Kerry Madsen Wins “Invasion of the Posse” & Dominic Buffalino takes Modified Victory at Bridgeport

The PA 410 sprints visited the Kingdom of Speed at Bridgeport Motorsports Park for the “Invasion of the Posse” along with the modifieds for a double header of Tuesday night racing.  Thirty 410 sprints made the trip to NJ and thirty-five modifieds were in attendance under clear skies and spring temperatures.

The 410 sprint cars kicked the racing off with Tim Shaffer and Kerry Madsen bringing the field to green and Shaffer taking the lead for the first 5 laps. There were several lead changes between Madsen and Shaffer until caution flew on lap 8 with Madsen just taking the lead back from Shaffer.  On the lap 8 restart Madsen immediately went back into the lead and took command of the race as he extended his lead through lapped traffic and a second lap 28 restart to take the win and trip to victory lane by a 1.5 second margin of victory over Tim Shaffer.

In victory lane Madsen noted “The bottom had grip after the track prep and Tim was around the top while I was around bottom and I just kept working and as the tires heated up I could tell I was making progress. I just got him and as the bottom slowed down a bit then I decided to hammer the top the rest of the way.”

The top 10 was rounded out by Tim Shaffer in second followed by Anthony Macri, Brent Marks, Ryan Smith, Kyle Reinhardt, Freddie Rahmer, Danny Dietrich, Tyler Ross and Justin Peck.

The heat races were won by Anthony Macri, Tim Schaffer and Kyle Reinhardt. 

The last chance consolation went to Adam Carberry.

Results 4/06/21 – Invasion of the Posse Winged 410 Sprint Cars @ Bridgeport Motorsports Park

Winner – Kerry Madsen 2. Tim Shaffer 3. Anthony Macri 4. Brent Marks 5. Ryan Smith 6. Kyle Reinhardt 7. Freddie Rahmer 8. Danny Dietrich 9. Tyler Ross 10. Justin Peck 11. JJ Grasso 12. Justin Whitall 13. Lucas Wolfe 14. Austin Bishop 15. Kyle Moody 16. Matt Campbell 17. Mark Bitner 18. Ricky Dieva 19. Dave Brown 20. Anthony Fiore 21. Billy Dietrich 22. Lyton Jeffery 23. Chase Dietz 24. Adam Carberry

Did Not Qualify: Keith Anderson, Rick Lafferty, Dallas Schott, Craig Pellegrini, Dylan Norris and Brent Fleck

From the outside pole Ryan Krachun took a commanding early in the 30 laps feature only to see Dominick Buffalino begin to reel him early lap until lap 19 when Buffalino took the lead for the first time from his 6^th starting spot on the grid.  Krachun never lost contact with Buffalino and made several attempts to regain the lead that did not stick and in the end it was Dominic Buffalino taking the checkered flag into victory lane for his second win in a row.  The race was run in 8 minutes and 49 seconds without any cautions.

In victory lane Buffalino commented “It felt like a 130 laps and I don’t know if I ever went 30 laps in a row here without a caution.  It definitely wears you out and I don’t think I ever ran a whole feature here without hitting the wall.  I want to thank Glen and Bonita for giving me this opportunity.  I’ve been in a lot of stuff and I always felt like I could do it.  I got in this car saying if I don’t do it here I’m not any good.  We had a little rough start this year and had to figure some stuff out and I think we are on it now.”

The top ten was rounded out by Ryan Krachun in second followed by Mike Maresca, Billy Pauch Jr, Alex Yankowski, Danny Bouc, Craig Von Dohren, JoeJoe Watson, Jim Britt and Briggs Danner in 10^th.

Heat races were won by JoeJoe Watson, Mike Mahaney, Craig Von Dohren and Billy Pauch.  The last chance consolation was won by Davey Sammons.

Results 4/06/21 – Modified @ Bridgeport Motorsports Park

 1. Dom Buffalino 2. Ryan Krachun 3. Mike Maresca 4. Billy Pauch Jr. 5. Alex Yankowski 6. Danny Bouc 7. Craig Von Dohren 8. Joseph Watson 9. Jim Britt 10. Briggs Danner 11. Brandon Grosso 12. Jimmy Horton 13. Dillion Steuer 14. Tommy Beamer 15. Sam Martz 16. Mike Gular 17. Davey Sammons 18. Jim Gallagher 19. Brandon Hightower 20. Neil Williams 21. Billy Pauch 22. Frank Yankowski 23. Joe Toth 24. Tim Buckwalter 25. Brad Roberts 26. Ryan Godown 27. Mike Mahaney

Did Not Qualify: Mike Frantz, Ron Roberts, Travis Hill, Jack Swain, Tim Buckwalter, Brett Kelly, Matt Stangle, Jimmy Blewett

The next event at Bridgeport Motorsports Park is the points opener on Saturday April 10^th with modifieds, 602 Sportsman and Street Stocks and warmups starting at 6:00 PM.