BRIDGEPORT SPEEDWAY NEWS

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
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COMING EVENTS:

Fri 4/13 - Fast and Furious Fridays – 2012 Season Opener on the Quarter Mile.
1/4 Mile - 600cc Micro-Sprints (20L), 270cc Micro-Sprints (20L) &
4-Cylinder Stock Cars (20L)
6:30 PM Warm-Ups, 7:00 PM Qualifying

Sat 4/14 - Saturday Night Stars! – Garden State Vintage Stock Car Club Night
Big Block Modifieds (30L), Crate Sportsman (20L), Outlaw Stocks (15L)
+ Garden State Vintage Stock Car Club
5:30 PM Warm-Ups, 6:00 PM Qualifying

PRATT HOPS TO AN EASTER WEEKEND WIN AT BRIDGEPORT SPEEDWAY

Swedesboro, NJ (April 8, 2012) – On Easter Egg Hunt Night at
Bridgeport Speedway, Richie Pratt, Jr. took the checkered flag in the
Big Block Modified feature. The Crate Sportsman event was taken by
Travis Hill. Jeff Dirkes scored the win in the Outlaw Stock Car race.

After starting on the pole in the 30-lap Big Block Modified feature,
Richie Pratt, Jr. hopped out to the front. Quickly, Eric Kormann,
Jesse Hill, and Matt Harrell assembled in order behind Pratt. After a
caution flag on lap 4 for a slowing Corey Andersen, Harrell scooted by
Hill to gain third. With ten laps in the books, Pratt had developed a
sizeable lead over the pack. Further back in the field, Jimmy Horton
was accelerating towards the front. Horton, who started the race in
eleventh, was up to fifth with twelve tours recorded. Following a
restart on lap 12, Horton continued his advancement as he got by
Harrell and Hill to move into third. At the halfway point, Pratt was
in the process of building up another comfortable lead over his
rivals. With ten laps remaining, Horton was closing in on Kormann for
second. With Pratt still in control of the race and less than five
circuits remaining, Kormann and Horton were engulfed in a tight battle
for second with lap traffic coming into play. The final caution of the
feature occurred on lap 29 as Joe Masiado slowed in turn two near the
pit entrance. As the green flag waved one more time, Pratt kept his
lead and scored his fifteenth career Big Block Modified win at
Bridgeport Speedway. Kormann held off Horton to take the runner-up
position. With Horton taking third, Hill’s consistent and strong run
rewarded him with a fourth place finish. Ninth place starting Rick
Laubach wound up in fifth. The heat races were won by Rick Laubach,
Ryan Watt, and Matt Harrell.

In the Crate Sportsmen main event, Travis Hill became the leader with
two laps to go and kept his advantage in the final tours to win his
first race since 2010. Brett Kressley took the lead at the start of
the 20-lap affair. In the second half of the contest, Hill began to
apply pressure on Kressley for the top spot. On the eighteenth
circuit, Hill slid inside of Kressley in turn three and escaped with
the lead. Matt Budd got by Kressley on the last lap to claim the
runner up spot. With Kressley in third, Ryan Anderson and Tommy Beamer
completed the race in fourth and fifth respectively. Travis Hill and
Brett Kressley were victors in the qualifying events.

After winning the Outlaw Stock Car heat race, Jeff Dirkes completed
his night by capturing the 15-lap feature. At the start of the
feature, Terry Griffin took the lead with Dirkes motoring into second.
Quickly, Griffin and Dirkes became engaged in a race long tussle for
the lead. Dirkes took over the top spot on lap 6 with Griffin
regaining the position on the next circuit. On lap 10, Dirkes became
the front runner again and led the final few laps to rack up his first
win since May 5, 2007. Brian Ludwig came on strong in the final lap to
wind up in second. Ron Dirkes, Bob Hopely, and Terry Griffin rounded
out the top five.

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.



BRIDGEPORT SPEEDWAY RESULTS – SATURDAY, APRIL 7, 2012

Big Block Modifieds

Heat 1 - 1. Rick Laubach 2. Brian Kressley 3. Brett Ballard 4. Don
Cogdill 5. Gino Postorivo
Heat 2 - 1. Ryan Watt 2. Jesse Hill 3. Eric Kormann 4. Ron Roberts 5.
Corey Andersen 6. Jason Rivers
Heat 3 - 1. Matt Harrell 2. Mike Barone 3. Richie Pratt, Jr. 4. Jimmy
Horton 5. Mike Franz 6. Dave Adams

BIG BLOCK MODIFIED FEATURE - 30 LAPS

1. RICHIE PRATT, JR. 2. Eric Kormann 3. Jimmy Horton 4. Jesse Hill 5.
Rick Laubach 6. Brett Ballard 7. Mike Barone 8. Brian Kressley 9. Ryan
Watt 10. Ron Roberts 11. Don Cogdill 12. Matt Harrell 13. Gino
Postorivo 14. Joe Masiado 15. Jason Rivers 16. Mike Franz 17. Dave
Adams 18. Tom Maccherone 19. Corey Andersen 20. Wes Camp 21. Scott
Ambruster

DNS: Stan Frankenfield, Jack Swain, Anthony Moran, Rob Nixon

Crate Sportsman

Heat 1 - 1. Travis Hill 2. Matt Budd 3. Ryan Anderson 4. Steve Davis
5. Aleia Geisler 6. Brad Roberts
Heat 2 - 1. Brett Kressley 2. Ken Eckert, Jr. 3.Mike Cogdill 4. Tommy
Beamer 5. Ricky DiEva 6. George Nardelli IV.

CRATE SPORTSMAN FEATURE - 20 LAPS

1. TRAVIS HILL 2. Matt Budd 3. Brett Kressley 4. Ryan Anderson 5.
Tommy Beamer 6. Steve Davis 7. Ricky DiEva 8. Ken Eckert, Jr. 9. Mike
Cogdill 10. Brad Roberts 11. Aleia Geisler 12. George Nardelli, IV.
13. Brett Kelly 14. Ryan Wozunk 15. John Bilofsky



Outlaw Stocks

Heat 1 - 1. Jeff Dirkes 2. Brian Ludwig 3. Terry Griffin 4. Bob Hopely
5. Spider Ensinger 6. Ron Dirkes

OUTLAW STOCKS FEATURE - 15 LAPS

1. JEFF DIRKES 2. Brian Ludwig 3. Ron Dirkes 4. Bob Hopely 5. Terry
Griffin 6. Bob Dooley 7. Cheri LaClaire 8. Anthony DiBenedetto 9.
Spider Ensinger

DNS: Bill Liedtka, Tom Boehlert