HOVIS RUSH LATE MODEL FLYNN'S TIRE GUNTER'S HONEY TOUR HOPING 3RD TIME IS A CHARM FOR "BILL LAW MEMORIAL" SATURDAY AT STATELINE BEFORE MOVING ON TO TRI-CITY ON SUNDAY

By Mike Leone

May 20, 2026               FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

(Pulaski, PA)...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.  Saturday night (May 23) at Stateline Speedway in Busti, NY is the twice rained out "Bill Law Memorial" followed 50 miles south at Tri-City Raceway Park in Franklin, Pa. on Sunday evening (May 24).  Both races will pay $4,000 to-win.

The "Bill Law Memorial" returns to Stateline for the ninth time on Saturday night.  Saturated grounds on May 9 forced the postponement to May 16; however, several rounds of rain late afternoon and early evening proved too much for the track crew to overcome and led to another postponement to this Saturday night.  Saturday night's blockbuster event will also feature the Super Late Models in action for $5,000 to-win!  

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.

Sunday will mark the first of two appearances by the Flynn's Tire/Gunter's Honey Tour at Tri-City Raceway Park.  The half-mile Venango County oval has a new surface in 2026, which debuted last Friday night at their long-awaited opener and received rave reviews.  Sunday is a Platinum Event allowing teams to throw out a prior worst finish or use the event to replace a missed Marquee Event.  Sunday will also include a Modified doubleheader with the RUSH Sportsman and the BRP Big-Block Modified Tour.

In May 2024, Tri-City hosted the return of the Flynn's Tire/Gunter's Honey Tour event for the first time in six years!  The event was won by Brock Pinkerous, who celebrated his first career Tour win in Landrum Performance Springs Victory Lane.  Pinkerous went on to win the $20,000 championship.  Last year saw Daryl Charlier end a three-year winless drought with a dominating performance in the Memorial Day weekend event, while Kyle Hardy won the Labor Day weekend event in his first ever visit.

The Flynn's Tire/Gunter's Honey Touring Series has made 10 nine visits to Tri-City all-time with seven of them occurring from 2015-2018.  Max Blair and Mike Pegher, Jr. each have won a pair of events, while single victories have gone to Bryce Davis, Jeremy Wonderling, Brady Wonderling, Pinkerous, Charlier, and Hardy.  

"This turned out to be a good pairing of a doubleheader weekend for race teams and fans," acknowledged RUSH Director Vicki Emig.  "We have to thank Bill Catania of Stateline and the Law Family for their willingness to continue to try and complete this event.  The Shiffer Family at Tri-City have been a strong supporter of RUSH as they host our RUSH Sprint Cars and RUSH Stock Cars on a weekly basis along with a pair of Tour events for our RUSH Late Models and events for the RUSH Sportsman Modifieds."

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 at both tracks.  At Stateline, RUSH Track Pack points will also be awarded as $2,500 will be shared amongst the top six drivers in RUSH Weekly Series member points at the conclusion of the season.  Stateline has still been unable to complete a RUSH Late Model 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.  Hardy won the $5,000 to-win event over local Derek Magee.  It was the 2021 Series Champion's 15th career Tour victory.  Last Sunday, five-time Series Champion, Jeremy Wonderling won his third Eriez Tour event in the last six races.  Thirty-nine cars were on hand. 

$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 third place finisher on night one and the fourth 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 each night.  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 regulars that have Westhold transponders on Saturday night. 

For Saturday at Stateline, pit gates open at 2 p.m.  RUSH registration/pre-race tech will open by 3 p.m.  Driver’s meeting will be at 5:45 p.m.  Warm-ups will get underway at 6:15 p.m. followed by qualifying.   Driver radio channel is different at Stateline as 469.500 is used.  For Sunday at Tri-City, pit gate and registration/pre-race tech will open at 3 p.m. (access prior).  Driver’s meeting will be at 5:15 p.m.   Warmups will get underway at approximately 5:45 p.m. followed by qualifying and racing.  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.

Tri-City Raceway Park is a ½-mile dirt track owned by the Shiffer Family and is located at 3430 PA-417, Franklin, PA 16323.  For more information, check out their website at www.racetri-city.com.  Like their Facebook at https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=100063565753208

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, Keyser Manufacturing, Integra Racing Shocks, 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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