid. Lyons ran in second from lap four but it wasn't until Humphrey's was caught behind a lapped car with less than two laps to go, that Lyons was able to make the pass for the lead. Humphreys finished second with invader, Clay Butler finishing third. Steve Davis, winner of the first Poker Series race, finished fourth with Matt Budd rounding out the top five.

Ron Frees was the winner of the Pete Ellis 'Lucky Teter'/John Blewett Inc Poker Series Hand #2 but it was a rough twenty laps for the four time feature winner. Contact with former track champion, Pat Conaway, did a lot of sheet metal damage to Frees' Camaro but Frees fought his way to the checkered for his second Ace of the season. The lead was exchanged between Frees and Conaway several times during the twenty lap event. Conaway was the race leader when Doug DuBray spun out in turn four on lap nineteen, bringing out the caution. DuBray had raced his way up to third after starting 15th.

The restart had Conaway on the inside with Frees on the outside. The leaders raced side by side - first through turns one and two, then down the backstretch but Conaway spun in front of the field as they entered turn three. There was one lap left to run as Jeramy Doerr became the challenger. But Doerr faded on the final lap and Frees raced to the checkered flag for the win.

Gary Klimeczak finished second while Scott Dugan crossed the finish line in third. Tom Wills Jr. led Billy Wroble at the checkered to finish fourth. Jeramy Doerr, Scott Dugan and Ron Frees picked up the $50 heat win bonuses from Carl Thomas Racing.

Spirit Dodge Modifieds Poker Series (40 laps)
1. 126-Duane Howard, 2. 7-Rick Laubach, 3. 51m-Dominick Buffalino, 4. 5-Jimmy Horton, 5. 14H-Jeff Heotzler, 6. 76-Jimmy Blewett, 7. 14w-Ryan Watt, 8. 1-Billy Pauch, 9. 1jr-Rocco Infante, 10. 29-Sammy Piazza, 11. 31-Tom Beamer, 12. 16s-Eric Kormann, 13. z14-Ron Roberts, 14. 0-Richie Pratt, Jr., 15. 28f-Stan Frankenfield, 16. 7-Dan Cogdill, III, 17. 7w-Dave Witte, 18. z28-Mike Franz, 19. 47-Bob Sarkisian, 20. 3-Sam Martz, 21. 35-Matt Harrell, 22. 29m-Tom Maccherone, 23. 27-Dave Hunt, 24. 267-Mike Barone. DNQ:66-Kyle Hieber, 5b-Brett Ballard, 11-Scott Ambruster, R10-Wade Hendrickson

811 Dig Safely Crate/Sportsman (25 laps)
1. 21L-Mike Lyons, 2. 90-Ian Humphreys, 3. 4b-Clay Butler, 4. 13-Steve Davis, 5. 4m-Matt Budd, 6. 98-Jesse Hill, 7. 43-Jesse Bonaduce, 8. 04-Mike Butler, 9. 19-Travis Hill, 10. 99-Brian Papiez, 11. 14B-Brad Roberts, 12. 80-Mike Hendershot, 13. 56-Gary Heiber, 14. 85-Rick Dieva, 15. 0-CJ Jones, 16. 26-Steve Searock, 17. 640-George Nardelli, 18. 10s-Chuckles Stone, 19. 8.5-Steve Desmelyk, 20. 28-Bob Bracall, 21. 12-Kevin Belmont, 22. 53-Kris Lilick, 23. 28-Jim Spellmon, 24. 94m-Mike Mongiello, 25. 3h-Marc Hermann, 26. 5b-Brett Ballard, 27. 10-Jason Duppel. DNQ:80d-David Cressman, S2jr-John Scarpatti, 34-Scott Hulmes, 39-Matthew Peck

Pete Ellis "Lucky Teter"/John Blewett Inc Poker Series for Outlaw Stocks (20 laps)
1. 43-Ron Frees, 2. 11-Gary Klimeczak, 3. 54-Scott Dugan, 4. 856-Tom Wills, Jr., 5. 23w-Billy Wroble, 6. 16-Jeramy Doerr, 7. 44-Terry Griffin, 8. 39-Art Avery, 9. 52-Dennis Seely, 10. 7-Doug DeBray, 11. US1-Pat Conaway, 12. 94-Brian Ludwig, 13. 171-Jeff Dirkes, 14. 76-Jimmy Avery, 15. 38-Ed Tinsman, 16. 191-Jack Beaumont, 17. 9-Jim Neely, 18. 69-Cleve Reihl, 19. 60-Ron Dirkes, 20. 57H-TJ Henry, 21. 24-Mick Search, 22. 44j-David Kramer, 23. 49-Spider Ensinger, Sr., 24. 73-Ken Moren, 25. 444-Pete Ellis