John Poor Memorial Offers Over $8,500 for Coupes at Bear Ridge Speedway
“Madness” event draws huge purse, USAC Midgets back in town
BRADFORD, VT – Bear Ridge Speedway – “The Home of the Coupes” – has posted a mammoth prize purse for its iconic Wells River Chevrolet Sportsman Coupe division at the John Poor Memorial presented by Walker Motor Sales of Woodsville, NH on Saturday. Between the finish payout and bonus lap money raised by race teams through various sponsors, more than $8,500 is up for grabs. The race, named in honor of late Bear Ridge official John Poor, will be run in the popular “Madness” segmented format with full-field inversions and cumulative scoring, with bonus money paid to each of the top-five runners on every lap.
Jason Colbeth of Newbury, VT became the latest winner in the division at last week’s Interstate Batteries of New-Mont event. Colbeth joins Teddy Salomaa, Kane Pike Josh Harrington, Melvin Pierson, Louie Cadwell, Martin Mastic and rookie Danny Doyle as feature winners in 2013.
The cars and stars of the USAC Dirt Midget Association powered by Ignite Racing Fuels are back in action for Walker Motor Sales Night. Bear Ridge favorite Kevin “The Fairlee Flier” Chaffee leads the points entering the event, with former Champion “Flat Foot” Joe Krawiec second.
The rest of the 99ROCK Weekly Racing Series divisions will also be in action, as Adam Pierson of Fairlee, VT seeks his ninth career track title in the Bond Auto Parts DIRTcar Sportsman Modifieds, Lebanon, NH chauffer Jason Giguere looks for his 11th Feature win in the Laquerre’s Sports Limited Late Models, Tim Martin of White River Jct, VT tops the Weglarz Property Service Fast Fours, and Stan Otterman leads the KDD NAPA Auto Parts Hornet points.
Regular general admission for Walker Motor Sales Night is $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.
Sources: April May Preston/Bear Ridge Speedway PR