Ohh Shines at SUPRS Shampine Memorial

Dave Ohh Nearly Laps Field on Way to Jim Shampine Memorial Win at Oswego Speedway

June 16, 2020 – Oswego, NY…After taking the lead on lap 14, Dave “SpeedyMan” Ohh nearly lapped the field enroute to winning the Supermodified Ultimate Pavement Racing Series, (SUPRS), 15^th Annual Jim Shampine Memorial Tuesday night at Oswego Speedway.  The only drivers that were able to stay on the lead lap with Ohh, joined him on the podium, and were former winners of the prestigious sim race. Last year’s winner, Brad Keysor, had a chance at the win after a late race restart, but ended up in second after throwing everying in the book at Ohh, and three-time Shampine Memorial winner “Rocket” Rob Warren was third for the second year in a row.

Win is Nice, Wanted More

“It’s nice to be added to that list of winners for this great event here,” Ohh said after his win. “Thanks to SUPRS, 1^st to Finish Race Servers, Hairbag Studios, BreezeGraphics.com, The Mod Squad and HeatFinder.net, it feels good to make the first few shows of the season.”

Ohh had set a goal for himself prior to the start of the race and that was to lap the field. He nearly pulled if off but wore out his race car trying. ”I was running 110% trying to lap Rob, (third place),” he said. “I set a goal there. I was cooking those tires running up front trying to lap as many cars as possible.

If we would have had 25 laps more Brad would have gotten me. I just had enough there at the end, it was really going away, so 10, 15, 25 laps at the most and Brad would have won. Those tires weren’t too happy with me.”

To the Front Before Half-Way

After the redraw for the Elite 8 qualifiers, Ohh started inside of row four, but quickly moved to the front making a three wide pass into second place just as the second caution of the night came out on lap five for a vicsious crash involving Bob Gangwer, Keith Powell, Bobby Hayduk, and Dick Schuler in the middle of the backstretch. Powell and Hayduk each lost a wheel, while Gangwer and Schuler were able to limp their supermodifieds to the pits for repairs.

It only took two corners before Ohh blasted by defending Shampine Memorial champion Brad Keysor. He then had 67 green flag laps to stretch his lead and lap all the way up to third place before the third caution flew.

Keysor Throws the Book at Ohh

With two lapped cars sitting between himself and his second Shampine Memorial win in a row, Keysor pulled out his playbook and was just ready to throw it at Ohh, but the caution fell again with just eight laps to go when the Michigan Hill Gang team of Gary Waldron and Carl Becker collided in turn one.

This time, Keysor had a clear shot at Ohh, but when Ohh got a tremendous restart, all hope looked lost for the Liverpool, NY driver. Never one to give up, and sensing that Ohh had used up his car, Keysor began to work different lines and chased Ohh down. With one last ditch effort, Keysor looked high, then low as the duo blasted through turn three and four on the last lap. It wasn’t to be though as Ohh drove his TMS Wolfpack sponsored car sideways and full-throttle to the finish line first and beat Keysor by 0.284 of a second.

Jim Shampine Memorial Playlist on YouTube

Rookie Receives SUPRS Charger Award

Erich Becker, a rookie driver from Shelby Township, MI, drove his heart out to and received the SUPRS Charger Award for advancing the most places from where he started. His spirited run from twelfth starting spot into the top five gave him the best finish yet in his young SUPRS career. “It felt good to keep it clean and not cause any accidents tonight, that was my goal,” said Becker. “I’m glad to be a part of the event and I want to thank SUPRS, I’m having a lot of fun and looking forward to more.”

Headed South

The SUPRS racers are headed south next week to visit a new track. The Battle at South Boston takes place on Tuesday, June 23 at the historic South Boston Speedway.  A regular format of handicapped heats and a 45 lap feature is sure to challenge the drivers of the original supermodified sim racing sanction as they battle within the tight confines of the venerable old speedplant.

Hot Laps start at 8:00pm, with racing set for 9:05pm. Fans can watch “The Battle at South Boston” for free via  SUPRS LIVE!  Follow your favorite SUPRS driver all night long with live video, track telemetry and scoring and timing.

For fans that have a Twitch.tv account, the SUPRS Chat is a great place to make new friends, talk sim racing, or real supermodified racing and enjoy the broadcast all on one page!

On-Demand Action

If you miss the live stream, the full replay is available within minutes  on the SUPRS Twitch channel and stays there for up to 14 days while the edited version is posted to the SUPRS YouTube Channel within 72 hours of each event.

Get Social with SUPRS

Supermodified racing fans 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 RACE RESULTS:

• SUPRS 15^th Annual Jim Shampine Memorial
• Race 3 of 12
• June 16, 2020
• SUPRS Oswego Speedway v1.4
• SUPRS rFactor NW v1.3 mod

Supermodified Time Trials – 2 Laps (showing car number, driver name, hometown, sponsors, fastest lap highlighted)

1. 11-Dave Ohh; Union, CT; TMS Wolfpack: 16.023, 15.917
2. 3-Brad Keysor; Liverpool, NY; Southern Hills Storm Football, Justice League: 16.367, 16.113
3. 35-Rob Warren; Pulaski, NY; 1^st to Finish Race Servers, Syracuse Time & Alarm: 16.311, 16.140
4. 41-Keith Powell; Crestline, OH; Icings on Top, CPR Motorsports: 16.349, 16.142
5. 55-Steve Callahan; Cuyahoga Falls, OH; Exide Battery, CPR Motorsports: 16.296, 16.201
6. 25-Bob Gangwer; B&G Racing Photos, RW Woodworking: 16.282, 16.232
7. 27-Erich Becker^R; Shelby, MI; Mahle Pistons, Plante Moran Tax: 16:393, 16.373
8. 10-Gary Waldron; Wyoming, MI; Kenowa Auto Supply, Michigan Hill Gang: 17.056, 16.788
9. 42-Carl Becker; Lansing, MI; Wholesale Diamond Exchange, Michigan Hill Gang: 17.304, 16.998
10. 14-Bobby Hayduk^R; Brook Park, OH; American Heart Assoc., American Diabetes Assoc.: 17.318, 17.203
11. 56-Dick Schuler^R; Chisago City, MN; Gubby Beer, Schu Racing: 18.597, 17.685
12. 08-Danny Ray^R; Goshen, IN; Smokie Bone’s Downhome Kitchen, Masterbrand: DQ

Feature 80 Laps (showing car number, driver name, starting place, bonus, fastest lap, distance behind winner)

1. 11-Dave Ohh; P8 | ! | ** | * | 16.116
2. 3-Brad Keysor; P2 | * | 16.287  | +0.284
3. 35-Rob Warren; P5 | 16.411 | +1.826
4. 55-Steve Callahan; P3 | 16.419 | +2 Laps
5. 27-Erich Becker^R; P12 | ⇑ | 16.459 | +3 Laps
6. 25-Bob Gangwer; P4 | 16.301 | +4 Laps
7. 10-Gary Waldron; P7 | 16.972 | +4 Laps
8. 42-Carl Becker; P3 | 16.877 | +4 Laps
9. 08-Danny Ray^R; P9 | 16.933 | +5 Laps
10. 56-Dick Schuler^R; P10 | 18.197 | DNF
11. 41-Keith Powell; P6 | 17.216 | DNF Accident
12. 14-Bobby Hayduk^R; P11 | 17.871 | DNF Accident

Time of Race:  31:12.354

• * Denotes Lap Led
• ** Denotes Most Laps Led
• ! Denotes Fastest Lap of Race
• ⇑  Denotes SUPRSCharger
• ^R Denotes Rookie

RACE NOTES:

• Four drivers made their very first Jim Shampine Memorial Start
• There were four caution periods for a total of 14 laps
• The longest green flag stretch was 67 laps
• Brad Keysor and Rob Warren had the lowest incident ratings-0
• Dick Schuler^R had the highest incident rating-37
• Dick Schuler^R had the best lap time consistency at 69.25%
• Brad Keysor had the fastest lap of the race at 16.042 seconds
• Dave Ohh recorded the fastest speed during the race of 164.7 mph