11/4/2019
Short Track Super Series
No Kryptonite: $58,500 Awaits Matt Sheppard at Short Track Super Series ‘Night of Champions’
GEORGETOWN, DE – A feat many cited as insurmountable has been tackled by Matt Sheppard.
When the Bob Hilbert Sportswear Short Track Super Series (STSS) signed a multi-year agreement with Sunoco Race Fuels a year ago, Sunoco distributor Insinger Performance of Dushore, Pa., issued a challenge.
If one
Modified driver was able to win the STSS Halmar International North Region,
Velocita-USA South Region presented by Sunglass Central and Design for Vision
and the American Racer Cup, Insinger Performance would kick in a $25,000 cash bonus.
Mission
accomplished.
On Saturday
night at Georgetown Speedway, during the Mid-Atlantic Championship Weekend, Savannah,
N.Y.’s Sheppard completed the trifecta, clinching the STSS Velocita-USA South
Region title and the $10,000 that
accompanies it.
A week prior,
during the Behrent’s Performance Warehouse ‘Hard Clay Finale’ at Orange County
Fair Speedway in Middletown, N.Y., Sheppard drove to a fourth-place finish and
wrapped up the $12,500 Halmar
International North Region crown.
On Labor Day
weekend, ‘Super Matt’ secured the home-track American Racer Cup title utilizing
Outlaw Speedway in Dundee, N.Y., as his Friday venue. He picked up $10,000 for
the overall title and an additional $1,000 as the North Region champ for a
total of $11,000.
Adding the
$25,000 bonus from Insinger Performance, Sheppard will have $58,500 awaiting his arrival at the
Short Track Super Series ‘Night of Champions’ Saturday, January 4, 2020 at the
Bear Creek Mountain Resort in Lehigh Valley, Pa.
The $58,500 ‘Grand
Champion’ take is the most lucrative championship in all of Northeast dirt
Modified racing.
Sheppard
credited primary sponsor Hurlock Auto & Speed Supply of Hurlock, Md. –
Alfred and Cheryl Hughes and Shawn Ward – for the opportunity to tackle the
Short Track Super Series in its entirety.
“They opened
the door for me to run the Short Track Super Series South last year,� he said.
“It’s been a
lot to make this all happen: the logistics of it all. This could be a deal that
happens once in a lifetime.�
Sheppard’s
numbers in all of the three programs were astounding.
In the North Region,
three wins and six top-five finishes in eight starts allowed him to win the
championship by 42 points. The South Region title came even more convincingly
with a 107-point edge over Ryan Watt and six top-five finishes in eight starts
including two wins.
The American
Racer Cup utilizes a driver’s best-10 finishes to determine its overall
champion. Sheppard recorded a ‘Perfect-10’ victories at the Tyler Siri-promoted
Outlaw oval to pick up his third consecutive American Racer Cup crown.
Top Short
Track Super Series competitors will be honored at the ‘Night of Champions’ on
Saturday, January 4. Full information will be released in the coming days.
To learn more
about the Bob Hilbert Sportswear 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.