9/15/2020
Short Track Super Series
Short Track Super Series to Crown North Region Champion Sept. 26 at Penn Can Speedway
SUSQUEHANNA, PA – There will be a Bob Hilbert Sportswear Short Track Super Series (STSS)
Fueled By Sunoco North Region Modified champion crowned, after all.
On Saturday,
September 26 at Penn Can Speedway, the ’20 Halmar International North Region
point title will be decided in the 55-lap, $5,555-to-win ‘King of the Can’ at
the Susquehanna County track.
The original ’20
schedule called for 10 events. However, COVID-19 restrictions put in place by
New York State made completing North Region events virtually impossible. The
combined North-South program at Big Diamond Speedway in Minersville, Pa., on
June 16 and the July 5 ‘Firecracker 50’ at Fonda (N.Y.) Speedway were run.
Via an
agreement with the STSS and the Folk family – promoters of Penn Can Speedway –
the Sept. 26 ‘King of the Can’ event will now be sanctioned by the series and
serve as a championship event.
STSS
management has pledged the following North Region point fund for the
abbreviated three-race North Region: 1 - $4,000; 2 - $2,300; 3 - $1,325; 4 -
$1,000; 5 - $825; 6 - $660; 7 - $580; 8 - $545; 9 - $510; 10 - $480; 11 - $330;
12 - $330. The total distributed will be $12,885.
After two
events, Mike Gular of Boyertown, Pa., finds himself atop the North Region standings
with 158 points. He leads Larry Wight (155), Billy Pauch Jr. (150), Tyler
Dippel (145), Stewart Friesen (140), Jimmy Horton (135), Andy Bachetti (128),
Matt Sheppard (116), Craig Hanson (114), Mike Mahaney (108), Danny Creeden
(104) and Allison Ricci (95).
Complete
point standings can be found at the following link: https://stss.racestatcentral.com/?IDseries=1&IDseason=2020
Championship
points, based upon the 150-point schedule, will be utilized for this event. The
breakdown 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/Did Not Start – 35.
Fifty-five
laps around Penn Can Speedway will determine the series’ North Region title
winner in a lucrative event paying $5,500 to win plus lap money. A very robust
purse has been posted throughout the field: 1 - $5,555; 2 - $3,000; 3 - $2,500;
4 - $2,000; 5 - $1,500; 6 - $1,400; 7 - $1,300; 8 - $1,200; 9 - $1,100; 10 -
$1,000; 11 - $900; 12 - $800; 13 - $700; 14 - $600; 15 - $500; 16-Last - $400.
Provisional Starters (-$200).
Race
information for the ‘King of the Can’ has been uploaded to the STSS website: https://shorttracksuperseries.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/09/KingoftheCanGeneralInfoSheet.pdf
Penn Can
Speedway was part of the inaugural Short Track Super Series season in 2014. On
Sept. 9, 2014 Danny Johnson was the victor over Kevin Hartnett, Ryan Watt,
Anthony Perrego and Jeff Strunk.
BD
Motorsports Media LLC owner Brett Deyo promoted ‘Clash at the Can,’ ‘Hot Summer
Night’ and ‘King of the Can’ events at Penn Can in 2010-2014 under the Reed
Miller and Al Wilcox regime at the track.
Penn Can
Speedway is located on Route 171 in Susquehanna, PA. To learn more, visit www.penncanspeedway.net or e-mail penncanspeedway@gmail.com.
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about the 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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