Hall of Famer Grandpa Gene Celebrates as both his grandsons win their feature events Michael Danforth in the DIRTcar Wells River Chevrolet Sportsman Coupes Ashton Pierson in the DIRTcar Sabil and Sons Sportsman Modifieds 57th consecutive season of racing at Bear Ridge week 9.
Hall of Famer Grandpa Gene Celebrates as both his grandsons win their feature events
Michael Danforth in the DIRTcar Wells River Chevrolet Sportsman Coupes
Ashton Pierson in the DIRTcar Sabil and Sons Sportsman Modifieds
57th consecutive season of racing at Bear Ridge week 9.
For Immediate Release BRS-06302024-1
With week 8 rained out and the best fireworks display in the Upper Valley on the docket, management made the decision to run the event on Sunday after Saturday was a total wash out. There was plenty of fireworks both on the track and in the sky for all the fans who turned out for a great night of racing.
Week nine feature winners of the 57th consecutive season sponsored by Pellerin Automotive, Autobody, and Autoparts were Ashton Pierson in the Sabil & Sons DIRTcar Sportsman Modifieds; Michael Danforth in the Wells River Chevrolet DIRTcar Sportsman Coupes; Brandon Piastka in the Xtreme DIRTcar DMA Midgets, High Country Dispensary Late Models OFF, LaValley Building Supply Dirt Stocks Aren Keene, Woodsville Power Equipment Ridge Runners Kelly Miller Jr. SCoNE Chase Moran, and the Pellerin Pro Fours Tyler Stark.
Ashton Pierson, son of Adam Pierson a former Bear Ridge competitor and grandson of Gene Pierson gets his first win in his career in the Sabil & Sons DIRTcar Sportsman Modifieds. Pierson had to hold off the hard-fought challenges of Mike Ryan who has not had a win since the beginning of season 2022. Ryan would have to settle for second as he had to defend his position with Max Dolliver banging on his door, as he continues his quest to dethrone the king Jason Gray. Robert Tucker and Tad Kingsbury rounded out your top five with Gray only able to get up to sixth.
Grandpa Gene got to watch it happen all over again in the Wells River Chevrolet DIRTcar Sportsman Coupes as his second grandson competing at the Ridge had to work his way thru traffic to get to the front and take the lead beating out Cody Gregoropoulos for his second win of the season. Last year’s champion joined the pair in victory lake taking home third. Jason Horniak and rookie Rob Williams, with best performance of the year rounded out the top five. With mid-season just two weeks away the points battle in the Wells River Chevrolet DIRTcar Sportsman Coupes is shaping up to be a doozy with only ten points separating the top three.
With the absence of Justin Sheridan in the Xtreme DIRTcar DMA Midgets the points battle took a quick change with the third in points after the last event suddenly finding himself on top of the hill after his second-place finish for the night. Manny Dias was unable to get by Brandon Piastka who claimed his second win of the season with brother Daniel Piastka taking home third. Chris Murray continues to work his way back up the chart after a dismal opening night took home fourth with Keith Brown scoring his best finish of the year completing the top five.
The High-Country Dispensary Late Models were off and return to action on July 13th.
Aren Keene holds of the stiff competition in the LaValley Building Supply Dirt Stocks to beat out John Fields and Andrew Fitzgerald for his first win of the season. Matt Pike and last week’s feature winner Keith Mansur who came from the last qualifying spot rounded out the top five.
It only took eight weeks and two complete rounds for a triple crown to finally be realized, and the honors go to Kelly Miller Jr in the Woodsville Power Equipment Ridge Runners with his win of his heat race, the dash for cash and the divisions main event. With a little bit of space between him and the heavy hitters in the division he was able to see the checkers first and beat out your current points leader Kevin LaForest who crossed the line in second and the hard charger Zach Audet taking home the final victory lane spot. Tim Morrill and Taylor Sayers in his first appearance of the year rounded out the top five.
The Sprint Cars of New England (SCoNE) were in the house with twenty machines hoping to take the green on their twenty-five-lap main event. Some rough action in the heat races would take out two of the contenders. At the end of their trek around the Ridge Chase Moran is scored your winner with Will Hull and Matt Hoyt joining him in victory lane in that order. Jacob Williams and Scott Holcomb completed the top five. The Sprint Cars of New England will return to the Ridge on July 20th.
The Pellerin Pro Fours made their trip to the Ridge with their sponsor. Taylor Stark takes home the checkers and the trophy with Tim Davis and Shane Stygles joining him in victory lane.
The Joe Mama’s Sporting Goods 4’6 Cylinder Enduro series returns to action this coming Saturday July 6th for their second event.
Coming up this Saturday July 6th sponsored by Dennis Preston Builder will be the second of the season Joe Mama’s Sporting Goods 4/6 Cylinder Enduro event. The 99Rock weekly racing series divisions on hand will be the Sabil and Sons DIRTcar Sportsman Modifieds with their MADNESS and will be competing for close to TEN thousand dollars in purse and lap money! Plus, the Wells River Chevrolet DIRTcar Sportsman Coupes, Xtreme DIRTcar DMA Midgets, LaValley Building Supply Dirt Stocks and Woodsville Power Equipment Ridge Runners. Plus, Joe Mama’s Sporting Goods 4/6 Cylinder Enduro. The High-Country Dispensaries Late Models are OFF. 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! This is a special admission show (front gate) ticket for adults (ages 17 to 61) is $15.00 a person. Seniors 62 and older $13.00. Teens 12 to 16 WITH a paying adult $13.00, and children 11 and under WITH a paying Adult $2.00.
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, and on the world wide web!
The price of a regular show general admission (front gate) ticket for adults (ages 17 to 61) is $12.00 a person. Seniors 62 and older $10.00. Teens 12 to 16 WITH a paying adult $10.00, 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 for Bear Ridge Speedway and DIRTcar 2024 license holders is $30.00. Non-license holders are $35.00 (both prices include 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.
Please stay safe and be kind to others!
Visa and MasterCard are accepted. Racing begins at the famous “6:00-ish” start time every Saturday starting in May thru September.
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@charter.net Visa and Master card accepted
UNOFFICIAL RESULTS – 57th Season of Racing sponsored by Pellerin Automotive, Autobody, Autoparts
99ROCK Weekly Racing Series
Bear Ridge Speedway — Bradford, VT
SUNDAY June 30, 2024
Sabil & Sons DIRTcar Sportsman Modifieds (35 laps)
1st 24p Ashton Pierson
2nd 86 Mike Ryan
3rd 29 Max Dolliver
4th 42T Robert Tucker
5th 09 Tad Kingsbury ®
6th 00 Jason Gray
7th 11 Josh Sunn
8th 26 Jeremy Huntoon
9th 3H Kyle Huntington
10th 16 Brian Chaffee
11th 4 DJ Robinson
12th 18 Matt Lashua
13th 631 Todd Buckwold
14th 66 Tim Churchill
HEAT one: Josh Sunn
HEAT two: Jason Gray
Wells River Chevrolet DIRTcar Sportsman Coupes (30 Laps)
1st 44 Michael Danforth Jr
2nd 12 Cody Gregoropoulos
3rd 2 Tim Hodge
4th 3 Jason Horniak
5th 96 Rob Williams ®
6th 21e Matt Ellsworth
7th 89 Lucas Wheeler ®
8th 28 Bob Shepard
9th 16 Terry Williams
10th 69x AJ Pushee ®
11th 56 Jeremy Huntoon
12th 66 Alexander Pushee
13th 17 Cooper Hodge
14th 93 Ricky Sanville
15th 27 Matthew Borst ®
11 Josh Harrington DNS
01 Jason Gray DNS
HEAT one: Matthew Borst ®
HEAT two: Ricky Sanville
Xtreme DIRTcar DMA Midgets Feature (25 laps)
1st 7 Brandon Piastka
2nd 3 Manny Dias
3rd 1B Daniel Piastka
4th 76 Chris Murray
5th 0 Keith Brown
6th 01 John Forlano
7th A-1 Jeff Horn
8th 9 Ethan Durocher
9th 19 Stephen Krueger ®
10th 91 Wayne Koehler
11th 52k Todd Mable
12th 96 Reily Chaffee ®
2 Will Hull DNS
HEAT one: John Forlano
HEAT two: Manny Dias
High Country Dispensary Late Model Feature (20 Laps)
OFF return to action July 13th
HEAT one:
LaValley’s Building Supply Dirt Stockers (20 Laps)
1st 35 Aren Keene
2nd 5j John Fields
3rd 55 Andrew Fitzgerald
4th 27 Matt Pike
5th 44 Keith Mansur ®
6th X Bryan King
7th 5vt Brendon Forrest
8th 81 Dana Carter
9th 7 Tyler Fellows ®
10th 10 Ryan Christian
11th 25 Timothy Blake
12th 42 Jacob Hall Larson ®
13th 18d Dawn Rumrill
14th 60 Dustin Towle
15th 6x Chris Cole
16th 82 Mike McClay
17th 94 Ryan Sayers
HEAT one: Jacob Hall Larson ®
HEAT two: Aren Keene
Woodsville Power Equipment Ridge Runners (20 laps)
1st 04 Kelly Miller Jr.
2nd 49 Kevin LaForest
3rd 68 Zach Audet
4th 19 Tim Morrill
5th 95 Taylor Sayers
6th 5 Tim Davis
7th 28 Randy Morrill
8th 53 Travis Burroughs
9th 66 Kyle Morris
10th 54 Katie Burroughs
11th 08 David Hunt Jr.
12th 17 Shane Stygles
13th 55 Rick Stygles
14th 78 Stan Otterman
15th 3 Travis King
50 Matt Lucas DNS
HEAT one: Kelly Miller Jr.
HEAT two: Travis Burroughs
Sting Vintage Race Cars Buster Kathan Dash for Cash winner: Kelly Miller Jr.
Kelly Miller Jr. first “triple crown” winner of the season.
Joe Mama’s Sporting Goods 4/6 Cylinder Enduro
Return July 6th
Sprint Cars of New England (SC0NE) (25 Laps)
1st 4p Chase Moran
2nd 61 Will Hull
3rd 07 Matt Hoyt
4th 73 Jacob Williams
5th 91 Scott Holcomb
6th 23NH Caiden Herbert
7th 12 Kadyn Berry
8th 68 Caleb Lamson
9th 19j Jason Goff
10th 739 Nick Kruger
11th 19 Floyd Billington
12th 03 Nicholas Comeau
13th 1ny Mark Reynolds
14th 6 Doug McPhail
15th 77 Ron Davis
16th 6x Mark Cole
17th 89 Troy Comeau
37 Donald Ottati DNS
13 Sam Comeau DNS
HEAT One: Matt Hoyt
HEAT Two: Will Hull
HEAT Three: Kadyn Berry
Pellerin Pro Fours:
1st 78 Tyler Stark
2nd 5 Tim Davis
3rd 17 Shane Stygles
28 Josh Ruel DNS
