"BILL EMIG MEMORIAL" RUSH SERIES DOUBLEHEADER SUNDAY AT
TRI-CITY WITH SWEENEY LATE MODEL TOUR FOR $2,000 & BICKNELL SPORTSMAN MODIFIED
TOUR
By
Mike Leone
June 15, 2017
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
(Franklin, PA)…
The Sweeney Chevrolet Buick GMC RUSH Racing Series powered by Pace Performance
heads to Tri-City Raceway Park this Sunday (June 18) for a doubleheader
featuring the Sweeney Late Model Touring Series and the Bicknell Racing Products
Sportsman Modified Touring Series in the annual "Bill Emig Memorial".
Racing begins at 6 p.m. There
is a rain date of June 25.
Tri-City is in the third year of ownership by Mark Tatalovic and management by
his son Sam along with Chad Wagner.
Sunday will be the second race event of the season at the beautiful half-mile
facility in Venango County. Sunday
will mark the first of two appearances by both divisions' Touring Series as the
Late Models will return for "Manufacturers Night" presented by MSD Performance
on August 20, and the Sportsman Modifieds will return on September 10 for the
"Apple Fest".
For the third straight year,
Tri-City will host the annual “Bill Emig Memorial”. The "Marquee" Late
Model Tour event will be highlighted by a $2,000 to-win 30-lap feature along
with $100 FK Rod Ends “Shock the Clock” Qualifying, and $25 to-win heat races in
addition to the $100 to-win K&N Cold Air Induction “John Buzzard Memorial” Dash.
One driver could earn $2,225 with a clean sweep of the night!
Meanwhile, the Sportsman Modifieds will battle 20 laps for $600 to-win.
The winner of both feature events will also receive a natural hardwood "Bill
Emig Memorial" laser etched award by Steve Hendren of Hendren Racing Engines.
Emig was a Semi-Late and Six-Cylinder Modified car owner from 1969 until
his passing in 1990. Emig had
successful drivers pilot the #1 Ford such as Jim Becker, Bob Krauss, Donnie
Martin, John Buzzard, Jerry Lesnak, Butch Haefke, and Lou Gentile.
In later years, Andy Priest, Jimmy Hawley, Frank Guidace, and Rodney
Beltz drove Emig #1 Six-Cylinder and "358" Modified for Bill's daughter Vicki.
Emig's cars won over 300 feature events along with multiple track championships
and several of Walt Wimer's prestigious Cavalcade Championships.
In 1986, his car was featured in a full color article in the special
Christmas issue of Stock Car Racing magazine.
He was one of the original recipients of Lernerville Speedway's
"Milestone in Racing" award in 1988.
Emig was recently inducted into both the Pittsburgh Circle Track Club and
Twin-State Auto Racing Club Hall of Fames.
“Bringing my dad's memorial to Tri-City on Father's Day is always really
special,” explained RUSH Co-Director Vicki Emig. “In 2015, the event at
Tri-City completed the circle of regional speedways where his cars competed
throughout the years that have hosted the event.
I know if he was here today he would tell you that some of his greatest
memories as a car owner were watching Lou Gentile battle against the V-8 powered
semi-lates with the six-cylinder on the big half-mile against the likes of Lou
Steadman, Les Myers, Mark Weaver and many more. His cars won numerous feature
events and track championships at Tri-City in both the Semi-Late and
Six-Cylinder Modified divisions with the highlight being 1978 Semi-Late Track
Championship.”
Past “Bill Emig Memorial” winners in the Late Models include Bryce Davis last
season at Tri-City, Max Blair (Tri-City) in 2015,
Chad McClellan (Lernerville) & Rick Singleton (Sharon) in 2014, Mike Pegher, Jr.
(Lernerville) & Ryan Montgomery (Sharon) in 2013, Blair (won bon events at
Sharon) in 2012, and Blair (Lernerville) & Josh Holtgraver (Sharon) in 2011.
Last year, New York's Adam Hilton won the "Bill Emig Memorial" for the
Modifieds. This year, Josh Seippel
won the Bicknell Weekly Series event at Tri-City on Mother's Day for his first
career Modified win.
Four of the six scheduled 2017 Sweeney Tour events for the Late Models have been
completed with four different winners.
Bryce Davis, who won at Outlaw Speedway on June 2, currently leads the
points by 32 over Jason Knowles.
Defending Series Champion, John Waters, is coming off a victory at the last
event at Genesee Speedway on June 3 and is currently fourth in points.
Jeremy Wonderling won the Series' opening event at Stateline on May 20
and is sixth in points. Charlie
Sandercock became the first Canadian to win a Sweeney Tour event when he won in
his home country at Merrittville Speedway on May 22.
Meanwhile, the Sportsman Modifieds kicked off their Bicknell Touring Series
season last Friday night at Thunder Mountain Speedway for the first time ever.
Kyle Martell captured the $800 win for his first career Tour victory to
take the early point lead of the eight-race series.
Larry Kugel won the 2015 title, while last year Brian Schaffer was the
champion.
The "John Buzzard Memorial" K&N “Cold Air Induction” Dash will pay $100 cash to
win for the Late Models with a $100 K&N certificate for second, $50 K&N
certificate for third, and $25 cash for fourth place. The Dash will also
set the beginning of the 30-lap feature lineup for the top two finishers in the
heat races if there are less than five heats or for the heat winners if there
are five or more heats. Buzzard was
a former racer for Bill Emig, who tragically lost his life at Expo Speedway.
For the Modifieds, the K&N “Cold Air Induction” Dash will
be run paying a $100 K&N certificate to win, $50 K&N certificate for second with
$25 cash for third and fourth place.
The dash will set the line-up for the first four positions outside of the redraw
cars.
Precise Racing Products will award a $100 gift card for the "Pedal Down" Hard
Charger that passes the most cars in each feature.
The TBM Brakes “Tough Brake of the Night” will award
three bottles of Xtreme6 Racing Brake Fluid valued at approximately $45
along with a certificate for a discount off any TBM Brakes purchase for each
division.
RUSH Officials will choose the "Maxima Performance" Award for a driver that
exhibits a performance worthy of such. The winner will receive a free case of
either Maxima Semi-Syn High Performance Racing Oil or Maxima Performance Racing
Oil of your choice. In addition, the winner will receive one can of SC-1
clear coat, one 16-oz bottle of Maxima Cool-Aide concentrate, one 32-oz quart of
Maxima PSF power steering fluid, and a Maxima t-shirt. The value of this
prize package is $170!
ARbodies will award a nose kit to the first Late Model non-qualifier part of the
"Nosed Out" contingency program. Also, CrateInsider.com will award a $25
gift certificate to the driver that finishes last on the lead lap at the finish
of each feature.
Late Model Feature payoff:
1. $2,000 2. $1,000 3. $650 4.
$550 5. $470 6. $435 7. $410 8. $370 9. $340
10. $310 11. $280 12. $270 13. $260 14. $250 15. $240
16. $230 17. $220 18-24. $210.
Non-Qualifier: 1. $175 2. $150 3.
$140 4. $135 5. $130 6. $125 7. $120 8. $115
9. $110 10-24. $105. Tow $100.
Sportsman Modified Feature
Payoff:
1. $600 2. $400 3. $300 4. $250 5. $225 6. $200
7. $170 8. $165 9. $160 10. $150 11. $140 12. $135 13. $130 14. $125
15. $120 16. $115 17. $110 18-24. $100. Tow $50.
Late Model Cumulative Sweeney Touring Series points
(only Touring
members receive points): 1. Bryce Davis 379
2. Jason Knowles 347 3. J.J.
Mazur 341 4. John Waters 340
5. Brian Knowles 333 6.
Jeremy Wonderling 276 7. Brian Swank
237 8. Kyle Murray 236
9. Mike Pegher, Jr. 192 10.
Bruce Hordusky, Jr. 162 11. Chad Wright
156 12. D.J. Krug 147
13. Max Blair 98 14. Matt
Latta 86 15. Jon Rivers 82
16. Jamie Brown & Carl Shetler 81
18. Jamie Wrightsman 76 19.
Tony White 70.
Sportsman
Modified Cumulative Bicknell Touring
Series points
(only Touring members receive points): 1. Kyle Martell 100
2. Jeremy Weaver 98 3.
Anthony Gillespie 96 4. Shayne Izzo
94 5. Brandon Ritchey 92
6. Nick Ritchey 90 7. Kole
Holden 89 8. Steve Slater 88
9. Jonathan Myers 87 10.
Brian Schaffer 85 11. Jerry Schaffer
83 12. Jordan Ehrenberg 80
13. Blaze Myers 79 14.
Jessica Kriegisch 78 15. Chas
Wolbert 77 16. Chelsie Kriegisch 76
17. Justin Shea 75 18. Billy
Myers 74 19. Jessica Shea 73.
You do not have to a member of RUSH to compete. The AMB/MyLaps
transponders are required at Tri-City.
RACEceivers are always mandatory. The entry fee is $100 for Late
Models and $25 for Sportsman Modifieds. Pit passes are $35.
Pits open at 3 p.m. with warm-ups slated for 5:20 followed by Late Model
qualifying at 5:45 and racing at 6.
Tri-City Raceway Park is a ˝-mile dirt track located at 3430 Route 417,
Franklin, PA 16323. For more information, check out their website at
www.tricityracewaypark.com or call 814-676-2894 on race day.
Like their Facebook by searching Tri-City Raceway Park and follow them on
Twitter @TriCityRaceway.
RUSH Late Model marketing partners include Sweeney Chevrolet Buick GMC, Pace
Performance, Hoosier Tire, Bilstein Shocks, Sunoco Race Fuels, Bazell Race
Fuels, Insinger Performance, MSD Performance, Holley Performance Products,
Earl's Performance Plumbing, Quick Fuel Technology, FK Rod Ends, Maxima Racing
Oil, Schoenfeld Headers, Jones Racing Products, Alternative Power Sources,
Precise Racing Products, ARbodies, TBM Brakes, K&N Filters, Lincoln Electric,
Velocita-USA, Classic Ink USA, Rocket Chassis, Landrum Performance Spring,
CrateInsider.com, RockAuto.com, and Valley Fashions.
RUSH Sportsman Modified marketing partners include Sweeney
Chevrolet Buick GMC, Pace Performance, Hoosier Tire, Bicknell Racing Products,
Bilstein Shocks, Sunoco Race Fuels, Bazell Race Fuels, Insinger Performance, MSD
Performance, Holley Performance Products, Earl's Performance Plumbing, Quick
Fuel Technology, FK Rod Ends, Maxima Racing Oil, Sherwood Racing Wheels,
Schoenfeld Headers, Jones Racing Products, Alternative Power Sources, Precise
Racing Products, TBM Brakes, K&N Filters, Lincoln Electric, Velocita-USA,
Classic Ink USA, CrateInsider.com, RockAuto.com, and Valley Fashions.
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
and fax is 724-964-0604. The RUSH Racing Series website is
www.rushracingseries.com. Like our Facebook page at
www.facebook.com/rushlatemodels and follow us on Twitter @RUSHLM.
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