BRIDGEPORTS SPEEDWAY NEWS & RESULTS 8/3/13

BRIDGEPORT SPEEDWAY NEWS
For Immediate Release - Thank You

Bridgeport Speedway
83 Floodgate Road
Bridgeport, NJ 08014
Office: 856-467-4407
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COMING EVENTS:

Fri 8/9 - Fast and Furious Fridays - Camera & Autograph Night - Meet
and greet with cars and drivers during intermission on the track.
IPM Pest Management 600cc Micro-Sprints (20L), 270cc Micro-Sprints
(20L), & 4-Cylinder Enduro Cars (20L)
5:00 p.m. - Gates open
7:15 p.m. - Racing starts

Sat 8/10 - Saturday Night Stars - Folsom, Hammonton, Winslow and
Delaware Night with TSRS Sprint Cars and Garden State Vintage Stocks.
Free grandstand admission for residents of Folsom, Hammonton, and
Winslow. $5 off grandstand admission for Delaware residents.
Big Block Modifieds (30L), Crate/Sportsman (20L), TSRS Sprint Cars
(20L), & Garden State Vintage Stocks
4:30 p.m. - Pit gates open
5:30 p.m. - Grandstand gates open
7:00 p.m. - Racing starts


HUNT AND HORTON GET THRILLING WINS AT BRIDGEPORT SPEEDWAY

Bridgeport, NJ (August 4, 2013) - A night of four feature events at
Bridgeport Speedway produced a first, second and third time winner as
Ian Humphreys, Dave Hunt, and Jimmy Horton picked up wins in the
Crate/Sportsman and Big Block Modified features. Ron Frees earned
his eighth win in the Outlaw Stock Car main event.

Dave Hunt started out with a win in the held-over feature event from
July 20th. Bob Sarkisian was the race leader for the first six
circuits and had built a sizeable lead before a lap six caution. The
caution flag for the disabled car of Eric Kormann erased Sarkisian's
advantage and put second place Dave Hunt right alongside of Sarkisian
for the restart. During the caution period, Dominick Buffalino headed
to the pits with the Michael #51m.The restart was called back when
Hunt went a little early and then Don Cogdill III ran into problems in
turn one. Ryan Watt, the four time feature winner who came into the
night with the point lead, headed to the pits with his Roberts Racing
#14w. When the green flag waved for the start of lap seven, Hunt took
the lead from the outside line as Sarkisian, Tommy Beamer and Jack
Swain followed. After starting sixteenth, Richie Pratt Jr. made his
move into the top five. A flat tire on lap thirteen had Beamer headed
to the pits as the caution flag waved. Swain began to pressure
Sarkisian for second as Pratt sized up Swain for a move. Swain took
over second on lap fifteen as 2012 Bridgeport Track Champion Rick
Laubach followed into third. Pratt relinquished his fifth place run on
lap twenty-one when he exited with mechanical difficulties. The
leaders were in lapped traffic on the final lap as they raced to the
checkered flag. Swain closed the gap on Hunt but lapped traffic played
a role as Laubach made a last circuit move to take over second as Hunt
sailed to his second win of the season. Following Hunt, Laubach and
Swain were Sarkisian and Mike Iles to complete the top five.

The regularly scheduled Modified Feature event saw Ron Roberts take
the early race lead until Eric Kormann took over on lap three in the
Hewlett #901. Wade Hendrickson moved the Pondish #6 into third on lap
three and then took over second from Roberts two tours later. Lap
eight saw Roberts Racing teammates, Roberts and Watt battle for third
with Watt taking the position. Jimmy Horton moved ahead of Roberts to
take over fourth. Sarkisian brought out the yellow just before the
half way mark when he came to a stop on the homestretch off of turn
four. Kormann led the field to the restart but they were three wide
for second as Watt, Hendrickson and Horton raced for the runner-up
spot. Horton came up with the position with Watt gaining third.
Pratt slipped past Hendrickson to take over fourth. A comfortable
margin then separated each of the top four cars until lap traffic came
into play with five laps to go. As Kormann approached the slower
cars, Horton closed the gap. As Kormann navigated his way through the
traffic, Horton made his move and came away with the lead on lap
twenty-three. With the checkered waving, the top three of Horton,
Kormann, and Watt were nose to tail. Pratt raced home in fourth with
Hendrickson finishing in fifth. Horton's third win of the season and
121st of his career at Bridgeport Speedway also earned Horton a
starting spot in the Short Track Supernationals at Five Mile Point
Speedway in October. Travis Hill, Rick Laubach, and Wade Hendrickson
were the victors in the Big Block Modified qualifying events. The
consolation race was taken by Corey Andersen.

Ian Humphreys, who was crowned as the Bridgeport Rookie Champion at
the end of June, won his first Crate/Sportsman feature of his career
in the twenty lap main event. Ryan Wozunk and Humphreys led the field
to the start. After a lap one caution, Wozunk led the first four
circuits. Humphreys mounted his challenge from the outside line and
raced side by side with Wozunk until he edged into the lead on lap
five. Humphreys quickly drove away from the field and drove
unchallenged to his first win despite several caution flags that
erased his advantage. Wozunk had a strong effort to finish second
ahead of Marc Herman. Mike Cogdill pressured Herman up to the
checkered flag to finish fourth as Brett Ballard came home in fifth.
The Crate/Sportsman heat races were captured by Ian Humphreys and
Jesse Bonaduce.

In Outlaw Stock action, Jimmy Avery led the first lap as Brian Ludwig
charged past Jimmy Hughes and then Avery to take the lead on lap two.
Ron Frees raced side by side with Hughes for the second spot and
gained the position on lap five. A lap eight restart had Ludwig and
Frees restarting side by side with Frees taking the lead. TJ Henry
made it a three way race for second as he raced with Ludwig and Tom
Wills, Jr. but a right front flat took him out of contention on the
final lap. Frees raced to his eighth win of the season followed by
Ludwig, Wills, Jr., Avery and Henry. The Outlaw Stock Car heat race
winners were Ron Frees and Jimmy Avery.

On Saturday, August 10, residents of Folsom, Hammonton, and Winslow in
New Jersey will receive free grandstand admission with proper
identification. Fans living in the state of Delaware can save $5 off
the grandstand admission price with proof of residency. The TSRS
Sprint Cars and Garden State Vintage Stock Cars are on the race card
along with the Big Block Modifieds and Crate/Sportsman. The pit gates
unlock at 4:30 p.m. with the grandstand gates opening at 5:30 p.m. The
first green flag waves at 7:00 p.m. Adult (16 and older) admission
will be $20 with students (10-15) being admitted for $10. Kids 9 and
under are free. Pit admission is $30 for Bridgeport members and $35
for non-members.

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, AUGUST 3 2013

Big Block Modifieds

Heat 1 - 1. Travis Hill 2.Mike Iles 3. Ryan Watt 4. Mike Franz 5.
Richie Pratt, Jr. 6. Scott Ambruster
Heat 2 - 1. Rick Laubach 2. Ron Roberts 3. Eric Kormann 4. Mike Barone
5. Tommy Beamer 6. Matt Harrell
Heat 3 - 1. Wade Hendrickson 2. Jimmy Horton 3. Sam Martz 4. Sammy
Piazza 5. Jack Mihoff 6. Scott Irwin
Consolation - 1. Corey Andersen 2. Bob Sarkisian 3. David Hunt 4.
Dave Witte 5. Jack Swain 6. Chris Grbac 7. Sean Gunther

BIG BLOCK MODIFIED FEATURE - 25 LAPS – REGULAR FEATURE

1. JIMMY HORTON 2. Eric Kormann 3. Ryan Watt 4. Richie Pratt, Jr. 5.
Wade Hendrickson 6. Matt Harrell 7. Rick Laubach 8. Mike Iles 9. Mike
Barone 10. Travis Hill 11. Jack Swain 12. Sam Martz 13. Corey Andersen
14. Tommy Beamer 15. Scott Irwin 16. Ron Roberts 17. Chris Grbac 18.
Dave Witte 19. David Hunt 20. Jack Mihoff 21. Bob Sarkisian 22. Sammy
Piazza 23. Mike Franz 24. Sean Gunther

DNS: Scott Ambruster
DNQ: Dom Buffalino, Don Cogdill, III, Jason Rivers, Tom Maccherone,
Bobby Firth

BIG BLOCK MODIFIED FEATURE - 25 LAPS – POSTPONED FEATURE FROM JULY 20

1. DAVID HUNT 2. Rick Laubach 3. Jack Swain 4. Bob Sarkisian 5. Mike
Iles 6. Matt Harrell 7. Dave Witte 8. Travis Hill 9. Sam Martz 10.
Mike Barone 11. Tommy Beamer 12. Sammy Piazza 13. Jimmy Horton 14. Tom
Maccherone 15. Ron Roberts 16. Richie Pratt, Jr. 17. Wade Hendrickson
18. Mike Franz 19. Jason Rivers 20. Dom Buffalino 21. Ryan Watt 22.
Don Cogdill, III 23. Eric Kormann 24. Sean Gunther 25. Bobby Firth


Crate/Sportsman

Heat 1 - 1. Ian Humphreys 2. Brett Ballard 3. Dave Damiano 4. Marc
Herman 5. Kris Lilick 6. Matt Budd 7. Steve Searock
Heat 2 - 1. Jesse Bonaduce 2. Bob Lilick 3. Mike Cogdill 4. Ryan
Wozunk 5. Gary Hieber 6. Kevin Belmont 7. Patrick Gold


CRATE/SPORTSMAN FEATURE - 20 LAPS

1. IAN HUMPHREYS 2. Ryan Wozunk 3. Marc Herman 4. Mike Cogdill 5.
Brett Ballard 6. Bob Lilick 7. Matt Budd 8. Brian Papiez 9. Steve
Searock 10. Gary Hieber 11. Kris Lilick 12. Scott Hulmes 13. Brad
Roberts 14. Dave Damiano 15. Melissa Scarpati 16. Ricky DiEva 17.
Kevin Belmont 18. Billy Briggs 19. Jesse Bonaduce 20. Kyle Hieber 21.
Patrick Gold

Outlaw Stock Cars

Heat 1 - 1. Ron Frees 2. Brian Ludwig 3. Cleve Riehl 4. Art Avery 5.
Tom Wills, Sr. 6. David Kramer
Heat 2 - 1. Jimmy Avery 2. TJ Henry 3. Tom Wills, Jr. 4. Jimmy Hughes
5. Ed Tinsman



OUTLAW STOCK CAR FEATURE - 15 LAPS

1. RON FREES 2. Brian Ludwig 3. Tom Wills, Jr. 4. Jimmy Avery 5. TJ
Henry 6. Ed Tinsman 7. Jimmy Hughes 8. Art Avery 9. David Kramer 10.
Joe Meron 11. Tom Wills, Sr. 12. Cleve Riehl