Bear Ridge Speedway<\/a>. While the quarter-mile dirt oval is celebrating 54 consecutive years of auto racing, this Saturday, in the beautiful hamlet of Bradford, will be a history-making event for the husband\/wife promoting duo of Butch and April Elms.<\/span><\/p>\nThe DIRTcar Sportsman Series will venture to their famed Bear Ridge Speedway in the Series\u2019 first trip to Vermont. The second leg of the East Region will bring a host of outside stars to battle the hometrack faithful looking for the $1,400 top prize being offered from the more than $7,000 total purse.<\/span><\/p>\nJason Gray, of East Thetford, VT, is looking forward to the challenge and can be looked at as a favorite to keep the money in his home state, having claimed the track championship in 2020.<\/span><\/p>\n\u201cIt\u2019s a huge achievement for the track to have a Series race being a small track in Vermont,\u201d Gray said. \u201cIt\u2019s a much smaller track than what you see in New York. The guys from New York will have fun because it\u2019s a bullring but it will be a challenge because our clay is different from theirs. The track surface is different than what anyone is used to. The track stays hard and slick with no rubber. It\u2019s going to be a great race.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\nGray comes into the event at his home turf sitting ninth on the East Region points which puts him in a good position looking for the East Region crown and bragging rights.<\/span><\/p>\nThe Vermont faithful doesn\u2019t stop at Gray. Fellow competitors Jordan Fornwalt and Richie Simmons were not only top five in Bear Ridge points last year but come into the event this Saturday in the top five in the East Region as well.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n\u201cI will be chasing the track championship at Bear Ridge, traveling a little, and following the DIRTcar Sportsman Modified: East Region,\u201d Gray said of his 2021 racing plans. \u201cI think it\u2019s going to be a good series. I was excited to run it last year but obviously, we couldn\u2019t. There\u2019s a lot of good racers in the east that don\u2019t travel much but a lot of guys get to see the talent while on the tour.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\nRacing is a family affair for Gray. His grandfather, father, uncle, and sister have all been in racing and the family traces its racing origins to the early 1960s. But he will face stiff competition from outside Vermont\u2019s borders.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\nThe list of outsiders will be strong and looking for the \u201cGreen Mountain Money.\u201d Johnny \u201cThe Jet\u201d Scarborough won the opening East event two Saturdays ago at the Airborne Speedway. The Vermont native will be making the trip as well as David Boisclair and Justin Severance who finished on the podium on May 1.\u00a0\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\nTop DIRTcar Sportsman drivers Andrew Buff and Jamie Begor plan on making the trip and for Buff, it could mean redemption as he made contact with a lapped car in the closing stages while leading at Airborne Speedway.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\nTo add to the excitement, Lebanon Valley Speedway promoter Howie Commander gave his Sportsman the night off and is offering $300 and $200 to the top two<\/span> highest finishing Lebanon regulars.<\/span><\/p>\nThe DIRTcar Sportsman Modified Series: East Region racing starts with Time Trials, which set the Heat Races, Last Chance Showdowns, and of course the 42-lap $1,400-to-win Feature.\u00a0 That plus the DIRTcar Sportsman Coupes, Late Models, Street Stocks, and 4-Cylinder divisions will make for an action-packed night.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\nBe sure to bookmark DIRTcar.com and follow us on Facebook<\/a> and Twitter<\/a>.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Winner to take home $1400 from the special 42-lap Series event at Vermont race track BRADFORD, VT \u2014 Nestled in the heart of Vermont\u2019s Green Mountains is the historic Bear Ridge Speedway. While the quarter-mile dirt oval is celebrating 54 consecutive years of auto racing, this Saturday, in the beautiful hamlet of Bradford, will be […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":24,"featured_media":35193,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[160],"tags":[583,662,880,210,896],"division":[],"series":[],"regions":[],"class_list":["post-35192","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-sportsman-modifieds","tag-bear-ridge-speedway","tag-dirtcar-sportsman-modified-series","tag-east-region","tag-featured","tag-jason-gray"],"yoast_head":"\n
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