{"id":47112,"date":"2022-04-23T12:11:41","date_gmt":"2022-04-23T16:11:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/suprs.net\/site\/?p=47112"},"modified":"2025-06-23T16:49:18","modified_gmt":"2025-06-23T20:49:18","slug":"18th-annual-summit-classic-to-close-out-suprs-season","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/suprs.net\/site\/18th-annual-summit-classic-to-close-out-suprs-season\/","title":{"rendered":"18th Annual Summit Classic to Close Out SUPRS Season"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

April 20, 2022 \u2013 Clovis, CA\u2026<\/strong><\/em>The Supermodified Ultimate Pavement Racing Series, (SUPRS), winged supermodified sim racing season draws to a close with the 18th<\/sup> Annual Season Summit Classic, April 24-27, 2022 at Madera Speedway<\/a>. The 18th<\/sup> Annual Summit Classic 125 is the forty-first and final race of SUPRS eighteenth consecutive Gold Crest Wing Championship season and is also the second leg of the 2022 SUPRS Triple Crown of Supermodified Sim Racing presented by Icings on Top.<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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SUPRS 18th<\/sup> Annual Summit Classic at Madera Speedway caps off the 2021-22 Gold Crest Wing Supermodified season April 24-27. (Poster by BreezeGraphics.com<\/a>)<\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n

In 17 previous races, three drivers account for nearly all of the wins in this race. Ray Sand, Jr. sits alone on top of the Summit win list with five, the next closest is John Davidson and Bob Gangwer who both have three Summit Classic wins. Considered one of the toughest races on the schedule to finish, let alone win, the Summit Classic has never been won by any driver that started further back on the grid than sixth, and has been won from the front row the majority of the time.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Ohh Looking for Redemption<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

One of those drivers that has won from the front row once, and almost did the same last yea<\/a>r<\/a>, is SUPRS Champion Dave Ohh of Union, CT. Ohh will be looking for redemption after being well on his way to winning his second Summit Classic in a row in 2021 when he lost internet connection after leading the first 86 laps of the race.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Brad Keysor won his second Summit Classic 125 after inheriting the lead when Dave Ohh lost internet connection on lap 86of the 2021 event.<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n

Brad Keysor, who had kept Ohh within a straightaway but was unable to get close enough to make the pass for the lead, took over the top spot when Ohh ghosted into internet oblivion and went on to win the race by one lap over former Summit Classic winners, “Rocket” Rob Warren, and two laps over Bob Gangwer who was third.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Former Winners and First-Time Starters Make Up Stout Field<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

A stout field that included former winners, and drivers hoping to make their first Summit Classic start, are expected to fill the pits at Madera Speedway beginning on Sunday 4\/24. At least three former winners, (Keysor, Ohh, Gangwer), are making up that list, with Keysor and Ohh being the favorite to duke it out for the win. It is uncertain if 2017 Summit Classic victor, and SUPRS All-Time feature winner, Rob Warren will make try to win his second Summit Classic, but he is a Guaranteed Starter for the race and that may be just enough to convince him to get back behind the wheel of his 1st<\/sup> to Finish Rocket Roadster after taking a break from racing.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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2021 Icings on Top SUPRS Gold Crest Rookie of the Year Ryan Cloonan has one win this season and will attempt to make his first Summit Classic start after locking down a top 3 in season points.<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n

SUPRS officials also believe that three drivers will attempt to make the field for their first Summit Classic start. If Anthony Corsoniti, Ryan Cloonan, and Greg Breen make the show, they all have a shot at the Summit Classic Rookie of the Race award. All the aforementioned drivers, (but Breen), have locked down the top five positions in the SUPRS Gold Crest Wing Supermodified Point Standings<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

No matter how you slice it, all indications point to a great week of racing with good car counts and exceptional drivers from six states competing for the grandest prize in all of winged supermodified sim racing-the Summit Classic Crown.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Summit Classic is Second Race of Triple Crown<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

Adding to the pressure of just finishing the big race, is the fact that it\u2019s also the second race of the 2022 Triple Crown of Supermodified Sim Racing presented by Icings on Top. To date, just four drivers have won the Triple Crown which also includes the SUPRS All-Star 200<\/a>, and the Topless! 200 for non-wing supermodifieds.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Ray Sand, Jr. was the first driver to take the Triple Crown in 2011. It took six years before Rob Warren became the second. Then more recently, Dave Ohh won his Triple Crown. Last year Brad Keysor joined Sand, Jr. and Warren with a “perfect” Triple Crown by winning all three races in the same calendar year.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Ohh has repeatedly stated that he wants to win all three Triple Crown races in the same season so that he can join the other three “perfect” Triple Crown winners.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Triple Crown Winners:<\/h4>\n\n\n\n