October 29, 2023 – New Bremen, OH…Zach Sears of Elyria, OH bagged his first Supermodified Ultimate Pavement Racing Series, (SUPRS), Black Kat Klassic win Sunday night at New Bremen Speedway, and with it broke Dave “SpeedyMan” Ohh’s three year stranglehold on the popular SUPRS race. It was also the first career Ohio State 500 win for the “Buckeye” driver, and helps pad his already impressive championship points lead.
Ohh bested seven other fast cats and came home second after leading a total of nine laps while playing cat and mouse with the winner. Ohh also broke his own existing track record at New Bremen. Brad Keysor tried in vain to catch the top two, but came up short in the green to checker 100 lapper, and had to settle for third. Ryan Cloonan was the only other driver on the lead lap in fourth, while Bob Gangwer hung on for fifth.
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Later this week, on November 2, SUPRS celebrates the 20th Anniversary of it’s first sanctioned race.
It’s rare that you find a gaming league that’s stuck together five years, let alone a group that has sanctioned supermodified sim races for 20 consecutive years, and used sim racing to give back to the real racing community like the gang at the Supermodified Ultimate Pavement Racing Series has. So when it happens, that’s cause for celebration.
In honor of being the leader in supermodified sim racing, SUPRS presents the “Triple 20s for 20” show using the NASCAR Heat game and three different modifications including the very first mod ever used for SUPRS in 2004, Mike Jackson’s PSTM, (Paved Short Track Modifieds). SUPRS first fully developed modification, NHSM (NASCAR Heat SuperModified) by Kevin Marine, and SUPRS W v6 built by Quesnell Designs will also be used.
Three 20 lap features will be contested at Stafford Motor Speedway, a track that was built by SUPRS original track designer Doug “Flash” Forgue. The last time SUPRS raced at Stafford Motor Speedway was, in fact, 2009, where Steve Callahan won the New England 50.
Things get going a little later than normal with practice starting at 7:30pm. It will be a quick night with no Time Trials or Heat Races, and a special format to set the line-ups for the 20 lap features.
The drivers will line up based on their original SUPRS join date, with the driver having been a SUPRS member the longest to start on the pole of each 20 lap feature. It’s SUPRS way of paying respect to the great core of members that have been with SUPRS for a long time.
Fans can watch the SUPRS 20th Anniversary Special on SUPRS LIVE! @ 9pm ET.
SUPRS Race Results-Box Score
- SUPRS Black Kat Klassic
- Sunday October 29, 2023
- New Bremen Speedway
- New Bremen, OH
- Race 8 of 48
- Race 1 of 5 2023-24 SUPRS Ohio State 500 Series
- SUPRS rFactor W v8 mod
- 100 laps
Time Trials (showing car number, driver name, hometown, sponsors, lap 1, lap 2-best lap highlighted, Elite 8 eligible for feature inversion)
- 11-Dave Ohh; Union, CT: TMS Wolfpack: 12.949, 12.846 NTR
- 9-Brad Keysor; Liverpool, NY; BMK Logistics, Chasing Cameras: 12.864, 12.998
- 22-Zach Sears; Elyria, OH; Midwest Supermodified Series, Perfection Fabricators: 12.207, 13.041
- 13-Ryan Cloonan; Oswego, NY; Simability: 13.225, 13.150
- 25-Bob Gangwer; B&G Racing Photos, RW Woodworking: 13.418, 13.367
- 12-Anthony Corsoniti; N. Syracuse, NY; T’sForecast.com: 12.573, 12.473
- 14-Bobby Hayduk; Brook Park, OH; Gannon Auto Sales, Bronx Country: 13.366, 13.045
- 08-Danny Ray; Goshen, IN; Smokie Bone’s Downhome Kitchen, White Lightnin’ Transportation: 13.947, 13.650
- 2-Daniel Nans; Baldwinsville, NY; Haun Welding Supply, Nans Brothers Racing: 13.824, 13.700
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Feature – 100 Laps (showing car number, driver, name, bonus, starting place/best lap time/distance behind winner)
- 22-Zach Sears; * / ** / P8 / 12.613
- 11-Dave Ohh; ! / * / P7 / 13.375 / +0.536
- 9-Brad Keysor; P4 / 12.874 / +0.712
- 13-Ryan Cloonan; P5 / 12.801 / +8.797
- 25-Bob Gangwer; P3 / 12.659 / +1 Lap
- 2-Daniel Nans; P10 / 12.785 / +1 Lap
- 12-Anthonthy Corsoniti; P6 / 12.801 / +2 Lap
- 14-Bobby Hayduk; * / P2 / 12.137 / +6 Laps
- 08-Danny Ray; P1 / 12.684 / +7 Laps
Time of Race: 22:22.290
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- * Denotes Lap Led
- ** Denotes Most Laps Led
- ! Denotes Fastest Lap of Race
- ^ Denotes SUPRSCharger
