Howard still Hot, Lewis Lightning Fast at Bridgeport

BRIDGEPORT, NJ (JULY 30, 2005) -- Defending Modified Track Champion, Duane Howard of Oley, PA and Upper Black Eddy, PA's Trevor Lewis split a pair of exciting 25 lap feature events as MSP Equipment Rentals presented an exciting night of Mighty Big Block Modifieds and the Winged Warriors of the United Racing Club, in front of a packed house at the Bridgeport Speedway.

"This place is a lot of fun to race at, especially when there is as many grooves as we had tonight," Howard boasted of the track conditions, as well as, the three and four wide racing.

Steve Durand and Don Barone put on a great battle in the early stages of the 20 lap feature event, slicing and dicing up front while two, three and even four wide battles were seen through the remainder of the field. Howard was a man on a mission, motoring past Durand and focusing in on the bumper of Barone, after only nine circuits around the famed five-eighth mile speedway. While Howard moved to the front "The Doctor" Danny Johnson, who started just one spot behind the Big Springs Car Wash #126, shuffled his way through the pack picking off one and sometimes two cars a lap. A lap 18 caution, one of only two in the event, stacked the field and gave Howard and Johnson the opportunity to pounce on Barone entering into turn 1. The J&J Shop #27 powered around the top while the Defending Champion eased around the bottom, splitting the #267 Century Tube Teo of Barone. A yellow on lap 22 set up a three lap battle to the finish - Howard rim riding on the top and Johnson scooting around the bottom as Jimmy Chester and Steve Durand closed in making it a four car battle for the win, but it was Howard holding them off at the checkered flag. Johnson settled for second, Jimmy Chester came home third, Steve Durand came home fourth and Don Barone finished in fifth

Trevor Lewis continued his Bridgeport Speedway hot streak picking up another victory in the URC Sprint Cars only appearance at the Bridgeport Speedway. Lewis grabbed the lead from Chris Coyle on lap 19 of the 25 lap feature event. The three Sprint Superstars battled side-by-side and nose to tail for the remainder of the feature event but it was all Lewis at the line. Dave Ely came home second, Chris Coyle finished third, former Modified and Jasper Sprint Car hot shoe Mark Bitner came home in fourth, with Curt Michael crossing the line in fifth.

Blue Anchor, NJ's Mark Forte Jr. picked up his second win of the season, in the 20 lap Sportsman event, after apparent winner Kevin Collins came up light at the scales. Forte Jr. sailed around the high side of the speedway battling with, fellow JD3Graphics Young Guns, Rob Pierce and "The Stockton Stalker" Sean Carman. Pierce and Carman would settle for second and third respectively, Ron Roberts came home in fourth and Drew Ricco came home fifth, giving the Young Guns four of the top five spots.

Gary Klimgczak brought the Cream Ridge Golf Course #11 into Victory Lane in the 20 lap Outlaw Stock feature event. Klimgczak held of Point Leader Pat Conaway and edged the Conaway Trucking #US2 at the line by just 2/10th of a second. Ken Watson came home in third, Joe Trumbetti rolled into fourth and Rich Reider crossed the line in fifth.

Friday, August 5 - RMP Power Train Solutions presents our Regular Friday Night Program features a full five-division card headlined by the 358 DIRT Modifieds, also in action on the 5/8th track will be the GM Crate Sportsman. Also in ¼ Mile action will be the 600cc Micro Sprints, along with the 270cc Micro Sprints and 4 Cylinder Stocks. Admission is $15 for adults, $10 for students, $5 for kids, and, as always, 5 and under are free. Gates open at 5:00 p.m. with the first Green Flag flying at 7:00 p.m.

Saturday, August 6 - RMP Power Train Solutions presents TWIN 20's. The Big Block Modifieds "Double Up" for Twin 20 action. Sportsman and Outlaw Stocks will also be in competition with full qualifying races and exciting feature events. Admission is $15 for adults, $10 for students, $5 for kids, and, as always, 5 and under are free.

Big Block Modifed

Heat 1 - 1. Chic Cossaboone 2. Mark Forte 3. Don Barone 4. Jimmy Chester 5. Rick Laubach 6. Scott Irwin

Heat 2 - 1. Steve Durand 2. Wade Hendrickson 3. Gary Hager 4. Danny Johnson 5. Kevin Hahn 6. Mike Franz

Heat 3 - 1. Pete Visconti 2. Duane Howard 3. Kevin Hirthler 4. Fritz Epright 5. Mike Iles 6. Tom Beamer

Consi - 1. Steve Bottcher 2. Ricky Elliott 3. Kenny Brightbill 4. Tommy Hager 5. Mark Barbon 6. Scott Smith (Points Provisional - Jamie Mills)

Feature - 1. Duane Howard 2. Danny Johnson 3. Jimmy Chester 4. Steve Durand 5. Don Barone 6. Gary Hager 7. Ricky Elliott 8. Mike Franz 9. Kevin Hirthler 10. Rick Laubach 11. Wade Hendrickson 12. Jamie Mills 13. Mike Iles 14. Steve Bottcher 15. Tommy Beamer 16. Tommy Hager 17. Kenny Brightbill 18. Mark Forte 19. Chic Cossaboone 20. Scott Smith 21. Kevin Hahn 22. Scott Irwin 23. Fritz Epright 24. Mark Barbon 25. Pete Visconti

DNQ - Beau Wilkins, Bob Sarkisian, Jimmy Stong, Tom Curtis, Joe Dekutoski, Rich Acolia, Doug Boyce, Dale Hawkins, Jason Dallesio, Jamie Mills, Jesse Hill

URC Sprint Cars

Heat 1 - 1. Dave Ely 2. Kyle Purks 3. Kramer Williamson 4. Brooke Bowman 5. Dave McGough 6. Joe Zuczek

Heat 2 - 1. Jason Clauss 2. Trevor Lewis 3. Dave Betts 4. Ed Aikin 5. Midge Miller 6. Scott Pursell

Heat 3 - 1. Chris Coyle 2. Curt Michael 3. Jon Eldreth 4. Will Urkuski 5. Mark Bitner 6. Scott McClaren

Consi - 1. Tim Hogue 2. Bill Brian Jr. 3. Jimmy Martin Jr. 4. Mares Stellfox 5. Pete Green 6. Gary Gollub

Feature - 1. Trevor Lewis 2. Dave Ely 3. Chris Coyle 4. Mark Bitner 5. Curt Michael 6. Jason Clauss 7. Brooke Bowman 8. Kramer Williamson 9. Dave McGough 10. Dave Betts 11. Ed Aiken 12. Jon Eldreth 13. Will Urkuski 14. Mares Stellfox 15. Kyle Purks 16. Pete Green 17. Midge Miller 18. Jimmy Martin Jr. 19. Darrell Smith 20. Scott Pursell 21. Tim Hogue 22. Scott McClaren 23. Joe Zuczek 24. Bill Brian Jr.

Sportsman

Heat 1 - 1. Kevin Collins 2. Mark Forte Jr. 3. Richie Pratt 4. Anthony Tramontana 5. Steve Lozorak 6. Brett Hoffman

Heat 2 - 1. John Pursell 2. John Salvatore Jr. 3. Jimmy Horton IV 4. Ron Roberts 5. John Pratt 6. Billy Briggs

Heat 3 - 1. John Stangle 2. Drew Ricco 3. Rob Pierce 4. John Kelly 5. Bob Lineman Jr. 6. Sean Carman

Feature - 1. Mark Forte Jr. 2. Rob Pierce 3. Sean Carman 4. Ron Roberts 5. Drew Ricco 6. John Pursell 7. Dan Cogdill 8. Bill Klingmeyer 9. John Stangle 10. Bob Lineman Jr. 11. Mike Brannigan 12. John Kelly 13. Billy Briggs 14. Brett Hoffman 15. Bob Rambone 16. Frank Holmes 17. John Pratt 18. Jimmy Horton IV 19. Glenn Knell 20. Steve Lozorak 21. Anthony Tramontana 22. John Salvatore Jr. 23. Don Lynch 24. Eric Kormann 25. Richie Pratt Jr. 26. Bruce Hirthler

DQ - Kevin Collins

Outlaw Stocks

Feature - 1. Gary Klimgczak 2. Pat Conaway 3. Ken Watson 4. Joe Trumbetti 5. Rich Reider 6. Bob Dooley 7. Jim Honaker 8. Jeff Dirkes 9. Mike Panza 10. Jim Erdbrink 11. Brian Ludwig 12. Rick Erdbrink 13. John Bilofskey 14. Fred Ingham 15. Joe Ecret 16. Rob Baird 17. Bucky Albright 18. Terry Griffin 19. Tom Gibson 20. Jesse Degarmo 21. Bill Miller