{"id":8473,"date":"2016-11-04T23:20:17","date_gmt":"2016-11-05T03:20:17","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/suprs.net\/site\/?p=8473"},"modified":"2025-06-23T16:47:30","modified_gmt":"2025-06-23T20:47:30","slug":"callahan-claims-hickory-hustle-wins-north-carolina-swing","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/suprs.net\/site\/callahan-claims-hickory-hustle-wins-north-carolina-swing\/","title":{"rendered":"Callahan Claims The Hickory Hustle and Wins North Carolina Swing"},"content":{"rendered":"

Steve Callahan\u00a0Wins Hickory Hustle, Claims First Ever \u00a0SUPRS North Carolina Swing Championship<\/em><\/h2>\n

Hickory, NC – November 4,<\/strong><\/em> 2016…<\/strong>For nearly as many years as Supermodified Ultimate Pavement Racing Series, (SUPRS), has been in existence, Steve Callahan has tried to win the North Carolina Swing Championship. Callahan was able to overcome the tight confines of Hickory Motor Speedway Friday night to claim the 13th<\/sup> Annual North Carolina Swing Championship.<\/p>\n

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Steve Callahan held off the competition to claim the 2016 North Carolina Swing Championship after winning The Hickory Hustle. (Screenshot by BreezeGraphics.com)<\/p><\/div>\n

“I’m shaking. I gotta calm down,” said the winner. \u00a0“This means a lot to me, it’s so cool because it’s a hard, hard race to win.”<\/p>\n

After a blind draw for starting places, Callahan took off from the pole and led the entire 75 lap race, but it certainly wasn’t an easy go especially at the end of the race when the caution came out multiple times allowing the field to bunch back up. “I got lucky with my starting spot,” he explained. “I was sweating it at the end with all the fast guys behind me. I didn’t have a lightning fast car but it held on.”<\/p>\n

Callahan’s car was in the best shape of any of the others and he said, “I had a lot of tire left at the end I don’t have a scratch on the car. Everything came together tonight.\u00a0I want to thank everyone for coming and hope they all had a great time racing and thanks to SUPRS\u00a0for all the hard work every week putting these show on for us.”<\/p>\n

SEE A REPLAY OF THE HICKORY HUSTLE<\/a><\/p>\n

Keith Powell and Joe Achzet came home on the podium while Domenic Gioia and Derrick Backus rounded out the top five.<\/p>\n

Callahan’s\u00a0North Carolina Swing Championship was worth 20 SUPRS Gold Crest Wing Championship bonus points and now sits just 48\u00a0markers behind his teammate Powell who holds first place in the standings.<\/p>\n

SUPRS honors the men and women of the United States Armed Services with the running of the Veterans Day Special next Tuesday. Levi Signature Speedway in Tennessee will host the race for the first time. There are a lot of unknowns, since none of the drivers have ever raced their sim racing supermodified at this track, but one thing is for sure, practice begins at 8:00pm with racing slated to go at 9:00.<\/p>\n

Supermodified and sim racing fans alike can view timing and scoring including track telemetry of the Veterans Day Special\u00a0with SUPRS LIVE! To keep up with your favorite SUPRS racer in an instant just point your browser\u00a0to www.SUPRS.net\/site\/live<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Learn more about the original\u00a0 supermodified sim racing sanction and read about real supermodified racing with a visit to\u00a0www.SUPRS.net<\/a>. Join SUPRS active and vibrant Social Media channels by\u00a0\u00a0\u201cLiking\u201d SUPRS on Facebook<\/a>,\u00a0Circling SUPRS on Google+<\/a>,\u00a0Following @SUPRSOnline<\/a>\u00a0on Twitter,\u00a0and viewing\u00a0SUPRS videos on YouTube<\/a>.<\/p>\n

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SUPRS RACE RESULTS:<\/h3>\n

13th<\/sup> Annual North Carolina Swing-The Hickory Hustle<\/h3>\n