Jason Gray claims his 4th championship in the SABIL & Sons DIRTcar Sportsman Mods Tim Hodge gets his first championship in the Wells River Chevrolet DIRTcar Sportsman Coupes Andrew Fitzgerald is the King in the LaValley Building Supply Dirt Stocks Spencer Braley gets the title in the Woodsville Power Equipment Ridge Runners Week 21 of the 56th consecutive season of racing at the Ridge.
Jason Gray claims his 4th championship in the SABIL & Sons DIRTcar Sportsman Mods
Tim Hodge gets his first championship in the Wells River Chevrolet DIRTcar Sportsman Coupes
Andrew Fitzgerald is the King in the LaValley Building Supply Dirt Stocks
Spencer Braley gets the title in the Woodsville Power Equipment Ridge Runners
Week 21 of the 56th consecutive season of racing at the Ridge.
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The General Auto Salvage feature winners for September 23rd: Jason Gray in the Sabil & Sons DIRTcar Sportsman Modifieds; Todd Hayward in the Wells River Chevrolet DIRTcar Sportsman Coupes; Xtreme DIRTcar DMA Midgets SEGMENT one: Justin Sheridan; SEGMENT two: Chris Murray; SEGMENT three: Justin Sheridan Overall Justin Sheridan, High Country Dispensary Late Models done for 2023; LaValley Building Supply Dirt Stocks Mike McClay; Woodsville Power Equipment Ridge Runners: Spencer Braley; Joe Mama’s Sporting Goods 4/6 Cylinder Enduro: Kevin LaForest
With the waving of the green on the 100 lap Sabil & Sons DIRTcar Sportsman Modifieds Jason Gray is going in the record books as the first driver to win four division championships in a row. Ending the season as the champion wasn’t quite enough for Gray as he wanted to take home it all. He set fast time in time trials won the Modifieds Growler event and won the 100 lap main event saying I can have my cake and eat it too! Josh Sunn comes home in second with Max Dolliver, your runner up in the points standings taking third. Todd Buckwold and Robert Tucker rounded out the top five.
The Wells River Chevrolet DIRTcar Sportsman Coupes put on the show of the night going fifty laps green to checkers. Lapped traffic would be the demise of Bob Shepard who looking poised to win his second in a row. Shepard would get stuck behind the lapped traffic just long enough for Todd Hayward to get by him on lap 36 and shoot his way to the checkers first, his second win of the season. Shepard held on for second with your 2023 Track Champion Tim Hodge crossing the line in third, joining the pair in victory lane. Terry Williams and Josh Harrington rounded out the top five.
The final event for the 2023 Xtreme DIRTcar DMA Midgets was a three segment event with Justin Sheridan taking home the win for the first and third segments and Chris Murray the second segment. The overall combined points and finish have Sheridan on top beating out Will Hull and Manny Dias. Chris Murray, your 2023 division champion and Rookie of the year finished fourth with Ethan Derosia taking home fifth.
The High-Country Dispensary Late Models ended the season on September 16th. The top five will next be recognized at our annual awards ceremony on Friday November 10th at the Lake Morey Resort in Fairlee VT.
Mike McClay gets one more win for the season in the LaValley Building Supply Dirt Stocks, as he can show up on the 23rd and just have some plain old fun. Fitzgerald with his third-place finish has secured his first championship at the Ridge. He joined Mike McClay who won the battle of the night to take home the checkers and Garrett Brown who crossed the line in second in victory lane. Shawn King and Pat Wheeler completed the top five.
Spencer Braley stamped his ticket to his first championship by not only winning the war but winning the battle by scoring his 4th win of the season in the Woodsville Power Equipment Ridge Runners. Spencer beat out last weeks winner Daegan Spinks and your runner out points winner Travis King for the win. Cameron Kenny and Logan Martin completed the top five.
Kevin LaForest gets the win in the Joe Mama’s Sporting Goods 4/6 Cylinder Enduro. Coming from deep in the pack he methodically worked his way to the front of the pack and with Duke Maxwell who finished in second would be the only two to make it 75 laps around the famed quarter mile clay oval. Jacob Hall-Larson and Trevor Mears finished third and fourth one lap down with Jason Porter crossing the line in fifth two laps down. The Joe Mama’s Sporting Goods 4/6 Cylinder Enduro series has one more points event on Sunday Funday before their king or queen can be crowned.
This concludes our regular 99 Rock weekly racing series events. But don’t despair there is still one more action-packed event scheduled at the Ridge on Sunday October 8th when we host our 7th annual SUNDAY~FUNDAY. On hand will be the Joe Mama’s 4/6 Cylinder Enduro series with their final points event of the season. Plus, the ever popular 4 cylinder and 6/8-cylinder demolition derbies. In addition, we will have the WYKR Due Enduro man & woman team event, and the R.E. Hinkley Granite State Mini Sprints. The racing action starts at 1:00pm with pit gates opening at 8:30 grandstands at 11:00.
Remember in today’s society we could all use a little more family entertainment, and the Ridge is your best place to be for just that. The admission price is more than reasonable; the show top-notch, the food superior, and the family friendly atmosphere is just what you are looking for!
Tune in to hear April May and Butch as they join Stephen John for all the highlights of Bear Ridge Speedway from the week before and what is coming up every Friday morning from 6:30 to 7:00 on WYKR.
The price of this SPECIAL show general admission (front gate) ticket for adults, seniors, and teens is $15.00 a person, and children 11 and under WITH a paying Adult $2.00. Military Discounts are available at $2.00 off for those with a valid ID. The back gate (pit gate) ticket price will be $35.00 (price includes the front gate ticket.)
Bear Ridge Speedway is an alcohol-free family friendly entertainment spot, with our goal to make each experience at the Ridge better than the last. We continue to offer the best source of good, inexpensive
high-quality entertainment for families.
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Bear Ridge Speedway is located on Kidder Road in Bradford, VT, just off Exit 16 on Interstate 91. For more information, call (802) 222-4052 or visit www.bearridgespeedway.com. Questions can be sent to brsdirt@gmail.com Visa and Master card accepted.
UNOFFICIAL RESULTS – 56th Season of Racing
sponsored by General Auto Salvage.
99ROCK Weekly Racing Series
Bear Ridge Speedway — Bradford, VT
Saturday September 23, 2023
Sabil & Sons DIRTcar Sportsman Modifieds (100 laps)
1st 00 Jason Gray
2nd 11 Josh Sunn
3rd 29 Max Dolliver
4th 631 Todd Buckwold
5th 42T Robert Tucker
6th 16 Brian Chaffee
7th 24 Jordan Fornwalt
8th 26 Jeremy Huntoon
9th 07 Hunter Nutter
10th 3 Jeff Huntington
11th 66 Tim Churchill
12th 86 Mike Ryan
13th 9h Chris Huntington ®
14th 83 Kyle Moses
15th 17 Jim Morgan
16th 34 Richie Simmons
17th 33 Melvin Pierson
18th 10 Ryan Christian
19th 3h Kyle Huntington
20th 91nh James Fadden
21st 18 Matt Lashua
22nd 24p Ashton Pierson ®
FAST TIME: Jason Gray 15.409
HEAT one: Jason Gray
HEAT two: Josh Sunn
LAST CHANCE Growler Qualifier: Robert Tucker
MGE Enterprises Growler Winner: Jason Gray
Wells River Chevrolet DIRTcar Sportsman Coupes (50 laps)
1st 20 Todd Hayward
2nd 28 Bob Shepard
3rd 2 Tim Hodge
4th 16 Terry Williams
5th 11 Josh Harrington
6th 3 Jason Horniak
7th 93 Ricky Sanville
8th 12 Cody Gregoropoulos
9th 4 Matt Lashua
10th 09 Tad Kingsbury
11th 18 Michael Danforth JR ®
12th 17 Cooper Hodge
13th 21e Matt Ellsworth
14th 69 Alexander Pushee
15th 27 Matthew Borst
16th 50 Dale Leroux
FAST TIME: Tad Kingsbury 15.363
HEAT one: Tad Kingsbury
HEAT two: Todd Hayward
LAST CHANCE Growler Qualifier: Tad Kingsbury
MGE Enterprises Growler Winner: Matt Ellsworth
Xtreme DIRTcar DMA Midgets Feature (10/15/20 laps)
1st 17 Justin Sheridan
2nd 3 Manny Dias
3rd 2 Will Hull
4th 76 Chris Murray ®
5th 9 Ethan Derosia®
6th 91 Wayne Koehler
7th 51 Tom Chaffee
8th 0 Keith Brown ®
9th 52k Todd Mable
10th 11 Alex Rose
11th 4 Seth Carlson
12th 14 Nicki Ouellette ®
13th 55 James Fitzgerald
14th A-1 Jeff Horn
15th 5 Mike Netishen
18c Mike Chaffee DNS
FAST TIME: Justin Sheridan 14.883
SEGMENT one: Justin Sheridan
SEGMENT two: Chris Murray
SEGMENT three: Justin Sheridan
High Country Dispensary Late Model Feature (20 Laps)
HEAT one:
HEAT two:
LaValley’s Building Supply Dirt Stockers (25 Laps)
1st 82 Mike McClay
2nd 21 Pat Wheeler
3rd 60 Dustin Towle
4th 5j John Fields
5th 89 Garrett Brown
6th 32 Tyler Tremblay
7th 35 Aren Keene
8th 25 Timothy Blake
9th 4 Shawn King
10th X Bryan King
11th 18D Dawn Rumrill
12th 69x AJ Pushee ®
13th 81 Dana Carter
14th 42 Jacob Larson-Hall
15th 55 Andrew Fitzgerald
16th 6x Chris Cole
17th 13 Hunter Garduno
FAST TIME: John Fields 16.743
HEAT one: John Fields
HEAT two: Mike McClay
Woodsville Power Equipment Ridge Runners (25 laps)
1st 43 Spencer Braley
2nd 11 Daegan Spinks
3rd 21 Travis King
4th 163 Cameron Kenny
5th 44 Logan Martin
6th 63 Doug Kenny
7th 1 Michael Paton SR
8th 42 Caleb Tourville
9th 30 Hayden Bishop
10th 54 Katie Burroughs
11th 42x Kenneth Tourville
12th 5 Tim Davis
13th 57 Kevin Harran
14th 52 Raven Streeter
15th 98 Tom Brown
16th 46 Mike Martin
17th 50 Matt Lucas
18th 79 Chuck Mooney
19th 51 Westley Blake
20th 49 Wilbur Blake
21st 07 Cory Collins
22nd 26 Noah Mathieu
23rd 17 Shane Stygles
24th 64 Matthew Durphey
25th 97 Cary Hunter
FAST TIME: Logan Martin 16.642
HEAT one: Logan Martin
HEAT two: Cameron Kenny
Sting Vintage Race Cars SEMI/DASHS: have concluded for the 2023 season
Joe Mama’s Sporting Goods 4/6 Cylinder Enduro (75 laps)
1st 49 Kevin LaForest
2nd 9 Duke Maxwell
3rd 82 Jacob Hall-Larson
4th 30 Trevor Mears
5th 13 Jason Porter
6th 37 Aron Crews
7th 18 David Wilder
8th 87 Ryan Goodwin
9th 48 Hayden Farnham
10th 40 Austin Blais
11th 5 Trevor Hess
12th 90 Tiellar Mitchell
13th 83 Matt Sloan
14th 3 Lucas Balch
15th 69 Eric Mead
16th 63 Dayton Blake
17th 55 Ryan Sayers
18th 25 Travis Adams
19th 11 Warren Morvan
20th 70 Mason Frazier
21st 16 Ricky Gutzmann
22nd 8 Bradley Duke
23rd 32 Elaine Nickles
24th 38 Scott Dowland
25th 45 Mike LaBounty
27 Erica Calistro
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Phone: (802) 222-4052
