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Modified Veteran Billy Pauch celebrates 49th career feature win at Bridgeport Speedway




Billy Pauch earned his 49th career victory at the Fastest Dirt Track in the East this past Friday Night at Bridgeport Speedway. Pauch was the class of the field, taking the lead from Bridgeport’s Promoter, Dave Adams on the lap 5 of the 25-lap event. Pauch ran wide open until a late-race charge from Ricky “The Rocket” Elliott challenged for the lead but fell short as he suffered a flat tire on lap 23. Pauch maintained his dominance and scored another feature win.
The top five finishers were: Billy Pauch, Donnie Radd, Bucky Kell, Mike Gulen, and Gary Simpson.

Modified Feature (25 Laps) 1 Billy Pauch 2 Donnie Radd 3 Bucky Kell 4 Mike Gulen 5 Gary Simpson 6 Mark Bitner 7 Sam Wescott 8 Ricky Elliott 9 Ryan Godown 10 Rich Polenz 11 Dave Adams 12 Don Hallowell 13 Jeff Parker 14 Rusty Smith 15 Gary Hager 16 Scott Reid 17 Jimmy Chester 18 Kevin Hirthler 19 Kyle Strikler 20 John Dixon 21 Bruce Hooper 22 Richie Pratt 23 Tom Pompei 24 Tommy Beamer

250 Feature (20 Laps) 1 Nick Wean 2 Chuck Palmucci 3 Frank Venezia 4 Jay Hartman 5 Jeff Hartman 6 Joe Fink 7 John Blanda 8 Jesse Hartman 9 Rich Keller III 10 Michael Creamer 11 Rich Keller Jr 12 RJ Magyari 13 Mike Shea 14 John Johnson 15 Shawn Ratchford 16 Don Matney 17 Brian Morrill 18 Lance Clayton 19 Jimmy Carpenter 20 Paul Synder 21 Frank Bellace 22 Bob Devault 23 Adam Bubeck 24 Jesse Hartman

600 Micro Feature (20 Laps) 1 Derek Bartleson 2 PJ Gargiulo 3 Jason Manion 4 Jack Conover 5 Barry Racan 6 Stewart Carmichael 7 Phil Meisner 8 Rick Steif 9 Rob Vivona 10 Gary Waegel 11 Tim Iulg 12 Glen Heverin 13 Kyle Smith 14 George Ulmer 15 Jim Tippin 16 Mark Harkleroad 17 Bill Thomas 18 Dan McMahon 19 Ron Crossley 20 Mark Nestor 21 Jeff Holmes 22 Dave Graziano 23 Gary Hunter 24 Rick Panczner

4cyl Feature (20 Laps) 1 Warren Stradley 2 Dave Bentley 3 Jeff Walls 4 Gary Walls Jr 5 Carl Holcombe 6 Mike Hughes 7 Dave Bentley Jr 8 Terry Sammons 9 Bill MacNeir 10 Robert Hartman 11 Jim Hughes 12 Dave Damiano
13 Roy Combs 14 Terry Griffin 15 Shane Sammons 16 Ken Wallace

Outlaw Feature (20 Laps) 1 Pat Hires 2 Steve Starke 3 David Gould Jr 4 Sean McHugh 5 Brian Ludwig 6 Joe Trumbetti 7 Mike Hires 8 Ron Dirkes 9 Jim Erdbrink Jr 10 Rich Franchetti 11 John Buofsky 12 chris Pychka 13 Bucky Albright 14 Jim Howaker 15 John McCollum 16 Fred Ingham 17 John Read 18 Rick Haegle

250 Heat 1 (8 Laps) 1 Frank Venezia 2 Nick Wean 3 Jay Hartman 4 Vince Vickers 5 Rich Keller III 6 Rich Keller Jr 7 Don Matney 8 RJ Magyari 9 Paul Synder
250 Heat 2 (8 Laps) 1 Joe Fink 2 Shawn Ratchford 3 Adam Bubeck 4 Lance Clayton 5 John Blanda 6 Michael Creamer 7 Brian Morrill 8Luke Fogg
250 Heat 3 (8 Laps) 1 Jeff Hartman 2 Chuck Palmucci 3 Jesse Hartman 4 Bob Devault 5 Jimmy Carpenter 6 John Johnson 7 Mike Shea 8 Frank Bellace

600 Heat 1 (8 Laps) 1 Derek Bartleson 2 Gary Hunter 3 PJ Gargiulo 4 Bill Thomas 5 George Ulmer 6 Jim Tippin 7 Gary Waegel 8 Ron Crossley 9 Rick Panczner
600 Heat 2 (8 Laps) 1 Jason Manion 2 Jack Conover 3 Rick Steif 4 Rob Vivona 5 Phil Meisner 6 Dave Graziano 7 Zach Dunkleberger 8 Dan McMahon
600 Heat 3 (8 Laps) 1 Tim Iulg 2 Barry Racan 3 Glen Heverin 4 Stewart Carmichael 5 Kyle Smith 6 Mark Harkleroad 7 Jeff Holmes 8 Mark Nestor

4Cyl Heat 1 (8 Laps) 1 Dave Bentley 2 Ken Wallace 3 Mike Hughes 4 Shane Sammons 5 Carl Holcombe 6 Jeff Walls 7 Jim Hughes 8 Bill MacNeir
4 Cyl Heat 2 (8 Laps) 1 Warren Stradley 2 Dave Bentley Jr 3 Terry Sammons 4 Gary Walls Jr 5 Robert Hartman 6 Terry Griffin 7 Dave Damiano 8 Roy Combs

Mod Heat 1 (8 Laps) 1 Ricky Elliott 2 Kevin Hirthler 3 Tom Pompei 4 Bucky Kell 5 Jeff Parker 6 Don Hallowell
Mod Heat 2 (8 Laps) 1 Richie Pratt 2 Jimmy Chester 3 Kyle Strikler 4 Tommy Beamer 5 Sam Wescott Jr 6 Mike Gular
Mod Heat 3 (8 Laps) 1 John Dixon 2 Billy Pauch 3 Gary Simpson 4 Dave Adams 5 Donnie Radd 6 Ken Meisner
Mod consi (8 Laps) 1 Rich Polenz 2 Mark Bitner 3 Rusty Smith 4 Scott Reid 5 Gary Hager 6 Bruce Hooper

Outlaw Heat 1 (8 Laps) 1 Sean McHugh 2 David Gould Jr 3 Pat Hires 4 Rich Franchetti 5 Brian Ludwig 6 Rick Haegle 7 John Buofsky 8 John Read 9 Chris Prychka
Outlaw Heat 2 (8 Laps) 1 Steve Starke 2 Joe Trumbetti 3 Jim Erdbrink Jr 4 Mike Hires 5 Ron Dirkes 6 Jim Honaker 7 Bucky Albright 8 Fred Ingham 9 John McCollum

Bridgeport Speedway is located on 83 Floodgate Rd in Bridgeport NJ. The track is just minutes from 295, off of exit 14. The “New Bridgeport Speedway” offers family packages that include 2 adult admission tickets, 2 children admission tickets, 4 hot dogs, and 4 sodas all starting at only $30.00. There’s no better time to check out the local racing scene as the action gets better week after week at Bridgeport. For more information on events at Bridgeport, please call the track office at 856-467-4408 or visit the website at www.bridgeportspeedway.net.