8/6/2020
Short Track Super Series
Billy Pauch Jr. (Modified) & Tim Hartman Jr. (Crate 602 Sportsman) Lead STSS Standings into Delaware Int’l Aug. 11
DELMAR, DE
– The championship
battle is on!
Both the Bob Hilbert Sportswear Short Track Super Series (STSS) Fueled By Sunoco Modified and Crate 602 Sportsman stars are set for two events in August as the races for their respective Velocita-USA South Region presented by Design for Vision and Sunglass Central titles heat up.
The STSS takes
over Delaware International Speedway on Tuesday, Aug. 11 for the Hurlock Auto
& Speed Supply ‘Diamond State 50’ featuring the STSS Modifieds in a 50-lap,
$5,000-to-win event and a 25-lap STSS Crate 602 Sportsman program offering a
$1,500 top prize.
The Cathell
family’s half-mile clay oval plays host to the fifth South Region Modified
event of the 2020 campaign and the fourth Crate 602 Sportsman South Region
points race this year.
Billy Pauch
Jr., on the heels of back-to-back victories in the Keystone State at Big
Diamond Speedway and BAPS Motor Speedway, seeks his first STSS championship.
The Milford, N.J., resident is the only driver to finish inside the top-10 in
all four events run thus far aboard Rick Holsten’s No. 96.
Pauch Jr. has
a 45-point lead over March Georgetown (Del.) Speedway winner Stewart Friesen
(375-330). Larry Wight (296), Mike Gular (295), Tyler Dippel (289), Potomac
(Md.) Speedway winner Matt Sheppard (280), Craig Von Dohren (265), Andy
Bachetti (246), Richie Pratt Jr. (235) and Danny Bouc (234) complete the top-10.
For complete
standings and earnings, visit the following link: https://stss.racestatcentral.com/standings.php?IDseries=2&IDseason=2020
Niskayuna,
N.Y.’s Tim Hartman Jr. – last year’s STSS Crate 602 Sportsman North Region
title winner – heads this year’s South Region battle to Delmar. Hartman has
victories at both Big Diamond and Potomac. He has top-10 finishes in all three events
run to date.
Hartman (276)
leads Scott Hitchens (262), Jim Housworth (252), Joe Toth (240), Michael White
(231), Adam White (209), James Hill (206), Anthony Tramontana (192), Samantha Muller
(176) and Tanner Van Doren (171).
Crate 602
Sportsman South Region standings and earnings can be found here: https://stss.racestatcentral.com/standings2.php?IDseries=4&IDseason=2020
The Hurlock
Auto & Speed Supply ‘Diamond State 50’ on Tuesday, Aug. 11 features the
STSS Modifieds, STSS Crate 602 Sportsman, Delaware Super Trucks and Delmarva
Chargers.
Complete ‘Diamond
State 50’ race information (times, prices, rules) has been posted to the STSS
website: https://shorttracksuperseries.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/07/DiamondState50GeneralInfoSheet.pdf
Delaware International Speedway is located at 37854 Sussex Highway
in Delmar, Delaware 19940. The speedway office phone is 302.846.3911 and the
website is www.delawareracing.com.
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,
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.