Iles, LaMothe, Reinhardt and King take Bridgeport Checkered
Iles, LaMothe, Reinhardt and King take Bridgeport Checkered
Mike Iles won the second round of the “Romp in the Swamp” 811 Dig Safely Open-Comp Modifieds on the Bridgeport Speedway quarter mile. Sam LaMothe and Tyler Reinhardt won their first features of 2015 in the wingless 600cc Micro Sprints and 270cc Micro Sprints and Joe King, Jr. remain undefeated in the ServPro Four Cylinder Enduro division.
Iles grabbed the lead from Ryan Forte and easily won the 25-lap Modified feature event. Forte led the opening three laps of the contest before Iles took command. John Cornell finished third at the checkered flag followed by Richie Pratt, Jr. and Jimmy Horton.
LaMothe took the lead from his outside front row starting position from Rob Vivona on the opening lap. Bill Thomas and Andrew Locuson passed Vivona for second and third when he drove off the lip of the backstretch on lap five. Lee Nardelli passed Mike Fillbrunn for fifth just passed the halfway point. LaMothe led all 20-laps of the feature to record his first win. Vivona recovered from his excursion to finish second followed by Thomas, Nardelli and Andrew Locuson.
Tyler Reinhardt broke his early season drought by winning the 20-lap feature event for the 270cc Micro Sprints. Reinhardt jumped out to the lead from his outside front row starting position but a caution on lap 9 caught the field up to his bumper. On the restart, sophomore driver Sean Huesser took the lead away from Reinhardt. Huesser began to pull away from Reinhardt over the next few laps then Reinhardt got back into rhythm and caught up and passed Huesser for the win. Huesser held onto second with Lee Reinhardt, Dana LaMothe and Rich Keller completing the top five.
Joe King, Jr. won his fourth Four Cylinder Enduro event of the season over Michael Bentley, Chris Sammons, Keith McKinley and Laura John.
SUMMARY
811 DIG SAFELY OPEN-COMP MODIFIEDS (25 LAPS)
- Mike Iles, 2. Ryan Forte, 3. John Cornwell, 4. Richie Pratt, Jr., 5. Jimmy Horton, 6. Ron Roberts, 7. Frank Holmes, 8. Bobby Drayton, 9. Patrick Gold, 10. Brett Ballard, 11. Pete Serra, 12. Brad Roberts, DNS – Dale Hawkins, Matt Hawkins
600cc MICRO SPRINTS (20 LAPS)
- Sam LaMothe, 2. Rob Vivona, 3. Bill Thomas, 4. Lee Nardelli, 5. Andrew Locuson, 6. Sam Locuson, 7. Ernie Miles, III, 8. Tyler DeVault, 9. Mike Fillbrunn, 10. Jermain Godshall, 11. Jim Tippin, 12. Ernie Miles, Jr., 13. Nick Havens, 14. Joe Butts, 15. Chris Locuson, 16. Gary Bozowski, DNS – Wayne Scott
270cc MICRO SPRINTS (20 LAPS)
- Tyler Reinhardt, 2. Sean Huesser, 3. Lee Reinhardt, 4. Dana LaMothe, 5. Rich Keller, 6. Roland Saxton, 7. Colin Bustard, 8. John Blanda, 9. Ryan Wozunk, 10. Billy Gray, 11. Jonathan John
SERVPRO FOUR CYLINDER ENDUROS (20 LAPS)
- Joe King, Jr., 2. Michael Bentley, 3. Chris Sammons, 4. Keith McKinley, 5. Laura John, DNS – Art Knapp
Upcoming Events
Friday, May 22, 2015 – TSRS 305 Sprints (on 5/8th mile), 270 & Wingless 600 Micro Sprints and Four-Cylinder Enduros, racing at 8pm
Saturday, May 23, 2015 – No racing
Sunday, May 24, 2015 – “ALL IN AT THE PORT” – POKER SERIES #2 – Big Block Modifieds, Crate/Sportsman, Outlaw Stocks and Rookies, racing at 7:00pm (Rain Date – Monday 5/25)
Friday, May 29, 2015 – No racing
Saturday, May 30, 2015 – MECHANIC RACES – Big Block Modifieds, Crate/Sportsman, Outlaw Stocks and Rookies plus Crate/Sportsman feature from 5/17, ALL for just $15, racing at 7:00pm
Sunday, May 31, 2015 – POKER SERIES #2 – 270cc and wingless 600cc Micro Sprints, Four Cylinder Enduros, Slingshots and Stage-1 Modifieds, racing at 5:30pm