TYLER COUNTY TO HOST 2025 HOVIS RUSH LATE MODEL FLYNN'S TIRE/GUNTER'S HONEY TOURING SERIES OPENER THIS SATURDAY

By Mike Leone

April 8, 2025              FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

(Middlebourne, WV)...After a rain out of the much anticipated RUSH debut at Bridgeport Motorsports Park last weekend, the Hovis Auto & Truck Supply RUSH Dirt Late Model Flynn's Tire/Gunter's Honey Touring Series will try again to kick-off the 2025 season this Saturday night (April 12) at Tyler County Speedway.   Warmups are slated for 5:45 p.m. followed by qualifying and racing.

After a record $76,200 points fund was posted for the 2024 season, the largest following of 13 full-time teams competed on the Tour in addition to a record average car count of 40 despite several big events being rained out.  That same point fund will return in 2025 as $20,000 will again be on the line along with the 3C Graphix $3,000 to-win Rookie-of-the-Year and the $5,000 Landrum Performance Springs "Loyalty Bonus".  Over the off-season, it was also announced that all 2025 Flynn's Tire/Gunter's Honey Touring Series events will pay a minimum of $4,000 to-win, $300 to-start.   

Saturday will mark the first of three appearances by the Flynn's Tire/Gunter's Honey Tour at "America's Baddest Bullring".  Tyler County is in the midst of their fourth year under the RUSH banner for its Late Model class.  Past City Chevrolet "Track Pack" Champions at Tyler County are Donnie Dotson in 2022, Brandon Weigle in 2023, and Allen Clark in 2024.  The Tour returns to Tyler County on Thursday, July 3 in a two-night Mountaineer State doubleheader with Ohio Valley Speedway.  The third and final event will take place during Labor Day weekend on Sunday, August 31 part of their "Country Roads" event.

Braeden Dillinger picked up the opening night City Chevrolet Weekly Series victory at Tyler County on March 29.  All events at Tyler County in 2025 as well as Muskingum and Ohio Valley Speedways are also part of the new Dave Poske's Performance Parts Mid-Ohio Valley Championship Series.   A points fund of $6,650 for the top 10 RUSH member drivers has been established.  In addition, Dave Poske's Performance Parts will present a loyalty program that will award one lucky RUSH member racer that competes in a minimum of 10 events a $1,000 Poske's gift certificate!  Poske's also presents the nightly "Feel the RUSH" 4-Wide Salute at all Tour events. 

The 2024 season for the Flynn's Tire/Gunter's Honey Tour was supposed to kick-off at Tyler County Speedway on April 6, but that event as well as the April 13 make-up was lost due to flooding rains.  Severe thunderstorms then washed out the July 4 event and a rainy Labor Day weekend washed out the September 1 scheduled event.  The Tour has fought Mother Nature just about every time they have been scheduled at Tyler County over the past three years.  Jeremy Wonderling, who will be seeking an unprecedented fifth Flynn's Tire/Gunter's Honey Tour title, has two victories, while Max Blair has one win in Tour events at Tyler County.

"We're really excited about opening our season at Tyler County for the first time," expressed RUSH Director Vicki Emig.  "Even though Mother Nature hasn't been a fan, our past events at Tyler County have been tremendous.  We're thankful new promoters Doug Doak and Scott Jenkins picked up where John Watson and Dan Patterson left off with their support of RUSH both Weekly and Touring.  Add in the Flynn's Tire/Gunter's Honey Touring Series points fund and the richest slate of events in our history brings so much excitement for the upcoming season."

$100 "Shock the Clock" Qualifying and $25 to-win heat races will be presented by FK Rod Ends.  The Sunoco Dash will set the beginning rows of the feature lineup and will award the winner a $100 Sunoco fuel gift card.  The "Fill'er up with Sunoco Bucks" program co-presented by Bazell Race Fuels will include an additional $400 of Sunoco fuel card giveaways; two $100 random draws for drivers in the top 15 of 2024 Tour points and another four $50 random draws for all other competitors. 

The podium finishers will each receive a three-pack of Heritage Wine Cellars premier products.  Precise Racing Products will award a $50 gift card for the "Pedal Down" Hard Charger that passes the most cars in the feature.  Ontime Body & Graphic's "Spoiler Alert" will award a spoiler kit to the first place finisher.  The first feature non-qualifier will receive a $50 certificate from Holley Performance brands each night.  There will also be five BOGO Landrum Performance Springs certificates given away through drawings each night.  Forty lucky fans each night will receive a bottle of Dusted Steak Seasoning each night.

Feature Payoff: 1. $4,000  2. $2,000  3. $1,000  4. $800  5. $700  6. $600  7. $550  8. $500  9. $475  10. $450  11. $425  12. $400 13. $375  14. $360  15. $350  16. $340  17. $330  18. $320  19. $310  20-24. $300.

D&V Jewelers Non-Qualifier Payoff: 1. $200  2. $190  3. $185  4. $180  5. $175  6. $170  7. $165  8. $160  9. $155  10-24. $150.  Tow $125

You do not have to be a member of RUSH to compete only to receive Weekly and/or Tour points.  The entry fee is $100.  AMB/MyLaps transponders will be used; Westhold transponders will NOT work.  Units are available to rent for $25 and no cost to Tyler County regulars.  Driver radio channel will be 454.000.  Teams should come prepared with the mandated RUSH tires and fuel.  The pit notes/agenda is posted here: https://rushlatemodels.com/TylerCoAgenda041225.pdf

Pits passes go on sale at 3 p.m.  RUSH registration will open by 3 p.m. with the drivers meeting at 5:15.  Warm-ups are slated for 5:45 p.m. followed by qualifying and racing.  Pit passes are $40.  

Tyler County Speedway is a 1/4-mile dirt oval located at 1 Boreman School Rd., Middlebourne, WV 26149.   Tyler County ran its first race on June 9, 1974 as the 2025 season will be celebrated as the 51st anniversary.  Tyler County Speedway annually hosts some of the largest and most popular events in the Ohio Valley region.  For more information, check out their website at www.tylercountyspeedwayonline.com.  Like them on Facebook at www.facebook.com/thebullringwv and follow them on X @The_Bulling.

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, MSD Performance, Holley Performance Products, FK Rod Ends, Billy's Garage, Joseph J. Oliva Attorney at Law, Schoenfeld Headers, Jones Racing Products, Landrum Performance Springs, Russ King Racing, 3C Graphix, Dave Poske's Performance Parts, Velocita-USA, Wieland Metal Services, Frankland Racing Supply, Dusted Steak Seasoning, Ontime Body & Graphic, D&V Jewelers, Dusted, Heritage Wine Cellars, Precise Racing Products, Racing Electronics, and Design Creations.

E-mail can be sent to the RUSH Racing Series at [email protected] and mail to 4368 Route 422, Pulaski, PA 16143. Office phone is 724-964-9300.  The RUSH Late Model website is www.rushlatemodels.com. Like our Facebook page at www.facebook.com/rushlatemodels and follow us on X (formerly known as Twitter) @RUSHLM.

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