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Billy Pauch Enters Short
Track SuperNationals on October 8th.
News from the
Short Track SuperNationals - 'The Working
Man's Race'
Media Contact: Brett Deyo - 845.728.2781 or Deyo99H@aol.com
For Immediate Release/September 24, 2011
There Is Not Much Billy Pauch Sr. Has
Not Done: New Jersey Legend Looks For First-Ever Five Mile Point Speedway
Victory At Oct. 8 Short Track SuperNationals "Working Man's Race"
KIRKWOOD, NY - There
are very few lines missing from the resume of Billy Pauch Sr. in Northeast auto
racing.
A win at Five Mile Point Speedway
remains on the "to-do list" for the legendary
Pauch, the winner of 682 features in
his storied career, has filed an entry for the "Working Man's Race"
of 2011. His K&A Excavating No. 1 Bicknell will be in the field at
the SuperNationals challenging for the $5,000-plus winner's share from the
50-lap big-block/small-block Modified event. Pauch will be competing against
his son - Billy Pauch Jr. - who finished second in last year's SuperNationals.
"I never got a win there,"
Pauch said of the wide and racy quarter-mile oval. "The last few years
I've been up there we've run well and so has the kid (Pauch's son Billy Jr.).
With a little luck, we can be right in the mix."
Pauch has done his share of winning
this season, with 13 checkered flags to his credit at N.J.'s New Egypt
Speedway. One of his victories - a midweek show on Aug. 23 - offered a
guaranteed starting spot for the SuperNationals. Pauch tows to Five Mile Point
knowing he will be in the main event. However, he wants more.
"It's nice to be in with all
the cars that race attracts," Pauch said. "But we're going up there
hoping for a win."
Pauch also hopes to end a long
winless drought inside the borders of
Pauch, as the overall American Racer
East Coast Modified Cup champion for 2011, will be part of the recently
announced VP Racing Fuels "Champion's Challenge" paying $650 to the
winner. The event - open to '11 American Racer Cup track champions - will be
run in elimination race format, with the last-place driver dropping off each
lap until a winner is declared.
The fourth running of the Short
Track SuperNationals is headlined by a 50-lap big-block/small-block Modified
event paying $5,000 to the winner with a $20 "gambler's fee" plus
bonuses and lap money. The event offers $300 to take the green flag - an
increase of $100 over last season - thanks to a marketing agreement with
Pioneer Pole Buildings Inc. of Schuylkill Haven, Pa.
Trackside Products Race of Champions Street Stocks (25 laps), a Four Cylinder
Open (18 laps) and a Figure Eight World Championship paying $1,000 to win
complete the "split program" which will see support-division
qualifying take place in the afternoon. The entire Modified portion of the show
is reserved for the evening.
Five Mile Point pit gates unlock at
2 p.m. Grandstand gates open at 3 p.m. Race of Champions Street Stocks
and Four Cylinders will have hot laps at 4 p.m. with their qualifying events to
follow at 4:45 p.m. Figure Eight hot laps will also take place during
this period.
On-track activity for
big-block/small-block Modifieds begins at 5:45 p.m. with hot laps. Heat races
for the Modifieds get underway promptly at 6:30 p.m. Modifieds will not
be on the speedway prior to 5:45 p.m.
For just $40, a family of five can
attend the SuperNationals and eat/drink! The 'Family Five Pack' offers two
Adult tickets, three Youth (ages 13-17) or Senior (ages 62 and over) tickets
plus five hot dogs and five sodas. Do the math: it's just $8 per person!
Tickets purchased individually are also well below the industry norm for
Modified special events. Adults are $18, Youth and Seniors are $14 and Kids 12
and under are FREE.
All racing activity will be held on the Saturday portion (Oct. 8) of the program,
eliminating hotel costs for budget-minded race teams. Friday night (Oct. 7)
will be reserved for an open practice session from 6-9 p.m.
Pit admission is $30 for the Saturday event (Oct. 8) while Friday night's (Oct.
7) open practice is $20. Grandstand admission is FREE for Friday practice.
Joining Pioneer Pole Buildings as corporate partners of the event include VP
Racing Fuels, Alpine Building & Post Supply, Bob Hilbert Sportswear and
Trackside Products.
In its four-year existence, the SuperNationals has gained a reputation as a
racer- and fan-friendly event. A healthy purse and open rules package annually
attracts a diverse cross-section of talented weekend racers to do battle.
Last year, Modified upstart Justin Holland of
A $1,000 cash bonus for the Modifieds is in place should one driver win both
the SuperNationals at Five Mile Point on Saturday (Oct. 8) and the new 'Outlaw
100' event at Brewerton (N.Y.)
Special awards and bonuses are adding up for the SuperNationals and have been
posted with complete race information, rules, pricing and more on the event
website: www.bdmotorsportsmedia.com. Lap sponsorships are on sale at $20 per lap and can
be obtained by e-mailing Brett Deyo at Deyo99H@aol.com.
Entry forms have been posted on the official event website: www.bdmotorsportsmedia.com. Early registration runs through Sept. 25 at $15.
After Sept. 25, the registration fee increases to $20.
Plenty of marketing opportunities remain available by contacting event promoter
Brett Deyo. For further information on the Short Track SuperNationals, contact
Brett Deyo by phone at 845.728.2781 or via e-mail: Deyo99H@aol.com. SuperNationals info is on the web at www.bdmotorsportsmedia.com.
The Short Track SuperNationals is presented
by Pioneer Pole Buildings Inc., VP Racing Fuels, Alpine Building & Post
Supply, Bob Hilbert Sportswear, Four Star Lettering, Dale Smith Photography,
Selinsgrove Speedway, Lias Tire/American Racer, Manmiller Electric, BFP
Specialty, Scotty Speed & Diesel, Shiley Fabrications, Reading Plastic
Fabricators, Vogel Race Designs and BD Motorsports Media.
2011 Short Track SuperNationals
Qualifiers
March 18 - Selinsgrove
Speedway/Selinsgrove, PA - 358-Modified Icebreaker IV - JEFF STRUNK
April 22 - Penn Can
Speedway/Susquehanna, PA - The Can Opener - JEFF STRUNK
June 11 - Five Mile Point
Speedway/Kirkwood, NY - Night of Qualifiers - NICK ROCHINSKI
July 3 - Big Diamond
Speedway/Minersville, PA - Georgie Stevenson Memorial - BILLY PAUCH JR.
Aug. 23 - New Egypt Speedway/New
Egypt, NJ - BILLY PAUCH SR.
Sept. 16 - Accord Speedway/Accord,
NY - JERRY HIGBIE JR.
Oct. 6 - Brewerton Speedway/Brewerton,
NY - Outlaw 100 Highest Finisher