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Upcoming Events

Friday, July 25th – 600cc and 270cc Micro Sprints, Four Cylinder Enduro and Slingshots – racing starts at 8pm on the 1/4mile

Saturday, July 26th – JEEP JAMBOREE – Big Block Modifieds, Crate/Sportsman (Twin – 15’s), Outlaw Stocks – racing starts at 7pm on the 5/8^th mile

Friday, August 1st – 600cc and 270cc Micro Sprints, Four Cylinder Enduro (on 1/4mile) and the TSRS 305 Sprints (on 5/8^th mile) – racing starts at 8pm

Saturday, August 2nd – QUARTER MIDGET NIGHT (ATCO SJQMA – Blackbird QMRC – Phoenixville MCQMRC) – Big Block Modifieds, Crate/Sportsman and Outlaw Stocks

 

RATCHFORD AND REINHARDT SPLIT 270CC TWIN 15’S

 

     On Friday night at the Bridgeport Speedway, four different drivers took home their first checkererd flag on the inner quarter mile speedway.  Shawn Ratchford and Lee Reinhardt each won one of the 15-lap 270cc Micro Sprints features.  Steven Bracall won the 20-lap 600cc Micro Sprint feature and Art Knapp broke the strangle hold by the Dunn’s to win the Four Cylinder Enduro feature event.

 

     In the opening 15-lap feature for the 270cc Micro Sprints, John Blanda quickly jumped to the lead from his pole starting position.  Joe Dopke, who started outside the front row, fell to third behind Shawn Ratchford by the completion of the first lap.  Ratchford took command of the event on lap three and never looked back.  Blanda and Dopke battled for second.  Blanda’s strong run ended on lap nine when he pulled to the pits.  At the checkered it was Ratchford followed by Dopke, Tyler Reinhardt, Sam Lamothe and Lee Reinhardt.

 

     The top six finishers from the first feature were inverted putting Glen Frye, Jr. and Lee Reinhardt on the front row.  Lee Reinhardt grabbed the point at the start of the feature and led the entire distance to claim his first win.  Frye held onto second with Lamothe, Dopke and T.J. Greve completing the top five in the second 15-lap feature for the 270cc Micro Sprints.

 

     Steve Bracall led the entire distance to claim his first win of the season.  Starting from his outside front row position he avoided an opening lap tangle and then held off the season’s biggest winner, Andrew Locuson to claim the win.  Current point leader, Luke Thomas was third followed by Bill Thomas, fourth and Barry Pollard fifth.

 

     Art Knapp led all 20 laps in the Four Cylinder Enduro event to claim his first win of the season.  Knapp was also fast timer in the Timed Dash for the Four Cylinders.  John Gray was second follwed by Carley Rocap, John Webster and Cheri LaClaire.

 

    

 

600CC MICRO SPRINT FEATURE (20 LAPS)

1. Steven Bracall 2. Andrew Locuson 3. Luke Thomas 4. Bill Thomas 5. Barry Pollard 6. Sam Locuson 7. Dave Carlberg 8. Carl Locuson 9. Steve Kemery 10. Nick Havens 11. Gary Bozowski 12. Charles Colburn 13. Joe Butts 14. Ed Barber III 15. Lee Nardelli 16. Gary Forsythe 17. Joe Kay 18. Jim Tippin 19. Chris Locuson

 

270CC MICRO SPRINT FIRST FEATURE (15 LAPS)

1. Shawn Ratchford 2. Joe Dopke 3. Tyler Reinhardt 4. Sam Lamothe 5. Lee Reinhardt 6. Glen Frye, Jr. 7. Billy Gray 8. T.J. Greve 9. Steve Coslop 10. Dave Nelson 11. Roland Saxton 12. Samatha Lieberman 13. Mike Andrews 14. Matt Andrews 15. Kate Raively 16. John Blanda 17. R.J. Magyari

 

270CC MICRO SPRINT SECOND FEATURE (15 LAPS)

1. Lee Reinhardt 2. Glen Frye, Jr. 3. Sam Lamothe 4. Joe Dopke 5. T.J. Greve 6. Shawn Ratchford 7. Dave Nelson 8. Steve Coslop 9. Billy Gray 10. Roland Saxton 11. Mike Andrews 12. Matt Andrews 13. Samantha Lieberman 14. John Blanda 15. Tyler Reinhardt 16. Kate Raively, DNS – R.J. Magyari

 

FOUR CYLINDER ENDURO (20 LAPS) =6 1. Art Knapp 2. John Gray 3. Carley Rocap 4. John Webster 5. Cheri LaClaire 6. Laura John