Dennis Preston Builder Night 7/4/15
TC Forward finally takes the crown in the DIRTcar Bond Auto Sportsman Modifieds
Scott Holcomb grabs the win in the WYKR Sprint Cars of New England
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BRADFORD, VT – Three of the five events were recorded in the record books when rain descended on the track as the DIRTcar Wells River Chevrolet Sportsman Coupes were just a few laps into their main event. A huge fireworks display brought to the fans in part by Noise R Us Fireworks was set to go off after the regular racing show. A quick decision to park the Coupes and light up the skies before the rains washed out that as well was made. The rains lightened and the best fireworks show in New England was the closing excitement of the Dennis Preston Builder sponsored night.
Before the rains descended there was still plenty of racing action for the fans. The DIRTcar Bond Auto Parts had an easy go of it with only a regular race set for the night for them. Steven Flint and TC Forward brought the mighty mods to the green for their 40 lap main event. A wreck on lap five took out two of the front runners Richie Simmons and Josh Currier and when racing resumed the battle for the point for the next twenty nine laps would be fought between Forward and Gary Siemons. By lap thirty four Jason Gray had worked his way to the front of the pack getting by Siemons for second. Gray was unable to make a clean move on Forward, and lapped traffic on the last lap gave Forward the added edge he needed to hold Gray at bay to claim his first win of the season. Siemons held on for third only his second victory lane visit of the season. DJ Robinson and Derrick Graham rounded out the top five.
Om the Weglarz Property Service/F.M.S. Auto Parts Four Cylinders Jesse Durkee coming from a fifth place starting spot worked his way to the lead sailing home for his second win of the season. Rookie sensation Justin Severance grabbed 2nd still trying to get that elusive first win, with Rookie Buddy Welch coming home in third his first visit to victory lane. The 4 cylinder legends Charlie Lakin and Mike Ryan completed the top five.
The WYKR Sprint Cars of New England were in the house offering 25 laps of racing excitement for the fans. Back in a Sprint car after a few years off, focusing on the Midget for the past several Scott Holcomb proved to the crowd that he was a contender in this class and not to be taken lightly. Holcomb grabbed the lead from Christine Boesch on lap nine and looked to be unchallenged for the win. Kevin Chaffee wasn’t about to let that happen and by lap 25 he was banging on this door. Time would run out for Chaffee as Holcomb was able to grab the win by .260 of a second over Chaffee. Luke Greenwood was your final victory lane visitor with Toby Tatro and Dan Douville rounding out the top five. The WYRK Sprint Cars of New England return for racing action on July 25th.
The Wells River Chevrolet DIRTcar Sportsman Coupes feature will be made up on July 25th. Martin Mastic and Jason Horniac were your heat winners with Josh Harrington grabbing the Blackmount Equipment Semi Feature win.
The USAC DMA Midgets return for action this Saturday night July 11, 2015
The Crazy Ed’s Limited Late Models were also rained out their makeup will be on August 1st. Tim Martin was your heat winner.
Bear Ridge Speedway’s 48th season of stock car racing continues on Saturday, July 11th for the Shirley and Mikey Bruleigh Memorial and Mid-Season Championship night for the full card of racing. Yes it is hard to believe that the season is half over already! We want to send out a huge THANK YOU for your outstanding support for David’s House this year. The kids hand painted Dave Durphey’s water truck and donated $130.00 to the cause. The fans then added over $1,900 with their donations during the helmet passing, making this years donation to David’s House over $2,000.00!!! We can’t begin to thank you enough for supporting this great organization. We are thankful every day that we do not need to use the home, and are just as thankful that it is there for those who do need it!
Regular 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 “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 – Dennis Preston Builder night
99ROCK Weekly Racing Series
Bear Ridge Speedway — Bradford, VT
Saturday, July 4th, 2015
Bond Auto DIRTcar Sportsman Modified Feature (40 laps)
1st 1x TC Forward
2nd OO Jason Gray
3rd 5 Gary Siemons
4th 4 DJ Robinson
5th 10 Derek Graham
6th 15 Adam Pierson
7th 10s Ryan Christian
8th 73 Kevin Chaffee
9th 91 Tim Tucker
10th 11 Josh Sunn
11th 24 Jordan Fornwalt
12th 42T Robert Tucker
13th 20 Chris Chambers
14th 79 Ray Johnson
15th 9 Michael Dunn
16th 12 Steve Bell®
17th 14 Tim Williams
18th 40 Steven Flint®
19th 88 Thomas Kimball
20th 12c Jamie Ferland®
21st 42c Josh Currier
22nd 34 Richie Simmons
Wells River Chevrolet Sportsman Coupe Feature (30 laps)
Blackmount Semi Feature winner 71 Josh Harrington
Rain shortened (only got in a couple laps) finish of race July 25th
USAC DMA Midgets Feature return July 11th
Crazy Ed’s Limited Late Model Feature (20 laps)
Rained out makeup race August 1st
Weglarz Property Management/F.M.S. Auto Parts 4-Cylinder Feature (20 laps)
1st 88 Jesse Durkee
2nd 4J Justin Severance ®
3rd 65 Robert Welch ®
4th 3 Charlie Lakin
5th 86 Mike Ryan
6th 1 Jack Cook
7th 61 Matt Boucher
8th 28 Jim Durkee
9th 7 Brian Bishop
10th 23 Jason Porter
11th 87 Don Reynolds
12th 78 Richard Potwin
13th 91 Doug Boucher
14th 68 Derrik Durkee
15th 11vt Jacob Roy
16th 8 Sean Perron
DNS 17 Justin Blakely®
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Contact: April May Preston Email: brsdirt@charter.net
Phone: (802) 222-4052
