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The Elite Return: Short Track Super Series New Yorker™ Pays $25,000 to win Sept. 4

Written by Chris Moore

VERNON, NY The Elite return.

Utica-Rome Speedway hosts the return of the Halmar International Elite™ Series on Sunday, September 4.

The Bob Hilbert Sportswear Short Track Super Series (STSS) Fueled By Sunoco newly introduced Elite™ Series resumes with Round No. 3 at the Home of Heroes.™

F.X. Caprara Car Companies presents the New Yorker 50,™ as the STSS big-block/small-block Modifieds race for 50-laps in pursuit of a $25,000 top prize.

The purse for the event totals over $80,000, with $1,000 reserved for the 16th-place finisher and $500 to take the green flag, the standard for the new Elite™ Series.

The six-race series has completed two of the scheduled six races thus far, with Ringoes, N.J.™s Ryan Godown leading the way by just nine points over Mooresville, N.C.™s Max McLaughlin.

Godown was the winner of the inaugural Elite™ Series event, claiming the $25,000 victory at Cherokee Speedway in Gaffney, S.C. back on February 26.

McLaughlin boasts two top-10 finishers in the pair of Elite™ Series races, including a runner-up finish in Round No. 2.

Savannah, N.Y.™s Matt Sheppard followed in Godown™s path, claiming the second Elite™ event at Orange County Fair Speedway (OCFS) in Middletown, N.Y. on April 2. The win vaulted Sheppard to fifth in the Elite™ Series standings, 30-points behind Godown.

Phoenix, N.Y.™s Larry Wight sits third in the standings, 27 markers behind Godown and Mat Williamson, of St. Catherines, Ontario, Canada, is fourth, just two points behind Wight.

The 50-lap affair will also carry points towards the River Valley Builders North Region $15,000 championship chase. The events will represent Round No. 8 of the North Region, with Matt Sheppard leading Mat Williamson by 60 points headed into the Elite™ event.

The Next Generation Graphix Pro Stocks and Fastline Performance Limited Sportsman of Utica-Rome Speedway join the Sunday program.

Two days prior to the New Yorker 50,™ Utica-Rome Speedway hosts its championship night on Sept. 2, making it a full weekend of racing at the Route 5 oval.

The entire night of racing, along with every STSS race in 2022, will be broadcast LIVE on FloRacing (www.floracing.tv).

Utica-Rome Speedway is located at 5591 NY-5 (Seneca Turnpike) Vernon, NY 13476. The official website is www.uticaromespeedway.com and can be reached by phone at 315.953.4097.  Like Utica-Rome Speedway on Facebook or follow us on Twitter @UR_Speedway.

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, FloSports, Bob Hilbert Sportswear, Halmar International, River Valley Builders, Hurlock Auto & Speed, Velocita-USA, St. Lawrence Radiology, Design for Vision & Sunglass Central, Belmont™s Garage, Precision Hydraulic & Oil, Prime MAC Tools, F.X. Caprara Car Companies, Behrent™s Performance Warehouse, Beyea Custom Headers, Bicknell Racing Products, Dirt Track Digest, EIBACH, Elite Welder Testing & Training, Flach Performance Products, Henry™s Exhaust, Hig Fab, Penske Racing Shocks, Schultz Racing Fuel Cells, Spyder Filters, Superior Remodeling, Teo-Pro Car, VAHLCO, Wegner Automotive & Wilwood.

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