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SUPRS Summer Break July 20-27

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July 20, 2020 – Goshen, IN…The Supermodified Ultimate Pavement Racing Series, (SUPRS), annual Summer Break takes place July 20-27, 2020 this year and it’s a good time for everyone to enjoy a week away from sim racing. Allows Time for Real Racing This break in the action was started in the early years of the 16 year old supermodified sim racing sanction to allow members and their families time to travel to and from the… Keep Reading

Old School Cool with SUPRS 1st to Finish IrReGuLaR 45

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1st to Finish IrReGuLaR 45 Uses Old Oswego Speedway Race Format

July 11, 2020 – Goshen, IN…The Supermodified Ultimate Pavement Racing Series, (SUPRS), 1st to Finish “IrReGuLar 45” on July 14 goes “old school cool” with a format that is modeled after the same one that helped maked Oswego Speedway famous in the short-track racing world.

SUPRS 2020 1st to Finish IrReGuLaR 45 poster by Borderline Enterprises
SUPRS 1st to Finish “IrReGuLaR 45” has plenty of supermodified sim racing because of the old school Oswego Speedway race format. (Poster by BreezeGraphics.com/Borderline Enterprises)

Tough Format

1st to Finish Race Servers owner, Rob Warren, came up with the idea to run a race that used the old Oswego format.

“I remember being a kid at Oswego Speedway,” Warren said. “Back then a driver really had to work his tail off to make the feature.”

Warren remembers nights where supermodified ‘greats’ struggled. “There were some nights when the greats like Bellinger, Shampine, Gioia and Ciprich had a hard time getting out of their heats.”

Oswego is known around the world as “The Home of the Supermodifieds.” Until the 1990s, a driver had to work his way through a heat, a semi-feature, and sometimes a consi just to make the feature event.

If he had a high handicap, a driver would have to start deep in the field of each race. Fans watched some of the best supermodified racers from around the country battle each other, just hoping to make the next race. If they did, they would have a shot at winning the largest weekly paying short-track purse in the country if they got to the feature race.

IrReGuLaR Though?

Why is the SUPRS version called “IrReGuLaR?” Because that’s how the sponsor wanted. Warren picks up the story, “I thought we’d call it “IrReGuLaR” because Oswego, nor SUPRS runs a show that way anymore so it’s out of the norm. Plus it just sounded fun,” Warren stated.

The guy that came up with the idea for the race, is the same one that has more SUPRS wins than any other, and eight SUPRS Gold Crest Season Championship rings. Yet, he has never won the event. Rob Warren will do his best to try to break the seven-race win streak of defending 1st to Finish “IrReGuLar 45” winner Dave “SpeedyMan” Ohh when the racers hit the track on July 14. Keith Powell is the only two-time winner of this race.

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Race Details

Official practice for the 1st to Finish “IrReGuLar 45” begins at 8:30pm. There is a Drivers meeting at 8:45pm. Racing starts at 9:05pm with the first of two 10 lap qualifying heat races after which two 15 lap semi-features precede the 45 lap feature.

More details, including full format and schedule of events are available on the SUPRS Schedule. SUPRS members should check the Forums for the latest info on server times and passwords.

Watch, Listen, Enjoy

For the first time in the history of the race, supermodified and online racing fans can watch all of the action from heat races on with live streaming video on SUPRS LIVE! This year, because of efforts by Hairbag Studios and video production manager, Kevin Timmins, fans can cheer their favorite driver on as he tries to make it out of each event.

Along with the live streaming video of the supermodified sim racing action, Twitch chat, instant timing and scoring, stats, and track telemetry awaits everyone that visits www.SUPRS.net/site/live at 9pm on race night.

Get Social with SUPRS

Fans of supermodified racing and online sim racers alike can learn more about the Supermodified Ultimate Pavement Racing Series by visiting www.SUPRS.net, “Liking” SUPRS on Facebook, Circling SUPRS on Google+, Following @SUPRSOnline on Twitter, and Viewing SUPRS videos on YouTube.

1st to Finish “IrReGuLar 45” History

  • 2012-Ray Sand, Jr. (50 laps)
  • 2013-Domenic Gioia
  • 2014-No Race
  • 2015-Joe Achzet
  • 2016-Ray Sand, Jr.
  • 2017-Keith Powell
  • 2018-Keith Powell
  • 2019-Dave Ohh

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Extra Laps, Points at SUPRS Mid-Season Championship

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100 Laps, Double Points as Drivers Hope to Catch Ohh

July 6, 2020 – Goshen, IN…Double points and 100 laps for the Supermodified Ultimate Pavement Racing Series, (SUPRS),  Mid-Season Championship on July 7, 2020 at Oswego Speedway, may be just what the rest of the drivers need if they want to catch Dave “SpeedyMan” Ohh who sits alone at the top of the SUPRS points chase for non-wing supermodified sim racing by 179 over the next closest competitor.

There’s a lot on the line at SUPRS 2020 Non-Wing Supermodified Mid-Season Championship at Oswego Speedway July 7. (Poster by Borderline Enterprises)

Wanted: Dave Ohh (AKA SpeedyMan)

Ohh has won the last six SUPRS features in a row and shows no sign of slowing down as he works towards his first SUPRS Gold Crest Season Championship. For the second time in his short SUPRS career, Ohh, of Union, CT, has the SUPRS Bounty on his head and will certainly be the driver to beat in the big 100 lap feature as he runs from the SUPRS Bounty Hunters.

The first driver to beat Ohh will collect the SUPRS Bounty and will “take” ten points from Ohh’s SUPRS Gold Crest Wing Championship total.

If Ohh can keep the streak alive, he will get five championship points added to his total for the night and the bounty will increase by five points until it totals of 25 points.

“SpeedyMan” is really on a roll and with his unbroken string of non-wing supermodified wins going all the way back to July 31 of 2019, the bounty hunters will have their work cut out for them.

Lots of Points

Double Points for the feature have many drivers hoping to seize the opportunity to make a jump in the point standings, or gain a little cushion in the close contest from second to fifth, and sixth to twelfth, in the points.

But it’s not just the double feature points that are up for grabs. Again this year, Drivers will also be gunning for the overall Gold Crest Non-Wing Supermodified Mid-Season Championship. The driver that accumulates the most combined points for his heat race and feature race finish receives 15 bonus points when he’s crowned the Mid-Season Champion.

Other bonus point awards are available during the night including:

  • SUPRSCharger – Feature (10 points paid to the driver that advances the most places from his starting spot)
  • SUPRS Bounty –
Current Point Standings

Mid-Season Times

There’s a lot of action coming at you this Tuesday July 7, 2020 for the SUPRS Gold Crest Non-Wing Supermodified Mid-Season Championship at Oswego Speedway.

Systems checks begin at 8:00pm, with the drivers hitting the track at 8:30pm for Hot Laps. The Drivers Meeting is at 8:45pm. The SUPRS LIVE! @ 9 show opening is followed by Racing at 9:05pm using the rFactor sim racing platform.

Watch SUPRS LIVE

Supermodified and online racing fans can watch the action with streaming video from three views on SUPRS LIVE! Timing, scoring, track telemetry and stats are also available by going to www.SUPRS.net/site/live on race night.

Fans can learn more about the original online supermodified sim racing sanction, by visiting www.SUPRS.net. Enjoy SUPRS active and vibrant Social Media channels by  “Liking” SUPRS on Facebook, Following @SUPRSOnline on Twitter, and viewing SUPRS videos on YouTube.

SUPRS Non-Wing Mid-Season Champions:

  • 2005 Non-Wing Mid-Season Champion: Jim Crannell
  • 2006 Non-Wing Mid-Season Champion: John Davidson
  • 2007 Non-Wing Mid-Season Champion: Kris Heveron
  • 2008 Non-Wing Mid-Season Champion: Kris Heveron
  • 2009 Non-Wing Mid-Season Champion: Devin Gee
  • 2010 Non-Wing Mid-Season Champion: John Davidson
  • 2011 Non-Wing Mid-Season Champion: Ray Sand, Jr.
  • 2012 Non-Wing Mid-Season Champion: Ray Sand, Jr.
  • 2013 Non-Wing Mid-Season Champion: No Race
  • 2014 Non-Wing Mid-Season Champion: Domenic Gioia
  • 2015 Non-Wing Mid-Season Champion: Steve Callahan
  • 2016 Non-Wing Mid-Season Champion: Steve Callahan
  • 2017 Non-Wing Mid-Season Champion: Rob Warren
  • 2018 Non-Wing Mid-Season Champion:  Rob Warren
  • 2019 Non-Wing Mid-Season Champion:  Rob Warren

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SUPRS Celebrates Freedom with Independence Day Twin 35s at Oswego Speedway

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Double Header of NASCAR Heat & rFactor to Celebrate America’s Birthday

June 26, 2020 – Goshen, IN…The Supermodified Ultimate Pavement Racing Series, (SUPRS), drivers return to action June 30, 2020 at Oswego Speedway and will celebrate America’s birthday a few days early with the running of the popular “Independence Day Twin 35s.” Action from the NASCAR Heat and rFactor non-wing supermodified sim racing double-header is scheduled to be carried live on the SUPRS Broadcasting Network beginning at 9pm ET.

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When it comes to celebrations, SUPRS knows how to do it right with a supermodified sim racing double-header at Oswego Speedway. (Poster by Borderline Enterprises)

Oldest Race on Non-Wing Schedule

Not only will SUPRS celebrate freedom and Independence Day, they’ll also celebrate the anniversary of SUPRS very first points race for the SUPRS Gold Crest Non-Wing Supermodified Championship which came on July 6, 2005. The debut of the non-wing supermodifieds for sim racing across the world came with the running of the Independence Day Twin 25s at Jennerstown Speedway. Californian and future SUPRS Champion, John Davidson, and Canadian Sean Gibbs won those races.

Since then, the event has been held at Jennerstown Speedway three other times, including a special 15th Anniversary Edition last year. Beginning in 2008 the race moved to the newly designed Oswego Speedway and has been held there each time the event has been run except for 2011 when Bristol Motor Speedway hosted the show, last year when Richmond Int’l Raceway hosted the second race, and 2012 and 2015 when the event was not held.

Slight Twist to Old Event

The 2020 version of SUPRS Independence Day Twin 35s features a slight twist to the ageless event. After successfully using both NASCAR Heat and rFactor, (albeit at two different tracks), in 2019, this year’s event will do so for the first time at the same track.

The added dimension of having to master two different sim racing games should prove to make the evening that much harder to master, and provide fans with more storylines to enjoy during the live broadcast.

Tough to Sweep Both Features

Because of the format and the short race distance, sweeping both features for the night has been very uncommon. Just three drivers have accomplished the tall order, and only one has done it more than once.

2020 Independence Day Twins Format

Kris Heveron was the first to pull off the sweep when he won both 45 lap features at Jennerstown in 2008. It took eight years before it would happen again and it was a surprise to everyone when Chad Phelps, who had never won a SUPRS feature in six years of trying, won both 35 laps features the first time the event was contested using rFactor at Oswego Speedway.

Chad Phelps held off Rob Warren in the second feature to make for a sweep of the 2016 Independence Day Twins.

Then, the very next year, Rob Warren, after starting fourth in the first 35 and sixth in the second, joined Heveron and Phelps in that rare club of drivers that have swept both races of the Independence Day Twins. In fact, last year Warren surpassed Heveron on the Independence Day Twins All-Time Win List when he won his fifth overall.

Other Former Winners Expected

Joining Warren as former winners of at least one of the Independence Day Twins are Steve Callahan, Gary Waldron, and Keith Powell, all of whom are expected to compete on June 30.

“Steady” Steve held off “Mighty” Myles Maxon to win his second overall Independence Day Twin 35 in 2013 at Oswego Speedway.

Callahan has two total Independence Day wins, both coming at Oswego Speedway, and both using the NASCAR Heat platform. Callhan’s first win was in 2010 in the second feature and his second came in 2013, also in the second.

Waldron, who’s had an up and down season so far this summer, but has finished as high as third, won the second 40 lap feature at Jennerstown Speedway in 2006.

Keith Powell is the only driver to keep Rob Warren from completing an Independence Day Twins sweep three years in a row.

Meanwhile, Powell, who is enduring the worst season of his career, finishing just one of the previous four SUPRS features, is the driver that kept Rob Warren having three Independence Day sweeps. Powell won the first feature in 2018.

Race Details

Official practice for the SUPRS “Independence Day Twin 35s” begins at 8:00pm. There is a Drivers meeting at 8:15pm. Racing is set to start at 8:30pm with the first of two 10 lap qualifying heat races. The green flag for the first 35 lap feature is schedule to fly at about 9:05pm.

More details, including full format and schedule of events are available on the SUPRS Schedule. SUPRS members should check the Forums for the latest info on server times and passwords.

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HeatFinder has helped bring the NASCAR Heat community together since 2008.

This race is also part of the SUPRS/HeatFinder.net NASCAR Heat Supermodified Challenge which is open to the public. The only requirement is that a driver has registered his intent to compete as a Silver Crest division driver using the SUPRS join form, and has downloaded the SUPRS NW2 mod and SUPRS Oswego Speedway v2 for NASCAR Heat. Both are available at TheModSquad.info as well as SUPRS.net.

Watch, Listen, Enjoy

The 2006 Independence Day Twins were two of the very first SUPRS, and supermodified sim racing, events to be featured on a live broadcast. So it’s no surpise that supermodified, and online racing fans will be able to watch live streaming video of the “Independence Day Twin 35s” once again this year. Fans keep up with their favorite SUPRS racer by following along with live video, commentary, instant timing and scoring, stats, and track telemetry at www.SUPRS.net/site/live.

Get Social with SUPRS

Fans of supermodified racing and online sim racers alike can learn more about the Supermodified Ultimate Pavement Racing Series by visiting www.SUPRS.net, “Liking” SUPRS on Facebook, Circling SUPRS on Google+, Following @SUPRSOnline on Twitter, and Viewing SUPRS videos on YouTube.

SUPRS Independence Day Twins History:

DateTrackFormatRace 1 WinnerRace 2 Winner
7/6/2005*Jennerstown SpeedwayTwin 25sJohn DavidsonSean Gibbs
7/5/2006*Jennerstown SpeedwayTwin 40sKris HeveronGary Waldron
7/3/2007*Jennerstown SpeedwayTwin 45sKris HeveronKris Heveron
6/25/2008*Oswego SpeedwayTwin 30sDave SojaKris Heveron
7/1/2009*Oswego SpeedwayTwin 30sDevin GeeDave Biro III
7/7/2010*Oswego SpeedwayTwin 35sDomenic GioiaSteve Callahan
 7/5/2011*Bristol Motor SpeedwayTwin 35s Dave Biro III Dave Soja
 2012NoRace  
7/2/2013*Oswego SpeedwayTwin 35sDomenic GioiaSteve Callahan
7/3/2014*Oswego SpeedwayTwin 35sChris MeyersMyles Maxon
2015NoRace  
7/5/2016**Oswego SpeedwayTwin 35sChad PhelpsChad Phelps
7/5/2017**Oswego SpeedwayTwin 35sRob WarrenRob Warren
7/3/2018**Oswego SpeedwayTwin 35sKeith PowellRob Warren
Jennerstown Speedway*/Richmond Int’l Raceway**Twin 35sRob WarrenRob Warren

*=NASCAR Heat, **=rFactor

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