Tad Kingsbury to be crowned 3rd year in a row in the DIRTcar Sportsman Coupes with 8th win Matt Lashua will be crowned the champ in the R&L Auto Towing & Recovery Late Models Event nineteen of the 55th consecutive season of racing at the Ridge.

Tad Kingsbury to be crowned 3rd year in a row in the DIRTcar Sportsman Coupes with 8th win
Matt Lashua will be crowned the champ in the R&L Auto Towing & Recovery Late Models
Event nineteen of the 55th consecutive season of racing at the Ridge.

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The Twin State Tractor & Equipment feature winners of the 55th consecutive racing season in the Sabil & Sons DIRTcar Sportsman Modifieds was Melvin Pierson, Tad Kingsbury in the Wells River Chevrolet DIRTcar Sportsman Coupes; USAC DMA Midgets OFF, Matt Lashua in the R&L Auto Towing and Recovery, Lucas Wheeler in the LaValley Building Supply Dirt Stocks; Peanuts Auto LLC Ridge Runners Feature one: Katie Burroughs, Feature two: Jason Porter. Granite State Mini Sprints 500cc Josh Wright and 600cc Teagan Daignault.
Melvin Pierson is added to the pool of winners in the Sabil & Sons DIRTcar Sportsman Modifieds making it work on the outside late in the race to get by pole sitter Jeremy Huntoon, who’s hope for a feature win went away after a couple of cautions took away his lead. Pierson will get to compete in the ever popular “Growler” event next week as a feature winner. Matt Lashua and Jordan Fornwalt joined Pierson in victory lane finishing in that order with Huntoon holding on for fourth and Tim Hodge taking home fifth. Jason Gray will simply need to take the green on next weeks event to be crowned the champ for the third year in a row.
Tad Kingsbury stole another one, this time from Steve Ellsworth who is still looking for a win in the Wells River Chevrolet DIRTcar Sportsman Coupes. Kingsbury got by Ellsworth with two laps to go to win his eighth win of the season. This secures his third championship in a row in the Wells River Chevrolet DIRTcar Sportsman Coupes. Ellsworth held on for second with Cooper Hodge completing the top three. Brian Lakin and Cody Gregoropoulos completed the top five.
The USAC DMA Midgets return to action on September 24, 2022.
Matt Lashua will be scored the overall winner or the two-segment final event for the R & L Auto Towing & Recovery Late Models and the 2022 track champion with the absence of Ryan Christian his closest contender the last event was a walk in the park for Lashua. Kelly Miller is scored in second for the overall with Todd Dunham third. Parker Piper and Tyler Tremblay rounded out the top five.

Lucas Wheeler can finally sit back and breath with his eighth feature win in the LaValley Building Supply Dirt Stocks. Wheeler beat out Mick McClay for the win who finished in second with Tim Blake holding on the third his best finish of his career. Talking with Blake after the event, this third-place finish felt like a win for him, and it was great to see his beaming smile! Great job Tim!! Dustin Towle and Garrett Brown rounded out the top five. Wheeler like Jason Gray in the mods simply has to take the green next week to claim his first championship in the LaValley Building Supply Dirt Stocks.

With 26 machines in the Peanuts Auto LLC Ridge Runners once again they were afforded two features. Katie Burroughs came home the winner in the first feature her first of her career, with Westley Blake taking second and Shane Stygles third. Kevin Keene and Michael Paton rounded out the top five. In feature two for the Peanuts Auto LLC Ridge Runners Jason Porter gets another win beating out Tim Morrill who crossed the line in second and Spencer Braley who took home third. Hayden Bishop and Logan Martin rounded out the top five. Logan Martin will be crowned the 2022 champion once he takes the green in next week’s event.

The Joe Mama’s Sporting Goods 4/6 Cylinder Enduro return to action on September 24.

In the Granite State Mini Sprints Josh Wright gets the win in the 500cc with Rob Williams and Kelsie Gregoropoulos joining him in victory lane Donny Sharp and Triston Puffingburger rounded out the top five in the field of 18 strong machines. In the 600ccTeagan Daignault is the winner with Chase Rogers coming home second and Mark Sokol in third. Mark Reynolds and Matt Seymour rounded out the top five of the 17 car field.

Coming up this Saturday September 24th sponsored by General Auto Salvage will be the last 2022 event for the 99Rock weekly racing series. On hand will be the Sabil & Sons DIRTcar Sportsman Modifieds featuring a 100 lap main event, the Wells River Chevrolet DIRTcar Sportsman Coupes featuring a 60 lap main event, The USAC DMA Midgets, LaValley Building Supply Dirt Stocks, and the Peanuts Auto LLC Ridge Runners, plus the Joe Mama’s 4/6 Cylinder Enduro 75 laps. PLUS the growlers for the Modifieds and Coupes for season feature winners. All divisions will time trial. For heat race starting positions.
There is a special start time of 4:00 pm for this event, pit gates open at 1:30 pm grandstands at 2:30. Adult tickets are $20.00 teens and seniors are $16.00 for this special event.
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.
Bear Ridge Speedway is as 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 gladly accepted at our ticket gates only. 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 gladly accepted at both ticket gates.
UNOFFICIAL RESULTS – 55th Season of Racing sponsored by Twin State Tractor & Equipment.
99ROCK Weekly Racing Series
Bear Ridge Speedway — Bradford, VT
Saturday September 17, 2022

Sabil & Sons DIRTcar Sportsman Modifieds (40 Laps)
1st 33 Melvin Pierson
2nd 18 Matt Lashua
3rd 24 Jordan Fornwalt
4th 26 Jeremy Huntoon
5th 11 Tim Hodge
6th 631 Todd Buckwold
7th 16 Brian Chaffee
8th 00 Jason Gray
9th 86 Mike Ryan
10th 29 Max Dolliver
11th 42T Robert Tucker
12th 91nh James Fadden
13th 66 Tim Churchill
14th 91vt Tim Tucker
15th 4 DJ Robinson
16th 34 Richie Simmons
17th 3H Kyle Huntington
18th 117 Matt Piper
19th 007 TC Forward
20th 10s Ryan Christian
21st 96 Matthew Collins
22nd 126 Richard Downing
HEAT one: Kyle Huntington
HEAT two: Jeremy Huntoon
HEAT three: Todd Buckwold

Wells River Chevrolet DIRTcar Sportsman Coupes (30 Laps)
1st 09 Tad Kingsbury
2nd 21e Matt Ellsworth
3rd 17 Cooper Hodge
4th 5 Brian Lakin
5th 12 Cody Gregoropoulos
6th 69 Alexander Pushee
7th 3 Jason Horniak
8th 1 Jeremy Hodge
9th 2 Tim Hodge
10th 18 Cody Copeland
11th 10 Ryan Christian
12th 93 Ricky Sanville
13th 11 Josh Harrington
14th 28 Bob Shepard
15th 71 Sawyer Harrington ®
16th 8 Steve Gardner
17th 91 Alfred O’Haire
18th 22 Thomas Placey
7 Chris Roy DNS

HEAT one: Cooper Hodge
HEAT two: Ricky Sanville

USAC DMA Midgets Feature (25 laps)
Off return to action on September 24th
HEAT one:
HEAT two:

R&L Auto Towing & Recovery Late Model Feature (Twin 15 Lap segments)
Overall Finish
1st 316 Matt Lashua
2nd 04 Kelly Miller Sr
3rd 71 Todd Dunham
4th 46 Rob French
5th 12 Parker Piper
6th 32 Tyler Tremblay
7th 10j Joey Thibodeau
8th 22 Trevor Strong
26x James Mutney DNS

SEGMENT one: Matt Lashua
SEGMENT two: Rob French
Fast Time: Matt Lashua 14.916

LaValley’s Building Supply Dirt Stocks (20 Laps)
1st 21 Lucas Wheeler
2nd 82 Mike McClay
3rd 25 Timothy Blake
4th 60 Dustin Towle
5th 89 Garrett Brown ®
6th 18D Dawn Rumrill
7th 6x Chris Cole
8th 5j John Fields
9th 22 Mike Mann

HEAT one: Tim Blake

Peanuts Auto LLC Ridge Runners (20 laps)
Feature One
1st 54 Katie Burroughs
2nd 51 Westley Blake
3rd 17 Shane Stygles
4th 99 Kevin Keene
5th 1 Michael Paton
6th 11 Deagan Spinks
7th 97 Cary Hunter
8th 92 Geoff Durphey
9th 50 Matt Lucas
10th 79p Phillip Mason
11th 56 Anna Ricker
12th 0 Tim Davis
07 Cory Collins DNS

Feature Two
1st 13 Jason Porter
2nd 19 Tim Morrill
3rd 43 Spencer Braley
4th 30 Hayden Bishop
5th 44 Logan Martin
6th 12 Devon Spinks
7th 3 Travis King
8th 75 Chase LaFoe
9th 49 Kevin LaForest
10th 98 Tom Brown
11th 60 Dilyn Switser
12th 57 Kevin Harran
13th 42vt Josh Pike

HEAT one: Matthew Lucas
HEAT two: Kevin Keene
HEAT three: Spencer Braley

Granite State Mini Sprints 600cc (20 laps)
1st 51 Teagan Daignault
2nd 5 Chase Rogers
3rd 29 Mark Sokol
4th 1 Mark Reynolds
5th 3 Matt Seymour
6th 75 Ethan Prouix
7th 6C Cody Willette
8th 23NH Caiden Herbert
9th 50 Jack Koponen
10th 22 Travis Collins
11th 34 Todd Davis
12th 61 Tim Higgins
13th 0 Keith Brown
14th 42 Amanda Slater
15th 69 Jacob Green
16th 80h Richard Potter
17th 19 William Ostertag

Granite State Mini Sprints 500cc (20 laps)
1st 13 Josh Wright
2nd 96 Robert Williams
3rd 60 Kelsie Gregoropoulos
4th 28 Donny Sharp
5th 47 Tristan Puffingbuger
6th 5k Adam Flewelling
7th 22 Scott Richard
8th 2 Josh Boisineau
9th 04D Garret Danforth
10th 14 Keisha Boissoneau
11th 9 Lexi Pushee
12th 59 Dylan Clark
13th 76 Morgan Macintyre
14th 4 Nicolas Tosi
15th 03 Jamie Comeau
16th 21 Ella Gisleson
17th 88 Ed Vickery
18th 17 Madden Clark

Joe Mama’s Sporting Goods 4/6 Cylinder Enduro
Return to the Ridge on September 24th

Sting Vintage Race Cars Buster Kathan 13 Lap Semi Feature Winner:

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Contact: April May Preston-Elms Email: brsdirt@charter.net
Phone: (802) 222-4052