10/7/2019
Short Track Super Series
Could There Be A $57,500 Man? 140 Laps Separate Matt Sheppard from Modified Racing’s Richest Prize
AFTON, NY – Could there be a $57,500 (Super) man in 2019?
Matt Sheppard
has that opportunity and 140 laps will decide his fate.
In 2018,
Sunoco Race Fuels and distributor Insinger Performance teamed up with Bob
Hilbert Sportswear Short Track Super Series (STSS) director Brett Deyo to
present an overall ‘Grand Championship’ richer
than any other dirt Modified title in the region.
To collect this
$57,500 overall grand prize, a
driver needs a complete sweep of the STSS Halmar International North Region
($12,500), Velocita-USA South Region ($10,000) and the home-track American
Racer Cup ($10,000).
Sheppard used
a “perfect 10� performance of 10 feature wins to clinch the American Racer Cup
title on Labor Day weekend utilizing Outlaw Speedway in Dundee, N.Y., as his
home track.
In the
Velocita-USA South Region of the Short Track Super Series, only one event
remains: the Mid-Atlantic Championship at Del.’s Georgetown Speedway Nov. 1-2.
Sheppard holds a large 103-point advantage over Ryan Watt. With a 90-point
swing between first and last in the Championship Point breakdown, Sheppard
needs only to take the green flag in that 40-lap event to clinch the South
title.
The North
Region is still very much up for grabs. Entering the 12th annual
Short Track SuperNationals at Afton Motorsports Park this weekend, Sheppard
holds a lead of three points over Stewart Friesen (who will be competing at
Talladega, Ala., in NASCAR Gander Outdoors Truck Series competition), 17 over
Andy Bachetti, 41 over Mat Williamson and 45 over Mike Gular.
Two total
events remain on the North Region Modified agenda: this Saturday’s “Working Man’s
Race� 50 at Afton and the Behrent’s Performance Warehouse ‘Hard Clay Finale’
Thursday, October 24 at N.Y.’s Orange County Fair Speedway for Sheppard to
maintain his lead.
Should he
clinch the North Region crown, worth $12,500, Sheppard will receive the $25,000
Sunoco Race Fuels/Insinger Performance bonus to bring his year-end earnings to $57,500 which would be distributed Jan.
4 at the Bear Creek Mountain Resort in Lehigh Valley, Pa., where the STSS
Awards Banquet will be held.
The bonus was
not claimed in its first season (’18), but Sheppard is closing in on history
with just 140 STSS feature laps left to run.
Regardless of
his North Region performance, Sheppard is guaranteed a $10,000 bonus for
winning the American Racer Cup and STSS South Region once he starts the
Georgetown finale. That number climbs from 10k to 25k should he lock down the
North Region as well.
To learn more
about the 2019 Short Track Super Series Fueled By Sunoco, visit www.shorttracksuperseries.com, e-mail bdmotorsportsmedia@gmail.com, check out ‘Short Track Super Series’
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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,
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