2/9/2021
Short Track Super Series
Georgetown Speedway to Open 2021 Northeast Modified Season with March 12-13 Melvin L. Joseph Memorial
GEORGETOWN, DE Last November, Delaware™s historic Georgetown Speedway closed the curtain on the 2020 Northeast dirt Modified season with the Gobbler™ special.
Now, the half-mile Sussex County facility is set to kick-start 2021 for the ground-pounding big-block/small-block contingent.
For the sixth consecutive year, the late businessman and auto racing pioneer Melvin L. Joseph will be honored at the speedway he built in 1949 and opened a year later with the running of the Melvin L. Joseph Memorial Friday and Saturday, March 12 and 13.
The weekend pinnacle is the 49-lap, $10,049-plus-to-win Bob Hilbert Sportswear Short Track Super Series (STSS) Fueled By Sunoco Modified opener for the Velocita-USA South Region presented by Design for Vision and Sunglass Central on Saturday (March 13). This event boasts a $33,889 minimum pay structure ($490 to take the green) plus plentiful bonuses, special awards and certificates.
Melvin L. Joseph Construction Company has generously added $49 per lap, a total of $2,401, which will be distributed through the top-seven running order during the event.
The Saturday program also includes the STSS Crate 602 Sportsman Belmont™s Garage South Region opener (25 laps, $1,549 to win) plus 12-lap features for the Little Lincolns, Delaware Super Trucks and Delmarva Chargers.
Friday night (March 12) kicks off the weekend with Small-Block Modifieds headlining the program offering $4,049 to the winner for 30 laps. Also competing on Friday are the RUSH Late Models (20 laps, $1,049 to win) plus 12-lap features for the Southern Delaware Vintage Stock Cars, Delaware Super Trucks and Delmarva Chargers.
Practice laps will also be available to STSS Modifieds and STSS Crate 602 Sportsman on Friday night. The two fastest drivers (single-lap time, overall) will advance automatically into Saturday™s redraws.
Mr. Joseph considered 49™ to be his lucky number so it will be prevalent throughout the weekend at Georgetown.
The opener at Georgetown will be preceded by an Open Practice Session slated for Saturday, March 6 (rain/weather date: Sunday, March 7).
A complete information center for the Melvin L. Joseph Memorial has been set up on the Short Track Super Series website (www.shorttracksuperseries.com).
Weekend Breakdown, Times & Pricing: https://shorttracksuperseries.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/02/MelvinLJosephTimesPricingInformation2021.pdf
STSS Modified Pay Structure: https://shorttracksuperseries.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/02/MelvinLJosephMemorialSTSSModifiedPayStructure.pdf
Small-Block Modified Pay Structure: https://shorttracksuperseries.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/02/MelvinLJosephMemorialSmallBlockModifiedPayStructure.pdf
STSS Crate 602 Sportsman Pay Structure: https://shorttracksuperseries.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/02/MelvinLJosephMemorialCrate602PayStructure.pdf
RUSH Late Model Pay Structure: https://shorttracksuperseries.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/02/MelvinLJosephMemorialRUSHLMPayStructure.pdf
STSS Modified Entry Form: https://shorttracksuperseries.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/02/2021MelvinJosephSTSSModifiedEntryForm.pdf
Small-Block Modified Entry Form: https://shorttracksuperseries.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/02/2021MelvinJosephSmallBlockModified.pdf
STSS Crate 602 Sportsman Entry Form: https://shorttracksuperseries.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/02/2021MelvinJosephSTSSCrate602EntryForm.pdf
There is no entry fee for the RUSH Late Model event during Melvin L. Joseph Memorial weekend.
Georgetown Speedway, originally constructed by Melvin L. Joseph in 1949, is located at the intersection of Route 113 and Speedway Road in Georgetown, Del., just miles from the Delaware beaches and less than a 40-minute drive from Ocean City, Md.
A website is live for the speedway at www.thegeorgetownspeedway.com. Like Georgetown Speedway on Facebook, follow @thegtownspdwy on Twitter, e-mail georgetownspeedway@gmail.com or contact the speedway hotline at 302.563.GTWN (4896).
To learn more about the 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, Hurlock Auto & Speed, Velocita-USA, Design for Vision/Sunglass Central, Behrent™s Performance Warehouse, Beyea Custom Headers, Bicknell Racing Products, Dirt Track Digest, EIBACH Springs, Fast Axle, Fox Racing Shocks, Henry™s Exhaust, Hig Fab, HyperCo, Kirkey Racing Fabrication, K&N, Precision Hydraulic & Oil, Belmont™s Garage, QA1, Racing Optics, Superior Remodeling, Teo-Pro Car, VAHLCO, WELD Racing & Wilwood.
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