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.