3/1/2019
Short Track Super Series
After Confidence Building Thunder Mountain Victory, Danny Creeden Aims for 2019 Short Track Super Series Success
WURTSBORO, NY – One race can make a season.
Just ask
Danny Creeden.
A supporter
of the Bob Hilbert Sportswear Short Track Super Series (STSS) Fueled By Sunoco
since the series’ inception in 2014, Creeden was admittedly off his typical
mark last season. Then, came the ‘Lightning on the Mountain’ in September.
When the STSS
climbed Thunder Mountain Speedway in Center Lisle, N.Y., Creeden had both luck and speed.
Despite a
right-rear American Racer tire that was completely flat in Victory Lane,
Creeden picked up the $5,000-plus payday at the three-eighths-mile oval, his
first with the series in two full years, to the day.
“We needed
that,� Creeden said of his triumph on the Mountain. “You start to get discouraged when things
aren’t going well. That win got
everybody pumped up again.�
Creeden
ultimately ended the ’18 season seventh in the final STSS Halmar International
North Region standings. In fact, Creeden has never finished the North Region
worse than seventh!
In the
inaugural ’14 campaign, he ended fourth in the point battle. Following a
sixth-place result in ’15, there was a third-place effort in ’16 and a
fifth-place result in ’17, making the 36-year-old driver among the most
consistent in the history of the STSS.
Creeden owns
five career wins on the series: two at Thunder Mountain (’18 & ’16), two at
Afton (N.Y.) Motorsports Park (’15 & ’14) and one at New Egypt (N.J.)
Speedway (’15).
Like he has in each of the five prior STSS seasons, Creeden has his eyes on strong performances in the nine-race North Region. He will tackle the $12,500 championship battle aboard a pair of No. 16x Teo-Pro cars with small-block power from Bedell Racing Engines.
Creeden will
pilot the Chad Loiodice No. 5L – his weekly ride – when the series visits
Accord (N.Y.) Speedway on July 9.
Sponsorship
for Creeden’s ’19 efforts come from 5L Enterprises (Chad Loiodice), WESTAR
Mechanical (Bill Reagan), RGH Construction (Roger Humeston), FOX Shocks, PAC
Springs, Bedell Racing Engines, Smith Logging and Affordable Home Improvements.
In addition
to his full North Region schedule, Creeden will make select starts in the STSS
Velocita-USA South Region presented by Design for Vision and Sunglass Central
during the ’19 campaign.
The
’19 STSS season is quickly approaching. Fans across the country will be able to
catch all the action live on www.DirtTrackDigest.tv.
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, 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, 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.
Bob Hilbert Sportswear Short Track Super Series Fueled By Sunoco
Modified Halmar
International North Region 2019 Schedule
Sunday,
April 7 – Orange County Fair
Speedway/Middletown, N.Y. – Hard Clay Open - $11,919 to win!
Sunday,
May 26 – Thunder Mountain
Speedway/Center Lisle, N.Y. – Lightning on the Mountain
Tuesday,
June 4 – Big Diamond
Speedway/Minersville, Pa. – Anthracite Assault – COMBO
Wednesday,
June 19 – Outlaw
Speedway/Dundee, N.Y. – Outlaw Showdown
Wednesday,
July 3 – Fonda
Speedway/Fonda, N.Y. – Firecracker 50 - $10,000 to win!
Tuesday,
July 9 – Accord
Speedway/Accord, N.Y. –Battle of the Bullring
Tuesday,
August 13 – Woodhull
Raceway/Woodhull, N.Y. – Hustlin’ the High Banks 55 - $5,500 to win!
Friday-Saturday
October 11-12 –
Afton Motorsports
Park/Afton, N.Y. – American Racer Cup Short Track SuperNationals 12
Thursday,
October 24 –
Orange County Fair Speedway/Middletown, N.Y. – Hard Clay Finale – $10,000 to
win – CHAMPIONSHIP POINTS
Velocita-USA South Region Presented By
Design for Vision/Sunglass Central 2019 Schedule
Friday-Saturday
March 15-16 – Georgetown
Speedway/Georgetown, Del. – Melvin L. Joseph Memorial - $6,949 to win!
Sunday,
March 24 – Port Royal
Speedway/Port Royal, Pa. – Speed Showcase
Tuesday,
April 30 – Delaware
International Speedway/Delmar, Del. – Diamond State 50
Thursday,
May 23 – New Egypt
Speedway/New Egypt, N.J. – Dirty Jersey 6 - $6,000 to win!
Tuesday,
June 4 – Big Diamond
Speedway/Minersville, Pa. – Anthracite Assault - COMBO
Sunday,
July 14 – BAPS Motor
Speedway/Newberrytown, Pa. - $10,000 York County Nationals
Tuesday,
August 27 – Georgetown
Speedway/Georgetown, Del. – Blast at the Beach - $6,000 to win!
Friday-Saturday
November 1-2 – Georgetown
Speedway/Georgetown, Del. – Mid-Atlantic Championship – CHAMPIONSHIP POINTS