DIVERSE FIELD TAKING SHAPE FOR PPB-VP $30,000 CLASH AT THE CAN AT PENN CAN SPEEDWAY

News from the Clash at the Can – ‘Making History, One Dollar at a Time’

Media Contact: Brett Deyo – Deyo99H@aol.com or 845.728.2781

For Immediate Release/June 1, 2013

With More Than $30,000 On The Line, Diverse Field Taking Shape For Penn Can Speedway's Richest Night On Tuesday, June 11; Teams Tame Aim At Lucrative Pioneer Pole Buildings Inc.-VP Racing Fuels 'Clash at the Can'

SUSQUEHANNA, PA - A diverse Modified field is taking shape for Penn Can Speedway's richest night ever - the Pioneer Pole Buildings Inc.-VP Racing Fuels 'Clash at the Can' on Tuesday, June 11 (rain date: Wednesday, June 12).

With more than $30,000 on the line - including $500 just to take the green flag in the 60-lap Race of Champions Dirt Modified Tour main event - an impressive cast of big-block/small-block Modifieds will descend upon the one-third-mile oval on the Keystone State side of the New York/Pennsylvania border.

An historic purse is in place thanks to the marketing assistance of Pioneer Pole Buildings Inc., VP Racing Fuels, Sharkey's Fuels and Husqvarna. All eyes in the dirt Modified community will be on Penn Can June 11!

The "non-top-heavy" payout rewards the winner with a minimum of $5,000 (plus lap money and bonuses), with $1,500 offered for fifth place and $1,000 reserved for the 10th-place finisher in the fourth annual event co-promoted by Brett Deyo of BD Motorsports Media LLC and Penn Can managers Reed Miller and Al Wilcox.

Additionally, the first six drivers failing to make the field via a consolation will transfer into the first Trackside Products 'Dash into the Clash' 6 1/2-lap Last Chance Qualifier. The 'Dash into the Clash' victor can either take $650 cash or the last starting spot in the main, paying $500 green money. All other 'Dash into the Clash' participants earn $50.

A long list of bonuses and special awards has pressed the night's take to more than $30,000 for Modified teams!

The open-wheel doubleheader program includes a 25-lap, $1,000-to-win feature for the 602 Crate Sportsman drivers.

Recently announcing his intentions to compete in the event - his first-ever Penn Can visit - is Australian Peter Britten, who will drive the locally owned Mike Marold Jr. Troyer car. The Honesdale, Pa., Marold team will renumber the car to '7a' for Britten's native Australia.

Britten, 25 years old, races regularly at Albany-Saratoga (N.Y.) Speedway, Canandaigua (N.Y.) Motorsports Park and chases Super DIRTcar Series points across the Northeast and Canada. He turned heads last season on live national television, contending for victory in the World Finals in Charlotte, N.C.

The driver quite possibly making the longest tow to Penn Can is Brad Trice of Parsonsburg, Md. The Delaware International Speedway regular - who recently purchased a C.C. Performance small-block engine - is set for his Penn Can debut. Trice is a frequent winner at Charlie Cathell's fast half-mile in the First State.

All three previous 'Clash at the Can' winners are expected to be on hand. Duane Howard of Oley, Pa., who won the inaugural event in 2010, will pilot the Glenn Hyneman-owned No. 126 Teo-Pro car. Billy Decker (Unadilla, N.Y. - '11 winner) and Danny Johnson (Rochester, N.Y. -'12 winner) have also set plans to attend.

Bobby Varin of Sharon Springs, N.Y., leads the RoC point standings into Penn Can. The '05 RoC Dirt co-champion will strap into Tom Umbenhauer's No. 19 for the 'Clash' event. He has shown previous success with the Pennsylvania-based car at Five Mile Point (N.Y.) and Grandview (Pa.) speedways last year, finishing second in both the Short Track SuperNationals and Freedom 76.

Per team owner Vinnie Salerno, Late Model star Tim McCreadie of Watertown, N.Y., will drive the Four Star Motorsports No. 4* Teo-Pro car at the 'Clash at the Can' in search of his first Penn Can victory.

Brian Weaver of Windsor, N.Y., owns eight Penn Can track championships but has not raced regularly this season. Look for Weaver to return to the track at Penn Can with his No. 1A in search of a big payday. Another former Penn Can champion, Mike Gular of Green Lane, Pa., returns to the facility where he won titles in ’07 and ’10.

New Jersey's Ryan Godown, who drove from 26th to finish second in last year's 'Clash' and returned to win the 'King of the Can' in October, returns this season in his self-owned No. 26 Troyer car. "How can I not like the place?" Godown said of his plans to attend.

Jimmy Horton of Neshanic Station, N.J., heads to Penn Can on the heels of high-profile victories at New Egypt (N.J.) Speedway ($10,000 RoC event in March) and Bridgeport (N.J.) Speedway (George Wingate Classic $4,000 on May 26) driving Dieter Schmidt’s No. 5.

Frank Cozze, a former regular at Penn Can in the early 1990s and winner of the 'Hot Summer Night' midweek at the facility in '04, has returned to Modified racing this season driving for Norm Hansell in the famed No. 357. Already a Modified winner in ‘13, the 57-year-old Wind Gap, Pa., driver is set for a run at 'Clash at the Can' glory.

Matt Sheppard of Waterloo, N.Y., a three-time Mr. DIRTcar champion, has never won at Penn Can Speedway. The 30-year-old driver of Jeff Brownell's No. 9s would like to change that on June 11. Another Central New York talent, Jimmy Phelps, and the Heinke-Baldwin Racing No. 98H operation bring momentum to Penn Can after winning the $10,000 'Victoria' at Utica-Rome (N.Y.) Speedway on Memorial Day.

Stewart Friesen returns to the seat of Tadd Parks' No. 1 for the '13 special events at Penn Can, having run the No. 85 cars for Marty Burdick last year. Friesen, who drives Parks' cars at Fonda (N.Y.) Speedway, has enjoyed Penn Can success with Parks including victories in the 'Hot Summer Night' ('10) and 'King of the Can' ('11) events.

Also of Fonda Speedway notoriety is Elmo Reckner, who will make his second Penn Can appearance at the 'Clash at the Can' event.

From the Accord (N.Y.) Speedway area, young Danny Tyler of Cottekill, N.Y., and Jerry Higbie Jr. of Newburgh, N.Y., are set to contend. Tyler finished second in the '11 'Clash' event to Billy Decker. Higbie, a noted fabricator and chassis builder, brings Gary Mann's No. 55 HigFab chassis to Penn Can.

Local drivers are typically a force in the 'Clash at the Can' and '13 will be no different. Among the Penn Can-area drivers looking to contend are '12 track champion Joey Grammes of Lehighton, Pa., '11 title winner Kevin Hartnett of Barto, Pa., the father and son tandem of Mike and Joey Colsten of Binghamton, N.Y., and rapidly improving Nick Rochinski of Dickson City, Pa.

Fans will not want to miss the field of cars assembling for the Penn Can 'Clash' event!

On Tuesday, June 11, Penn Can gates will open at 5 p.m. with hot laps at 6:45 p.m. and racing at 7:30 p.m.

Adult grandstand admission is $22 for Adults, $20 for Seniors (ages 62 and up), $10 for Students (Ages 13-17) and Kids 12 and under are FREE. Pit admission is $30 with any track or series license and $35 without a track or series license.

Despite the purse boost and addition of Crate 602 Sportsman, prices did not increase from 2012!

A commemorative souvenir program book - 28 pages with a full color center spread - and eye-catching event apparel from Bob Hilbert Sportswear will be on sale. A 'Clash Combo Pack' will be offered to include a tee-shirt and a program for $20.

Modified racers are reminded there is a Race of Champions pre-entry fee of $15 in advance or $20 on race night. Entry forms are available online at www.rocdirt.com or www.bdmotorsportsmedia.com.

Complete race information and rules are on the web at www.bdmotorsportsmedia.com.

BD Motorsports Media LLC returns to Penn Can in October to co-promote the 'King of the Can' 14th annual Modified event on Friday, Oct. 18, headlined by a 50-lap main paying $5,014 to win and $314 to take the green flag. Crate 602 Sportsman and Street Stocks complete the Friday card, which carries a Sunday (Oct. 20) rain date.

To learn more about the 'Clash at the Can' and other BD Motorsports Media promotions, contact Brett Deyo by phone at 845.728.2781 or via e-mail at Deyo99H@aol.com. BD Motorsports Media is on the web at www.bdmotorsportsmedia.com, on Facebook at www.facebook.com/bdmotorsportsmedia and on Twitter @BrettDeyo.

The 2013 ‘Clash at the Can’ is presented by Pioneer Pole Buildings Inc., VP Racing Fuels, Sharkey’s Fuels, Husqvarna, Trackside Products, Don’s Automotive Mall, American Racer/Lias Tire, Shiley Fabrication, BFP Specialty, Fulton Speedway, Black Rock Speedway, S&D Bodyline, BFP Specialty, Manmiller Electric, Tim Long/Big Diamond Speedway, Elite 3 Web Design, S&W Awards, Four Star Lettering, BD Motorsports Media LLC and many more marketing partners.

BD Motorsports Media Co-Promotion Penn Can Speedway History October 12, 2012 (King of the Can 50 laps) - RYAN GODOWN - Danny Johnson - Joey Grammes - Billy Decker - Stewart Friesen
June 13, 2012 (Clash at the Can RoC 60 laps) - DANNY JOHNSON - Ryan Godown - Jeff Strunk - Billy Pauch Sr. - Ryan Watt
November 13, 2011 (King of the Can 50 laps) - STEWART FRIESEN - Jeff Strunk - Pat Ward - Jimmy Phelps - Justin Holland
June 7, 2011 (Clash at the Can RoC 60 laps) - BILLY DECKER - Danny Tyler - Jimmy Phelps - Duane Howard - Matt Sheppard
August 10, 2010 - (Hot Summer Night RoC 60 laps) - STEWART FRIESEN - Alan Rudalavage - Duane Howard - Bobby Varin - Joey Grammes
June 8, 2010 (Clash at the Can RoC 60 laps) - DUANE HOWARD - Danny Johnson - Stewart Friesen - Brett Tonkin - Ryan Godown