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| Date: 4/16/2019 10:44:54 PM | ||||||
Upcoming events Saturday,
May 4 - First night of 2019 Points - Big Block Modifieds, 602
Crate/Sportsman, Outlaw Stocks and Rookies, racing at 6pm, Saturday,
May 11 - 3/8th Mile - Big Block Modifieds, 602 Crate/Sportsman, MASS
305 Sprint Cars, Vintage and Rookies, racing at 6pm Saturday, May 18 - 3/8th Mile - Big Block Modifieds, 602 Crate/Sportsman, Outlaw Stocks & Rookies, racing at 6:30pm Tuesday, May 21 - 3/8th Mile - World of Outlaws and 602 Crate Sportsman, racing at 7:30 LAUBACH, KEMERY & WELLER CLAIM VICTORY IN BRB CONTRACTORS SPONSORED EVENT AT BRIDGEPORT Rick
Laubach claimed his 51st Big Block Modified victory in the BRB
Contractors sponsored tripleheader at the Bridgeport Speedway while
Steve Kemery picked up his second win of the season in the South Jersey
Overhead Door 602 Crate/Sportman main event. Josh Weller did everything
that he could to defend his title in the Capitol Renegade United Racing
Club season opener, picking up the win - his first of the season. It
was a welcome relief for Laubach, to be standing in Victory Lane,
after a winless 2018 season. "Everything just worked out right for us
today," Laubach related. "We definitely had an angel looking out for
us," Laubach stated, referring to Lori Herman, along with husband, Gary
owned the No. 7 that Laubach pilots at Bridgeport. Lori lost her hard
fought battle to cancer last year. Laubach
drew the pole for the start of the twenty-five lap main event for the
Spirit Auto Center Big Block Modiifeds but he had Bridgeport's All Time
Feature Winner, Jimmy Horton, starting alongside. Laubach quickly moved
in front at the wave of the green . Horton held down second for the
first ten laps until Brandon Grosso made the pass for the runner-up spot
on a lap eleven restart. Grosso was able to close in on Laubach to offer a challenge but was never able to capitalize on the opportunity. Laubach
raced to the win, his first Bridgeport victory since July of 2017.
Grosso took second over Horton. Jeff Strunk held off the advance of
Ryan Watt to take fourth. Dave Hunt, Brian Papiez, Dave Shirk, Richie
Pratt, Jr. and Ron Roberts rounded out the top ten. The win paid Laubach $3,000 including the bonus offered by BRB Contractors for this event. For
the fourth time in the last five races, Steve Kemery raced to the win
in the South Jersey Overhead Door 602 Crate/Sportsman, picking up the
extra bonus paid by Precision Hydraulic. For
eighteen laps, it appeared as Joe Toth was on his way to his first
Bridgeport victory. Toth led until a red flag was needed at the end of
eighteen laps when Kevin Belmont and Ernie Miles III tangled in turn two
with Miles getting upside down. Both drivers escaped injury. When
the filed lined up for a single file restart with two laps to go, Toth
lost fuel pressure. Kemery was able to take the lead while Toth's No. 9
flatered before slowing on the backstretch and then coming to a
complete stop, bringing out another caution. Kemery
took the win over Jim Gallagher, Jr., Matt Peck, Wayne Weaver and John
Micek. Rich Wenger, Chris Jenkins, John Cavallaro, Kevin Borden and
Justin Lilick completed the top ten at the checkered flag. Josh Weller put together twenty-five perfect laps in the first step in defending his title with the United Racing Club. Steve
Buckwalter, driving the Bob Lilick owned No. 7, was the only driver to
offer a challenge to Weller but Buckwalter was forced to pit for a flat
tire during the race's final laps. Chad Layton took over second but was never able to get close enough to Weller to mount a challenge. Weller
led Layton, Jason Shultz, Curt Michale and Lucas Wolfe to the finish
line. Shultz ran in the top five during the entire event while Michael
made a late race charge to take over fourth. Troy Betts finished sixth
ahead of Austin Bishop and Tyler Ross. Steve Buckwalter rallied to
ninth place finish after his tire change with Davie Franek finishing
tenth. The
Bridgeport Speedway will remain idle until Saturday, May 4th for the
first regular Saturday night event of the season and the start of the
2019 point season. SPIRIT AUTO CENTER BIG BLOCK MODIFIEDS (25 laps) – 1. Rick Laubach, 2. Brandon Grosso, 3. Jimmy Horton, 4. Jeff Strunk, 5. Ryan Watt, 6. David Hunt, 7. Brian Papiez, 8. Dave Shirk, 9. Richie Pratt, Jr., 10. Ron Roberts, 11. Bob Sarkisian, 12. Todd Neilheiser, 13. Bill Lasko, 14. Jack Swain, 15. Tommy Beamer, DNS – Mike Franz, Billy Pauch, Sr., Brett Ballard, Roger Manning SOUTH JERSEY OVERHEAD DOORS 602 CRATE SPORTSMAN (20 laps) – 1.
Steve Kemery, 2. Jim Gallagher, Jr., 3. Matthew Peck, 4. Wayne Weaver,
5. John Micek, 6. Rich Wegner, Jr., 7. Chris Jenkins, 8. John Cavallaro,
9. Kevin Borden, 10. Justin Lilick, 11. Joe Toth, 12. Kevin Belmont,
13. Ernie Miles, III, 14. Erne Miles, Jr., 15. Scott Hulmes, 16. Pete
Serra, 17. Andrew Belmont.
CAPITAL RENEGADE URC 360 SPRINTS (25 laps) – 1. Josh Weller, 2. Chad Layton, 3. Jason Schultz, 4. Curt Michael, 5. Lucas Wolfe, 6. Troy Betts, 7. Austin Bishop, 8. Tyler Ross, 9. Steve Buckwalter, 10. Davie Franek, 11. Ryan Stillwaggon, 12. Larry McVay, 13. Bill Unglert, 14. Mark VonHorst, 15. Chris Allen, 16. Adam Carberry, 17. Ryan Watt, 18. Austin Morris, 19. Zack Burd, 20. Ryan Quakenbush. |
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