New Egypt, NJ (July 4, 2009) - Jimmy Horton invaded the New Egypt Speedway on Saturday night and captured the Yankee Classic BPG/Hooters Tri-Track Series event, sponsored by RJS Heating and Air Conditioning & H&H Gas. Horton, a former 2 time Modified track champ at NES, passed race leader Rick Laubach with 12 laps remaining and went on to post his second Series victory. The win was Horton’s 16th of his career at New Egypt Speedway.

Horton fell back from his second row starting spot to 8th in thefirst few laps, but quickly righted the ship and began his march back to the front. With pole sitter Laubach in control early, defending champ Billy Pauch passed Tim Tanner for second and began to apply steady pressure to the leader. Meanwhile Horton had snuck back into the picture, and on a lap 9 restart he ducked under Pauch to take over second. With much of the field using the low groove on the slick racing surface, Horton went to the middle of the track and got his car to work with a combination of a great set-up and excellent throttle control. Lap after lap he gained a few more feet on Laubach, until he eventually just wore him down, taking command of the event in turn three as he went around Laubach. Once in front he opened up about a five car length advantage, until the final lap, when in true NES fashion Laubach made a desperate but well-timed charge on the final turn, only to fall short by 1 car length. Laubach settled for second, while Pauch watched the battle from his front row seat in third. Tom Carberry completed an impressive run coming home fourth while Willie Osmun completed the top five.

BRIDGEPORT, NJ (July 5, 2009) - On Armed Forces Night at Bridgeport Speedway, the Mr. 358 Sportsman Championship event was won by Jesse Hill. David Bell was the victor in the GM Sportsman feature with Jimmy Anderson taking the Rookie GM Sportsman race. The Proformance Outlaw Stock Car main event was won by Pat Conaway. Jimmy Hughes claimed the 4-Cylinder Stock Car feature and John Wyers took the checkered flag in the Bridgeport Limited Sprint contest.

John Cavallaro took the lead at the drop of the green flag in the 25-Lap Mr. 358 Sportsman Championship feature with Jarrad Miller, Don Bogey and Ron Roberts in pursuit. The action slowed down on lap 3 when Bogey’s car spun in turn three. When the green waved again, Miller worked his way past Cavallaro for the lead. Cavallaro dropped back a couple more spots as Roberts motored into second on lap 5 with Yaple taking third on lap 6. With a majority of the cars hugging the low groove, thirteenth place starter Jesse Hill was sing the high side of the speedway and advanced up to fourth place on lap 12. Also on lap 12, the second caution of the event occurred for multi-car tangle. Miller kept his lead on the restart but Hill jumped up to the runner-up spot. On the fourteenth circuit of the race, Hill used the outside lane to gain the top spot from Miller. With the lead, Hill outlasted two final yellow flags to gain his third win of the year and his thirteenth career victory in the extra distance event. Roberts took back the second spot from Miller on lap 15 and was the next to follow Hill at the checkered flag. Kevin Collins came back from an early race visit to the pits to finish in third place. Yaple wound up in fourth place with Travis Hill coming home in fifth place. Miller did cross the finish line in fourth place but was unfortunately disqualified for not making the minimum weight. The 358 Sportsman heat winners were Cavallaro, Yaple and Miller.