Epright Electrifies Crowd Saturday at Bridgeport

BRIDGEPORT, NJ (June 19, 2005)- In a Modified feature event flurried with caution and misfortune Whitehouse Station, NJ's Fritz Epright picked up his first victory at the Speedway since 1990.

"I have to give credit to Al Tischler," Epright stated in Victory Lane "This is our old motor, we lost our new motor and Al did a great job putting this one back together."

A ten car altercation on the initial drop of the green flag collected "hot shoes" - Danny Johnson, Kenny Brightbill, Duane Howard, Kevin Hirthler, Ricky Elliott and Wade Hendrickson. On the restart, Steve Durand grabbed the early lead in the twenty-five lap Big Block Modified feature event with Jamie Mills and "Young Gun" Kyle Strickler right on his bumper. Fritz Epright blasted past three cars on a lap six restart taking over the third position and chasing down the leaders, as Mills powered past Durand on the backstretch. Mills retired his I.G. Burton Dealers #30 Bicknell two laps later with a left rear flat tire. It was all Epright from then on out as he fought off hard challenges from Jimmy Chester, Bob Sarkisian, Kyle Strickler and Rick Laubach to go and capture the victory. Jimmy Chester crossed the line second but was disqualified at the scales handing the runner-up spot to Bob Sarkisian. Kyle Strickler marched his way back to the third position after an early race altercation. Steve Durand came home fourth and Gary Hager came home fifth.

Sewell, NJ's Richie Pratt Jr. picked up his third feature victory of the season in the Sunoco Sportsman race. Pratt took advantage of a great starting position and picked up the lead on lap five of the event. Tom Miller came home second with "The Outlaw" Eric Kormann marching home third, followed by Bob Lilick and Ron Roberts.

John Wyers of Marmora, NJ grabbed the win in the Jasper Sprint Division. Wyers held off a hard charge from Tim Iulg who finished in second, in just his second Jasper Sprint start. Jim Wyers came home third with Bob Rasmussen in fourth and Mares Stellfox rounded the top five.

Pat Conaway continued his successful Outlaw Stock season, beating Joe Trumbetti by a bumper, to pick up his sixth victory of the year. Trumbetti settled for second, Bill Miller came home third, Jeff Dirkes finished fourth and Rick Haegele came home third.

Chuck Buchman won his second GM Rookie Crate Sportsman feature event. Pat Hires came home second with Forrest Peters, Kevin Labs and Point Leader Tracy Rocap rounding out the top five.

Big Block Modified

Heat 1 - 1. Jamie Mills 2. Jimmy Chester 3. Kyle Strickler 4. Ricky Elliott 5. Duane Howard 6. Rich Acolia

Heat 2 - 1. Bob Sarkisian 2. Mike Iles 3. Chic Cossaboone 4. Steve Durand 5. Fritz Epright 6. Rick Laubach

Heat 3 - 1. Don Barone 2. Danny Johnson 3. Steve Bottcher 4. Mark Forte 5. Kenny Brightbill 6. Gary Hager

Consi - 1. Jim Stong 2. Mike Franz 3. Wade Hendrickson 4. Kevin Hirthler 5. John Dixon 6. Jesse Hill

Feature - 1. Fritz Epright 2. Bob Sarkisian 3. Kyle Strickler 4. Steve Durand 5. Gary Hager 6. Rick Laubach 7. Mike Franz 8. Mike Iles 9. Don Barone 10. Wade Hendrickson 11. Rich Acolia 12. John Dixon 13. Steve Bottcher 14. Kevin Hirthler 15. Chic Cossaboone 16. Jesse Hill 17. Mark Forte 18. Duane Howard 19. Jamie Mills 20. Ricky Elliott 21. Kenny Brightbill 22. Danny Johnson 23. Jim Stong DQ Jimmy Chester

Sportsman

Heat 1 - 1. Richie Pratt Jr 2. Don Bogey 3. John Salvatore 4. Tom Miller 5. Bob Lilick 6. Eric Kormann

Heat 2 - 1. Jim Britt 2. Billy Briggs 3. Jimmy Horton IV 4. Steve Lozorak 5. Mark Forte Jr. 6. Bruce Hirthler

Heat 3 - 1. Bob Lineman Jr 2. Sam Wescott 3. Sean Carman 4. Bill Klingmeyer 5. Ron Roberts 6. Mike Brannigan

Feature - 1. Richie Pratt Jr 2. Tom Miller 3. Eric Kormann 4. Bob Lilick 5. Ron Roberts 6. Jimmy Horton IV 7. Jim Britt 8. Steve Lozorak 9. Bill Klingmeyer 10. Billy Briggs 11. Bruce Hirthler 12. Kevin Collins 13. Sean Carman 14. John Stangle 15. John Pursell 16. Mark Forte Jr 17. Bob Lineman Jr. 18. John Kelly 19. Brian Lilick 20. Sam Wescott 21. Mike Brannigan 22. John Salvatore Jr 23. John Pratt 24. Jared Hill 25. Phil McCloughan 26. Ken Sowden

Jasper Sprint Cars

Feature - 1. John Wyers 2. Tim Iulg 3. Jim Wyers 4. Bob Rasmussen 5. Mares Stellfox 6. Jeff Mueller 7. Jack Curtis 8. Joe Thuet 9. Torrey Rose 10. Lee Nardelli 11. Dave Brown 12. Joe Riga 13. Steve Petry 14. Tyler Ramierez 15. Mike Piersig 16. Jeff Davis 17. Bill Jackson 18. Andrew Weldon 19. Jonathan Swanson 20. Shane Smith

Outlaw Stocks

Feature - 1. Pat Conaway 2. Joe Trumbetti 3. Bill Miller 4. Jeff Dirkes 5. Rick Haegele 6. Bob Dooley 7. Gary Klimeczak 8. Jesse DeGarmo 9. Rick Erdbrink 10. Joe Ecret 11. Fred Ingham 12. Mike Panza 13. Terry Griffin 14. Ron Dirkes 15. Jim Erdbrink 16. Terry Griffin

GM Crate Rookie Sportsman

Feature - 1. Chuck Buchman 2. Pat Hires 3. Forrest Peters 4. Kevin Labs 5. Tracey Rocap 6. Steve Hopkins 7. Chad James 8. Joe Pelligrino 9. Jon Haegele