HOVIS RUSH LATE MODEL SERIES WILL TRY AGAIN THIS WEEKEND WITH $4000 TO-WIN FLYNN'S TIRE/GUNTER'S HONEY TOUR EVENTS SATURDAY AT STATELINE FOR "BILL LAW MEMORIAL" & SUNDAY AT ERIEZ

By Mike Leone

May 12, 2026               FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

(Pulaski, PA)...After saturated grounds wiped out last weekend, the Hovis Auto & Truck Supply RUSH Dirt Late Models presented by Born2Run Lubricants will try again this weekend with a doubleheader of Flynn's Tire/Gunter's Honey Touring Series events.  Stateline Speedway in Busti, NY will host the Tour this Saturday night (May 16) followed 50 miles west at Eriez Speedway in Erie, Pa. on Sunday evening (May 17).  Both races will pay $4,000 to-win.

The "Bill Law Memorial" returns to Stateline for the ninth time on Saturday night.  In 2011, Law was diagnosed with small cell lung cancer and passed away in July 2012.  Law's involvement in racing began in the late 1970s as he loved having muscle cars and going to the drag strip in his high school days.  Even though he never actually raced, he stood behind racing 100%.  In the early 1980s, Law and Leon Szweda put an asphalt car together and raced at New York's Holland Speedway.

Law's taste for racing moved to the dirt tracks in the mid-1980s as he helped Tom Taber for several years.  He met a lot of great people that he became very good friends with; one was Bob "The Bird" Baldwin.  The Law Family traveled with him and his family racing from Pennsylvania to West Virginia to Maryland.

As Bill's son Jon was getting older, they got involved in Go-Kart racing as the family would travel all over New York and Pennsylvania.  Bill was still involved in auto racing as they would race Go-Karts during the day and sell parts and fuel at night at the races.  As Jon got older, Bill bought him an IMCA Modified.  A few seasons later, Jon and Bill bought a Limited Late Model.  That lasted a couple years until Jon was starting his own family and got away from the racing scene.  

Law was the first person to have a Crate Late Model in the region when the class debuted in 2007 in the Northeast.  Law had several drivers over the years behind the wheel of his #14 including Baldwin, Ward Schell, Rich Gardner, Jon Law, Curt VanPelt, David Scott, and Kyle Scott.  Bill's grandson, Kyle Murray, has raced RUSH Late Models over the years.  With the Scott Family owning Stateline for the first seven years, it was always fitting the "Bill Law Memorial" took place at their track as Jean and Jim Scott's son David and grandson Kyle drove for Law. 

The 2017 event was the first ever Tour event at Stateline in the history of Chevrolet Performance Late Models in the Northeast as a big crowd watched a thriller as Jeremy Wonderling held off standout and track dominator Max Blair for the victory.  Damian Bidwell made a late race pass of Scott Gurdak for his first Tour win in more than three years in the 2018 show.  In 2019, Wonderling again held off Blair after withstanding a mid-race rain delay.  The COVID-19 pandemic cancelled the 2020 event.  Wonderling was victorious again in 2021 topping a Stateline record 43-car field.  Joe Martin won his first career Stateline race in 2022 after waiting out an hour and a half rain delay.  In 2023, Wonderling won the event for the fourth time in six years.  Eventual Tour Champion, Brock Pinkerous, won in 2024.  Last year saw Blair win over a Stateline record 49 cars in what was the Tour's season opener.

For the second straight season, Stateline will host multiple Tour events.  Last year, 2016 champion, Bryce Davis, was victorious in the summer show.  This year's second event will take place on July 4.

Meanwhile, there have been 16 RUSH Tour events completed all-time at Eriez.  Max Blair has eight victories, while his father Rob has one in a substitution role for Max.  Kyle Hardy swept both events in 2021 in route to the championship.  In 2022, Logan Roberson won the May event for his first Eriez win, while Josh Ferry scored an upset career first Touring Series victory in July on "Manufacturers Night".  Wonderling won the 2023 spring race finally getting his first Tour win at Eriez then added a second win at the 2024 “Manufacturers Night” event over an Eriez record 55-car field.  Dave Hess, Jr. became a new Eriez RUSH Tour winner last season capturing the "Manufacturers Night" event over a 52-car field.  This year's "Manufacturers Night" presented by MSD Performance will be held on August 9 at Eriez.

"This is a nice, annual weekend for our northern RUSH Late Model teams to be able compete in two $4,000 to-win Tour events and also for our traveling teams as the two tracks are just 50 miles apart," stated RUSH Director Vicki Emig.  "We have to thank second year Stateline owner Bill Catania for being a staunch RUSH supporter sanctioning the Late Models, Pro Mods and Stock Cars weekly, scheduling two Late Model Tour shows along with a pair of special events for our Sprint Cars!  The Alexander Family at Eriez has also been a strong supporter of RUSH.  Their Late Model and Stock Car divisions are sanctioned by RUSH and continue to host two Tour events.  We're thankful that the Law Family has allowed us the opportunity to continue to be able to have the 'Bill Law Memorial' as a Tour event, and we look forward to honoring Bill on Saturday night."

In addition to Flynn’s Tire/Gunter’s Honey Touring Series points being awarded, Colussy Chevrolet National Weekly Series points will also be on the line as well as RUSH Track Pack points as $2,500 will be shared amongst the top six drivers in RUSH Weekly Series member points at each track the conclusion of the season.  Neither track has been able to complete a RUSH Late Model Weekly Series show this season.

Sandwiched between rainouts at Pittsburgh and Winchester Speedways, Georgetown Speedway opened the 2026 Flynn's Tire/Gunter's Honey Tour on April 24 in the return to the Sussex County oval for the first time in more than three years.  Kyle Hardy won the $5,000 to-win event over local Derek Magee.  It was the 2021 Series Champion's 15th career Tour victory.

$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 2025 Tour points and another four $50 random draws for all other competitors each night.

Hoosier Tire Western PA/Big Daddy's Speed Center will award a $100 gift card for the "Pedal Down" Hard Charger that passes the most cars in the feature.  Close Racing Supply will award a $100 gift card for the driver chosen as the "Tough Break of the Night".  Ontime Body & Graphic's "Spoiler Alert" will award a spoiler kit to the second place finisher on night one and the third place finisher on night two.  Schneider Trucks will present the new "Hottest of the Hot" with $50 going to the driver that turns the fastest lap in hot laps.  There will also be five BOGO Landrum Performance Springs certificates given away through drawings each night. 

Feature Payoff each night: 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  (25-26. $300).

Real Merchant Services DMV Non-Qualifier Payoff each night: 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 Stateline or Eriez regulars that have Westhold transponders. 

For Saturday at Stateline, pit gates open at 2 p.m.  RUSH registration/pre-race tech will open at 3 p.m.  Driver’s meeting will be at 5:45 p.m.   Driver radio channel is different at Stateline as 469.500 is used.  For Sunday at Eriez, pit gate and registration/pre-race tech will open at 3:30 p.m. (access prior).  Driver’s meeting will be at 5:45 p.m.  Driver radio channel is 454.000. 

Stateline Speedway is located nine miles southwest of Jamestown, NY, south of Busti, NY at 4150 Kortwright Rd., Jamestown, NY 14701.  For more information, check out their website at www.statelinespeedway.com.  Like their Facebook page at www.facebook.com/newstatelinespeedwaybustiny.

Eriez Speedway is a 3/8-mile track located outside of Erie, Pa. in Hammett at 9821 Sampson Rd., Erie, PA 16509.  For more information, like their page on Facebook at www.facebook.com/eriezspeedway. 

The RUSH Racing Series is brought to you by Hovis Auto & Truck Supply together with Born2Run Lubricants along with the support of Hoosier Tire, Sunoco Race Fuels, Bazell Race Fuels, Insinger Performance, Colussy Chevrolet Flynn's Tire, Gunter's Honey, Rustler Sales & Service, MSD Performance, Holley Performance Products, FK Rod Ends, Capital Contracting Service, Joseph J. Oliva Attorney at Law, Schoenfeld Headers, Jones Racing Products, Landrum Performance Springs, Russ King Racing, 3C Graphix, Velocita-USA, Wieland Metal Services, Real Merchant Services DMV, IllusionCoats Powder Coating, Hoosier Tire Western Pennsylvania/Big Daddy's Speed Center, Close Racing Supply, Frankland Racing Supply, Seal-Tite Paving & Excavating, Schneider Trucks, Ontime Body & Graphic, Henry's Headers & Exhaust Systems, D&V Jewelers, AERO Race Wheels, Racing Electronics, Design Creations, and Competition Crate Parts.

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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