Floyd Billington and Chris Donnelly Claim Feature Wins at Bear Ridge Speedway
The Green Mountain Gear-Heads Sprint Cars of New England rolled into Bear Ridge Speedway Saturday, June 8th for double Features after being rained out in their last visit to the ¼ mile speed plant.
The Makeup Feature from May 25th was up first and Floyd Billington took the top spot at the drop of the green with Jordan Fornwalt second. Billington clung to the low groove with Jordan Fornwalt challenging up top. Fornwalt took the top spot on lap six and started to build a sizeable lead, only to see it erased with a lap nine caution for a spinning Kurt Conklin. On the restart, Billington blasted back into the lead relegating Fornwalt to second. Just a lap later Will Hull claimed the second spot and set his sights on Billington, who continued to hug the bottom groove. While Hull Reached Billington’s rear bumper he couldn’t find a way around him to take the top spot. At the checkers it was Floyd Billington with the win, Will Hull was second with Tyler Austin making a late race pass to annex the third position. Jordan Fornwalt was fourth and Rick Stone completed the top five.
In the regularly scheduled Feature Will Hull fired from the pole and bolted into the lead and immediately started to distance himself from the rest of the field. Chris Donnelly, who started fourth, arrived in second with three laps complete and quickly started to erase Hull’s advantage. The only caution of the race flew on lap twelve for a minor spin and on the restart, it was once again Hull who bolted to the lead. Donnelly stalked him for a few laps before going side-by-side for the lead and finally claiming the top spot on lap nineteen of the twenty-five lap Feature. From there it was all Chris Donnelly as he rolled to the win. Will Hull once again finished second with Rick Stone winning an entertaining battle for third over Jordan Fornwalt, who was fourth. Floyd Billington completed the top five.
The next event for the Green Mountain Gear-Heads Sprint Cars of New England is at Bear Ridge Speedway on Saturday night, June 22nd.
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Green Mountain Gear-Heads Sprint Cars of New England Make up Feature Unofficial Finish-Bear Ridge Speedway June 8th, 2019
1st 69 Floyd Billington
2nd 61 Will Hull
3rd O1 Tyler Austin
4th 24 Jordan Fornwalt
5th 41 Rick Stone
6th 5 Mike Kondrat
7th 45 Kurt Conklin
8th 17 Chris Donnelly
Green Mountain Gear-Heads Sprint Cars of New England Regular Feature Unofficial Finish-Bear Ridge Speedway June 8th, 2019
1st 17 Chris Donnelly
2nd 61 Will Hull
3rd 41 Rick Stone
4th 24 Jordan Fornwalt
5th 69 Floyd Billington
6th O1 Tyler Austin
7th 5 Mike Kondrat
8th 45 Kurt Conklin
Sources: Alan Ward/SCONE PR
Photos by Alan Ward
brs06081902-Top Tree for the Make-Up Feature (L-R) Tyler Austin (3rd), Floyd Billington (1st), Will Hull (2nd)
brs06081904-Floyd Billington won the Make-up Feature
brs06081918-Top three in the Regularly Scheduled Feature (L-R) Rick Stone (3rd), Chris Donnelly (1st), Will Hull (2nd)
brs06081920-Chris Donnelly won the regularly scheduled feature
brs06081927-Rick Stone (41), Will Hull (61) & Tyler Austin (01)
brs06081929-Floyd Billington (69) on the low side takes the lead from Jordan Fornwalt (24) in the held over Feature
brs06081939-Rick Stone (41) & Chris Donnelly (17)
brs06081961-Chris Donnelly streaking his way towards the win
brs06081962-Rick Stone (41) & Jordan Fornwalt had an entertaining battle for third
brs06081963-Chris Donnelly (17) executing the winning pass on Will Hull (61) in the regularly scheduled Feature