BRIDGEPORT PRE-SEASON CHAMPIONS TO BE DETERMINED IN FINAL SUNDAY EVENT
The final Sunday show of the Bridgeport Pre-Season takes to the 5/8 mile speedway this Sunday with racing getting underway at 5pm when the Spirit Auto Center Big Block Modifieds, Stewart Stainless Crate/Sportsman & DA’s Auto Body Rookies compete in their last event before the start of the 2016 points chase on Saturday night, April 30th. The Garden State Vintage cars will also be part of the final Sunday pre-season show.
The top three in the Big Block Modifieds, Crate/Sportsman and Outlaw Stocks will be awarded for their pre-season efforts, courtesy of sponsors Oliver Construction Enterprises and Oliver Communications Group, Inc. The top driver in each division will be awarded $500. The secon
d place driver will receive $300 and the third place competitor will be awarded $200 for his efforts. Poin ts have been awarded for the first three Sunday shows – the 60 Over Doug Hoffman Memorial, the April 10th event as well as the Short Track Super Series event – and will conclude with this Sunday’s regular show. Going into the final race of the pre-season, the cash awards are still up for grabs. With the feature winner collecting sixty points and the last car in the field receiving twenty points, anything can happen with one final race to be run.
Ryan Godown leads the Big Block Modifieds after collecting a second, fourth and fifth place finish during the first three events of the season. Godown has accumulated 154 points and leads Rick Laubach by twelve points. The winner of the 60 Over/Doug Hoffman Memorial Race, Dominick Buffalino, sits in third with 138 points. 2015 Bridgeport Champion, Jamie Mills, is fourth, four points behind Buffalino with a best fini
sh of second. First time Big Block feature 
winner, Brett Kressley is fifth with 122 points – just thirty-two points be
hind the leader. Ryan Watt, Jeff Strunk, David Hunt, Stewart Friesen and Jordan Watson complete the top ten in the pre-season points.
Young Brandon Grosso leads the Crate/Sportsman competitors into the final week of the pre-season. Gross has accumulated 152 points, including his win last weekend. 2015 Rookie Champion, Stephen Kemery is second, just eight points behind Grosso. Scott Hitchens is third and only ten points behind the leader while Brad Roberts is fourth with 136 points. Steve Davis and Dan Cox are locked into a tie for fifth with 132 points.
Just like the weekly competition on the race track, the pre-season points race in the Outlaw Stocks is close. With two wins, Ron Frees leads his fellow competitors with 176 points. TJ Henry is just eight points behind Frees after picking up the win last Sunday. Tom Wills, Jr. is third with 152 points while Scott Dugan and Jim Avery are tied with 148 points each.
The DA’s Auto Body Rookie class of 2016 will compete in their second event of their season. Chad Koehler picked up the win in the Rookie season opener but there are several other drivers who would like to win the their first ever feature when the Rookies take the green flag on Sunday.
That’s four divisions of racing in addition to the Garden State Vintage Club for the final Sunday show of the pre-season. Three thousand dollars will be divided among nine drivers when the points are tabulated at the end of the day.
Come out early and enjoy the musical entertainment along with tasty offerings of the Bridgeport concessions stands. Shop for a new racing t-shirt or another souvenir from the Bridgeport Speedway. Pick up the Bridgeport Bullet – the official program of the Bridgeport Speedway – and check out the recent action. Or take a ride with the Bridgeport Bandit on the Bandit Bus and get an up close look at the behind the scenes action in the pit area before the action gets underway on the track.
Bridgeport is the only track in the state of New Jersey to offer Big Block Modifieds; we are committed to maintaining a safe, fun, family atmosphere, creating life-lasting memories of excitement
