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July 6, 2024 – Goshen, IN…<\/strong><\/em>The Supermodified Ultimate Pavement Racing Series, (SUPRS) goes “old school” with the the 1st<\/sup> to Finish IrReGuLaR 45 on July 9, 2024 at Oswego Speedway. This throwback to the good old days of Oswego Speedway<\/a> will use the same format that many came to know and love when the best drivers started deep in the pace and had to race into a transfer from their heat race, then then do it again in a semi-feature, only to be re-handicapped and start deep in the field for the feature!<\/p>\n\n\n

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SUPRS 1st to Finish \u201cIrReGuLaR 45\u201d has plenty of supermodified sim racing because of the old school Oswego Speedway race format. (Poster by BreezeGraphics.com<\/a>\/Borderline Enterprises)<\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n

Tough Format<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

1st<\/sup> to Finish Race Servers owner, Rob Warren, came up with the idea to run a race that used the old Oswego format.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cI remember being a kid at Oswego Speedway,\u201d Warren said. \u201cBack then a driver really had to work his tail off to make the feature.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Warren remembers nights where supermodified \u2018greats\u2019 struggled. \u201cThere were some nights when the greats like Bentley Warren, Jim Shampine, Eddie Bellinger, Steve Gioia and Chuck Ciprich had a hard time getting out of their heats.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Oswego is known around the world as \u201cThe Home of the Supermodifieds.\u201d Until the 1990s, a driver had to work his way through a heat, a semi-feature, and sometimes a consi just to make the feature event. There were no \u2018gimmes\u2019 back then and if you won a feature, everyone knew you had to work for it and it was well earned. The SUPRS sim racing version sponsored by 1st<\/sup> to Finish Race Servers is no different with all the trappings of the good ole days at \u201cThe Home of the Supermodifieds\u201d-Oswego Speedway.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

If he had a high handicap, a driver would have to start deep in the field of each race. Fans watched some of the best supermodified racers from around the country battle each other, just hoping to make the next race. If they did, they would have a shot at winning the largest weekly paying short-track purse in the country if they got to the feature race.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

But What Makes It IrReGuLaR?<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

Why is the SUPRS version called \u201cIrReGuLaR?\u201d Because that\u2019s how the sponsor wanted. Warren picks up the story, \u201cI thought we\u2019d call it \u201cIrReGuLaR\u201d because Oswego, nor SUPRS runs a show that way anymore so it\u2019s out of the norm. Plus it just sounded fun,\u201d Warren stated.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Ironically, the guy that came up with the idea for the race, who is the all-time winner in SUPRS competition at Oswego, and has eight SUPRS Gold Crest Season Championship rings, never won the event. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

While Warren never won it, nobody other than Dave Ohh has won the race for the last five years. Ohh has taken a sabbatical from SUPRS racing for the summer, so there’s a good chance the only other driver to have won the race more than once, Keith Powell, (2017, 2018), could get a little closer to Ohh’s record when the drivers hit the track on July 9.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Race Details<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

Official practice for the\u00a01st<\/sup> to Finish \u201cIrReGuLar 45\u201d begins at 8:00pm. There is a Drivers meeting at 8:05pm. Racing starts at 8:19pm with the first of two 10 lap qualifying heat races after which two 15 lap semi-features precede the 45 lap feature.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Enjoy live supermodified sim racing acting via SUPRS LIVE! This original and fun page features Live Timing, Scoring, and Track Telemetry. Follow along and cheer on your favorite SUPRS racer. Just visit www.SUPRS.net\/site\/Live<\/a> on July 9, 2024, beginning at approximately 8:30pm ET.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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SUPRS is Social<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

Online sim racers, gamers, and supermodified racing fans can all learn more about the original supermodified sim racing sanction by visiting www.SUPRS.net<\/a>, \u201cLiking\u201d SUPRS on Facebook<\/a>, Following @SUPRSOnline<\/a> on Twitter, and Viewing SUPRS videos on YouTube<\/a>. We\u2019re also on Instagram @suprs_online<\/a>, and don\u2019t forget to check out our live streaming video throughout the season via our SUPRS LIVE!<\/a> page and Twitch<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n