Josh Sunn gets first win of season in DIRTcar Sabil & Sons Sportsman Modifieds
Thomas Placey overall winner in the DIRTcar Wells River Chevrolet Sportsman Coupes Madness event
Swenson Insurance night Feature winners: Sabil & Sons DIRTcar Sportsman Modifieds Josh Sunn; Wells River Chevrolet DIRTcar Sportsman Coupes Thomas Placey USAC DMA Midgets Return to action August 28th; C.A. Miller Limited Late Models Todd Dunham; LaValley Building Supply Dirt Stocks Jesse Dunham; Peanuts Auto LLC Four Cylinders Feature #1 Devin Spinks & Feature #2 Jason Porter. Granite State Mini Sprints: 500cc Riley Chaffee; 600cc Mark Wiggett.
Walker Motor Sales night MAKEUP Feature winners: Wells River Chevrolet DIRTcar Sportsman Coupes Madness: Segment One: Jason Horniac; Segment Two Cody Copeland; Segment 3 Matt Ellsworth, overall winner Thomas Placey Peanuts Auto LLC Four Cylinders Feature #1 Westley Blake & Feature #2 Logan Martin.
Josh Sunn becomes the eighth different winner in the Sabil & Sons DIRTcar Sportsman Modifieds, showing the competitors that even with some time off the past couple seasons, he still remembers his way around the track. Taking the lead early and with only one caution the other heavy hitters wouldn’t have time to set any hard challenges against him for the win. Coming up just one spot short, but back in victory lane was Jason Gray. Holding on to a victory lane spot was Todd Buckwold coming home in the third-place spot. James Fadden and Robert Tucker completed the top five.
The final segment of the Wells River Chevrolet DIRTcar Sportsman Coupes Madness event was completed with Matt Ellsworth seen marching from mid-pack to take the lead and hot money spot on lap 33 and hold on for the segment win. Thomas Placey crossed the line in second with Jason Horniac in third. Tad Kingsbury and Jeremy Hodge finished out the top five. The OVERALL top five for this historic event with over $13,000.00 in lap money, purse, and special bonuses were Thomas Placey; Tad Kingsbury, Jason Horniak, Tim Hodge, and Matt Ellsworth. The mighty Coupes then returned for their regularly scheduled feature event. When all was done some did well and some did not, which will surely shake up the points standings as we head into end of August and start of the windup to the season finale. Thomas Placey was one of the lucky ones able to come from the back by virtue of the makeup event win and make it back-to-back wins for the night. Brian Chaffe was unable to make a challenge for the win having to settle for the runner once again up spot, and Cody Gregoropoulos would join them in the final victory lane spot. Tim Hodge and Tim Martin rounded out the top five.
The USAC DMA Midgets made their second trip of the season to Albany/Saratoga only to have mother nature claim the victory. Show points were awarded to all of those who made the trip for their efforts. They will be returning to action at the Ridge on August 28th.
The C.A. Miller Limited Late Models were a dozen strong, and Todd Dunham grabbed his third win of the season beating out Ryan Avery and Matt Lashua. Tyler Tremblay and Chad McAlpine rounded out the top five.
In the LaValley Building Supply the son of the Late Model feature winner said dad if you can do it so can I as he crosses the line first scoring his second win of the season. Lucas Wheeler and Mike Mann joined him in victory lane, with last week’s winner Dustin Towle coming home fourth and Mike Stender fifth.
The Peanuts Auto LLC Four Cylinders car count continues to grow on a weekly basis with thirty-four in the pits for the scheduled events. First to be run were their makeup races from Walker Motor Sales night. For Feature one Westley Blake gets the win in the makeup event with Gregory Crews and Hayden Bishop joining him in that order in victory lane. Chris O’Dell and Douglas Kenny rounded out the top five. For feature two Logan Martin holds off Jason Porter for the win and after a post-race inspection, the remaining field moves up one position as Buddy Welch was deemed illegal, thus giving Jason Porter second and Jesse Durkee third. Kevin LaForest and Garrett Brown completed the top five. When the Four Cylinders returned for their regular scheduled events for the night race one had another first-time winner for the year added to the record books with Devon Spinks seeing the checkers first. Tom Brown and Travis Burroughs were the two lucky ones to join him in victory lane with Chris O’Dell and Cary Hunter completing the top five. Feature two was awarded to Jason Porter with his fifth win of the season and Spencer Braley and Garrett Brown taking the final two victory lane spots. Tim Chase and Logan Martin rounded out the top five.
The Granite State Mini Sprints were in town and topless as well running without their wings. Thirty-four machine would take the green between the two classes. In the 500ccRiley Chaffee was your winner with Rob Williams in second and Chase Rogers in third Eric Relation and Nicholas Greenslade rounded out the top five. In the 600c class Mark Wiggett gets the win over Jack Koponen in second and Kyle Gisleson in third. David Bodio and Justin Burr completed the top five. The Granite State Mini Sprints will be back in action on August 28th.
The Sting Vintage Race Cars 4/6 Cylinder Enduro 4th event of the season will be on 9/4/2021.
Coming up this Saturday, August 21st it is Old Times night with visiting New England Antique Racers sponsored by Sabil & Sons and will feature the DIRTcar Sabil & Sons Sportsman Modifieds, DIRTcar Wells River Chevrolet Sportsman Coupes, C.A. Miller Limited Late Models with their MADNESS event, LaValley Building Supply Dirt Stocks, and Peanuts Auto LLC Four Cylinders. PLUS, the makeup feature from Walker Motor Sales night for the DIRTcar Sabil & Sons Sportsman Modifieds and the C.A. Miller Limited Late Models. PLUS Sprint Cars of New England. The USAC DMA Midgets are off returning to action on August 28th.
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Special admission pricing for August 21st for a front gate ticket is $15.00 for adults (ages 17 to 61) $13.00 Teens 12 to 16 and seniors 62 and older and children 11 and under $2.00. Military Discounts are available at $2.00 off for those with a valid ID. The back gate (pit gate) ticket price for Bear Ridge Speedway and DIRTcar 2021 license holders is $30.00. Non-license holders are $35.00 (both prices include the front gate ticket.)
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UNOFFICIAL RESULTS – 54th Season of Racing sponsored by Walker Motor Sales MAKEUP FEATURES.
99ROCK Weekly Racing Series
Bear Ridge Speedway — Bradford, VT
From Saturday August 7, 2021
Wells River Chevrolet DIRTcar Sportsman Coupes (35 Laps)
Madness event
SEGMENT one: Jason Horniac
SEGMENT two: Cody Copeland
SEGMENT three: Matt Ellsworth
OVERALL FINISH
1st 22 Thomas Placey
2nd 09 Tad Kingsbury
3rd 3 Jason Horniak
4th 2 Tim Hodge
5th 21e Matt Ellsworth
6th 16 Brian Chaffee
7th 83 Tim Martin
8th 23 Derrick Stearns
9th 12 Cody Gregoropoulos
10th 71 Josh Harrington
11th 28 Bob Shepard
12th 1 Jeremy Hodge
13th 93 Ricky Sanville
14th 18 Cody Copeland
15th 69 Alexander Pushee
16th 5 Brian Lakin ®
17th 91 Alfred O’Haire
18th 17 Cooper Hodge ®
19th 43 Earl Maxham
Peanuts Auto Four Cylinders (Feature One 20 laps)
1st 57 Westly Blake
2nd 52 Gregory Crews
3rd 30 Hayden Bishop
4th 01 Chris O’Dell
5th 63 Douglas Kenny
6th 54 Katie Burroughs
7th 97 Cary Hunter
8th 28 Randy Morrill
9th 29 Paige Flanders®
10th 14 Kelsie Gregoropoulos ®
11th 25 Jerry Johnson
12th 50 Matthew Lucas
13th 56 Anna Ricker ®
14th 55 Travis Boisvert
Peanuts Auto Four Cylinders (Feature Two 20 laps)
1st 44 Logan Martin
2nd 13 Jason Porter
3rd 88 Jesse Durkee
4th 49 Kevin LaForest
5th 89 Garrett Brown
6th 79 John LaForest
7th 22 Jonathon Baker
8th 43 Spencer Braley
9th 53 Travis Burroughs
10th 27x Blake Buccellato
11th 2 Taber Andrews
12th 9 Robert Audet
13th 12 Devon Spinks
65BuddyWelch D’qd post race inspection
HEAT one: Katie Burroughs
HEAT two: Garrett Brown
HEAT three: Travis Burroughs
UNOFFICIAL RESULTS – 54th Season of Racing sponsored by Swenson Insurance.
99ROCK Weekly Racing Series
Bear Ridge Speedway — Bradford, VT
Saturday August 14, 2021
Sabil & Sons DIRTcar Sportsman Modifieds (35 Laps)
1st 11 Josh Sunn
2nd 00 Jason Gray
3rd 631 Todd Buckwold
4th 91nh James Fadden
5th 42T Robert Tucker
6th 18 Matt Lashua
7th 26 Jeremy Huntoon
8th 34 Richie Simmons
9th 86 Mike Ryan
10th 29 Max Dolliver ®
11th 97 Allan Hammond
12th 4 DJ Robinson
13th 10s Ryan Christian
14th 21 Earl Maxham
15th 9 Michael Dunn
16th 137 Todd Randlett
17th 27 Kyle Ashford
18th 24 Jordan Fornwalt
HEAT one: DJ Robinson
HEAT two: Josh Sunn
Wells River Chevrolet DIRTcar Sportsman Coupes (35 Laps)
1st 22 Thomas Placey
2nd 16 Brian Chaffee
3rd 12 Cody Gregoropoulos
4th 2 Tim Hodge
5th 83 Tim Martin
6th 28 Bob Shepard
7th 1 Jeremy Hodge
8th 71 Josh Harrington
9th 69 Alexander Pushee
10th 18 Cody Copeland
11th 17 Cooper Hodge ®
12th 91 Alfred O’Haire
13th 3 Jason Horniak
14th 23 Derrick Stearns
15 21e Matt Ellsworth
16 93 Ricky Sanville
17 5 Brian Lakin ®
18 09 Tad Kingsbury
HEAT one:
HEAT two:
USAC DMA Midgets Feature (25 laps) Albany/Saratoga RAINED OUT show points awarded to following:
1B Joe Krawiec
2 Tim Iulg
3 Will Hull
4 Seth Carlson
7 Brandon Piastka
7x Daniel Piastka ®
16 Justin Phillips
17 Justin Sheridan
19 Jason Goff
42 Manny Diaz
76 Josh Sunn
52x Adrian Tetreault
HEAT one:
HEAT two:
C.A. Miller Limited Late Model Feature (20 Laps)
1st 71 Todd Dunham
2nd 01 Ryan Avery
3rd 316 Matt Lashua
4th 32 Tyler Tremblay
5th 10B Chad McAlpine
6th 70 Rob Rugg
7th 22 Trevor Strong ®
8th 15 John Neddo
9th 13 Jason Porter ®
10th 7 Robbie Williams
11th 37 Donald Ottati
12th 117 Matt Piper
HEAT one: Ryan Avery
HEAT tow: John Neddo
LaValley’s Building Supply Dirt Stockers (20 Laps) 1
1st 71 Jesse Dunham
2nd 21 Lucas Wheeler
3rd 22 Mike Mann ®
4th 78 Dustin Towle ®
5th 63 Mike Stender
6th 5J John Fields
7th 58 Edward Moodie ®
8th 6X Chris Cole
9th 25 Timothy Blake ®
10th 18D Dawn Rumrill®
11th 82 Mike McClay ®
12th 35 Jacob Brown ®
13th 68 Troy Prentice
14th 7 Robert Thurston
HEAT one: Timothy Blake
HEAT two: Mike Mann
Peanuts Auto Four Cylinders (Feature One 20 laps)
1st 12 Devon Spinks
2nd 98 Tom Brown
3rd 53 Travis Burroughs
4th 01 Chris O’Dell
5th 97 Cary Hunter
6th 07 Santana Merritt
7th 54 Katie Burroughs
8th 22 Jonathon Baker
9th 2 Taber Andrews
10th 50 Matthew Lucas
11th 25 Randy Osmer
12th 52 Gregory Crews
13th 14 Kelsie Gregoropoulos ®
14th 29 Paige Flanders®
15th 4 Shawn Bell
16th 56 Anna Ricker ®
Peanuts Auto Four Cylinders (Feature Two 20 laps)
1st 13 Jason Porter
2nd 43 Spencer Braley
3rd 89 Garrett Brown
4th 40 Tim Chase
5th 44 Logan Martin
6th 49 Kevin LaForest
7th 79 John LaForest
8th 3 Travis King
9th 8 Devin Bell
10th 27x Blake Buccellato
11th 63 Douglas Kenny
12th 9 Robert Audet
13th 30 Hayden Bishop
14th 88 Jesse Durkee
15th 57 Westly Blake
16th 58 Chris LaForest
17th 55 Travis Boisvert
HEAT one:
HEAT two:
HEAT three:
Granite State Mini Sprints 600cc Feature (20 laps)
29 Mark Wiggett
50 Jack Koponen
8 Kyle Gisleson
16 David Bodio
33 Justin Burr
68 Ryan Green
23 Caiden Herbert
21 Mia Koponen
3 Matthew Seymour
14 Isaiah Hogan
0 Keith Brown
98 Zachary Robinson
19 William Ostertag
20 Tony Shaw
32 Dan Lang
12 Amanda Slater
15 Kyle Beliveau
94 Andrew Ruston
4 Jason Horne
1 Mark Reynolds
28
72 Jacob Green
48 Grayson Reen
Granite State Mini Sprints 500cc Feature (20 laps)
1 Riley Chaffee
96 Rob Williams
5 Chase Rogers
45 Eric Relations
15 Nicholas Greenslade
21 Ella Gisleson
52 Todd Mable
43 Spencer Logan
47 Triston Puffinburger
23 Jake Macintyre
United Ag of North Haverhill Buster Kathan Semi Feature winner:
Sting Vintage Race Cars 4/6 Cylinder Enduro (75 Laps)
Off returning to action on September 4, 2021
Sources: April May Preston-Elms/Bear Ridge Speedway PR