Bear Ridge Banquet Postponed
COVID-19 Pandemic forces POSTPONEMENT of 2020 Annual Awards Banquet
We have RESCEDULED the events to Friday and Saturday March 5th and 6th, 2021.
2020 the year that just won’t give. After several weeks of watching the upturned trend of cases in the Upper Valley Area and the recent travel restrictions implemented by the Vermont State Governor, Bear Ridge Speedway Management had to make the tough decision of what to do about our banquet.
The event(s) this year due to COVID-19 limitations on the number of people able to attend an indoor gathering at once was originally scheduled for November 6th for the C. A. Miller Limited Late Models, LaValley’s Building Supply Dirt Stockers, Peanuts Auto Four Cylinders, and the Mike Estrada State Farm 4/6 Cylinder Enduros, and then on November 7th for the DIRTcar Sabil & Sons Sportsman Modifieds, the DIRTcar Wells River Chevrolet Sportsman Coupes, USAC DMA Midgets, and the WYKR Sprint Cars of New England at the Fireside Inn in West Lebanon, NH.
Being able to celebrate the accomplishments of all our competitors, and to crown our champions at our annual awards banquet is a very important part of our racing program, and is always a sold-out event, which only added to the difficulty of deciding what to do about the event in 2020.
At the end of the day, our number one goal and focus has been compassion and caring for our fellow human beings, something, that frankly seems to be missing in today’s environment. All season we strived to offer a safe place to enjoy some of the best racing in New England for sense of some sort of “normalcy” during this pandemic. We required the wearing of face masks at the track at all time, with the hopes of helping people realize that this is not about you it is about all of us, and together with a few adjustments we can get thru it. Knowing we have to wear shoes to go in most stores, and be dressed when we go outside, wearing a mask to help stop the spread of a pandemic really doesn’t feel like a big reach, and we wholeheartedly thank all of you that worked with us this summer!
Having made it thru the summer without incident to now not follow the state restrictions, would be counterproductive of our efforts, so in the interest of everyone’s health and safety, we have made the decision to POSTPONE the November 6 & 7th events. We have RESCEDULED the events to Friday and Saturday March 5th and 6th, 2021. We are in hopes that restrictions will have been lifted and we will be able to hold just one event, but for now have booked the two nights, as we get closer we will keep everyone posted and up to date. This will be the first time in the history of our banquets that we will not be holding it in the year raced, but we are already looking forward to celebrating our competitors 2020 accomplishments in March 2021.
Again we would like to sincerely thank all of our competitors, crews, staff, and most importantly our faithful fans. As we worked within the State appointed guidelines, you all worked with us to keep all of us safe, and able to be at the Ridge our favorite Saturday night spot thru the summer, and for that we cannot thank you enough!
Our 2021 racing season is scheduled to kick into action on Saturday, May 8. 2021. Season Passes make great Christmas presents, we will be uploading the order form to the website shortly, so check out the site and download the form to get yours now.
Bear Ridge Speedway is as an alcohol-free family-friendly entertainment spot, with our goal to make each experience at the Ridge better than the last. Remember “Dirt where every lap is the last lap” we continue to offer the best source of good inexpensive high-quality entertainment for families.
Bear Ridge Speedway is located off exit 16 of I91 on to Rte 25 west 1 mile to South Road up the hill to Kidder Rd. The green will wave every Saturday at 6:00 pm(ish). Be sure to check the web www.bearridgespeedway.com and Facebook at www.facebook.com/bearridgespeedway Questions can be sent to brsdirt@charter.net
UNOFFICIAL RESULTS – 53rd Season of Racing 2020 Final Points Standings
99ROCK Weekly Racing Series
Bear Ridge Speedway — Bradford, VT
Sabil & Sons DIRTcar Sportsman Modifieds (37 Different drivers)
pos. car# name total
1st 00 Jason Gray 950
2nd 24 Jordan Fornwalt 865
3rd 18 Matt Lashua 806
4th 91nh James Fadden 765
5th 34 Richie Simmons 756
6th 4 DJ Robinson 694
7th 10s Ryan Christian 673
8th 9 Michael Dunn 639
9th 26 Jeremy Huntoon 630
10th 86 Mike Ryan 619
11th 27 Kyle Ashford ® 562
12th 14 Nathan Locke 515
13th 28 Josh Ruel 488
14th 51 Bryan Bigue® 478
15th 42T Robert Tucker 444
16th 77 Wayland Childs ® 370
17th 20 Todd Hayward ® 358
18th 5 Tanner Siemons 328
19th 1d Wayne Stearns 322
20th 3 Jeff Huntington 314
DIRTcar Wells River Chevrolet Sportsman Coupes (27 Different drivers)
1st 09 Tad Kingsbury 845
2nd 71 Josh Harrington 821
3rd 3 Jason Horniak 792
4th 22 Thomas Placey 784
5th 12 Cody Gregoropoulos 745
6th 21e Matt Ellsworth 734
7th 50 Tyler Stygles 726
8th 18 Cody Copeland 687
9th 28 Bob Shepard 685
10th 1 Jeremy Hodge 673
11th 16 Brian Chaffee 573
12th 69 Alexander Pushee ® 530
13th 4 Jeff Robbins 523
13th 33 Melvin Pierson 523
14th 23 Derrick Stearns 414
15th 77 Robert Kilburn 408
15th 10 Ryan Christian 408
16th 91 Alfred O’Haire ® 399
17th 83 Tim Martin ® 363
18th 83 Will Hull 301
19th 93 Ricky Sanville 153
20th 2 Tim Hodge 102
20th 91 Earl Maxham 102
USAC DMA Midgets (23 Different drivers)
1st 4 Seth Carlson 679
2nd 3 Will Hull 568
2nd 7 Brandon Piastka® 568
3rd 16 Justin Phillips 559
4th 42 Manny Dias 538
5th 17 Justin Sheridan 522
6th 44 Floyd Billington 455
7th 5 Tim West 406
8th 1B Joe Krawiec 383
9th A1 Jeff Horn 347
10th 33 Melvin Pierson 338
11th 91 Wayne Koehler 276
12th 2 Scott Holcomb 236
13th 77 Jeffrey Champagne 190
14th 92 PJ Bleau ® 174
15th 12 Adam Whitney 159
16th 50 Owen Carbee 130
17th 55 Mike Netishen 85
18th 18c Mike Chaffee 70
19th 50 Jeremy Hodge 44
20th 11 Alex Rose 37
CA Miller Limited Late Models (16 Different drivers)
1st 17 George Osgood 660
2nd 32 Tyler Tremblay 644
3rd 316 Nicholas Longley 577
4th 117 Matt Piper 571
5th 3 Deven Stearns 388
6th 71 Todd Dunham 379
7th 15 John Neddo 345
8th 10 Ryan Christian 319
9th 83 Thomas Coates 256
10th 14 Jordan Martin 206
LaValley’s Dirt Stockers (22 Different drivers)
1st 78 Troy Prentice® 644
2nd 21 Lucas Wheeler 557
3rd 71VT Jesse Dunham® 485
4th 0 Kaleb Shepard® 462
5th 6x Chris Cole® 320
6th 87 Phil Hayes® 319
7th 63 Mike Stender 287
8th 34 John Duprey® 260
9th 7 Chris Murray 226
10th 98 Michael Wright® 157
Peanut’s Auto Four Cylinders (59 different drivers)
1st 65 Buddy Welch 863
2nd 49 Kevin LaForest 797
3rd 13 Jason Porter 755
4th 89 Garrett Brown 724
5th 9 Zach Audet 676
6th 98 Tom Brown 629
7th 66 Robert Audet 611
8th 71 Sawyer Harrington® 580
9th 55 Rick Stygles 535
10th 44 Logan Martin® 530
11th 24 Bobby Bell 509
12th 88 Joey Thibodeau® 479
13th 17 Shane Stygles 471
14th 53 Travis Burroughs 431
15th 54 Katie Burroughs 414
16th 2 Taber Andrews® 413
17th 60 Dustin Towle 411
18th 8 Devin Bell 362
19th 12 Devon Spinks 352
20th 27B Bruce Buccella 288
State Farm Mike Estrada 4/6 Cyl Enduro (133 different drivers)
1st 44 Eric Lundblad 308
2nd 13 Jason Porter 200
2nd 00 Jeff Mitchell 200
3rd 79 Jon LaForest 184
4th 55 Karl Sheldon 176
5th 97 Cary Hunter 156
6th 3 Kyle Blakeman 152
7th 20 Devin Bell 150
8th 21 Daniel Marchbanks 148
9th 35 Aren Keene 146
10th 23 Mike St Lawrence 142
WYKR Sprint Cars of New England (16 different drivers)
1st 17 Chris Donnelly 388
2nd 61 Will Hull 380
3rd 69 Floyd Billington 357
4th 68 Caleb Lamson 292
5th 73 Jacob Williams 287
6th 71 Jim Lowery Jr 281
7th 91 Scott Holcomb 262
8th 41 Rick Stone 237
9th 88 Travis Billington 228
10th 8 Tyler Austin 170
Sources: April May Preston-Elms/Bear Ridge Speedway PR