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Christmas Time, Break Time for SUPRS

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December 14, 2018 – Goshen, IN…Here at the Supermodified Ultimate Pavement Racing Series, (SUPRS), we believe that Christmas is a very special time of year. In this day and age of  of an ‘always on’ and ‘constantly connected’ world, we also think it’s the best time of the year to take a break from supermodified sim racing. So we’re putting supermodified sim racing on hold for a couple of weeks.

SUPRS Merry Christmas banner 2013

Christmas Break is Important

We want to remind all of our SUPRS Members, fans, friends, family and business partners, that our annual 2-week Christmas Break begins at the close of business on Friday, December 14, 2018 and lasts until Wednesday, January 2, 2019. We feel this time away from sim racing is important and hope that our members have plenty of time to travel and spend time with family.

Since the beginning of SUPRS in 2004, we have stressed the importance of family and we believe that focusing on that is more important than #simracing. and it’s what sets us apart from other leagues or sanctions.

SUPRS urges all of members, friends, fans, & followers to take this time to disconnect from racing on the web, put down their cell phones, and shut off the internet to focus on the important things in life.

Submitting Join Forms

Sim racers wishing to go supermodified sim racing with SUPRS can still submit their Membership Join Forms during our break. However, we want to remind everyone that Join Forms won’t be processed until we are back in the office after the New Year on January 2, 2019.

This also means that Member’s Only Access won’t be available to new members until after January 2, 2019. We’ll do our best to get any new members set up and ready to race the 15th Annual Crazy Canuck Snowball Derby, so if you DO submit a Join Form during break, please make sure that you have done everything on your part to be ready to race. You can learn more in our F.A.Q and rFactor Quick Start Guide.

General Emails and Press Releases

We will continue to watch our email for time sensitive press releases from supermodified sanctions, tracks, and teams to decide if any are of a time sensitive nature. General email processing is on hold until January 2, 2019.

PR representatives should contact us via our Contact Page if they have something very important that needs to go out immediately on SUPRS.net. Otherwise, all incoming email from PR departments is considered bulk mail and those releases will be added to our website upon our return to business.

Heading to Canada When We Resume

After the first of the year, it’s time to get ready for the 15th Annual Crazy Canuck Snowball Derby at Mosport Speedway. We’ll fire up the SUPRS Race and TeamSpeak servers at 6:00 pm on January 2, 2018. for this race.

SUPRS Members can plan on an extended Systems Check prior to the race and should be prepared to run SUPRS Sync beginning at 6:00pm. Race times remain the same and can be found on our Schedule Page.

Merry Christmas to All

Thank you to  all the SUPRS Members, sponsors, friends, fans, and followers that supported SUPRS in 2018. We appreciate your passion for sim racing, SUPRS, and more importantly REAL supermodified racing.

We want to wish all of you a wonderful Christmas season filled with peace, love, health and happiness. May every joy and blessing be yours at Christmas time and throughout the New Year.

Christmas Break Notes:

5:00pm est, Friday December 14, 2018 to 8:00am est Wednesday January 2, 2019

  • No Races, No Sunday Night Test-N-Tune, No Thursday A/B Testing
  • SUPRS Race Servers, SUPRS TeamSpeak Servers shutdown.
  • Membership Join Form processing and general replies to emails will be put on hold.
  • Social Media, SUPRS.net, and SUPRS Weekly updates on hold.

8:00am est, Wednesday January 2, 2019

  • Back in office. Social Media, SUPRS.net updates resume.
  • Membership Join Forms Processing resumes.
  • SUPRS Weekly mailed.

6:00pm est, Wednesday January 2 2018:

  • SUPRS Race Servers, SUPRS TeamSpeak Servers re-opened.
  • SUPRS Sync started.
  • SUPRS Sunday Night Test-N-Tune, Thursday A/B Testing & NASCAR Heat Race servers re-opened.
  • 15th Annual Crazy Canuck Snowball Derby Systems Checks.

8:00pm est, Tuesday January 2, 2018:

15th Annual
Crazy Canuck Snowball Derby
and Can-Am Challenge
January 2, 2019
SUPRS Mosport Speedway**
50 Lap Wing Supermodified Sim Race

  • Systems Checks & SUPRS Sync: 6:00pm
  • Practice: 8:00pm
  • Driver’s Meeting: 8:15pm
  • Time Trials: 8:30pm
  • Racing: 9:05pm

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“Supermodified Sim Racing for the Right Reasons” since 2004

Good Eats from Burgers’ Smokehouse for Christmas Special Winner

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December 8, 2018…The winner of the Supermodified Ultimate Pavement Racing Series, (SUPRS), 15th Christmas Special on December 11 at Rander Speedway can expect some good eats from Burgers’ Smokehouse in time for Christmas dinner.

SUPRS 2018 Christmas Special


Burgers’ Ham Valued by SUPRS Racers

As has been the case, nearly since the beginning of this race, a Burgers’ Smokehouse Christmas Ham is awarded to the winner* for his accomplishment. This is one of the reasons the SUPRS racers look forward to this race as much as any other on the schedule.

Burgers' Smokehouse logo

The fine folks at Burgers’ Ozark Country Hams have been providing simple traditions since 1952 when they built their first “ham house” on their farm in Missouri. With complete attention to quality and customer service, this family owned company continues to do things the old-fashioned way taking great care in the time-honored traditions of curing, aging, and smoking superior quality products.

Back to Rander Speedway

SUPRS will race at Rander Speedway for the first time since 2016 at this year’s Christmas Special. Historically, Rander was always the site of the Dion Parish Memorial, but once the rFactor sim racing platform started being used, a move to Dion Parish’s favorite track, Kalamazoo Speedway happened, and Rander was dropped from the schedule.

Rander is a fictional, high-banked, half-mile paved oval built by Mike Jackson for the DSES sim racing leagues many years ago and has always proved to be a fine track for supermodifieds.

HeatFinder.net Open Show

The 15th Christmas Special is part of the 14 race SUPRS NASCAR HeatFinder.net Open Show Challenge. This should increase the car count and add several drivers that are specifically focused on winning a NASCAR Heat supermodified sim race. This added twist of having drivers that excel at this particular sim racing platform should make the night more interesting from the aspect of the SUPRS regulars going for the Gold Crest Wing Championship, are up against some very talented sim racers.

Christmas Special Last Show of 2018

The SUPRS 15th Christmas Special is the last show before a two week break in the sim racing action. This annual break allows members the opportunity to spend time with their families during Christmas and New Year’s without concentrating on turning left in their sim racing supermodified.

More Details

SUPRS 15th Christmas Special takes place December 11, 2018 beginning with practice which starts at 8:00pm. Qualifying follows at 8:45pm and Racing gets underway at 9:05pm with the Reindeer Dash.

The Christmas Special will be availabe on SUPRS LIVE! Fans, friends and family can enjoy live commentary, interviews, and all the racing action with streaming video  via the SUPRS LIVE! page.

Keep Up to Date

Stay in the loop with the SUPRS schedule page.  Regular season updates as well as real supermodified and sim racing news are popular features on the Supermodified Ultimate Pavement Racing Series Facebook page and Twitter @SUPRSOnline. We’re also on Instagram, YouTube, and Twitch.

Christmas Special Race History:

YearWinnerTrack
LapsPlatform
2004
Chris Nicastro
Derry Raceway Park
25NASCAR Heat
2005Sean O’Kane
Bracket Hill Raceway25NASCAR Heat
2006Kris Heveron
Bracket Hill Raceway25NASCAR Heat
2007Tom Heveron
Bracket Hill Raceway25NASCAR Heat
2008Rand Sand, Jr.
Bracket Hill Raceway50NASCAR Heat
2009Dave Biro III
Bracket Hill Raceway25NASCAR Heat
2010Steve Callahan
Bracket Hill Raceway50NASCAR Heat
2011John Davidson
Bracket Hill Raceway50
NASCAR Heat
2012Bobby Gangwer
Bracket Hill Raceway50NASCAR Heat
2013Gary Waldron
Bracket Hill Raceway50NASCAR Heat
2014Rob Warren
Bracket Hill Raceway25NASCAR Heat
2015Rob WarrenBracket Hill Raceway
25NASCAR Heat
2016Rob WarrenMopar Speedway
25rFactor
2017Rob WarrenAirborne Raceway Park
25rFactor

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SUPRS Heads to Kalamazoo Speedway for Dion Parish Memorial

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Kalamazoo Speedway Hosts Prestigious Dion Parish Memorial December 2, 2018 – Goshen, IN…The Supermodified Ultimate Pavement Racing Series, (SUPRS), moves into Michigan and Kalamazoo Speedway for the third straight year this week for the 15th Dion Parish Memorial, a race that honors the memory of supermodified racer Dion Parish. Kalamazoo Home Track for Parish Kalamazoo Speedway was one of Dion Parish’s favorite tracks, and one that he had much of his racing success at while… Keep Reading

Double Dip of Daring for Supermodified Sim Racers at Wing Side Up Twin 25s

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Wing Side Up Twin 25s at Bristol Motor Speedway require double dip of daring and nerves from SUPRS racers

November 26, 2018 – Goshen, IN…The drivers of the Supermodified Ultimate Pavement Racing Series, (SUPRS), put on their bravest faces this week as they head to Bristol Motor Speedway for the 15th Annual Wing Side Up Twin 25s supermodified sim race. This event is one of the longest running in SUPRS history and while one of the favorites of the racers, it is also a show that requires drivers to dare disaster as they run sub 11 second laps on the steeply banked half-mile.

SUPRS Wing Side Twin 25s at Bristol Motor Speedway 2018 poster

The Wing Side Up Twins at Bristol Motor Speedway are bad and bodacious. But this BreezeGraphics.com poster is pure beauty!

SUPRS Co-Founder is Long-Time Sponsor

SUPRS Co-Founder Bob Gangwer has sponsored the event since it’s inception through his website Bob Gangwer’s Wing Side Up on the World Wide Web, and it’s an event that near and dear to his heart.

“I grew up watching supermodifieds on big banked tracks like Winchester, Salem, and Toledo,” explained Gangwer. “Those were the scariest, craziest, most thrilling races I ever saw because the speed was so intense and the margin for error was so slim.”

“I always wanted to bring that nerve-wracking thrill into sim racing and when we started SUPRS in 2004, Bristol was really the only track that even came close those the ones I grew up at,” he said. “Now that we’ve run rFactor, there’s some other options out there, and we’ve considered moving the race, but everyone really likes the challenge at Bristol. So I don’t see this race going anywhere as long as I’m involved.”

Big Bonuses at Bristol

Multiple bonuses like the  SUPRS Double Down, SUPRSChallenge, and SUPRSCharger, increase the rewards, and the risks at the Wing Side Up Twin 25s. As drivers vie for valuable Gold Crest Wing Championship points in two short 25 lap features, they might come out ahead, or could fall further behind in the points chase.

For example:

  • The SUPRSCharger is in effect for both features. This awards ten bonus points awarded to the driver that improves the most positions from his starting spot.
  • The SUPRSChallenge pays 20 bonus points to any driver that starts last and wins either feature.

But the Double Down  is a bonus that can quickly change a driver’s fortunes. If a driver can win both 25 lap features he gets 25 bonus points added to his Championship total!

While all of those may seem somewhat easy, the Double Down has only been claimed twice, (even though Gary Waldron won both 38 lap features at the first event in 2004, there was no such thing as the Double Down). Doug Heveron and John Davidson are the only drivers other than Waldron to have won both features on the same night. Heveron doing it in 2007 and Davidson in 2012.

Nobody has ever won the SUPRSChallenge at the Wing Side Up Twin 25s.

Two Types of Supermodifieds

Once again this year the SUPRS racers will need to excel at driving both wing and non-wing supermodifieds if they want to take home a good finish. The winged supermods race first and are certainly thrilling. But it’s the non-wing supers, with less downforce, and drag, that tend to be the more unpredictable car of the night. Adding to the edginess of the event is the second feature with the non-wing supermodifieds takes the green flag in the early evening and uses a random draw to set the starting line-up.

More Details

The SUPRS racers are ready to double the action and double the fun on the big banks of Bristol Motor Speedway  on Tuesday November 27, 2018. Official practice starts at 8pm with the Driver’s Meeting at 8:30pm. The drivers strap into their winged supermodifieds for Time Trials at 8:45 and the racing begins at 9pm. The non-wing supermodified 25 lap feature should start at about 9:30pm.

Tune In and Hang On

Supermodified and online sim racing fans and friends can savor the double dip of daring challenges facing their favorite supermodified sim racing daredevils with SUPRS LIVE!. Featuring all the action fans can handle through a computer screen, there’s live streaming video, timing, scoring and track telemetry to enjoy. But don’t blink, because at these speeds, you might just miss the 15th Annual Wing Side Up Twin 25s at Bristol Motor Speedway!

Wing Side Up Twin 25s History

  • 2004-Gary Waldron x2
  • 2005-John Davidson/Bob Gangwer
  • 2006-Kris Heveron/Myles Maxon
  • 2007-Doug Heveron x2
  • 2008-Jamie Hartley/Myles Maxon
  • 2009-Keith Powell/John Davidson
  • 2010-John Davidson/Rob Warren
  • 2011-Chris Meyers/Domenic Gioia
  • 2012-John Davidson x2
  • 2013-Rob Warren/Bob Gangwer
  • 2014-Steve Callahan/Myles Maxon
  • 2015-Rob Warren/Ray Sand, Jr.
  • 2016-Joe Achzet/Rob Warren
  • 2017-Steve Callahan/Nelson Rodrigues

Total Twin Wins:

  • John Davidson: 5
  • Rob Warren: 4
  • Myles Maxon: 3
  • Steve Callahan: 2
  • Bob Gangwer: 2
  • Doug Heveron: 2
  • Gary Waldron: 2
  • Joe Achzet, Domenic Gioia, Jamie Hartley, Kris Heveron, Chris Meyers, Keith Powell, Nelson Rodrigues, Ray Sand, Jr.,: 1

View Format for the 145h Annual Wing Side Up Twin 25s at Bristol Motor Speedway on the Schedule Page.

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