MAX BLAIR OPENS “BATTLE OF THE BAY” PRESENTED BY PANCHO’S WITH DOMINATING SWEENEY RUSH LATE MODEL TOUR VICTORY OVER THE 46-CAR FIELD IN THE 1ST EVER RACE AT DELAWARE

By Mike Leone April 18, 2018

(Delmar, DE)...The Sweeney Chevrolet Buick GMC RUSH Dirt Late Model Touring Series powered by Pace Performance kicked off the 2018 season on Wednesday night in the first ever race at Delaware International Speedway, and in fact the first ever in the state of Delaware. It was night one of the four-night inaugural “Battle of the Bay” Mid-Atlantic Speedweek presented by Pancho’s Racing Products, which attracted 46 cars from five states (Delaware, Maryland, Virginia, Pennsylvania, New York) along with Ontario, Canada. Special thanks to Elliott Farms for posting $600 in feature lap money rotating amongst the top five cars each feature lap.

Max Blair has won races from Canada to Florida, but had never raced, let alone won before, in the “First State”. That all changed on Wednesday night as Blair put on a dominating performance leading all but the first lap to claim the $2,000 season opening “Marquee” Tour event win at DIS. Blair, who also earned an additional $100 in lap money, now takes the early point lead in both the Sweeney Tour as well as the “Battle of the Bay” Speedweek.

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 PANCHO'S RACING PRODUCTS TO PRESENT "BATTLE OF THE BAY" FOR SWEENEY RUSH LATE MODEL TOUR AS WELL AS BECOMING 2018 MARKETING PARTNER OF BOTH RUSH LATE MODELS & SPRINTS

By Mike Leone April 15, 2018

(Pulaski, PA)...The Sweeney Chevrolet Buick GMC RUSH Racing Series powered by Pace Performance is proud to add Pancho's Racing Products as a new marketing partner to the Series. Pancho's will present the upcoming "Battle of the Bay" Speedweek for the Late Model Tour and will also be a 2018 supporting sponsor of both the Late Model and new RUSH Sprint Car divisions. Pancho's joins several new companies that have gotten involved with RUSH thus far in 2018 including Wrisco Industries, Dynamic Drivelines, Dirt Defender, Racing Electronics, Frankland Racing Supply, Bonnell's Rod Shop, and Schwartzmiller Ground Maintenance.

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SWEENEY RUSH SERIES WELCOMES SCHWARTZMILLER GROUND MAINTENANCE AS A NEW MARKETING PARTNER FOR 2018

By Mike Leone April 12, 2018

(Pulaski, PA)...The Sweeney Chevrolet Buick GMC RUSH Racing Series powered by Pace Performance is pleased to welcome Schwartzmiller Ground Maintenance as new marketing partner to the Series. Schwartzmiller joins several new companies that have gotten involved with RUSH thus far in 2018 including Wrisco Industries, Dynamic Drivelines, Dirt Defender, Racing Electronics, Frankland Racing Supply, and Bonnell's Rod Shop. Schwartzmiller Ground Maintenance is an all season maintenance company based in western Pennsylvania.

Schwartzmiller Ground Maintenance has chosen the RUSH Late Model and Sportsman Modified divisions for its affiliation with the Series. As part of the sponsorship program, they will be contributing two $300 racing product packages with one being distributed on the Late Model "Manufacturers Night" presented by MSD Performance and the other on the Sportsman Modified "Manufacturers Night" in addition to other Series support.

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APPROXIMATELY 50 NEW DRIVERS SET TO MAKE THEIR DEBUT IN 2018 SWEENEY RUSH RACING SERIES COMPETITION

By Doug Kennedy & Mike Leone April 8, 2018

(Pulaski, PA)...Not only does the Sweeney Chevrolet Buick GMC RUSH Racing Series powered by Pace Performance have a large group of drivers that will be returning to RUSH competition in 2018, but the Series also has a whole new class of drivers that will be testing RUSH for the first time in their racing careers. Included in this group are drivers that will be moving into RUSH from "open" engine division, other who have never been behind the wheel of a race car, and a couple that are moving laterally from one RUSH-sanctioned division to another.

All told, Series Directors Vicki Emig and Mike Leone expect to welcome approximately 50 new racers to RUSH throughout the entire Series in 2018. As recently reported, there are 20 confirmed drivers in the new RUSH Sprint Car division; 13 new Late Model drivers are ready to kick-off the new season, as well as several in the RUSH Sportsman Modifieds, Pro Mods, and Pro Stocks on dirt.

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EXCITEMENT BUILDS FOR "BATTLE OF THE BAY" 4-RACE MID-ATLANTIC SPEEDWEEK TO KICK-OFF 2018 SWEENEY RUSH LATE MODEL TOURING SEASON APRIL 18-21 AT DELAWARE, GEORGETOWN, POTOMAC & WINCHESTER

By Mike Leone April 5, 2018

(Pulaski, PA)...With the month of April now here, the countdown is on for the inaugural "Battle of the Bay" Speedweek featuring four races to kick-off the 2018 Sweeney Chevrolet Buick GMC RUSH Dirt Late Model Touring Series season April 18-21 at Delaware, Georgetown, Potomac and Winchester Speedways.

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FRANKLAND RACING SUPPLY BECOMES "OFFICIAL REAR END" OF SWEENEY RUSH SERIES FOR 2018; RECENT DEVELOPMENT OF CRATE ENGINE SPECIFIC REAR END PROVING SUCCESSFUL

By Mike Leone April 3, 2018

(Pulaski, PA)...The Sweeney Chevrolet Buick GMC RUSH Racing Series powered by Pace Performance is proud to announce that Frankland Racing Supply has come on board as the "Official Rear End" of the Series in 2018. Frankland joins several new national companies that have gotten involved with RUSH in a major way as "Official Sponsors" thus far in 2018 including Wrisco Industries, Dynamic Drivelines, Dirt Defender, and Racing Electronics.

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HOLLEY RENEWS AS "OFFICIAL CARBURETOR" OF RUSH; HOLLEY'S BRANDS MSD, EARL'S & QUICK FUEL JOIN IN TO PUSH SERIES SUPPORT TO OVER $30,000

By Mike Leone March 29, 2018

(Pulaski, PA)...The Sweeney Chevrolet Buick GMC RUSH Racing Series powered by Pace Performance is proud to announce that Holley Performance Products and its subsidiaries MSD Performance, Earl's Performance Plumbing, and Quick Fuel Technology will continue their partnership in 2018 as the richest combined product contingency sponsor in the 12-year history of Northeast crate engine racing under the direction of Series Directors Vicki Emig and Mike Leone. The marketing partnership has increased from $25,000 in support offered to the Series in 2017 to $30,000 in 2018!

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BILSTEIN CONTINUES PARTNERSHIP WITH SWEENEY RUSH SERIES AS "OFFICIAL SHOCK"; MANDATED SEALED, SPEC BILSTEIN SHOCK PROVES SUCCESSFUL IN RUSH SPORTSMAN MODS, PRO MODS & SPRINTS

By Mike Leone March 28, 2018

(Pulaski, PA)...The Sweeney Chevrolet Buick GMC RUSH Racing Series powered by Pace Performance is pleased to continue its partnership for the fifth straight year with Bilstein Shocks. The "Official Shock" of RUSH is mandated on the RUSH Sportsman Modifieds, RUSH Pro Mods, and the new RUSH Sprint Cars. In addition, the "RUSH/Bilstein" package is a popular choice and has found great success amongst RUSH Late Model, RUSH Pro Stock and racers in the three asphalt RUSH classes at Jennerstown Speedway.

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FAMILIAR FACES TO RETURN IN 2018 TO SWEENEY RUSH LATE MODEL COMPETITION; KING & PEGHER WEIGH IN ON GM PERFORMANCE CRATE ENGINE RACING

By Doug Kennedy March 16, 2018

(Pulaski, PA)...It's been a long journey, 12 years to be exact, but sometimes you just have a gut feeling about something, and that is exactly how it was when RUSH Series Director, Vicki Emig, was introduced to the concept of GM crate engine racing in 2007.

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RACING ELECTRONICS BECOMES "OFFICIAL RACING COMMUNICATIONS" OF SWEENEY RUSH RACING SERIES FOR 2018

By Mike Leone March 9, 2018

(Pulaski, PA)...The Sweeney Chevrolet Buick GMC RUSH Racing Series powered by Pace Performance is pleased to announce that Racing Electronics will be the "Official Racing Communications" of RUSH in 2018.

"Racing Electronics is certainly very well known in NASCAR and asphalt circles," explained RUSH Director Vicki Emig. "After some discussions with Racing Electronics, they're really trying to expand their brand into the dirt market, and we couldn't be more proud that they've partnered with us. We feel with our five different dirt Series, we can allow them to grow their brand with our racers and fans."

Racing Electronics’ latest product, SWITCH, provides benefits to both RUSH competitors and event attendees. SWITCH is the top-performing micro-receiver on the market, and its two programmable channels can be used by fans to listen to track public address announcers and race officials at RUSH events. Competitors will be able to utilize the device in the car to receive clearer communications from race control. Racing Electronics will be located trackside at several 2018 events with SWITCH, as well as other popular equipment from its industry-leading line of radios, headsets and scanners.

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DIRT DEFENDER BECOMES "OFFICIAL WHEEL COVER" OF SWEENEY RUSH SERIES FOR 2018; WILL PRESENT "DEFENSIVE DRIVE" AWARD AT EVERY LATE MODEL & SPORTSMAN MOD TOUR EVENT & "MFG NIGHT" GIVEAWAYS FOR ALL DIRT SERIES

By Mike Leone March 7, 2018

(Pulaski, PA)...The Sweeney Chevrolet Buick GMC RUSH Racing Series powered by Pace Performance is thrilled to announce that Dirt Defender will be the "Official Wheel Cover" of the Series in 2018. Dirt Defender will provide wheel covers to the "Defensive Drive" recipient at every Touring Series event for both the Sweeney Late Models and Bicknell Racing Products Sportsman Modifieds. In addition, packages will be awarded throughout the Series' "Manufacturers Nights" presented by MSD Performance for all of the dirt divisions. The program will be supported by Close Racing Supply (Eldred, Pa.) and Hoosier Tire Mid-Atlantic Maryland/Precise Racing Products (Sarver, Pa.) where racers will be able to redeem their Dirt Defender Product certificates.

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WRISCO INDUSTRIES BECOMES "OFFICIAL ALUMINUM SHEET SUPPLIER" OF SWEENEY RUSH RACING SERIES FOR 2018

By Mike Leone February 24, 2018

(Pulaski, PA)...The Sweeney Chevrolet Buick GMC RUSH Racing Series powered by Pace Performance is proud to announce that Wrisco Industries will be the "Official Aluminum Sheet Supplier" of RUSH in 2018. Wrisco will provide numerous sheets of aluminum that will be dispersed to RUSH racers via the 2018 "Manufacturers Nights" that are annually presented by MSD Performance in the Late Model, Sportsman Modified, Pro Mods, Pro Stock, and Asphalt Series divisions.

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DYNAMIC DRIVELINES BECOMES "OFFICIAL DRIVELINE" OF SWEENEY RUSH RACING SERIES FOR 2018

By Mike Leone February 10, 2018

(Pulaski, PA)...The Sweeney Chevrolet Buick GMC RUSH Racing Series powered by Pace Performance is pleased to announce that Dynamic Drivelines will be the "Official Driveline" of RUSH in 2018. Dynamic Drivelines will provide valuable driveline product packages for all of the 2018 "Manufacturers Nights" that are annually presented by MSD Performance.

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RACEWAY 7 JOINS SWEENEY RUSH LATE MODEL WEEKLY SERIES WITH WEEKLY FRIDAY NIGHT RACING IN 2018

By Mike Leone February 7, 2018

(Pulaski, PA)...The Sweeney Chevrolet Buick GMC RUSH Racing Series powered by Pace Performance is pleased to announce that Raceway 7 in Conneaut, Ohio will be the newest Sweeney RUSH Late Model Weekly Series beginning this season with weekly Friday night racing. Raceway 7 joins Dog Hollow as new RUSH weekly-sanctioned Late Model tracks for 2018. The first ever RUSH-sanctioned event at Raceway 7 will occur on Friday, May 4 following two Friday nights of practice nights.

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NEW YORK'S SKYLINE RACEWAY PARK TO HOST THEIR 1ST EVER SWEENEY RUSH LATE MODEL EVENTS JUNE 24 & AUGUST 26

By Mike Leone January 30, 2018

(Pulaski, PA)...Skyline Raceway Park has become the latest New York speedway to have the Sweeney Chevrolet Buick GMC RUSH Racing Series powered by Pace Performance sanction its Crate Late Model events in 2018. Skyline will host a pair of Sweeney RUSH Late Model Weekly Series events on Sunday, June 24 and Sunday, August 26 with both paying $1,000 to-win, $100 to-start.

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NEW YORK'S CAN-AM SPEEDWAY TO SANCTION THEIR 4 CRATE LATE MODEL RACES UNDER SWEENEY RUSH SERIES BANNER

By Mike Leone January 29, 2018

(Pulaski, PA)...The Sweeney Chevrolet Buick GMC RUSH Racing Series powered by Pace Performance is excited to announce that Can-Am Speedway's four Crate Late Model events in 2018 will be sanctioned under the RUSH banner. It was recently announced that the LaFargeville, New York half-mile dirt oval ownership has been taken over by local businessman and racer, Tyler Bartlett.

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SUCCESSFUL 2017 SWEENEY RUSH SERIES SEASON COMPLETED AS CHAMPIONS & TOP RACERS HONORED IN RUSH DIVISIONS WITH $125,000 DOLED OUT AT 2017 AWARDS BANQUET

By Mike Leone January 21, 2018

(Edinburg, PA)...While the 2018 racing season is only a few months away, Sweeney Chevrolet Buick GMC RUSH Racing Series Directors Vicki Emig and Mike Leone put a final wrap on the 2017 racing season with the annual awards banquet and dinner on Saturday night at the Gatherings Banquet & Event Center in Edinburg, Pa. Sunshine and mild conditions prevailed as a record number of attendees filled the beautiful banquet hall as over $125,000 in cash and thousands in contingencies were distributed to Sweeney RUSH Late Model, Sportsman Modified, Pro Mod, and Pro Stock racers. All told over a quarter million dollar of cash and useful product contingencies were distributed to RUSH racers throughout the 2017 season.

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DOG HOLLOW SPEEDWAY JOINS SWEENEY RUSH LATE MODEL WEEKLY SERIES WITH WEEKLY FRIDAY NIGHT RACING IN 2018

By Mike Leone January 18, 2018

(Pulaski, PA)...The Sweeney Chevrolet Buick GMC RUSH Racing Series powered by Pace Performance is pleased to announced that Dog Hollow Speedway in Northern Cambria, Pa. will be the newest Sweeney RUSH Late Model Weekly Series beginning this season with weekly Friday night racing. The first ever RUSH-sanctioned event at Dog Hollow will actually occur on Saturday, April 21 with their "Spring Time Spectacular" before weekly Friday night racing gets underway on Friday, April 27.

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4-NIGHT SPEEDWEEK, MFG NIGHTS, MAVTV & NUMEROUS SIGNATURE EVENTS TO SHOWCASE 2018 SWEENEY RUSH LATE MODEL TOURING SERIES SCHEDULE

By Mike Leone December 21, 2017

(Pulaski, PA)...The Sweeney Chevrolet Buick GMC RUSH Dirt Late Model Series powered by Pace Performance is set to begin its sixth year of operations heading into the 2018 season. The Series is proud to release the 2018 Touring Series schedule featuring a minimum of 18 events, which includes a Speedweek, two "Manufacturers Nights", MAVTV, and returning signature events throughout the six-month slate.

The 2018 Touring Series will feature 15 premier "Marquee" events paying a minimum of $2,000 to-win utilizing a group qualifying format featuring $100 FK Rod Ends “Shock the Clock Qualifying” and $25 to-win FK Rod End heat races. In addition, a minimum of three midweek optional "Platinum" events are scheduled paying $1,500 to-win.

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SWEENEY RUSH LATE MODEL TOUR TO MAKE 1ST EVER STOP AT WEEDSPORT FOR SPECIAL HOLIDAY MARQUEE EVENT ON JULY 3; EVENT TO BE TELEVISED BY MAVTV

By Mike Leone December 14, 2017

(Pulaski, PA)...The Sweeney Chevrolet Buick GMC RUSH Dirt Late Model Touring Series powered by Pace Performance is proud to announce a first ever visit to New York's Weedsport Speedway as part of a special holiday program on Tuesday night, July 3. The $2,000 to-win "Marquee" Event will also be televised on a tape-delayed basis and will air on MAVTV/Speed Sport. The Tuesday, night before the Fourth of July, will allow all teams the opportunity to compete in this historic event without conflicting with any other RUSH events. Weedsport, which also houses the Northeast Dirt Modified Hall of Fame, sits in between the RUSH Weekly-Sanctioned tracks of Fulton, Outlaw, and Genesee Speedways. The event is also expected to attract racers from New York's Stateline and Woodhull Speedways along with Humberstone Speedway across the border in Ontario in addition to the Touring Series regulars and other invaders.

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DELAWARE JOINS "BATTLE OF THE BAY" CREATING A 4-RACE MID-ATLANTIC SPEEDWEEK WITH GEORGETOWN, POTOMAC & WINCHESTER TO KICK-OFF 2018 SWEENEY RUSH LATE MODEL TOURING SEASON

By Mike Leone November 28, 2017

(Pulaski, PA)...Shortly after announcing that Georgetown, Potomac, and Winchester Speedways were kicking off the 2018 Sweeney Chevrolet Buick GMC RUSH Dirt Late Model Touring Series season, RUSH is excited to now announce that Delaware International Speedway has signed on to now create a four-race "Battle of the Bay" Speedweek Wednesday-Saturday, April 18-21.

The Speedweek will get underway on Wednesday at Delaware followed by the short drive to Georgetown for Thursday night action before moving into the state of Maryland on Friday night at Potomac Speedway then wrapping up on Saturday at Virginia's Winchester Speedway. Each event will be a "Marquee" distinction with $2,000 to-win. There will also be a $3,000 Speedweek point fund. And in addition, 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.

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ANNUAL SWEENEY RUSH SERIES AUTHORIZED ENGINE REBUILDER SEMINAR FOR 2017-2018 A GREAT SUCCESS; ATTENDEES FROM 5 STATES & CANADA

By Mike Leone November 15, 2017

(Pulaski, PA)...The Sweeney Chevrolet Buick GMC RUSH Racing Series powered by Pace Performance held its fourth annual Authorized Engine Rebuilder/Repair Facility Seminar on Saturday (November 11) at the Hampton Inn & Suites Grove City (PA). Attendance to this meeting was "mandated" for those facilities authorized to rebuild engines for the RUSH Late Models, Sprint Cars, Sportsman Modifieds, Pro Mods, Pro Stocks, and Asphalt Series. Nineteen different engine facilities were represented as attendees came from five states plus three rebuilders from Ontario, Canada.

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RUSH'S BILSTEIN BANDIT $135 SEALED, SPEC SHOCKS: LEADING THE WAY IN PROVIDING EXCITING & COMPETITIVE RACING IN A COST-CONTROLLED ENVIRONMENT

By Doug Kennedy October 18, 2017

(Pulaski, PA)...Throughout the years, it's no secret that the main objective of the Sweeney Chevrolet Buick GMC RUSH Racing Series powered by Pace Performance that now spans throughout the Northeast, Mid-Atlantic, and Ontario, Canada has been to provide an exciting and affordable grassroots racing series for their racers. Staying focused on the word "affordable" has helped drive the success of RUSH, which in 2018 will encompass eight different divisions on both dirt and asphalt.

Many factors have been important players in RUSH's objective to control cost in their divisions; their stringent GM crate engine technical program, Hoosier spec tires, Sunoco spec fuels, and in many cases the $135 sealed, spec RUSH Bilstein Shocks.

The sealed, spec RUSH Bilstein Bandit Shock package is mandated in three of the Series divisions; Sportsman Modifieds, Pro/E-Mods, and now the Sprint Cars, and has found great success also in the Late Models and Pro Stocks, as well as all of the Series' asphalt divisions.

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