MAX BLAIR WINS
$3,000 PACE PERFORMANCE "SUMMER CHASE" FOR RUSH LATE MODELS; OVER $6000 OF
PACE/SWEENEY "PERFORMANCE BUCKS" GIFT CARDS TO BE DISTRIBUTED THROUGHOUT RUSH
SERIES; 14 WEEKLY TRACK PACK CHAMPIONS ANNOUNCED
By Mike Leone
October 5, 2017
FOR IMMEDIATE
RELEASE
(Pulaski, PA)...The Sweeney Chevrolet Buick GMC RUSH Racing Series
powered by Pace Performance is pleased to announce the winners of the Midseason
$6000 "Performance Bucks" Gift Card program that is part of the "Weekly" Track
Pack Bonus program as well as make official the 10 drivers that will share in
over $10,000 for Pace's "Summer Chase" Late Model program.
The "Summer Chase" was unable to be finalized until the July 22 make-up
feature at McKean County Raceway was completed on September 28.
Also, the Series has announced its 14 track champions as part of the
"Weekly Track Pack Bonus".
For the third time in five years, Max Blair is the
$3,000 Pace "Summer Chase" Late Model Champion.
Blair competed in 14 events from June 29 through September 4 earning a
score of 113.64 equating to a second place average finish.
Amazingly he beat out second year RUSH Late Model racer, Chad Homan, by
just 0.031 of a point! Had Homan
finished higher in any of the 18 races he competed in during the stretch or
raced in one more event and finished ninth of better, he would have been the
champion rather than the $1,500 runner-up.
This year, to increase incentive to participate, drivers received 0.5 of
a point added to their average score for every race competed over the six race
minimum. The complete top 10 in
points are posted below as part of the $10,050 program that will be paid out at
the awards banquet on January 20.
For the second straight year,
the Midseason "Performance
Bucks" Gift Card program awarded a $100 Sweeney/Pace gift card to member drivers
in third, fifth, and seventh place in points through the weekend of June 25 at
each RUSH Late Model weekly-sanctioned speedway plus Sweeney Weekly Series
points for the RUSH Sportsman Modifieds, Pro Mods, and Pro Stocks.
(Note: the RUSH weekly point system was utilized.)
A total of $4,900 of gift cards were awarded through this program with an
additional $1,100 used for other Series promotions throughout the 2017 season,
which included Series Manufacturers Night events.
"We wanted to create a program that would reward a large number of RUSH racers
and increase our Sweeney/Pace product awareness throughout the entire region,"
stated Matt Fullerton of Sweeney/Pace.
"With the help of Vicki (Emig) and Mike (Leone) from RUSH, this program
was formed last year and has increased our ability to give back to even more
weekly racers throughout the region.
Racers can utilize their Pace Performance Buck Gift Cards towards their purchase
of any one of the hundreds of motorsports related products that are available at
paceperformance.com."
"We cannot thank our branding sponsor Sweeney Chevrolet Buick GMC/Pace
Performance for everything they do for our Series," stated RUSH Director Vicki
Emig. "Throughout the years they
have continued to believe in our program and the concept of providing racers
with an affordable and exciting venue to participate in by utilizing GM crate
engines. I hope the racers take a
minute to browse through the Pace Performance website.
I think they will really be surprised at
the hundreds of products they can utilize the Performance Buck Gift Cards for
that can be very useful on their race team."
In
2016, RUSH started a new "Weekly Track Pack Bonus" program offering each Late
Model weekly-sanctioned speedway $800 cash to its top five member drivers along
with contingencies for positions six through eight using RUSH points!
The addition of the "Midseason Performance Bucks" program allows each
individual RUSH-sanctioned track to receive over $1,300 in value for its racers
over and above what their racers receive in all of the other valuable RUSH
"Weekly" programs!
The 2017 champions at each RUSH weekly-sanctioned track will again earn $300
with $200 going to second, $150 third, $100 fourth, and $50 fifth as part of the
"Weekly Track Pack Bonus"!
Contingency prizes will then be posted for those racers in sixth through eighth
in the RUSH member points. These
bonus monies are over and above what they may receive via the National Weekly
Championship, Summer Chase, and Futures Cup programs. These points concluded on
October 1 with the points funds also paid at the January 20 awards banquet.
Complete points are posted on the Points page at
www.rushlatemodels.com.
Pace Performance "Summer Chase" Final Points:
1. Max Blair 113.64 ($3,000)
2. Chad Homan 113.61 ($1,500)
3. Logan Roberson 111.17 ($1,000) 4.
Jeremy Wonderling 110.03 ($800) 5.
Jason Genco 109.94 ($750) 6. Mike
Pegher, Jr. 109.86 ($700) 7. Sam
Pennacchio 109.70 ($650) 8. Dennis
Lunger, Jr. 108.97 ($600) 9. Brad
Mesler 108.91 ($550) 10. John Waters
108.57 ($500).
$100 Pace/Sweeney Gift Card
Recipients for Midseason "Performance Bucks":
Delaware (LM): Matt Glanden, Mike Wharton & Tyler Bare
Bradford (LM): Brad Mesler & J.J. Mazur
Eriez (LM): Max Blair, Mike Lozowski & Wyatt Scott
Genesee (LM): T.J. Downs, Carl Shetler & Andy Michael
Fulton (LM): Chad Homan, Dale Caswell & Jason Occhino
Humberstone (LM): Jeff Dayman & Colton Ledingham
McKean (LM): Kyle Murray, Jason Tingue & Randy Ralyea
Outlaw (LM): Brad Smith, Kyle Murray & Jimmy Johnson
Path Valley (LM): Matt Bassaro, Dillan Stake & John Imler
Pittsburgh (LM): John Mollick, Michael Reft & Bill Kessler
Potomac (LM): Chuck Bowie, Logan Roberson & Darin Henderson
Pro Mod Series: Steve Dixon, Matt Harvey & Chad Silleman
Pro Stock Series: Jeremy Pilkerton, Jim Fosnaught & Terry Young
Roaring Knob (LM): Clinton Hersh, Russell Baird, Jr., & Joe Moyer
Sportsman Mods Series: Chelsie Kriegisch, A.J. Gillespie & Jessica Kriegisch
Stateline (LM): Jason Genco, Paul Norman & Scott Gurdak
Winchester (LM): Mike Franklin, Levi Crowl & Steve Lowery
The additional 11 $100 Pace "Performance Buck Gift Cards were distributed in
conjunction with the RUSH divisional "Manufacturers Night" events.
Gifts cards are non-transferable and information will be included with
the gift cards how they can be redeemed.
2017 RUSH Late Model Weekly
Track Pack Champions ($300 each):
Delaware: Joey Warren
Bradford: Brad Mesler
Eriez: Kyle Zimmerman
Fulton: Kevan Cook
Genesee: J.J. Mazur
Humberstone: Chad Homan
McKean: Andy Michael
Outlaw: Brian Knowles
Path Valley: Brad McGinnis
Pittsburgh: Justin Lamb
Potomac: Darren Alvey
Roaring Knob: Troy Shields
Stateline: Max Blair
Winchester: Mike Franklin
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.
###