PATH VALLEY RETURNS AS SWEENEY RUSH LATE MODEL WEEKLY SERIES MEMBER TRACK IN
2017; YEAR 2 GETS UNDERWAY ON APRIL 1
By Mike Leone
March 17, 2017
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
(Spring Run, PA)...Path
Valley Speedway Park will return for their second year as a Sweeney Chevrolet
Buick GMC RUSH Dirt Late Model Weekly Series member track.
The 1/4-mile bullring is RUSH's only central Pennsylvania facility, and
is located minutes off the Turnpike between Bedford and Harrisburg.
Path Valley will host eight nights of action scattered throughout their
2017 schedule.
After
a highly successful RUSH Late Model debut with a Sweeney Chevrolet Buick GMC
Weekly Series event on August 14, 2015, Path Valley stepped up to become a
Weekly Series member track in 2016.
The Spring Run, Pa. facility was one of 23 speedways in 2016 to host a RUSH Late
Model-sanctioned event. Nine nights
were completed with 12 features run.
Brad McGinnis led the way winning six of them to earn the $300 "Track
Pack" Bonus Program Championship.
Other winners were Tim Snare (2), Kris Eaton (2), Steve Lowery, and Mike
Franklin. Eaton's success helped
propel him to the $5,000 Bilstein Bandits Championship.
Path Valley has worked hard to come up with a schedule of events that do not
conflict with Potomac and Winchester Speedways.
The current 2017 schedule of events includes Saturday, April 1, Saturday,
May 6, Sunday, June 4, Saturday, June 10, Saturday, June 17, Friday, July 7,
Friday, August 18, and Saturday, September 2.
Currently the June 10 and June 17 events are scheduled as twin 15s to
allow drivers the opportunity to earn additional points.
"Path Valley played host to is first RUSH event at the end
of the 2015 season, and we saw good car counts for the RUSH Late Models
throughout the 2016 season," stated Path Valley's Mike Donald.
"While this area has a strong Steel Block Late Model presence, we are
seeing an increased enthusiasm for RUSH Crate Late Models in this area.
We believe RUSH Late Models will continue to grow, and we wouldn't be
surprised to see more tracks add RUSH in this area. Path is happy to have RUSH
Late Models back in 2017, and we are excited about all the incentives that
drivers at Path are provided by RUSH for competing here."
RUSH member racers in 2017 will be
eligible for all of the programs including the Sweeney Weekly Series
Championship, the Pace Performance “Summer Chase”, along with the Bilstein
Bandits and the “Futures Cup” for those eligible racers. Member racers
will battle for the "Track Pack Bonus" with $300 going to the driver that
accumulates the most RUSH points at Path Valley, $200 for second, $150 for
third, $100 for fourth, and $50 for fifth. Contingency prizes will then be
posted for those racers in sixth through eighth in the RUSH member points at
Roaring Knob. While membership is not mandatory to compete in any
RUSH-sanctioned event, membership also include a $100,000 excess participant
accident policy, which is over and above drivers’ health insurance and
speedways’ participant accident policy.
"We're very excited Path Valley continues to give Crate Late Models a place to
compete at and under our sanctioning," expressed RUSH Series Director Vicki
Emig. "It's no secret steel blocks are very popular and still successful
in the central and eastern part of Pennsylvania, but crate racers are always
looking for additional places to compete at and Path Valley has proven to be a
tremendous place to race at with its surface and configuration.
We have to thank Path Valley's Mike Donald for continuing to work hard
for RUSH Late Models at the track and owners John Wisnett and Jack Flowers for
allowing us the opportunity to compete there."
Path Valley Speedway Park held its first race in June 1987. Wisnett and
Flowers purchased the track in 2000. Path Valley races on Friday and
Saturday nights with Sunday night specials featuring a wide variety of stock car
and sprint car divisions. Path Valley recently held a national USAC Midget
Car event and has hosted major Sprint Car events promoted by Fred Rahmer such as
Pennsylvania Speedweek and more.
For more information on Path Valley, check out their website at
www.pathvalley.com or "like" them on Facebook by searching Path Valley Speedway
Park. Path Valley is located at 17911 Dry Run Road, Spring Run, PA 17262.
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, 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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