MANMILLER - SPONSOR AND DRIVER - READY FOR PENN CAN CLASH

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/May 3, 2012

Doug Manmiller Enters $10,000 Penn Can Speedway 'Clash at the Can' As Driver & Event Sponsor; Manmiller Electric Offers $50 to Race of Champions Modified Heat Winners

SUSQUEHANNA, PA - Doug Manmiller will have a pair of roles when Penn Can Speedway hosts the historic 'Clash at the Can' event on Tuesday, June 12.

Manmiller won't only be one of the top dirt Modified invaders vying for a $10,000 victory at the Susquehanna County one-third-mile oval. He'll also serve as an event marketing partner. Manmiller Electric, his Shoemakersville, Pa.-based business, has signed on as a heat-race sponsor at the third annual 'Clash at the Can' presented by VP Racing Fuels and Pioneer Pole Buildings Inc.

The 2012 'Clash at the Can' is the highest-paying event in the history of Penn Can Speedway. Both the winner's share and total purse eclipse all records.

All Race of Champions Dirt Modified Tour qualifying heat-race victors during the program will receive $50 cash courtesy of Manmiller Electric. It is the second consecutive year Manmiller has backed the program.

No doubt, the 44-year-old driver hopes to collect some of his own money at the co-promotion involving track managers Al Wilcox and Reed Miller and special events promoter Brett Deyo.

Manmiller heads to Penn Can with a Josh Biever-owned Bicknell No. 46 powered by a Pat Morrison-built small-block engine.

"I enjoy racing at Penn Can," said Manmiller, a Pennsylvania Dual-Track 358-Modified regular at Big Diamond and Grandview speedways. "When I first started going there for special races, I struggled. Lately, we've gotten better.

"The thing about Penn Can is that it's a racy track. If you've got a good car, you can pass. That's a big plus."

Manmiller has shown early strength on the '12 Race of Champions Dirt Modified Tour with a third-place at Selinsgrove (Pa.) Speedway in the 'Icebreaker V' 358-Modified event and a top-10 result on the fast Bridgeport (N.J.) Speedway five-eighths-mile. At his home tracks of Grandview and Big Diamond, he holds down top-five point standings positions.

The driver known as 'the Handler' knows the competition will be tough at Penn Can. But he's up for the challenge.

"You go to these RoC races and everybody is there," he said. "It's not easy. We've got good equipment and all the right stuff to succeed."

Manmiller's heat-race cash adds to a long list of contingency sponsors on board for the evening.

The winner of the 'Clash at the Can' earns a guaranteed starting berth in the Sept. 29 Outlaw 200 at N.Y.'s Fulton Speedway, an event paying $20,000 to the winner and the 'Friends of Mike' special at N.J.'s New Egypt Speedway, paying a minimum of $10,000, on July 28.

Thanks to Trackside Products of Endicott, N.Y., leading lap 30 - the halfway mark - of the RoC Modified event will be lucrative. The halfway leader will have the option of two prizes: a 55-gallon drum of VP Racing Fuels C12 gasoline or two drums of VP Racing Fuels M1 methanol. The halfway prizes are valued at approximately $500 cash.

Other contingency sponsors include Harford Subway, Trackside Products, Shiley Fabrication, S&D Bodyline, American Racer/Lias Tire, MTL Motorsports, S&W Awards and more. A complete listing can be found on the event website.

For the first time, a souvenir program book will be produced for the 'Clash at the Can' event. The 28-page program will be published by AARN Publishing of Trenton, N.J., the producers of Area Auto Racing News. It will be 28 pages with full color covers and eight total pages of color. BD Motorsports Media will manage advertising, content and distribution of the program.

All advertisers will receive a free lap sponsorship, offering added exposure. Contact Brett Deyo at 845.728.2781 or Deyo99H@aol.com for advertising rates.

Additionally, a special G&G Towing "Clash for Clunkers" promotion offers free admission for two through a unique promotion. Visit the event website for details.

The 'Clash at the Can' will offer combination points on the Race of Champions Dirt Modified Tour title race of 2012. Two regions will comprise the '12 RoC schedule. At the 'Clash at the Can' fans will enjoy stars of the North and South colliding in an epic short-track battle.

In its two previous runnings, the 'Clash at the Can' main event has evolved into a standoff between Modified superstars and weekend warriors.

Last June, it was eventual RoC champion Billy Decker, driving John Wight's Gypsum Racing No. 91, besting Accord (N.Y.) Speedway weekend racer Danny Tyler of Cottekill, N.Y. The upstart Tyler led much of the event, proved a formidable match for Decker and guided his family owned No. 22 home to second.

The star of the '10 'Clash at the Can' was Carbondale, Pa.-based Penn Can regular Brett Tonkin, whose No. 15 repelled the advances of eventual victor Duane Howard of Oley, Pa., using the outside lane.

Penn Can's racy one-third-mile layout has proven a great equalizer: expensive and powerful engines aren't the key to success. The surface is tire-wear-friendly. Truly "anyone" can take $10,000 home from this show!

Keep posted to www.bdmotorsportsmedia.com for updates on the '12 'Clash at the Can' event. Penn Can Speedway is on the web at www.penncan.com. BD Motorsports Media can be found on Facebook at www.facebook.com/bdmotorsportsmedia and Twitter @BrettDeyo.

Entry forms have been posted on the BD Motorsports Media website.

The 2012 'Clash at the Can' is presented by VP Racing Fuels, Pioneer Pole Buildings Inc., G&G Towing and Scrap Recycling, Trackside Products, Manmiller Electric, American Racer/Lias Tire, Shiley Fabrication, S&D Bodyline, MTL Motorsports, Fulton Speedway, Bob Hilbert Sportswear, Harford Subway, S&W Awards, and Four Star Lettering.

BD Motorsports Media Co-Promotion Penn Can Speedway History

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

BD Motorsports Media Promotions All-Time Modified Win List

Stewart Friesen - 3 (Penn Can Nov. 13, 2011; Big Diamond July 26, 2011; Penn Can Aug. 10, 2010)
Duane Howard - 2 (Five Mile Point Oct. 8, 2011; Penn Can June 8, 2010)
Billy Decker - 1 (Penn Can June 7, 2011)
Justin Holland - 1 (Five Mile Point Oct. 9, 2010)
Kevin Hirthler - 1 (Five Mile Point Oct. 10, 2009)
Mike Ricci - 1 (Afton Oct. 7, 2006)