Carmine Infante, of Cream Ridge NJ,enjoyed his 1st trip to Victory Lane in the Big Block Modified Feature at Racing Electronics night at Bridgeport Speedway

Bud Schweibinz started on the pole, looking for a break in his recent streak of bad luck. He held on to the lead until Carmine Infante took the top spot on Lap 3 of the 25 lap event. Infante dominated for several laps while Mark Forte, Doug Hoffman, and Kevin Hirthler waged war for second place. Mike Iles and Mark Forte swapped spots off and on for a few circuits while Ricky Elliott moved up through the pack to contend for the second spot on lap 23. Infante ran away with the win as Hoffman won the battle over Elliott for a second place finish. Ricky “The Rocket” Elliott would end up third as Kevin Hirthler and Duane Howard rounded out the fourth and fifth spots.

John Wyers runs to “the wire” in the Jasper Sprint Division Feature for his second victory of the Bridgeport 2004 Season

John Wyers of Marmora NJ, started 8th in the Jasper Sprint Feature and finished 1st, securing his lead in the point standings. Jeff Mueller led for most of the 20 lap feature with lead challenges from Mark “Mr. Twister” Bitner and John Wyers. Mark Bitner brought out the yellow when he tangled with a lapped car on turn 1 on lap 10. From Lap 10 on, the battle for the lead provided awesome racing for the fans as well as the competitors with John Wyers and Jeff Muelller trading 1st and 2nd positions several times before Mueller ran out of laps. John Wyers finished 1st with Jeff Mueller in 2nd. Third was Jim Wyers followed by Jeff Foote in the 4th position. Steve Fleetwood topped off the top 5.

Richie Pratt Jr backs up bad week with 5th win of the season at Bridgeport Speedway in rescheduled feature from June 26, 2004

It took all of 8 laps for Richie Pratt Jr of Sewell NJ to climb in to the top ten of the 20 lap Sunoco Sportsman Feature. He stole several spots on lap 11 and wound up in a three car battle with Rookie Sean Carman and Mike Hughes for the 5th position. Bill Klingmeyer led from the pole, holding off Steve Lozorak until Richie Pratt Jr appeared out of nowhere with a power move on the inside of turn 3, grabbing the lead from Klingmeyer on Lap 20. Klingmeyer raced Pratt for another circuit but wound up having to settle for second as Pratt collected his 5th win of the 2004 season. The top five finishers were: Richie Pratt Jr, Bill Klingmeyer, Sean Carman, Mike Hughes , and John Pursell.

Bill Klingmeyer wins 2nd Sunoco Sportsman Feature of the 2004 Bridgeport Speedway Season

Bill Klingmeyer won his third career win from the pole position in Sunoco Sportsman Feature at Bridgeport Speedway. Klingmeyer led the entire 20 laps but had to secure his win by consistently holding off guys like Jim Britt and Richie Pratt Jr. Jim Britt held onto his second place run for fifteen laps until Richie “Last Lap” Pratt Jr charged from backfield to claim the second spot. Pratt gave Klingmeyer a run for his money but proved to have nothing left for Klingmeyer’s dominant machine. Rounding out the top five were: Sean Carman for third, Sam Wescott in fourth, and John Pursell in fifth.

Modified Feature (25 Laps) 1 Carmine Infante 2 Doug Hoffman 3 Ricky Elliott 4 Mike Iles 5 Duane Howard 6 Mark Forte 7 Jamie Mills 8 Kevin Hirthler 9 Steve Durand 10 Kyle Strickler 11 Wade Hendrickson 12 Gary Hager 13 Troy Ale 14 Mike Franz 15 Scott Irwin 16 Don Barone 17 Jim Stong 18 Joe Dekutoski 19 John Townsend 20 Freddy Brightbill 21 Tom Hager 22 Dave Howard 23 Rick Laubach 24 Bud Schweibinz

Sprint Feature ( 20 Laps) 1 John Wyers 2 Jeff Mueller 3 Jim Wyers 4 Jeff Foote 5 Steve Fleetwood 6 Mike Piersig 7 Chip Brown 8 Jim Bewley 9 Bob Rasmussen 10 Lee Nardelli 11 Jonathan Swanson 12 Scott McClaren 13 Dave Brown 14 Mark Bitner 15 Jeff Davis 16 Torrey Rose

Sportsman Feature 1- Rescheduled from 6-26-04 (20 Laps) 1 Richie Pratt Jr 2 Bill Klingmeyer 3 Sean Carman 4 Mike Hughes 5 John Pursell 6 Sam Wescott 7 Kevin Collins 8 Paul Collins 9 Steve Lozorak 10 Steve Lindale 11 Ron Roberts 12 Jim Britt 13 Rich Stinson 14 Rob Pierce 15 Bob Lineman Jr 16 Dennis Price 17 Eric Korman 18 Mark Forte Jr 19 Mark Schweibinz 20 Mike Mammana 21 Drew Ricco 22 Tom Miller 23 Christopher Christ 24 Bob Lilick 25 John Kelly 26 Doug Stepanchuck

Sportsman Feature (20 Laps) 1 Bill Klingmeyer 2 Richie Pratt, Jr 3 Sean Carman 4 Sam Wescott 5 John Pursell 6 Jim Britt 7 Steve Lindale 8 Rich Stinson 9 Kevin Collins 10 Dennis Price 11 Drew Ricco 12 Dan Cogdill 13 Mike Fattori 14 Mark Forte, Jr 15 Steve Lozorak 16 Bob Gibbons 17 Don Bogey 18 Mike Brannigan 19 Steve Warner 20 Mike Hughes 21 Mike Mammana 22 Ron Roberts 23 Eric Kormann 24 Doug Stepchanuk 25 Paul Collins 26 Mark Schweibinz

Modified Heat 1 (8 Laps) 1 Kyle Strickler 2 Mark Forte 3 Rick Laubach 4 Mike Iles 5 Wade Hendrickson 6 Doug Hoffman 7 Gary Hager 8 Bud Schweibinz

Modified Heat 2 (8 Laps) 1 Steve Durand 2 Jamie Mills 3 Ricky Elliott 4 Duane Howard 5 Kevin Hirthler 6 Carmine Infante 7 Jim Stong 8 Troy Ale

Modified Consi (8 Laps) 1 Tom Hager 2 Mike Franz 3 Freddy Brightbill 4 Don Barone 5 Scott Irwin 6 Joe Dekutoski 7 John Townsend 8 Dave Howard

Sprint Heat 1 (8 Laps) 1 Dave Brown 2 John Wyers 3 Jeff Davis 4 Lee Nardelli 5 Chip Brown 6 Mike Piersig 7 Jonathan Swanson 8 Bob Rasmussen

Sprint Heat2 ( 8 Laps) 1 Mark Bitner 2 Jeff Mueller 3 Jim Wyers 4 Steve Fleetwood 5 Jeff Foote 6 Torrey Rose 7 Scott McClaren 8 Jim Bewley 9 Mares Stellfox

Sportsman Heat 1 (8 Laps) 1 Kevin Collins 2 Jim Britt 3 John Pursell 4 Dennis Price 5 Ron Roberts 6 Drew Ricco

Sportsman Heat 2 (8 Laps) 1 Richie Pratt,Jr 2 Steve Lindale 3 Sam Wescott 4 Rich Stinson 5 Bill Klingmeyer 6 Dan Cogdill

Sportsman Heat 3 (8 Laps) 1 Sean Carman 2 Paul Collins 3 Mark Forte, Jr 4 Eric Kormann 5 Steve Warner 6 Mike Brannigan

Sportsman Consi ( 8 Laps) 1 Mike Hughes 2 Mike Mammana 3 Doug Stepchanuk 4 Steve Lozorak 5 Bob Gibbons 6 Don Bogey 7 Mike Fattori 8 Chris Christ 9 Mike Gibbons 10 Chris Christ 11 Jason Duppel

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