WEST VIRGINIA DOUBLEHEADER FOR HOVIS RUSH LATE MODEL FLYNN'S TIRE/GUNTER'S HONEY
TOUR WITH TYLER COUNTY THURSDAY & OHIO VALLEY FRIDAY PRESENTED BY POSKE'S
PERFORMANCE PARTS
By Mike Leone
July 2, 2024 FOR IMMEDIATE
RELEASE
(Pulaski, PA)...The Hovis Auto &
Truck Supply RUSH Dirt Late Model Flynn's Tire/Gunter's Honey Touring Series
will head south over the Independence Day holiday for a first ever West Virginia
doubleheader. On Thursday night, the
Tour will visit Tyler County Speedway in Middlebourne followed on Friday night
by the first ever RUSH-sanctioned event at Ohio Valley Speedway in Washington.
Each night will pay $4,000 to-win and will be presented by Dave Poske's
Performance Parts of nearby Parkersburg.
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.
The Tour will return to Tyler County on Sunday, September 1 for another
$4,000 to-win event part of the "Hillbilly 100" with the Lucas Oil Late Model
Dirt Series.
Tyler County is in their third year under the RUSH banner for its Chevrolet
Performance Late Model class. Thus
far this season, Ryan Hare is the only repeat winner, while Braeden Dillinger,
Kyle Thomas, and A.J. Spagnuolo have single victories.
Past City Chevrolet "Track Pack" Champions at Tyler County are Donnie
Dotson in 2022 and Brandon Weigle last season.
The Flynn's Tire/Gunter's Honey Tour has fought Mother Nature just about every
time they have been scheduled at Tyler County over the past three years.
Jeremy Wonderling has two victories, while Max Blair won last year's
second appearance by the "Hillbilly 100".
Following Tyler
County, the Tour heads 60 miles southwest to Ohio Valley Speedway located just
outside of Parkersburg in Washington.
Friday will mark the first ever RUSH-sanctioned event at OVS and the
richest Chevrolet Performance 604 crate engine event in the history of the
track. Ohio Valley is owned by Rich
Michael, Jr., a native of Ischua, New York, whose brother Andy is a veteran RUSH
Late Model racer and his nephew Kaden is the current RUSH Stock Car points
leader.
"This will be a
great way to celebrate the Independence Day holiday," expressed RUSH Director
Vicki Emig. "We have to thank Tyler
County and Ohio Valley for partnering together to give racers two $4,000 to-win
events in back-to-back nights along with Dave Poske's Performance Parts for
coming on board as the sponsor.
Tyler County always provides tremendous racing and Ohio Valley will present a
new challenge for the majority of the RUSH racers."
Fourteen-year-old Brock Pinkerous leads the Flynn's Tire/Gunter's Honey Tour
points. After four podiums including
a career first Tour victory at Tri-City to start off the season, Pinkerous has
finished seventh in the last two events to hold a slim five-point lead over
defending and four-time Series Champion, Jeremy Wonderling.
Wonderling is the only repeat winner on the Tour this season as there
have been five different winners in the first six events.
Joe Martin, who is still in search of his first win of the season, is third in
points as he trails Wonderling by nine for the position he's finished in each of
the past four seasons. Jared Miley
is fourth in points and leads the $3,000 to-win 3C Graphix Rookie-of-the-Year
points by nine over fifth place points man, Daryl Charlier.
Sixth through 10th in points are Jim Rasey, Damian Bidwell, Austin Allen,
Mike Wonderling, and Kyle Zimmerman.
$100 "Shock the Clock" Qualifying and $25 to-win heat races will take place each
night and be presented by FK Rod Ends. The Sunoco Dash will set the
beginning rows of the feature lineup each night and will award the winner a $100
Sunoco fuel gift card. The "Fill'er up with Sunoco Bucks" program will
include an additional $400 of Sunoco fuel card giveaways each night; two $100
random draws for drivers in the top 15 of Tour points and another four $50
random draws for all other competitors.
The podium finishers each night 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 each night. Ontime Body &
Graphic's "Spoiler Alert" will award a spoiler kit to the seventh place finisher
on night one and the eighth place finisher on night two. The first feature
non-qualifier each night will receive a $50 certificate from Holley Performance
brands. There will also be five BOGO Landrum Performance Springs
certificates given away through drawings each night. Forty lucky fans will
receive a bottle of Dusted Steak Seasoning each night.
Feature Payoff 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.
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 each night. 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.
On Thursday at Tyler County,
pits open at 4 p.m. RUSH registration will open by 4 p.m. with the drivers
meeting at 6:15. Warm-ups are slated for 6:45 p.m. followed by qualifying
and racing. Pit passes are $35.
On Friday at Ohio Valley, pits open at 4 p.m.
RUSH registration will open by 4 p.m. with the drivers meeting at 6:30.
Warm-ups are slated for 7 p.m. followed by qualifying and racing.
Pit passes are $35 on Thursday night and $40 on Friday night.
Both events will also count towards the RUSH City Chevrolet National Weekly
Series Championships and 3C Graphix "Futures Cup" for those eligible racers.
In addition, points will also be awarded for the City Chevrolet "Track Pack" at
Tyler County that features a $2,500 per track point fund for the top six racers
in RUSH member points at year's end with $1,000 going to the champion.
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 2024 season will be celebrated
as the 50th 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.
Ohio Valley Speedway is 1/4-mile dirt oval located at 40 Wadesville Rd.,
Washington, WV 26181. For more
information, contact
740-350-6800 or
716-378-1556. Check out
their website at
www.raceovs.com and follow them
on Facebook at
www.facebook.com/ohiovalleyspeedway
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, Sunbelt Rentals, MSD Performance, Holley Performance
Products, FK Rod Ends, Joseph J. Olivia Attorney at Law, Schoenfeld Headers,
Jones Racing Products, Landrum Performance Springs, 3C Graphix, Dave Poske's
Performance Parts, Velocita-USA, Wieland Metal Services, Frankland Racing
Supply, Dusted Steak Seasoning, Ontime Body & Graphic, Sherwood Wheels, D&V
Jewelers, Dusted, Heritage Wine Cellars, Precise Racing Products, Wedge
Motorsports, Racing Electronics, and Billy’s Garage.
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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