BILL THOMAS NATIONAL WEEKEND AT BRIDGEPORT SPEEDWAY
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BILL THOMAS NATIONAL WEEKEND AT BRIDGEPORT SPEEDWAY
The Bridgeport Speedway will host three days of racing on the quarter mile speedway for the annual Bill Thomas National Weekend.
Bill Thomas was an integral part of quarter mile racing at the Bridgeport Speedway prior to his untimely death during the 2010 season. Thomas maintained the web site, wrote press releases, sought sponsorships and provided many other means of support to the Micro Sprint divisions. This is the fifth year that the Bill Thomas Nationals have been presented in his honor.
Racing action gets underway on Friday evening with wingless 600 Micros, 270 Micros and 4 Cylinder Enduros. Racing will get underway at 7:30pm. There will also be practice sessions for the divisions that will be competingon Saturday or Sunday – Winged 600 Micros, Xcel Modifieds, Slingshots, Stage 1 Modifieds and the Delaware Trucks.
The wingless 600s, 270s and 4 Cylinder Enduros will each compete in a twenty lap main event.
On Saturday, the winged 600 Micros, Xcel Modifieds, Stage 1 Modifieds and Delaware Trucks will see action on the Bridgeport quarter mile. The winged 600s will compete in a forty lap main event while each of the other three divisions will run twenty lap feature events. Racing gets underway on Saturday at 6pm.
The third day of the Bill Thomas Nationals will get the green flagged on Sunday afternoon at 4pm. The wingless 600s will compete in a forty lap feature event while the 270s will race to the checkered flag after thirty laps. Sunday will also feature the “King of the Sling” event – a forty lap feature event for the Slingshots. The 8 Cylinder Enduro cars will also compete in a forty lap main event.
The racing action moves to the 5/8 mile track to close out the month of October. The Poker Series Bonus Hand will be run on Friday, October 30th with the Big Block Modifieds, Crate/Sportsman and Outlaw Stocks competing. Racing gets underway at 7:30pm on Friday.
On Saturday, October 31st, the long awaited $10,000 to win Romp in the Swamp comes to the Bridgeport quarter mile. The Romp in the Swamp is sponsored by Colonial Pipeline Call Before You Dig.
The Romp in the Swamp is a forty lap main event for Open Mods. Time trials and qualifying events will be used to determine the starting line-up in the feature event. The 600 Xcel Mods will also be in action on the quarter mile, competing in qualifying events before their twenty-five lap feature.
Racing gets underway at 5pm.
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