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Jeff Halligan Racing / Risser Motorsports No.45 410 Sprint Car Team

Jeff Halligan Rebounds at The Speed Palace with Top 5 Run

April 5, 2022/0 Comments/in Jeff Halligan, Sprint Cars/by mraddicted2dirt

Risser Motorsports Steadily Building Momentum in Early Season

Port Royal, PA – April 5, 2022

by Addicted2Dirt PR & Media Management

Feature Photo Credit: WRT SpeedWerx / Chris Hockley

There were a lot of smiles in the Risser Motorsports pit after Jeff Halligan’s top five effort at Port Royal Speedway Saturday night. They had waited a long two weeks to get back to the track.

It was a different scene than two weeks earlier. That weekend the team missed the show at Williams Grove Speedway, then watched a promising third place starting spot at Port Royal slip away when Halligan ended up turned the wrong direction and in the fence on a chaotic initial start.

When the Risser Motorsports / TheTreeCenter.com / Victory Auto of Lewistown / EMM Sales & Service / Jake’s Golf Carts, No.45 finally rolled out of the trailer again at Port Royal Speedway on April 2nd, Halligan was more than ready to strap back in and turn the page.

April 2: Port Royal Speedway / Port Royal, PA

(30 cars, Qualifying 2nd in group, Heat 4th, A-main 5th)

Due to forecasted chilly evening temperatures, the start of Saturday’s show at ‘The Speed Palace’ was moved up to 4pm, meaning teams would be treated to another tricky daytime surface. Thirty teams signed in for the group time trial format show.

Halligan kicked things off on a positive note for Risser Motorsports by laying down the 2nd quickest lap in his group. As a result of the 4-car inversion used to set the heat race lineups, Jeff lined up 3rd for his 8-lap heat race. While the top six finishers would transfer to the A-main, the real goal was to finish top two. Only those two would participate in the redraw, ensuring a starting spot in the first three rows for the day’s finale.

The car wasn’t quite where it needed to be for the tricky surface and Jeff slipped back a spot on the start. He was never able to close the gap and had to settle for a 4th place finish, which translated to a 10th place starting spot in the 25-lap feature. It wasn’t the redraw spot they were aiming for, but on the bright side, they were in the race and they knew what they needed to change.

Halligan’s machine was noticeably stronger when the green flag waived on the main event. He surged into 7th by the completion of the opening lap, continued his charge into 5th with two laps complete, and reached 4th by lap six. Over the next few laps, four cars waged a heated battle for two positions. On lap 9 Jeff emerged from the exchange in 5th. He held that spot to the checkered flag, sealing his first top-5 of the 2022 season.

“I felt like I left a couple spots on the table. The guys gave me a really good car. I made a couple decisions that I wish I could go back and change. I got myself in dirty air and lost ground I had made up. Port (Royal) is slick but it always has multiple grooves. It’s tough to make up ground on a daytime surface “, Halligan explained.

“We just need to race the track, make the car better, and be ready to seize opportunities that come to us. It will help when we can race more. It’s been tough to get in a rhythm and learn a lot this Spring with the weather we’ve had here in PA, but we’re getting there. I’m pretty happy with where we are so far “, Halligan commented.

While they may not have the finish to prove it, they also feel they were good enough for a podium finish before the crash a couple weeks ago at Port Royal. Halligan also said the team learned a few things at Williams Grove back in March, so they are looking forward to their next trip to the legendary Mechanicsburg, PA oval.

With over 6 months of racing ahead of them this season, it’s highly likely this team will make some headlines in Central PA in 2022.

Up Next

Jeff and the Risser Motorsports team will be back in action at Port Royal Speedway on Saturday, April 9th when the 410 sprint cars race for a $5,000 top prize as part of the Open Wheel Madness show that also features the URC 360 and PASS/IMCA 305 sprint cars.

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Halligan Logs Solid Start to 2022 at Port Royal

March 8, 2022/0 Comments/in Jeff Halligan, Sprint Cars/by mraddicted2dirt

Risser Motorsports Leaves Season Opener Feeling Good

Port Royal, PA – March 8, 2022

by Addicted2Dirt PR & Media Management

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The beginning of a new season always consists of more questions than it does answers for a race team.

Will our equipment be better than last year? Will the competition be tougher than before? Will our performance pick up where it left off last year? Were the offseason changes we made the right ones?

There’s no way to know any answers until you get out there and test yourself.

For Jeff Halligan and the Risser Motorsports team, the first test of 2022 finally arrived in the form of Port Royal Speedway’s 2022 season opener.

March 6th: 2022 Season Opener / Port Royal Speedway / Port Royal, PA

(42 cars, Heat 3rd, A-main 7th)

A beautiful early March day in Central PA brought 42 winged 410 sprint car teams out of their race shops to finally sling some clay again after their winter hibernation. The show used a random draw to set the lineups for five 8-lap heats. The top four finishers from each would transfer to the A-main, with the top two participating in a redraw that would determine their starting spot in the top ten.

Halligan’s pill draw at registration placed him in the 6th starting spot of heat number one. The opening day field was deep. It was full of top notch teams, so it was clear every spot would count if you wanted to be in the mix at the end of the day.

If his first competitive lap of the year was any indication, Jeff will be a force to be reckoned with in 2022. At the drop of the green, he ducked low and charged between two cars to swiftly move into 4th by the time he had set the car in turn one. Building momentum off of turn two and down the back stretch, Halligan dove low into turn three and claimed 3rd by the time lap one was in the books.

From there, the Ephrata, PA resident turned his focus to tracking down a redraw spot. Jeff was able to close the gap on 2nd place Devin Borden and show the young driver his nose at least once but couldn’t capture the spot. Halligan settled for a 3rd place finish in the Risser Motorsports / TheTreeCenter.com / Victory Auto of Lewistown / EMM Sales & Service / Jake’s Golf Carts, No.45.

“We were surrounded by a pretty talented group in our heat race, so I knew I had to put us in a good position, which meant I needed to make it happen early“, Halligan shared.

Jeff took the green for the day’s 25-lap finale from the 11th starting spot. After gaining one spot in the early laps, he settled into a rhythm looking for more. It took some laps but eventually the car came to life, and he was able to steadily pick up a few spots over the course of several laps as the race drew into its final stages. He ultimately crossed the finish line in 7th, a +4 result on a tricky daytime surface.

“I’m really pleased. We passed cars and moved forward every time we hit the track today. We were really good in the feature. There were good cars in front of us that we just couldn’t quite get to“, the Pennsylvania native commented.

“One big positive today is that we were fast late in the race. We got better as the race went on. That’s something we couldn’t do last year. Usually we would be quick early but then fade a few spots late. To win these races, you have to be good in the closing laps, so I’m happy about that”, Halligan commented.

It was only one race, but Jeff Halligan, crew chief Kyle Defibaugh, and the team now have at least a few of the answers. They have a solid foundation to build on in the weeks and months ahead. Eventually they will get answers to other questions such as, can they improve on their 2021 stats?

“I’m proud of the whole team. Everyone did the best they could all day long. We made the most of our situation all day. You can’t ask for much more than that. We have something we can build off of now. I’m thankful for our marking partners that make this possible for us. I hope everyone goes out and supports them“, Halligan concluded.

One thing is certain. It will be exciting to follow Jeff and the Risser Motorsports team to see how the questions get answered in 2022.