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In an event dedicated to former Late model star and car builder Gary Martz, Matt Cosner dominated the Late Model event at Bedford Friday night.  It was Cosner’s second Bedford win of the season and 13th of his career at the track and he pocketed over $4000.  In other action, Brian Weyandt Jr took the Semi Late win while Austin Burt claimed the 4 Cylinder finale.

After a season  of starting deep in the pack after poor qualifying events, Cosner nabbed a front row start in this pill draw event.  He made good in his luck and blasted into the lead on the very first lap.  Matt Sponaugle gave chase early until Jeff Rine slid by for second on lap 11, just before the caution flew when Shawn Jones banked off the wall in turn one. Read more »

The 148th Bedford Fair opened with a bang Sunday night and four happy feature winners graced the stage.  Spike Moore came from deep in the field and rallied late to grab a decisive win in the headline Limited Late Model event.  Evan Taylor, denied a win the previous week held off Mike Altobelli to take the EMod win.   Kyle Beckett took the Pure Stock event before  Derek Long  finished the evening with a 4 Cylinder win.

Shawn Shoemaker blasted to the early Limited  lead. He pulled away early as Clinton Hersh chased him.  But Hersh was soon challenged by  Spike Moore, who took over second on lap 7.  Once in second,  Moore started closing on Shoemaker and Hersh tagged along. Read more »

The annual five dollar night at Bedford produced a huge crowd, fireworks and four happy winners Friday night.  Jesse Snyder led off the action with a popular win in the Semi Late event.  It was his first win at the track in almost two years and he earned it,     The Taylor family monopolized the front of the EMod event with Jonathan winning,  before Dalton Weyandt and Darren Howsare completed the evening with wins.  To mark the year, all the feature events went 22 laps with fireworks to follow.

Jesse Snyder took the Semi Late lead at the start,  but was heavily hounded by  first Travis Calhoun and later  Brian Weyandt Jr who arrived from deep in the pack.     Several early cautions slowed the beginning laps, but no one really threatened the top two.  But while they held sway on every restart, all eyes were on Tont Catlett, who was knifing through the field after starting dead last. Read more »

Tony Jackson, in his first Bedford visit in 15 years, figured it out quickly and scored the big win in Super Sportsman action Sunday night.   In other action, Matt Parks rallied late to take the Limited Late model event before Drew Ritchey  dominated the 305 sprint race.

Trent Yoder was the pole sitter and early Sportsman leader. with Steve Wilbur in hot pursuit as the pack strung out.    Eighth starter Tony Jackson didn’t appear to be a factor until he decided to test the Bedford cushion and started the rush forward.   Jackson began picking off one car at a time and was up to fourth when the first caution flew on  lap ten. Read more »

One day short of a year since his last Bedford win,  Chuck Clise snagged the win in the 25 lap Late Model feature at Bedford Friday night.   It was Clise’s 8th career win at the track and he became the seventh different winner in the nine 2022 events so far.

The Pure Stocks ran their longest richest and most prestigious event of the season, the Charlie Walter 42 lap memorial and  Kyle Deneen  ended a season of frustration with that big win.  Mike Altobelli swept to another EMod win,  before Todd Price was the surprise 4 Cylinder winner. Read more »

Gregg Satterlee started off his holiday weekend in a big way with the win at Bedford Friday night.  The win, second of the season and 7th of his Bedford career came in the annual Milt Miller tribute event and with the purse and contingency awards was worth over $5000.  In other action,  Nick Bechtel was the surprise Semi Late winner,    Kyle Beckett held off repeated challenges for the Pure Stock win and occasional visitor Javid Fairall came from deep in the field to take the 4 Cylinder win.

Satterlee started second in the 35 lap Late Model event and he  jumped in right behind early leader Dillon Stake at the start.  Although many figured that Stake would be an early victim, Stake held off repeated challenges  from Satterlee early. Read more »

After a 2022 season featuring more DNFs than any other driver,  Matt Sponaugle snagged Late Model victory at Bedford Friday night.    The win was the 8th career Bedford win but his first at the track in almost two years.

In other action,  Robby Black dominated the Limited event while Nick Bechtel, Jason Haggerty and Shawn Smith each came from deep in the field to score wins in Semi Late, Pure Stock and 4 Cylinder action.

Because of his rotten season so far,  Matt Sponaugle’s point average earned him a front row starting position.    He made the best of his luck and grabbed the lead at the start.   Tim Smith was all over Sponaugle for the first few laps until Wisconsin visitor Jared Siefert  slowed with a flat, bringing out the caution. Read more »

On the annual kids night at Bedford it was ironic that the youngest driver in the field scored the Late Model win Friday night.  Other winners on the program were George Dixon in the EMods, John Miller in the Semo Lates, Denver Dishong in the Pure Stocks and Darren Howsare in the 4 Cylinders.

Chuck Clise and Matt Sponaugle brought the Late Model  field to the green but it was Clise and Tim Smith battling for the lead at the end of lap one.   After a stirring battle, Smith slid by to take over on lap  3 before Clise banked off the turn 1 wall two laps later, retiring from the event. Read more »

Jeff Rine completely dominated the  field while taking the Late Model win Friday night at the Bedford Speedway.    Rine’s win, the 35th of his Bedford career, came by over a half lap over the field and was meaningful as it was the Bob Elbin Memorial event, honoring the late driver and car owner, and it came in the car Elbin once owned.

In other action, Drake Troutman won the EMod event and Charlie Clise rallied late to score the  Pure Stock win.

Drake Troutman was on the pole  by the luck of the draw and jumped out to the early  lead.  With Troutman using the cushion,  Rine tried the bottom several times before  they switched lanes and Rine blew by on lap 10.   The field was slowed only two laps later  when several cars got together in turn 4 after several cars got tied up with Kyle Lee while Lee was slowing to go pitside.  It would be the only caution in the event. Read more »

Bedford Speedway’s annual Memorial Day celebration was reduced to  a one day show Sunday after  rain on Friday,    and the big winners were Matt Parks and  Scott Lutz.   Parks’ win came easily after dominating the Limited event  but Lutz  eked out a narrow win the in 305 sprint thriller.

In other action,  Drake Troutman won the EMod event  and Jeff Paulson  won the special Vintage car race before Shawn Smith completed the evening  with a 4 Cylinder win.

Pole sitter Spike Moore was the early Limited leader, pulling away as the field jostled for the runner up position.    Devin Weyandt was there and inherited the lead when Moore suddenly retired on lap three.  But his lead lasted only one lap as Matt Parks was on a mission.  Parks blasted by Weyandt  a lap later and then wired the field,  running off to a huge lead before a yellow closed the field on lap 15. Read more »