Bubba & Bones Honored at the Patriot Banquet

.........Bubba Broderick, of Brookfield, CT, was a three-time winner on the 2010 tour and finished fourth in the standings for the second consecutive year. Broderick was quick to thank his crew chief Harry "Bones" Stevens, who was named the 2010 Mechanic of the Year....... For the full story by Rich Vleck go to - http://www.ascsracing.com/ascsnews.asp?region=10

Bubba Broderick T-Shirts Are Still Available

T-Shirts are $20 and that includes shipping.
Email us for sizes and ordering information.
info@broderickracing.com

Bubba on the Radio

Bubba was interviewed by Gary Danko on his Speedway Line Report Radio Show you can listen to the interview here http://garydanko.speedwaylinereport.com/Media/2010/9-27-10SPLREPORT.mp3

Bubba in the News...

.....Bubba Broderick, of Brookfield, CT, are set to represent the Patriots in the Village Pizza Ohsweken Shootout.  This 10-lap dash event features the top-two finishers from each sanctioning bodies individual race.  Howland and Broderick were the top two Patriots in the August 20th A-Main.  Broderick's attendance on the weekend is in doubt after hurting his engine last weekend; if he can not attend, Don Adamczyk, of Williamsville, NY, will be the first alternate......

For the full story by Rich VLeck go to: http://www.ascsracing.com/ascsnews.asp?region=10

Bubba in the News - Audio Interview Clip

Play Audio File - Bubba Broderick talked about his win at Sharon ...
Bubba Broderick remembered his recent win at Sharon Speedway as he got ready for Black Rock's big weekend. He told me how great his car worked in the win, ...
Follow the Link: http://www.dougsdirtdiary.com/audioplayer.php?id=11246

Broderick leads entire ASCS Patriot Feature

HARTFORD,Ohio (September 5, 2010)

The rain delayed some race action Saturday night, but it didn't disappoint the fans who remained to see the American Sprint Car Series Patriot race.

After a rain delay that lasted more than an hour, the ASCS Patriot Sprints took the 3/8-mile dirt oval at Sharon Speedway. Dylan Swiernik gave up his pole position as engine trouble became eminent, giving the first-place starting position to Kyle Moffitt. However, the second place starter, 20-year-old Bubba Broderick, set sail and sent Moffitt to second while Jared Zimbardi ran third on a very fast track - Broderick was running a 14.175 lap and average speeds of 93 to 94 MPH. On a restart after a fifth-lap caution, Moffitt went to the outside trying to chase down Broderick. Zimbardi ran third with close company from Tim Kelly as Chris Shuttleworth was charging forward.

As the green flag stayed out, the story of the race quickly became lap traffic as the battle for fourth formed between Bryan Howland and Kelly. Zimbardi, who had been running third, slowed to a stop in turn four on the 15th lap, bringing out a caution. That moved Howland into third and Kelly into fourth. It also brought Shuttleworth into the top five.

Broderick continued to set the pace as Moffitt couldn't find a way to get to him and stayed in second as Howland started to gain on Moffitt. With three to go, another caution came out as Zimbardi left the track. Blake Breen jumped into fifth as Shuttleworth fell back. Broderick, from Connecticut, held on and stayed safe to record the win in ASCS Sprints.

ASCS heat winners were Zimbardi, Broderick and Shuttleworth.......

For the full story Sharon Speedway Media Relations go to: http://www.sharonspeedway.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=410&Itemid=1

Bubba Broderick Racing Report - Edition 11- Battling Traffic

Sideways with Bubba

 

Bubba Broderick Racing Report - Edition 11- Battling Traffic

 

The final single-race weekend of the 2010 season for the ASCS Patriots was held this past Saturday at Stateline Speedway.  Committed to the tour, that meant that the Broderick Racing Team would make the long trip from Connecticut to the Western Edge of New York.  Thankfully for them, the weather was perfect.

 

It would be hard to believe that Bubba would miss a race at Stateline though, where he has arguably been the best driver at the quirky 1/3-mile there over the last two seasons.

 

"Every time we went to Stateline, we have been fast," noted Bubba.  "Even the first time we went there we were good."

 

Bubba got a feel for the track on this cloudless day early in hot laps, as he would blast the cushion and put on a performance for the fans before things turned competitive.

 

"We had a different setup in Saturday that we had been using the last few weeks.  The car worked everywhere in hot laps, even in the middle. I felt like we were the fastest car.  The thing about Stateline though is that hot laps are not a very good indicator for what it will look like in the feature."

 

In his heat, the 20-year-old would start fourth and quickly move into third, which would assure him a spot in the redraw.  For the balance of the event, Bubba picked up second place and pressured the leader, while testing out some new lines on the track, as well as being cautious."

 

"The car was comfortable to drive; I was having a lot of fun.  The only thing that wasn't fun was the sun going down the backstretch.  You literally couldn't see down the straightaway and the only thing I could do was turn as soon as I hit the shade.

 

"I didn't even try the high side and when I caught up to the leader, I was thinking about going by him but figured I didn't have to do that to make the redraw."

 

And then came the redraw, in which Bubba was the first to draw after gaining the most passing points.  He pulled the No. 8 ball, the worst one in the bag. 

 

"I hate going first on the redraw," he declared.  "We've been having good redraws this year, so eventually our luck had to give up.  It just stunk because we knew it was going to be tough to get by people in the feature." Broderick was fast in the feature, but it was tough sledding behind seven top cars.  The cushion was not as supreme as it had been on prior visits, with the berm extremely high off turn four.

 

"Before our race, the track was getting slick but we could feel the moisture coming back in.  It really forced us to change our setup.  I figured I could just go right to the top, but the line didn't go as I had expected and we lost a few spots.

 

"The berm was really thick in turns three and four.  You had to snap the car sideways to not get stuck on it and that was tough because there were some really good cars running on the bottom.

 

"Once I was by myself, I could run so much quicker, but having to deal with other guys slowed me up so much."

 

The No. 5 Eagle was up to third by the time the 25-lap feature was half-way complete, but he would have Jared Zimbardi to get by for third, and that wasn't easy either.

 

"He was in the exact line I needed to be in, but he was fast too.  My only choice was to start diving to the bottom, but I didn't have enough to get by.  I tried a few partial slide jobs to get him to get off the top; it worked and I was setting up a run on the top when the caution came out."

 

In the closing laps, Bubba found himself rim-riding again to try to get by not only Zimbardi, but Tim Kelly, as the trio battled for second.  When the checkered flag flew, Broderick was fourth for his second-straight top-five finish.

 

"I got into Jared towards the end and that was my last-ditch effort to get those spots.  I felt we were at least the second-quickest car on the night but there was a lot of traffic and really nowhere to go.  I'm really happy, but then again it was really disappointing because I knew it was an event I could win."

 

Like last week, the team will make another long trip west, this time for two events at Sharon and Eriez.  Bubba won at Eriez in May and finished third at Sharon last season, and is excited to return to these two very different tracks.

 

"My goal is now to finish third in points," noted Bubba, who trails Tim Kelly by 21 points.  "Tim has been running really strong and I don't have time to screw up.  We'd love to sweep the weekend and I'm that confident because I know we are really strong at both places.  I'm going 110% this weekend."

 

Broderick Racing is supported by Northeast Carpet, Brownie's Towing, Pink Monkey Water, Eagle Motorsports, Mike Emhof Motorsports, Fyne Line Construction, Campbell's Painting, Jim's Welding Supply.

 

For more information, be sure to visit www.BroderickRacing.com. 

 

Bubba got some air time on radio 101.9 - August 28, 2010

Listen to Bubba get interviewed on the radio at Stateline Speedway. To see the Crew & Bubba listen to the delayed broadcast go to: http://www.twitvid.com/KCWYI

Bubba in the News - August 29, 2010

......Broderick, the June winner at Stateline, drove up from his eighth place starting spot to finish in fourth after fighting hard to earn each spot........

For the full story by By Rich Vleck go to: http://www.ascsracing.com/racenotes.asp?ID=58686&yr=2010

Bubba in the News - August 28, 2010

......  The sprint group's June appearance ended with Bubba Broderick from Brookfield, Conn., in victory lane. Broderick took advantage of early leader Scott Bonnell's mechanical problems and then mastered lap traffic, winning his second ASCS feature of the season and the third of his career.

Broderick is fourth in the ASCS Patriot points. Bryan Howland of Auburn is the ASCS point leader followed by Salamanca's Tim Zimbardi and Tim Kelly from Rock Springs.......

For the full story by By Glenn Slocum go to: http://post-journal.com/page/content.detail/id/565470.html

Bubba Broderick Racing Report - Edition 10 - Ohsweken Accomplishment

Sideways with Bubba

 

In his first two seasons of sprint car competition, Bubba Broderick had always seemed to run well at some point in a night at Ohsweken, but never had the great finishes to show for it.  With one final opportunity to gear up before this year's Canadian Sprint Car Nationals, he found his way to the front and stayed there despite bad luck trying to intervene.

 

With 38 cars in attendance for the second ASCS vs. Corr/Pak Challenge at Ohsweken, just making the show was a task.  After drawing fourth for his heat race, Bubba had a quality starting spot in a show without passing points, but would have to take on a number of strong competitors.

 

"It was a different feeling without having passing points," noted Bubba.  "I normally try to win every time but now I knew I had to be in the top three.  We had a great hot lap session with a new setup and were anxious to get out there."

 

The Brookfield, CT driver would move into third early on and begin to challenge for the lead with Kyle Moffit and Dustin Daggett, each of whom had already won a race at Ohsweken earlier in the year.  Only needing to finish in the top three to earn a redraw spot, Broderick focused on holding off Alain Bergeron to earn his chance at starting on the front row.

 

"The car was really stable in the heat.  I ran the top most of the time and once Daggett peaked underneath me I had to pull a slide job to get in a redraw spot.  After I settled into third, I saw the scoreboard and knew Bergeron was behind me so I focused on finishing third, which we did."

 

The 20-year-old would grab the outside pole for the feature and was ready to make the most of his opportunity.  He and Travis Cunningham would battle hard for the lead on the opening lap, with Broderick settling in to second.

 

"Before the race, I figured the top was the place to be but the polesitter was really strong on the bottom.  The car was good, but the bottom was better."

 

On the second lap, Dustin Daggett began to challenge the No. 5 Eagle, but Bubba held steady on the top for two laps, before finally heeding way to the No. 2M.  Daggett would go on and pick up the win while Bubba did what he could to finish in the top five.

 

"Daggett pulled the same move he did in the heat race to get by me.  It amazed me how I felt I ran a perfect corner and he still went by.  He was definitely hooked up.  It was his feature to win."

 

While battling for third midway through the race, the No. 5 hit a rut and suddenly the car suddenly began to act violently for Bubba.

 

"I thought the rear end was falling apart.  I was going to pull off because it was vibrating so badly I couldn't even see.  It was all a blur."

 

The only stoppage of the race came out on lap 19 for a flip.  Under the red flag, a track crew member discovered that the right rear wheel had broken and had packed with mud.  It seemed to dissipate on the restart, but it happened once again with five laps to go, making it a living hell to the finish.

 

"I was pleased with the fifth, but I know we had a chance to finish in the top-three without that issue.  It was great to see the new setup work.  We have a good book to work off of for the Canadian Nationals now."

 

The next night the team travelled over to Merrittville Speedway, where the night was cancelled after hot laps due to rain.  It was a disappointment for the Broderick Racing Team, as another opportunity to feel out their new setup was squashed.

 

The Ohsweken showing was his first top-five finish since July 3 and sets him up perfectly for a chance to sweep the events at Stateline this Saturday.

 

"I don't like that track just because I won there, I like it because it is really racy.  The bottom can be fast, but you can make the top line work as well.  As long as the track has a top line, I think we will be good."

 

Broderick also has an opportunity to claim the Insinger Race Fuels King of the Southern Tier Series Crown.  He will need some help for that to happen, but considering how strong he is at the 1/3-mile oval; it is not out of the realm of possibilities.

 

Broderick Racing is supported by Northeast Carpet, Brownie's Towing, Pink Money Water, Eagle Motorsports, Mike Emhof Motorsports, Fyne Line Construction, Campbell's Painting, Jim's Welding Supply.

 

For more information, be sure to visit www.BroderickRacing.com. 

 

Bubba in the News - ASCS Patriots Settle Southern Tier Title at Stateline Saturday

.......Bubba Broderick. from Brookfield, CT, won the Patriot show at Stateline back in June, his second win of the year. Stateline has perhaps been Broderick's best track since he started running there in 2008. The 20-year-old sits second in Southern Tier standings and will need some help to claim his first crown.......... For the full story by Rich Vleck go to: http://www.ascsracing.com/ascsnews.asp?region=10

Bubba Broderick Racing Report: Edition 9

Sideways with Bubba

 

 

Bubba Broderick entered Friday Night's event at Black Rock Speedway knowing that even though he had never fared well results wise at the track, he had never got a crack to show his true potential.  Just one good draw is what he wanted, and that is just what he got; but more disappointments would be ahead

 

The Broderick Racing team made the long trip to Dundee Friday for the $4,000-to-Win A-Verdi Championship.  Bubba often found himself starting towards the back, but a great draw for his heat would land the No. 5 Eagle on the pole for heat race two.

 

"Finally we got a good draw there," declared Bubba.  "It certainly wasn't me drawing.  For the second straight week I used someone else.  The unfortunate part was that Bryan Howland and Tony Stewart were in the race but then again it was a good chance to show off."

 

Coming to the green flag though, Broderick was deemed to have accelerated too early and was placed back a row for jumping the start.  Bubba was understandably not happy, but was determined to rebound from it.

 

"I hated getting shuffled a row back but with Tony now in front of me, I knew I was in the quick line because he is really strong on starts."

 

Broderick fought hard on the bottom of the track with Bryan Howland for the runner-up spot, which was in effect going to be for a spot in the redraw.  As the two were side-by-side coming to complete the second lap, they had to divert their course and avoid a major wreck.

 

Tony Stewart's No. 14 had collided with a damaged car in turn two and was barrel rolling in front of Bubba and Bryan.  Howland, on the top, dove onto the pit lane, while Bubba was able to get the car slowed down to move by on the inside.

 

"I saw the car from the middle of the frontstretch, but I guess I never saw him turn right in front of Tony.  I was right behind Bryan as we entered the corner and I had to drive through the low line for the first time on the night."

 

Broderick would complete the heat race solidly in second, which was good enough to make the redraw.  Drawing a number four would give him that quality starting spot for the A-Main he had been looking for at BRS.

"The car wasn't great in the heat and we tried to tighten the car up for the feature and hoping that we landed on the perfect change.  I liked starting on the top and felt that we could pull out a good top five finish."

 

Things were still not right with the Northeast Carpet/ Pink Monkey Water entry from the start as he was tight on entry and loose through the corner.  To compound the problems, by the third lap a flat right rear tire materialized on the No. 5 for the third straight feature.  Bubba wasn't sure if it was flat yet but after a lap 7 caution he was sure it was going soft and put the crew to work.

 

"I was so upset sitting in the work area.  I just couldn't understand how this string of luck with flat tires has been.  Bones (Crew Chief) asked me if the car was tight or loose and I wasn't even sure because the tire had been going down.  We made a torsion bar adjustment right before the two minutes were up and that loosened the car up."

 

Broderick ran the final 18 laps battling with Tim Kelly, but would struggle off the corner and would fight his way back to a 12^th place finish, but again left the Finger Lakes venue wondering what could have been.

 

"Our team had a talk and just said that this luck has to turn around, it just has to.  We never had a flat before last weekend in my career without contact with another car.  If flat tires come in threes, hopefully our third win is around the corner."

 

The team will now take a week off before a weekend in Southern Ontario racing at Ohsweken and Merrittville Speedways.  This will be a great way to gear up for the Canadian Sprint Car Nationals which is just over a month away.

 

"Ohsweken is a place we've never been great, but still one of my greatest accomplishments is backing the Canadian Sprint Car Nationals A-Main both times we've gone there.  I want to really get a hold of the place so we can go after a top-10 in September."

 

Broderick Racing is supported by Northeast Carpet, Brownie's Towing, Pink Money Water, Eagle Motorsports, Mike Emhof Motorsports, Fyne Line Construction, Campbell's Painting, Jim's Welding Supply.

 

For more information, be sure to visit www.BroderickRacing.com. 

 

Bubba Broderick Racing Report: Edition 8

Sideways with Bubba

 

Bubba Broderick Racing Report

 

Edition 8- Bad Luck at the Bull Rings

 

The Broderick Racing team entered this past weekend with high hopes that they might be able to capture their third win of the 2010 season.  With three races at two tracks that suited Bubba Broderick's driving style, his chance at having things go right were good.  In the end though, what could go wrong just about did.

 

Friday Night, the team travelled for the first time ever to Clinton County Raceway, located in the heart of Central Pennsylvania.  The tight 1/3-mile suited Bubba's eye, but with 45 cars in the pits, things were competitive to say the least.

 

With a quality draw for the third heat race, the Brookfield, CT looked to get to work on a top spot for the feature. Challenging for second early in the event, the top wing on the No. 5 slid back when the wing slider broke and severely tightened his Eagle.  Broderick was able to hang on to third, which was good enough to qualify for the feature, but had a mountain to climb in the A-Main.

 

"I was stuck on the bottom on the start after practicing on the top but I didn't lose a spot getting up there," noted Bubba.  "I was setting up to pass the No. 11 when the caution came out.  I slid the wing back a tighten up the car a touch but when I hit the backstretch on the restart the wing slid back on me and the car became way too tight.  I didn't realize that was the problem until I got back to the pits.  We might have had a chance at the redraw but that set us way back."

 

Despite starting near the back, the 20-year-old began to drive up through the pack, moving to ninth place by the third lap.  Just after the restart though, Broderick's left front made contact with an implement tire lining to bottom of the track, which would break his front end and a few laps later would be sliding through the infield.

 

"The car was getting such a good run on other cars but they were side-by-side, so I saw an opening on the bottom on the fourth lap and just hit the tire.  The official told me under a red flag that my front axle was bent but I figured it must be alright if I was passing cars.  It was very tough to drive and with about 10 to go I broke the torsion arm off and I went for a wild ride.  I was just glad it didn't hit anyone or anything."

 

While a number of bolt on parts would need to be replaced that night, the team knew they had two good chances to win at Woodhull on Saturday, one of Bubba's best tracks.

 

The first event of the night was the rain-delayed feature from May, in which Bubba started eighth.  By lap five, Bubba had found himself in fourth and moving up fast when a car slowed in front of him on the top of turn four to bring out the caution.  Bubba went to avoid the stopped car and spun around his No. 5.  Broderick through up a cloud of dust as he stayed in the throttle and was able to drive away and thus was able to get his spot back.

 

"The set of corners earlier the car pushed and when I went into turns 3 and 4 it pushed when I slowed to avoid that car, and I figured that's all it was.  I was so pumped to have the spot back and thought everything was alright.  Up until that point the car was really fast."

 

Broderick appeared ready to rim ride farther forward on the restart, but evidently a right rear tire had been punctured just before the caution and was leaking air.  He would limp around the track the next five laps awaiting another caution.  When leader Chuck Hebing lapped Bubba, he took it to the infield and was done for the race.

 

"I should have recognized under the caution that the tire was flat and ducked into the pits too change it.  Once I realized it under green I didn't want to draw a caution, but I guess that would have saved us."

 

In the regularly-scheduled show at Woodhull, Broderick drew the pole for his heat but would finish second behind 2009 race winner Bobby Breen.  It would be just enough to keep Bubba out of the redraw and send him to the dash.  In the dash, Bubba was solid again in second and would earn a 10^th place starting spot for the stacked A-Main.

 

"We got to try something different for the dash and it didn't work out well but it was something we realized was not the right setup.  We knew we still had a good setup in our book for the feature."

 

As the field was getting set to come to green though, he developed a flat left rear tire and would have to head to the pits and vacate his starting spot.  The crew would change the tire in under a minute and Bubba would drive from last towards into the top-10 by lap eight when the red flag came out.  Broderick knew the spare tire had loosened up his car but continued to fight the rest of the way.

 

"I was so mad inside the car.  I couldn't believe that I picked up a flat for the second time after no contact with anyone or anything.  The rest of the way we were pretty good, but it wasn't the setup we preferred to have."

 

In the end, Bubba would cross in ninth, sandwiched between Bryan Howland and Jared Zimbardi with whom he engaged in a spirited battle during the final few circuits.  It was once again not the finish he wanted, but he still did drive forward.

 

"It was a lost opportunity for us.  It was the kind of night where you couldn't assign blame to anyone, it was just racing."

 

Broderick now realizes that his championship hopes are now slipping away and is focusing on winning more races, like the big show at Black Rock this Friday that pays $4,000-to-win.

 

"I've never had a chance to start up front there.  I need a good draw for a change there because we have a lot of notes from there and the car has run well in the feature, but it is always fighting from the back.  I want August to be different."

 

Broderick Racing is supported by Northeast Carpet, Brownie's Towing, Pink Monkey Water, Eagle Motorsports, Mike Emhof Motorsports, Fyne Line Construction, Campbell's Painting, Jim's Welding Supply.

 

For more information, be sure to visit www.BroderickRacing.com. 

 

Bubba Broderick Racing Report: Edition 7

Sideways with Bubba

 

Bubba Broderick Racing Report

 

Edition 7- A Ray of Sunshine on a Rainy Weekend

 

What was supposed to be a challenging three-race weekend opportunity for the Broderick Racing Team to shine ended up being mostly cloudy, and rainy; but they ended on a positive note on the way home.

 

The No. 5 Team travelled up to Rolling Wheels Raceway on Friday, the site of Bubba's first sprint car race in 2007, but would have nothing to do on that night as action was washed out.

 

On Saturday, the weather cleared up for most of the day, but heavier storms moved in before the racing action could be completed.  Bubba did get a brief stint on the track and would walk away anxious that they couldn't turn more laps with their Eagle Chassis.

 

The Fast Track Summer Shootout utilized a unique time trial format, running in groups in their first session on the track and helping that set the grids for hot laps.  Bubba was near Patriot point leader Jared Zimbardi and the two fought for space in the three lap session.

 

"We definitely could have used a Friday Night session, because without having a separate hot lap session we did not come out of the box near where we needed to be," admitted Bubba.  "Having the wicker bill was a big change from what we have been doing this year."

 

The 20-year-old would have to start at the back of heat race two and would fight from his 10^th place starting spot to seventh, but without the aid of passing points would have to run the B-Main to qualify for the 25-lap feature.  Before that happened, though, Mother Nature, which intervened briefly after hot laps, would hit hard after the third heat race and settled in for the rest of the night.  The remainder of the event was scrapped and the special challenge was cancelled.

 

"We were able to pass some cars in the heat and it was getting some better, but we were up against it all night if it didn't rain."

 

Before the team got back home to their Brookfield, CT base, they stopped off at the Lebanon Valley Speedway, the closest venue to home, for the annual stop by the World of Outlaws.

 

"There is no place I have more fun at than the Valley.  It has a hometown crowd feel and the speeds are just incredible.  It is like Daytona on dirt."

 

Going up against the top 410s in the country, along with a myriad others, Bubba showed his meddle, qualifying easily through the B-Main and moving forward in the feature.

 

"Normally that show doesn't even have a full field, but then 29 cars show up and it made us really be on our game.  I wasn't great in time trials, and the heat was alright considering the guys in front of us, but in the B-Main the racing was great and I got to swap it was some 410 cars and get in the show."

 

Broderick was up to 17^th place from 23^rd 12 laps into the A-Main when a car spun around in front of the No. 5.  Bubba attempted to avoid the car, but made slight contact which was just enough to knock him out of the event.  Even so, his presence was felt by the large crowd.

 

"From the start, the race was like a dream.  Going 4-wide with the Outlaws is what you grow up wanting to do.  Once the race got going, we were hooked up and driving by 410s.  Everyone seemed to be in a group and that seemed to slow them down, so I just kept driving around everyone."

 

"I barely made contact with the spinning car and I hated that it happened, because I know we had a few more spots to pick off before the race was over."

 

The team is now raring to go for a big two-night, three-race weekend coming up this Friday and Saturday.  Friday will be the first trip for Bubba and the ASCS Patriot tour to Clinton County Speedway in Central PA.  The Patriots will challenge the 410 Sprint Express, a new series that runs the track weekly.  Bubba has already fared quite well against 410s this season and Clinton County is a track that should suit Bubba's style.

 

Saturday, Bubba will get two cracks at Woodhull Raceway, easily one of his favorite tracks.  He has a CNYMS win there in 2006 and has always fared well there in a sprint.  The first feature field is set, with Bubba starting in eighth, but he should still be a factor.

 

"Hopefully the outside groove is there on Saturday.  I always enjoy going there and having a ton of a laps in one place on one night should allow time to dial the car and hopefully getting back to winning races."

 

Broderick Racing is supported by Northeast Carpet, Brownie's Towing, Pink Money Water, Eagle Motorsports, Mike Emhof Motorsports, Fyne Line Construction, Campbell's Painting, Jim's Welding Supply.

 

For more information, be sure to visit www.BroderickRacing.com. 

 

Update

Rolling Wheels Event for Friday night has been rained out. Bubba and the team are hanging out at the track waiting for tomorrow nights event

Bubba Broderick Racing Report - Edition 6- Rough Waters on the St. Lawrence

Sideways with Bubba

 

Bubba Broderick Racing Report -  Edition 6- Rough Waters on the St. Lawrence - By Rich Vleck

 

The Broderick Racing Team came into this past weekend with high hopes for another win on what has already been an impressive 2010 season.  When the dust settled Sunday Night, though, they could only take solace in making the best of bad breaks.

 

Saturday Night, the team visited the Brockville Ontario Speedway for the second time this season, a track where Bubba has never finished outside of the top-10.  Another heat race start back in the pack did not phase the 20-year-old as he moved into a redraw spot and would pull the fourth starting spot for the A-Main.

 

"I was really exciting heading into the feature," reflected Bubba.  "It was a great draw for me, because I was planning to run the top anyways and I just assumed Shawn Donath, who was starting in front of me, would make the outside the line to go."

 

When the race began, polesitter Shayne Ely jumped out in front, with Donath in second.  Bubba was right behind them in third.

 

"Shayne definitely hit the setup, he was rolling the bottom and I tried it a few times and knew I had to be on the top.  My car was not good on short runs and every time I would reel them in the caution would come out."

 

Broderick was riding midway though the event when he came up on a lapped car and had to move his line up to the extreme outside to pass him.  As the leaders worked through turns three and four, the right rear on the No. 5 dipped over the banking and sent Bubba in a spin right towards the turn four wall.  The Eagle Chassis would make hard contact with an implement tire, and tip over the car.

 

"If I could have run the bottom, I would have used it to get around him.  The lapped car would push high, and then cut down low, and I figured he would do it again but he stayed on the top and I had to either go in his rear bumper or slam on the breaks, which spun me around into the wall."

 

Thankfully for Bubba, the damage was minimal and he would be able to finish the event, placing 13^th.  It was not the result he was hoping for, but knew things could have been even worse.

 

"I'm amazed I didn't flip.  I figured the rear end was going to be shot, but all it ended up being were a few small problems.  The race car wasn't junked and I knew that the car was running solid before that one mistake."

 

The next day, the team traveled about an hour up the road to Cornwall Motor Speedway, where Bubba took his most spectacular flip in his sprint car career a year earlier.

 

Broderick drew another poor starting spot in his heat, this time in a qualifier filled with top competitors.  The Brookfield, CT resident could not do much with his spot and would have to work from the back in the feature.

 

"That was probably the weakest the car has been this year.  Bryan Howland and I shared a laugh after the race about how we were battling each other in the back.  It was actually pretty embarrassing.  We found a few things wrong with the setup of the car before the A-Main and figured we could improve and bounce back."

 

Bubba did not waste much time moving forward, driving from 17^th to ninth place in the first six laps.  With plenty of racing left to be completed, it seemed as though nothing could stop him.

 

"The car was amazing, it was unbelievably fast.  I told the guys in the pits before the race that my goal was to get in the top-10 and once I was there by lap five, I wasn't ready to slow down."

 

On a lap seven restart, though, his nose wing would fold up after contact with Shayne Ely and hinder the performance on the No. 5 and caused him to slide out of the top-10.

 

On lap 12, while sliding the top wing forward to aid the ill-handling machine, two cars came together battling for third place and would block the track entering turn one.  Broderick did what he could to avoid contact, but that was nearly impossible.

 

"I was working on getting back by Jared Zimbardi, but his wing was blocking almost all of my vision, so when he slammed on the brakes I didn't have anywhere to escape.  I knew I would hit Zimbardi, I just tried to make as minimal of contact as possible.

 

After changing a flat right rear tire in the work area, Broderick would return with a bent front axle, a bent radius rod and a bent Jacob's Ladder and finish in ninth. For a second straight night, it was not the finish that the team was looking for, but their perseverance was noteworthy.

 

"The crew worked really hard to get me back out there in under two minutes.  It was a weekend that I can't be happy about, but I know we didn't lose as much ground as we could have."

 

The focus now shifts from a ¼-mile to the 5/8-mile Rolling Wheels Raceway, where Broderick will help represent the ASCS Patriots in the Fast Track Summer Shootout, which also features competitors from the United Racing Company and Empire Super Sprints.

 

"I love the track; it was the first one I ever ran back in 2007 when I was running one of Chuck Hebing's cars.  It has been have a few years since anyone has run there and I have a feeling were going to do really well."

 

Sunday Night, Bubba will hit Lebanon Valley Speedway on the way to compete in the World of Outlaws event.  Even though he will be giving up plenty of horsepower on the 410s, he still enjoys the element of speed the tight 5/8-mile presents.

 

"I really enjoy speed and no place gives you it like the Valley.  It is only a hour and a half from my home, so why not stop there?"

 

Broderick Racing is supported by Northeast Carpet, Brownie's Towing, Pink Monkey Water, Eagle Motorsports, Mike Emhof Motorsports, Fyne Line Construction, Campbell's Painting, Jim's Welding Supply.

 

For more information, be sure to visit www.BroderickRacing.com. 

 

Bubba Broderick Racing Report - Edition 5 - Second Night Success

Sideways with Bubba

 

Bubba Broderick Racing Report  - Edition 5 - Second Night Success - By Rich Vleck

 

For the third time this season, the Broderick Racing Team bounced back from a less than impressive first night of action to follow it up with a performance they could be proud of the following night.

 

The team made the long trip to Ohsweken Speedway for a Friday Night event, and were joined by 50 other teams.  With just about half of the cars getting sent home, qualifying for the event was the primary task.

 

"This was a great way to measure ourselves," Bubba reflected.  "I like having a little extra pressure to perform while not having it be a regular point race."

 

After another unlucky draw, Broderick put together a solid performance in his heat race, charging from ninth to fourth to put himself in great shape to qualify for the A-Main, but work was still to be done.  Under the Northern Summer Nationals format, a second set of heats, known as qualifiers, was required to set the field.

 

The inversion put Broderick near the front of the pack and was solidly in the top-three, however, he would lose control on the slick track and spin out his No. 5.  Broderick would charge back up to place eighth, which was still not enough to qualify directly to the A-Main.

 

"We just didn't have the car connected to the track," Bubba noted.  "When Bobby Breen got by for the lead, I tried to go back after him but the space tightened up and when I lifted off the throttle and sent car around."

 

Bubba ran the B-Main, which has become a familiar sight for him in big event at Ohsweken, where he has won one in the last two Canadian Sprint Car Nationals.  As soon as the race started though, it was clear that the No. 5 was not set up correctly for the slick track conditions.

 

"We were chasing the track all night and we tried some changes and knew right away that it didn't do much.  I was leading, but I knew that I didn't have much of one because I could hear the guys right on me."

 

Broderick was trying to hang on when he spun around the car in turn one.  Trying to stay in the mix, Bubba gassed the car, did a '360' and kept going, when a car behind him spun around and drew a caution.  Because the lap was not completed, they would revert back to the last completed lap, allowing Bubba to get the lead back.

 

"I don't even know how I kept that car going after spinning around," Bubba admitted.  "I was the luckiest guy there that night because there was no way I was going to run back into one of the top-two spots.  I was thanking God at that point."

 

After picking up the win and transferring to the A-Main, the 20-year-old found himself in a massive pack of top contenders fighting for limited real estate around the 3/8-mile.  He would card an 18^th place showing, eighth best among Patriot competitors as far as points were concerned.

 

The next night the team headed into the unknown to compete at the Little Valley Speedway.  Upon setting his eyes on the ½-mile, Bubba quickly realized that this track was much different than anything else on the tour.

 

"I was excited when I saw the track because I love speed and I felt that it could suit my driving style.  We do pretty well at the really big tracks and it looked like it would slick off, which was also beneficial."

 

Starting near the back of his heat, once again, Bubba quickly charged from seventh to second, easily making the redraw.  Like his heat though, he would have another unlucky draw, selecting the No. 8 starting spot in the A-Main.

 

"The car handled really well after practice, and it continued through the heat.  I was unsure about running the high line and didn't test it up there. After talking with Chuck Hebing earlier in the week he said that was where he ran when he won there.  The bad draw basically committed me for doing something different, even though I hadn't practiced the line."

 

On the opening lap, a major crash occurred heading into the first turn right near Bubba, who was able to scoot on by.  Unfortunately, Bubba's friend Scott Bonnell was not as fortunate, and would suffer two broken vertebrae as a result of his flip.

 

"All my prayers go out to him.  We have hung out with him a lot of late and he is a terrific guy.  I felt really bad and thought about him the entire time under the red flag.  I was also thinking about how I could have been a part of it if I didn't try the high line."

 

Bubba would have to refocus and after one more caution flag the next time around, the race would go to the end without stoppage, which is when Broderick made his moves.

 

The No. 5 Eagle went up to the top and began rim-riding his way up through the pack.  After restarting on lap one in seventh, he would charge to third by lap five and begin to challenge Kyle Moffit.  The two youngsters would put on a spirited battle, with Bubba finally getting the spot coming to the white flag.

 

"I had so much fun up on the top.  It was probably one of the top-five races of the career because the speed I was carrying just two feet off the wall was awesome."

 

A caution flag may have put Broderick in the mix to pick up the win, but without that aid occurring he would have to settle for his fourth top-three of the season.

 

"I wish we had a caution because it would have put on a great show for the fans.  Bryan was really quick but I would have liked to take a chance at him."

 

The team will now take a weekend off, with the next action occurring on July 17 and 18 at Brockville and Cornwall Speedways in Ontario.  These ¼-mile ovals favor Bubba's driving style, and should give him a great chance to be the first three-time winner on the ASCS Patriot Tour this season.

 

"I am really looking forward to these shows because we always do really well up there and hopefully can pull off another win."

 

Broderick Racing is supported by Northeast Carpet, Brownie's Towing, Pink Monkey Water, Eagle Motorsports, Mike Emhof Motorsports, Fyne Line Construction, Campbell's Painting, Jim's Welding Supply.

 

For more information, be sure to visit www.BroderickRacing.com. 

Bubba Broderick Racing Report - Edition 4- Bubba Doubles Up for 2010

Sideways with Bubba

 

Bubba Broderick Racing Report  - Edition 4- Bubba Doubles Up for 2010 - By Rich Vleck

 

The Broderick Racing Team entered a Western NY Doubleheader looking to put together a pair of solid finishes and perhaps pick up a second win on the season; after not meeting their expectations on Friday, they made up for it on Saturday and then added to it on Sunday.

 

Bubba made his second trip of his career to Ransomville Speedway on Friday Night.  After spending the afternoon with his friends from nearby Niagara Falls, he cruised over to the tricky facility with plenty of company along for the experience.

 

"It was like going in there for the first time since we had no notes," Bubba reflected.  "I looked over the track with Bryan Howland and got a good baseline."

 

He would charge up in his heat race from fifth up to second place on the final lap to quality for the redraw.  Picking the third tennis ball would put him in prime position for the feature, but that is where things stopped going as planned.

 

"The car worked too well in the heat because we had nothing that we wanted to change.  We fell behind on chasing the track and made a big mistake by not tightening the car up."

 

Despite missing the setup, Bubba would keep the Northeast Carpet/ Pink Monkey Water No. 5 Eagle in one piece and bring it home in 11^th.

 

The team would regroup and head down the road to Stateline Speedway, one of their best ovals.  Bubba knew that this would have to be a time to rebound.

 

Like he has on two other trips to Jamestown, Bubba dominated his heat race and won in convincing fashion; redrawing the outside pole for the feature was just about all he needed to go after the win.

 

"The heat race was fun; it proved to me why it is my favorite track.  We just had some minor things to correct on the car and we knew it would be solid."

Scott Bonnell would jump out in front at the onset of the 25-lap A-Main but Bubba was close in his tracks until the first caution on lap five.  On the ensuing restart, Bonnell broke a part and was out of the event, putting the No. 5 out front.

 

"That was a great battle with Scott because I could reach his bumper on the straight-aways and then we'd hit a corner and he'd go low and I'd go high.  I was going to hang behind him for a while when he broke.  I was lucky because it was the one time I didn't use the high line."

 

The rest of the race would go caution-free, with Bubba blasting the cushion.  Defending ASCS Patriot Champion Bryan Howland was not ready to let the 20-year-old from Brookfield, CT run away though, as he hotly pursued him the entire way.

 

"I had to concentrate and take what the track gave us.  I really felt the pressure of needing a win, and then Howland peaked underneath with four laps to go and that was scary because I thought he had reeled me in.  There is nobody better in the Patriots in the final five laps than Bryan."

 

"This is why we do this," he would later say.  "To win two times in the first seven races is where we need to be."

 

The win made Bubba the first repeat winner on the ASCS Patriot Tour this season.  It also helped to solidify his position perhaps as the series' finest short-track competitor.

 

Off the high of their second win, the team took a trip to Sportman's Speedway in Knox, PA for a special charity 410 race on Sunday.  When they showed up, 34 teams, including some elite professions were in the pits, all but three had 410 c.i. engines.

 

When Bubba took his first look at the track, he realized the small oval would suit his driving style, the perfect kind he needed to have some fun.

 

Bubba put on a clinic in his heat as he raced up from eighth to second, only to get spun out and head to the back.  He would rebound and drive back up to third and qualify for the feature by flying around two cars on the final lap.

 

"I was driving as hard as I could, but there was no bite out there.  There was a lot of dust on restarts and you just had to trust the guy in front of you to keep it straight."

 

In the A-Main, after drawing third for the third straight night, Broderick would find himself battling with Ed Lynch Jr. for fourth place, someone he has admired for years.

 

"I gained even more respect for him because he gave me a ton of room and we swapped it for fourth about four times."

 

In the late stages of the event at the 1/3-mile oval but figured since no points were on the line, he would go for it all.  It did not pay off as he spun out and went to the back; still the results were positive.

 

"I tried to make a pass on the very high side of the track like I saw Daryn Pittman do earlier in the race, but I didn't pull it off.  It still was a great show, I had a lot of fans congratulate me in the end and knowing that we could battle with the 410's made our day."

 

The team now prepares for another big weekend at a pair of big tracks: Ohsweken and Little Valley.  It will be Bubba's first trip to Little Valley, as it will be for many competitors.

 

Broderick Racing is supported by Northeast Carpet, Brownie's Towing, Pink Monkey Water, Eagle Motorsports, Mike Emhof Motorsports, Fyne Line Construction, Campbell's Painting, Jim's Welding Supply.

 

For more information, be sure to visit www.BroderickRacing.com. 

 

Bubba Broderick Racing Report - Edition 3 - Trials and Tribulations of Traveling

Sideways with Bubba

 

Bubba Broderick Racing Report -  Edition 3 - Trials and Tribulations of Traveling - By Rich Vleck

 

Traveling from Connecticut each weekend to run the ASCS Patriot tour means plenty of hours on the road.  Occasionally, the races the Broderick Racing team has on the schedule a stand-alone event that can test their determination. Upon reflection, it can define it.

 

Two weeks ago, the team traveled to Niagara Falls on Thursday Night in anticipation for a Friday Night event at Ohsweken Speedway in Southern Ontario.  Before even traveling across the border, the event was called off due to wet grounds.  Not wanting to head home empty handed, they quickly scurried down to Central Pennsylvania for a major race at Historic Williams Grove Speedway.  Once again though, Mother Nature intervened and wiped out racing action.  The team headed home until another attempt at a Canadian race the following week.

 

"That was a very, very long drive," noted Bubba. "Once Ohsweken rained out, we knew we had come this far and didn't want to go home without racing."

 

"To have the opportunity to run Williams Grove was something I really wanted to try.  We paid the membership, bought the tire, setup the car and drew the pill, and then it downpours.  It really sucked; I wanted to drive that track. It looked crazy."

 

"That was a lot of driving and we spent a lot of money for nothing.  Nobody was talking on the way home.  It was trip from hell."

 

Another treacherous forecast for a Saturday race at Brockville put racing in doubt for Bubba.  But as the headed north on I-81, things began to look better, that was, until they hit the border.

 

The team was pulled into customs and interrogated, as were a handful of other teams.  After more than two hours, they were finally set free and arrived at the track after the rest of the competitors had already run hot laps.

 

"My heart was pumping more than it ever has.  I really didn't think we were going to get in to Canada.  I knew we had done nothing wrong but it was very nerve-racking because I knew that it would throw away the championship if I couldn't make it."

 

"Once they let us through, it was like winning a race.  We had to load the trailer back up before we could leave, and I put my driver's suit on right away."

 

Behind the 8-ball, they scrambled to get heat in the motor and get ready to run a hot lap session of their own.  The No. 5 was off in hot laps, forcing the team to thrash for their heat.

 

"I was still angry over the border incident but I just had to calm down and the crew helped me realize that after hot laps.  The car was too soft and I knew we had to make some adjustments."

 

Moving from fourth to third in his heat assured Bubba a redraw position.  Drawing the No. 7 ball though would make going back-to-back a near impossibility on the narrow ¼-mile, something the maturing Broderick realized.

 

"I thought the track might slick off in the middle and that would be my only hope for a win.  If it came to me, then it came to me, but I couldn't go too hard at the start because I had to be smart getting through the pack.  I just went one car at a time."

 

Never finishing outside of the top-10 in three starts at "The BOS", Bubba quickly jumped into the top-five, taking control of third by lap 10.  The rest of the way, Bubba would hang with second-place Don Adamczyk, but could not find a way by and would settle for another solid podium showing.

 

"(Race Winner Jared) Zimbardi was totally gone, but I thought maybe I could get Don on a restart, but the car was just a little bit too tight for it.  It was still a great run."

 

The 20-year-old from Brookfield, CT now sits just 64 points out of the series lead.  Under a new point format, that is the difference from first to last in a single race; with 2/3 of the season still left, he realizes that his early-season bad luck has not crushed their ultimate goal.

 

"I know I can not screw up at this point.  There is more weight on my shoulders to do well, but we are heading to another good track for me this weekend in Stateline, and should do well there."

 

Ransomville will be the Friday Night portion of the two-race weekend for the No. 5 team.  With only one start at "The Big R", Bubba still is getting the feel for this tricky track.  He has been noting what it takes to get to win their though and is ready to try it out.

 

Bubba was arguably the strongest competitor at Stateline in 2009.  Despite not winning, he led more laps than any other driver and was a force to be reckoned with.

 

"If we can just keep plugging away with top-five finishes that is what we need.  The key for me though is to not worry about that at the track and just drive the car."

 

Broderick Racing is supported by Northeast Carpet, Brownie's Towing, Pink Monkey Water, Eagle Motorsports, Mike Emhof Motorsports, Fyne Line Construction, Campbell's Painting, Jim's Welding Supply.

 

For more information, be sure to visit www.BroderickRacing.com.