For Immediate Release/December 22, 2013
Attachment: Short Track Super Series 2014 logo
Series For The Working Man: Short Track Super Series Fueled By VP Launched For 2014 Season; Point Fund Larger Than $16,000 To Be Paid For Manageable Schedule; Events At Orange County, Thunder Mountain, I-88, Accord & Penn Can Planned; October Short Track SuperNationals At I-88 Speedway Will Determine Inaugural Champion
BOYERTOWN, PA – It’s finally here: a dirt Modified touring series geared for the “working man” racer.
For the 2014 season, a manageable series of big-block/small-block Modified events has been established. The Short Track Super Series Fueled by VP Racing Fuels features six events and boasts a point fund of more than $16,000 to be paid to the top-10 finishers plus additional cash for competitors with perfect attendance outside the top 10.
The series, managed by Brett Deyo of BD Motorsports Media LLC, kicks off on Sunday, March 23 at Orange County Fair Speedway in Middletown, N.Y., with the inaugural ‘Hard Clay Open’ headlined by a 50-lap Modified event offering a lucrative $30,000 total purse including $5,000 to the winner, $1,000 for 10th and $500 to take the green flag. The rain date is Friday, March 28.
Orange County is one of five participating tracks on the Short Track Super Series. Others include Thunder Mountain Speedway in Center Lisle, N.Y.; I-88 Speedway in Afton, N.Y.; Accord (N.Y.) Speedway; and Penn Can Speedway in Susquehanna, Pa. Each of the events on the schedule is a BD Motorsports Media promotion or co-promotion.
“This is obviously a very exciting concept for weekend racers and the host tracks,” Deyo said of the Short Track Super Series. “Not only have we been able to present ‘big events little guys can win’ we now have a lucrative point fund for these drivers, as well. If you look at our history of promotions, the Friday, Saturday or Sunday night racer has been able to take home some huge paydays. This series further expands that tradition and ups the ante.
“I think we’ve put together a schedule that just about any team can follow. It is a healthy point fund for limited time and travel. By allowing one ‘mulligan’ in the first four races, we’re putting the greatest emphasis on our teams with limited budgets. One bad night or missed event will not take a driver out of the championship hunt by any means.”
The series champion will be decided at the seventh edition of the Short Track SuperNationals ‘Working Man’s Race’ on Friday-Saturday Oct. 10-11 at I-88 Speedway (rain date: Oct. 12). The SuperNationals, which began at the Afton Fairgrounds track in 2006, returns to its roots in ’14 on Columbus Day weekend at I-88, the immaculate facility promoted by local businessmen Jamie Page and Ron Ford. The event – backed by Alpine Building Supply in Schuylkill Haven, Pa. – takes on added significance this year as the final leg of the Short Track Super Series.
The point fund will be paid out on-site following the drop of the checkered flag at the SuperNationals.
The point fund breakdown is as follows: champion: $5,000; second: $3,000; third: $2,500; fourth: $1,500; fifth: $1,000; sixth: $750; seventh: $650; eighth: $600; ninth: $550; and 10th: $500. All drivers with perfect attendance placing outside the top 10 will receive $250.
A number of contingency and product incentives are in the works, in addition to the posted cash point fund.
Following the March opener at Orange County, the Short Track Super Series heads to Thunder Mountain Speedway for the ‘Lightning on the Mountain’ 50-lap main paying a minimum of $5,000 to the winner on Tuesday, May 20 (rain date: May 21). The ‘Lightning on the Mountain’ special is a co-promotion involving Brett Deyo and Karl Spoonhower. For the ’14 season, Spoonhower – who constructed Thunder Mountain in the early 1990s from hillside land outside Whitney Point, N.Y. – returns to the helm as owner and promoter following a seven-year absence.
Spoonhower has already resurfaced the entire speedway (some areas of the track boast three feet of new clay), repaired the entrance road to the speedway and has embarked on a number of facility improvements to ready for the new season. Utilizing rules and paying a purse structure identical to I-88 Speedway, the Modified division returns as a weekly headliner at Thunder Mountain with Saturday racing on the agenda.
The ‘Lightning on the Mountain’ promotion serves as the first major midweek Modified event at Thunder Mountain since August ’08, when business magnate John Wight promoted a T3 All-Star Series event at the track.
The third leg of the Short Track Super Series takes place at I-88 Speedway with the second annual ‘Crazy 8s Special’ paying a mammoth $8,888 to win for 48 laps of racing on the three-tenths-mile oval on Wednesday, July 23 (rain date: July 24). Mike Mahaney of King Ferry, N.Y., the ‘13 I-88 champion, won the first ‘Crazy 8s Special’ last July and took home $8,249 for his triumph driving the Charlie Davis-owned No. 21.
Accord Speedway, the neat-and-tidy quarter-mile nestled in the Catskill Mountains operated by Gary Palmer, serves as the host of Round No. 4 of the Short Track Super Series on Tuesday, August 5 (rain date: Aug. 6) with the ‘Battle of the Bullring 2’ special: a 52-lap main event offering $5,200 to the winner. Last year, the ‘Battle of the Bullring’ resulted in the biggest victory of Danny Creeden’s career. The Middletown, N.Y., driver took home $5,925 for 51 laps of work.
On Tuesday, August 12 (rain date: Aug. 13), the ‘Hot Summer Night’ returns to Penn Can Speedway for Round No. 5 of the Short Track Super Series. Modifieds have not been featured on the ‘Hot Summer Night’ special since August 10, 2010, when Stewart Friesen throttled from 25th starting position – dead last – to win a 60-lap special at the Susquehanna County track managed by Reed Miller and Al Wilcox. The ‘Hot Summer Night’ special pays $5,000 to win.
The first five events on the Short Track Super Series – Orange County, Thunder Mountain, I-88, Accord and Penn Can – will offer points based on a 100-point distribution: 100 to the winner and 40 for last place. Drivers failing to qualify will receive 15 points.
Four of a driver’s best five finishes will be counted in the point standings entering the championship event, Short Track SuperNationals, at I-88. Should a driver miss one of the first five events, their four finishes will be used, etc. The advantage of competing in each of the first five events is the opportunity to drop the worst finish.
The Alpine Building Supply Short Track SuperNationals will then decide the ’14 Short Track Super Series title.
A 150-point distribution will be utilized for the Short Track SuperNationals, with 150 points going to the winner, 60 for last and 25 for drivers unable to qualify for the main event.
Two of the events on the schedule are run head-to-head with big-block Super DIRTcar Series events, ensuring weekend racers take home the lion’s share of the cash awards. The August 5 event at Accord is run opposite a Super DIRTcar Series race at Ransomville (N.Y.) Speedway, while the Oct. 10-11 Short Track SuperNationals – as it has since its inception – is contested head-to-head with Super DIRT Week at the New York State Fairgrounds in Syracuse, N.Y.
Joining title sponsor VP Racing Fuels on the ’14 Short Track Super Series are Pioneer Pole Buildings Inc. and Rochinski Contracting Services as associate marketing partners.
To learn more about the ’14 Short Track Super Series, contact Brett Deyo, BD Motorsports Media LLC, by e-mail at Deyo99H@aol.com, by phone at 845.728.2781 or on the web: www.bdmotorsportsmedia.com. “Like” BD Motorsports Media on Facebook or follow @BrettDeyo on Twitter.
2014 Short Track Super Series Fueled By VP Racing Fuels Schedule
Following Events Based On 100-Point Distribution (Four Best Finishes Apply Toward Championship Event) Sunday, March 23 – Orange County Fair Speedway/Middletown, NY ‘Hard Clay Open’ (50 laps)
Tuesday, May 20 – Thunder Mountain Speedway/Center Lisle, NY ‘Lightning on the Mountain (50 laps)
Wednesday, July 23 – I-88 Speedway/Afton, NY ‘Crazy 8s Special’ (48 laps)
Tuesday, August 5 – Accord Speedway/Accord, NY ‘Battle of the Bullring’ (52 laps)
Tuesday, August 12 – Penn Can Speedway/Susquehanna, PA ‘Hot Summer Night’ (60 laps)
Tuesday, May 20 – Thunder Mountain Speedway/Center Lisle, NY ‘Lightning on the Mountain (50 laps)
Wednesday, July 23 – I-88 Speedway/Afton, NY ‘Crazy 8s Special’ (48 laps)
Tuesday, August 5 – Accord Speedway/Accord, NY ‘Battle of the Bullring’ (52 laps)
Tuesday, August 12 – Penn Can Speedway/Susquehanna, PA ‘Hot Summer Night’ (60 laps)
Championship Event Based On 150-Point DistributionFriday-Saturday October 10-11 – I-88 Speedway/Afton, NY ‘Short Track SuperNationals’ (50 laps)
2014 Short Track Super Series Fueled By VP Racing Fuels Point Fund
2014 Short Track Super Series Fueled By VP Racing Fuels Point Fund
1. $5,000
2. $3,000
3. $2,500
4. $1,500
5. $1,000
6. $750
7. $650
8. $600
9. $550
10. $500
All drivers with perfect attendance outside the top 10 will receive $250
2014 Short Track Super Series Fueled By VP Racing Fuels 100-Point Distribution (First Five Events)
1. 100
2. 95
3. 90
4. 85
5. 80
6. 76
7. 72
8. 68
9. 65
10. 62
11. 60
12. 58
13. 56
14. 54
15. 52
16. 50
17. 48
18. 46
19. 45
20. 44
21. 43
22. 42
23. 41
24. 40 (through last)
Drivers failing to qualify will receive 15 points
2014 Short Track Super Series Fueled By VP Racing Fuels 150-Point Distribution (SuperNationals)
1. 150
2. 145
3. 140
4. 135
5. 130
6. 125
7. 120
8. 116
9. 112
10. 108
11. 104
12. 100
13. 96
14. 92
15. 88
16. 84
17. 80
18. 77
19. 74
20. 71
21. 68
22. 65
23. 62
24. 60 (through last)
Drivers failing to qualify will receive 25 points
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Brett Deyo
BD Motorsports Media LLC
BD Motorsports Media LLC
Phone: 845.728.2781
E-Mail: Deyo99H@aol.com
Facebook: www.facebook.com/BDMotorsportsMedia
Twitter: @BrettDeyo
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