Bridgeport Motorsports Park

​The 2019 season point battles will begin at the Bridgeport Speedway this Saturday night, May 4th, on a race night sponsored by Massari & Sons Disposal out of Carney’s Point, NJ.  

The Spirit Auto Center Big Block Modifieds, South Jersey Overhead Door 602 Crate Sportsman and the Sunbelt Rentals Outlaw Stocks will compete in the first point events of the 2019 season.  It will also be the first outing of the DA’s Auto Body & Repair Rookies.

In the Big Block Modifieds, Billy “The Kid” Pauch opened the season with a dominating win in the 60 Over – Doug Hoffman Memorial Race.  Rick Laubach was the race winner in mid-April on a race night sponsored by BRB Contractors.  Both drivers will be looking to be the first repeat winners of the 2019 season while drivers like reigning track champion, Ryan Watt, Richie Pratt, Jr., Neal Williams, Tommy Beamer, Roger Manning and David Hunt will be among those drivers looking for their first checkered flags of the season.

Steve Kemery has been red hot during the early races of the 2019 season for the 602 Crate Sportsman, picking up the wins in the two events so far this season.  Kemery picked up right where he left off at the end of last season and has been the man to beat.  Drivers like Jim Gallagher, Jr., Matt Peck, Wayne Weaver, Chris Jenkins and others are looking to be the first to beat Kemery to the finish.

Rich Stinson was the winner in the only event run to date in the Outlaw Stocks but there are plenty of drivers with their eye on the prize including former track champion, Tom Wills, Jr., Lee Allen, Brian Ludwig to mention a few.

Pit gates will open at 3:30 with fans being able to access the grandstands at 4:30.  Racing will get underway at 6pm.  Adults will be admitted the grandstand for $20.  Kids from 10-15 will be admitted for $10  with children nine and under admitted for free.

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Rick Laubach claimed his 51st Big Block Modified victory in the BRB Contractors sponsored tripleheader at the Bridgeport Speedway while Steve Kemery picked up his second win of the season in the South Jersey Overhead Door 602 Crate/Sportman main event.  Josh Weller did everything that he could to defend his title in the Capitol Renegade United Racing Club season opener, picking up the win – his first of the season.

It was a welcome relief for Laubach,  to be standing in Victory Lane, after a winless 2018 season.  “Everything just worked out right for us today,” Laubach related.  “We definitely had an angel looking out for us,” Laubach stated, referring to Lori Herman, along with husband, Gary owned the No. 7 that Laubach pilots at Bridgeport.  Lori lost her hard fought battle to cancer last year.

Laubach drew the pole for the start of the twenty-five lap main event for the Spirit Auto Center Big Block Modiifeds but he had Bridgeport’s All Time Feature Winner, Jimmy Horton, starting alongside.  Laubach quickly moved in front at the wave of the green .  Horton held down second for the first ten laps until Brandon Grosso made the pass for the runner-up spot on a lap eleven restart.

Grosso was able to close in on Laubach to offer a challenge but was never able to capitalize on the opportunity.

Laubach raced to the win, his first Bridgeport victory since July of 2017.  Grosso tooksecond over Horton.  Jeff Strunk held off the advance of Ryan Watt to take fourth.  Dave Hunt, Brian Papiez, Dave Shirk, Richie Pratt, Jr. and Ron Roberts rounded out the top ten.

The win paid Laubach $3,000 including the bonus offered by BRB Contractors for this event.

For the fourth time in the last five races, Steve Kemery raced to the win in the South Jersey Overhead Door 602 Crate/Sportsman, picking up the extra bonus paid by Precision Hydraulic.

For eighteen laps, it appeared as Joe Toth was on his way to his first Bridgeport victory.  Toth led until a red flag was needed at the end of eighteen laps when Kevin Belmont and Ernie Miles III tangled in turn two with Miles getting upside down.  Both drivers escaped injury.

When the filed lined up for a single file restart with two laps to go, Toth lost fuel pressure.  Kemery was able to take the lead while Toth’s No. 9 flatered before slowing on the backstretch and then coming to a complete stop, bringing out another caution.

Kemery took the win over Jim Gallagher, Jr., Matt Peck, Wayne Weaver and John Micek.  Rich Wenger, Chris Jenkins, John Cavallaro, Kevin Borden and Justin Lilick completed the top ten at the checkered flag.

Josh Weller put together twenty-five perfect laps in the first step in defending his title with the United Racing Club.

Steve Buckwalter, driving the Bob Lilick owned No. 7, was the only driver to offer a challenge to Weller but Buckwalter was forced to pit for a flat tire during the race’s final laps.

Chad Layton took over second but was never able to get close enough to Weller to mount a challenge.

Weller led Layton, Jason Shultz, Curt Michale and Lucas Wolfe to the finish line.  Shultz ran in the top five during the entire event while Michael made a late race charge to take over fourth.  Troy Betts finished sixth ahead of Austin Bishop and Tyler Ross.  Steve Buckwalter rallied to ninth place finish after his tire change with Davie Franek finishing tenth.

The Bridgeport Speedway will remain idle until Saturday, May 4th for the first regular Saturday night event of the season and the start of the 2019 point season.

 

The Bridgeport Speedway will see action this Sunday with a triple header show sponsored by BRB Contractors of King of Prussia, PA.  This event will  feature the Spirit Auto Center Big Block Modifieds, the South Jersey Overhead Door 602 Crate Sportsman and the season opener for the winged warriors of the Capitol Renegade United Racing Club (URC) .  This will be the only event at Bridgeport for the month of April before the speedway returns for weekly Saturday night racing on May 5th.

The Spirit Auto Center Big Blocks will receive a purse increase for this Sunday’s BRB Contractor’s sponsored event.  The Modifieds will now race for $3,000 during their 25-lap feature event.  Many of the drivers that participated in the ‘Doug Hoffman Memorial’ are expected to return for this special Sunday matinee program.  Meanwhile, the South Jersey Overhead Door 602 Crate Sportsman will also race for a little extra cash on Sunday.  The drivers of the 602 class will be gunning for cool $1,000 to win courtesy of Precision Hydraulic.  All non-qualifiers in the 602 Crates will also receive $50 tow money for their efforts on Sunday.

Bob Lilick is the owner/operator of BRB Contractors and has been involved in auto racing for many years, fielding multiple cars in different divisions of racing for his sons.  BRB Contractors is an industrial, commercial and residential demolition, excavation and paving company and has been in business for over seventeen years.  Contact BRB Contractors for all of your construction needs by calling (610) 275-0768.

Josh Weller, of Mertztown, PA, captured his first championship for the 2018 racing season when he captured three victories throughout the season.  Weller has rebuilt his No. 63 for the new season and is looking to defend his title as the 2019 season gets underway.  And the season opener couldn’t be at a better place than the Bridgeport Speedway where Weller has several victories in recent seasons!

He will have plenty of competition though as drivers like Curt Michael, Ryan Quackenbush, Eddie Strada, Troy Betts, Adam Carberry, Chris Allen Jr. and others also have their eye on the prize.

Bridgeport fans will have the added bonus of seeing reigning Big Block Modified Champion, Ryan Watt, strap into the Tim Hogue owned No. 39 to compete with URC.  Watt will be doing double duty on Sunday as he also fields his Ron Roberts Racing No. 14w in the Modified ranks.

Billy Pauch picked up the sixty-third Bridgeport victory in the 60 Over-Doug Hoffman Memorial Race to open the 2019 Bridgeport season while Steve Kemery was the first winner of the year in the 602 Crate Sportsman ranks.

Pit gates will open at 1:30 while fans may enter the grandstands starting at 3pm.  Racing gets underway at 5pm.

Come early and take advantage of all that the Bridgeport Speedway has to offer.  Enjoy the free musical entertainment or ride the Bandit Bus to get a look behind the scenes as you ride through the pit area.   Enjoy the many delectable delights that the refreshment stands have to offer.  And don’t forget to pick up the latest copy of the Bridgeport Bullet – the official program of the Bridgeport Speedway.  There’s all sorts of new Bridgeport Speedway souvenirs from decals to hats and shirts.

We are Bridgeport – the only track in New Jersey to offer Big Block Modifieds;  we are comitted to maintaining a safe, fun, family atmosphere, creating life-lasting memories of excitement.

Bridgeport, NJ – Bridgeport has adjusted their newly revamped headline division rules effective immediately.  The ‘open’ 358 small blocks, who were given the opportunity to run sail panels over the winter, will now run standard ‘window’ body rules.  All of the other rule changes in regards to the ‘open’ 358s, spec 358s, and Big Blocks will stay in place and closely monitored in the future races.

“Our main objective was to slow the Big Blocks down a bit with cost of engines, tires, ect and I think we’ve accomplished that goal,” offered track owner Brian Ramey.  “However, after Saturday’s event and dozens of phone calls with concern of equality, it seems that we gave a little too much advantage to the ‘open’ small blocks.  We are a Big Block track, that is just trying to open the door for some teams to come that may not have a Big Block yet still be competitive,” Ramey added.

Another rule has been adjusted that can be found in the ‘track rules’.  There was an incident regarding lapped cars on a restart towards the end of the race.  “We followed the rulebook on this one I can guarantee you,” Ramey pointed out.  The previous rule had all lapped cars remaining in place until 5 laps or less to go.  The new rule will be with 10 laps or less to go all lapped cars will drop to the back of field a lap down.  “The problem wasn’t the lapped cars not wanting to be there or the other lead lap cars passing them, it was the lapped cars were trying to go around the leader and get their lap back which isn’t allowed.  If a driver wants to surrender their position on the track, they need to fall to the back of the pack and will be placed a lap down.”

For rule updates you can visit the track’s official website at www.bpspeedway.com.  The next event will be on Sunday, April 14 when the URC Sprint Car Tour invades the 5/8 joining the Spirit Auto Center Big Blocks and South Jersey Overhead Door Crate/Sportsman.

Click here for Revised 2019 Rules & Regulations 

 

 

Click here for Revised 2019 Big Block Modified Rules