January 31, 2020 – Goshen, IN…The Supermodified Ultimate Pavement Racing Series, (SUPRS), 2020 Florida Speedweeks for supermodified sim racing beings on February 3 and the week-long trek through the Sunshine State visits five tracks in five nights before crowning a Speedweeks Champion on Friday, February 7.
Five Nights, Five Tracks
Featuring five tracks in five nights, SUPRS 2020 Florida Speedweeks has a little something for everyone. Every track is completely different and the week includes tracks from a 1/3 mile inside a stadium to high-banked 3/4 mile and everything in between. These variations of track sizes, banking, surface and two different sim racing platforms always makes for great racing and unpredictable finishes each night.
For the third year in a row, the schedule and tracks for Speedweeks stays the same and that consistency should lead to track records being broken as the drivers have honed their set ups over the last few years.
2019 Speedweeks One for the Record Books
Last year, in what mirrored the closest season championship points battle in SUPRS history, Rob Warren and Keith Powell found themselves tied in Florida Speedweeks points at the end of five nights. Powell, the perfect image of consistency throughout the week, was the defending Speedweeks Champion, and was looking for his third straight Speedweeks Championship, hoping to break his own record of being the only driver in SUPRS history to win the SUPRS Florida Speedweeks Championship back to back.
Warren was as hot as the Florida sun throughout the week and won three features, making him just the third driver in SUPRS history to accomplish that feat. Ultimately, that was what broke the 340 point tie between himself and Powell, allowing Warren to win his very first SUPRS Florida Speedweeks Championship.
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Fans can watch all five nights of SUPRS 2020 Florida Speedweeks for free on SUPRS LIVE! and Twitch.
Cheer on your favorite SUPRS racers as they race through Florida with timing, scoring, track telemetry and, of course, our outstanding live streaming video when we go “Live @ 9pm est via the SUPRS LIVE! page.
****SUPRS 2020 Florida Speedweeks Schedule****
Sunday 02/02/2020
Open Practice All Speedweeks Tracks 8:00pm
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Monday 02/03/2020
SUPRS Florida Speedweeks Race 1
- New Smyrna Speedway-50 laps ½ Mile
- 8:00pm Practice
- 8:15pm Drivers Meeting
- 8:30pm Time Trials
- 9:05pm Racing
- Current Track Record: Dave Ohh – 13.621 – 2/4/2019 (rF)
- Defending Race Winner: Dave Ohh
- rFactor platform SUPRS W v7.3 mod
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Tuesday 02/04/2020
SUPRS Florida Speedweeks Race 2
- Black Creek Raceway-25 laps-3/4 Mile
- 8:00pm Practice
- 8:15pm Drivers Meeting
- 8:30pm Time Trials
- 9:05pm Racing
- Current Track Record: Ray Sand, Jr.; 17.016 sec. Set: 02/10/2009 (NH)
- Defending Race Winner: Rob Warren
- NASCAR Heat platform SUPRS W v6 mod
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Wednesday 02/06/2019
SUPRS Florida Speedweeks Race 3
- Dodge Raceway Stadium-50 laps-0.375 Miles
- 8:00pm Practice
- 8:15pm Drivers Meeting
- 8:30pm Time Trials
- 9:05pm Racing
- Current Track Record: Nelson Rodrigues; 10.854; Set: 02/09/17(rF)
- Defending Race Winner: Nelson Rodrigues
- rFactor platform SUPRS W v7.3 mod
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Thursday 02/06/2020
SUPRS Florida Speedweeks Race 4
- USA International Speedway-25 laps-3/4 Mile
- 8:00pm Practice
- 8:15pm Drivers Meeting
- 8:30pm Time Trials
- 9:05pm Racing
- Current Track Record: Joe Achzet; 14:707 sec. Set: 02/10/2016 (rF)
- Defending Race Winner: Rob Warren
- rFactor platform SUPRS W v7.3 mod
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Friday 02/07/2020
SUPRS Florida Speedweeks Race 5
- 5 Flags Speedway-50 laps-½ Mile
- 8:00pm Practice
- 8:15pm Drivers Meeting
- 8:30pm Time Trials
- 9:00pm Racing
- Current Track Record: Brad Keysor – 14.174 – 2/8/2020 (rF)
- Defending Race Winner: Rob Warren
- rFactor platform SUPRS W v7.3 mod
SUPRS FLORIDA SPEEDWEEKS STATISTICS
There have been seven Florida Speedweeks Champions in 12 years. Myles Maxon and Ray Sand, Jr. each have three. Keith Powell has two and is the only driver to win Speedweeks back to back.
Just three states are represented in the Champions column. New York dominates with nine total while Keith Powell’s Championships account for Ohio’s two. Florida has just one.
Florida Speedweeks Champions:
- 2005 Florida Speedweeks Champion: AJ Truax – NY
- 2006 Florida Speedweeks Champion: Sean O’Kane – NY
- 2007 Florida Speedweeks Champion: Ray Sand, Jr. – NY
- 2008 Florida Speedweeks Champion: Myles Maxon – NY
- 2009 Florida Speedweeks Champion: Kris Heveron – FL
- 2010 Florida Speedweeks Champion: Myles Maxon – NY
- 2011-2013: No Races
- 2014 Florida Speedweeks Champion: Ray Sand, Jr. – NY
- 2015 Florida Speedweeks Champion: Myles Maxon – NY
- 2016 Florida Speedweeks Champion: Ray Sand, Jr. – NY
- 2017 Florida Speedweeks Champion: Keith Powell – OH
- 2018 Florida Speedweeks Champion: Keith Powell – OH
- 2019 Florida Speedweeks Champion: Rob Warren – NY
There have been 25 different drivers win a SUPRS Florida Speedweeks feature. Of those, six drivers, (Larry Russell, Adam Roper, Dave Brigandi, Kevin Timmins, Kyle Clark, and Nelson Rodrigues), won their first SUPRS feature during Speedweeks.
SUPRS Florida Speedweeks All-Time Win List:
- Ray Sand, Jr. : 9
- Rob Warren: 6
- John Davidson: 5
- Bob Gangwer: 5
- Kris Heveron: 4
- Myles Maxon, Dave Biro III, Nelson Rodrigues: 3
- Sean O’Kane, Chris Meyers, Kyle Clark, Steve Callahan, Keith Powell: 2
- Chris Lucas, Larry Russell, Adam Roper, AJ Truax, Gary Waldron, Jamie Hartley, Carl Becker, Joe Achzet, Dave Brigandi, Kevin Timmins, Chad Phelps, Dave Ohh: 1
In all, 11 different tracks have been used to contest a SUPRS Florida Speedweeks race. Of them, only Black Creek Raceway and USA International Speedway have been on the schedule every time Speedweeks has been run. And of those two, Black Creek is the only track that’s hosted only NASCAR Heat events.
SUPRS Florida Speedweeks All-Time Track List:
- Black Creek Raceway (NASCAR Heat): 12
- USA International Speedway (NASCAR Heat & rFactor): 12
- Sunrise Raceway (NASCAR Heat: 7 (first race 2005, last race 2016)
- Rebel Raceway (NASCAR Heat): 6 (first race in 2005, last race 2010)
- Orlando Speedworld (NASCAR Heat): 6 (first race in 2006, last race 2017)
- New Smyrna Speedway (NASCAR Heat & rFactor): 6 (first race in 2014)
- Budville Speedway (NASCAR Heat): 3 (first race in 2008, last race in 2010)
- Ocala Speedway (NASCAR Heat): 2 (first race in 2005, last race in 2010)
- Dodge Raceway Stadium (rFactor) 3 (first race in 2017)
- Paradise Speedway (NASCAR Heat) 1 (first race in 2006, last race in 2018)
- 5 Flags Speedway (rFactor): 2 (first race in 2018)
Of all those tracks, only five have had repeat winners:
- USA Speedway (Ray Sand, Jr. 2014, 2015, 2016 and John Davidson 2006, 2009)
- Black Creek Raceway (Bob Gangwer 2010, 2011, 2016), (Rob Warren: 2018, 2019)
- Rebel Raceway (Ray Sand, Jr. 2008, 2010)
- Dodge Raceway Stadium (Nelson Rodrigues 2017-2019)
- Sunrise (Rob Warren 2015, 2016)
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