{"id":47971,"date":"2024-07-20T21:29:01","date_gmt":"2024-07-21T01:29:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dirtcar.com\/?p=47971"},"modified":"2024-07-20T23:13:33","modified_gmt":"2024-07-21T03:13:33","slug":"vermonts-jason-gray-wins-at-bear-ridge-earns-dirtcar-sportsman-series-east-region-championship","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dirtcar.com\/dirtcar-ne\/sportsman-modifieds\/dirtcar-sportsman-series\/vermonts-jason-gray-wins-at-bear-ridge-earns-dirtcar-sportsman-series-east-region-championship\/","title":{"rendered":"Vermont\u2019s Jason Gray Wins at Bear Ridge, Earns DIRTcar Sportsman Series East Region Championship"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"font-weight: 400\">With a chance to clinch the DIRTcar Sportsman Series East Region championship at his home track, Jason Gray made the most of the opportunity.<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400\">The East Thetford, VT driver led all 40 laps to win the East Region finale at Bear Ridge Speedway and his first DIRTcar Sportsman East Region title.<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400\">Gray, the pole sitter, led the field to the green in the 40-lap Feature with Max Dolliver, who won the East Region Feature at Bear Ridge in May to his outside.<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400\">Dolliver chased Gray as they completed Lap 1, but the chase halted when the race\u2019s only caution came out for Kyle Huntington on Lap 2.<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400\">Gray pulled away from Dolliver when the race resumed, dominating the first 20 laps. Dollver got to within three-tenths of a second in lap traffic but couldn\u2019t catch the No. 00 in the second half of the race.<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400\">From there, Gray stayed out front on the 1\/4-mile bullring to score the $1,057 victory\u2014his third career DIRTcar Sportsman Series triumph.<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400\">Vermont driver Josh Sunn passed Dolliver on the final lap to earn second, while Dolliver finished third.<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400\">Todd Buckwold finished fourth, and Robert Tucker rounded out the top five, slipping past Jeff Huntington on the last circuit.<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400\"><strong>DIRTcar Sportsman Series East Region Feature (40 Laps):<\/strong> 1. 00-Jason Gray, 2. 11-Josh Sunn, 3. 29-Max Dolliver, 4. 631-Todd Buckwold, 5. 42-Robert Tucker, 6. 3-Jeff Huntington, 7. 18-Matt Lashua, 8. 66-Tim Churchill, 9. 16. 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