December 3, 2022 – Goshen, IN…Love at first sight or a nightmare of a date? That’s the chance the drivers take on SUPRS Empire State Super Series “Blind Date Night” to kick off the regional tour for the 2022-23 season on December 6, 2022. One thing’s for sure, not knowing until the night of the race, and after practice, which of three potential tracks they will compete on makes all the SUPRS suitors a little nervous.
When one of those three fictional, New York, NASCAR Heat tracks is drawn from a hat after practice, it’s likely that most, and potentially none, of the current SUPRS members will have ever competed on it before.
About the Empire State Super Series Regional Tour
The Empire State Super Series, (ESS), is composed of anywhere between three to six races and run over the course of one year and two SUPRS Gold Crest Seasons. The tour includes only those tracks that are in the state of New York.
The SUPRS Blind Date Night has been a tradition since the very start of the sanction when it ran four races in one night on New Year’s Eve known as the New Year’s Eve 4-n-1 Bash.
After the SUPRS Members decided they’d rather spend time with their family and friends on NYE, the tradition of drawing one out of a potential three tracks continued on for the ESS Tour.
Keysor Defending ESS Champ
Last year Brad Keysor won his third straight Empire State Super Series Championship, tying Rob Warren for third on the all-time ESS Championship list. This year he will attempt to get the new ESS rolling in the right direction at SUPRS Blind Date Night. Chalking up points early could help him move up one rung on the all-time ESS ladder and would go a long way towards propelling him to his fourth championship of the regional tour. That accomplishment would move the BMK Logistics sponsored racer into second with four ESS Championships, one behind Ray Sand, Jr. who has five in a row.
A SUPRS/HeatFinder Open Show
Like all NASCAR Heat races on the SUPRS schedule this year, the ESS Blind Date Night is part of the SUPRS/HeatFinder.net open show.
This race is open to any driver that has registered to race at SUPRS.net, has the SUPRS W v6 modification, and all three tracks.
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Race Night Times and Schedule of Events
(ALL TIMES EASTERN)
Tuesday, December 6, 2022
- Official Practice: 8:00-8:15pm (5 Min each track)
- Drivers’ Meeting (MANDATORY): 8:15pm
- Time Trials: 8:20pm
- SUPRS LIVE! Broadcast Window: N/A
- Drivers to Cars: 8:29pm (approximately-to follow Time Trials)
- Heat Race 1: 8:35pm
- Heat Race 2: 8:40pm (approximately-to follow Heat 1)
- Final Warmup: N/A
- Drivers to Cars: 8:45pm (approximately to follow Heats)
- Driver Introductions: 8:45pm (approximately)
- National Anthem: N/A
- Green Flag – ESS Blind Date Night Feature – 50 laps: 8:48pm (approximately)
- SUPRS LIVE! Broadcast Post-Race & Close: N/A
- All Servers Closed: 10:00pm
Race Contest History and Statistics
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Defending Race Winner: Dave Ohh (Marlboro Speedway)
Blind Date Night Winners:
- 2021-22-Dave Ohh (Marlboro Speedway)
- 2020-21-Rob Warren (MT Bullring)
- 2019-20-Keith Powell (Diamond Speedway)
- 2018-19-Dave Ohh (Buffalo Speedway)
- 2017-18-Steve Callahan (Bergen Speedway)
- 2016-17-Rob Warren (Akron Speedway)
- 2015-16-Ray Sand, Jr. (Ovid Raceway Park)
- 2014-15-Myles Maxon (Linden Speedway)
- 2013-14-Canceled
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