Dad’s 4 By Tool & Supply night
Piersons nephew/uncle claim feature wins in DIRTcar Sportsman Modifieds & Coupes
Johnson authoritively takes the USAC DMA Midget win
For Immediate Release BRS-051615-1
BRADFORD, VT – It’s the end of a long drought in the Bond Auto DIRTcar Sportsman Modifieds for Adam Pierson, Corinth VT who finally captured the win Saturday night at Bear Ridge Speedway, winning the 40-lap, one caution short of a non-stop, feature. While Pierson battled it out with Kevin Chaffee, Bradford VT for the second place spot pole sitter TC Forward held on to the point for half of the race. On lap twenty a bobble by Forward gave Pierson, Chaffee and Derek Graham, Woodsville NH the opportunity they were looking for, getting by Forward shuffling him back to fourth. With lapped cars coming into play the three would settle for that running order finish, giving Pierson his first win in the DIRTcar Sportsman Mods since 2013. Chaffee came home second with Graham in third. Josh Sunn claimed fourth and Forward crossed the line in fifth.
In the Wells River Chevrolet Sportsman Coupes the story was the same for Uncle Melvin Pierson, Corinth VT with the only difference being the starting position. Pierson having struggled the first couple of weeks was able to capitalize on his pole starting position and leave the field in his dust for their 30 lap, also one caution short of a nonstop feature. This gave Pierson his first win in the DIRTcar Sportsman Coupes since 2013. Thomas Placey, Bradford VT and Jason Colbeth, Newbury VT had to work thru half the field to get to the front and ran out of time to set any challenge of Pierson. When the checkers waived it was Placey and Colbeth in that order for second and third. Teddy Salomaa and Jeremy Beckley rounded out the top five.
Joe Krawiec in the USAC DMA Midgets just can’t seem to catch a break as he is two for two leaving the track on the wreckers. This first year champ in the Midgets is looking for some good luck and we hope he gets some soon! In addition the dominance of Adam Pierson seems to be wavering a bit he has been shut out of the win for two weeks straight. Tonight there would be a couple of new faces back in victory lane with Pierson, who did manage to hold on for second. The class act of the night was given by Kenney Johnson in only his second time around the Ridge. Johnson starting sixth took the point away from Scott Holcomb on lap fifteen and said see ya later. Holcomb would fall to Pierson on lap nineteen settling in for the third and final victory lane spot. Pierson’s team mate Josh Sunn came home fourth and Vince Lucca rounded out the top five. The USAC DMA Midgets will back in action on May 30th.
Brandon Gray is making it look easy in the Crazy Ed’s Limited Late Model feature as he took the lead on lap five coming from the rear and went on to claim this third consecutive win. Matt Lashua, Canaan NH in his second appearance grabbed the runner up spot with Bobby Bell in his own car this week claiming the final victory lane spot. Travis Smith and Tim Martin completed the top five.
The Weglarz Property Service/F.M.S. Auto Parts Four Cylinder feature offered plenty of thrills and spills for the fans. A red flag for a wild ride for Don Reynolds and Sean Perron on lap one set the tone for this event. Both drivers were A-OK but done for the night. When racing resumed it was it became the survival of the fittest. And the fittest are once again proved to be Mike Ryan rookie Justin Severance and wild man Charlie Lakin who crossed the finish line in that order. Robert Welch and David Durkee finished the top five.
Bear Ridge Speedway’s 48th season of stock car racing continues on Saturday, May 23rd with R&M Automotive BRS Remembrance of Lost Friends Night, with Sprint Cars of New England. Special general admission for the 99Rock Weekly Racing Series is $13 for adults (age 18-61), $10 for teens (12-17) and seniors (62+), and $2 for children; Visa and MasterCard are accepted. In honor of Memorial Day all military with valid military ID and in uniform will be able to enjoy the races for free. Racing begins at the famous “6:00-ish” start time.
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.
UNOFFICIAL RESULTS – DAD’S 4 BY TOOL AND SUPPLY NIGHT
99ROCK Weekly Racing Series
Bear Ridge Speedway — Bradford, VT
Saturday, May 16th, 2015
Bond Auto DIRTcar Sportsman Modified Feature (40 laps)
1 15 Adam Pierson
2 73 Kevin Chaffee
3 10 Derek Graham
4 11 Josh Sunn
5 1x TC Forward
6 4 DJ Robinson
7 24 Jordan Fornwalt
8 OO Jason Gray
9 42c Josh Currier
10 9 Michael Dunn
11 91 Tim Tucker
12 17 Travis Shinn
13 5 Gary Siemons
14 O1 Mike Gendron
15 34 Richie Simmons
16 14 Tim Williams ®
17 12 Steve Bell®
18 40 Steven Flint®
19 12c Jamie Ferland®
20 10s Ryan Christian
21 115 Tom Forward
22 88 Thomas Kimball
DNS Even Kingsbury
DQ’ed Robert Tucker (post race inspection)
Wells River Chevrolet Sportsman Coupe Feature (30 laps)
1 33 Melvin Pierson
2 22 Thomas Placey
3 18 Jason Colbeth
4 8 Teddy Salomaa
5 24 Jeremy Beckley
6 14 Mitchell Forest
7 28 Bob Shepard
8 11 Martin Mastic
9 2 Tim Hodge
10 43 Earl Maxham
11 71 Josh Harrington
12 21e Matt Ellsworth
13 3 Jason Horniak
14 16 Brian Chaffee
15 13 Buster Kathan
16 44 Michael Danforth
17 17 Todd Hayward
18 5 Johnathan Covey
USAC DMA Midgets Feature (25 laps)
1 46 Kenney Johnson
2 76 Adam Pierson
3 47 Scott Holcomb
4 67 Josh Sunn
5 50 Vince Lucca
6 1W Ray Miller
7 1R Jeff Horn
8 69 Dean Christensen
9 12 Adam Whitney
10 4 Kevin Chaffee
11 9 David Moniz
12 11 Alex Rose
13 15 Jeff Champagne
14 18c Mike Chaffee
Crazy Ed’s Limited Late Model Feature (20 laps)
1st OO Brandon Gray
2nd 18 Matt Lashua
3rd 24 Bobby Bell ®
4th 5T Travis Smith
5th 83 Tim Martin ®
6th 3 David Stearns®
7th 66 Eric Lang
8th 94 Cary Moulton
9th 91 James Fadden
Weglarz Property Management/F.M.S. Auto Parts 4-Cylinder Feature (20 laps)
1st 86 Mike Ryan
2nd 4J Justin Severance ®
3rd 3 Charlie Lakin
4th 65 Robert Welch ®
5th 58 David Durkee
6th 31 Lisa Austin
7th 88 Jesse Durkee
8th 75 Derrik Counter
9th 7 Brian Bishop ®
10th 11VT Jacob Roy
11th 12 Shawn Chaloux ®
12th 11 Kaitlyn Coates ®
13th 78 Richard Potwin
14th 13 Hunter Garduno
15th 17 Justin Blakely ®
16th 87 Don Reynolds
17th 8 Sean Perron
18th 61 Matt Boucher
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Contact: April May Preston Email: brsdirt@charter.net
Phone: (802) 222-4052
