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Independence Day Celebration Rolls on with SUPRS Races
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 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
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.
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 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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SUPRS Goes Retro with IrRegular 45
Goshen, IN June 20, 2016…This week the Supermodified Ultimate Pavement Racing Series, (SUPRS), goes retro with the 1st to Finish Race Servers “IrReGuLar 45” at Oswego Speedway.
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The entire night of supermodified sim racing is a throwback to the greatest days of racing at the Oswego Speedway. Oswego is known around the world as “The Home of the Supermodifieds,” and up until the 1990s a driver had to work his way through a heat, a semi-feature and sometimes even a consi to get into the feature event. Throughout the night, if he was one of the top dogs with a high handicap, a driver would have to start deep in the field of each race, and do his best to race through the pack to make the transfer. It truly was one of the hardest shows in open wheel racing to make each week.
Starting in 2012 SUPRS member Rob Warren thought it would be a cool idea to emulate that qualifying process for one night a year as a way to pay homage to the good old days.
“I remember being a kid at Oswego Speedway and back then a driver really had to work his tail off to make the feature,” reminisced Warren. “There were some nights when even the greats like Bellinger, Shampine, Gioia and Ciprich had a hard time getting out of their heats and it was always a thrill to see guys try to make the show.”
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“I thought it would be cool to try something along those lines for SUPRS,” he continued. “For people who remember how it used to be at “The Big O”, it will be something that brings back some fond memories like mine and for people who have never been there or even seen a real supermodified show, we can help teach them about what made Oswego Speedway one of the greatest short tracks in the country.”
To his credit, Warren has sponsored the race that was his idea from the beginning. “It was my idea so I thought I should probably pony up and put some money where my mouth is and sponsor the race,” he mused. “I thought we’d call it ” IrRegular” because Oswego, nor SUPRS runs a show that way anymore so it’s out of the norm. Plus it just sounded fun!”
There has never been a repeat winner of the race with Ray Sand, Jr. winning the first one, Domenic Gioia being the 2013 victor and Joe Achzet winning a thriller in 2015 with a pass late in the race that took him to the checkered flag first. There was no race in 2014.
On August sixth of this year, the Oswego Speedway will remember it’s roots as it runs a “Retro Night” where the Novelis Supermodifieds will contend in a 45-lap main along with heats and Semi-Finals. Fans can also enjoy the Oswego Speedway Old Timers Reunion where they can meet many of the drivers from days gone by as they enjoy food catered by Lighthouse Lanes Bowling Center. There will also be a vintage supermodified display along with many pieces of historical memorabilia.
The 1st to Finish Race Servers IrRegular 45 will feature the best online supermodified sim racers on Tuesday June 21, 2016. The SUPRS Race Server will open at 7pm to test installations, with Official Practice starting at 8pm. Then at 8:30pm there will a drivers meeting with the first heat race to start at 9pm.
Supermodified and online racing fans can view timing and scoring of the 1st to Finish Race Servers IrRegular 45 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 sanction 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 Winners of 1st to Finish Race Servers IrRegular 45:
- 2012-Ray Sand, Jr. (50 laps)
- 2013-Domenic Gioia
- 2014-No Race
- 2015-Joe Achzet
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