(Cortland, OH)...The Hovis Auto & Truck Supply RUSH Sportsman Modified Series presented by Born2Run Lubricants competed at the huge 5/8-mile Expo Speedway in a Weekly Series special event presented by Flynn's Tire on Thursday night as part of the 176th annual Trumbull County Fair. It marked the eighth straight year and ninth time the RUSH Sportsman Modifieds have been part of the annual races at the Fair. A large crowd turned out on a beautiful evening after nearly three inches of rain hit the Fairgrounds the night prior.

Kole Holden led all 15 caution-free laps putting on a dominating performance in the Flynn's Tire-sponsored feature to become the first repeat winner in 9 events run all-time at Expo. Holden's division-leading sixth victory of the season was worth $800 as he maintains the points lead in the $3,500 to-win Weekly Series Championship. Holden has already matched his career best win total of six victories from 2017 with more than half of the season remaining.

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(Pulaski, PA)...The Hovis Auto & Truck Supply RUSH Racing Series presented by Born2Run Lubricants is proud to announce that Rick Hendrick City Chevrolet has signed on as the presenting sponsor of the 2023 RUSH Late Model National Weekly Series and Track Pack Championship programs, as well as a supporting sponsor of the RUSH Sprint Cars, RUSH Sportsman Modifieds, RUSH Pro Mods, and RUSH Stock Cars.

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(Pulaski, PA)...The Hovis Auto & Truck Supply RUSH Racing Series presented by Born2Run Lubricants will utilize the Pit Pay app to streamline the RUSH membership application process in 2023. The Pit Pay app is available free to download from the Apple App Store or Google Play Store.

(Ediburg, PA)...While the 2023 racing season is only a few months away, Hovis Auto & Truck Supply RUSH Racing Series presented by Born2Run Lubricants Directors Vicki Emig and Mike Leone put a final wrap on the 2022 racing season with the annual awards banquet and dinner on Saturday night at the Gatherings Banquet & Event Center. Attendees from six states and Ontario, Canada filled the beautiful banquet hall as a record $175,000+ in cash was distributed to RUSH Late Model, Sprint Car, Sportsman Modified, Pro Mod, Stock Car, and Kart Series racers. Drivers from the ages of 5 to 67 years of age were recognized. All told well over $325,000 in point fund monies and useful product contingencies were distributed to RUSH racers throughout the 2022 season.

(Sarver, PA)...The Hovis Auto & Truck Supply RUSH Racing Series presented by Born2Run Lubricants participated in the “Steel City Stampede” once again at Lernerville Speedway Thursday through Saturday night. The 14th edition saw three of RUSH's classes spotlighted with Logan Roberson capturing the Late Model Flynn's Tire Touring Series event, while Ben Easler claimed the Sportsman Modified Flynn's Tire Touring Series race and Blaze Myers earned the victory in the Equipment Rental Options Sprint Car Weekly Series special. In addition, Doug Rutana was the lucky recipient in the Chevrolet Performance 602 Sportsman Modified complete engine giveaway presented by Sara Cipriano of Waterstone Mortgage of Hermitage, Pa.

Ben Easler opened the season for the Hovis RUSH Sportsman Modified Flynn's Tire Touring Series at Sharon by winning his first ever in Tour competition and closed out the year winning the finale at Lernerville. Easler, the 2021 "Futures Cup" Champion, passed Jordan Ehrenberg on lap 11 and went uncontested for the 25-lap feature win worth $800 as he became the ninth different winner in nine "Steel City Stampede" events! More impressively, Easler, who already won the $1,000 Wedge Motorsports "Route 7 Rumble" Series Championship, was able to earn the $3,500 Hovis Weekly Series Championship with his sixth overall win of 2022!

(Hartford, OH)...The Hovis Auto & Truck Supply RUSH Sportsman Modified Series presented by Born2Run Lubricants were in action at on Friday night at Sharon Speedway for a Flynn's Tire Touring Series event part of the Wedge Motorsports "Route 7 Rumble" Series. Race #4 of Flynn's Tire Touring Series was part of the "Sharon Nationals" with the All Star Circuit of Champions Sprint Cars and was broadcast live on Flo Racing. It was also the season finale at Sharon and concluded the Wedge Motorsports "Route 7 Rumble" Series Championship. Rob Kristyak ended a winless drought of more than three years at Sharon with a dominating performance in the 25-lap feature presented by Jerry Rents LLC.

Kristyak, who owns 11 career Big-Block Modified wins at Sharon, led wire-to-wire taking the $1,000 victory by nearly six seconds in the non-stop feature timed in 8:22.894. Kristyak became the fourth different Flynn's Tire Touring Series winner in as many 2022 races as he also ended more than a three-year winless drought in the Tour with his first win since July 11, 2019 at Expo Speedway.

(Pulaski, PA)...On a sunny, hot and steamy Friday, Lernerville Speedway hosted the third annual “RUSH Summer Showcase” featuring the Hovis Auto & Truck Supply RUSH Late Models, RUSH Sportsman Modifieds, and RUSH Sprint Cars as a total of 79 Chevrolet Performance crate engine cars filled the pit area. Race #12 for the Flynn’s Tire Late Model Tour went to Daryl Charlier, while race #3 for the Flynn’s Tire Sportsman Modified Tour was won by Garrett Krummert, and finally race #15 for the Equipment Rental Options RUSH Sprint Car Weekly Series was captured by John Mollick.

After struggling mightily in his heat race, Garrett Krummert charged from 11th starting and went third to first on lap 24 passing race-long leader Rob Kristyak to become the third different winner in three Flynn’s Tire Touring Series events this season for the Hovis Auto & Truck Supply RUSH Sportsman Modifieds. Krummert, who continues to lead the Tour points, earned $800 for his fourth overall win of 2022.

(Cortland, OH)...The Hovis Auto & Truck Supply RUSH Sportsman Modified Series presented by Born2Run Lubricants were in action on Thursday night at Expo Speedway for a Flynn's Tire Touring Series event. It marked the eighth appearance at the 5/8-mile oval all-time, which was part of the 175th annual Trumbull County Fair. A large crowd watched the two-division program from the huge covered grandstands on a warm and sunny evening in Northeast Ohio.

Kole Holden had won 14 career RUSH Sportsman Modified races since he started racing in 2015, but never in a Flynn's Tire Touring Series event nor at Expo Speedway. That changed on Thursday night as the two-time champion at the nearby Sharon Speedway led all 20 laps of the feature to become the eighth different winner in as many races run all-time at Expo. It was also Holden's first win of 2022.

(Hartford, OH)...The Hovis Auto & Truck Supply RUSH Sportsman Modified Series presented by Born2Run Lubricants were in action at on Saturday night at Sharon Speedway for a Flynn's Tire Touring Series event part of the Wedge Motorsports "Route 7 Rumble" Series. A season high 25 cars were on hand. It was the ninth annual "Manufacturers Night" presented by MSD Performance as 22 eligible racers shared in $21,000 of valuable product giveaways with each driver receiving a product package valued at a minimum of $450! Doug Rutana won the grand prize of TBM Tornado Brake Calipers. The complete product giveaway winners list is posted below.

While the box score may show 2021 "Futures Cup" Champion Ben Easler leading all 25 laps of the feature, Easler's first career Flynn's Tire Touring Series and Sharon victory was far from routine for the 15-year-old. Easler had to fight off a mid-race challenge from 2020 "Futures Cup" Champion Ayden Cipriano then had Modified standout Garrett Krummert all over him in the final laps with two-time Weekly Series Champion Chas Wolbert on the prowl in third. Easler earned $800 for the thrilling victory in addition to $600 of product giveaways from Wrisco Industries and Big Daddy's Speed Center.

(Hartford, OH)...The Hovis Auto & Truck Supply RUSH Sportsman Modified Series presented by Born2Run Lubricants is primed for its eighth annual "Manufacturers Night" once again presented by MSD Performance this Saturday night (June 18) at Sharon Speedway. The night will also include an $800 to-win Flynn's Tire Touring Series event. In addition, the Hovis RUSH Sprint Cars will also be on the card in an Equipment Rental Options Weekly Series event.

(Edinburg, PA)...The Hovis Auto & Truck Supply RUSH Sportsman Modified Series presented by Born2Run Lubricants is proud to announce that for the second straight year, Waterstone Mortgage of Hermitage will present the "Loyalty Program". One RUSH Modified racer will win a complete race ready Chevrolet Performance 602 Sportsman Modified crate engine package (carb-to-pan) valued at approximately $11,000; this will be the most valuable product to ever be given away in the history of the RUSH Racing Series!

True to its name, the "Loyalty Program" presented by Waterstone Mortgage of Hermitage will reward loyalty. In order to be eligible for the engine giveaway, drivers must be a RUSH member and cannot compete in a non-RUSH sanctioned Sportsman Modified event the same night as a contested RUSH-sanctioned event throughout the 2022 season.

(Edinburg, PA)...While the 2022 racing season is only a few months away, Hovis Auto & Truck Supply RUSH Racing Series presented by Born2Run Lubricants Directors Vicki Emig and Mike Leone put a final wrap on the 2021 racing season with the annual awards banquet and dinner on Saturday night at the Gatherings Banquet & Event Center. A record number of attendees filled the beautiful banquet hall as a record $166,000+ in cash was distributed to RUSH Late Model, Sprint Car, Sportsman Modified, Pro Mod, Stock Car, and Kart racers. Drivers from the ages of 5 to 66 years of age were recognized. All told well over $315,000 in point fund monies and useful product contingencies were distributed to RUSH racers throughout the 2021 season.

(Pulaski, PA)...RUSH Racing Series Directors Vicki Emig and Mike Leone are pleased to welcome Hovis Auto & Truck Supply as the Series' branding sponsor along with Born2Run Lubricants as the presenting sponsor for the upcoming 2022 season and beyond. Hovis and Born2Run replace Pace Performance and Sweeney Chevrolet Buick GMC after an impressive 11-year partnership with the Series. The Hovis and Born2Run logos will adorn not only the RUSH Racing Series logo, but also the Series logos of the RUSH Late Models, RUSH Sprint Cars, RUSH Sportsman Modifieds, RUSH Pro Mods, RUSH Stock Cars, and RUSH Karting Series.

(Sarver, PA)...The Pace Performance RUSH Racing Series together with Sweeney Chevrolet Buick GMC participated in the “Steel City Stampede” once again at Lernerville Speedway Thursday through Saturday night. Despite rain and threatening conditions each night, the shows was completed without delay. The 13th edition saw three of RUSH's classes spotlighted with Kyle Hardy capturing the Flynn's Tire/Born2Run Lubricants Late Model Touring Series event, while Garrett Krummert claimed the Hovis Auto & Truck Supply Sportsman Modified Touring Series race and Chad Ruhlman earned the victory in the Equipment Rental Options Sprint Car Weekly Series special. In addition, Chas Wolbert was the lucky recipient in the Chevrolet Performance 602 Sportsman Modified complete engine giveaway presented by Waterstone Mortgage of Hermitage, Pa.

Garrett Krummert led all 25 laps of the Pace Performance RUSH Sportsman Modified feature for his first Hovis Auto & Truck Supply Tour win of the season worth $800; however it was the drivers behind him that were the stories of the night. Runner-up Chas Wolbert was selected as the lucky recipient of the Chevrolet Performance 602 Sportsman Modified complete engine giveaway presented by Sara Cipriano of Waterstone Mortgage valued at approximately $9,000, while third place Tony Tatgenhorst garnered his first career championship of any kind nailing down the Hovis Tour title!

(Hartford, OH)...The Pace Performance RUSH Racing Series together with Sweeney Chevrolet Buick GMC returned to Sharon Speedway for the final time of 2021 to participate in the two-day "Apple Festival Nationals" on Friday and Saturday night. Race #13 of the Flynn's Tire/Born2Run Lubricants Late Model Touring Series competed at Sharon for the second consecutive event following the "Bill Forney Memorial", while the RUSH Sportsman Modified Hovis Auto & Truck Supply Touring Series did the same following their "Manufacturers Night" event. Picking up victories to end the 92nd anniversary season at Sharon were Joe Martin (Late Models) and Chas Wolbert (Sportsman Modifieds).

Sharon champion Chas Wolbert won his second consecutive RUSH Sportsman Modified Hovis Auto & Truck Supply Touring Series event at the Hartford, Ohio track. The 2021 $3,500 Hovis Weekly Series Champion led all 25 laps of the feature. Wolbert's fifth Sharon win of the season was worth $800 and backed up his $600 Tour win on July 31 during "Manufacturers Night" presented by MSD Performance. Wolbert upped his all-time leading Tour win total to seven.

(Hartford, OH)...The Pace Performance RUSH Sportsman Modified Series together with Sweeney Chevrolet Buick GMC were in action at on Saturday night at Sharon Speedway for a Hovis Auto & Truck Supply Touring Series event part of the Wedge Motorsports "Route 7 Rumble" Series. A season high 29 cars were on hand topping the previous high of 27 from the week prior at Sharon. It was the eighth annual "Manufacturers Night" presented by MSD Performance as the 27 eligible racers shared in $23,000 of valuable product giveaways! Kole Holden was the big prize winner earning nearly $2,000 in products including the grand prize of TBM Tornado Brake Calipers and a complete Set of 4130 Black FK Rod Ends! The complete product giveaway winners list is posted below.

Hovis Weekly Series and Sharon points leader, Chas Wolbert, rebounded from drawing a 96 pill to move forward in both his heat race and the Ohio Intra Express Dash to earn the outside pole starting spot. Wolbert then led all 25 laps, and other than surviving four restarts on laps 19-20, went uncontested for the $600 Tour win- the sixth of his career but first of the season.

(Cortland, OH)...After the COVID-19 pandemic wiped out the 2020 Trumbull County Fair, racing returned to the 5/8-mile Expo Speedway on Thursday night in the first event at the track since July 11, 2019. Thunderstorms closed in on the Trumbull County Fairgrounds during the evening hours, but the two-division show was completed before the storms rolled in. The Pace Performance RUSH Sportsman Modified Hovis Auto & Truck Supply Touring Series has now been part of the last six Fairs with two shows held during the 2018 season. This year marks the 174th Trumbull County Fair.

Making his first RUSH start of the season, Eric Gabany powered around Jacob Wolfe on the start and led all 20 caution-free laps of the feature to win the opener for the Hovis Auto & Truck Supply Touring Series. Gabany earned $800 for his third career Tour victory as he became the amazing seventh different winner in as many races at Expo!

(Pulaski, PA)...Throughout the years, the Pace Performance RUSH Racing Series together with Sweeney Chevrolet Buick GMC has become an industry leader in awarding its drivers tens of thousands of dollars of valuable product contingencies in conjunction with their championship monies. The 2021 season will be no different as once again the product value will exceed $150,000. It is estimated that approximately 300 different racers will capture a product valued at a minimum of $300 with many receiving items over $500, and some cashing in on products valued between $1,000 and $2,000 at some point in the season.

(Pulaski, PA)...While the COVID-19 pandemic certainly had a profound effect on the entire world in 2020, the Pace Performance RUSH Racing Series together with Sweeney Chevrolet Buick GMC is full speed ahead with a record-breaking season in store for 2021 as over $300,000 in championship point funds and contingencies will be distributed across the board to RUSH divisions. Some of the highlights include increased purses and point funds, new speedways, expansion to the West Coast for Sprints, the debut of the RUSH Stock Cars, and a large contingent of new racers across all of RUSH's Series.