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$14,000 Weekend: $10,000-to-win STSS Fonda July 2 Firecracker™ Preceded by $4,000 July 1 Thruway Event

Written by Chris Moore

FONDA, NY $14,000 weekend.

Next up for the Bob Hilbert Sportswear Short Track Super Series (STSS) Fueled By Sunoco is an appearance at historic Fonda Speedway for the fifth annual Firecracker 50™ presented by Scenic View Campground of West Winfield, N.Y., and Picture Perfect Pools & Spas of Clinton, N.Y.

The Track of Champions™ hosts Round No. 5 of the STSS Modified River Valley Builders North Region for another $10,000-to-win feature event on Sunday, July 2.

Fonda Speedway hosted six STSS events in its history, four of those being the Independence Day weekend Firecracker 50™ offering $10,000 to the winner.

The win list for the Firecracker 50™ is a short one, as Sprakers, N.Y.™s Stewart Friesen has won all of the previous editions.

Friesen™s only defeat in Track of Champions STSS competition came in last year™s Fonda 200,™ when the engine in his No. 44 expired early.

The driver who topped that $53,000-to-win race Savannah, N.Y.™s Matt Sheppard leads the River Valley Builders North Region points by 31 points following a resurgent fourth-place run at Devil™s Bowl Speedway in West Haven, Vt.

Sheppard leads St. Catherines, Ontario, Canada™s Mat Williamson and Bohemia, N.Y.™s Dillon Steuer by 81 points.

Otego, N.Y.™s J.R. Hurlburt and St. Hyacinthe, Quebec, Canada™s Steve Bernier both fresh off their best-ever STSS performances round out the top five in North Region points.

The STSS Crate 602 Sportsman join the night of racing for Round No. 3 of the Precision Hydraulic & Oil North Region.

The Crate 602 Sportsman contingent battle 25 laps and a boosted $2,000 winner™s share.

Complete Firecracker 50™ event information has been posted on the STSS website at: https://shorttracksuperseries.com/event-info/

On Saturday (July 1), the eve of the Firecracker 50,™ Fonda Speedway holds an F.X. Caprara Car Companies Thunder on the Thruway Series Amsterdam Truck Center Modified event, which pays $4,000 to the winner and utilizes a draw/redraw format.

Each Thunder on the Thruway program a six-race mini-series between Fonda and Utica-Rome (N.Y.) Speedway utilizes the host speedway™s rules package.

In total, a winning weekend offers Modified drivers a chance at a $14,000 weekend at Fonda Speedway to celebrate the Fourth of July holiday.

Like their Modified counterparts, the Crate 602 Sportsman have back-to-back draw/redraw events at Fonda. Saturday™s Thunder on the Thruway event pays $1,500 to the winner.

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, FloSports, Bob Hilbert Sportswear, Rent Equip/Party Central, BDR Speed, Bicknell Racing Products, Ollie™s, Penske Racing Shocks, Wegner Automotive, River Valley Builders, Behrent™s Performance Warehouse, DIG Race Products, Velocita-USA, Franklin Products, Design for Vision & Sunglass Central, Belmont™s Garage, Quality Drywall, Precision Hydraulic & Oil, Prime MAC Tools, F.X. Caprara Car Companies, Algonkin Motel, Beyea Custom Headers, Dirt Track Digest, EIBACH, Electric Neon Custom Signs, Fastline Performance, Flach Performance Products, Henry™s Exhaust, Hig Fab, Schultz Racing Fuel Cells, Spyder Filters, Superior Remodeling, Teo-Pro Car, VAHLCO & Wilwood.

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