Bridgeport Motorsports Park

Bridgeport, NJ – The first Saturday night show in the month of August featured competition in six different divisions on two different race tracks!

Tim Borror became the first to repeat in the 2020 DA’s Auto Body and Repair Rookie division.   Rich Stinson is now a three time feature winner in the Sunbelt Rentals Street Stock Division.  Tom Moore, Jr. led all but one lap of the South Jersey Overhead Door 602 Sportsman feature for his first win of the season.  Jeff Geiges earned his first win of the season in the Mid Atlantic Sprint Series feature event.  Pat Hires picked up his first win of the season in the 8 Cylinders while Justin Dunn was a repeat winner in the 4 Cylinder division.

Returning for an afternoon matinee show were the All Star Slingshots whose preliminaries were completed during the afternoon with their feature event being presented at the conclusion of warm-ups in front of the Saturday night race fans.  Amanda Angstadt picked up her third win of the season in the All Star Slingshot twenty lap feature event.

The twenty lap All Star Slingshot feature saw the lead change hands four times in the first ten laps of the race.  Tomas Mowery took the lead on the green but ran into problems in turn four, turning the lead over to Michael Beckett at the conclusion of the first lap.  Beckett led for a single lap before Angstadt took over.  Beckett returned to the lead on lap seven with Angstadt taking the lead for the final time on lap eleven.

Angstadt took the win over Ryan Davey who won the most races during the 2019 season.  Beckett finished third followed by Ryan Harris and Tomas Mowery who raced his way from the back of the field to a top five finish.  Shawn Mowery, Tim Franks, Joseph Hansen, Dave Morrell and Ashley Therien rounded out the top ten.

Tim Borror was the back-to-back winner in the DA’s Auto Body & Repair Rookie feature by leading all eight laps.  Anthony Sisco finished second with George Plutz finishing third.

Tom Moore found redemption in the Winner’s Circle with his first win of the season in the South Jersey Overhead Door 602 Sportsman.  Moore started out the season with a blown motor and a lot of questions.  But the pieces all came together and Moore was able to take the checkered flag in the twenty lap feature event.

Brett Belmont had an outstanding night to start his 2020 race season.  It was Belmont’s first attempt on the new 4/10th mile track in a brand new car bearing the familiar Belmont yellow and the No. 14.  Belmont led the first lap of the feature event before Moore took over.  

The twenty non-stop green flag laps had Moore racing through lapped traffic but Moore had little problem making his way through.  In addition to thanking his family and his sponsors, Moore also credited drivers Neal Williams and Eric Kormann for their help and guidance this season.

Trailing Moore to the checkered were Belmont, Jim Gallagher who had closed in on the leaders by the end of the race.  Rick Wenger, Jr. finished fourth with Tommy Ericco, Jr. taking fifth for his best performance of the season.  Steve Kemery, Joe Toth, reigning champion, Matt Peck, Ryan Simmons and Wayne Weaver completed the top ten at the checkered.

The Sunbelt Rentals Street Stock Feature event was full of all kinds of excitement.  Mike Hughes, Jr. led the first two laps before Tom Wills, Sr. took the lead on lap three.  Wills, Sr. led through lap seven.  After racing side by side for the lead on a lap eight restart, Rich Stinson pulled ahead of Wills, Sr. on the backstretch to become the new leader.  At half way, Stinson led Wills, Lee Allen and TJ Henry who was battling with Hughes for fourth.  

Henry got up to second on lap eleven and was set to battle with Stinson for the lead when he slowed on the backstretch with mechanical issues.

Stinson took the win over Allen with Brian Spencer finishing third for his best run to date.  Wills, Sr. finished fourth after losing brakes on the No. 57 and Gary Klimeczak crossed the line in fifth.  Nick Sandone III finished sixth, racing his way from the back of the starting line-up.  Mike Creamer finished seventh followed by Paul Donahue, John Parker and Ken Moren.

The Mid Atlantic Sprint Series returned to the Bridgeport Speedway and Jeff Geiges drove to the checkered flag to capture his first win of the season.  

It looked like Andy Best would be a repeat winner after starting outside the front row and immediately pulling away from polesitter, Tim Tanner and the rest of the field.  Tanner and Dave Brown raced for second, trading the position back and forth with reigning MASS Champion, Ricky DiEva  joining the wheel to wheel action in the early going.  At half way, Best led Tanner, Geiges who came from the nineth starting spot, Brown and Tom Carberry, Sr.  

Geiges was the man on the move as he raced by Tanner for second on lap seventeen.  Best was ready to take the five to go sign from the starter on his next time around when he tangled with a lapped car between turns three and four.  Best’s night was over and it was Geiges who led the field back to the green flag.

Tanner closed in on Geiges to challenge for the lead in the final laps but it was Geiges who raced to the line first.  Tanner finished second followed by Carberry and Brown with CJ Faison racing into the top five in the closing laps.  DiEva finished sixth followed by John Frye, Eddie Wagner, John Brennfleck and Rick Stief.  

Unlike some of the other competitors, Geiges did not find the outside to be the fastest way around the track, sticking to the bottom and the middle of the track, Geiges was able to make his moves to the front.

Pat Hires became a first time winner in the 8 Cylinder division, driving the former Lee Allen owned No. 98B.    Hires led from the green to the checkered to capture the win over Derek Jones and Tom Wolf.

Jason Dunn repeated his past performance in the 4 Cylinder division, taking the win over Joe Garey, Sr., Ryan Drews, Robby Dunn and Tim Jones.  Brenden Hires led the first lap with Tim Jones leading three laps before Dunn took over.  

Action returns to the Bridgeport Motorsports Park this Saturday with the Foley Cat Modifieds, South Jersey Overhead Door 602 Sportsman, Sunbelt Rentals Street Stocks, DA’s Auto Body & Repair Rookies and the 4 Cylinders.  Race time is 7pm.

D.A. AUTO BODY & REPAIR ROOKIES FEATURE (8 laps) 

1. Tim Borror, 2. Anthony Sisco, 3. George Pultz 

SUNBELT RENTALS STREET STOCKS FEATURE (15 laps) 

1. Rich Stinson, Jr., 2. Lee Allen, 3. Brian Spencer, 4. Tom Wills, Sr., 5. Gary Klimeczak, 6. Nick Sandone III, 7. Mike Creamer, 8. Paul Donahue, 9. John Parker, 10. Ken Moren, 11. Johnny Bush, 12. Justin Nowlen, 13. Mike Hughes, Jr., 14. Keith McKinley, 15. T.J. Henry, 16. Tom Wills, Jr., 17. Daniel Harrison, 18. Jeff Dirkes  

SOUTH JERSEY OVERHEAD DOOR 602 SPORTSMAN FEATURE (20 laps) 

1. Tom Moore, Jr., 2. Brett Belmont, 3. Jim Gallagher, Jr., 4. Ricky Wegner, Jr., 5. Tom Errico, Jr., 6. Steve Kemery, 7. Joe Toth, 8. Matt Peck, 9. Ryan Simmons, 10. Wayne Weaver, 11. Brad Roberts, 12. Kris Lilick, 13. Tom Sherby, 14. Chris Jenkins, 15. Scott Hulmes, 16. Billy Chester, 17. Pete Serra, 18. Anthony Sisco, 19. Erick Mattson, 20. Tim Borror, 21. George Pultz 

MID-ATLANTIC SPRINT SERIES FEATURE (25 laps) 

1. Jeff Geiges, 2. Tim Tanner, Jr., 3. Tom Carberry, 4. Dave Brown, 5. C.J. Faison, 6. Ricky DiEva, 7. Jake Frye, 8. Eddie Wagner, 9. John Brennfleck, 10. Rick Stief, 11. Craig Pellegrini, 12. Kristina Pratt, 13. Keith Anderson, 14. Darron Cox, 15. Dale Eggert, 16. Larry McVay, 17. Jenna Shotz (27J), 18. Andy Best, 19. Kevin Nagy, 20. Johnny Yanek, 21. Zach Berghof, 22. Jason Dunn, 23. Troy Ale  

ALL STAR SLINGSHOTS FEATURE (20 laps – on ¼ mile) 

1. Amanda Angstadt, 2. Ryan Davey, 3. Michael Beckett, 4. Ryan Harris, 5. Tomas Mowery, 6. Shawn Mowery, 7. Tim Franks, 8. Joseph Hansen, 9. Dave Morrell, 10. Ashley Therien, 11. Mike Sommers, DNS – Robin McTighe 

EIGHT CYLINDER FEATURE (20 laps) 

1. Pat Hires, 2. Derek Jones, 3. Tom Wolf, 4. Travis Guyer, 5. Joe Beiderman 

FOUR CYLINDER FEATURE (20 laps) 

1. Justin Dunn, 2. Joe Garey Sr., 3. Ryan Drews, 4. Robby Dunn, 5. Tim Jones, 6. Brenden Hires, 7. John Ciallula, 8. Penny Horner, 9. Joe Garey, Jr. 

Bridgeport, NJ – Stewart Friesen continued his dominance in Northeast Modified competition as he picked up his seventeenth victory of the 2020 season in the King of the Big Blocks Super DIRTcar event at the Bridgeport Motorsports Park on Wednesday night. 

Thirty-three drivers competed in timed hot laps and qualifying races to determine the twenty-eight car starting line-up for the 100 lap main event.  This race marked the longest race held to date on the new 4/10th mile surface and the first since the DIRTcars last appeared at Bridgeport in 2017. 

Larry Wight battled his Gypsum team mate, Billy Decker for the early race lead with Ryan Godown, Chris Hile and Mike Mahaney trailing.  Decker took the lead from Wight on the twentieth circuit but Decker’s lead would be short-lived as he headed to the pits for new rubber on lap twenty-five.  Wight went back to the point for several laps until Friesen would drive by to take the lead.  Wight continued in second until Billy Pauch, Jr. took over the runner-up spot behind the wheel of his dad’s K&A Excavating No. 1.  

Friesen quickly pulled away from the field on every restart.  Friesen led Pauch, Jr. , Godown, Tim Fuller and Chris Hile through the crossed flags.  Wight’s race came to an end a few laps later with mechanical failure. 

While much of the field battled tire issues, Friesen continued to log laps as the race leader, with a comfortable margin between the Halmar No. 44 and its nearest competitor.  That changed when Matt Sheppard drove into second on a lap seventy­-two restart.   

Sheppard closed the gap on Friesen and began to look inside and outside for options.  Friesen had tried to preserve his tires throughout the race but he knew that he was losing grip when the car started to skate.  Sheppard made the pass for the lead on lap eighty-eight with a move to the outside when Friesen tried to protect his lead on the lower line.  Sheppard’s lead was short lived as less than two laps later, the No. 9S slowed and headed to the pits, putting Friesen back out in front. 

Billy Decker was able to put some pressure on Friesen in the closing laps until Jimmy Phelps closed in on Decker.  Decker noted that Friesen’s ultimate success came as a result of his ability to be smooth throughout the race. 

Andy Bachetti was the driver on the move in the closing laps as he raced into fourth with a late race pass by Mike Maresca.   

Friesen took the win and promptly dedicated his victory to Danny Serrano, Bridgeport’s General Manager who passed away in March after playing a key role in owner, Doug Rose’s vision of a new Bridgeport.  “I don’t know what happened but Danny Serrano was looking out for me tonight,” Friesen declared from Victory Lane.  “This one’s for Danny,” Friesen asserted.  “He would be proud of this!” 

The new Bridgeport 4/10th mile surface received rave reviews from the competitors who traveled from near and far to compete in the first Super DIRTcar race of the 2020 season.  Many of the drivers had been watching footage from previous events on the new surface.  “It’s pretty cool,” the race’s runner-up, Billy Decker stated.  “We’ve been watching the highlights . There’s a lot of slicing and dicing.”  Decker’s Gypsum team mate, Larry Wight interjected, “For the first year, I think they are doing a great job with the track.” 

Friesen picked up the win followed by Billy Decker, Jimmy Phelps, Andy Bachetti and Mike Maresca.  The pride of Australia, Peter Britten finished sixth followed by Tim Fuller, Billy Dunn, Mike Mahaney and 2019 Super DIRTcar Champion, Mat Williamson.   

KING OF THE BIG BLOCKS SUPER DIRTCAR 100 LAP FEATURE EVENT 

1. Stewart Friesen, 2. Billy Decker, 3. Jimmy Phelps, 4. Andy Bachetti, 5. Michael Maresca, 6. Peter Britten, 7. Tim Fuller, 8. Billy Dunn. 9, Mike Mahaney, 10. Mat Williamson, 11. Demterious Drellos, `12. Jessey Mueller, 13. Dave Marcuccilli, 14. Chris Hile, 15. Jack Lehner, 16. Brandon Grosso, 17. Ryan Watt, 18. Tyler Dippel, 19. Marcus Dinkins, 20. Erick Rudolph, 21. Billy Pauch, Jr., 22. Matt Sheppard, 23. Ryan Godown, 24. Rick Laubach, 25. Larry Wight,  26. Neal Williams, 27. Chad Phelps, 28. Ryan Krachun

Bridgeport, NJ – Billy Pauch became the first driver to repeat in Victory Lane in the Foley Cat Modifieds at the Bridgeport Motorsports Park.  Rich Stinson was also a repeat winner as he added another win in the Sunbelt Rentals Street Stocks.  Joe Toth raced to his first ever Bridgeport victory in the South Jersey Overhead Door 602 Sportsman while Tim Borror was a first time winner in the DA’s Auto Body and Repair Rookie feature that saw a three wide race for the lead.

Not only was Pauch the first to repeat on the new Bridgeport surface but he did so with back-to-back wins!  “I worked hard all winter tbe fast,” Pauch explained.  “The track had a had more bite than the first three or four weeks.”

The first lap didn’t look too promising for a Pauch victory when someone hit the brakes on the original start, causing a chain reaction throughout the field.  Pauch made contact with Richie Pratt, Jr.  The start was called back and the drivers lined up for a complete restart.

The first five laps of the Foley Cat Modified feature saw four lead changes.  Joseph Watson led lap one but it was Tommy Beamer in the Thornton No. 31 who led lap two.  Watson came back to lead lap three but it was Beamer back out in front for laps four and five.  Pauch had moved into second with Alex Yankowski, Ryan Godown and Matt Stangle trailing the race leader.  

After two restarts negated Pauch’s pass for the lead, Pauch was scored as the race leader on lap six.  Yankowski moved into second on lap eleven but Pauch had already stretched his lead.  

Yankowski’s race came to an end with  a lot of smoke coming out of the no. 84Y with seven laps to go.

Pauch led the way to the checkered flag over Ryan Godown, Beamer, Modified rookie, David Crossman and Ronnie Roberts.

Fourth generation driver, Joe Toth added his name to Bridgeport history when he captured the first Bridgeport win of his career in the South Jersey Overhead Door 602 Sportsman main event.  Toth is the grandson of Bill Tanner who was a regular on the 5/8ths during his career.  

Toth raced from his seventh place start to battle Tom Moore, Jr. and Steve Kemery for the lead.  Toth led the way to the finish line with Moore finishing a strong effort in second.  Kemery finished third followed by 2019 champion, Matt Peck and Ryan Anderson.

Rich Stinson raced to his second win of the season in the Sunbelt Rentals Street Stock feature.  With Stinson out in front, the battle was on for second with several drivers battling for that position.  Lee Allen won the battle to finish second to Stinson after recovering from an incident earlier in the race.  Nick Sandone III finished third with his best finish to date.  Jeff Dirkes finished fourth with Tom Wills, Jr. rounding out the top five.

Tim Borror was the third different winner in the DA’s Auto Body and Repair Rookie feature.  Borror did the hard way after a three wide battle for the lead with former winners Harry Houdini and Anthony Sisco who finished second and third.

Bridgeport Motorsports park is back in action this Wednesday with the Super DIRTcar Series event – King of the Big Blocks.  The USAC All Star SpeedSTRS will make their first appearance on the new track.  

FOLEY CAT MODIFIEDS (30 laps) 

1. Billy Pauch, Sr., 2. Ryan Godown, 3. Tommy Beamer, 4. David Crossman, 5. Ron Roberts, 6. Richie Pratt, Jr., 7. Alex Yankowski, 8. Brett Ballard, 9. Matt Stangle, 10. Clay Butler, 11. Jim Britt, 12. Joseph Watson, DNS – Stan Frankenfield 

SOUTH JERSEY OVERHEAD DOOR 602 SPORTSMAN (20 laps) 

1. Joe Toth, 2. Tom Moore, Jr., 3. Steve Kemery, 4. Matt Peck, 5. Ryan Anderson, 6. Ricky Wenger, Jr., 7. Wayne Weaver, 8. Jim Gallagher, Jr., 9. Ernie Miles, III, 10. Kris Lilick, 11. Sean Weiss, 12. Chris Jenkins, 13. Howard Huepful, 14. Billy Chester, 15. Tim Borror, 16. Anthony Sisco, 17. Justin Easton, 18. Ryan Godown, Jr., 19. Pete Serra, 20. Scott Maher, Jr., 21. Greg Nailer, 22. Scott Hulmes, 23. Erick Mattson, DNS – Brad Roberts, DNQ – Harry Houdini, James Hill, Nolan Openshaw  

D.A. AUTO BODY AND REPAIR ROOKIES (8 laps) 

1. Tim Borror, 2. Harry Houdini, 3. Anthony Sisco, 4. Nolan Openshaw, 5. Kate Lilick 

SUNBELT RENTALS STREET STOCKS (20 laps)  

1.  Rich Stinson, Jr., 2. Lee Allen, 3. Nick Sandone, III, 4. Jeff Dirkes, 5. Tom Wills, Jr., 6. Ken Moren, 7. Steven Land, 8. Justin Nowlen, 9. Keith McKinley, 10. Mike Hughes, Jr., 11. Tom Wills, Sr., 12. Mike Creamer, 13. Paul Donahue 

Photo Courtesy of Rick Sweeten Images

Bridgeport, NJ – Billy Pauch recorded sixty-five victories on the Bridgeport Speedway 5/8 mile track.  On Saturday night, he increased his Bridgeport win total by one by adding his first victory on the new 4/10th mile surface.  Saturday night racing was sponsored by Championship Energy.

Both Steve Kemery and TJ Henry became repeat winners in their divisions as Kemery picked up his second win in the South Jersey Overhead Door 602 Sportsman while Henry notched a second in the Sunbelt Rentals Street Stock division.  Harry Houdini earned his first win in the DA’s Auto Body & Repair Rookie event while Andy Best picked up the win in the Mid Atlantic Sprint Series (MASS) feature event.  Lee Allen came home the winner in the 8 Cylinder main event.

Pauch continued the debate over Big Block versus Small Blocks for the new 4/10th mile track.  “Nobody wants to run Big Blocks anymore,” the feature winner stated.  “Everyone wants specs (motors).  I’m not a big fan but I know we have a good program.  It’s just been really hard with the pandemic – you’re already to go then your shut down!” After Rick Laubach’s win in a Big Block one week earlier, Pauch’s win came with a Spec Head Small Block.

Pauch and Ryan Godown led the starting field to the green flag as a result of the luck of the draw but it was Pauch who immediately put the Kevin Bifulco No. 1 out in front.  Godown, Alex Yankowski, Tim Buckwalter and Danny Bouc trailed the leader through lap five.

Bouc made a big move to go from fifth to second on a lap nine restart.  Dominick Buffalino flew by several cars to take over third just before a lap fourteen caution when Matt Stangle stopped with a flat tire.  Buffalino raced by Bouc for second on the restart followed by Billy Pauch, Jr., Richie Pratt, Jr. and Buckwalter.  

Buffalino was closing the gap on Pauch, Sr. with ten laps to go when the caution waved for Pauch, Jr. who headed to the pits with mechanical issues.  

Back under green, Pauch led the way.  Contact between cars behind the leader exiting turn four caused a mutli car pileup on the homestretch, just beyond the starter’s stand.   Eight cars were towed off of the track.  Tim Buckwalter required medical attention and was transferred for treatment.  

When the race was restarted, Pauch went back to work.  Jimmy Blewett now raced into the top five but brought out the caution when a flat tire and suspension issue occurred in turn three.

With Pauch out in front, the battle was on for second as Pratt raced with Bouc.  Then Yankowski challenged and the battle became for third as he and Pratt raced side by side.

Pauch took the win over Bouc, Yankowski, Pratt and Cale Ross.  Godown finished sixth followed by Matt Stangle, David Crossman, Jim Britt and Brett Ballard.  

Steve Kemery became the first to repeat in the 602 Sportsman action.  Kemery took the lead from Rick Wegner, Jr. on lap ten.  Wegner and Jim Gallagher, Jr. battled for second in the remaining laps with Wegner taking the high line and Gallagher racing on the bottom of the track.  They traded positions several times but Wegner had the advantage at the checkered.  Gallagher finished third followed by Wayne Weaver and Ryan Higgs.  Tom Moore, Jr. finished sixth with Jonathan Swift, Ryan Godown, Jr., Brad Roberts and Tommy Errico, Jr. rounding out the top ten.

TJ Henry picked up in second win of the season in the Street Stock feature.  The battle was for the runner-up spot which was won by Rich Stinson.  Mick Search, Lee Allen and Tom Wills, Sr. trailed the leaders to the line.  Tom Wills, Jr. finished sixth followed by Jeff Dirkes, Nick Sandone, III. Gary Klimeczak and Paul Donahue.

Harry Houdini was the race winner in the Rookie feature.  Anthony Sisco, last week’s winner finished second with Tim Borror, third.

Andy Best was the winner of the MASS twenty lap Sprint Car feature event, reaching the finish line just ahead of a charging Tim Tanner.  Tanner’s late race moves gave him a second place finish over Kevin Nagy, Dave Brown and Mark Bitner.  Tom Carberry, Rick Stief, Jeff Geiges, Joe Kay and Zak Vickers completed the top ten at the checkered.

Lee Allen closed out the night of racing with a win in the 8 Cylinder feature event over Scott Riggleman, Chris Allen, Sr. Tom Wolfe and Derek Jones.  

D.A’s Auto Body and Repair Rookies (8 laps)

1. Harry Houdini, 2. Anthony Sisco, 3. Tim Borror, 4. Anna Parks DNS: Nolan Openshaw

Foley Cat Modifieds (30 laps)

1. Billy Pauch, Sr. 2. Danny Bouc, 3. Alex Yankowski, 4. Richie Pratt Jr., 5. Cale Ross, 6. Ryan Godown, 7. Matt Stangle, 8. David Crossman, 9. Jim Britt, 10. Brett Ballard, 11. Jimmy Blewett, 12. Tommy Beamer, 13. Dominick Buffalino, 14. Tim Buckwalter, 15. Billy Pauch Jr., 16. Frank Cozze, 17. Neal Williams, 18. Joseph Watson, 19. Stan Frankenfield, 20. Ron Roberts, 21. Bill Lasko, 22. Jack Swain, 23. Bucky Kell DNS: Mike Franz

South Jersey Overhead Door 602 Sportsman (20 laps) 

1. Steve Kemery, 2. Rick Wegner,Jr.  3. Jim Gallagher Jr., 4. Wayne Weaver, 5. Ryan Higgs, 6. Tom Moore Jr., 7. Jonathan Swift, 8. Ryan Godown Jr., 9. Brad Roberts, 10. Tommy Errico Jr., 11. Erik McKinney, 12. Billy Chester, 13. Chris Jenkins, 14. Pete Serra, 15. Ernie Miles Jr., 16. Harry Houdini, 17. Ernie Miles III, 18. Erick Mattson, 19. Scott Maher Jr., 20. Scott Hulmes, 21. Tim Borror, 22. Anthony Sisco, 23. Matt Peck

Sunbelt Rentals Street Stocks (20 laps)

1. TJ Henry, 2: Rich Stinson, Jr., 3. Mick Search, 4. Lee Allen, 5. Tom Wills, 6. Tom Wills Jr., 7. Jeff Dirkes, 8. Nick Sandone III, 9. Gary Klimeczak, 10. Paul Donahue, 11. Ken Moren, 12. Jeff Waltz, 13. Keith McKinley, 14. Brian Ludwig, 15. Mike Creamer, 16. Mike Hughes Jr., 17. Ron Frees

Mid-Atlantic Sprint Cars (20 laps)

1. Andy Best, 2. Tim Tanner Jr., 3. Kevin Nagy, 4. Dave Brown, 5. Mark Bitner, 6. Tom Carberry, 7. Rick Stief, 8. Jeff Geiges, 9. Joe Kay, 10. Zak Vickers, 11. Eddie Wagner, 12. CJ Faison, 13. Josh Bricker, 14. John Brennfleck, 15. Keith Anderson, 16. Johnny Yanek, 17. Kristina Pratt, 18. Darren Cox, 19. Dale Eggert, 20. Zach Berghof, 21. Troy Ale, 22. Jenna Shotz, 23. Chuckles Stone, 24. Larry McVay

8 Cylinders (20 laps)

1. Lee Allen, 2. Scott Riggleman, 3. Chris Allen Sr., 4. Tom Wolfe, 5. Derek Jones, 6. Travis Guyer, 7. Nancy Riggleman

Bridgeport, NJ – Bridgeport Motorsports Park has released their revised schedule for the next month starting this Saturday, July 18th (featuring the Foley Cat Modifieds, South Jersey Overhead Door 602 Sportsman, Sunbelt Rentals Street Stocks, MASS Sprints, 8 Cylinders, and Rookies), Saturday, July 25th (featuring the Foley Cat Modifieds, South Jersey Overhead Door 602 Sportsman, Sunbelt Rentals Street Stocks, and Rookies), Wednesday, July 29th – King of the Big Blocks (featuring the Super DIRTcar Series Big Block Modifieds for 100 laps and the USAC All Pro SpeedSTRs), a scheduled off day on Saturday, August 1st, the FIRST EVER APPEARANCE OF THE USAC MIDGETS ON THURSDAY, AUGUST 6TH (they will be joined by the Foley Cat Modifieds), and racing again on Saturday, August 8th (featuring the South Jersey Overhead Door 602 Sportsman, Sunbelt Rentals Street Stocks, MASS Sprints, 8 Cylinders, 4 Cylinders, Rookies, and another appearance of the All Star Slingshots). We look forward to seeing everyone at this track over the next month for action packed racing all over the high banked 4/10s mile! Tickets for the Super DIRTcar Series event and this weekend can be purchased at the gate or online at bridgeportspeedway.thundertix.com!

Bridgeport, NJ – Week three of the 2020 racing season produced more great side by side racing as well as three new winners on a night of racing sponsored by the Delaware Auto Exchange!

Rick Laubach took the checkered flag in the Foley Cat Modifed feature that saw several drivers contend for the lead throughout the thirty lap feature event.  Delaware’s Scott Hitchens achieved something that he has been trying to do for several seasons  – win at the Bridgeport Speedway as he led the way to the finish line in the South Jersey Overhead Door 602 Sportsman feature event.  Tom Wills, Sr. raced to his first win in the Sunbelt Rental Street Stocks – his first win since the 2015 season.  The DA’s Auto Body & Repair Rookies raced for the first time this season with Anthony Sisco capturing the win.  

Two other divisions made special appearances in the Sunday evening show.  The All Star Slingshots had their first afternoon matinee as they completed their qualifying events on the Spirit Speedway quarter mile before hot laps got underway for the new 4/10th mile track.  Then they got to run their feature event in front of the Sunday evening crowd – many of whom have probably not ever seen a Slingshot event.  Oley, PA driver, Brett Bieber took home the win in his first appearance on the revamped quarter mile.  The 4 Cylinder competitors completed the race card with Justin Dunn taking the lead from his dad and then going on to pick up the win.  Six feature events and the entire show was completed in just over three and a half hours!

Rick Laubach demonstrated that a Big Block Modified can win on the new 4/10th mile surface.  Laubach picked up the win in the Hermann No. 7.  Laubach raced the Small Block car just a week ago but found the Big Block much more to his liking.  “I’m a big block guy.  The small block just isn’t right for me,” Laubach explained.  

It was Alex Yankowski who set the pace for much of the race in what was his first appearance at the new Bridgeport track.  Yankowski drew the outside pole for his starting position and immediately grabbed the lead at the start of the race.  Yankowski pulled away from the field as the feature went for twenty-two green flag laps before the caution waved for Jeff Strunk who slowed on the speedway.  Yankowski restarted from inside the front row, electing to use the inside for the restart.  Richie Pratt, Jr. grabbed the lead on the start but it was Laubach who charged ahead in turn three while Yankowski battled with Billy Pauch for third.  With six laps to go, Ryan Watt was racing just outside of the top five but a few laps later, Watt was mounting a challenge for the lead.

At the end of thirty laps, it was Laubach who led the way to the checkered over Watt, Pauch, opening day winner, Ryan Godown and last week’s winner, Tim Buckwalter.  Craig VonDohren finished sixth ahead of Ryan Krachun, Matt Stangle, Neal Williams and Louden Reimert.  Yankowksi’s night ended just four laps from the finish.  

2019 Track Champion, Matt Peck led the 602 Sportsman from the wave of the green.  Peck led the way until through fourteen laps until Steve Kemery took over with five laps to go.  Hitchens raced side by side with Kemery for the lead on lap fifteen and pulled ahead just one lap later.

Hitchens picked up the win over Kemery, Peck, Wayne Weaver and Ryan Godown, Jr.  Joe Toth finished sixth followed by Brad Roberts, last week’s winner, Ryan Anderson, Eric Kormman and Tom Errico, Jr. 

Tom Wills, Sr was behind the wheel of his old No. 57 – now owned by Joslin Motorsports.  Wills, Sr. led every lap of the fifteen laps but he had a lot of pressure coming from a former Street Stock Champion, Ron Frees who was driving the No. 70 for Doug DeBray and Lee Allen who raced in second or third for much of the race.  

Wills, Sr. took the popular win over Allen, Tom Wills, Jr., Jeff Dirkes and Rich Stinson, Jr.  Frees dropped back to seventh after making contact with the wall on the final lap.

Anthony Sisco picked up the win in the first Rookie feature of the season over Harry Houdini, Tim Borror, George Piutz and Bill Schorr.  

Brett Bieber made his first Bridgeport appearance of the season count as he picked up the win in the Slingshot matinee followed by CJ Fritz, Michael Beckett, Ryan Davey and Ryan Harris.  

Justin Dunn was the 4 Cylinder winner over Neil Rutt, Scott Dunn, Mike Fox and Joe Garey, Sr.  

Action returns to the Bridgeport Motorsports Park this Saturday with the Modifieds, 602 Sportsman, Street Stocks, Rookies, 8 Cylinders and the Mid Atlantic Sprint Series with racing getting underway at 7pm.

FOLEY CAT MODIFIEDS (30 laps) –

1. Rick Laubach, 2. Ryan Watt, 3. Billy Pauch, Sr., 4. Ryan Godown, 5. Tim Buckwalter, 6. Craig VonDohren, 7. Ryan Krachun, 8. Matt Stangle, 9. Neal Williams, 10. Louden Reimert, 11. Briggs Danner, 12. Richie Pratt, Jr., 13. Dakota Kessler, 14. Stan Frankenfield, Jr., 15. Tommy Beamer, 16. Alex Yankowski, 17. Jordon Justice, 18. Jeff Strunk, 19. Jim Britt, 20. John Willman, 21. Ron Roberts, 22. Dillon Steuer, 23. Brandon Grosso, 24. Jack Swain, DNS – Jared Umbenhauer, DNQ – Jeramy Doerr, Andy Burkhart, Billy Lasko, Joseph Watson

SOUTH JERSEY OVERHEAD DOOR 602 SPORTSMAN (20 laps) –

1. Scott Hitchens, 2. Steve Kemery, 3. Matt Peck, 4. Wayne Weaver, 5. Ryan Godown, Jr., 6. Joe Toth, 7. Brad Roberts, 8. Ryan Anderson, 9. Eric Kormann, 10. Tommy Errico, Jr., 11. Sammy Martz, Jr., 12. Jim Gallager, Jr., 13. Jonathan Swift, 14. David Crossman, 15. Nick VanWickle, 16. Steve Lyle, 17. Scott Hulmes, 18. Justin Grosso, 19. Erik McKinney, 20. Tim Borror, 21. Billy Chester, 22. Justin Easton, 23. John Stevenson, 24. Anthony Sisco, DNS – Erick Mattson, George Pultz, Harry Houdini,

D.A.’S AUTO BODY AND REPAIR ROOKIES (8 laps) –

1. Anthony Sisco, 2. Harry Houdini, 3. Tim Borror, 4. George Pultz, 5. Bill Schorr

SUNBELT RENTALS STREET STOCKS (15 laps) –

1. Tom Wills, Sr., 2. Lee Allen, 3. Tom Wills, Jr., 4. Jeff Dirkes, 5. Rich Stinson, Jr., 6. Brian Spencer, 7. Ron Frees, 8. John Parker, 9. Nick Sandone, III, 10. Paul Donahue, 11. Justin Nowlen, 12. Ken Moren, 13. Keith McKinley, DNS – Michael Creamer

FOUR CYLINDERS (20 laps) –

1. Justin Dunn, 2. Neil Rutt, 3. Scott Dunn, 4. Mike Fox, 5. Joe Garey, Sr., 6. Sal Liguori, 7. Ryan Drews, 8. Joe Garey, Jr., 9. Everett Taylor, 10. Paul Hartwig, 11. Ashleigh Wroble

ALLSTAR SLINGSHOTS (20 laps) –

1. Brett Bieber, 2. C.J. Fritz, 3. Michael Beckett, 4. Ryan Davey, 5. Ryan Harris, 6. Dave Morrell, 7. Shawn Mowery, 8. Joseph Hansen, 9. Tomas Mowery, 10. Amanda Angstadt, 11. Ashley Therien, 12. Dave McCullough

Bridgeport, NJ – The new 4/10th mile speedway at Bridgeport’s Motorsports Park presented four divisions of racing for the second show of the 2020 season and it was just as exciting as the first as Tim Buckwalter picked up the win in the All American 40 for the Foley Cat Modifieds after a three car battle for the lead that saw Ryan Godown, Ryan Watt and Buckwalter running high, running low and everywhere in between as they jockeyed for position.  Ryan Anderson picked up the win in the South Jersey Overhead Door 602 Sportsman.  Former track champion, TJ Henry returned to victory in the Sunbelt Rental Street Stock division and Davey Franek won the fourth and final race of the night as he captured the Capitol Renegade United Racing Club sprint car feature.

That’s seven feature events in just two races with seven different winners!  And this four division show was completed by 10:40PM – less than four hours since the 7pm start time!

When Ryan Godown drew the pole for the Modified feature event there were many who thought that the race was over before it started after Godown’s dominating performance one week earlier.  But there were other drivers who had other ideas!

Godown led through halfway but by that time Buckwalter was in his tracks and Ryan Watt was looking to make it a three car battle for the lead.  The three drivers used every line they could find as the wheeled around the new 4/10th track.  High, low and everything in between until Buckwalter secured the lead on lap twenty-seven.  Watt passed Godown to take second just on lap later.  

The leaders were met with heavy lapped traffic but Buckwalter didn’t seem to be phased.  He raced to the win in the Saxton Motorsports No. 23x – the third of the season for this team.  Watt finished second followed by Godown, Jeff Strunk and Craig VonDohren.  Frank Cozze finished sixth after running in the top five, followed by Richie Pratt, Jr., Briggs Danner, Matt Stangle and Ryan Krachun.

Ryan Anderson waited until the final laps of the South Jersey Overhead Door 602 Sportsman feature to take the lead from Wayne Weaver.  Weaver and Joe Toth had dueled for the lead in the early going before Weaver took command of the top spot.

Anderson got the win over Weaver, last week’s winner, Steve Kemery, Toth and Ryan Godown, Jr. Tom Moore, Jr. Sean Metz, Brad Roberts, Kris Lilick and Matt Peck completed the top ten at the finish.

Former track champion, TJ Henry returned to try his hand on the new speedway and came away with the win in the Sunbelt Rentals Street Stock feature event.  Henry raced with Lee Allen for many laps before he was able to secure the position.  Allen finished second followed by Brian Ludwig, Mike Creamer and John Parker.

Davie Franek took the lead away from Paulie Colagiovanni and never looked back to capture the main event for URC sprint cars.  Anthony Macri finished third behind the wheel of the Chris Dyson No. 20 wrenched by Sean Michael.  Troy Betts finished fourth with Steve Buckwalter rounding out the top five in the Lilick No. 7.  Adam Carberry fihished sixth, followed by Tyler Ross and Ryan Watt, Josh Weller and Austin Bishop.  Watt did double duty on Sunday and had fast time in pre-race action with URC.

Bridgeport action stays on Sunday night this week with the start of the 2020 season points.  The Modifieds, 602 Sportsman and Street Stocks will all compete in qualifying events and features with racing getting underway at 7pm.  Everybody is talking about this track!  You have to see it for yourself to believe it!  

ALL AMERICAN 40 Foley Cat Modifieds (40 laps)

1. Tim Buckwalter, 2. Ryan Watt, 3. Ryan Godown, 4. Jeff Strunk 5. Craig VonDohren, 6. Frank Cozze, 7. Richie Pratt, Jr., 8. Briggs Danner, 9. Matt Stangle, 10. Ryan Krachun, 11. Joseph Watson, 12. Danny Bouc, 13. Neal Williams, 14. Louden Reimert, 15. Steve Davis, 16. Jack Swain, 17. Cale Ross, 18. Tommy Beamer, 19. Bill Lasko, 20. Rick Laubach, 21. Billy Pauch, 22. John Willman, 23. Stan Frankenfield, 24. Dominick Buffalino

SOUTH JERSEY OVERHEAD DOOR 602 SPORTSMAN (20 Laps)

1. Ryan Anderson, 2. Wayne Weaver, 3. Steve Kemery, 4. Joe Toth, 5. Ryan Godown, Jr., 6. Tom Moore Jr.  7. Sean Metz, 8. Brad Roberts 9. Kris Lilick, 10. Matt Peck, 11.  Anthony Trammontana, 12. Jonathan Swift, 13. Ryan Simmons, 14. Bo Derobot, 15. Billy Chester, 16. Kevin Borden, 17. DJ Hunt,  18. Jim Gallagher, Jr., 19. Darren Cox, 20. Ricky Wegner, Jr., 21. Bobby Holzwarth, 22. Tom Sherby, 23. Tom Errico, Jr., 24. Tom Princiotta

SUNBELT RENTALS Street Stocks (20 laps)

1. TJ Henry, 2. Lee Allen, 3. Brian Ludwig, 4. Mike Creamer, 5. John Parker, 6. Tom Wills, Sr., 7. Jeff Dirkes, 8. Nick Sandone, 9. Ken Moren, 10. Drew Brocklebank. 11. Justin Nowlen, 12. Vern McLaughlin, 13. Paul Donahue, 14. Tom Wills, Jr. 15. Spider Ensinger

CAPITOL RENEGADE UNITED RACING CLUB (25 laps)

1. Davey Franek, 2. Paulie Colagiovanni, 3. Anthony Macri, 4. Troy Betts, 5. Steve Buckwalter, 6. Adam Carberry, 7. Tyler Ross, 8. Ryan Watt, 9. Josh Weller, 10. Austin Bishop, 11. Robbie Stillwaggon, 12. Curt Michael, 13. Dave Brown, 14. Andy Best, 15. Ryan Stillwaggon, 16. Mike Haggenbottom, 17. Dallas Schott, 18. JJ Grasso, 19. Jake Eldreth, 20. Rick Stief, 21. Joey Amantea, 22. Zack Burd, 23. Cameron Burke, 24. Ed Aiken, 25. Jonathan Swanson

Bridgeport, NJ – It finally happened.  After months of construction and preparation The Bridgeport Motorsports Park – The Kingdom of Speed – opened its gates for the delayed 2020 season opener.  All three divisions – The Foley Cat Modifieds, South Jersey Overhead Door 602 Sportsman and Sunbelt Rental Street Stocks – provided plenty of side by side action, three and four abreast racing with multiple groove racing from the first green flag to the final checkered.

Here is the order of events for tomorrow’s return to racing! We look forward to seeing you all there!

Bridgeport, NJ – The World of Outlaws NOS Energy Drink Sprint Cars will be making a triumphant return to Bridgeport Motorsports Park  in Swedesboro, NJ on Tuesday, May 19! The World of Outlaws NOS Energy Drink Sprint Cars put on the show of the year last season with spectacular wheel to wheel racing! The PA Posse came out victorious in the return of the World of Outlaws NOS Energy Drink Sprint Car series as Danny Dietrich walked away with a $10,000 payday over Outlaws regulars Donny Schatz, David Gravel, Carson Macedo, and Daryn Pittman. This event was one for the record book as we saw Danny Dietrich set a new track record in qualifying with a 13.33 second lap around the 3/8s mile speedway. But this year will throw a curve ball in all the competitors plans as they are set to face a brand new high-banked 4/10 mile track! This is sure to bring excitement as teams will be showing why they are the best in the business and making adjustments all through the night to give the spectators a show they won’t forget! You won’t want to miss the spectacular show, but hurry while you can because last year’s show SOLD OUT and we are approaching the same record this year!  Call for tickets: (844) 347-8849 or visit https://mpv.tickets.com/?orgid=52711&agency=WRG_SNG_MPV&pid=8813402. YOU WON’T BE DISAPPOINTED!