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.
On the restart, Jackson again went up to the cushion and slipped by Wilbur on lap 12. It took two more laps to snatch the lead , but after that Jackson pulled away to score the big win. Yoder and Wilbur railed the winner after their race long battle. Bob Gutshall and Michael Smith trailed.
Yoder and Jackson won the heats. Heat race action was spiced up as Kevin Gutshall managed to flip wildly in turn one.
Drew Ritchey after a brief retirement from 305 racing, returned with a vengeance. He roared by early leader Jay Fry and never looked back. He held a six second lead by the time of the first caution on lap 10 and roared away from the field again over the last ten laps.
Jake Waters followed Ritchey through the field early and was able t take second at the line ahead of Garrett Bard, who started tenth. Austin Reed and Brad Mellott completed the top 5. Steve Kenawell and Waters won the heats.
Shawn Shoemaker led the Limited event early but Matt Parks roared into the picture. After chasing Shoemaker for several laps, Parks went to the outside and blasted by on lap ten. After that Parks ran off leaving Shoemaker to battle Clinton Hersh to secure his spot.
Shoemaker was successful in holding off Hersh for second . Hersh, Devin Weyandt and Trent Brenneman trailed. Weyandt and Shoemaker won the heats.
SPORTSMAN 20 LAPS 1 Tony Jackson, Trent Yoder, Steve Wilbur, Bob Gutshall, Michael Smith, Matt Cisney, Steve Kenawell, Tom Savage, Gary Johnson, Daniel Harrell, Jonathan Clay, Jack Liddick Craig Perigo, DNS Brad Shank, Kevin Guttshall
LIMITED 20 LAPS 1 Matt Parks, Shawn Shoemaker, Clinton Hersh, Devin Weyandt, Trent Brenneman, Brian Lowery, Brad Feight, John Seiler, Robby Black, Lucas Adams, Eddie Cornett, Doug Legum
305 SPRINT 20 LAPS 1 Drew Ritchey, Jake Waters, Garrett Bard, Austin Reed, Brad Mellott, Jay Fry, Dylan Shatzer, Scott Lutz, Reed Thompson, Steve Kenawell, Ryan Lynn, Matt Kline, Logan Jones, Alyssa Rowe, Jarrett Cavalet, Josh Spiker, Eric Mellott, Jim Kennedy, Ron Aurand