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Winner Gets Burgers’ Smokehouse Thanksgiving Turkey<\/em><\/h2>\n\n\n\n

November 16, 2019 \u2013 Goshen, IN\u2026<\/strong><\/em>The Supermodified Ultimate Pavement Racing Series, (SUPRS), 15th<\/sup> Annual Turkey Shoot takes place Tuesday November 19 at Memphis Motorsports Park<\/a>. The SUPRS racers will be on the hunt for a feature win and the delicious Burgers\u2019 Smokehouse <\/a>Thanksgiving turkey that goes with it.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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The winner of the 2019 Turkey Shoot will win a Burgers\u2019 Smokehouse<\/a> Thanksgiving Turkey! (Poster by BreezeGraphics.com<\/a>) <\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n

Coveted Prize for Winner<\/h4>\n\n\n\n

One of the reasons the SUPRS Turkey Shoot is a very popular race is because of the coveted prize that goes to the winner. The driver in victory lane after 40 laps receives a Burgers\u2019 Smokehouse turkey, delivered to the doorstep in time to enjoy it with the family for Thanksgiving dinner. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

As 2014 winner Carl Becker has said, “I’ll tell you what, I’ve eaten about as much turkey in my life as I have crow, and I’ve never had a tastier bird than that smoked one from Burgers’ Smokehouse.”<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Even as treasured as the award is, a lot of times throughout the history who the race, the winner has chosen to donate his prize to those that are less fortunate, or are enduring hard times, making for an especially happy victory lane.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Family Traditions at Burgers<\/h4>\n\n\n\n

The succulent slow smoked turkey has a value of over $70 and comes from a family company that was started in 1952 by E.M. Burger in Moniteau County Missouri.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Bugers\u2019 Smokehouse<\/a> can trace it\u2019s roots all the way back to the 1920s when E.M. Burger\u2019s parents started curing hams on their local farm. Now known as one of the largest companies of its kind, the time-honored traditions of hard work and special personal touch have never been lost, to the point that, according to the Burgers\u2019 website, each ham still starts the curing process by being hand-rubbed with a seasoning blend dating back to one developed by the family over 100 years ago.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Memphis is Home to Turkey Shoot<\/h4>\n\n\n\n

With this year’s race, the Memphis Motorsports Park is now tied with Tri-Park Speedway, (a fictional asphalt tri-oval in Tennessee), and has found a home along the banks of the Mississippi River.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Ray Sand, Jr. won the SUPRS 11th Annual Turkey Shoot sim supermodified race for rFactor.<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n

The Turkey Shoot got it’s start at the big 3\/4 mile track and for the first three years, the featured race varied in length from 63-40 laps. John Davidson won the very first show in 2005 with Chris Meyers picking up one of his first SUPRS feature wins in 2006. Florida\u2019s Kris Heveron was the winner in 2007 in a 17 car field-the largest to date for this race.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

When the race returned to Memphis in 2015, Ray Sand, Jr. became the All-Time Turkey Shoot winner when he bagged his third Burgers\u2019 Smokehouse turkey and donated it to fellow SUPRS racer Myles Maxon who had recently lost his grandmother. The race itself went green to checkered after an aborted start and used SUPRS non-wing supermodified for rFactor; the only time that’s happened in this race.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Clark Joins 2-Time Winners Club<\/h4>\n\n\n\n

Last year, after enduring six restarts, in a race <\/a>that had eight cautions, Kyle Clark of Mexico, NY joined Dave Biro III and Ray Sand, Jr. as the third two-time, and back-to-back winner of the Turkey Shoot. Clark had an easier go of things when he won his first Burgers’ Smokehouse Thanksgiving Turkey in 2017<\/a>. In that race Clark set fast time, won the Turkey Trot Dash and led all 40 laps of the feature.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Watch the Wild Turkey Shoot from 2018 and See Kyle Clark’s Second Win<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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