Bridgeport Speedway is a dirt
speedway
Speedway may refer to:
Racing Race tracks
*Edmonton International Speedway, also known as Speedway Park, a former motor raceway in Edmonton, Alberta
*Indianapolis Motor Speedway, a motor raceway in Speedway, Indiana
Types of races and race cours ...
located in the community of
Bridgeport
Bridgeport is the most populous city and a major port in the U.S. state of Connecticut. With a population of 148,654 in 2020, it is also the fifth-most populous in New England. Located in eastern Fairfield County at the mouth of the Pequonnoc ...
in
Logan Township,
Gloucester County,
New Jersey
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, that consists of a high banked, progressive 4/10 mile and a 1/4 mile oval located within the bigger track. The
Super DIRTcar Series races at the track.
Jason Leffler
Jason Charles Leffler (September 16, 1975 – June 12, 2013) was an American professional open-wheel and stock car racing driver. Leffler began racing in the open-wheel ranks, competing in the 2000 Indianapolis 500 before moving to primaril ...
died in an accident at the track in 2013.
History
Doug Hoffman owned the track until his death in 2013.
A team ran the track until Doug Rose was named the owner in 2019.
Rose saw the construction of a new 4/10 mile outer track
before the 2020 season.
Weekly racing divisions
The speedway features big block modifieds, crate/sportsman modifieds, and street stocks every Saturday night throughout the racing season. In addition,
sprint cars
Sprint may refer to:
Aerospace
*Spring WS202 Sprint, a Canadian aircraft design
*Sprint (missile), an anti-ballistic missile
Automotive and motorcycle
*Alfa Romeo Sprint, automobile produced by Alfa Romeo between 1976 and 1989
* Chevrolet Sprint ...
race at Bridgeport Speedway on various dates during the racing season. Bridgeport Speedway features other racing divisions including slingshots, mod lites, stage-1 mods, and vintage cars.
Special events
The
Super DIRTcar Series holds an annual event at the track.
The
World of Outlaws
The World of Outlaws (often abbreviated WoO) is an American motorsports sanctioning body. The body sanctions two major national touring series. It is best known for sanctioning the World of Outlaws Sprint Car Series and the World of Outlaws Late ...
sprint cars were scheduled to race at the track in 2018 for the first time in 15 years but the event rained out.
The series ran on the track in 2019 and it was won by Danny Dietrich.
The
USAC Midgets held their first race at Bridgeport on August 5, 2021;
Tanner Thorson
Tanner Delbert Thorson (born May 7, 1996) is an American professional dirt track racing driver. He competes in the United States Auto Club (USAC) and World of Outlaws. Thorson has also competed in the NASCAR Camping World Truck Series, last driv ...
won the event.
Gallery
File:Bridgeport Speedway modifieds heat race from frontstretch 3-31-2018.jpg, Modified heat race at Bridgeport Speedway in 2018, before track was reconfigured from 5/8-mile oval to 3/8-mile oval
File:Bridgeport Speedway modifieds feature from frontstretch 7-29-2020.jpg, Modified feature at Bridgeport Speedway in 2020
References
External links
Official website
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Buildings and structures in Gloucester County, New Jersey
Motorsport venues in New Jersey
Logan Township, New Jersey
Tourist attractions in Gloucester County, New Jersey