11/3/2020
Short Track Super Series
Jeff Heotzler Headed from New York to Louisiana Thanks to Support From Texas
VIVIAN, LA
New York-based
Modified legend Jeff Heotzler will race in Louisiana next week by way of Texas.
The Dirt
Modified Hall of Fame inductee known as the Jeffer™ has set plans to take part
in the Bob Hilbert Sportswear Short Track Super Series (STSS) Fueled By Sunoco-Southern
Super Modified Series Cajun Swing™ Nov. 11-14 on Louisiana soil at Ark-La-Tex and
Chatham speedways.
The opportunity
for Heotzler, who raced for the first time in his career weekly at Fonda (N.Y.)
Speedway in 2020 and picked up a feature win, came together through Texas-based
racer Jimmy McCommas, who competes with the Southern Super Modified Series and
Ark-La-Tex winged Modifieds during the regular season.
McCommas, of
Mesquite, Texas, brokered a deal to purchase a No. J17 Teo-Pro Car Heotzler owned
and had driven in the Northeast during recent seasons.
McCommas also
bought a potent Clements-built small-block engine from the Behrent™s
Performance Warehouse team. Heotzler is a longtime Behrent™s employee in the
sales department.
Heotzler put
the two pieces together: the former Behrent engine is in his car and he will
make the tow from Wallkill, N.Y., to deliver it.
He gets to
have some fun first. McCommas has agreed to put Heotzler behind the wheel of
the No. J17 for the Cajun Swing™ events chasing the big money. McCommas will
be in the field as well, driving his No. 21.
Wednesday
night (Nov. 11) gets it all started at Gene Boyter™s Ark-La-Tek Speedway with a
40-lap, $4,000-to-win STSS Modified feature paying $400 to take the green flag.
Factory Stocks (25 laps, $1,000 to win with 24 cars) and Limited Mods (20 laps)
complete the Wednesday show.
Wednesday™s
40-lap STSS Modified pay structure follows: 1) $4,000; 2) $3,000; 3) $2,000; 4)
$1,250; 5) $1,000; 6) $950; 7) $900; 8) $850; 9) $800; 10) $750; 11) $600; 12)
$500; 13) $450; 14) $425; 15-24) $400.
The Wednesday
info sheet is at the following link: https://shorttracksuperseries.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/10/ArkLaTexGeneralInfoSheetWed.pdf
On Thursday
(Nov. 12), 50 laps of racing will result in a $5,000 STSS Modified winner at
Ark-La-Tex! Also on the card: Crate Late Models ($800 to win with 14-car
minimum), Pro Modifieds (20 laps) and Four Cylinders (15 laps).
The STSS
Modified Thursday payout is: 1) $5,000; 2) $3,000; 3) $2,000; 4) $1,250; 5)
$1,000; 6) $950; 7) $900; 8) $850; 9) $800; 10) $750; 11) $600; 12) $500; 13)
$450; 14) $425; 15-24) $400.
The Thursday
info sheet follows: https://shorttracksuperseries.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/10/ArkLaTexGeneralInfoSheetThurs.pdf
The action
shifts approximately 120 miles to the east on Friday to Jerry Hobson™s Chatham
Speedway for the Mods in the Marsh 75™ weekend.
Friday night
(Nov. 13) brings Qualifying Races for the Mods in the Marsh™ 75-lap,
$20,000-to-win event plus a full program of Crate Late Models, Limiteds, Street
Stocks, B-Mods, Factory Stocks, Compacts and Beginners.
On Saturday
(Nov. 14), the 75-lap Mods in the Marsh™ takes center stage with STSS
Modifieds racing for $20,000 to win plus full events for Crate Late Models,
Limiteds, Street Stocks, B-Mods, Factory Stocks, Compacts and Beginners.
The Saturday
STSS Modified payout is 1) $20,000; 2) $7,500; 3) $3,500; 4) $2,000; 5) $1,500;
6) $1,150; 7) $1,125; 8) $1,100; 9) $1,050; 10) $1,000; 11) $750; 12) $650; 13)
$550; 14) $525; 15-Last) $500.
Friday and
Saturday information can be found at the following link: https://shorttracksuperseries.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/10/ChathamGeneralInfoFriSat.pdf
Ark-La-Tex
Speedway is located at 13035 Boyter Lane Vivian, LA 71082. To learn more,
contact the speedway office at 318.375.3470 or visit the website at www.arklatexspeedway.net.
Chatham
Speedway is located at 14325 Highway 4 Chatham, LA 71226. The speedway website
is www.chathamspeedway.com and promoter Jerry Hobson can be reached by phone at
318.381.7972.
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.
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