Bridgeport, NJ (November 22, 2017) – The Bridgeport Speedway has officially announced that the Crate/Sportsman division will be ‘all crate’ in 2018. A driver’s meeting for the division took place back on September 29 where the teams were in fact notified of the change in direction for the class. For the past five years the 602 GM crate motors have raced in a combined division with the 358 ‘open sportsman’. An overwhelming influx of 602 crate teams (both new and switched over) finally tipped the scales to go to just one class rather than to continue to mix the engine packages. The ‘open sportsman’ will no longer compete at Bridgeport.
The 2018 division will be known as the 602 Crate-Sportsman Division. The rules have been updated and posted on the track’s official website www.bpspeedway.com. Rules that include: Weights, rev limiters, body panels, engine sealing and repairing, fuel, tires, distributors, shocks, ect can all be found on the Bridgeport Speedway website. Any questions can be directed towards the track’s hot line at 856-467-4408. GM is also offering a $250 rebate for all new purchased 602 engines before the January 1, 2018.
