June 15, 2021 – Oswego, NY… Ryan Cloonan of Oswego, NY, inherited the lead after the top two took themselves out of contention with just two laps to go, and went on to win the Supermodified Ultimate Pavement Racing Series, (SUPRS), 16th Annual Jim Shampine Memorial, 80 lap rFactor feature event for non-wing supermodifieds Tuesday night at Oswego Speedway. It was Cloonan’s first SUPRS points paying feature win and second overall of his young SUPRS racing career.
“If feels good to win against these guys,” said Cloonan. “I may have inherited the lead, but to win this race against guys like Rob, Brad, and Dave means a lot and I’ll take it.”
Port City Kick-Off winner, and and 3-Time Shampine Memorial winner, Rob Warren kept his podium record in tact and came home in second place, while Keith Powell, who was content early on to let the hotdogs check out, ran his usual steady and consistent pace to tally a third place finish.
To the Front, The Back, and Everywhere In-Between
Cloonan had a memorable night and several close calls. He charged toward the front of the pack and quickly found himself battling with the top three after starting sixth. By lap 24 he had muscled his way int second place passing Rob Warren, Keith Powell, and Brad Keysor. Suddenly his car started to swap ends between turns three and four along about lap 34 and made contact with Keysor then the inside hub rail. “I don’t know, if that inside wall wasn’t there to help straighten me out, I was have had a much worse outcome than I did,” said Cloonan. After recovering from the the near spin, Cloonan the Simibility sponsored driver, methodically and steadily clawed his way back into contention and was in third place when the top two touched and spun out.
Other Notes
Fourteen drivers made the call to the green at “The Home of the Supermodifieds” for the 80 lap feature. Ryan Cloonan, and rookies Anthony Corsoniti and Greg Breen, made their very first SUPRS Shampine Memorial start. Nelson Rodrigues won the 12 lap B-Main over Carl Becker who was the last man standing after the rest of the field crashed or had received the blag flag. Other awards went to: Dave Ohh-SUPRSCharger-10 bonus points; Bobby Hayduk-BreezeGraphics.com 8Ball Award-custom Jim Shampine Decal for finishing in eighth place.
On the Road to Nashville and Music City
Next week on June 22, the drivers of the Supermodified Ultimate Pavement Racing Series, take a week off from Oswego Speedway and go on the road as they head south with their non-wing supermodifieds to Music City Speedway for the first time ever. This fictional track is based on the famous Nashville Fairgrounds Speedway that can date it’s roots all the way back to 1904 as a horse track and is home to the All-American 400.
Official practice for the Fairgrounds 45 begins at 8:00pm. Drivers meeting is at 8:30pm and racing is set to start at 9:05pm with the first of two 10 lap heat races. The 45 lap feature on the iconic 0.596 mile with 18 degree banking, is scheduled to take the green flag at approximately 9:20pm.
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SUPRS RACE RESULTS:
- SUPRS 16th Annual Jim Shampine Memorial
- June 15, 2021
- SUPRS Oswego Speedway v1.4
- Oswego, NY
- Race 3 of 13
- SUPRS rFactor NW v1.3 modification
- 80 Laps
| Pos | Start | Car | Driver | Vehicle | Best Lap |
Interval | Laps Led |
Pit Stops |
Penalties | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 6 | 13 | 13 Ryan Cloonan | Cloonan Racing | 16.003 (54) | 34:01.508 | 8 | 0 | 0 | Finished |
| 2 | 2 | 35 | 35 Rob Warren | 1st to Finish Racing | 16.190 (74) | -1.396 | 36 | 0 | 0 | Finished |
| 3 | 4 | 41 | 41 Keith Powell | CPR Motorsports Mayfield Missile | 16.221 (50) | -1.467 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Finished |
| 4 | 12 | 7 | 11 Dave Ohh | TMS Wolfpack Special | 15.856 (82) | -2.594 | 35 | 0 | 0 | Finished |
| 5 | 3 | 3 | 3 Brad Keysor | Big Red Racing | 15.770 (83) | -1 Laps | 19 | 0 | 1 | Finished |
| 6 | 5 | 25 | 25 Bob Gangwer | Wing Side Up Enterprises | 16.282 (57) | -1 Laps | 0 | 0 | 0 | Finished |
| 7 | 8 | 12 | 12 Anthony Corsoniti | Corsoniti Motorsports | 16.353 (41) | -1 Laps | 0 | 0 | 0 | Finished |
| 8 | 1 | 14 | 14 Bobby Hayduk | Hayduk Racing | 16.459 (14) | -2 Laps | 0 | 0 | 0 | Finished |
| 9 | 14 | 10 | 10 Gary Waldron | Michigan Hill Gang | 16.409 (51) | -7 Laps | 0 | 2 | 1 | DNF |
| 10 | 10 | 42 | 42 Carl Becker | Michigan Hill Gang | 16.899 (14) | -69 Laps | 0 | 2 | 0 | DNF |
| 11 | 11 | 08 | 08 Danny Ray | Ray Motorsports | 16.636 (18) | -71 Laps | 0 | 3 | 0 | DNF |
| 12 | 13 | 56 | 56 Dick Schuler | SCHU Racing | 16.722 (17) | -71 Laps | 0 | 2 | 1 | DNF |
| 13 | 9 | 7 | 7 Nelson Rodrigues | Rodrigues Racing | 16.301 (14) | -72 Laps | 0 | 5 | 0 | DNF |
| 14 | 7 | 96 | 26 Greg Breen | Army Surplus Special | 16.425 (13) | -77 Laps | 0 | 2 | 0 | DNF |
| Race Report: Lap 4: Yellow flag Lap 21: Yellow flag Lap 27: Yellow flag Lap 89: Yellow flag |
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