THE THIRD TIME IS A CHARM FOR RICKY “THE ROCKET” ELLIOTT WITH ANOTHER FEATURE WIN THIS SEASON.

Seaford Delaware’s Ricky “The Rocket” Elliott made it three in a row at Bridgeport Speedway this past Saturday night, June 19th, 2004. He recorded his 5th victory of the season and his 29th career when he took the top spot from Brian Truppi off of the restart on lap 9 of 25.

Tom Hager had the pole, holding on to the position for 2 laps when Bob Sarkisian rolled past him running on the inside of turn 3. Meanwhile, Kyle Strickler battled Tom Hager for 3rd, as Brian Truppi sat back planning his attack for the lead. Truppi took the lead from Sarkisian off the restart on lap 7. Truppi set the pace for only 2 more laps as eventual winner Ricky Elliott took over on lap 9. Elliott never looked back as he maintained a half of a straightaway lead over the rest of the pack. Following Elliott in

the top five positions were: Rich Laubach in 2nd, Jimmy Chester for 3rd, Duane Howard in 4th, and Kyle Strickler in 5th. 4 out of the top 5 finishers are also in the top ten in point standings for the Big Block Modified Division, sponsored by Boeing International.

DAN COGDILL TAKES HOME THE TROPHY IN SUNOCO SPORTSMAN SERIES AT BRIDGEPORT SPEEDWAY

Dan Cogdill from Pedricktown NJ earns win number 6 in Sunoco Sportsman Series at Bridgeport Speedway on June 19th , 2004. He led every lap but the first, taking the lead from polesitter Sean Carman. Carman had a strong car all night, but seemed to have nothing left for Dan Cogdill. After weeks of bad luck, Cogdill finally struck gold in the Sportsman 20-lap feature.

An early caution set up Cogdill’s dominance when he grabbed the lead from Carman after a restart on the first lap. Behind Cogdill and Carman’s battle, waged an all out war

for the third spot that included Tom Miller, Christopher Christ and Sam Wescott. Rich Stinson, the series point leader charged through the field showing in the top five by the 5th lap It was only a matter of time before Richie “Last Lap” Pratt Jr hammered into the front of the pack, appearing in the top five on Lap 11. He stole two positions on lap 12, out racing Stinson and John Purcell who had worked each other over for 10 laps. Pratt closed in on Cogdill with 5 laps remaining but would settle for second as the checkered flag waved. The top five finishers were: Dan Cogdill, Richie Pratt Jr, Sean Carman, John Purcell, and Rich Stinson.

ROOKIE JIM BEWLEY SCORES VICTORY IN ONLY HIS FIFTH SPRINT FEATURE

Bridgeport hosted the first victory for Jim Bewley in the Jasper Sprint Series on Saturday June 19th. He started on the pole and never gave any other competitor a chance throughout the 20 lap event.

Bewley raced more like a veteran than a rookie at Jersey’s fastest track this Saturday.

While he worked the entire track to hold on to the lead, there was plenty of spot-swapping going on for the top 5 positions. Matt Beasley, Steve Fleetwood, and Jeff Davis

raced three wide on lap 2 later inviting Jon Brennfleck into the party on the next lap, making it a 4 car battle for the fifth position. Mike Piersig and Shane Smith lined up neck and neck for several laps, making good use of the 5/8th clay oval. Rounding out the top five had Joe Thuet in 2nd, Matt Beasley in 3rd, Shane Smith in 4th and Jon Brennfleck in 5th.

BOEING BIG BLOCK MODIFIED HEAT 1 RESULTS- (8 laps)

1 Duane Howard 2 Kyle Strickler 3 Mark Forte 4 Scott Irwin 5 Jimmy Stong 6 Bruce Hooper

BOEING BIG BLOCK MODIFIED HEAT 2 RESULTS- (8 laps)

1 Ricky Elliot 2 Steve Durand 3 Wade Hendrickson 4 Mike Iles 5 Brian Truppi 6 Butch Glisson

BOEING BIG BLOCK MODIFIED HEAT 2 RESULTS- (8 laps)

1 Kevin Hirthler 2 Rick Laubach 3 Tom Hager 4 Jimmy Chester 5 Jamie Mills 6 Troy Ale

BOEING BIG BLOCK MODIFIED CONSI RESULTS- (10 laps)

1 Doug Hoffman 2 Don Barone 3 Troy Ale 4 Retter 5 Carmine Infante 6 Gary Hager

BOEING BIG BLOCK MODIFIED FEATURE RESULTS- (25 laps)

1 Ricky Elliot 2 Rick Laubach 3 Jimmy Chester 4 Duane Howard 5 Kyle Strickler

6 Jamie Mills 7 Doug Hoffman 8 Brian Truppi 9 Wade Hendrickson 10 Steve Durand

11 Mark Forte 12 Carmine Infante 13 Retter 14 Scott Irwin 15 Jimmy Stong 16 Butch Glisson

17 Troy Ale 18 Kevin Hirthler 19 Don Barone 20 Bob Sarksian 21 Tom Hager 22 Mike Iles

23 Gary Hager 24 Bruce Hooper 25 Troy Ale 26 Gary Hager

SUNOCO SPORTSMAN HEAT 1 RESULTS- (8 laps)

1 Don Cogdill 2 Paul Collins 3 Eric Korman 4 Ron Roberts 5 Steve Lindale 6 Kevin Collins

SUNOCO SPORTSMAN HEAT 2 RESULTS- (8 laps)

1 Tom Miller 2 Dennis Price 3 Rob Pierce 4 Rich Stinson 5 Jim Britt 6 John Kelly

SUNOCO SPORTSMAN HEAT 3 RESULTS- (8 laps)

1 Sean Carman 2 John Pursell 3 Sam Wescott 4 Bob Lilick 5 Drew Ricco

6 Christopher Christ

SUNOCO SPORTSMAN CONSI RESULTS- (10 laps)

1 Richie Pratt Jr 2 Mark Schweibinz 3 Jay Horton 4 Bill Klingmeyer 5 Mike Fattori

6 Dave Matz

SUNOCO SPORTSMAN FEATURE RESULTS- (20 laps)

1 Don Cogdill 2 Richie Pratt Jr 3 Sean Carman 4 John Pursell 5 Rich Stinson

6 Ron Roberts 7 Christopher Christ 8 Kevin Collins 9 Jim Britt

10 Tom Miller 11 Rob Pierce 12 Paul Collins 13 Bob Lilick 14 Jay Horton

15 Mike Fattori 16 Skip Poole 17 Dave Matz 18 Mark Schweibinz 19 Dennis Price

20 Steve Lindale 21 Sam Wescott 22 Eric Korman 23 John Kelly 24 Drew Ricco

25 John Bangs 26 Bill Klingmeyer

JASPER SPRINT HEAT 1 RESULTS (8 laps)

1 Jim Bewley 2 Jon Brennfleck 3 Mark Bitner 4 Bob Rassmussen

5 Steve Fleetwood 6 Matt Beasley 7 Steve Schmidt 8 Jonathan Swanson

JASPER SPRINT HEAT 2 RESULTS (8 laps)

1 Dave Brown 2 Shane Smith 3 John Wyers 4 Joe Thuet 5 Jeff Davis

6 Jeff Mueller 7 Jeff Foote 8 Hank Trum 9 Al DeAngelis 10 Torrey Rose

11 Mares Stellfox 12Jim Fowler

JASPER SPRINT FEATURE RESULTS (20 laps)

1 Jim Bewley 2 Joe Thuet 3 Matt Beasley 4 Shane Smith 5 Jon Brennfleck

6 Mark Bitner 7 John Wyers 8 Jeff Foote 9 Bob Adams 10 Bob Rassmussen

11 Hank Trum 12 Torrey Rose 13 Al DeAngelis 14 Mares Stellfox 15 Jonathan

Swanson 16 Jim Fowler 17 Jim Wyers 18 Steve Fleetwood 19 Dave Brown

20 Jeff Davis 21 Jeff Mueller

ROOKIE SPORTSMAN FEATURE RESULTS (8 laps)

1 Skip Poole 2 John Bangs 3 Mike Brannigan 4 Don Bogey 5 Mike Mammana

6 Dave Matz 7 Jimmy Horton IV 8 Rick Kostes 9 Bob Fegerson 10 Mark Forte Jr

11 Bob Gibbons Jr 12 Chris Litwin 13 Brian Lilick 14 Frank Russo 15 Roger Hartrun

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