Jersey Jet Home

Brett Hearn News

Official Site of Brett Hearn

Advance Super Dirt Car Series

Orange County Fair Speedway (OCFS)

Albany Saratoga Speedway

Fonda Speedway

***Brett Hearn Breaks the All-time record at Albany Saratoga Speedway!!***

By winning both races, Brett Hearn pushed his career total to 92 wins at the Albany Saratoga Speedway and opened up a 2 win lead over the legendary Jack Johnson. After having his record broken in the first race, Johnson was strong on the front end, before something broke on his car on a restart ending his night. Brett picked up the driver of the year award, but Ken Tremont Jr. held on for the points championship despite Hearn's 8 victory advantage. (9/5/08)

• 11/09 Hagerstown Speedway - 1st
  Race note: Richie Pratt was 2nd. Great finish to the 2008 season for the Jersey Jet!
  
  
• 11/09 Hagerstown Speedway - 16th
  Race notes: Rick Laubach got the victory and Matt Sheppard was 2nd. Brett Hearn led at lap 87 of the 100 lap event, but mechanical problems ended his night.
  
  

• 10/26 Five Mile Point Speedway (ROC Tour) - 1st
  Racing notes: Joey Grammes was 2nd. Billy Decker was 13th... The Jersey Jet started 10th in the 100 lap race.
  
  
• 10/19 Orange County Fair Speedway (Super Dirt Series) - 40th
  
  
• 10/18 Orange County Fair Speedway - 1st
  Race notes: Brett Hearn picked up his 11th career Eastern States Small-Block Championship... Ronnie Johnson finished 2nd. Billy Decker was 6th. Tim Fuller was 41st.
  
  
• 10/12 New York State Fairgrounds (Super Dirt Series) - 12th
  Race notes: After 40 years of traveling to the New York State fairgrounds, Frank Cozze picked up his first victory. Strange race for the Jersey Jet, who took 8 pit stops, 6 strictly for gas. Might have worked for him had it not been for so many caution laps. The race winner, Frank Cozze got the last 129 laps of the 200 lap Super Dirt Series race on one tank of gas... Mechanical problems made it an early end for Jack Johnson and Kenny Tremont Jr... Tim Fuller was 5th and Billy Decker was 24th.
  
  
• 10/11 New York State Fairgrounds - 16th
  Race notes: Billy Decker picked up the win. Vic Coffey was 2nd... Brett blew the left front tire on lap 127 of the Salute To The Troops 150 lap race.
  
  
• 10/10 Rolling Wheels Raceway - 1st
  Race notes: The Jet actually picked up 3 wins on the day as he swept both Big-Block and Small-Block 20-lap qualifiers earlier in the day at the New York State Fairgrounds before grabbing his all-time high 67th career Mr. DIRTcar 358 Series win.
  
  
• 10/09 Brewerton Speedway - 21st
  race notes: Gary Tomkins beat out Vic Coffey in the 358-modified 'Leaf Racewear 75' for his first career Mr. DIRTcar 358- Modified Championship Series win... Hearn picked up a flat right-front tire on lap 60 and then stalled out on lap 76. It's been that kind of year for the dirt racing king.
  
  
• 10/08 Can Am Speedway - *Rained Out
  
  
• 10/04 Fulton Speedway - 2nd
  Racing notes: Danny Johnson got the win. Billy Decker was 24th and Tim Fuller 36th.
  
  
• 10/03 Accord Speedway - 2nd
  Race note: Rich Ricci Jr. was the winner.
  
  

• 9/27 Rolling Wheels Raceway (Super Dirt Series) - 25th
  
  
• 9/26 Acoord Speedway or Rolling Wheels Raceway - **Postponed because of rain
  Note: Race has been rescheduled for Friday, October 3rd.
  
  
• 9/21 Fonda Speedway (Go Green NMX Fonda Thunder Series) - 2nd
  race note: Ronnie Johnson got the victory.
  
  
• 9/20 Canadaigua Speedway (Super Dirt Series) - 6th
  race notes: Alan Johnson picked up the win. Tim Fuller was 2nd... Brett Hearn won his heat race.
  
  
• 9/19 Canandaigua Speedway (Super Dirt Series Race) - 9th
  
  
• 9/13 Grandview Speedway (Freedom 76) - 14th
  race note: Craig VonDohren was the winner.
  
  
• 9/12 Lernerville Speedway (Super Dirt Series Race) **Rained out
  
  
• 9/07 Lebanon Valley Speedway (Super Dirt Series) 3rd | 16th | 10th
  racing notes: Two 358 modified races and one big block. The big one was the Budweiser National 200. The Jet led without challenge from lap 59 till 191 when the unthinkable happened - the dirt racing superstar's #20 car ran out of gas. Oh the pain... The pain. Andy Bachetti picked up the win and Billy Decker finished 28th.
  
  
• 9/05 Albany Saratoga Speedway 1st and 1st
  race notes: Memorable night as the Jersey Jet breaks Jack Johnson's all-time record at the Albany Saratoga Speedway by 2 victories. He also won driver of the year at the track. Ken Tremont Jr. held on to the points championship by 13 points, despite holding just a 19 point lead going in and Hearn winning both races, including the double points race. Not nearly enough credit for victories at this track, as it appears there is only a 2 point difference between 1st and 2nd for a normal race. A huge night nonetheless for the king of dirt racing...
  
  
• 9/01 Rolling Wheels Raceway (Super Dirt Series) - 3rd
  race notes: This is Billy Decker's year. He picked up another Super Dirt Series win with his lightening fast car... Gary Tomkins finished 2nd. Tim Fuller was in and finished 14th. Fuller and Hearn both won their heat races.
  
  

• 8/31 Cayuga County Fair Speedway (Super Dirt Series) - 7th and 10th
  race notes: Alan Johnson won the first feature and Billy Decker won the 2nd. Brett Hearn won his heat race.
  
  
• 8/30 Orange County Fair Speedway - 5th
  
  
• 8/29 Albany Saratoga Speedway - postponed after lap 10
  race notes: race scheduled to be completed on friday the 5th, in addition to the season's final points race. Kenny Tremont Jr. had the lead and The Jersey Jet was 2nd in the postponed race, making for an exciting start to the final night of points at the Albany Saratoga Speedway...
  
  
• 8/23 Orange County Fair Speedway - 1st and 20th
  racing notes: 2nd winner of the week with the 358-modified. 20th with the big block modified. Clinton Mills won the big blocks race and Mike Storms finished 3rd.
  
  
• 8/22 Albany Saratoga Speedway - - 1st
  race notes: Huge victory for the Jersey Jet. Ties him for 1st place on the all-time win list at the Albany Saratoga Speedway CVRA track...
  
  
• 8/21 Mohawk International Raceway - 21st
  
  
• 8/17 Cornwall Motor Speedway (Super Dirt Series) - 11th
  
  
• 8/16 Can-Am Motorsports Park (Super Dirt Series) - 13th
  race note: Gary Tompkins picked up the win leading the last 79 laps in the 100 lap Advance Auto Parts Series modified race.
  
  
• 8/15 Brewerton Speedway (Super Dirt Series Race) - 10th
  race notes: The Jersey Jet picked up the Integra Shocks Fast Time Award. Billy Decker got the win after the leader, Dale Planck suffered a flat with about 5 laps to go. Planck managed to hold 2nd place.
  
  
• 8/13 Utica Rome Speedway (ROC Tour) - 5th
  
  
• 8/09 Canandaigua Speedway (Super Dirt Series) (2 races) 9th - 10th
  race notes: Billy Decker continued to have a career year and pulled off a pair of wins. After winning his heat race, the Jersey Jet could only manage a 9th and 10 place finish in the 2 Super Dirt Series feature races... Decker now leads the Jersey legend by 139 points in the series with Dale Planck another 7 points back in 3rd.
  
  
• 8/08 Albany Saratoga Speedway - 8th
  race notes: An 8th place finish on 08/08/08... Arriving late after the Super Dirt Series Race at Brewerton Speedway was cancelled due to rain, the Jersey Jet was forced to start from the back of the field. Jack Johnson had a chance to open up to a 2 victory lead on the Albany Saratoga Speedway all-time win list, but had to settle for 2nd behind Jim Cottrell... Brewerton Speedway Super Dirt Series race will be made up on Friday, August 15th.
  
  
• 8/06 Five Mile Speedway (Roc Tour) - 5th
  
  
• 8/05 Fonda Speedway (Go Green NMX Fonda Thunder Series) - 1st
  
  
• 8/04 Merrittville Speedway (Super Dirt Series) - 6th
  race notes: Jimmy Phelps got the win. Super Dirt Series leader Billy Decker finished 4th.
  
  
• 8/02 Fonda Speedway (Go Green NMX Fonda Thunder Series) - **Rained out.
  race note: No word on a make-up date. The Fonda Speedway management seems to be awol as their website has been down with the message "Account for domain fondaspeedway.com has been suspended" showing for several weeks. Unable to get through on the phone and no messages regarding rescheduling the race or rain checks as of August 5th. Maybe they are out looking for a janitor to clean the restrooms or is that just wishful thinking?... **Update** - Finally found a way to get through to the track, whose website is still suspended. This leg of the NMX series will not be made up. No refunds for those who purchased tickets for the promoted events. NMX Series race, fireworks and Air Force Fly over turns into a rain check good for normal local racing card only.
  
  
• 8/01 Albany Saratoga Speedway - 1st
  race notes: Brett Hearn moved within 1 career win of Jack Johnson at the Albany Saratoga Speedway in a thrilling victory over the 2nd place Kenny Tremont Jr. They battled side by side for the last 50 laps of the 100-lap 358-modified feature. Albany Saratoga Speedway Promoter Bruce Richards offered Tremont a $1,000 bonus with 20 laps to go if he could pull off the victory. Then with 10 laps to go, Richards moved up the bonus offer to $2,000... The dirt track racing legend Jack Johnson was 4th and led early in the race until getting passed by the Jet on lap 24...
  
  

• 7/31 Orange County Fair Speedway (Super Dirt Series) - 1st
  race notes: Historic wire to wire victory for the dirt racing king. The Jersey Jet becomes the first DIRTcar series driver to reach 100 victories. Danny Johnson is the next closest with 65 wins... Chuck McKee finished 2nd in the 75-lap modified event. Dale Planck was 3rd. Billy Decker was 5th... The Jersey Jet is now 93 points behind Billy Decker in the Super Dirt Series standings...
  
  
• 7/26 Fonda Speedway (Go Green NMX Fonda Thunder Series) - **Rained out.
  race notes: Postponed due to heavy thunderstorms right before start time. Race has been rescheduled for Saturday, August 2nd.
  
  
• 7/25 Albany Saratoga Speedway - 5th
  
  
• 7/23 Utica Rome Speedway (ROC Tour) - **Rained out.
  race note: ROC Tour race has been rescheduled for Wednesday, August 13th.
  
  
• 7/20 Lebanon Valley Speedway **Rained out.
  
  
• 7/19 Orange County Fair Speedway - 4th and 26th
  race notes: Not the night the great Jersey Jet is accustomed to, but that's car racing. Crazy things do happen. Brett finished 4th with his 358-modified #4 car and 26th with his big block #74 car. Jerry Higbie and Hearn were both knocked out of the modified feature race after a multi-car pileup on the first lap. Jeff Heotzler Sr. picked up the win. Hearn fared better after another 1st turn accident in the 358-modified race. Craig Mitchell got the win.
  
  
• 7/18 Albany Saratoga Speedway - 1st
  race notes: Brett Hearn moved to within 2 of the legendary Jack Johnson for career wins at Albany Saratoga Speedway... Keith Flach had a comfortable lead for the majority of the race, but then Jack Johnson and Brett Hearn closed in! Johnson took the lead on lap 25 of the 35 lap 358 modified feature, but Flach managed to reclaim it 2 laps later. Then it was the Jersey Jet's turn as he took over with just a couple laps to go and pulled away for the victory. Flach held on for 2nd and Jack Johnson was a strong 3rd... Kenny Tremont Jr. was a fast closing 4th. Tremont and Johnson appeared to have a misunderstanding after the race as Johnson banged into Tremont after the finish and then Tremont returned the favor. This apparently resulting from contact just before the finish, which was actually caused by Tony Kawalchuk. This was one of the most exciting races of the year... Brett Hearn continues to be undefeated in 2008 in qualifying action at the Albany Saratoga speedway and started the modified feature from the 9th position.
  
  
• 7/17 Georgetown Speedway (Super Dirt Series Race) - 8th
  race notes: Hearn won his qualifying race. H.J. Bunting III won the Super Dirt Series 'Super Southern 75' Big-Block Modified feature. Billy Decker finished 9th.
  
  
• 7/16 Grandview Speedway (Super Dirt Series) - 4th
  race notes: Brett won his heat race... Billy Decker continues his Hearn-like season by winning the 100 lap DIRT Big Block Modified Thunder on the Hill Traffic Jam. Decker had a fast car setting the Grandview Speedway track qualifying record... Dale Planck finished 7th... Kenny Brightbill was 9th... Alan Johnson started in rear after failing to fire at the start. He also wound up finishing at the back... Billy Decker holds a 106 point lead in the Advance Auto Parts Super DIRTcar Series Point Standings over the 2nd place Brett Hearn.
  
  
• 7/13 Cornwall Motor Speedway (Super Dirt Series) - **Postponed due to heavy rain.
  race update: The 'Akwesasne Mohawk Casino International 100' race at Cornwall Motor Speedway has been rescheduled for Sunday, August 17.
  
  
• 7/12 Autodrome Drummond (Super Dirt Series) - 5th
  race notes: Dale Planck was the race winner. Brett Hearn is now in 2nd place in the Advance Auto Parts Super DIRTcar Series Point Standings behind Billy Decker.
  
  
• 7/11 Autodrome Granby (Super Dirt Series) - 1st
  race notes: Michael Storms substituted for the Jersey Jet at Albany Saratoga Speedway allowing for the Jet to get the Super Dirt Series victory. Storms finished 8th in his fill in roll.
  
  
• 7/10 Brockville Ontario Speedway (Super Dirt Series) - 10th
  race notes: Hearn started in 9th. He finished 2nd in his heat race. Billy Decker led laps 4-100 for the victory.
  
  
• 7/08 Five Mile Point Speedway (RoC Dart Tour) - 4th
  race notes: Brett Hearn made the trip to Five Mile Point Speedway for the Race of Champions (RoC Dart Tour). Brett closed well for 4th after getting the 24 starting spot. Brian Weaver got the win leading all the way in the 75 lap contest... Pat Ward finished 5th.
  
  
• 7/05 Orange County Fair Speedway (2 races) 4th - 24th
  race notes: Rick Mill got the feature victory. Hearn started in the 15th spot and dropped to 19th when his car stopped on lap 11. Since he finished an untypical 5th in his heat race, it may well be the big block 74 car was not quite right from the beginning. Second night in a row the race ended early and the Jet didn't get a chance to display his talents because of a broken car... Chris Shultz won the 358 modified division. Hearn won his heat race in the 358 division.
  
  
• 7/04 Devils Bowl Speedway, Vermont - 27th
  race news: Brett Hearn was the first of three drivers to accept a challenge to start at the back of the pack for a $1,000 bonus to the winner in the 101 lap feature. Brett made up 10 spots in 7 laps before his car stopped. tough luck for the Jersey Jet, who received a warm welcome from a capacity crowd... Kenny Tremont, who also accepted the challenge, won from the back of the pack in an outstanding effort at a Devils Bowl track he has had much success on. Ray Hoard was the other driver accepting the challenge and finished 5th.
  
  
• 7/03 Ransomville Speedway (Super Dirt Series) - 17th
  race notes: Billy Decker won from the #1 starting position. Tough break for Hearn, who got a flat tire on lap 97. Hearn started in the 3rd spot and was 4th when the untimely flat hit. The Jersey Jet is currently 3rd in the Super Dirt Series points standings, 63 points behind Billy Decker and 3 points behind the 2nd place Danny Johnson.
  
  

• 6/28 Orange County Fair Speedway (2 Races) 2nd - 2nd
  race notes: The Jersey Jet raced the #4 and #74 cars and picked up 2nd place finishes in both races. Michael Storms, a protege of Hearn's, held on for the win in a fierce battle in the modified feature. Tom Dakake won the 358 modified small block feature. Dakake's ignition system/rev limiter was under scrutiny in the post-race inspection and a decision was pending.
  
  
• 6/27 Albany Saratoga Speedway - 1st
  race notes: Brett Hearn dominated the 100 lap CVRA vs the World challenge. Hearn remained undefeated in qualifying races at the Albany Saratoga Speedway in 2008. He started 6th in the feature and won by a handy margin. Kenny Tremont Jr. finished 5th. Jack Johnson finished 6th from the 21st starting spot... The race featured other drivers such as invaders Pat Ward, Billy Decker, Jimmy Phelps and Gary Tompkins.
  
  
• 6/21 Fonda Speedway (Go Green NMX Fonda Thunder Series) - 6th
  notes: Pat Ward won the caution free 40 lap event... Jack Johnson finished 7th after winning his qualifier... Brett Hearn was 1 of only 6 drivers finishing on the lead lap. The Fonda track may have turned out drier than expected for The Jersey Jet as his 74 car didn't appear to take a liking to the surface. The Fonda crew may have done a little too good a job at drying out a track that was hit earlier in the day with rain.
  
  
• 6/20 Albany Saratoga Speedway - Canceled.
  note: Another Albany Saratoga Speedway cancellation that is hard to explain. A quick shower early in the day was all it took. Forecast for the rest of the day/night was great. Strange indeed...
  
  
• 6/14 Orange County Fair Speedway - Canceled due to rain.
  
  
• 6/13 Albany Saratoga Speedway - 10th
  notes: Jeff Trombley got the win for his first victory at Albany Saratoga Speedway in 17 years. Jack Johnson was 4th... Kenny Tremont Jr. was 6th. Tremont had to pit for a new tire after getting hit and did a tremendous job to make it to 6th... Rough going for Brett Hearn, who got banged around quite a bit, including getting hit for the 2nd week in a row by Dave Camara. Hearn won his qualifier, but still only got the 13th starting spot at the Albany Saratoga Speedway track.
  
  
• 6/07 Fulton Speedway (Super Dirt Series Race) (100 lap event) - 4th
  race notes: Billy Decker got the win. Danny Johnson was 2nd. Dale Planck finished 3rd. Brett Hearn is 4 points behind Decker and Planck in the extremely close Super DIRT Series modified standings.
  
  
• 6/06 Albany Saratoga Speedway - 16th
  notes: Mike Perrotte got the win. Ken Tremont Jr. was 5th. Jack Johnson 15th. Hearn's night ended when he was hit by Dave Camara.
  
  

• 5/31 Orange County Fair Speedway - Canceled due to heavy rain and thunderstorms in the area.
  
  
• 5/30 Albany Saratoga Speedway - 1st
  news and notes: Brett Hearn won his qualifier and went on to win the modified feature, despite getting stuck with the 17 starting spot. Kenny Tremont Jr. was 2nd. Jack Johnson did not finish. Hearn moves to with 4 all-time of Johnson at Albany Saratoga Speedway.
  
  
• 5/25 Cayuga County Fair Speedway (Super Dirt Series) - 9th
  notes: Dale Planck got the win. Vic Coffey was in and finished 11th in the 76 lap modified race. Challenging night for Brett Hearn, who started from the 23rd spot. Hearn holds a 3 point lead over Planck in the Advance Auto Parts Super Dirt Car Series Point Standings.
  
  
• 5/24 Fonda Speedway (Go Green NMX Fonda Thunder Series) - 4th
  Hearn started in the 8th position after finishing 2nd to Jack Johnson in his qualifier. Solid start for Hearn in the first leg of the Go Green NMX Fonda Thunder Series. Matt DeLorenzo got the win and Jack Johnson finished 7th. It was a caution free 40 lap race.
  
  
• 5/23 Albany Saratoga Speedway - 1st
  note: Kenny Tremont was 2nd and Jack Johnson was 3rd. Hearn's victory moved him to within five wins of tying Jack Johnson as Albany Saratoga Speedway's all-time winningest race car driver. Hearn started the race from post 13 and has 85 career wins at the Malta, NY track.
  
  
• 5/18 Orange County Fair Speedway - **Rained out.
  
  
• 5/17 Orange County Fair Speedway - 3rd
  note: Hearn finished 3rd after starting from the 22 spot. Unusually challenging night for the dirt racing champion as he had to earn his way into the race by winning a consolation race... The Middletown Missile topped the Jersey Jet in this one. Chuck McKee got the modified victory at the Orange County Speedway for his first win in over 3 years.
  
  
• 5/16 Albany Saratoga Speedway - **Canceled. Another Albany Saratoga Speedway race called off for less than 1/10th of an inch of rain. Not sure what is going on at that track this year.
  
  
• 5/11 Utica Rome Speedway - 8th
  
  
• 5/10 Orange County Fair Speedway - 1st
  *note: Brett Hearn got the win, despite starting 15th for the second straight night. It was his 3rd win in as many tries to open the season at Orange County Speedway.
  
  
• 5/09 Albany Saratoga Speedway - 2nd
  *note: Don Ronca picked up his first win in 11 years at the Malta, NY track with a strong performance. The win also happened to be his 11th career victory at the track... Ronnie Johnson was disqualified from 3rd following the post race inspection... once again, although he won his qualifying heat at the Albany Saratoga Speedway, Hearn didn't get a very good starting spot, starting in 15th position.
  
  
• 5/04 Rolling Wheels Raceway (Super Dirt Series) 2 Races: 2nd and 4th.
  *note: Billy Decker and Dale Planck got the wins. Planck's first career Advance Auto Parts series win.
  
  
• 5/03 Orange County Fair Speedway - **Rained out.
  
  
• 5/02 Albany Saratoga Speedway - **Canceled for apparent threat of showers.
  
  
• 5/01 Virginia Motor Speedway (Super Dirt Series) - 3rd
  *note: Matt Sheppard was the winner. Josh Richards finished 19th. Brett Hearn started the race 9th and won his qualifying heat over Josh Richards.

• 4/26 Orange County Fair Speedway - 1st
  
  
• 4/25 Albany Saratoga Speedway - 7th
  *note: despite winning his qualifier, Hearn was placed behind cars that failed to hit the top 5 in qualifying action. Solid effort to close for 7th on a dirt track that was drier than a cork.)
  
  
• 4/19 Orange County Fair Speedway (2 races) 1st - 1st
  
  
• 4/18 Albany Saratoga Speedway - 18th
  *note: dnf - made up the most ground in the race when his #4 car failed
  
  
• 4/12 Fonda Speedway - 2nd

• 3/29 Big Diamond Raceway - 7th
  
  
• 3/15 Selinsgrove Speedway (RoC Dart Tour) - 28th
  
  
• 3/02 Hagerstown Speedway - 1st

• 02/16 Volusia Speedway Park - 4th
  
  
• 02/15 Volusia Speedway Park - 5th
  
  
• 02/14 Volusia Speedway Park - 1st
  
  
• 02/13 Volusia Speedway Park - 2nd