Colagiovanni Wins Day 2 of URC High Banks Classic at Bridgeport Motorsports Park

Day 2 of the “URC High Banks Classic” was completed at Bridgeport Motorsports Park under unseasonably warm conditions.  40 cars were on the grounds to compete for the final URC trophy of the 2020 season while Adam Carberry and Josh Weller also competing for the 2020 URC Points Championship.

Alex Bright and Austin Bishop lead the field to green with Bright charging to the lead until a lap 8 flat tire retired him to the pits.  Pauly Colagiovanni inherited the lead on the lap 9 restart and never looked back and as he took the next 16 green flag laps right into victory lane for his first win of the season.

The top ten was rounded out by Ryan Smith, Briggs Danner, Chuck Hebing, Derek Locke, Jason Shultz, Tyler Ross, Josh Weller, Adam Carberry and Troy Betts.

1. Paulie Colagiovanni, 2. Ryan Smith, 3. Briggs Danner, 4. Chuck Hebing, 5. Derek Locke, 6. Jason Shultz, 7. Tyler Ross, 8. Josh Weller, 9. Adam Carberry, 10. Troy Betts, 11. Robbie Stillwagon, 12. Tim Tanner, 13. Dallas Schott, 14. Kyle Smith, 15. Brian Carber, 16. Ryan Coniam, 17. Davie Franek, 18. Joe Kata, 19. Matt Tanner, 20. Jessie Pruchnik, 21. Austin Bishop, 22. Justin Foster, 23. Jeff Rohrbaugh, 24. Alex Bright, 25. JJ Grasso, 26. RJ Jacobs

URC Pit Notes

A two day battle for the URC 2020 championship came do the final race of the season with only 13 points between points leader Adam Carberry and Josh Weller.   Weller was 9 positions ahead of Carberry and heading for the championship when he struck JJ Grasso and damaged his suspension.  Carberry was able to close the gap and move to a 9^th place finish while Weller fell to an 8^th place finish which gave Carberry enough points to win the championship by 7 points over Weller.

Ryan Smith charged to a 2^nd place finish from an 11^th starting spot and together with 5^th place Friday night finish and won the Midge Miller Cup which is awarded to the best 2 day finish of the High Banks Classic Weekend.

Newcomer Briggs Danner in the 5G entry got his first podium finish with a 3^rd place finish.

Jason Schultz charged to a 6^th place finish from a 20^th starting spot to earn the hard charger of the night.