SWEENEY RUSH LATE MODEL TOUR HEADS TO EXPO WEDNESDAY FOR 11TH STRAIGHT YEAR PART
OF TRUMBULL COUNTY FAIR; BICKNELL TOUR FOR RUSH MODS AT EXPO WEDNESDAY &
THURSDAY THEN SUNDAY AT TRI-CITY
By
Mike Leone
July 9, 2018
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
(Pulaski, PA)…The
Sweeney Chevrolet Buick GMC RUSH Racing Series powered by Pace Performance is
set for a huge week. The Sweeney
Late Model Touring Series will be at Expo Speedway on Wednesday (July 11) as
part of the Trumbull County Fair in Cortland, Ohio.
The RUSH Sportsman Modifieds will have a trio of Bicknell Touring Series
events with back-to-back shows at Expo on Wednesday and Thursday followed by
Tri-City Raceway Park in Franklin, Pa. on Sunday.
The RUSH Sprint Cars will also be competing at Tri-City.
Racing begins early at 6 p.m. all three
nights.
The 172nd annual Trumbull County Fair will again include racing on Wednesday
night featuring the RUSH Late Models for $1,500 to-win in a “Platinum” event and
for the fourth straight year the RUSH Sportsman Modifieds for $600 to-win.
For the first time ever, the RUSH Sportsman Modifieds will also be part
of Thursday's action at Expo in an $800 to-win Bicknell Tour event!
Though these are all Touring Series shows, Weekly Series points will also
be on the line for both divisions including Pace "Summer Chase" points for
eligible Late Model racers, and "Futures Cup" points for eligible racers in both
divisions.
It's been typical in the past for the Late Model races to come right down to the
wire with exciting finishes in front of a big crowd in the covered grandstands.
Past winners include Bobby Powell (2008), Max Blair (2009-2010, 2014-2015),
Will Thomas III (2012), John Waters (2016), and Russell King (2011, 2013 &
2017).
On
the strength of five straight top nine finishes, Jeremy Wonderling enters
Wednesday as the Sweeney Late Model Tour points leader going after his first
Series championship. During that
stretch, Wonderling has recorded a pair of runner-up finishes and a third place;
however, has been shutout of victory lane after the first eight events.
Jason Genco is second in points in his first year on the Tour.
Jeremy's brother Brady is third in points in his first year Touring
driving the Randy Ralyea #z1. Jason
Knowles is fourth as the top four in points are all from New York.
Canadian Adam Ferri is fifth in points and is another racer Touring for
the first time.
Platinum Tour events allow Tour member drivers that
have missed a Tour race(s) to use the events as a replacement event or Tour
members can use the events to throw out their worst finish.
Drivers can use one Platinum show to replace a missed event and up to
three to replace their worst Marquee finishes (or two if a Platinum is used to
replace a missed Marquee event).
The 2015 event for the Sportsman Modifieds not only marked the first ever race
for them at Expo, but made history being the first ever Bicknell Tour event run
with Greg Martin earning the top honors.
Chelsie Kriegisch then made more history in 2016 by becoming the first
female to ever win at Expo in the track’s history and the first female in the
history of crate racing in the Northeast to win a Touring Series event!
Last year saw Rocky Kugel become the third winner in three years.
“Expo has always been a fun event,” stated RUSH Director Vicki Emig. “It’s
a great atmosphere with the fair going on and the fan support has always been
great. The fans get free admission
to the races with their fair admission and the pit pass for the racers gets them
into the fair for free. We have to thank Bud Rodgers and the rest of the
fairboard for continuing to allow us to bring our show to the Trumbull County
Fair and for stepping up and giving the Sportsman Modifieds back-to-back events
for the first time in their history.”
The weekend will wrap up on Sunday at Tri-City with another RUSH doubleheader.
The RUSH Sportsman Modifieds will run their third Bicknell Tour event in
five days with a $600 to-win show that will feature timed warm-ups with the
fastest qualifier earning $100 from Ohio Intra Express, while the RUSH Sprint
Cars will race for the second and final time of the season at Tri-City in a $500
to-win, $125 to-start Bonnell's Rod Shop Weekly Series event.
"We have to thank Tri-City owner Mark Tatalovic and general manager Chad Wagner
for their support of RUSH," added Emig.
"Despite running a limited schedule, they have given three of our classes
two events each. They also put down
a new red clay surface in the turns that received great reviews from the racers
at last month's RUSH Late Model, RUSH Sprint Car, and "410" Sprint Car show."
The Bicknell Tour for the RUSH Sportsman Modifieds has gotten off to a slow
start as the first Tri-City show was rained out and then rain washed out the
June 24 "Manufacturers Night" presented by MSD Performance at Sharon Speedway.
That event will be rescheduled.
Precise Racing Products will award a $100 gift card for the "Pedal Down" Hard
Charger that passes the most cars in each Late Model and Sportsman Modified
feature. The TBM Brakes “Tough Brake of the
Night” will award three bottles of Xtreme6 Racing Brake Fluid valued at
approximately $45 along with a certificate for a discount off any TBM Brakes
purchase for each division.
Officials
will also determine the new Dirt Defender "Defensive Drive"
to the driver that best defended his position
throughout the night, and will receive a $40 product package at each Late Model
and Sportsman Mod event. The award could go to a driver holding off
another for the final heat race or B main transfer position, a driver denying a
hard charging racer a feature win, a move to stay on the lead lap before a
caution, or any such deserving move.
RUSH Sportsman Mod Officials will determine the Sherwood
Racing Wheels "Man of Steel" award winner as one that bounced back from an
earlier mishap to finish the event strongly. The selected driver will
receive a certificate for a free Sherwood Racing Wheel.
Expo Late Model Feature Payoff :
1. $1,500 2. $800 3. $550 4. $410
5. $375 6. $340 7. $325 8. $295 9. $285 10. $280
11. $255 12. $250 13. $230 14. $225 15. $200 16.
$195 17. $190 18-24. $185.
Expo Late Model Non-Qualifier Payoff:
1. $150 2. $125 3. $115 4. $110
5. $105 6. $100 7. $95 8. $90 9. $85 10-24. $80.
Tow $75.
Expo (Wednesday) & Tri-City Sportsman Modified Feature Payoff:
1. $600 2. $400
3. $300 4. $250 5. $225 6. $200 7. $170 8. $165 9. $160 10. $150 11.
$140 12. $135 13. $130 14. $125 15. $120 16. $115 17. $110 18-24. $100.
Tow $50.
Expo (Thursday) Sportsman Modified Feature Payoff:
1. $800 2.
$500 3. $350 4. $300 5. $250 6. $220 7. $180
8. $175 9. $170 10. $165 11. $160 12. $155 13.
$150 14. $145 15. $140 16. $135 17. $130 18-24.
$125. Tow $50.
2018 Sweeney
RUSH Late Model Touring Series points
(only Tour members receive points): 1. Jeremy Wonderling 723
2. Jason Genco 703 3. Brady
Wonderling 690 4. Jason Knowles 660
5. Adam Ferri 649 6. J.J.
Mazur 629 7. Cory Lawler 623
8. John Waters 615 9. Bill
Kessler 510 10. Max Blair 482
11. Beamer Guzzardi 455 12.
Darrell Bossard 442 13. Charlie
Sandercock 431 14. Damian Bidwell
400 15. Jimmy Johnson 365
16. Kyle Murray 339 17.
Garret Paugh 320 18. Cody Dawson 302
19. Bruce Hordusky, Jr. 299
20. Christian Schneider 292 21. Mike
Franklin 282 22. Joe Watson 210
23. Brian Knowles 178 24.
Chad Sines 169 25. Paul Norman, Jr.
167 26. Tony White 162
27. Braeden Dillinger 160 28.
Cory Sines 148.
At Expo, drivers need to be prepared with fuel, tires, etc. ahead of time as
there will be no supplier at the track.
You do not have to a member of
RUSH to compete. No transponders will be used.
Driver radios are always mandatory and are channel 454.000. The
entry fee is $75 for Late Models and $25 for Sportsman Modifieds on Wednesday &
$35 for the Modifieds on Thursday. Pits open at 3 p.m. with warm-ups
slated for 5:30 followed by racing at 6.
Pit passes are $20.
Expo Speedway is a 5/8-mile dirt track located at the Trumbull County
Fairgrounds just north of Route 305 on Hoagland-Blackstub Road in Bazetta
Township, Cortland, Ohio. Pit access is Gate A right past the church. ATVs and
golf carts must be kept in the pits and cannot go outside this area. For more
information, check out www.trumbullcountyfair.com or call 330-637-6010.
For Sunday at Tri-City, pit gates open at 3:00 p.m.
Drivers meeting will be at 4:45 p.m. with warm-ups at 5 and racing at 6.
Pit passes are $35. There is
a $25 entry fee for the Modifieds.
The AMB/MyLaps transponders will be used.
Tri-City Raceway Park is a ½-mile dirt track located at 3430 Route 417,
Franklin, PA 16323. For more information, check out their website at
www.tricityracewaypark.com
or call 814-676-2894 on race day. Like their Facebook by searching
Tri-City Raceway Park and follow them on Twitter @TriCityRaceway.
RUSH Late Model marketing partners include Sweeney Chevrolet Buick GMC, Pace Performance, Hoosier Tire, Bilstein Shocks, Sunoco Race Fuels, Bazell Race Fuels, Insinger Performance, MSD Performance, Holley Performance Products, Earl's Performance Plumbing, Quick Fuel Technology, FK Rod Ends, Schoenfeld Headers, Jones Racing Products, Racing Electronics, Dirt Defender, Dynamic Drivelines, Wrisco Industries, Frankland Racing Supply, Alternative Power Sources, Precise Racing Products, TBM Brakes, K&N Filters, Lincoln Electric, Pancho's Racing Products Velocita-USA, Classic Ink USA, Landrum Performance Spring, Schwartzmiller Ground Maintenance, Close Racing Supply, CrateInsider.com, RockAuto.com, Valley Fashions, Dirt Late Model Magazine, and Three Rivers Karting.
RUSH Sportsman Modified marketing partners include Sweeney Chevrolet Buick GMC, Pace Performance, Hoosier Tire, Bicknell Racing Products, Bilstein Shocks, Sunoco Race Fuels, Bazell Race Fuels, Insinger Performance, MSD Performance, Holley Performance Products, Earl's Performance Plumbing, Quick Fuel Technology, FK Rod Ends, Sherwood Racing Wheels, Schoenfeld Headers, Jones Racing Products, Racing Electronics, Dirt Defender, Dynamic Drivelines, Wrisco Industries, Frankland Racing Supply, Alternative Power Sources, Precise Racing Products, TBM Brakes, K&N Filters, Lincoln Electric, Velocita-USA, Classic Ink USA, Schwartzmiller Ground Maintenance, CrateInsider.com, RockAuto.com, and Valley Fashions.
E-mail can be sent
to the RUSH Racing Series at [email protected] and snail mail to
4368 Route 422, Pulaski, PA 16143. Office phone is
724-964-9300 and fax is
724-964-0604.
The RUSH Racing Series website is
www.rushracingseries.com. Like our Facebook page at
www.facebook.com/rushlatemodels and follow us on
Twitter @RUSHLM.
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