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Bear Ridge Speedway 2012 Schedule Bursting With Action

Posted By Tj Ingerson On January 18, 2012

Categories: Bear Ridge

GRIP Seminars -- Janurary 19th - 22nd -- Portland, METhe famed PHOTO: The famed "Home of the Coupes," Bear Ridge Speedway is gearing up for an action-packed 2012 season. (Alan Ward photo)

USAC Midgets, SCoNE Sprints highlight 21-event slate; Season passes available

(From track press release)

BRADFORD --
The best-kept secret in stock car racing, Bear Ridge Speedway, is starting to become less hush-hush and more center stage. The quarter-mile DIRTcar-sanctioned clay oval in Bradford, VT will celebrate its 45th season in grand style, with a 21-event schedule overflowing with action.

The 2012 Saturday season opens with the traditional Bear Ridge Speedway car show on the morning of May 5 as cars from the 99ROCK Weekly Racing Series will be on display at Jiffy Mart in downtown Bradford. The show is immediately followed by a trek up the hill to the race track for the KDD NAPA Auto Parts Night lid-lifter at the famous “6:00-ish” start time. Double championship points will be on the line for the Bond Auto Parts DIRTcar Sportsman Modifieds, Wells River Chevrolet Sportsman Coupes, A Notch Above Automotive Limited Late Models, Weglarz Property Service Fast Fours, KDD NAPA Hornets, and for the first time as a 99ROCK Weekly Racing Series hometown division, the USAC-sanctioned Dirt Midget Association.

The Granite State Mini Sprints will make their first of eight appearances on Valley Floors Night, Saturday, May 19, followed a week later by the first of seven dates for the full-size WYKR Sprint Cars of New England (SCoNE) series on Dad’s 4 By Tool & Supply Night on Memorial Day weekend, May 26. The SCoNE Sprints return on June 16 as Bradford Jiffy Mart presents the first of three Sprint/Midget doubleheaders.

Summer highpoints include the Bond Auto Parts Modified “Madness” event and Independence Day fireworks celebration on Saturday, June 30, the double-points Mid-Season Championships on July 14, and the Walker Motor Sales John Poor Memorial Coupe “Madness” event on August 11.

“Super September” kicks off with Bear Ridge Speedway’s third annual SCoNE Triple Crown event on Dead River Oil Night on September 1, the middle round of a three-day, three-track championship grind for the winged warriors. Mekkelsen RV presents weekly racing and 4 & 6-cylinder Enduro on September 8, followed a week later by the sixth annual Demolition Derby on September 15. The track’s 45th season wraps up with the third annual New England Dirt Track Championships event on Saturday, September 22, featuring the championship finales for all six 99ROCK Weekly Racing Series divisions as well as the SCoNE finale.

A host of other special events will be on tap throughout the year including kids’ race car rides and bicycle races, fundraisers to benefit local charities including the Vermont Foodbank, David’s House, and the Bradford Bull Dogs youth football club, the annual antique tractor show, a remembrance of fallen Bear Ridge Speedway friends, and the 45th anniversary “Old Timers Night”.

Season passes are available for the 2012 Bear Ridge Speedway season at only $150 for adults (18-61) and just $130 for teens (12-17) and seniors (62+); Visa and MasterCard are accepted. For more information, call (802) 222-4052 or visit www.bearridgespeedway.com.

2012 Bear Ridge Speedway Schedule
Race-Day-Event-Special Divison

# - Sat., May 5 - Annual Car Show - Bradford Jiffy Mart (9AM to 5 PM)
1 - Sat., May 5 - KDD NAPA Auto Parts of Bradford (Double Points) - USAC
2 - Sat., May 12 - Weekly Racing Series
3 - Sat., May 19 - Valley Floors/Vermont Food Bank Benefit - USAC/GSMS
4 - Sat., May 26 - Dad's 4 By Tool & Supply - SCoNE
5 - Sat., June 2 - Woodsville Guaranty Savings Bank/Kids Rides - USAC/GSMS
6 - Sat., June 9 - Miller Auto Group Night/Hornett Madness - GSMS
7 - Sat., June 16 - Jiffy Mart of Bradford/"New Digs for Dogs" Benefit - SCoNE/USAC
8 - Sat., June 23 - Wells River Savings Bank - GSMS
9 - Sat., June 30 - Bond Auto Parts/Modified Madness/Fireworks - USAC
10 - Sat., July 7 - Dennis Preston Builders/David's House Benefit - SCoNE
11 - Sat., July 14 - Mid-Season Championships (Double Points) - USAC
12 - Sat., July 21 - J&A Lawn Care/Boudreault Septic/Late Model Madness - GSMS
13 - Sat., July 28 - Perry's Oil Service/Kids Bike Races - SCoNE/USAC
14 - Sat., Aug. 4 - Interstate Batteries of Newmont/Antique Tractor Show - GSMS
15 - Sat., Aug. 11 - Walker Motor Sales/John Poor Memorial/Coupe Madness - USAC
16 - Sat., Aug 18 - Swenson Insurance Co./Kids Rides/Bull Dogs Benefit - SCoNE/GSMS
17 - Sat., Aug 25 - Sabil & Sons/Old Times Night 45th Ann. Celebration - USAC
18 - Sat., Sept. 1 - Dead River Co./SCoNE Triple Crown/Fast Four Madness - SCoNE
19 - Sat., Sept. 8 - Mekkelsen RV/4&6-Cylinder Enduro - USAC
20 - Sat., Sept. 15 - Weekly Racing Series/4&6-Cylinder Demolition Derby - GSMS
21 - Sat., Sept. 22 - 3rd Annual New England Dirt Track Championships - SCoNE/USAC

GSMS = Granite State Mini Sprints
SCoNE = Sprint Cars of New England
USAC = USAC Dirt Midget Association