HUGE 3-NIGHT HOVIS RUSH LATE MODEL FLYNN'S TIRE TOUR WEEKEND ON TAP WITH TYLER
COUNTY THURSDAY FOLLOWED BY PITTSBURGH FRIDAY & SATURDAY; "BILL HENDREN
MEMORIAL" FINALE TO PAY $10,000 TO-WIN PRESENTED BY FK ROD ENDS IN CONJUNCTION
WITH CITY CHEVROLET & PRO FAB
By Mike Leone
September 27, 2022 FOR IMMEDIATE
RELEASE
(Pulaski, PA)...The
Hovis Auto & Truck Supply RUSH
Dirt Late Model Series presented by Born2Run Lubricants is ready for one of its
biggest weekends in history. It all
gets underway on Thursday night (September 29) at Tyler County Speedway in
Middlebourne, WV for the "Cider Jug 40" then followed up by two nights at
Pittsburgh's PA Motor Speedway in Imperial, PA on Friday and Saturday for the
annual "Bill Hendren Memorial" presented by FK Rod Ends in conjunction with City
Chevrolet and Pro Fabrication. A
three-night sweep would be worth a minimum of $18,000!
The forecast calls for dry weather all three nights.
The Thursday
night Tyler County show is the rescheduled "Cider Jug 40" part of the "Hillbilly
100" with the Lucas Oil Late Model Dirt Series that was rained out on September
4. After two rainouts this season
for the Flynn's Tire Tour at Tyler County, hopefully the third time is charm for
the first ever RUSH Tour event in the state of West Virginia.
Tyler County is in its first year under the RUSH banner for its Late Model
class, and made history on April 2 when it ran its first ever RUSH Late Model
event. There were 12 events
completed with seven different winners this season at "The Bullring".
Donnie Dotson leads the way with four victories as he sits atop the
$2,000 to-win "Track Pack" with the final event of the season on Sunday.
Michael Duritsky, Jr. and Kyle Thomas each have a pair of victories,
while A.J. Spagnuolo, Brandon Weigle, Lucas McDonald, and Logan Reed also have a
win.
Action then shifts 100 miles north to Pittsburgh's PA Motor Speedway on Friday
night as "Dirt's Monster Half-Mile" hosts the "Bill Hendren Memorial" for the
seventh consecutive year to kickoff the 34th annual "Pittsburgher" weekend.
The opening night will pay a record $4,000 to-win, $300 to-start thanks
to sponsorship from Keyser
Manufacturing and Precise Racing Products!
On Saturday
night, the RUSH Late Model Flynn's Tire Tour will join up once again with the
Lucas Oil Late Model Dirt Series for the second time in three nights and third
time of the season in a huge fashion.
Earlier this season, RUSH competed on the same card as LOLMDS at
Lernerville's "Firecracker 100" in which Mark Whitener won the richest race in
RUSH history worth $20,000 in the "Bill Emig Memorial" presented by Sunoco Race
Fuels.
Now another
crown jewel has been added to the RUSH schedule- the $10,000 to-win, $450
to-start "Bill Hendren Memorial" thanks to sponsorship from FK Rod Ends, Pro
Fabrication, and City Chevrolet, as well as Hendren Racing Engines, 955
Automotive, CrateInsider.com,
Daytona 1 Performance Lubricants, West Mifflin Collision, Stan's Transmission,
and Branden Lockwich! This has
become the richest "Bill Hendren Memorial" weekend to date.
Saturday's show has a rain date of Sunday.
Also on
Saturday, 955 Automotive will present the Sunoco Dash as the winner will not
only receive a $100 Sunoco gift card and the pole position for the feature, but
also $250!
In addition,
the Race Logic Chassis School will award two complimentary passes to its School
to be held on January 28-29, 2023 at Gatherings Banquet & Event Center in
Edinburg, Pa. Each pass is valued at
$399! One will go to the highest
finishing non-winner in Saturday's Feature and the second to the highest
finishing non-winner in Saturday's Non-Qualifier.
In the event that there are no non winners in the feature, the second
highest finishing non-winner in the Non-Qualifier will receive a complimentary
pass. In order to be eligible,
driver cannot have won a Late Model (full-size) feature of any kind or any
headlining division feature.
Pittsburgh has had 10 different winners in 19 RUSH Late Model races this season.
Ben Policz leads the way with five victories, while Michael Norris has
won three out four starts including last Saturday night and the $3,000 "Herb
Scott Memorial" Flynn's Tire Tour event. Cole
Petrelle, Tim Shaffer, and Joe Martin each have a pair of victories.
Daryl Charlier, Kyle Lukon, Michael Reft, Philip Bubeck, and Logan
Roberson have single victories.
Bubeck leads the $1,000 to-win "Track Pack" points.
There have been 10 different winners in 16 Flynn's Tire Touring Series events
this season. Virginia's Logan
Roberson continues to lead the points with 12 top 5s and 14 top 10 including a
Series high five victories. Roberson won the last Tour event at PPMS, the "Jook
George Steel City Classic", for more than $7,600.
Martin has two checkered flags and has cut the deficit down to just 12
points, which is as close as Martin has been to the points lead all season long.
Three-time Tour champion, Jeremy Wonderling, is coming off a $6,000 sweep of the
"Topless Nationals" last weekend at Genesee to remain in the hunt for the
championship in third. Matt Latta
has had a strong second half of the season with seven top seven finishes in the
last 10 events including a season best fourth on Saturday night as he's moved
into fourth in points. After being
as high as third in points, Jeremy's brother Brady Wonderling has dropped to
fifth. Breyton Santee is coming off his
best two finishes of the season and is sixth over Andy Michael, Ashton Briggs,
Jim Rasey, and Jonathan Stockdale.
Canadians Craig Graham and his son Brandt are 11th and 12th in points
respectively. Rasey leads the D&V
Jewelers Non-Qualifier points.
"This has
quickly turned into one of the biggest weekends in RUSH Racing Series history,"
expressed RUSH Director Vicki Emig.
"It's been unbelievable to see the 'Bill Hendren Memorial' continue
to grow. In 2017 it was a $2,500 to-win
event spread over two nights with bonus monies.
To see it evolve into back-to-back events paying $4,000 and $10,000
to-win in such a short period of time is incredible! You just can't put a
price on showcasing the RUSH Late Model Touring Series in a three-night swing in
conjunction with these prestigious Lucas Oil Late Model events at both Tyler
County's 'Hillbilly 100' and the 'Pittsburgher'!"
"Miley Motor Sports echoes the sentiments expressed by Vicki Emig," stated PPMS
promoter Matt Miley. "It has been a
tremendous honor to partner with the Hendren Family and RUSH to develop this
awesome tribute to Bill Hendren. Many
years ago, Miley Motor Sports, led by the late Red Miley, was at the forefront
in bringing Chevrolet Performance crate engine racing to western Pennsylvania.
Both Bill Hendren and Red Miley had the
foresight to realize crate racing would eventually save weekly Late Model racing
at many speedways. Lots of folks laughed,
'how could a crate engine Late Model be a success story'?
Well, my guess is Bill and Red will be
smiling all the way through the $14,000 to-win 'Pittsburgher' weekend!
As Red would say, get ready to rumble;
the record setting 'Bill Hendren Memorial' is about to blast off at the
'Pittsburgher'!"
In 2005, Bill Hendren, the patriarch of the Hendren family and founder of
Hendren Racing Engines, had the foresight to began building his affiliation with
crate racing. As many of his open engine customers looked to crate racing
as an opportunity to continue racing Bill began offering free advice via the
well know 4M.net message board. As the concept grew throughout the
country, his generosity and expertise was rewarded as many of those who had
utilized his knowledge in the beginning utilized him as their engine rebuilder
as their needs arose. Bill passed away on March 19, 2011, but his legacy and
dedication to crate racing lives on through his sons, Steve and Mike, as the
Hendrens are recognized throughout the entire country as a leader in this
specialized form of racing as they continue to operate Hendren Racing Engines.
"I'll never forget the day 10 years ago in our first season of RUSH that I
received a surprise phone call from Steve Hendren expressing interest in having
a memorial event for his late father Bill Hendren in conjunction with a RUSH
Touring event," explained Emig. "Although I never knew Bill Hendren
personally, I certainly was well aware of his pioneering spirit and great
success in the world of Chevrolet Performance crate engine racing. And to
have the Hendren Family allow us to hold their patriarch's only memorial event
of the year under the RUSH banner for the 10th straight year is truly an honor.
What Steve and his family continue to do for this event is tremendous! We
have to thank all of the contributors as well as the Mileys for allowing this
event to be part of the 'Pittsburgher' weekend."
Steve Hendren, who will be making the trip up with Kate Dillon of
CrateInsider.com, was inducted into the Antioch (CA) Speedway Hall of Fame
shortly after the 2021 event.
Hendren raced at the track weekly in the Late Model division from 1990-1993
winning 40 races and was the 1992 and 1993 champion.
In 1992, Hendren won 25 features in 44 starts with 15 of them coming at
Antioch, which propelled him to the NASCAR Pacific Coast Regional Championship.
In addition to the feature and D&V Jewelers non-qualifier purses posted each
night, $100 "Shock the Clock" Qualifying and $25 to-win heat races will take
place and be presented by FK Rod Ends each night. The Sunoco Dash will set
the beginning rows of the feature lineups and will award the winner a $100
Sunoco fuel gift card each night. The "Fill'er up with Sunoco Bucks"
program will include an additional $400 of Sunoco fuel card giveaways each
night; two $100 random draws for drivers in the top 15 of Tour points and
another four $50 random draws for all other competitors.
Precise Racing Products will award a $50 gift card for the "Pedal Down" Hard
Charger that passes the most cars in the feature each night. The TBM Brakes
“Tough Brake of the Night” will award three bottles of Xtreme6 Racing Brake Fluid each night. The feature
winner each night will receive a 5-Gallon Race Jug from Precise. Ontime
Body & Graphic's "Spoiler Alert" will award a spoiler kit to the 17th place
finisher on the first night, 18th place finisher on the second night, and 19th
place finisher on the third night (note: if a driver has already won a spoiler
this season, spoiler will be awarded to the next position). Performance
Bodies will award a $100 gift card to the first non-qualifier each night part of
the "Nosed Out" program.
Tyler County "Cider Jug 40" Feature Payoff: 1. $4,000 2.
$2,000 3. $1,000 4. $800 5. $700 6. $600 7. $550
8. $500 9. $475 10. $450 11. $425 12. $400 13. $375
14. $360 15. $350 16. $340 17. $330 18. $320
19. $310 20-24. $300
(25-26. $300).
Pittsburgh "Bill Hendren Memorial" Night 1 Feature Payoff (30 laps): 1. $4,000 2.
$2,000 3. $1,000 4. $800 5. $700 6. $600 7. $550
8. $500 9. $475 10. $450 11. $425 12. $400 13. $375
14. $360 15. $350 16. $340 17. $330 18. $320
19. $310 20-24. $300
(25-26. $300).
Pittsburgh "Bill Hendren Memorial" Night
2 Feature Payoff (40 laps):
1. $10,000 2. $5,000 3. $2,500 4. $2,000 5. $1,500
6. $1,200 7. $1,000 8. $900 9. $800 10. $700 11.
$650 12. $625 13. $600 14. $550 15. $525 16. $500
17. $490 18. $480 19. $470
20. $460 21-24. $450
(25-26. $450).
D&V Jewelers Non-Qualifier Payoffs: 1. $200 2. $190 3. $185 4. $180 5. $175 6. $170 7.
$165 8. $160 9. $155 10-24. $150. Tow $125.
You do not have to be a member of RUSH to compete only to receive Weekly and/or
Tour points. The entry fee is $100 each night. AMB/MyLaps
transponders will be used; Westhold transponders will NOT work. Units are
available to rent for $25 and no cost to Tyler County regulars on Thursday
night. Driver radio channel will be 454.000 at Tyler County.
Teams should come prepared with the mandated RUSH tires and fuel for
Tyler County.
For Thursday, pit passes will go on sale at 2 p.m.
RUSH registration will open at 2 p.m. with the drivers meeting at 5:30.
Warm-ups are slated for 6 p.m. followed by qualifying and racing.
For Friday and Saturday pits will be open all day.
RUSH registration will open by 3 p.m. with the drivers meeting at 5:35
p.m. Warm-ups are slated for 6 p.m.
followed by qualifying and racing.
Tyler County Speedway is a
1/4-mile dirt oval located at 1 Boreman School Rd., Middlebourne, WV 26149.
Tyler County ran its first race on June 9, 1974 and the 2019 season will mark
the 46th straight year of continuous operations. Tyler County Speedway
annually hosts some of the largest and most popular events in the Ohio Valley
region. For more information, check out their website at www.tylercountyspeedwayonline.com.
Like them on Facebook at www.facebook.com/thebullringwv and
follow them on Twitter @The_Bulling.
Pittsburgh’s PA Motor Speedway is
a ½-mile dirt track with a GPS address of 170 Kelso Rd, Imperial PA 15126, which
is located just off the Noblestown exit on Routes 22/30. For more information,
check out their website at www.ppms.com or
call 412-279-7223. The track number on race day is 724-695-3363 or
724-695-0393. As for their social media outlets, you can like their page
on Facebook at www.facebook.com/PittsburghsPennsylvaniaMotorSpeedway or
follow them on Twitter @PAMotorSpeedway.
The RUSH Racing Series is brought to you by Hovis Auto & Truck Supply together
with Born2Run Lubricants along with the support of Hoosier Tire, Bilstein
Shocks, Sunoco Race Fuels, Bazell Race Fuels, Insinger Performance, MSD
Performance, Holley Performance Products, FK Rod Ends, Schoenfeld Headers, Jones
Racing Products, TBM Brakes, Performance Bodies & Parts, Racing Electronics,
Wrisco Industries, Frankland Racing Supply, Landrum Performance Spring, Ontime
Body & Graphic, Sherwood Wheels, Alternative Power Sources, Precise Racing
Products, Lincoln Electric, Velocita-USA, Waterstone Mortgage Hermitage, Wedge
Motorsports, 3C Graphix, D&V Jewelers, DrumPreserve, CrateInsider.com,
Marthinsen & Salvitti Insurance Group and Terry Bowser Excavating.
E-mail can be sent to the RUSH Racing Series at [email protected] and
snail mail to 4368 Route 422, Pulaski, PA 16143. Office phone is 724-964-9300.
The RUSH Late Model website is www.rushlatemodels.com. Like our Facebook page
at www.facebook.com/rushlatemodels and follow us on Twitter @RUSHLM.
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