Josh Sunn Applies the Heat to Bear Ridge Midgets
USAC DIRT MIDGET ASSOCIATION RACE RESULTS: July 2, 2022 – Bradford, VT–
Bear Ridge Speedway
Josh Sunn (Quechee, VT) scored his second win of the season with the USAC-DMA midgets at Bear Ridge Speedway on Saturday night. It was a dominating win and made Sunn the first two-time winner in the series in 2022.
At the drop of the green, Sunn vaulted from his fourth place starting position up to challenge the leaders. With aggressive moves he moved into second place on the first lap. A yellow on lap two for a Tyler Stark spin closed the field. Once the green flag flew, Sunn made a move on Dan Piastka for first place. From there it was all over as Sunn was never challenged as the race went green for the remaining laps. Seth Carlson moved up to second, getting by Justin Sheridan and Dan Piastka on successive laps. He had nothing for Sunn though and that’s the way they finished.
Sunn’s win was his second of the season at Bear Ridge. He ran strong in both his heat race and the feature, able to use either the middle of bottom of the track, he finished three and half seconds ahead of Carlson. Sunn was clearly the class of the field. “The car was a rocket and on rails all night, I was able to move around the track with it. J.R.’s (car owner J.R. Mancini) hard work is paying off the last couple of weeks.”
Two-time defending USAC-DMA champion Seth Carlson ran second for the third straight race.
Brandon Piastka rebounded from a couple of off weeks to take third.
“The track was very tricky, I’m happy to come out with a podium after a couple of tough weeks. We were struggling for forward drive in the heat race, so we changed a few things and it helped. Thanks to everyone who helps at Ray Miller racing. I’m excited to go back to New Hampshire and hopefully get a much better result than the last race there.”
Justin Sheridan’s strong season continued with a fourth. It was Sheridan’s fifth top four finish of 2022. New Hampshire winner Dan Piastka came in fifth.
Manny Dias and Dan Piastka won the heat races.
The USAC-DMA midgets will make their second appearance of the season at the Flat Track at New Hampshire Motor Speedway on Friday, July 15.
FIRST HEAT: (8 laps) 1. Manny Dias (#42 Dias), 2. Tom Chaffee (#51 Chaffee), 3. Jeff Horn (#A1 Horn), 4. Mike Chaffee (#18c Miller), 5. Todd Mable (#2K Mable), 6. Tyler Stark (#75 Stark)
SECOND HEAT: (8 laps) 1. Dan Piastka (#1 Miller), 2. Josh Sunn (#76M Mancini), 3. Seth Carlson (#4 Matczak), 4. Justin Sheridan (#17 Shookus), 5. Brandon Piastka (#7 Miller), 6. Nikki Ouelette (#14 Matczak)
FEATURE: (25 laps) 1. Josh Sunn, 2. Seth Carlson, 3. Brandon Piastka, 4. Justin Sheridan, 5. Dan Piastka, 6. Manny Dias, 7. Mike Chaffee, 8. Nikki Ouelette, 9. Tom Chaffee, 10. Jeff Horn, 11. Todd Mable, 12. Tyler Stark
FEATURE LAP LEADERS: 1-2 Dan Piastka, 3-25 Josh Sunn
NEXT USAC DMA MIDGET RACE: July 15-Flat Track at New Hampshire Motor Speedway, Loudon, NH
Sources: USAC DMA PR