Wednesday September 08, 2010 HARTNETT GETS FIRST CAREER BIG BLOCK MODIFIED WIN AT BRIDGEPORT SPEEDWAY HARTNETT GETS FIRST CAREER BIG BLOCK MODIFIED WIN AT BRIDGEPORT SPEEDWAY
BRIDGEPORT, NJ (September 5, 2010) - On Back to School Night at
Bridgeport Speedway, Jack Hartnett won his first Big Block Modified
feature in his career. The Crate Modified main event was captured by
Tom Miller. Jeremy Doerr was the victor in the Proformance Cuts Outlaw
Stock Car race.
At the drop of the green flag in the 25-lap Big Block Modified
feature, Bob Sarkisian motored to the front with Jack Hartnett, Jimmy
Chester and Mike Iles in the hunt. After a back and forth tussle for
the lead, Hartnett became the new man on the point on lap 3. Once on
top, Hartnett was using the middle groove of the raceway to extend his
advantage. On lap 7, with Hartnett having a near half-straightaway
lead over Sarkisian, Ryan Watt migrated up to third place with Chester
in fourth. One lap later, Wade Hendrickson entered the top five just
as Sarkisian and Watt began a multi-lap battle for second. Watt took
over second on lap 10 and began to close in on Hartnett. By lap 16,
Watt was on Hartnett’s bumper when the first caution flag of the event
appeared for Stan Frankenfield, Jr. After four failed attempts at a
clean restart, Hartnett kept his edge over Watt, Chester and
Hendrickson when action finally got underway. On lap 18, the yellow
lights illuminated again as Richie Pratt, Jr. stopped on the track. On
the ensuing resumption of racing, Hendrickson charged by Watt and
Chester to gain second place. On lap 19, Bob Sarkisian’s car came to
rest on the inside of the frontstretch and the caution flag was shown
to the competitors. Also on lap 19, Hendrickson was sent to the rear
of the field after twice failing to adhere to the restart rules. When
action did get back underway, Hartnett outgunned his rivals and
Chester overtook Watt for second place. Unchallenged in the final
laps, Hartnett charged to his first career Big Block Modified feature
checkered flag. Second place went to Chester with Watt finishing
third. Brian Kressley wound up in fourth and Pratt, Jr. came back to
finish fifth. The winners of the Big Block Modified heat races were
Watt, Hendrickson and Brett Ballard. Rusty Smith won the consolation
event.
In the non-stop Crate Modified feature, Tom Miller led all twenty laps
to notch his second win of the year. Miller bested fellow front row
starter Matt Budd at the start and did not face a serious test for the
lead during the event. Frank Dorry, Jr. inched out Larry Lippincott
for second place. With Lippincott in third, Neal Williams finished in
fourth and Travis Hill completed the event in fifth. Lippincott and
Williams each won a Crate Modified qualifying race.
Jeremy Doerr took his third Proformance Cuts Outlaw Stock Car
checkered flag of the year. Nick Gargiulo led the opening four
circuits of the 20-lap race before Pat Conaway grabbed the lead. Rick
Broschard moved into second on lap 8. While under caution on lap 11,
the top two of Conaway and Broschard entered the pits and Gargiulo
regained the top spot with Doerr in second. On lap 13, Doerr
catapulted himself past Gargiulo and led the remainder of the race to
gain the victory, Gargiulo, Ken Watson, Jr., Bob Hopely and Russell
Wurst followed Doerr across the finish line.
Bridgeport Speedway Results – Saturday, September 4, 2010
Big Block Modifieds
Heat 1 – Ryan Watt, Mike Iles, Chic Cossaboone, Jimmy Chester, Brian
Kressley, Mike Franz
Heat 2 – Wade Hendrickson, Bob Sarkisian, Ron Roberts, Butch Tittle,
Scott Irwin, Sean Gunther
Heat 3 – Brett Ballard, Richie Pratt, Jr., Chad James, Jack Hartnett,
Tom Beamer, Stan Frankenfield, Jr.
Consolation – Rusty Smith, Jason Duppel, Rob Wyant, Brett Hoffman,
Ed Firth, Tim Peck
BIG BLOCK MODIFIED FEATURE – 25 LAPS
JACK HARTNETT, Jimmy Chester, Ryan Watt, Brian Kressley, Richie Pratt,
Jr., Scott Irwin, Butch Tittle, Wade Hendrickson, Chic Cossaboone,
Rusty Smith, Tom Beamer, Mike Franz, Brett Ballard, Ron Roberts, Bob
Sarkisian, Mike Iles, Chad James, Stan Frankenfield, Jr., Ed Firth,
Rob Wyant, Sean Gunther, Brett Hoffman, Tim Peck
DNS: Jason Duppel
DNQ: John Scarpati, Jr.
Crate Modifieds
Heat 1 – Larry Lippincott, Matt Budd, Mike Cogdill, Dan Cogdill, Eric
Kormann, Chuck Hopkins
Heat 2 – Neal Williams, Tom Miller, Travis Hill, Frank Dorry, Jr., Ron
Roberts, John Cavallaro
CRATE MODIFIED FEATURE – 20 LAPS
TOM MILLER, Frank Dorry, Jr., Larry Lippincott, Neal Williams, Travis
Hill, Mike Cogdill, Eric Kormann, Brett Kressley, Ron Roberts, Chuck
Hopkins, Matt Budd, John Cavallaro, Dan Cogdill, Jason Kosch, Bob
Bracall
DNS: Keith Earhart
PROFORMANCE CUTS OUTLAW STOCKS FEATURE – 15 LAPS
JEREMY DOERR, Nick Gargiulo, Ken Watson, Jr., Bob Hopely, Russell
Wurst, Pete Ellis, Andy Whittaker, Jeff Dirkes, Pat Conaway, Rick
Broschard, Bob Dooley, Dean Woolford, Ron Dirkes, Herman Solderich,
Josh Denny
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COMING EVENTS:
Fri 9/10 – 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 9/11 – Saturday Night Stars! – Law Enforcement Night with wingless
ARDC Midgets on the quarter mile speedway. All Law Enforcement receive
$5 discount off grandstand admission with proper identification.
Big Block Modifieds (25L), Crate Modifieds (20L) + ARDC Midgets on 1/4
Mile (25L)
6:15 p.m. Warm-Ups, 7:00 p.m. Qualifying
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