Bear Lake, PA (June 26, 2012) Rick ‘Boom’ Briggs and the Boom Briggs Racing team have spent their 2012 season racing around their home town of Bear Lake, PA.  In the process, they have entered 13 events so far and have garnered nine top-ten finishes with a second place finish at Stateline Speedway’s United Late Model Series (ULMS) event on May, 12.  Boom also has four third-place finishes, three at Lernerville Speedway in Sarver, PA, including last Friday, and one at Little Valley (NY) Speedway. ‘Work has really taken a toll on our racing schedule this year,’ Boom said from his [...]

Bear Lake, PA (April 16, 2012) Rick ‘Boom’ Briggs and the Boom Briggs Racing team are set to kick off their 2012 season this upcoming weekend at Lernerville Speedway in Sarver, PA on Friday, April 20 and Sharon Speedway in Hartford, OH on Saturday, April 21 for a $3,000 to-win, United Late Model Series (ULMS) event. The unseasonably warm months of February and March led to the Briggs family business hitting its busy season a few weeks earlier than anticipated.  The busy work scheduled derailed Boom’s initial 2012 plans to compete for the Rookie of the Year title with the [...]

Bear Lake, PA (November 21, 2011) Rick ‘Boom’ Briggs and the Boom Briggs Racing team had a very hectic 2011 season that was capped off with wins at Lernerville Speedway in Sarver, PA and Little Valley Speedway in Little Valley, NY. With the family business hitting its busy season in spring and early summer, Briggs spent a lot of time tending to obligations other than racing.  In return, his results on the racetrack suffered.  Boom posted just five top five finishes in 17 starts from February through mid-June before claiming the $2,500 Mid-Season Championship at Lernerville on June, 17.  ‘When [...]

Bear Lake, PA (September 7, 2011) Rick ‘Boom’ Briggs and the Boom Briggs Racing team have been having a fairly successful 2011 season while capturing wins at both Lernerville Speedway in Sarver, PA and Little Valley Speedway in Little Valley, NY. As the season continues to roll on, Briggs and his Meridien Hardwoods, Sorbera Family Chiropractic, Horton Equipment, Asel Enterprises, Briggs Transport, Tony Stec Lumber, Chub Frank Racing, CJ’s Auto Transport sponsored 99B Rocket Chassis have now added strong consistent finishes to bolster his momentum and confidence for the rest of the season. In his last 15 starts, Boom has [...]

Bear Lake, PA (June 20, 2011) Rick ‘Boom’ Briggs and the Boom Briggs Racing team have captured one of the most coveted prizes in the western Pennsylvania region this past Friday, June 17 after winning the Mid-Season Championship at Lernerville Speedway in Sarver, PA which comes with a guaranteed starting spot for the World of Outlaws Late Model Series (WoO) sanctioned, 5th Annual Firecracker 100 presented by GottaRace.com. ‘Having the guaranteed spot for the Firecracker is a huge relief for us,’ Boom said, ‘It takes a ton of pressure off during the first two days of the event and lets [...]