Bridgeport, NJ – Christian Bruno’s victory in Tuesday night’s events at the Spirit Auto Center Speedway were a huge accomplishment for the young driver from Deptford, NJ. The win represented success in what has been a track of challenges for Bruno in the past. The defending 600 Speedweek Champion, picked up a win on the second night of six of the 2022 600 Speedweek sponsored by JPA Masonry. Bruno set fast time in the Kenny Groff No. 5 at 13.336 seconds around the quarter mile and collected a $100 bonus for his efforts.
Oh, and did we mention that Christian Bruno passed polesitter, Christopher Bell on the outside to take the lead in the thirty-five lap main event? Christopher Bell who just two days before captured the NASCAR Cup Series Race in New Hampshire! Bruno started on the outside of the second row and raced by Bell for the lead just before half way. He then navigated some heavy lapped traffic as the final thirty-four laps were run without a caution. The win over Christopher Bell will certainly be a race to remember.
It is important to note that Brent Marks is a past 600 Speedweek Champion and he just collected $275,000 at Eldora last weekend. Who knows what the future holds for this year’s champion!
Seventy-seven 600 Micro Sprints signed into the Spirit Auto Center pit area for the second night of 2022 Hyper Racing 600 Speedweek. The drivers represented thirteen different states. They competed in timed hot laps and then heat races and were scored on passing points, locking in the twenty-four highest point men into the main event. Eight more drivers were added after two more drivers qualified out of four B Mains.
Bell amassed the most passing points, earning him the pole position start for the feature. Reese Nowotarski started to Bell’s outside. Bell grabbed the lead on the start with the only caution flag of the race flying with one lap scored as Nick Skias came to a stop in turn four. Nowotarski won the battle for second on the restart and was able to stick close to the leader until contact with the inside wall at Nowotarski and the No. 10x headed pitside before lap ten.
Bruno won a torrid battle with Steven Snyder to take over third. When Nowotarski exited the track, Bruno was a distant second. Snyder showed Bruno the outside line and Bruno used it to pass Bell for the lead on lap seventeen. “I was just hoping to make the show,” Bruno commented. “I wasn’t sure about the top but when I saw Snyder up there I knew that was the place to be.”
Bell stated that he thought he was “outexperienced” in Tuesday night’s race. “I didn’t want to give up the bottom,” Bell explained. “Neither did I,” Bruno remarked, “until I saw Snyder up there than I knew.”
Bruno led Bell to the checkered, slicing and dicing through heavy traffic for the final laps. Snyder finished third with Billy Koch finishing fourth after his strongest Spirit event of the season. Joe Amantea finished fifth after starting ninth – passing the most cars of any of the top five finishers.
Allentown, PA driver, Miller finished sixth in the Keith Kunz No. 71 followed by Monday night’s winner, Alex Bright, in seventh. Tim Buckwalter, Colin White and Luke Thomas completed the top ten at the checkered.
Heat races were won by Alex Bright, Reese Nowotarski, Bell, Joe Kay, Steven Snyder, Billy Koch, Alec Quiggle and Joey Amantea.
With just a single caution flag, the 600 micro sprints completed their main event in ten and a half minutes.
The Winged 270 Micro Sprints were part of the Tuesday night doubleheader. Alex Swift drew the pole and led every lap to capture the victory in the twenty lap feature event. Swift had plenty of pressure from Lee Reinhardt throughout the race but Swift was able to keep the John Blanda owned No. 15 out in front for the duration.
Nick Walton finished third followed by Jason Swavely and Tommy Rinck. Nick Skias finished sixth followed by Tyler Reinhardt, Brett Eastep, Ben Stolz and Jeff Haefke.
Logan Diehl’s DART Heat & Air LLC over a $150 bonus for any driver who was willing to give-up his luck of the draw start to start in tenth and race to the win. No driver accepted the challenge so the bonus money was divided by the top three finishers, each of the top three finishers received an additional fifty dollars. That made the win worth $550 dollars for the winner.
Winged 270 heats were won by Lee Reinhardt and Jason Swavely.
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