RUSH SERIES DOUBLEHEADER WEDNESDAY AT EXPO WITH SWEENEY LATE MODEL TOURING
SERIES & BICKNELL SPORTSMAN MODIFIED TOURING SERIES PART OF TRUMBULL COUNTY FAIR
By
Mike Leone
July 10, 2017
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
(Cortland, OH)…After a weekend off, the
Sweeney Chevrolet Buick GMC RUSH Racing Series powered by Pace Performance is
set for a doubleheader this Wednesday evening (July 12) as Expo Speedway hosts
the Sweeney Late Model Touring Series and the Bicknell Racing Products Sportsman
Modified Touring Series as part of the Trumbull County Fair.
Racing begins early on Wednesday at 6 p.m. due to no lights.
The
171st 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 third straight year the RUSH Sportsman Modifieds for $600 to-win.
Though these are 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. "Futures Cup" and
“Bilstein Bandit” racers in both classes can also use Expo to add points to
their tally.
It's been typical for the Late Model races to come right down to the wire with
exciting finishes in front of the huge crowd in the covered grandstands. Past
winners include Bobby Powell (2008), Russell King (2011 & 2013), Will Thomas III
(2012), Max Blair (2009-2010, 2014-2015), and John Waters, who went on to win
the title last year.
Meanwhile, 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.
Then last year, Chelsie Kriegisch made more history by becoming the first
female to ever win at Expo in the track’s 46-year history and the first female
in the 10-year-history of crate racing in the Northeast to win a Touring Series
event!
“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 $20 pit pass for the racers gets
them into the fair for free. We have to thank Bud Rogers and the rest of
the fairboard for continuing to allow us to bring our show to the Trumbull
County Fair and once again giving the Sportsman Modifieds the opportunity to
also race at a different venue.”
Fresh off his big $3,000 victory on July 2 at Old Bradford Speedway, Bryce Davis
leads the Sweeney Late Model Tour points.
Davis, who also won at Outlaw Speedway last month, is in search of his
first Series title after losing last year on the final night to Waters.
After failing to record a top five in the first three races, Waters has
been very consistent with four straight podium finishes including a win last
month at Genesee Speedway. Jeremy
Wonderling is in his first season on the Tour and has a pair of victories, but
two finishes outside the top 10 has him in third in points.
Brothers Brian and Jason Knowles are fourth and fifth respectively in the
points as they are still in search of their first career Tour wins.
Eric Wilson and Jamie Wrightsman live very close to the fairgrounds and both
would love to earn their first career Tour wins.
Super Late Model racers and part-time RUSH Crate Late Model competitors,
Russell King and Mike Pegher, Jr., are expected to contend for the win.
Wednesday will mark the fourth Bicknell Sportsman Modified Touring Series event
of eight scheduled this season. Kyle
Martell won the first two events at Thunder Mountain Speedway and Tri-City
Raceway Park, but has just a four-point lead on Anthony Gillespie, who is coming
off his first career RUSH win in general on June 30 at Lernerville Speedway.
Cousins Brandon and Nick Ritchey are third and fourth in points.
“Futures Cup” point leader, Jeremy Weaver, is fifth as he his eyes set on
getting over the hump for his first career win.
For both classes, the K&N “Cold Air Induction” Dash will pay a $100 K&N
certificate to win, $50 K&N certificate for second, and $25 cash for third and
fourth place. The Dash will also set the line-up for the first four
positions outside of the redraw cars.
Precise Racing Products will award a $100 gift card for the "Pedal Down" Hard
Charger that passes the most cars in each 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.
RUSH Officials will choose the "Maxima Performance" Award for a driver that
exhibits a performance worthy of such. The winner will receive a $50
certificate, one can of SC-1 clear coat, one 16-oz bottle of Maxima Cool-Aide
concentrate, one 32-oz quart of Maxima PSF power steering fluid, and a Maxima
t-shirt.
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. Also, CrateInsider.com will
award a $25 gift certificate to the driver that finishes last on the lead lap at
the finish of each feature.
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 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.
2017 Sweeney
Late Model Touring Series Points
(Adjusted on Marquee/Platinum; only Tour members receive points):
1. Bryce Davis 578 2. John Waters
558 3. Jeremy Wonderling 553
4. Brian Knowles 525 5. Jason
Knowles 522 6. J.J. Mazur 507
7. Brian Swank 397 8. Mike
Pegher, Jr. 388 9. Kyle Murray 323
10. Bruce Hordusky, Jr. 313
11. Jamie Wrightsman 247 12. Tony
White 232 13. Jon Rivers 171
14. Chad Wright 156 15. Bill
Kessler 149 16. D.J. Krug 147
17. Max Blair 98 18. Eric
Wilson & Matt Latta 86 20. Jamie
Brown & Carl Shetler 81 22. Greg
Beach 76.
2017 Bicknell
Sportsman Modified Touring Series Points
(only Tour members receive points): 1. Kyle Martell 289
2. Anthony Gillespie 285 3.
Brandon Ritchey 277 4. Nick Ritchey
272 5. Jeremy Weaver 267
6. Brian Schaffer & Chas Wolbert 263
8. Kole Holden 258 9. Shayne
Izzo 254 10. Chelsie Kriegisch 253
11. Jonathan Myers 249 12.
Blaze Myers 240 13. Billy Myers 231
14. Jerry Schaffer 166 15.
Jessica Kriegisch 164 16. Steve
Slater & Jacob Jordan 163 18. Jordan
Ehrenberg 162 19. Preston Cope 158
20. David Kalb, Jr. 153 21.
Tiffany Williams 82 22. Josh Seppel
78 23. Justin Shea 75
24. Jessica Shea 73.
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.
RACEceivers are always mandatory. The entry fee is $75 for Late
Models and $25 for Sportsman Modifieds. 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.
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, Maxima Racing Oil, Schoenfeld
Headers, Jones Racing Products, Alternative Power Sources, Precise Racing
Products, ARbodies, TBM Brakes, K&N Filters, Lincoln Electric, Velocita-USA,
Classic Ink USA, Rocket Chassis, Landrum Performance Spring, CrateInsider.com,
RockAuto.com, and Valley Fashions.
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, Maxima Racing Oil, Sherwood Racing Wheels, Schoenfeld Headers, Jones
Racing Products, Alternative Power Sources, Precise Racing Products, TBM Brakes,
K&N Filters, Lincoln Electric, Velocita-USA, Classic Ink USA, 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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