Good Eats from Burgers’ Smokehouse for Christmas Special Winner

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December 8, 2018…The winner of the Supermodified Ultimate Pavement Racing Series, (SUPRS), 15th Christmas Special on December 11 at Rander Speedway can expect some good eats from Burgers’ Smokehouse in time for Christmas dinner.

SUPRS 2018 Christmas Special


Burgers’ Ham Valued by SUPRS Racers

As has been the case, nearly since the beginning of this race, a Burgers’ Smokehouse Christmas Ham is awarded to the winner* for his accomplishment. This is one of the reasons the SUPRS racers look forward to this race as much as any other on the schedule.

Burgers' Smokehouse logo

The fine folks at Burgers’ Ozark Country Hams have been providing simple traditions since 1952 when they built their first “ham house” on their farm in Missouri. With complete attention to quality and customer service, this family owned company continues to do things the old-fashioned way taking great care in the time-honored traditions of curing, aging, and smoking superior quality products.

Back to Rander Speedway

SUPRS will race at Rander Speedway for the first time since 2016 at this year’s Christmas Special. Historically, Rander was always the site of the Dion Parish Memorial, but once the rFactor sim racing platform started being used, a move to Dion Parish’s favorite track, Kalamazoo Speedway happened, and Rander was dropped from the schedule.

Rander is a fictional, high-banked, half-mile paved oval built by Mike Jackson for the DSES sim racing leagues many years ago and has always proved to be a fine track for supermodifieds.

HeatFinder.net Open Show

The 15th Christmas Special is part of the 14 race SUPRS NASCAR HeatFinder.net Open Show Challenge. This should increase the car count and add several drivers that are specifically focused on winning a NASCAR Heat supermodified sim race. This added twist of having drivers that excel at this particular sim racing platform should make the night more interesting from the aspect of the SUPRS regulars going for the Gold Crest Wing Championship, are up against some very talented sim racers.

Christmas Special Last Show of 2018

The SUPRS 15th Christmas Special is the last show before a two week break in the sim racing action. This annual break allows members the opportunity to spend time with their families during Christmas and New Year’s without concentrating on turning left in their sim racing supermodified.

More Details

SUPRS 15th Christmas Special takes place December 11, 2018 beginning with practice which starts at 8:00pm. Qualifying follows at 8:45pm and Racing gets underway at 9:05pm with the Reindeer Dash.

The Christmas Special will be availabe on SUPRS LIVE! Fans, friends and family can enjoy live commentary, interviews, and all the racing action with streaming video  via the SUPRS LIVE! page.

Keep Up to Date

Stay in the loop with the SUPRS schedule page.  Regular season updates as well as real supermodified and sim racing news are popular features on the Supermodified Ultimate Pavement Racing Series Facebook page and Twitter @SUPRSOnline. We’re also on Instagram, YouTube, and Twitch.


Christmas Special Race History:

YearWinnerTrack
LapsPlatform
2004
Chris Nicastro
Derry Raceway Park
25NASCAR Heat
2005Sean O’Kane
Bracket Hill Raceway25NASCAR Heat
2006Kris Heveron
Bracket Hill Raceway25NASCAR Heat
2007Tom Heveron
Bracket Hill Raceway25NASCAR Heat
2008Rand Sand, Jr.
Bracket Hill Raceway50NASCAR Heat
2009Dave Biro III
Bracket Hill Raceway25NASCAR Heat
2010Steve Callahan
Bracket Hill Raceway50NASCAR Heat
2011John Davidson
Bracket Hill Raceway50
NASCAR Heat
2012Bobby Gangwer
Bracket Hill Raceway50NASCAR Heat
2013Gary Waldron
Bracket Hill Raceway50NASCAR Heat
2014Rob Warren
Bracket Hill Raceway25NASCAR Heat
2015Rob WarrenBracket Hill Raceway
25NASCAR Heat
2016Rob WarrenMopar Speedway
25rFactor
2017Rob WarrenAirborne Raceway Park
25rFactor

SUPRS – “Supermodified Sim Racing for the Right Reasons” since 2004

Clark, Powell, SUPRS Winners on 15th Anniversary Special Night

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Kyle Clark, Keith Powell, and SUPRS all Winners on 15th Anniversary Special Night November 6, 2018 – Goshen, IN…The Supermodified Ultimate Pavement Racing Series, (SUPRS), celebrated its 15th Anniversary of sim racing with “Triple Tuesday” by running three different gaming platforms, three different modifications and three different tracks and the event was a rousing success. Kyle Clark and Keith Powell won the NASCAR Heat and rFactor races, while the sanction was the ultimate winner with… Keep Reading

SUPRS 15th Anniversary of Supermodified Sim Racing

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SUPRS Celebrating 15 Years of Supermodified Sim Racing for the Right Reasons with Triple Tuesday Event

November 4, 2018 – Goshen, IN…It’s not often that you can find a gaming clan, league, or group that’s been around for 10 years, let alone a sim racing sanction that’s lasted for 15. But this week the Supermodified Ultimate Pavement Racing Series, (SUPRS), celebrates that very fact when they come together for a special night of racing and remembering on Election Day 2018 for SUPRS 15th Anniversary Special. Calling it “Triple Tuesday” the original online supermodified sim racing sanction plans to run three different gaming platforms using three different modifications at three different tracks to showcase their history with an eye on the future.

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Celebrating 15 continuous years of “Supermodified Sim Racing for the Right Reasons”

Thrice as Nice

SUPRS 15th Anniversary Special “Triple Tuesday” event promises to be something few sim racers have participated in. Utilizing the first in-house, scratch-built modification for NASCAR Heat, then moving the current rFactor mod, (also built in-house), and finishing up with a brand-new, never seen rFactor2 supermodified built in-house, is sure to make for a challenging but fun night of racing.

All three races are scheduled for 33 laps with the first two races are points paying shows. The first race is part of SUPRS 14 event NASCAR Heat Supermodified Challenge which is open to the public. and uses the NHSM, (NASCAR Heat SuperModified), mod built by Shaker Designs’ Kevin Marine on former SUPRS designer, Doug “Flash” Forgue’s Paved_Featherlite Speedway.

SUPRS 2018 rFactor Belfab Racing supermodified

SUPRS newest addition to rFactor, the Belfab, was built to meticulous detail by BreezeGraphics.com owner Kevin Timmins from original blueprints provided by the late Jim Belfiore.

Moving to a new release of their rFactor wing supermodified for race two, the SUPRS racers will take on Richmond International Raceway to showcase a brand-new Belfab supermodified chassis and an articulating wing that’s never been done before.

Finally, the last 33 lap show will showcase SUPRS yet to be released rFactor2 supermodified which breaks new ground for supermodified sim racing. The exhibition takes place at SUPRS Oswego Speedway, updated to take advantage of the more modern rFactor2 gaming engine.

Humble Beginnings Quickly Turn into Growth

Like most long-running organizations, SUPRS started out very small. What initially began as a few guys getting together to race NASCAR Heat on one track, with one type of car, using 56k dial-up internet, and taking turns hosting on race night on the same rig they raced on in 2004, quickly turned into a lot more.

When Bob Gangwer and John Davidson took over the reigns of a foundering sim racing league in November of 2004, they immediately released an ambitious 38 race schedule even though there were only four members.

By the time the end of the first season rolled around, SUPRS had their first in-house mod builder, had their first dedicated race server, and released an updated version of the Mike Jackson PSTM psuedo supermodified they were racing.

When the last race of that first season ended, dealing with warp, corrupted files, and lag was still something they had to deal with, but the community had grown to 36 different drivers, including the first real supermodified racer to join SUPRS ranks, Joey Payne, Jr., and the first ground-up, in-house built mod, (NHSM) by Shaker Designs, featuring two different types of supermodifieds had been released.

Dion Parish Memorial Benevolent Fund for Supermodifieds donation graphicA Different Way of Thinking

In April of 2005, SUPRS founder John Davidson and Bob Gangwer determined that there was more to be done and after an intense meeting with all the SUPRS members that saw several threaten to leave, implemented a “donate to race” policy by offering two types of membership.

While gaming leagues asking for donations was nothing new, the difference was, donations made to SUPRS weren’t for awards, server costs, or personal gain. From that day forward all membership donations were used to help injured supermodified racers through the Dion Parish Memorial Benevolent Fund for Supermodifieds with a separate account set up for prizes and costs.

As Unique as the Cars They Race

SUPRS has remained consistent in its goals and Mission, choosing to focus more on a family atmosphere and giving and not concentrating on wins, chaos, and flaming fellow league members. Sometimes, that philosophy has come at the cost of losing members, or being ridiculed publicly, but at the end of the day, the sanction has stayed true to its original goals and has survived through thick and thin without compromising its integrity.

While many other leagues or sanctions may race supermodifieds, they also run many other forms of race cars. You won’t find any go-karts, dwarf cars, late models, dirt modifieds, or off-road trucks at SUPRS. While on occasion SUPRS has run NASCAR Tour type modifieds, and a few sprint car races, the main focus has been, is, and always will be wing and non-wing supermodified racing. That part of the vision was decided upon from the beginning, knowing that staying super focused on supermodifieds is the only way to truly help people from other forms of online racing understand what makes the real supermodified so special.

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15th Anniversary Special

SUPRS 15th Anniversary Special “Triple Tuesday” takes place on Election Day, November 6, 2018. Practice for this three-race combination NASCAR Heat, rFactor, and rFactor2 begins at 7:30pm, with the Drivers Meeting taking place at 8:40. These races have no Time Trials so that the first Feature Race can start around 9:10pm The full race format and schedule of events is available on the SUPRS schedule page.

Watch SUPRS 15th Anniversary Special Live

Follow your favorite SUPRS racers while you view timing, scoring, and live streaming video of all the supermodified sim races on 11/6/18 from Featherlite Speedway, Richmond International Raceway, and Oswego Speedway “Live @ 9pm est via the SUPRS LIVE! page.

The SUPRS LIVE! experience includes in-car camera views as well as the main video screen and it’s a great place to spend you evening after voting while learning more about supermodifieds and the original supermodified sim racing sanction.

Learn More

Online sim racers, gamers, and supermodified racing fans can all learn more about the original supermodified sim racing sanction by visiting www.SUPRS.net“Liking” SUPRS on Facebook, Circling SUPRS on Google+Following @SUPRSOnline on Twitter, and Viewing SUPRS videos on YouTube. We’re also on Instagram @suprs_online, and don’t forget to check out our live streaming video at select races throughout the season via our SUPRS LIVE! page and Twitch.

SUPRS – “Supermodified Sim Racing for the Right Reasons” since 2004


SUPRS 15 Year Statistics

  • Number of Races Sanctioned: While it’s not an exact count, to the best knowledge currently available, SUPRS has sanctioned 816 confirmed races as of November 1, 2018. With six complete years of Silver Crest, and one non-wing season of Gold Crest data missing, and a handful of NASCAR Tour-type modified races thrown in, the figure is most likely closer to over 900 events.
  • Total Amount of Drivers Receiving SUPRS Points: 154-again based on data available
  • States Represented by SUPRS Drivers: AL, AZ, CA, CT, GA, FL, IL, IN, KY, ME, MO, MA, MI, MN, NC, NE, NH, NJ, NV, NY, OH, PA, SC, TX, WA, WI
  • Canadian Provinces Represented by SUPRS Drivers: ONT, QUE
  • SUPRS Youngest Winner: Stephen Ritskes-age 16
  • SUPRS Oldest Winner: Carl Becker-age 75

Becker Back, Powell Powerful on Night One of 2018 North Carolina Swing

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Carl Becker Makes it Back to Victory Lane, Keith Powell Makes Power Move on First Night of SUPRS North Carolina Swing October 23, 2018 – Caraway, NC …Carl Becker and Keith Powell passed the same driver on their way to collecting the wins on the first night of the Supermodified Ultimate Pavement Racing Series, (SUPRS), 15th Annual North Carolina Swing Tuesday at Dasera Speedway and Caraway Speedway. Becker Back You have to go back to November 18,… Keep Reading

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