3-RACE
"MID-ATLANTIC STATES CLASSIC" SWING AT GEORGETOWN, POTOMAC & WINCHESTER TO
KICK-OFF 2018 SWEENEY RUSH LATE MODEL TOURING SEASON
By Mike Leone
November 14, 2017
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
(Pulaski, PA)...After
a two-year hiatus, the Sweeney Chevrolet Buick GMC RUSH Dirt Late Model Series
powered by Pace Performance will have Touring Series events in the Mid-Atlantic
region for the first time since 2015.
The "Mid-Atlantic States Classic" swing returns in an expanded format to
three nights of racing, April 19-21, that will open up the 2018 Touring season
at Georgetown Speedway (Thursday), Potomac Speedway (Friday), and Winchester
Speedway (Saturday). Each event will
be a "Marquee" distinction with $2,000 to-win plus a $150 travel package will be
available for each competing top 12 driver in 2017 Sweeney Tour points with
details to be released at a later date.
Sister speedways, Potomac and Winchester, just completed their fourth season of
being under the RUSH weekly-sanctioned program.
Potomac, which is located south of Washington, DC, runs the RUSH Late
Models on Friday night, while Virginia's Winchester has been one of RUSH's
highest consistent weekly car count tracks in recent years.
Both tracks are owned by Greg Gunter and managed by Denise Hollidge.
Those tracks produced two of RUSH's 2017 champions with Logan Roberson
winning the $5,000 Sweeney Weekly Series title and Devin Brannon capturing the
"Futures Cup" crown.
The growth of RUSH Late Models at Potomac and Winchester in recent years allowed
RUSH to expand into Delaware with Delaware International Speedway joining as a
weekly-sanctioned track in 2017.
Delaware, which had prior run GM 602 Crate Late Models, saw their counts
increase under RUSH with an average of 19 per event in 2017.
With Delaware International's announcement of weekly RUSH-sanctioned
racing, Georgetown's promoter, Brett Deyo, jumped on the growing RUSH program as
he sanctioned his three Crate Late Model races in 2017 under RUSH, and those
successful events attracted between 21-23 cars.
"I can't think of a better way to kick-off our 2018 RUSH Touring Series than
with a three-night swing through the Mid-Atlantic with all three events paying
$2,000 to win," stated RUSH Director Vicki Emig. "The bed of RUSH racers that
are now in that part of our region is incredible and they have been continuously
asking us and the speedways to have the opportunity to compete in a Touring
event. We've even had several of our
racers ask about putting a weekend in the Mid-Atlantic together.
To now have three back-to-back-to-back Touring events before any of our
other RUSH-sanctioned speedways open their seasons is certainly going to be
conducive to creating a scenario for some tremendous racing between RUSH racers
across the spectrum. We have to
thank Greg, Denise, and Brett for making this possible."
The former "Mid-Atlantic States Classic" debuted in 2014 when Rick Singleton
swept the events at Potomac and Winchester topping 22 and 27-car fields
respectively. In 2015, it was
Walker Arthur sweeping the Potomac and Winchester events as the car counts
climbed to 26 and 34 respectively.
The last completed Sweeney Tour event in the Mid-Atlantic was on June 13, 2015
when Allen Brannon won the "Crate Racin' USA Nationals".
Due to some scheduling conflicts, no events were scheduled in the
Mid-Atlantic in 2016. This past
season, the Sweeney Tour was scheduled to open the season at Winchester on April
22, but rain forced the cancellation.
Bryce Davis won his first Sweeney Tour title this past season and will collect
his hardware on January 20 at Gatherings Banquet & Event Center along with the
other top 12 points-paying racers.
The remainder of the 2018 Sweeney Tour schedule is being worked on as dates
continue to be finalized.
Deyo enters his third year at the helm of Georgetown
Speedway- the historic half-mile clay oval in Georgetown, Delaware. Deyo signed
a three-year lease that runs through 2019 and improvements continue at the
Sussex County track, which hosted its first race in 1950. The speedway operates
on a special-events-only schedule with high-profile programs from March through
October. For more information on Georgetown, check out their
website at www.thegeorgetownspeedway.com. You can like their Facebook page
at www.facebook.com/GeorgetownSpeedway and follow them on Twitter
@thegtownspdwy.
Potomac Speedway is a high-banked 3/8-mile dirt track located on Route 234 at
27963 Budds Creek Road, Mechanicsville, MD 20659.
The track first opened in 1973, and is located about an hour south of Washington
D.C and Baltimore. For information, check out their website at
www.potomacspeedway.com
or call 301-481-8855. You can like
their Facebook at www.facebook.com/PotomacSpdwy and follow them on Twitter
@PotomacSpdwy.
Winchester Speedway is also a high-banked 3/8-mile dirt track located just off
Route 50 at 950 Airport Road Winchester, VA 22604. The track first opened
in 1936 under the name of Airport Speedway. The track has been home to the
Winchester 200, a major Super Late Model event, since 1963! For more
information, check out their website at
www.winchestervaspeedway.com
or call 301-481-8855. You can like
their Facebook at www.facebook.com/wincvaspeedway and follow them on Twitter
@Wincvaspeedway.
2017 RUSH Late Model marketing partners include Sweeney Chevrolet Buick GMC,
Pace Performance, Hoosier Tire, Bilstein Shocks, Sunoco Race Fuels, Bazell Race
Fuels, Insinger Performance, MSD Performance, Holley Performance Products,
Earl's Performance Plumbing, Quick Fuel Technology, FK Rod Ends, Maxima Racing
Oil, Schoenfeld Headers, Jones Racing Products, Alternative Power Sources,
Precise Racing Products, ARbodies, TBM Brakes, K&N Filters, Lincoln Electric,
Velocita-USA, Classic Ink USA, Rocket Chassis, Landrum Performance Spring,
CrateInsider.com, RockAuto.com, and Valley Fashions.
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 and
fax is 724-964-0604.
The RUSH Racing Series website is www.rushracingseries.com.
Like our Facebook page at www.facebook.com/rushlatemodels and
follow us on Twitter @RUSHLM.
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