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Title Time for the Bob Hilbert Sportswear Short Track Super Series Fueled By Sunoco North Region at Orange County Fair Speedway October 24

MIDDLETOWN, NY – For the Bob Hilbert Sportswear Short
Track Super Series (STSS) Fueled By Sunoco Halmar International North Region,
title time is near.

The $12,500
STSS Modified Halmar International North Region championship will be decided
after 50 laps of racing in the Behrent’s Performance Warehouse ‘Hard Clay
Finale’ at Orange County Fair Speedway Thursday, October 24.

The ‘Hard
Clay Finale’ marks the eighth and final event on the Halmar International North
Region with increased championship points offered.

Following his
victory at Afton (N.Y.) Motorsports Park on October 12, Matt Sheppard of Savannah, N.Y., holds a lead of 47 points entering
the finale with 607 markers. Andy
Bachetti sits second with 560 points and Mike Gular is third, 57 points behind, with 550.

Via the
championship point breakdown, a race winner receives 150 points and 60 points
are offered from 24th to take the green flag, a 90-point swing.
Sheppard, Bachetti and Gular are the three drivers mathematically in the
running for the title.

For Sheppard
and his Hurlock Auto & Speed team, the pressure is on. Sheppard has already
clinched the American Racer Cup presented by Sunoco ‘home-track’ championship
($11,000) and needs only to take the green at Georgetown (Del.) Speedway to secure
the $10,000 STSS Velocita-USA South Region crown on Nov. 2.

Should
Sheppard secure the North Region championship at Orange County, he will receive
the Sunoco Race Fuels/Insinger Performance ‘Grand Champion’ bonus of $25,000,
bringing his earnings to $58,500.

The top-12
drivers in the year-end STSS Halmar International North Region standings will
share in a posted point fund of $38,900. The point fund will be distributed on
Jan. 4 at Bear Creek Mountain Resort in Lehigh Valley, Pa., where the ‘Night of
Champions’ STSS Awards Banquet will be held.

Current STSS
standings can be found at the following link: https://stss.racestatcentral.com/?IDseries=1&IDseason=2019

The
Championship Point breakdown to be utilized at the ‘Hard Clay Finale’ is as
follows: 1) 150; 2) 145; 3) 140; 4) 135; 5) 130; 6) 125; 7) 120; 8) 116; 9)
112; 10) 108; 11) 104; 12) 100; 13) 96; 14) 92; 15) 88; 16) 84; 17) 80; 18) 77;
19) 74; 20) 71; 21) 68; 22) 65; 23) 62; 24-Last) 60. Did Not Qualify: 35

Complete ‘Hard
Clay Finale’ event information can be found at the following link: https://shorttracksuperseries.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/09/HCFGeneralInformationSheet2019.pdf

Located at
239 Wisner Avenue Middletown, N.Y., 10940 on the Orange County Fairgrounds,
Orange County Fair Speedway is the oldest continuously operating dirt track in
the United States. The first auto race was held at the speedway in 1919. The
five-eighths-mile oval offers fully-covered and half-covered grandstands in
addition to open bleacher seating on the frontstretch and turn one areas, with
drive-in viewing on the backstretch. To learn more, contact the Orange County
Fair Speedway office at 845.342.2573 or visit www.orangecountyfairspeedway.net.

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’
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.

Bob Hilbert Sportswear Short Track Super Series Fueled By
Sunoco 2019 Schedule

Modified Halmar International North Region

Sunday,
April 7 – Orange County Fair
Speedway/Middletown, N.Y. – Hard Clay Open – WINNER: MATT SHEPPARD

Sunday,
May 26 – Thunder Mountain
Speedway/Center Lisle, N.Y. – Lightning on the Mountain – WINNER: BILLY
DECKER

Tuesday,
June 4 – Big Diamond
Speedway/Minersville, Pa. – Anthracite Assault – COMBO – WINNER: MATT
SHEPPARD

Wednesday,
June 19 – Outlaw
Speedway/Dundee, N.Y. – Outlaw Showdown – WINNER: STEWART FRIESEN

Wednesday,
July 3 – Fonda
Speedway/Fonda, N.Y. – Firecracker 50 - $10,000 to win – WINNER: STEWART
FRIESEN

Tuesday,
July 9 – Accord
Speedway/Accord, N.Y. –Battle of the Bullring – WINNER: ANDY
BACHETTI

Tuesday,
August 13 – Woodhull
Raceway/Woodhull, N.Y. – Hustlin’ the High Banks 55 – CANCELED DUE TO RAIN

Friday-Saturday
October 11-12 –
Afton Motorsports
Park/Afton, N.Y. – American Racer Cup Short Track SuperNationals 12 –
WINNER: MATT SHEPPARD

Thursday,
October 24 –
Orange County Fair Speedway/Middletown, N.Y. – Hard Clay Finale – $10,000 to
win – CHAMPIONSHIP POINTS

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