BRIDGEPORT SPEEDWAY NEWS APRIL, 22, 2012

BRIDGEPORT SPEEDWAY NEWS
For Immediate Release - Thank You

Bridgeport Speedway
83 Floodgate Road
Swedesboro, NJ 08085
Office: 610-398-4923
Speedway: 856-467-6757
E-mail: mike@bpspeedway.com
Website: www.bpspeedway.com
Twitter: twitter.com/bridgeportspeed

COMING EVENTS:

Fri 4/27 - Fast and Furious Fridays - Micros and 4-Cylinder Enduro Cars
1/4 Mile - 600cc Micro-Sprints (20L), 270cc Micro-Sprints (20L) &
4-Cylinder Enduro Cars (20L)
6:30 PM Warm-Ups, 7:00 PM Qualifying

Sat 4/28 - Saturday Night Stars - Crate Sportsmen Poker Series Hand One
5/8 Mile - Big Block Modifieds (30L), Crate Sportsmen (30L) & Outlaw
Stocks (15L)
5:30 PM Warm-Ups, 6:00 PM Qualifying

PRATT WINS RAIN SHORTENED MODIFIED FEATURE AT BRIDGEPORT SPEEDWAY

Swedesboro, NJ (April 22, 2012) – On Food Drive Night at Bridgeport
Speedway, Richie Pratt, Jr. scored his second win of the season during
the rain shortened Big Block Modified feature. Ken Eckert, Jr. took
home his first checkered flag of his career in the Crate Sportsmen
event. Due to the rain, the Outlaw Stock Car main event was postponed
and will be made up at a future date.

In the scheduled 30-lap Big Block Modified feature, Jack Swain grabbed
the lead on the opening circuit with Ryan Watt, Scott Ambruster, Stan
Frankenfield and Ron Roberts in tow. After several early race cautions
and restarts, Watt remained in front and had a comfortable advantage
over his rivals with ten laps completed. Behind the leader, Richie
Pratt, Jr., Jimmy Horton and Rick Laubach were in tight quarters and
putting on a terrific battle for the runner-up spot. With fifteen laps
recorded, Watt’s lead was beginning to diminish slightly as the fight
for second place was continuing. On lap 18, Watt pulled into the
infield with a mechanical issue and Pratt, Jr. inherited the lead just
as a few sprinkles began to fall from the sky. On the next circuit,
the white flag waved as the shower began to intensify. The checkered
flag unfurled on the twentieth tour as the rain began to pelt the dirt
oval and Pratt, Jr. recorded his second win of the 2012 season. Horton
completed the race in second with Laubach taking third. Brian Kressley
wound up in fourth. Mike Barone crossed the line in fifth. Watt and
Laubach won the Big Block Modified heat races.

Ken Eckert, Jr. paced the field from start to finish as he won the
20-lap contest for the Crate Sportsmen. Starting on the outside pole,
Eckert, Jr. outgunned Brad Roberts for the lead as the green flag
waved. In the final two laps of the race, Eckert, Jr. held off his
competitors in the midst of heavy lap traffic to record his first
career win. The runner-up spot went to Roberts. Tommy Beamer advanced
two positions on the final circuit to finish in third. Steve Davis and
Brett Kressley rounded out the top five. The Crate Sportsmen
qualifying contests were taken by Matt Budd and Ryan Anderson

With the heavy rains, the Outlaw Stock Car feature was postponed. This
main event will take place at a future date. In the heat race, Terry
Griffin bested Jeff Dirkes by the narrowest of margins.

Bridgeport Speedway provides a safe and secure family atmosphere, free
parking, giveaways and fan participation games. Billed ‘The Fastest
Dirt Track in the East’, Bridgeport Speedway is a banked 5/8th mile
dirt oval, featuring a dirt 1/4 mile oval embedded in the center, and
is located in Southern New Jersey -- just minutes from Pennsylvania
and Delaware at exit 14 off of I-295.

NOTES: After the qualifying events were completed, a brief but heavy
rain shower caused a delay in the running of the feature events. The
track crew worked feverishly to get the track back into racing
condition. A large majority of the racecars aided the Speedway by
helping to run in the track.



BRIDGEPORT SPEEDWAY RESULTS - SATURDAY, APRIL 21, 2012

Big Block Modifieds

Heat 1 - 1. Ryan Watt 2. Eric Kormann 3. Scott Ambruster 4. Jack Swain
5. Mike Barone 6. Richie Pratt, Jr.
Heat 2 - 1. Rick Laubach 2. Stan Frankenfield 3. Ron Roberts 4. Matt
Harrell 5. Jimmy Horton 6. Brett Ballard

BIG BLOCK MODIFIED FEATURE - 20 LAPS – FEATURE SHORTENED DUE TO RAIN

1. RICHIE PRATT, JR. 2. Jimmy Horton 3. Rick Laubach 4. Brian Kressley
5. Mike Barone 6. Ron Roberts 7. Eric Kormann 8. Bob Sarkisian 9. Don
Cogdill 10. Gino Postorivo 11. Mike Franz 12. Corey Andersen 13. Matt
Harrell 14. Ryan Watt 15. Brett Ballard 16. Scott Ambruster 17. Tom
Maccherone 18. Stan Frankenfield 19. Jack Swain 20. Joe Masiado

Crate Sportsmen

Heat 1 - 1. Matt Budd 2. Ken Eckert, Jr. 3. Brett Kressley 4. Ricky
DiEva 5. Lee Nardelli 6. Andrew Krause
Heat 2 - 1. Ryan Anderson 2. Mike Cogdill 3. Tommy Beamer 4. Brad
Roberts 5. Steve Davis 6. Bob Bracall

CRATE SPORTSMEN FEATURE - 20 LAPS

1. KEN ECKERT, JR. 2. Brad Roberts 3. Tommy Beamer 4. Steve Davis 5.
Brett Kressley 6. Ryan Anderson 7. Mike Cogdill 8. Ricky DiEva 9. Matt
Budd 10. Andrew Krause 11. Bob Bracall 12. George Nardelli, IV. 13.
Jeff Duprez 14. Aleia Geisler 15. Brett Kelly 16. Lee Nardelli 17.
Ryan Wozunk

Outlaw Stocks

Heat 1 - 1. Terry Griffin 2. Jeff Dirkes 3. Ron Dirkes 4. Cheri
LaClaire 5. Russell Wurst 6. Jim Hughes


OUTLAW STOCKS FEATURE - 15 LAPS – POSTPONED DUE TO RAIN – MAKEUP DATE
TO BE ANNOUNCED