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SUPRS Heroes Unite for 2016 Mr. Online Supermodified

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Mr. Online Supermodified Sim Racing Event is Battle Royale

Goshen, IN – July 30, 2016…The Supermodified Ultimate Pavement Racing Series, (SUPRS), 9th Mr. Online Supermodified sim race will see all the SUPRS heroes in a battle royale at Oswego Speedway to decide which deserves to be named Mr. Online Supermodified on August 2, 2016.

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To win the coveted 9th Annual Mr. Online Supermodified Cup sponsored by 1st to Finish Race Servers, a driver will need to be able to leap past their fellow SUPRS racers as fast as speeding bullet and use all their “super powers” throughout the  event using their non-wing rFactor supermodifieds as their weapon.

Points will be kept for time trials, heat races, and the 75 lap feature race to decide who will be the 9th Annual Mr. Online Supermodified.

Mr. Online Supermodified History

Kris Heveron of Jensen Beach, FL won the first two Mr. Online Supermodified races and at that time in 2008 and 2009, they were 100 lap affairs with a 25 lap shootout.

Last year, current SUPRS Gold Crest Non-Wing Champion “Rocket” Rob Warren became Mr. Online Supermodified for the second time in his career, his first win came in 2011, and with three wins already this season becoming the first three-time winner of the race will help him fend off the challengers he’s faced lately that threaten to throw him off the SUPRS Championship throne.

Another former Mr. Online Supermodified, Keith Powell, (2010 winner), has battled his way into the SUPRS point lead and has become Warren’s Kryptonite and closest challenger in the Championship. “Put One on Ya” Powell is confident he can continue his charge and recently stated, “These longer races really play into my hands because I can take care of my tires and the car.”

Powell’s teammate “Steady” Steve Callahan has never been Mr. Online Supermodified, but will use this event to try to power his way back to the top after being knocked to third in the standings just one race ago.

Bob Gangwer is the only driver other than Heveron to win the race back to back, doing so in 2012 and 2013. Vilified by some, considered a dictator by others, and misunderstood by most, Gangwer is looking for the elixir that will give him extreme boost for a run into victory lane. A recent secret acquisition of a rebuilt G27 could be the potent potion that puts “Bobby G.” on top.

In 2014, Ray Sand, Jr., battled “Mighty” Myles Maxon to claim his first Mr. Online Supermodified but has not been as strong as of late. Could the “The Sandman” stop his downward slide and return to his former glory and rightful place of Mr. Online Supermodified this year?

With a host of other SUPRSHeroes like “The X Man”, “The Cobra”, “Attaboy”, “The Dominator”, “D-Rock”, and “The Breeze”, this race could be one of epic proportions!

Supermodified and online sim racing fans looking for some “POW”, “BANG”, and “SHAZAAM” can view timing and scoring of every SUPRS race this season with SUPRS LIVE! Featuring on-track telemetry, you’ll be able to keep up with your favorite SUPRSHero in an instant by going to www.SUPRS.net/site/live.

Learn more about the original and oldest league of online supermodified sim racing when you visit www.SUPRS.net. Join SUPRS active and vibrant Social Media channels by  “Liking” SUPRS on Facebook, Circling SUPRS on Google+, Following @SUPRSOnline on Twitter, and viewing SUPRS videos on YouTube.

Mr. Online Supermodified History – Non Wing – Oswego Speedway

  • 2008 Mr. Online Supermodified: Kris Heveron
  • 2009 Mr. Online Supermodified: Kris Heveron
  • 2010 Mr. Online Supermodified: Keith Powell
  • 2011 Mr. Online Supermodified: Rob Warren
  • 2012 Mr. Online Supermodified: Bobby Gangwer
  • 2013 Mr. Online Supermodified: Bobby Gangwer
  • 2014 Mr. Online Supermodified: Ray Sand, Jr.
  • 2015 Mr. Online Supermodified: Rob Warren

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SUPRS Debuts New Track for NegB Nifty 50

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Star Speedway by Neg B Track Designs Ready to Challenge SUPRS Racers

Goshen, IN – July 18, 2016…The Supermodified Ultimate Pavement Racing Series, (SUPRS), in partnership with Neg B Track Designs, will début the brand new Star Speedway track for rFactor for the Neg B Nifty 50 on Tuesday.

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Built specifically for  SUPRS Non-Wing Supermodified sim racing, the SUPRS Star Speedway V1.0 by Neg B Track Designs, is a completely original and scratch built rFactor track.

SUPRS Star Speedway V1.0 continues the SUPRS tradition of constantly striving to build the most historically accurate and online racing friendly versions of real tracks that are or have historically been linked to supermodified racing.

This track for rFactor has many of the details that make the real Star Speedway unique and loved by fans and competitors alike. This track was painstakingly recreated for sim racing by Neg B Track Designs with the use of fan and driver photos, GPS, and personal experiences of SUPRS members and Star Speedway officials and racers.

Nashua, NH resident and supermodified crew member Tom Netishen, (whose brother Mike is a 350 supermodified champion), was extensively involved with this project providing first hand advice of object placement and nuances about the track. Tom also provided many of the detailed photos that were used for this build.

Star Speedway official John Ashley provided specific comments on the pit area, pit exit and pit lighting.

Nearly all in-game objects were painstakingly scratch built by NegB Track Designs to specific dimensions and designs provided by above the persons including grandstands, turn one barn and signage, turn three pit entrance, concessions, main entrance, officials tower and pit buildings.

As a special nod to long-time track owner, Bob Webber, Sr., we have included a Cadillac as a pace car. The Webber family and specifically Bob Sr. have been the key to this track’s lore and respect as the home of the last leg of the storied Supermodified Triple Crown.

Star Speedway, in Epping,NH, was built by legendary New England track builder and promoter Charlie Elliot in 1966.

It was the home to Russ Conway’s and Ken Smith’s New England SuperModified Racing Association, (NESMRA), until the track was sold to Bob Webber in the early 1980s.

The track is home to the Star International Classic held annually since 1966. Originally a NESMRA show, and now sanctioned by the International Supermodified Association,(ISMA), the race has varied between 150 and 200 laps.

The Star Classic is the third and last leg of the prestigious supermodified “Triple Crown” that also include the Sandusky Speedway Supermodified Nationals 100, and the Oswego Speedway International Classic 200.

Star Speedway has been the scene of many storied and classic battles among a who’s who of supermodified racing. Many fans still talk about the hard racing and rivalry of Ollie “Quick” Silva and “Big Daddy” Don MacLaren that amazed fans and frustrated competitors through the glory years of racing at Star.

Names like Warren, Belfiore, Martel, Bowley, West, Tiberio, Cloutier, Richardson, Rousseau, Cheney, Snap, Batchelder, Witkum, Ordway, Perley and Wood, have added to the lore of supermodified racing and provided the fans of Star Speedway thrills and chills through the years.

Even though Star Speedway is one of the widest New England short tracks and provides plenty of room for racing, the wheel to wheel and sometimes wheel over wheel racing that it has become so famous for provided as much action in the pits between heated competitors and crews after the race as that seen on the track!

As of the date of this release, Star Speedway is operating weekly and features the “Outlaw” 350 Supers.

The Neg B Nifty 50 takes place  on Tuesday July 19, 2016. The SUPRS Race Server will open at 7pm for systems test, with Official Practice starting at 8pm.  Then at 8:30pm there will a  drivers meeting.

In a bit of a change to the regular SUPRS Non-Wing Championship race formats, Time Trials will be run at  8:45pm and there will be no Heat Races. The Fast Four qualifiers will be inverted into the 50 lap feature based on time while the rest of the Elite 8 qualifiers will start the race based on handicap. The green flag will drop on the first ever SUPRS supermodified sim racing feature at Star Speedway at 9pm.

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Fans can learn more about the original online supermodified sim racing sanction and real supermodified racing, when they visit www.SUPRS.net. You can be a part of SUPRS active and vibrant Social Media channels by  “Liking” SUPRS on Facebook, Circling SUPRS on Google+, Following @SUPRSOnline on Twitter, and viewing SUPRS videos on YouTube.

Previous Star Classic Champions:

  • 1966 – Eddie West
  • 1967 – Bud Crotty
  • 1968 – Don MacLaren
  • 1969 – Ollie Silva
  • 1970 – Ollie Silva
  • 1971 – Ollie Silva
  • 1972 – Jim Landry
  • 1973 – Eddie West
  • 1974 – Ollie Silva
  • 1975 – Eddie West
  • 1976 – Bentley Warren
  • 1977 – Howard Brown
  • 1978 – Dave Thomas
  • 1979 – Jim Shampine

Independence Day Celebration Rolls on with SUPRS Races

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Independence Day Twins Keeps Celebration Going for Extra Day

July 1, 2016 – Goshen, IN…The Supermodified Pavement Racing Series, (SUPRS), will celebrate America’s Birthday party one extra day with the running of the Independence Day Twin 35s on July 5 at Oswego Speedway.

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The Independence Day Twins event is the oldest on the SUPRS Gold Crest Non-Wing Championship calendar and returns after year hiatus. This year’s show also makes for the second week in a row that the SUPRS competitors will be running the double feature format.

The very first points race for the SUPRS Gold Crest Non-Wing Supermodified Championship came on July 6, 2005 with the running of the Independence Day Twin 25s at Jennerstown Speedway. Californian John Davidson and Canadian Sean Gibbs won those races.

Since then, the event has been held at Jennerstown Speedway two other times. Beginning in 2008 the race moved to the newly designed Oswego Speedway and has been held there since except for 2011 when it ran at Bristol Motor Speedway and 2012 and 2015 when the event was not held.

While the format has changed from Twin 25 lap features the first year to Twin 40s and even Twin 45 lappers, since 2010 the supermodified sim racers have battled each other in Twin 35 lap contests. However, this year will be the first time the Independence Day Twins will use the rFactor platform. All previous renditions have used NASCAR Heat.

In the history of the race, no driver has more wins than 2-time Gold Crest Non-Wing Champion Kris Heveron. Heveron won at least one of the Twin features starting in 2006. He then swept the 2007 event which featured twin 45 lap races,  and won the second feature in 2008 for an impressive three-year run of four total wins. Heveron remains the only driver in SUPRS history to sweep the two features. No driver has ever had a perfect night of winning his heat and both features.

Other winners include Gary Waldron (2006), Dave Soja (2008), Devin Gee and Dave Biro III (2009), Steve Callahan and Domenic Gioia (2010), Dave Biro III and Dave Soja (2011), and Domenic Gioia and Steve Callahan again in 2013, and Myles Maxon and Chris Meyers in 2014.

After a year off, the Independence Day Twin 35s return to Oswego Speedway on July 5 and will again feature a unique and interesting format based on the points won handicap system. As has been the long-standing tradition of the Independence Day Twins, a SUPRSCharger award and SUPRSChallenge bonus award available for each 35 lap feature.

This event has always been an important one for the SUPRS racers because of the points available and with just 33 points separating the top four in the Championship standings, fans can bet that this edition will be no different.

Current Gold Crest Non-Wing Supermodified Champion Rob Warren has won two races this year and for two weeks in a row was on his way to standing on the top spot again when disaster struck. Crashing in two out of three features run, he has taken a huge hit in the points and dropped to third overall.

The big mover up the points ladder was Steve Callahan. Callahan won the second

Steve Callahan and Myles Maxon at Oswego Speeway

Steve Callahan held off a hard charging Myles Maxon in the second Twin 35 at Oswego Speedway in 2013.

Mid-Season Championship Twin 35 last week which helped him claim the overall Mid-Season Championship and the ten bonus points that go with it, catapulting him three places from fourth overall to the top of the heap and P1. Callahan has done well in the past having won a feature in 2010, 2013.

Callahan’s teammate, Keith Powell, is yet to claim a feature win, but with two third places finishes last week, has positioned himself in second overall in the Gold Crest Non-Wing Championship and sits just eight points behind his CPR Motorsports partner, Callahan.

Fourth place in points is Bob Gangwer. Like Powell, he hasn’t won a feature, but has finished second in half of the races run and until last week, was in the top three in points.

Three time Gold Crest Non-Wing Champion Ray Sand, Jr., after winning a feature for the second week in a row last Tuesday, has finally cracked the top five in the point standings after several DNF earlier in the season. His constant struggle with an aging gaming rig leaves many unknowns surrounding his chances of having a good run this week.

Supermodified and sim racing fans can view timing and scoring of the SUPRS Non-Wing Mid-Season Championship and every SUPRS rFactor race this season with SUPRS LIVE! You’ll be able to keep up with your favorite SUPRS racer in an instant by going to www.SUPRS.net/site/live.

Fans can learn more about the original online supermodified sim racing sanction and real supermodified racing, when they visit www.SUPRS.net. You can be a part of SUPRS active and vibrant Social Media channels by  “Liking” SUPRS on Facebook, Circling SUPRS on Google+, Following @SUPRSOnline on Twitter, and viewing SUPRS videos on YouTube.

SUPRS Independence Day Twins History:

Date Track Format Race 1 Winner Race 2 Winner
7/6/2005 Jennerstown Speedway Twin 25s John Davidson Sean Gibbs
7/5/2006 Jennerstown Speedway Twin 40s Kris Heveron Gary Waldron
7/3/2005 Jennerstown Speedway Twin 45s Kris Heveron Kris Heveron
6/25/2008 Oswego Speedway Twin 30s Dave Soja Kris Heveron
7/1/2009 Oswego Speedway Twin 30s Devin Gee Dave Biro III
7/7/2010 Oswego Speedway Twin 35s Domenic Gioia Steve Calllahan
 7/5/2011 Bristol Motor Speedway Twin 35s  Dave Biro III  Dave Soja
 2012 No Race
7/2/2013 Oswego Speedway Twin 35s Domenic Gioia Steve Callahan
7/3/2014 Oswego Speedway Twin 35s Chris Meyers Myles Maxon
2015 No Race

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Twin 35s, Double Points Highlight SUPRS Mid-Season Championship

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June 27, 2016 – Goshen, IN…The Supermodified Ultimate Pavement Racing Series, (SUPRS), is already at the halfway point of the Gold Crest Non-Wing Championship Season and the SUPRS racers are now setting their sights on a Mid-Season Championship Crown.

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With a full slate of action featuring time trials, heats, Twin 35 lap features and double points as well as bonus points for the driver crowned Mid-Season Champion, and SUPRSCharger for both features, the action is sure to be intense at Oswego Speedway on Tuesday, June 28..

This season SUPRS will  crown their Mid-Season Champion with Twin 35 lap feature races at Oswego Speedway in a format identical to the Gold Crest Wing Season where the top eight finishers of the first feature will be eligible for the handicap of the second, and consistency over the course of all the night’s events will pay huge rewards.

Current SUPRS Gold Crest Non-Wing Championship point leader and defending Gold Crest Non-Wing Champion, Rob Warren has had a fantastic first half of the season. Warren has taken his 1st to Finish Racing roadster to two wins and hasn’t been off the podium except for last week in the race his company sponsored. A rare instance found him crashed against the turn 3 foam after contact with Kevin Timmins. The incident dropped him to eighth place, but he was able to keep up his points lead when nearest challenger Bob Gangwer finished just two spots better.

SUPRS 2015 Non-Wing Mid-Season Championship top 3 first feature

Steve Callahan picked up the win in the first Twin 35 of the Mid-Season Championship.

Defending SUPRS Gold Crest Non-Wing Mid-Season Champion Steve Callahan has been a “Steady” top five finisher, and is now tied for third place in the points after a great run last week in the 1st to Finish Race Servers “IrRegular 45.” He will now try to improve upon his best season finish thus far which was a third at the Jim Shampine Memorial as he attempts to defend his Mid-Season Championship crown and advance in the standings.

The driver suddenly on the move is Keith Powell of Carrollton, OH. Powell has steadily improved his finishing position to a current season high of second last week, and is now in second place in the points. The quick 35 lap races could hurt him though as his set-up takes a while to come in and he won’t have the luxury to wait on Tuesday night.

The 2014 Non-Wing Mid-Season Champion, Domenic Gioia has worked hard to get comfortable in his new racing rig and his effort was clear last week when placed third. His points handicap should put him near the front in a qualifying heat race and that could be his best asset in his quest to become a two-time Non-Wing Mid-Season Champion.

Domenic Gioia crosses stripe for Mid-Season win at Oswego Speedway

Domenic Gioia held off a hard charging Myles Maxon to take the win in the SUPRS Mid-Season Championship at Oswego Speedway.

All of these drivers will have to be wary of the hard charging, perennial SUPRS Champion, Ray Sand, Jr. “The Sandman” has not had a great season so far showing three DNF in the stats, but with a  win last week and a total of seven Mid-Season Championships, (counting the Gold Crest Wing season as well), he is considered the favorite to grab the double points for winning as well as the bonus points for being crowned Mid-Season Champion.

If Sand, Jr. is able to pull off his third Non-Wing Mid-Season Championship, he would become the first SUPRS racer to do so. Sand, Jr. is tied with John Davidson (2006, 2010 Non-Wing Mid-Season Champion), and Kris Heveron ( 2007-08 Non-Wing Mid-Season Champion), for most wins in this important event. Jim Crannell (2005), Devin Gee (2009), and Domenic Gioia (2014), are the only other racers to have scored Mid-Season Championships for the Non-Wing season. There was no race held in 2013.

“The Rabbit” Joe Achzet is still looking to put a check mark in the win column this season and even though still out of the top five in points, has shown moments of great speed and seems to have a car that is especially good in short runs like this week’s races.

Achzet is one of the drivers hanging out between third to eighth in the standings with the most to gain, or lose, on Tuesday night. Those drivers are separated by just 104 points total and includes the 2016 Port City Kick-Off winner Clinton Cyr.

Potential spoilers could be 2010 SUPRS Silver Crest Non-Wing Champion Derrick Backus and current Icings on Top Rookie of the Year points leader Kyle Clark. The two have consistently improved each week and as part of the three-member, (along with Chad Phelps), Disturbed Motorsports team, they have been able to share set-up information which has helped them each time they have raced.

The SUPRS 12th Non-Wing supermodified sim racing  season continues on June 28 with the running of the Mid-Season Championship at Oswego Speedway. Official Practice starts at 8:00 pm with the green flag dropping for racing action at 9:00 pm.

Supermodified and sim racing fans can view timing and scoring of the SUPRS Non-Wing Mid-Season Championship and every SUPRS rFactor race this season with SUPRS LIVE! You’ll be able to keep up with your favorite SUPRS racer in an instant by going to www.SUPRS.net/site/live.

Fans can learn more about the original online supermodified sim racing sanction and real supermodified racing, when they visit www.SUPRS.net. You can be a part of SUPRS active and vibrant Social Media channels by  “Liking” SUPRS on Facebook, Circling SUPRS on Google+, Following @SUPRSOnline on Twitter, and viewing SUPRS videos on YouTube.

Gold Crest Non-Wing Supermodified Sim Racing 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 No Race
  • 2014 Non-Wing Mid-Season Champion: Domenic Gioia
  • 2015 Non-Wing Mid-Season Champion: Steve Callahan

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