CARBER WINS JOEY KAY MEMORIAL, SATTERLEE WINS SUPER LATE MODEL SPEED WEEK AT BRIDGEPORT!
CARBER CELEBRATES BRIDGEPORT WIN IN JOE KAY MEMORIAL
Brian Carber raced to one of the biggest wins of his career – this was a race that he really wanted to win.
Carber was just one of the competitors with the Mid Atlantic Sprint Series (MASS) that spent months planning for this event to honor Joe Kay who lost his life in a highway accident about one year ago. It was a tremendous cooperative effort that brought this racing weekend to fruition – from the Bridgeport Motorsports Park, Erika & Eddie Wagner of MASS as well as the drivers and owners that compete with the 305 sprints, family and friends, worked tirelessly to offer the Joe Kay Memorial weekend sponsored by JW K Electric. More than $35,000 was paid out in prize money and merchandise during this event.
Carber and Dave Grube led the field to the green with Grube grabbing the lead on the start. Grube led the first four laps before Carber took the lead on a lap five restart. Grube retook the lead on lap seven. Grube led Carber, Robbie Stillwaggon, Bob DeVault and Jeff Paulson through lap ten.
Friday night winner, Tyler Graves, drew a caution with eleven laps scored. Carber regained the lead on the resulting restart and never looked back.
Robbie Stillwaggon took over the runner-up spot on lap seventeen and spent the remaining laps trying to close in on the leader. Stillwaggon was within striking distance on the final lap but as the leaders headed to the finish line, Stillwaggon found a disabled car in his path. Contact was made with Stillwaggon flipping just feet before the finish line. Stillwaggon was not injured.
Carber scored the win over Grube, Paulson, DeVault and Tim Tanner who broke into the top five late in the race. Timmy Bittner finished sixth with DJ Tanner in seventh after starting on the outside of the ninth row. That finish earned Tanner the race’s Hard Charger award. Shelby Kelly finished eighth followed by Troy Betts and Andy Best.
There were several incidents that occurred during the race but all drivers escaped injury. Dave Brown caught the homestretch wall and went for quite a ride down the homestretch with three laps scored. Jeremy Kombau, Aidan Borden and Rory Janny were involved in a multi car incident in turn three. While cars sustained heavy damage, the safety equipment did its job and protected all of the drivers.
5-3 Titanium sponsored match races earlier in the evening. Troy Betts won $500 for winning five matches before Robbie Stillwaggon beat him in round six. Stillwaggon won $100 for winning one round. Dave Grube picked up the win over Stillwaggon plus two more rounds for $300. Grube was defeated in the final round by Brian Carber.
Trent Willy had the winning combination in the Ice Less 602 Sportsman feature. Willy held off challenges from Dave Damiani in the early going and then survived some late race pressure from Travis Hill on his way to his first feature win at Bridgeport.
Willy was one of the winners in the special non-winners events at the end of the 2024 season.
Trailing Willy and Hill to the checkered were Matt Peck, Jimmy Chester and Thomas Prychka who broke into the top five in the final laps. Joe Toth finished sixth followed by Jax Yohn, Ethan Young, Jesse Hirthler and Eric Kormann in a second Dan Sommerling entry.
Austyn Myers earned his third win in the DA’s Auto Body & Repair Rookies, surviving a last lap challenge from PJ Bozowksi. Mike Hughes finished second followed by Charley Cossaboone, Justine Wessner and Bozowski.
Stan Ploski the third picked up the win in the Victory Fuel Wingless Sprints for his first win of the season. Ploski has been very consistent among the top five in each race. Brenden Hires led through lap fourteen laps with Ploski executing a slide job to take the lead on lap fifteen. Brian Spencer moved into second one lap later and pressured Ploski all the way to the checkered.
It was Ploski for the win over Spencer, Hires, Thomas Radivoy and Dan Leaper.
Dan Stine Jr. was a very happy winner in the Insta Signs Plus Four Cylinders. As a new home owner, Stine has not been racing on a regular basis but picked up the win on Saturday night. Stine led Joe Garey, Sr., Lee Allen, Jim Backowski and Dale Noll to the checkered.
SATTERLEE & ROSS CELEBRATE BRIDGEPORT VICTORIES
The third day of the Joe Kay Memorial Weekend gave Bridgeport fans the opportunity to see Late Models in action on the High Banks as the Appalachian Mountain Late Model Speed Week closed out their week of competition on the High Banks. The Danny’s Pizza Pizazz Modifieds and Insta Signs Plus Four Cylinders shared the Sunday program.
Greg Satterlee raced to the win in the forty lap main event for the Super Late Models after taking the lead from Trevor Feathers on a lap twenty-four restart.
Feathers lined up for the start with pole sitter, Brian Bernheisel and then took the lead at the wave of the green. Satterlee passed Bernheisel for second on lap ten. Briggs Danner, making his first ever start in a Late Model, and Donnie Lingo completed the top five.
Satterlee was pressuring Feathers as the leaders raced through traffic just before the halfway mark. A lap twenty-four single file restart saw Satterlee take the lead as the field exited turn two. Two laps later, Feathers headed to the work area during a caution to change a flat tire.
Jakob Piper raced into third on lap twenty-six but Satterlee and Bernheisel led the way to the checkered. It was Satterlee for the win in his first ever Bridgeport appearance followed by Bernheisel, Piper, Danner and Lingo. Danny Snyder finished sixth after an early race caution. Robbie Emory, Trevor Feathers, Trevor Collins and Dan Stone completed the top ten.
“What an awesome track,” Satterlee exclaimed after exiting his car. Satterlee and his crew worked throughout the day to improve their set-up. Satterlee left Bridgeport with the Speedweek point lead.
After the Late Models display of speed, the Danny’s Pizza Pizzazz Modifieds were not to be outdone.
After a pair of cautions slowed the action during the first four laps, the feature ran clean and green to the checkered. Roger Manning raced Mike Lisowski for the lead at the start, putting the No. 414 in the lead for the first two laps. Cale Ross raced from his seventh place start to challenge Manning for the lead on a lap three restart and Ross never looked back from that point on.
As Ross drove away from the field, Manning fended off the challenges of Justin Grosso in the early going. Sam Martz and Dillon Steuer joined the battle before halfway.
Colby Frye broke into the top five with ten to go. Steuer took over third late in the race and then turned his attention to Manning for second. Making the moves in the final laps was Brian Papiez, making his first start of the 2025 season in the J&S Electrical No. 37.
Ross raced to the win, eleven seconds ahead of Steuer in second. Manning finished third followed by Papiez and Frye. Neal Williams finished sixth followed by Sam Martz, Sammy Martz, Jr., HJ Bunting and Ryan Krachun.
Lee Allen closed out the three-day weekend with a win in the Insta Sign Plus Four Cylinders. Allen raced to the win over Roger Kummerer, Joe Garey, Sr., Colin Gale and Scott Dunn.
SUPER LATE MODEL A-MAIN (40 LAPS)
1. Greg Satterlee, 2. Brian Bernheisel, 3. Jakob Piper, 4. Briggs Danner, 5. Donald Lingo, 6. Danny Snyder, 7. Robbie Emory, 8. Trevor Feathers, 9. Trevor Collins, 10. Dan Stone, 11. Chad Homan, 12. Chad Myers, 13. Rob Schrimer, 14. Kyle Lee, 15. Ross Robinson, 16. Larry Neiderer, 17. Al Cheney, 18. Devin Frey, DNS – Jeremy Pilerton
DANNY’S PIZZA PIZZAZZ MODIFIED A-MAIN (30 LAPS)
1. Cale Ross, 2. Dillon Steuer, 3. Roger Manning, 4. Brian Papiez, 5. Coleby Frye, 6. Neal Williams, 7. Sam Martz, Sr., 8. Sammy Martz, Jr., 9. H.J. Bunting, 10. Ryan Krachun, 11. Brandon Grosso, 12. Dominick Buffalino, 13. Matt Peck, 14. Justin Grosso
15. Mike Lisowski, 16. Kevin Hirthler, 17. Billy Osmun, III, 18. Mike Franz, 19. Billy Pauch, Jr., DNS – Stan Frankenfield
DCB’S PLUMBING & HEATING MID-ATLANTIC SPRINT SERIES A-MAIN (30 LAPS)
1. Brian Carber, 2. Dave Grube, 3. Jeff Paulson, 4. Bob DeVault, 5. Tim Tanner, 6. Timmy Bittner, 7. D.J. Tanner, Jr., 8. Shelby Kelly, 9. Troy Betts, 10. Andy Best, 11. Ryan Stillwaggon, 12. Johnny Smith, 13. Robbie Stillwaggon, 14. Christian Rumsey, 15. Jeff Weaver, 16. Justin Nowlen, 17. Eddie Wagner, 18. Jeremy Kombau, 19. Aidan Borden, 20. Tim Iulg, 21. Rory Janney, 22. Tyler Graves, 23. Kevin Nagy, 24. Dave Brown, DNQ – Thomas Radivoy, Dustin Young, Zach Rhoades, Ryan Schultz, Kolby Weaver, Rich Janney, Jarrett Cavalet, Darren Cox, Keith Anderson, Jared Kreider, Kenny Laureno, Rick Stief, Kruz Kepner, Rick Lafferty, Dale Eggert, Buddy Schweibinz, Jon Brennfleck
ICE LESS LLC 602 SPORTSMAN A-MAIN (25 LAPS)
1. Trent Willey, 2. Travis Hill, 3. Matt Peck, 4. Billy Chester, 5. Thomas Prychka, 6. Joe Toth, 7. Jax Yohn, 8. Ethan Young, 9. Jesse Hirthler, 10. Eric Kormann, 11. Luke Bunting, 12. Jim Wyers, 13. Brian Rogers, 14. Ronnie Solomon, III, 15. Mike Hughes, Jr., 16. Duncan Molesworth, 17. Brad Roberts, 18. Charley Cossaboone, 19. Craig Pelligrini, 20. Pete Serra, 21. Dave Miloszar, 22. Austin Myers, 23. Dave Damiano, 24. Justine Wessner, DNS – Wayne Weaver, Scott Hulmes, P.J. Bozowski
VICTORY FUEL WINGLESS SPRINT A-MAIN (20 LAPS)
1. Stan Ploski, III, 2. Brian Spencer, 3. Brenden Hires, 4. Thomas Radivoy, 5. Dan Leaper, 6. J.R. Fulper, 7. Jonathan Swanson, 8. David Swanson, 9. Joey Crilley, 10. Dirk Rimrott
FOUR CYLINDER A-MAIN PRESENTED BY INSTA SIGNS PLUS (15 LAPS)
1. Dan Stein, Jr., 2. Joe Garey, Sr., 3. Lee Allen, 4. Jim Backowski, 5. Dale Moll, 6. Roger Kummerer, 7. Colin Gale, 8. Jon Parker, 9. Brayden Morrison, 10. Bobby Johnson, 11. Rob Weil, 12. Mark Stein, Sr., 13. Eric Degler
INSTA SIGNS PLUS FOUR CYLINDER A-MAIN (15 LAPS
1. Lee Allen, 2. Roger Kummerer, 3. Joe Garey, Sr., 4. Colin Gale, 5. Scott Dunn, 6. Rob Weil, 7. Brayden Morrison, 8. Eric Degler, 9. Joe Garey, Jr., 10. Jon Parker, DNS – Bobby Dunn
VINTAGE MODIFIED A-MAIN (12 LAPS)
1. Dave Dissinger, 2. Richie Pratt, Sr., 3. Richie Baker, Jr., 4. Curt Neiman (Sportsman winner), 5. Jason Roth
DA’s Auto Body Rookie Sportsman Modifieds
1. Austyn Myers, 2. Mike Hughes, 3. Charley Cossaboone, 4. Justine Wessner, 5. PJ Bozowski
