July 18th Press
Brian Chaffee grabs his second win in the DIRTcar Wells River Chevrolet Sportsman Coupes Kenny Schrader makes in to the top ten in the USAC DMA Midgets
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BRADFORD, VT – The Granite State Mini Sprints were on hand as well as the USAC DMA Midgets which meant a full house and a lot of racing action for the fans. Midseason Championship double points Shirley & Mickey Bruleigh Memorial night afforded a packed house plenty of racing excitement with competitors duking it out for the top points. For the 500 mini sprints Tom Chaffee grabbed the win with Shawn King in second and Matt Hoyt in third. It was Richard Crooker in the 600 mini sprints for the win with Tim Beard taking second and Kyle Belliveau in third.
In the DIRTcar Bond Auto Parts Josh Sunn is the eighth different winner of the year. The field was led to the green by rookie Jamie Ferland who held on to the point for six laps showing that he is getting better weekly. Ryan Christian took over the point on lap seven holding on until lap seventeen. A restart put Sunn in the second place position and before the end of that lap he had taken over the lead and from there it was all Sunn with the battle being fought for the final two victory lane spots. Robert Tucker and Kevin Chaffee would bet be the two to get there first crossing the line in that order ahead of Adam Pierson and Derek Graham who completed the top five.
Brian Chaffee finally got the monkey off his back coming from mid pack in the DIRTcar Wells River Chevrolet Sportsman Coupes to claim his first win of the season. Jason Horniak hooked on to his bumper for the ride and the two of them got by the point sitter Todd Hayward, Chaffee on lap twenty three and Horniak on lap twenty nine. Earl “the Squirrel” Maxham crossed the line fourth with Michael Danforth completing the top five.
Kenny Schrader back in the Bobby Seymour 29 machine of the USAC DMA Midgets put on a whale of a show for the fans. With no handicap at the Ridge, even famous people have to start in the rear. Schrader made his way to second in his heat race falling one spot short to Mike Chaffee with one of his best runs this season. In the feature Schrader ran out of time having to settle for a sixth place finish. The #76 Manafort machine of Adam Pierson was once again the one to make it to the front to take the checkers. Scott Holcomb appears to have gotten the kinks worked out of his machine as has Ray Miller. Both drivers were able to make it to victory lane finishing second and third respectfully. Derek Graham and Jeffrey Champaign rounded out the top five. Ray Miller grabbed the Elliott Dash win.
It was madness night for the Crazy Ed’s Limited Late Models and with forty laps sponsored the competitors geared up for two twenty lap features. Matt Lashua was the dominate one in segment one leading all twenty laps with Tim Martin right on his bumper. The second segment was the same image but reversed with Martin on the point and Lashua right behind. With the two tied in overall points the tie is broken by the final segment finish. This gave Martin the win overall with Lashua in second. Ryan Ovitt was scored third overall with Travis Smith and James Fadden completing the top five.
It was all eights in the Weglarz Property Service/F.M.S. Auto Parts Four Cylinders with Sean Perron in the 8 bringing the field to the green to start the race and holding the point for six laps on lap seven Jesse Durkee took over the point in the 88 and cruised on for his third win of the season. Perron fell back to third, as Justin Severance got by him late to take the second place spot. Rookie Buddy Welch came hope in fourth with Matt Boucher completing the top five.
Bear Ridge Speedway’s 48th season of stock car racing continues on Saturday, July 25th with a full card of racing plus the return of the Sprint Cars of New England and our second 4/6 cylinder enduro. Special admission pricing applies for the 99Rock Weekly Racing Series at $13 for adults (age 18-61), $10 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 – Celebrity Media One night
99ROCK Weekly Racing Series
Bear Ridge Speedway — Bradford, VT
Saturday, July 18th, 2015
Bond Auto DIRTcar Sportsman Modified Feature (40 laps)
Car# Driver
1st 11 Josh Sunn
2nd 42T Robert Tucker
3rd 73 Kevin Chaffee
4th 15 Adam Pierson
5th 10 Derek Graham
6th 24 Jordan Fornwalt
7th 91 Tim Tucker
8th 10s Ryan Christian
9th 1x TC Forward
10th o1 Mike Gendron
11th 5 Gary Siemons
12th 9 Michael Dunn
13th 42c Josh Currier
14th 36 Lacey Hanson
15th 40 Steven Flint®
16th 88 Thomas Kimball
17th 34 Richie Simmons
18th 12c Jamie Ferland®
19th 4 DJ Robinson
20th 20 Chris Chambers
21st 12 Steve Bell®
Wells River Chevrolet Sportsman Coupe Feature (30 laps)
1st 16/77 Brian Chaffee
2nd 3 Jason Horniak
3rd 17 Todd Hayward®
4th 43 Earl Maxham
5th 44 Michael Danforth
6th 24 Jeremy Beckley
7th 18 Jason Colbeth
8th 71 Josh Harrington
9th 11 Martin Mastic
10th 8 Gene Pierson
11th 13 Buster Kathan
12th 33 Melvin Pierson
13th 14 Mitchell Frost
14th 5 Jonathon Covey®
15th 22 Thomas Placey
16th 28 Bob Shepard
17th 21e Matt Ellsworth
USAC DMA Midgets Feature (25 laps)
1 76 Adam Pierson
2 47 Scott Holcomb
3 1W Ray Miller
4 5 Derek Graham
5 15 Jeff Champagne
6 29 Kenny Schrader
7 67 Josh Sunn
8 12 Adam Whitney
9 46 Kenney Johnson
10 18c Mike Chaffee
11 17 Chris Donnelly
12 69 Dean Christensen
13 1R Jeff Horn
14 11 Alex Rose
15 27 Lauryn Burd
16 4 Kevin Chaffee
17 21 Barry Kittredge
18 96 Rob Williams
DNS 57 Dylan Duhaime
DNS 33 Tim Gallant
Crazy Ed’s Limited Late Model Feature (Madness two 20 lap features)
Segment One Feature winner 18 Matt Lashua
Segment Two Feature winner 83 Tim Martin
1st 83 Tim Martin ®
2nd 18 Matt Lashua
3rd 77 Ryan Ovitt
4th 5T Travis Smith
5th 91 James Fadden
6th 91x Doug Boucher
7th 66 Eric Lang
8th 3 David Stearns
9th 24 Bobby Bell
Weglarz Property Management/F.M.S. Auto Parts 4-Cylinder Feature (20 laps)
1st 88 Jesse Durkee
2nd 4J Justin Severance ®
3rd 8 Sean Perron
4th 65 Robert Welch ®
5th 61 Matt Boucher
6th 3 Charlie Lakin
7th 11vt Jacob Roy
8th 2 Devin Stearns
9th 86 Mike Ryan
10th 29 Justin Carbee
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Contact: April May Preston Email: brsdirt@charter.net
Phone: (802) 222-4052
