FLYNN'S TIRE/GUNTER'S HONEY TOUR TO VISIT MCKEAN COUNTY FRIDAY IN RICHEST HOVIS RUSH LATE MODEL EVENT IN TRACK'S HISTORY WITH $4000 ON THE LINE

By Mike Leone

June 3, 2025               FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

(Smethport, PA)...After a weekend off, the Hovis Auto & Truck Supply RUSH Late Model Flynn's Tire/Gunter's Honey Touring Series will return to action this Friday night (June 6) at McKean County Raceway.  After losing six of the first nine scheduled events, Friday will mark just the fourth of the rain-plagued season.  Warmups will get underway at approximately 6:30 p.m. followed by qualifying and racing.  The event will also include "Manufacturers Night" for the RUSH Pro Mod division as competing racers will share in more than $12,500 of valuable product giveaways!

In the summer of 2023, Kurt and Bonnie Stebbins took over the lease of the McKean County Fairgrounds for racing and have featured the RUSH Late Models and RUSH Pro Mods in weekly competition ever since.  Thus far this season, McKean has completed three City Chevrolet Weekly Series events with Brady Wonderling winning the last two and second year Tour racer Austin Allen victorious in the May 2 opener. 

Last year, for the first time since September 29, 2018, the Flynn's Tire/Gunter's Honey Touring Series returned to McKean and it was Bryce Davis victorious for $3,000.  Friday's appearance will mark the 15th in Series history at MCR and will be the richest ever with $4,000 on the line.  The Tour completed 13 events at McKean between 2013-2018 with seven different winners.  The Tour's all-time winner, Max Blair, leads the way with five victories followed by 2017 champion, Davis, with four.  Single victories have gone to Mike Pegher, Jr., Chad McClellan, Joe Martin, Jeremy Wonderling, and John Waters.    

"We always look forward to racing at McKean," acknowledged RUSH Director Vicki Emig.  "McKean was one of the four original tracks when Chevrolet Performance Crate Late Model racing started in the Northeast in 2007.  We're thankful Kurt and Bonnie Stebbins have breathed life back into McKean after the track sat dark for two years.  The Stebbins have been strong supporters of RUSH back to their promoting tenure at Genesee in addition to Kurt racing a RUSH Late Model himself."

Four-time Series Champion, Jeremy Wonderling, leads the Tour to MCR on Friday still in search of his first win of any kind in 2025.  The Wellsville, NY driver has an eight-point lead on 3C Graphix Rookie-of-the-Year points leader, Demetrios Drellos.  Jason Knowles, who is coming off a runner-up finish at Tri-City, which matched his career best since a second at McKean in 2014, is third in points.  Rounding out the top 10 in points are Allen, Zack Carley, Davis, Daryl Charlier, Ben Easler, Kyle Hardy, and City Chevrolet National Weekly Series points leader Braeden Dillinger.  Thus far this season, Blair swept the Stateline-Eriez events, while Charlier won the most recent show at Tri-City on May 25.

$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 15/20 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 fourth 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.  Forty lucky fans each night will receive a bottle of Dusted Steak Seasoning.

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.  The AMB/MyLaps transponders will be used; rentals will be available each night for $25.  The driver radio channel will be 454.000. 

The event will also count towards the RUSH City Chevrolet National Weekly Series, the City Chevrolet "Track Pack" and Russ King Racing "Futures Cup" for those eligible racers. 

McKean County Raceway is a 1/3-mile dirt track located at the McKean County Fairgrounds at 7172 PA-46, Smethport, PA 16749.  For more information on McKean County Raceway, check out their website at www.mckeancounty-raceway.com, like them on Facebook page www.facebook.com/McKeanCountyRacewayMCR, and follow them on Twitter @McKeanCoRaceway.

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, AERO Race Wheels, Heritage Wine Cellars, Precise Racing Products, Racing Electronics, Design Creations, and Competition Crate Parts.

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.  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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