BRIDGEPORT SPEEDWAY NEWS

BRIDGEPORT SPEEDWAY NEWS
For Immediate Release - Thank You

Bridgeport Speedway
83 Floodgate Road
Swedesboro, NJ 08085
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COMING EVENTS:

Fri 4/20 - Fast and Furious Fridays – Micros and 4-Cylinder Stock Cars
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


JAY HARTMAN COMES FROM SIXTEENTH TO WIN AT BRIDGEPORT SPEEDWAY

Swedesboro, NJ (April 14, 2012) – At the Fast and Furious Friday Night
2012 Opener, Jay Hartman came from sixteenth to capture the 600cc
Micro-Sprint feature. Veteran John Blanda took top honors in the 270cc
Micro-Sprint division. The 4-Cylinder Stock Car race was won by Warren
Stradley.

At the start of the 20-lap 600cc Micro-Sprint feature, Bill Thomas
blasted to the front from his outside pole starting spot. With five
tours completed in the event, Thomas was still on top with Lee
Nardelli and Jermain Godshall in pursuit. Back in the pack, Jay
Hartman, who started the race in sixteenth, was dicing his way to the
front. By the ninth circuit, the hard charging Hartman was up to
third. Following a restart on lap 11, Hartman advanced into the
runner-up spot and set his eyes on Thomas. Thomas held off Hartman on
the fourteenth lap restart to keep his lead. One tour later, the final
caution flag of the event waved. As action got back underway, Hartman
motored by Thomas to take the top spot. Hartman continued to set the
pace for the remainder of the contest to collect the checkered flag.
Thomas held on for second. Godshall got past Nardelli in the final
laps to take third. With Nardelli finishing in fourth, Joe Kay wound
up in fifth. Tim Iulg, Chris Panczner, Bryant Davis, and Dave Carlberg
were victorious in the qualifying events. The consolation race was
taken by Steven Bracall.

Veteran John Blanda led the entire distance to win the 20-lap feature
for the 270cc Micro-Sprints. Blanda, who has been racing 270cc
Micro-Sprints for twenty years, started on the pole as he collected
his ninth career victory at Bridgeport Speedway. With a strong run,
Andrew Locuson finished in second. Justin Stillwagon, Ernie Miles, and
Charlie Lamanna rounded out the top five. The 270cc Micro-Sprint heat
winners were Andrew Locuson and Steve Coslop.

After a multi-lap battle with Scott Dunn, Warren Stradley escaped with
his fifty-second checkered flag in the 20-lap 4-Cylinder Stock Car
contest. Scott Dunn took second with Mike Dunn finishing in third. Joe
Garey and Art Knapp completed 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.

NOTES: The smooth and multi-grooved inner dirt oval drew rave reviews
from drivers following the races.



BRIDGEPORT SPEEDWAY RESULTS – FRIDAY, APRIL 13, 2012

600cc Micro-Sprints

Heat 1 - 1. Tim Iulg 2. Steve Kemery 3. Joe Kay 4. Bernie Korbel 5.
Mike Fillbrun
Heat 2 - 1. Chris Panczner 2. Lee Nardelli 3. Rob Vivona 4. Andrew
Locuson 5. Jon Keller
Heat 3 - 1. Bryant Davis 2. Bill Thomas 3. Chris Locuson 4. Richie
Keller 5. Sam Lamothe
Heat 4 - 1. Dave Carlberg 2. Jermain Godshall 3. Sam Locuson 4. Jay
Hartman 5. Scott Harbison
Consolation - 1. Steven Bracall 2. Ryan Stillwagon 3. Carl Locuson 4.
Ken Hanley

600cc MICRO-SPRINT FEATURE - 20 LAPS

1. JAY HARTMAN 2. Bill Thomas 3. Jermain Godshall 4. Lee Nardelli 5.
Joe Kay 6. Bryant Davis 7. Sam Locuson 8. Steven Bracall 9. Sam
Lamothe 10. Tim Iulg 11. Stephen Kemery 12. Chris Panczner 13. Chris
Locuson 14. Ryan Stillwagon 15. Jon Keller 16. Dave Carlberg 17. Scott
Harbison 18. Bernie Korbel 19. Mark Landwher 20. Ed Barber, III 21.
Mike Fillbrun 22. Andrew Locuson 23. Carl Locuson 24. Rob Vivona 25.
Richie Keller

DNS: Ken Hanley, Sam Locuson
DNQ: Eddie Wagner, Marty Shurr


270cc Micro-Sprints

Heat 1 - 1. Andrew Locuson 2. Justin Stillwagon 3. John Blanda 4.
Jonathan John 5. Kyle Newkirk
Heat 2 - 1. Steve Coslop 2. Ernie Miles, III 3. Richie Keller 4. Joe
Dopke 5. Charlie Lamanna

270cc MICRO-SPRINT FEATURE - 20 LAPS

1. JOHN BLANDA 2. Andrew Locuson 3. Justin Stillwagon 4. Ernie Miles
5. Charlie Lamanna 6. Steve Coslop 7. Joe Dopke 8. Jonathan John 9.
Richie Keller

DNS: Kyle Newkirk


4 - Cylinder Stock Cars


4 - CYLINDER STOCK CAR FEATURE - 20 LAPS

1. WARREN STRADLEY 2. Scott Dunn 3. Mike Dunn 4. Joe Garey 5. Art
Knapp 6. Robbie Dunn 7. Justin Dunn