11/10/2019
Short Track Super Series
STSS ‘Night of Champions’ Awards Banquet January 4; Tickets & Rooms Available
LEHIGH VALLEY, PA – The beautiful Bear Creek Mountain
Resort will serve as the backdrop for the 2019 Bob Hilbert Sportswear Short Track
Super Series (STSS) Fueled By Sunoco ‘Night of Champions’ on Saturday, January
4, 2020.
Short Track
Super Series top performers will be honored during the festive evening.
The star of
the show will be ‘Super Matt’ Sheppard of Savannah, N.Y., who completed an
incredible season that included championships the STSS Halmar International
North Region ($12,500), STSS Velocita-USA South Region presented by Design for
Vision and Sunglass Central ($10,000) and the home-track American Racer Cup
presented by Sunoco ($11,000).
For his trio
of titles, Sunoco Race Fuels distributor Bruce Insinger of Insinger Performance
in Dushore, Pa., will present Sheppard with an additional $25,000 bonus
bringing his earnings to $58,500.
In the
Modified North Region, Sheppard was trailed in the top-12 by Andy Bachetti,
Mike Gular, Stewart Friesen, Mat Williamson, Anthony Perrego, Craig Hanson,
Danny Creeden, Billy Decker, Mike Mahaney, Billy Van Pelt and J.R. Hurlburt.
The South
Region Modified saw Sheppard best Ryan Watt, David Van Horn, Jeff Strunk,
Jordan Watson, Gular, Bachetti, Craig Von Dohren, Billy Pauch Jr., Brandon
Grosso, Rick Laubach and Danny Bouc.
All top-12
STSS Modified competitors must have driver or car owner present to collect
point fund cash and contingencies.
Sportsman
champions will again be lauded at the ‘Night of Champions’ event.
Tim Hartman
Jr. of Niskayuna, N.Y., joined the STSS Crate 602 Sportsman North Region this
season and won four of the five events completed. Bobby Flood, Blaine Klinger,
Jim Housworth, Travis Green, Daniel Morgiewicz, Jimmy Johnson, Tommy Collins,
Dustin Jordan and Kenny Hammond completed the top-10.
Youthful
talent Cole Stangle of Readington, N.J., topped the STSS South Region six-race
series. Jim Housworth, Jimmy Johnson, Dylan Swinehart, Joe Toth, Sammy Martz
Jr., Trent Van Vorst, Ryan Macartney, Scott Hitchens and Samantha Muller were
the top-10 finishers.
Again this
season, attendance at the ‘Night of Champions’ is optional for drivers in the
Crate 602 Sportsman regions placing second through 10th.
Cocktail hour
will begin at 6 p.m. A delicious buffet dinner will follow.
Tickets are
on sale now for $50 each. To purchase tickets, complete the following form: https://shorttracksuperseries.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/11/STSSAwardsBanquetForm.pdf
The ticket
purchase deadline is Dec. 20, 2019.
Rooms are
available utilizing the code ‘BDM104’ with the link provided: https://us01.iqwebbook.com/BCMRCCPA219/
Rooms must be
reserved by December 4 to be part of the discounted block.
Bear Creek
Mountain Resort is located at 101 Doe Mountain Lane Lehigh Valley, PA 18062. On
the web: www.bcmountainresort.com.
To learn more about
the 2020 Short Track Super Series Fueled By Sunoco, visit www.shorttracksuperseries.com, e-mail bdmotorsportsmedia@gmail.com, check out ‘Short Track Super Series’
on Facebook or @ShortTrackSS on Twitter or Instagram.
The
Short Track Super Series is presented by American Racer/Lias Tire, Sunoco Race
Fuel, Insinger Performance, Bob Hilbert Sportswear, Halmar International,
Velocita-USA, Design for Vision/Sunglass Central, Rob Sherlock Roofing, ATL
Racing Fuel Cells, Behrent’s Performance Warehouse, Beyea Custom Headers,
Bicknell Racing Products, Dirt Track Digest, EIBACH Springs, Escape RV, Fast Axle,
Fox Racing Shocks, Henry’s Exhaust, Hig Fab, HyperCo, Kirkey Racing
Fabrication, Land Hoe Maintenance, K&N, MJK Home Maintenance, Precision
Hydraulic & Oil, QA1, Racing Optics, Superior Remodeling, Teo-Pro Car,
VAHLCO, Velocita, WELD Racing & Wilwood.
