XSTSR and SUPRS Announce Dates of Co-Sanctioned Online Sim Supermodified Challenge

March 28, 2015 – Goshen, IN…Xtreme Short Track Sim Racing, (XSTSR), and the Supermodified Ultimate Pavement Racing Series, (SUPRS), have released the dates of the races that they will co-sanction in the newly named Xtreme SUPRS Challenge Championship.

Xtreme SUPRS Challenge Championship has a new logo designed by RG Design

This news comes on the heels of the recent announcement that XSTSR and SUPRS are joining forces for a partnership to include the co-sanctioning of non-wing supermodified sim racing online to promote real supermodified racing to the online sim audience.

The Xtreme SUPRS Challenge Championship will feature two dates and three races on the XSTSR 2015 schedule and two dates and three races on the SUPRS 2015 schedule. Online racers will be able to compete for the Xtreme SUPRS Challenge Championship as well as their respective sanctioning body championships.

XSTSR Kicks Things Off-

XSTSR starts their 2015 schedule on April 6 with a 75 lap feature. The first date of the Xtreme SUPRS Challenge Championship will be a 50 lap affair held on April 20. Then in May, XSTSR will run their Mid-Season Championship Twin 35s with this event being the second date of the Challenge Championship.

Art Palmer, XSTSR co-founder said, “We have a lot of racing in a short amount of time with XSTSR schedule and we felt that adding a race early in our schedule that was co-sanctioned would be best for the SUPRS guys coming to run because it gets them up to speed with rFactor with the good group of guys that run with us.”

SUPRS Dates-

SUPRS kicks off their 2015 season on June 6th with the Port City Kick-Off 75. The first Challenge race on the SUPRS schedule will be the 8th Annual Mr. Online Supermodified July 27-28 which will have an added twist this year.

The first night of the event will be held using the JCR/Gott wing supermodifieds on the XSTSR race servers. On the next night the SUPRS NW V1 mod, (which is nearing the beta testing stage now), will be used on the SUPRS race server. While both shows will be part of the Challenge series, they will also be used to crown the 2015 Mr. Online Supermodified which drivers from both series will be eligible for.

“We wanted to take the opportunity presented by the Challenge series and turn the Mr. Online Supermodified race into something that really had some teeth to it where if a guy can do well in both wing and non-wing supermodified then he should be crowned Mr. Online Supermodified,” reasoned SUPRS co-founder Bob Gangwer.

Palmer was in agreement. “There are some very big races in rFactor but I believe this may be one of the biggest! To be crowned Mr. Online Supermodified would be a very big honor for myself as well as a lot of the guys that race online,” he said. “To reign supreme you have to be great in not only a winged car, but also a non winged supermodified and that is a big challenge in its own right.”

Topless! 200 Adds Prestige-

The sixth and last race of the Challenge will be SUPRS 11th Annual Topless! 200, an event modeled after the storied, challenging, and strategy-filled Oswego Speedway International Classic 200.

A former SUPRS member himself, Palmer is excited about the Topless! 200 being a part of the Challenge. “I look forward to the challenge of running 200 laps with the group of guys out there with us, I feel this could be huge for the community with guys coming from both leagues to put on a show,” he said.

The scenario of the Topless! 200 being an unpredictable and drama filled race wasn’t lost on Gangwer. He elaborated on those thoughts saying, “This is going to be very interesting because while our guys have done 200 laps for 11 years, they’ll have to do it with a new mod, and while the Xtreme guys have run rFactor for a long time, not many of them have done 200 laps in an online supermodified. So I think the possibilities of a really fantastic event are there for sure,” he surmised.

Setting the Dates-

Gangwer then explained the process of putting all the Challenge dates together saying, “Once we had the SUPRS 2015 non-wing schedule roughed in and Art and the XSTSR guys got theirs finished, we were ready to announce the Challenge dates.”

“Overall I’m real happy with how it turned out with a date about once a month in  April to May, then a break in June before we pick it back up in July and August. I think it’s more than manageable and doesn’t dilute either sanction’s schedule which allows drivers to focus on the regular schedules of each group,” he said.

More in Store-

Now that the schedules are essentially set and the dates have been released the next step in this developing partnership will be to work on the specifics of how points will be kept, what awards will be given, and the naming of a title sponsor.

“We have some big things in the works for awards and prizes that I believe will bring further interest to online racing as well as both leagues,” mentioned Palmer. “Hopefully when guys show up to run they will notice the things that are going on and want to be a part of it.”

Gangwer hopes that when the awards are publicized, the Challenge Championship will bring out the best online racers and expose them to supermodified racing. “I think that once everyone sees the awards package that we are putting together for the overall championship, both leagues are going to see an influx of interest and that will only help spread the word about supermodified racing in general,” he reasoned.

The two online racing leagues will also co-sanction several other races that are not part of the Xtreme SUPRS Challenge Championship including the annual SUPRSNationals wing supermodified race during the Topless! 200 week and several tour-type modified races.

The XSTSR part of the schedule will run in their familiar time slot on Mondays at 9pm eastern.  The full 2015 XSTSR non-wing supermodified schedule is nearing completion and release. Online racers should send their painted simulated supermodifieds by April 1, 2015.

More information about the Xtreme SUPRS Challenge Championship for online sim supermodified racing including awards and points will be released soon. Online sim racers, as well as those in the supermodified community can follow the ongoing developments on SUPRS.net or GottMotorsports.com/xstsr.

About  XSTSR:

Established in 2014 and now sanctions pavement rFactor mods such as Tour Modifieds, Outlaw Super Late Models, NEMA Midgets, as well as Paved 410 Sprints and Wing and Non wing Supermodifieds.  With the support of Gott Motorsports Mods and JCR Tracks (Jason Ray) mods they have established a great following in such a short amount of time. Visit GottMotorsports.com/xstsr or XSTSR.freeforums.net for more information.

About SUPRS:

The Supermodified Ultimate Pavement Racing Series, (SUPRS), was formed in 2004 as a way to promote real supermodified racing in the online sim racing world and give back to supermodified drivers and teams in memory of supermodified racer Dion Parish. Visit SUPRS.net for more information.

2015 Xtreme SUPRS Challenge Championship

Scheduled Dates

-ALL DATES AND FORMATS SUBJECT TO CHANGE-

• NW=SUPRS Non-Wing Supermodified, TM=JCR Pavement Modified, JCRW=JCR Wing Mod
• TT=Time Trials
• **Denotes Flash Track  version of this track
• ↮Denotes SUPRS/XSTSR co-sanctioned race
• (XSTSR)=Xtreme Short Track Sim  Racing server
• (SUPRS)=SUPRS racing server
• BP=Bonus Points DP=Double Points ESS-Empire Super Series
• T!GS=Topless! 200 Guaranteed Starter