GUNTER'S HONEY JOINS FLYNN'S TIRE AS PRESENTING SPONSORS OF THE RICHEST RUSH
LATE MODEL TOURING SERIES CHAMPIONSHIP IN SERIES HISTORY; RECORD $76,200 POSTED
IN POINT FUND MONIES WITH $20,000 TO CHAMPION
By Mike Leone
February 2, 2024
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
(Pulaski, PA)...With
the 2024 season just two months away, Hovis Auto & Truck Supply RUSH Racing
Series presented by Born2Run Lubricants Series Directors Vicki Emig and Mike
Leone are proud to announce the addition of Gunter's Honey as a co-presenting
sponsor of the RUSH Late Model Touring Series.
Gunter's Honey will join Flynn's Tire to present the richest championship
in Series history and across all Chevrolet Performance crate engine racing with
$76,200 posted, which features a record $20,000 to the champion!
Gunter's Honey, which is located in Berryville, Virginia, is owned by
Winchester Speedway owner Greg Gunter.
The 2024 points fund will see more than a 42% increase as not only will the
champion's take increase, but all of the guaranteed top 10 positions including
$10,000 for second, $7,500 for third and $5,000 for fourth. In addition,
positions 11-20 in points that compete in 75% of the events has also increased.
(See breakdown below.)
New for 2024 is the $5,000 loyalty bonus drawing as well as the $3,000 to-win
Rookie-of-the-Year presented by 3C Graphix.
All Touring members that compete in 75% of the completed events will be
eligible for the $5,000 bonus drawing, which will take place at the season
finale. Any Touring member that has
not competed in 75% of any prior season events and competes in 75% of the
completed 2024 events will be eligible for the 3C Graphics Rookie-of-the-Year.
This will mark the third increase for the Touring Series Championship points
fund in the past four years! In 2021, the point fund doubled from
pre-COVID years with $12,000 to-win the title. Then in 2022, the point
fund was increased 24% with $15,000 going to the champion. Fast forward
two years, and the 2024 points fund will see another dramatic increase making it
the richest in Series history!
"It's very exciting to have Gunter's Honey join us as one of our premier
marketing partners for 2024," stated Emig.
"I'm really looking forward to promoting Gunter's Honey to the tens of
thousands of fans who will attend and the hundreds of racers who will compete in
RUSH-sanctioned events this season!
The great thing about it is that the majority of these people will be able to go
to their local grocery stores or jump on the internet to purchase and enjoy
Gunter's Honey! We all know that the
racing fraternity is very loyal to those that support the sport they love and I
have no doubt this will ring true for Gunter's Honey via the RUSH fan base."
"Greg Gunter's Winchester Speedway has been our anchor speedway in the
Mid-Atlantic as they will be beginning their 11th season as a City Chevrolet
RUSH Weekly Series track and this year will also be hosting a $5,000 to-win
Touring event," Emig added, "Joining RUSH
as an important Corporate marketing partner is definitely going to add a whole
new dimension to our relationship, but one I'm sure will prove to be just as
successful as the others."
Greg Gunter has been a fixture in the racing community for more
than two decades. Gunter has been a
car owner and sponsor for many Late Model and Modified teams both regionally and
nationally, which he will continue to do, as well as the owner and promoter of
Winchester Speedway. Gunter has always
put his heart and soul into his businesses. Gunter
has transformed Winchester Speedway into what it is today as well as developing
Gunter's Honey over the past 30 years as his brand of honey is known to be one
the highest quality pure honey brands in the nation featuring no sugar
additives.
There are more than 300 unique types of honey in the United
States, and Gunter’s Honey offers some of the most delicious, local varieties
you can find in the Berryville, Virginia region.
Gunter’s Honey produces premium honey in the lighter floral sources like
Alfalfa, Eucalyptus, Acacia Clover or Orange Blossom, medium Wildflower, Avocado
or Golden varieties, as well as a dark, rich Buckwheat honey, creamed honey and
honey with the comb.
Gunter's Honey can be found across the country in major grocers like Wal-Mart,
Safeway, Giant Food stores, and Martin's Foods, and
nationally online at retailers like Mountain Ridgeway Products and
Amazon.com.
Gunter’s Honey also ships to military bases around the world.
The 2024 RUSH Late Model Flynn's Tire/Gunter' Honey Touring Series schedule will
be released in the coming days. The
schedule features 22 events at 13 different speedways and will kick off on
Saturday, April 6 at Tyler County Speedway in Middlebourne, WV with a $4,000
to-win event, which has a rain date of April 13.
At least 12 of the events will pay more than the standard $3,000 to-win purse!
The traditional crown jewel events such as the $20,000 to-win "Bill Emig
Memorial" as part of Lernerville Speedway's "Firecracker" weekend, the "Bill
Hendren Memorial" part of the "Pittsburgher" paying a minimum $10,000 to-win,
the "Jook George Steel City Classic" that pays a minimum of $6,010 to-win as
well as other signature events.
2024
Flynn's Tire/Gunter's Honey Touring Series Points Fund ($68,200 + $5,000 bonus +
$3,000 3C Graphix Rookie-of-the-Year): 1.
$20,000 2. $10,000 3. $7,500 4. $5,000 5. $4,000
6. $3,000 7. $2,500 8. $2,400 9. $2,200 10. $2,000. Drivers
in the following positions must compete in 75% of the completed Tour events to
receive point fund monies: 11. $1,500 12. $1,300 13. $1,200
14. $1,100 15. $1,000 16. $900 17. $800 18. $700
19. $600 20. $500.
The RUSH Racing Series is brought to you by Hovis Auto & Truck Supply together
with Born2Run Lubricants along with the support of Hoosier Tire, Rick Hendrick
City Chevrolet, Sunoco Race Fuels, Bazell Race Fuels, Insinger Performance,
Flynn's Tire, Gunter's Honey, Sunbelt Rentals, MSD Performance, Holley
Performance Products, FK Rod Ends, Schoenfeld Headers, Jones Racing Products,
TBM Brakes, Bilstein Shocks, Racing Electronics, Wieland Metal Services,
Frankland Racing Supply, Landrum Performance Spring, Ontime Body & Graphic,
Sherwood Wheels, Precise Racing Products, Velocita-USA, Wedge Motorsports, 3C
Graphix, D&V Jewelers, and Terry Bowser Excavating.
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