{"id":8390,"date":"2016-10-28T09:24:31","date_gmt":"2016-10-28T13:24:31","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/suprs.net\/site\/?p=8390"},"modified":"2025-06-23T16:50:25","modified_gmt":"2025-06-23T20:50:25","slug":"grueling-north-carolina-swing-next-suprs","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/suprs.net\/site\/grueling-north-carolina-swing-next-suprs\/","title":{"rendered":"Grueling North Carolina Swing Next for SUPRS"},"content":{"rendered":"

North Carolina Swing is Toughest Multi-Race Swing on the Schedule<\/span><\/h2>\n

October 28, 2016 – Goshen, IN…<\/strong><\/em>The Supermodified Ultimate Pavement Racing Series, (SUPRS), \u00a0racers\u00a0have\u00a0begun to prepare themselves for the grueling 13th<\/sup> Annual North Carolina Swing which will take place from November 2-4\u00a0featuring five different tracks in three nights of racing all based in North Carolina.<\/p>\n

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As the racers vie for the coveted North Carolina Swing Championship Crown they will also be racing for points in the Gold Crest Wing Supermodified Championship and this year will be all the more challenging with a new venue and two sim racing platforms.<\/p>\n

The series kicks off Tuesday, November 2 at Dasera Speedway and Caraway Speedway using the SUPRS W v6.0 mod for NASCAR Heat, then moves to Concord Motorsports Park, and for the first time, Southern National Motorspots Park on November 3 using\u00a0the new SUPRS W v7.0 mod for rFactor.<\/p>\n

Once the points are tallied from the first four races, invitations to the top eight, plus two alternates will be sent asking each to attend\u00a0Hickory Motor Speedway on Friday, November 4\u00a0where the winner of challenging \u201cHickory Hustle 75\u2033 will be crowned the 2016-17 North Carolina Swing Champion.<\/p>\n

To date, there has been just one driver to win the North Carolina Swing Championship more than once. “Mighty” Myles Maxon. He first did it back to back in 2009 and 2010. Last year Ray Sand, Jr. and Bob Gangwer were looking to join Maxon as multi-time North Carolina Swing champions, but\u00a0Rob Warren, after nearly sweeping night two for the third year in a row, held off both\u00a0at the Hickory Hustle<\/a> to claim his first NC Swing crown.<\/p>\n

Steve Callahan has one of the best finishing records in the history of The Hickory Hustle, yet has never been able to win the race or the North Carolina Swing Championship. While work kept him out of the hunt last year, Callahan will be a driver to watch throughout the North Carolina Swing.<\/p>\n

Callahan’s teammate Keith Powell is coming off his first SUPRS Championship after just narrowly edging out Rob Warren for the 2015 Gold Crest Non-Wing crown and has shown a lot of speed during pre-season testing, while Joe Achzet, Derrick Backus, 2015 NW Icings on Top Rookie of the Year Kyle Clark, Chad Phelps, Kevin Timmins, Dave Brigandi, Domenic Gioia, Joey Callahan, and others are looking to make it into the Hickory Hustle and etch their names on the list of first time North Carolina Swing champions.<\/p>\n

CLICK HERE<\/a> to learn more about the SUPRS North Carolina Swing History<\/h4>\n

The Hickory Hustle takes the top eight in points after the first four races and pits them against each other with a random start at Hickory Motor Speedway. It’s just one more reason the North Carolina Swing crown is one of the most sought after, and hardest to win, for the SUPRS drivers.<\/p>\n

Follow the Action with SUPRS LIVE!<\/span><\/p>\n

With three of the five North Carolina Swing races being\u00a0rFactor based, fans will again be able\u00a0to follow along\u00a0via the\u00a0 SUPRS LIVE!<\/a> Timing and Scoring page which shows instantaneous position changes, lap times, penalties, race status and track telemetry.<\/p>\n

Fans will be able to check up on how things are going by watching the scrolling ticker throughout the site. If they can’t make it to SUPRS.net for the live action, they can always catch up with the SUPRS rFactor Results page showing every race of the season in complete detail.<\/p>\n

Fans of supermodified racing and online sim racers alike can\u00a0learn more about the original online supermodified sim racing sanction when they visit www.SUPRS.net<\/a>.<\/p>\n

The Supermodified Ultimate Pavement Racing Series is very active on social media where fans can\u00a0 \u201cLike\u201d SUPRS on Facebook<\/a>,\u00a0Circle SUPRS on Google+<\/a>,\u00a0Follow @SUPRSOnline<\/a>\u00a0on Twitter, See SUPRS on Instagram<\/a>, \u00a0and View over 350\u00a0real supermodified racing videos on\u00a0 SUPRS\u00a0 YouTube<\/a>.<\/p>\n

SUPRS –\u00a0<\/span>“Supermodified Sim Racing for the Right Reasons” since 2004<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

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\u00a0SUPRS North Carolina Swing History-<\/h3>\n