Monday August 30, 2010 PRATT RIDES BACK TO VICTORY LANE AT BRIDGEPORT SPEEDWAY BRIDGEPORT, NJ (August 29, 2010) - On Bike Night at Bridgeport
Speedway, Richie Pratt, Jr. was victorious in the Big Block Modified
feature and was awarded $2600 for his efforts. In the Crate Modified
event, Travis Hill was the winner. John Wyers snared the checkered
flag in the Tri-State RaceSaver Sprint main.
In the 25-lap Big Block Modified feature, Jack Hartnett jumped out to
the lead with Brian Kressley, Brett Ballard, Ron Roberts and Mike
Franz in pursuit. Quickly, Kressley began to apply heavy pressure on
Hartnett for the lead. Kressley took over the lead on lap 5 after
contact sent Hartnett back to third place with Roberts gaining second.
One lap later, Roberts became the new man on top and he began to
stretch out his lead. By lap 10, Roberts had nearly a full
straightaway lead with excellent positional battles ensuing behind
him. Richie Pratt, Jr., continued his march towards the front as he
reached second place on lap 11 with Mike Iles clawing his way up to
third on lap 13. Also on lap 13, Roberts’comfortable advantage was
lost as Bob Sarkisian spun and Steve Durand collided with him. On the
restart, Roberts chose the outside pole as he and Pratt, Jr. raced
side by sided for an entire lap until Pratt, Jr. edged his way to the
front. Just after Pratt, Jr. took the lead, the yellow lights
illuminated on lap 14 for a flat tire on Butch Tittle’s ride. Pratt,
Jr. used the outside pole to keep the lead when action resumed and
Iles and Wade Hendrickson motored by Roberts to gain second and third
respectively. With Pratt, Jr. distancing himself, Iles and Hendrickson
were duking it out for second place. With five laps remaining, Pratt,
Jr. had a half straightaway lead. On lap 22, Hendrickson claimed the
runner-up spot and began to narrow the gap. On the final lap, Pratt,
Jr. successfully navigated his way through lap traffic to cross the
finish line six-tenths of a second ahead of Hendrickson. The victory
for Pratt, Jr. was his second of the season and was worth $2600. Iles
came home in third place. Brett Ballard had an impressive run to
finish fourth and Chic Cossaboone wound up in fifth place. Roberts,
Chad James and Iles were winners of the Big Block Modified heat races.
The consolation race was taken by Durand.
Travis Hill started on the pole and led all twenty laps to snag the
victory in the Crate Modified feature. After having a healthy lead
over his rivals for a majority of the race, Hill survived a lap 17
restart to win his seventh race of 2010. Brett Kressley was second
with third place going to Larry Lippincott. Ron Roberts and Matt Budd
completed the top five. Hill and Lippincott were victors in the Crate
Modified heat races.
Using a lap 18 restart, John Wyers passed Bill Case, Jr. on the
backstretch and collected his third checkered flag of the season in
the 20-lap Tri-State RaceSaver (TSRS) Sprint Car main. Case, Jr. had
led the opening eighteen laps until Wyers became the leader. Jeff
Geiges gained second place over Case, Jr. after a last lap pass.
Cameron Merriman finished in fourth and Stef Palmai held on for fifth
place. Bill Coursa and Wyers won the heat races for the TSRS Sprints.
Bridgeport Speedway Results – Saturday, August 28, 2010
Big Block Modifieds
Heat 1 – Ron Roberts, Chic Cossaboone, Ryan Watt, Brett Ballard, Jimmy
Chester, Scott Irwin
Heat 2 – Chad James, Richie Pratt, Jr., Brian Kressley, Mike Franz,
Sean Gunther, John Scarpati, Jr.
Heat 3 – Mike Iles, Bob Sarkisian, Wade Hendrickson, Jack Hartnett,
Butch Tittle, GR Smith
Consolation – Steve Durand, Stan Frankenfield, Jr., Rusty Smith, Dave
Howard, Ed Firth, Tim Peck
BIG BLOCK MODIFIED FEATURE – 25 LAPS
RICHIE PRATT, JR., Wade Hendrickson, Mike Iles, Brett Ballard, Chic
Cossaboone, Ron Roberts, Ryan Watt, Jack Hartnett, Chad James, GR
Smith, Jimmy Chester, Brian Kressley, Butch Tittle, Mike Franz, Scott
Irwin, Rusty Smith, Stan Frankenfield, Jr., Bob Sarkisian, Steve
Durand, John Scarpati, Jr., Dave Howard, Ed Firth, Sean Gunther, Tim
Peck
DNQ: Jason Duppel, Brett Hoffman
Crate Modifieds
Heat 1 – Travis Hill, Ron Roberts, Mike Cogdill, Tom Miller, Dan
Cogdill, Eric Kormann
Heat 2 – Larry Lippincott, Matt Budd, Brett Kressley, Neal Williams,
John Cavallaro, Frank Dorry, Jr.
CRATE MODIFIED FEATURE – 20 LAPS
TRAVIS HILL, Brett Kressley, Larry Lippincott, Ron Roberts, Matt Budd,
Mike Cogdill, Frank Dorry, Jr., Neal Williams, Eric Kormann, Tom
Miller, John Cavallaro, Jimmy Anderson, Bob Bracall, Jason Kosch, Troy
Burger, Keith Earhart, Dave Witte, John Bilofsky, Dan Cogdill
DNS: Chuck Buchman
TSRS (Tri-State RaceSaver Series) SPRINTS
Heat 1 – Bill Coursa, Daren Boloc, Jeff Geiges, Cameron Merriman, Bill
Case, Jr., Ken Buckley
Heat 2 – John Wyers, Jeff Mueller, Jim Campbell, Stef Palmai,
Christopher Allen, Ian Borden
TSRS SPRINTS FEATURE – 20 LAPS
JOHN WYERS, Jeff Geiges, Bill Case, Jr., Cameron Merriman, Stef
Palmai, Jim Campbell, Chris Allen, Bill Coursa, Ian Borden, Darren
Bolac, Ken Buckley, David Swanson, Jeff Mueller, Sean Campbell
DNS: Matt Beasley, Dean Schaeffer, Tory Rose
Bridgeport Speedway
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Bridgeport NJ 08014
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COMING EVENTS:
Fri 9/3 – Fast and Furious Fridays – Four Feature Friday
1/4 Mile – 600cc Micro-Sprints (20L), 270cc Micro-Sprints (20L), 4
Cylinder Stock Cars (20L) + Modified Lites
7:00 p.m. Warm-Ups, 7:30 p.m. Qualifying
Sat 9/4 – Saturday Night Stars! – Back to School Night
Big Block Modifieds (25L), Crate Modifieds (20L) + Proformance Cuts
Outlaw Stocks (15L)
6:15 p.m. Warm-Ups, 7:00 p.m. Qualifying
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