Bedford Speedway » 2023 Results

Mason Zeigler, who makes only infrequent Bedford visits, made his presence felt in a big way as he scored the win in the annual Billy Winn classic at the track Friday night.  The win,  his first at the track since 2020, was worth $8700 in the event which is run in the memory of the first Bedford feature winner way back in 1936.

In support action,  Drake Troutman scored a rousing last lap win in the EMods event  before finishing the evening  by defeating a  lethargic 4 car Crate Mod field in their first visit of the season.

Mason Zeigler was the benefactor in the pill draw event as he drew the pole position in the 50 lapper.  He got the jump on fellow front row starter Kyle Lee to lead the first lap and set the stage for the entire event.   A quick spin brought out the caution on lap one with another occurring on the restart,  but after that the event went 48 straight green flag laps to the conclusion. Read more »

Two non regular classes produced two first time winners at the Bedford Speedway Friday night.  In the first 2023 visit of the 305 sprints, David Grobe scored his first ever Bedford victory, while  Dalton Bigler dominated the Limited event to score his first ever win.  In other action,  Mike Altobelli scored another EMod win while Kyle Weyant won the Semi Late race before Dalton Ritchey closed the evening with the Pure Stock win.

Daulton Bigler started on the Limited event pole by the luck of the draw and pretty much made a shambles of the field in that 20 lapper. The event got off to a rough start as Dustin Arnold managed to get the worst of a frontstretch melee and flip his 18A as the field completed lap 2.  Read more »

Proving persistence pays off,  Matt Cosner wrestled the lead late from Justin Weaver and scored the Late Model win at Bedford Friday night.  It was Cosner’s 18th career win at the track and he became the third different winner in the 3 week old 2023 season.

In other action,  Bob Jay, former champion of the class, won his first Semi Late event in over three years,  Drake Troutman was the EMod winner,  Charlie Clise took the Pure Stock main and  Javid Fairall closed the evening with the 4 Cylinder win. Read more »

Drake Troutman rallied late to take the Late Model win in the first 2023 Friday show on a cold night  in Bedford.  Devin Hart held off a late race challenge after dominating most of the event to score the Limited win.   In other action, John Miller took the Semi Late event, Cody Jarvie was the Pure Stock winner and Shawn Smith  closed the evening with a 4 Cylinder win.

By the luck of the draw on the pill draw event, track champion Jeff Rine was the pole sitter and early leader.   He blasted away from Bryan Bernheisel and Kyle Hardy early   Fourth place starter Drake Troutman moved in on Hardy and Bernheisel, taking third on lap two.   After a few laps of battling with Bernheisel, he slipped by for second on lap 5 and set off after Rine.    The gap remained constant for several laps, but eventually he began to close on Rine and challenged.    On lap 18, Troutman got by for the lead and held for the finish.   Rine held on for second ahead of Bernheisel, Hardy and Matt Cosner as the top 5 distanced themselves from the field in the all green flag event.   Rine and Troutman won the heats. Read more »

For the first time since 1988, Jim Bernheisel scored the big Late Model win in action at Bedford Sunday night. It was his second career Bedford win, coming 34 years after he was one of the gang of 13 non repeat winners 34 seasons ago.

At the other end of the spectrum,  Dalton Weyant made his first ever Semi Late start and scored his first ever Semi Late win  in that event.  Mitch Thomas scored his second ever track Emod win before Weyant jumped into his old Pure Stock car and took a second win for the night. Shawn Smith ended the evening with a rousing 4 Cylinder win.

Bernheisel started on the pole in the pill draw Late Model 25 lapper event and made the most of his luck by getting the jump on the start.  He opened up a sizeable lead over the first 22 all green laps but action was hot behind him. Read more »