Nagy Wins Mid-Atlantic Sprints Opener; Krachun & Maresca Lead the Modifieds on Day 1 of the Hoffman Memorial at Bridgeport

Bridgeport Motorsports Park opened the Kingdom of Speed for season # 2 under windy and unseasonable warm conditions of nearly 80 degrees for Day 1 of for the Kingdom of Speed 100 Weekend.  The Mid-Atlantic Sprint Series season opener was also the card for the night with 37 entries on the grounds.

The modifieds had 2 sessions of time hot laps with the quickest time of each session earning an automatic bid into the cash dash for tomorrow’s Doug Hoffman Memorial 60 lap $6,000 to win feature event.  The fast time qualifier for timed hot lap session # 1 was Ryan Krachun with a 16.87 only a tad over a hundredth of a second faster than Dominic Buffalino at 16.199.

 Modified timed hot lap session # 2 saw Mike Maresca post the quickest time and secure a spot in tomorrow’s cash dash for the 60 lap Doug Hoffman Memorial feature.

Both Ryan Krachun and Mike Maresca are locked into tomorrow’s feature events and will not have to qualify in the heat races.  This is getting old hat for Krachun who also qualified # 1 during the timed hot laps at the Danny Serrano Memorial.  Mike Maresca also has had recent success at Bridgeport winning the final race of the 2020 season.

In both sessions Dillion Steuer and Dominick Buffalino were 2^ND and 3^rd quickest of the 30 plus modifieds on hand.

The Mid-Atlantic Sprint car feature was won by Kevin Nagy from the pole position.  Nagy had fight off several late race sliders from Dave Brown to hold on for the hard fought win.  A mid race 5 car and subsequent red flag tangle restacked the field and the 3 car battle with Nagy, Brown and Steif was on.

The MASS 305 sprint car top ten was rounded out by Dom Melair in 3^rd followed by Rory Janney, Bryant Davis, Larry McVay, Zack Bealer, Cody West, John Breenflect and Eddie Wagner in 10^th.

The 602 Crates ran an Underdog 20 feature with only drivers who have not won in the past year.  Again it was the polesitter Travis Hill winning the race but not until after an intense battle with James Hill who came from the 8^th starting position and traded the lead via sliders with Travis for about 5 laps until James Hill pulled off with a bit of smoke and mechanical issues giving the trip to victory lane to Travis Hill.

The 602 crate top 10 was rounded out by Wayne Weaver in 2^nd followed by John Micek, Anthony Tramontana, Payton Talbot, Will Dupree, Brent Belmont, Kevin Border, Andy Walko and Billy Chester.

The Street Stock Feature and heat race saw Rich Stinson take the win in both passing the entire field using the bottom line on all his passes and taking the feature win with a 9 second margin of victory.

MASS 305 Sprints Results – Bridgeport Motorsports Park 3/26/21:

1. Kevin Nagy 2. Dave Brown 3. Dom Melair 4. Rory Janney 5. Bryant Davis 6. Larry McVay 7. Zack Bealer 8. Cody West 9. John Brennfleck 10. Eddie Wagner 11. Rich Janney 12. Josh Bricker 13. Rick Stief 14. Mathew Swift 15. Scott Frack 16. Zach Berghof 17. Ryan Stillwagon 18. Kristina Pratt 19. Craig Pellagrini 20. Darren Cox 21. Phil Meisner 22. Justin Clark 23. Joe Kay 24. Keith Anderson

602 Sportsman Results – Bridgeport Motorsports Park 3/26/21:

1. Travis Hill 2. Wayne Weaver 3. John Micek 4. Anthony Tramontana 5. Payton Talbot 6. Will Dupree 7. Brett Belmont 8. Kevin Borden 9. Andy Walko 10. Billy Chester 11. Joe Brown 12. Pete Serrra 13. Scott Hulmes 14. Ryan Stangle 15. Kenny Bock 16. Matt Elery 17. Ryan Krushinski 18. James Hill 19. Erik Mattison 20. Dan Reif 21. Lance Irwin 22. Tom Moore Jr. 23. Cameron Reif

Street Stock Results – Briedgeport Motorsports Park 3/26/21:

1. Rich Stinson 2. Mike Creamer 3. Gary Klimeczak 4. Nick Sandone 5. Ken Moren 6. Mike Hughes

Day 2 of the Speed Weekend 100 concludes with the Hoffman Memorial 60 lap modified feature, 602 Crates and URC sprints on Saturday March 27 with hot laps at 2:00 PM.