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Joe Ruchlewicz and the Staff and Management at Bridgeport Speedway would like to thank everyone for showing up last night only to be sent home after the rain started and stopped and then came back, confirming their call to cancel racing for the night. This show with the 600cc wingless race sponsored by Guhl Motors will be made up next week along with the first Grandstand Bingo for the fans in the stands. The fans are reminded to bring their dabbers for the Bingo cards. We look forward to seeing everyone again next week with sunny skies present.
 
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Reminders for Weekly racing. Make sure all safety items are being used and used properly. Arm restraints worn properly and safety underwear, seat belts not frayed, etc. Under age drivers make sure all your current information is on file at the track office. Mandatory drivers meeting tomorrow !! Lets keep all racing clean and safe.
 
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I am going to talk out loud a little here with my thoughts and opinions. Leave me your thoughts and opinions in the comments section below. Bill,.................. Lets All Help Get Some More “Fans in the Stands”. Lets help keep Bridgeport going strong for years to come and help build a strong fan base to also help build a strong payout and points fund. Lets all help spread the word that the Micro Sprint racing is great and strong for Fast and Furious Fridays at Bridgeport Speedway on the ¼ Mile dirt track. Talk to your family and friends to come out and watch you in some exciting racing. See Jessica James or Joe Ruchlewicz in the office and get pocket and poster size schedules to distribute to your Friends, Family, Sponsors and Local Businesses. Stop at your local Businesses and ask them to put the Schedules on their counter or store front windows. With the Grandstand Bingo and Free T’Shirt nights coming up there are some exciting prizes to be won by the “Fans in the Stands”. Lets help keep our racing future looking Bright.! :)
 
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With near perfect weather conditions for Bridgeport Speedways, Fast and Furious Fridays, racing continued on the ¼ mile track. With the Touring Slingshots being a no show tonight the 3 weekly classes of (76 cars) 600cc & 270cc Micro Sprints and the always entertaining 4 cylinders put on a great show for the fans. The night started off with the powerful 600cc Micros up first. The 600cc Feature winner was the # 026 of Jeff Hartman. Heats went to: #10 Steven Bracall, #53 Dave Graziano, #34 Jim Dunckley, #55 Dave Brown. The Buckhorn Restaurant, B main winner was the #9 of Stewart Carmichael. The feature saw young ex Quarter Midget driver Steven Bracall starting on the pole going for his first 600cc win at the “Port”. Steven was running away with the lead throughout numerous cautions. But it was the last late caution that done him in. With a green, white checkered to close it out the #026 of Jeff Hartman who started 10th was able to make a last lap pass to get the win with Steven a close second and Dave Graziano rounding out the top three. The 270cc Feature winner was the #79 of Dylon McMahon. Heats went to: #79 Dylon McMahon, #44 John Copeland, #15 John Blanda, #54 Dana Lamothe. The Buckhorn Restaurant, B main winner was # 45 of Matt McAnally. The feature saw Dylon start on the pole and go wire to wire for the win. With John Blanda second coming from a 3rd starting position and Jay Hartman finishing third coming from a tenth starting position. The 4 Cyl. Feature winner was the #01 of Bucky Allbright. Heats went to: #01 Bucky Allbright and #80 Jim Hughes. The feature saw Bucky Allbright come from a third starting position to take the win with Josh Lovett second and Warren Stradley rounding out the top three. The first of 4 600cc wingless races are due to run this coming friday 5/29/09. Guhl Motors www.GuhlMotors.com is sponsoring the first wingless race which is sure to have some exciting racing for the powerful 600cc Micro Sprints on the 1/4 mile. Grandstand Bingo is set to return June 5, 2009 for all the fans in the stands.
 
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Fast and Furious Friday --------------------------- 600s Feature Race (20 Laps) Pos No. Name 1 026 Jeff Hartman 2 10 Steven Bracall l 53 Dave Graziano 4 9S Rick Stief 5 56J Jennain Godshall 6 55 David Brown 7 97 Alex Buben 8 97 Sam Locuson 9 47 Bill Unglert 10 4 Bob DeVault 11 7 Sam Casella 12 81 Kyle Newcomb 13 85 Lee Nardelli 14 02 Rich Mellor 15 58 Tim Iulg 16 87 Jimmy Carpenter 17 8c Brian Carber 18 34 Jim Dunckley 19 9 Stewart Carmichael 20 98 Glenn Heverin 21 15P Chris Panczner 22 7H Bill Thomas 23 17 Carl Locuson 24 89 Jack Conover ------------------------------------------------------ 270s Feature Race (20 Laps) Pos No. Name 1 79 Dylon McMahon 2 15 John Blanda 3 24 Jay Hartman 4 66R Shaun Ratchford 5 71 Bill Sorey 6 44 John Copeland 7 32 Charlie Lamanna 8 7 DaveBrown 9 6 Andrew Locuson 10 5 Erika Palmai 11 83 Katie Fitzsimmons 12 45 Matt McAnally 13 99x Stef PaImai 14 55 Sam Lamothe 15 02 Nicholas Walton 16 54 Dana Lamothe 17 45 Lance Clayton 18 77 MeganKay 19 13 Dalton Keller 20 38 Chris Locuson 21 92B Eddie Wagner 22 43 Justin Stillwagon 23 k9 Jon Keller 24 33 Mati Budd ------------------------------------------------------------ 4 cyls Feature Race (20 Laps) Pos No. Name 1 01 Bucky Allbright 2 29 Josh Lovett 3 28 Warren Stradley 4 4 Dave Damiano 5 53 Will Albright 6 80 Jim Hughes 7 56 Joe Meron 8 3 Bob Hartman 9 00 Nate Albright 10 22R Kate Raively 11 8 Nick Pjatikin _______________________________________________ Lets Get Ready to Rumble !!!!
 
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MEDIA ALERT HUNTER'S CARSTAR COLLISION CENTER JOINS 200 CARSTAR STORES AROUND U.S. AND CANADA TO ATTEMPT GUINNESS WORLD RECORD FOR LARGEST CAR WASH CARSTAR SOAPS IT UP! NATIONAL CAR WASH SET FOR JUNE 20, 2009 AT HUNTER'S CARSTAR AT 133 CHESTER PIKE, NORWOOD, PA. NORWOOD, PA. (May 18, 2009) - Calling all dirty cars across Delaware County! Hunter's CARSTAR is looking for cars - and their drivers - to help the company set the Guinness World Record for the largest car wash in history. WHO: Hunter's CARSTAR, owned by Gary Hunter along with Norwood Athletic Club WHAT: Hunter's CARSTAR will join in the Soaps It Up! Car Wash held across the U.S. and Canada on June 20, 2009 as a fundraiser for Cystic Fibrosis in Canada and the Make-A-Wish Foundation® in the U.S., as well as Paige M. (Norwood AC). More than 200 CARSTAR stores throughout both countries are expected to participate in the one-day event. CARSTAR will need to wash more than 4,000 vehicles during an eight-hour period at all of the participating locations. Local scouting troops, charity volunteers and CARSTAR staff will be on hand to wash the vehicles as well as a Guinness World Records® official to validate the feat if successful. WHERE: Hunter's CARSTAR at the intersection of Chester Pike and Cleveland Ave. in Norwood, PA. WHEN: June 20, 2009, from 10:00 a.m. to 12:00 p.m. Tickets are being sold through Hunter's CARSTAR store or through the Norwood Athletic Club for $10, with 100 percent of the ticket purchase benefiting the selected charities. Media Opportunity: Media are invited to cover the CARSTAR "Soaps It Up!" National Car Wash and help document the setting of the Guinness World Record for "Most Cars Washed - Multiple Venues". CARSTAR owner Gary Hunter will be on hand for interviews. For more information on the "Soaps It Up!" Car Wash, visit www.CARSTAR.com to find participating CARSTAR locations, get more information on the program and track the progress toward the Guinness World Record on the day of the event.
 
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Grandstand Bingo is back at Bridgeport Speedway's Fast and Furious Fridays on the 1/4 Mile. Dates are scheduled for June 5, 2009 and August 7, 2009 T'Shirt night is also scheduled for July 3, 2009. First 50 fans to the Grandstand will receive a free T'Shirt. The first of 4 wingless 600cc races are scheduled and set to begin next week May 29, 2009. Sponsored by Guhl Motors. You can visit their website at www.GuhlMotors.com top see all their current products and what Don Guhl has to offer. When you see Don at the track thank him for supporting Bridgeport Speedway's 1/4 mile Micro Sprint program.
 
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Fast and Furious Friday 270s Heat 1 Race (8 Laps) Race Results Pos No. Name 1 30 Brian Morrill 2 32 Charlie Lamanna 3 45 Matt McAnally 4 66R Shaun Ratchford 5 79 DylonMcMahon 6 10D Dale Kannengieszer 7 33 Matt Budd 8 77 MeganKay 270s Heat 2 Race (8 Laps) Race Results Pos No. Name 1 24H Jay Hartman 2 43 Justin Stillwagon 3 45 Lance Clayton 4 15 John Blanda 5 6 Andrew Locuson 6 83 Katie Fitzsimmons 7 GO Rich Keller, ill 8 7M Dan Salmons, Jr. 270s Heat 3 Race (8 Laps) Race Results Pos No. Name 1 10 Jason Lamanna 2 02 Nicholas Walton 3 k9 Jon Keller 4 38 Chris Locuson 5 55 Sam Lamothe 6 7 DaveBrown 7 17 Roger Graham 8 19 Luke Fogg 270s Heat 4 Race (8 Laps) Race Results Pos No. Name 1 13 Dalton Keller 2 71 Bill Sorey 3 92B Eddie Wagner 4 54 Dana Lamothe 5 44 John Copeland 6 14G Eric Grzesnikowski 7 5 Erika Palmai 600s Heat 1 Race (8 Laps) Race Results Pos No. Name 1 k9 Jon Keller 2 4 Bob DeVault 3 87 Jimmy Carpenter 4 9S Rick Stief 5 7H Bill Thomas 6 15 Bryant Davis 7 129 Scott Harbison 8 76 Paul Graham 9 26 BenDavis 600s Heat 2 Race (8 Laps) Race Results Pos No. Name 1 GO! Richie Keller, III 2 026 Jeff Hartman 3 53 Dave Graziano 4 02 Rich Mellor 5 64 Jim Tippin 6 58 Tim Iulg 7 15P Chris Panczner 8 71 KadyWills 9 55 Mark Lanwher 600s Heat 3 Race (8 Laps) Race Results Pos No. Name 1 10 Steven Bracall 2 97 Sam Locuson 3 8c Brian Carber 4 85 Lee Nardelli 5 47 Bill Unglert 6 89 Jack Conover 7 9 Stewart Carmichael 8 34 Jim Dunckley 600s Heat 4 Race (8 Laps) Race Results Pos No. Name 1 44s Ryan Stillwagon 2 56J Jermain Godshall 3 29 Nick Sapp 4 55L Shane Lewis 5 55 David Brown 6 88 Matt Smith 7 17 Carl Locuson Not qualified )NS 12 Joe Kay 270 Class 0 . -.--- 270s BMain Race (10 Laps) Race Results Pos No. Name 1 7 DaveBrown 2 83 Katie Fitzsimmons 3 10D Dale Kannengieszer 4 33 MatiBudd 5 5 Erika Palmai 6 GO Rich Keller, ill 7 140 Eric Grzesnikowski 8 7M Dan Salmons, Jr. 9 77 MeganKay 10 17 Roger Graham 11 19 Luke Fogg 4cyls Heat 1 Race (8 Laps) Race Results Pos No. Name 1 28 Warren Stradley 2 80 Jim Hughes 3 53 Brian Crisman 4 3 Bob Hartman 5 00 Nate Albright 4cyls Heat 2 Race (8 Laps) Race Results Pos No. Name 1 01 Bucky Allbright 2 4 Dave Damiano 3 29 Josh Lovett 4 56 Joe Meron 5 22K Kate Raively 600s BMain Race (10 Laps) Race Results Pos No. Name 1 58 Tim IuIg 2 89 Jack Conover 3 15 Bryant Davis 4 88 Matt Smith 5 9 Stewart Carmichael 6 34 Jim Dunckley 7 76 Paul Graham 8 17 Carl Locuson 9 129 Scott Harbison 10 15P Chris Panczner 11 71 Kady Wi
 
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The weather cooperated and made for great track conditions leading to some new track records. Andrew Locuson in the 270cc set a new single lap record of 13.041. Andrew was quoted as saying, “Yup the track was definitely in prime conditions last night!!! Not only was the 270 track lap was broke but the 4 cylinder lap record was also broke. Too break not 1 but 2 lap record just shows how the track was. The track crew did a great job with the track surface last night and they deserve a congrats on a job well done!!! Keep it up Bridgeport!!” The mighty 600cc Micro Sprints ran two 15 lap features Friday with both winners celebrating birthdays. Feature # 1 going to #12 of Joe Kay coming from a 3rd starting position. Taking over the lead on lap 3 with the #55 of Shane Lewis coming in third who started 6th and the #44s of Ryan Stillwagon rounding out the top 3 across the finish line. With Feature #2 going to the 7H of Bill Thomas, celebrating his 24th birthday on Thursday. Coming from a 4th starting position. With the #85 of Lee Nardelli starting on the pole the top groove was working for Thomas going up top to get 2nd place by lap two then chasing Nardelli on the top till lap 10 when he was able to make it stick and go on to finish first with Nardelli coming in second followed by the #9s of Rick Stief who started 5th. The 270’s saw Andrew Locuson start on the pole and walk away with an impressive win. Setting a new single lap record of 13.041 seconds in lap 11. With the #GO of Rich Keller,III coming in second and #66 of Shaun Ratchford rounding out the top 3 coming from a 12th starting position. The 4 Cylinders saw the #53 of Brian Crisman take the win after starting 6th. With the #4 of Dave Damiano starting 11 work his way through the field to finish second and set a new track record of 16.520 in lap 14. Followed to the line in third place was the #28 of Warren Stradley who started 7th. Feature # 1 600cc 1. #12 Joe Kay 2. # 55L Shane Lewis 3. # 44s Ryan Stillwagon 4. # 1 Phil Meissner 5. # 98 Glenn Heverin 6. # 97 Alex Buben 7. # 9S Rick Stief 8. # 7H Bill Thomas 9. # 11e Chuck Palmucci 10. # 17 Carl Locuson 11. # 47 Bill Ungler 12. # 85 Lee Nardelli 13. # 30 Paul Maxcy 14. # 15 Bryant Davis 15. # 9 Stewart Carmichael 16. # 87 Jimmy Carpenter 17. # 026 Jeff Hartman 18. # 64 Jim Tippin 19. # 34 Jim Dunckley 20. # k9 Jon Keller 21. # 97 Sam Locuson 22. # Go! Richie Keller, III 23. 1J Steve Harvat 24. # 02 Rich Mellor Feature # 2 600cc 1. # 7H Bill Thomas 2. # 85 Lee Nardelli 3. # 9S Rick Stief 4. # 97 Alex Buben 5. # 11e Chuck Palmucci 6. # 98 Glenn Heverin 7. # 55L Shane Lewis 8. # 026 Jeff Hartman 9. # 47 Bill Ungler 10. # 12 Joe Kay 11. # 44s Ryan Stillwagon 12. # 87 Jimmy Carpenter 13. # 4 Bob DeVault 14. # 64 Jim Tippin 15. # 1 Phil Meisner 16. # 9 Stewart Carmichael 17. # 15 Bryant Davis 18. # 02 Rich Mellor 19. # 97 Sam Locuson 20. # 34 Jim Dunckley 21. # 58 Dick Robbins 22. # 30 Paul Maxcy 23. # 55 David Brown 24. # 13 Jon Stewart 270cc Feature 1. # 6 Andrew Locuson 2. # GO Rich Keller, III 3. # 66R Shaun Ratchford 4. # 33 Matt Budd 5. # k9 Jon Keller 6. # 5 Erika Palmai 7. # 45 Matt McAnally 8. # 32 Charlie Lamanna 9. # 24 Jay Hartman 10. # 92B Eddie Wagner 11. # 83 Katie Fitzsimmons 12. # 38 Chris Locuson 13. # 55 Sam Locuson 14. # 44 John Copeland 15. # 15 John Blanda 16. # 3K Kelsey Johnson 17. # 71 Bill Sorey 18. # 45 Lance Clayton 19. # 30 Brian Morrill 20. # 13 Dalton Keller 21. # 54 Dana Lamothe 22. # 7 Dave Brown 23. # 02 Nick Walton 24. # 43 Justin Stillwagon 4 Cylinders Feature 1. # 53 Brian Crisman 2. # 4 Dave Damiano 3. # 28 Warren Stradley 4. # 01 Bucky Allbright 5. # 29 Josh Lovett 6. # 80 Jim Hughes 7. # 3 Bob Hartman 8. # 56 Joe Meron 9. # 22 Joe Morgan 10. # 00 Nate Albright 11. # 15 Joe Robinson
 
Posted By BTRwrench
Quick results for Bridgeport Speedways Fast and Furious Fridays 5/8/09 on the ¼ Mile. ------ 600cc twin 15’s features. Feature #1 1. # 12 Joe Kay 2. # 55L Shane Lewis 3. 44S Ryan Stillwagon 4. # 1 Phil Meisner 5. # 98 Glenn Heverin ------ Feature # 2 1. # 7H Bill Thomas 2. # 85 Lee Nardelli 3. # 9S Rick Stief 4. # 97 Alex Buben 5. # 11e Chuck Pallmucci ------ 270cc Feature 1. # 6 Andrew Locuson 2. # GO Rich Keller, III 3. # 66R Shaun Ratchford 4. # 33 Matt Budd 5. # K9 Jon Keller . 4 Cylinders 1. # 53 Brian Crisman 2. # 4 Dave Damiano 3. # 28 Warren Stradley 4. # 01 Bucky Allbright 5. # 29 Josh Lovett ------ Complete results and story to follow. What a night of racing. The rain held off and all racing was done by 10:30. Once again the top groove came in for the feature making for an exciting night of racing two wide. The internet connection was down at the track last night so the mylaps aren’t posted yet. Hopefully it will be up today and will get posted. Thanks for your interest in Fast and Furious Racing at Bridgeport Speedway. www.LocalMicros.com www.RacingforaCure.us------ MyLaps info at : http://www.mylaps.com/results/showevent.jsp? id=413653
 


 
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