Donovan Lussier Takes Lead Early & Wins $4,444 STSS Sportsman 60 Over Special At Bridgeport

Story By: SHORT TRACK SUPER SERIES – SWEDESBORO, NJ – Donovan Lussier took the lead early in the 44-lap Short Track Super Series Sportsman South Doug Hoffman Memorial event at Bridgeport Motorsports and went on to win the $4,444 top prize.

Quebec’s Lussier made the tow south worthwhile, leaving for the Great White North with his first win with the series.

Lussier, who was denied victory by misfortune in Florida, turned his luck around on Garden State soil in Round No. 2 of the Belmont’s Garage South Region.

Lussier took advantage of his third starting position to take the lead on the eighth lap with an outside pass of Matt Ellery.

Despite lapped traffic, changing track conditions and a rash of yellows, Lussier prevailed.

Ellery, of South Plainfield, N.J., was second, followed by 22nd-starter James Hill of Laurel, Del., with a late-race climb, seventh-starter Ethan Bill of Pilesgrove, N.J., and Steve Davis of Cream Ridge, N.J., after starting ninth.

Matt Peck was the Fastline Performance Hot Lap Hero at 17.585 seconds.

Heat winners were Joe Toth, Bill, Lussier and Stephen Kemery. Consolation victories went to Dylan Madsen and Jarod Millman.

Bob Hilbert Sportswear Short Track Super Series Fueled By Sunoco Sportsman Belmont’s Garage South Region Round No. 2 Feature Finish (44 laps): 1. 61-Donovan Lussier[3]; 2. 29-Matt Ellery[1]; 3. 69-James Hill[22]; 4. 14B-Ethan Bill[7]; 5. 4-Steve Davis[9]; 6. 4H-Travis Hill[10]; 7. 69K-Stephen Kemery[5]; 8. 117-Jesse Hirthler[12]; 9. 9L-Jimmy Leiby[4]; 10. 21P-Dylan Swinehart[16]; 11. 89-Dylan Madsen[23]; 12. 14-Ryan Simmons[13]; 13. 7J-Jarod Millman[24]; 14. 04-Mike Butler[20]; 15. 41-Nick Van Wickle[17]; 16. 11A-Jimmy Wyers[25]; 17. 59-Tom Moore Jr[27]; 18. 18-Ryan Heim[11]; 19. 37-Joe Toth[2]; 20. 51-Matt Peck[6]; 21. 59K-Dakota Kohler[14]; 22. 59C-Colin Cox[19]; 23. 12-George Schweigart[29]; 24. 74-Jax Yohn[15]; 25. 711-Todd English[18]; 26. 22B-Michael Beckett[21]; 27. 191-Brian Rogers[28]; 28. 02-Brandon Shipley[26]; 29. 22-Ronnie Solomon[8]

Did Not Qualify: Howie Finch; Kolyn Schane; Luke Bunting; David Rogers; Thomas Prychka; Robert Tete; Pete Serra; Nick Zielinski; Justin Newhard; Justin Miller; Brayden Shelton; Paulie Hartwig III

American Racer/Lias Tire Bonus (FREE Tire Certificate): Jesse Hirthler (eighth)
Beyea Custom Headers Redraw Bonus ($25): Ryan Heim (Redrew 11th)
Fastline Performance Hot Lap Hero ($50): Matt Peck (17.585 seconds)
Fastline Performance Bonuses ($100 Certificate): Matt Ellery (second) & Ryan Simmons (12th)
Henry’s Exhaust Power Position ($50 Certificate): Dylan Madsen (11th)
Swift Springs Hard Luck Award (FREE Spring Certificate): Stephen Kemery (seventh)

B Feature 1 (8 Laps): 1. 89-Dylan Madsen[1]; 2. 11A-Jimmy Wyers[2]; 3. 4F-Howie Finch[4]; 4. 10K-Kolyn Schane[3]; 5. 91-Luke Bunting[10]; 6. 28-Bryan Rhoads[6]; 7. 44R-David Rogers[9]; 8. 28T-Thomas Prychka[7]; 9. 30T-Robert Tete[8]; 10. (DNS) 21OG-Pete Serra

B Feature 2 (8 Laps): 1. 7J-Jarod Millman[1]; 2. 02-Brandon Shipley[2]; 3. 59-Tom Moore Jr[3]; 4. 11-Nick Zielinski[4]; 5. 14N-Justin Newhard[5]; 6. 191-Brian Rogers[7]; 7. 66M-Justin Miller[8]; 8. 12-George Schweigart[9]; 9. 39B-Brayden Shelton[6]; 10. (DNS) 73-Paulie Hartwig III

Heat 1 (8 Laps): 1. 37-Joe Toth[2]; 2. 4H-Travis Hill[3]; 3. 117-Jesse Hirthler[4]; 4. 74-Jax Yohn[5]; 5. 59C-Colin Cox[7]; 6. 89-Dylan Madsen[6]; 7. 10K-Kolyn Schane[11]; 8. 21OG-Pete Serra[9]; 9. 28T-Thomas Prychka[8]; 10. 44R-David Rogers[10]; 11. 22-Ronnie Solomon[1]

Heat 2 (8 Laps): 1. 14B-Ethan Bill[1]; 2. 4-Steve Davis[6]; 3. 14-Ryan Simmons[2]; 4. 21P-Dylan Swinehart[7]; 5. 04-Mike Butler[9]; 6. 11A-Jimmy Wyers[11]; 7. 4F-Howie Finch[5]; 8. 28-Bryan Rhoads[8]; 9. 30T-Robert Tete[4]; 10. 91-Luke Bunting[3]; 11. 73-Paulie Hartwig III[10]

Heat 3 (8 Laps): 1. 61-Donovan Lussier[4]; 2. 18-Ryan Heim[3]; 3. 59K-Dakota Kohler[7]; 4. 41-Nick Van Wickle[1]; 5. 22B-Michael Beckett[8]; 6. 7J-Jarod Millman[6]; 7. 59-Tom Moore Jr[5]; 8. 14N-Justin Newhard[9]; 9. 191-Brian Rogers[10]; 10. 51-Matt Peck[2]

Heat 4 (8 Laps): 1. 02-Brandon Shipley[5]; 2. 69K-Stephen Kemery[2]; 3. 29-Matt Ellery[1]; 4. 9L-Jimmy Leiby[3]; 5. 711-Todd English[6]; 6. 69-James Hill[9]; 7. 11-Nick Zielinski[7]; 8. 39B-Brayden Shelton[4]; 9. 66M-Justin Miller[8]; 10. 12-George Schweigart[10]

Qualifying 1 (2 Laps): 1. 37-Joe Toth, 00:17.590[7]; 2. 22-Ronnie Solomon, 00:17.623[11]; 3. 4H-Travis Hill, 00:17.807[8]; 4. 117-Jesse Hirthler, 00:17.828[4]; 5. 74-Jax Yohn, 00:17.876[5]; 6. 89-Dylan Madsen, 00:17.878[10]; 7. 59C-Colin Cox, 00:17.968[9]; 8. 28T-Thomas Prychka, 00:18.010[2]; 9. 21OG-Pete Serra, 00:18.062[3]; 10. 44R-David Rogers, 00:18.082[6]; 11. 10K-Kolyn Schane, 00:18.212[1]

Qualifying 2 (2 Laps): 1. 11A-Jimmy Wyers, 00:17.598[4]; 2. 14-Ryan Simmons, 00:17.625[2]; 3. 14B-Ethan Bill, 00:17.674[8]; 4. 91-Luke Bunting, 00:17.703[10]; 5. 30T-Robert Tete, 00:17.802[1]; 6. 4F-Howie Finch, 00:17.886[9]; 7. 4-Steve Davis, 00:17.905[7]; 8. 21P-Dylan Swinehart, 00:17.949[6]; 9. 28-Bryan Rhoads, 00:18.201[5]; 10. 04-Mike Butler, 00:22.387[3]; 11. (DNS) 73-Paulie Hartwig III

Qualifying 3 (2 Laps): 1. 51-Matt Peck, 00:17.585[10]; 2. 41-Nick Van Wickle, 00:17.634[9]; 3. 18-Ryan Heim, 00:17.674[1]; 4. 61-Donovan Lussier, 00:17.751[4]; 5. 59-Tom Moore Jr, 00:17.798[3]; 6. 7J-Jarod Millman, 00:17.831[2]; 7. 59K-Dakota Kohler, 00:17.836[8]; 8. 22B-Michael Beckett, 00:18.011[5]; 9. 14N-Justin Newhard, 00:18.117[6]; 10. 191-Brian Rogers, 00:18.204[7]

Qualifying 4 (2 Laps): 1. 69K-Stephen Kemery, 00:17.672[10]; 2. 29-Matt Ellery, 00:17.748[2]; 3. 9L-Jimmy Leiby, 00:17.807[5]; 4. 39B-Brayden Shelton, 00:17.856[3]; 5. 02-Brandon Shipley, 00:17.883[8]; 6. 711-Todd English, 00:17.940[6]; 7. 11-Nick Zielinski, 00:18.080[1]; 8. 66M-Justin Miller, 00:18.096[4]; 9. 69-James Hill, 00:18.119[7]; 10. 12-George Schweigart, 00:18.641[9]