Accord Speedway In Spotlight Tuesday, July 5: New York Truck Parts Inc. ‘Battle of the Bullring 4’ Offers Short Track Super Series Fueled By VP Modifieds $5,400 To Win; Open Sportsman & Slingshots Complete Card
Story By: BRETT DEYO / BD MOTORSPORTS MEDIA Photos By: DAVE DALESANDRO / RACERSGUIDE.COM
ACCORD, NY- June 24, 2016- The ‘Ulster County Bullring’ nestled in the Catskill Mountains takes the dirt-track Modified spotlight on Tuesday, July 5.
For the fourth consecutive year, BD Motorsports Media LLC teams with Accord Speedway owners Gary and Donna Palmer to present the New York Truck Parts Inc. ‘Battle of the Bullring 4’ featuring the big-block/small-block Modifieds of the Bob Hilbert Sportswear Short Track Super Series (STSS) Fueled By VP. Also on the card: STSS Sportsman and Slingshots.
STSS Modifieds race 54 laps around the fast quarter-mile oval for a winner’s share of $5,400-plus as the series’ championship battle intensifies.
The inaugural ‘Battle of the Bullring’ was contested in August 2013 with Danny Creeden of Wurtsboro, N.Y., earning the win. Anthony Perrego of Montgomery, N.Y., was the 2014 victor, with Hurley, N.Y., driver Jackie Brown Jr. topping the ’15 edition.
Erick Rudolph of Ransomville, N.Y., leads the STSS Modified standings into Accord in search of the $12,000 Halmar International North Region title. Rudolph expects to make his debut at Accord in the ‘Battle of the Bullring 4’ spectacular.
The STSS North Region has contested four events this season with a quartet of different winners: Tommy Meier of Waldwick, N.J., at N.Y.’s Orange County Fair Speedway in April; Ryan Watt of Boyertown, Pa., at Big Diamond Speedway (Minersville, Pa.) May 17 (a combo event); Chad Cook of Deposit, N.Y., at N.Y.’s Thunder Mountain Speedway May 29; and Matt Sheppard of Waterloo, N.Y., at Outlaw Speedway in Dundee, N.Y., June 7.
Could Accord produce the series’ fifth different winner in five races?
Open Sportsman have their third event of 2016 under the STSS banner with a 25-lap main offering $1,000 to the winner and Slingshots battle for 20 laps and a $300 winner’s share.
Complete event rules, prices and general info can be found on the web at: http://bdmotorsportsmedia.com/battle-of-the-bullring-4-rules-prices-general-information/
Accord Speedway, a neat-and-tidy quarter-mile clay oval nestled in the hills of Ulster County, is located at 299 Whitfield Road Accord, NY 12404. The speedway is on the web at www.accordspeedway.com.
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The 2016 Short Track Super Series is presented by American Racer/Lias Tire, VP Racing Fuel, Bob Hilbert Sportswear, Halmar International, Allstar Performance, ATL Racing Fuel Cells, Behrent’s Performance Warehouse, Bicknell Racing Products, COMP Performance Group, Dirt Track Digest, Fast Axle, Fox Racing Shocks, Hig Fab, Henry’s Exhaust, Hurlock Auto & Speed Supply, HyperCo, Kirkey Racing Fabrication, K&N, Racersguide.com,Race Pro Weekly, Racing Optics, Teo-Pro Car, Vahlco Wheels & Velocita
2016 Short Track Super Series Fueled By VP North Region Schedule
Saturday, April 2 – Orange County Fair Speedway/Middletown, NY – Hard Clay Open – WINNER: Tommy Meier
Tuesday, May 10 – Big Diamond Speedway/Minersville, PA – Anthracite Assault (Combo) – WINNER: Ryan Watt
Sunday, May 29 – Thunder Mountain Speedway/Center Lisle, NY – Lightning on the Mountain – WINNER: Chad Cook
Wednesday, June 8 – Outlaw Speedway/Dundee, NY – Ultimate Outlaw 50 – WINNER: Matt Sheppard
Tuesday, July 5 (Rain Date: July 6) – Accord Speedway/Accord, NY – Battle of the Bullring 4
Wednesday, July 27 (Rain Date: July 28) – I-88 Speedway/Afton, NY – Crazy 8s Special
Tuesday, August 16 (Rain Date: August 17) – Woodhull Raceway/Woodhull, NY – Hustlin’ the High Banks 52
Sunday, September 18 (Rain Date: September 25) – Thunder Mountain Speedway/Center Lisle, NY – Wade Decker Memorial
Friday-Saturday October 7-8 (Rain Date: October 9) – I-88 Speedway/Afton, NY – Short Track SuperNationals 9 – Championship Points
Short Track Super Series Fueled By VP North Region Point Fund (*based on 9 events): 1. $12,000; 2. $7,000; 3. $4,000; 4. $3,000; 5. $2,500; 6. $1,850; 7. $1,750; 8. $1,650; 9. $1,550; 10. $1,450; 11. $1,000; 12. $1,000
*Drivers outside the top-12 with perfect attendance receive $250
2016 Short Track Super Series Fueled By VP Open Sportsman Schedule
Tuesday, May 10 – Big Diamond Speedway/Minersville, PA – Anthracite Assault – WINNER: Brandon Grosso
Sunday, May 29 – Thunder Mountain Speedway/Center Lisle, NY – Lightning on the Mountain – FEATURE POSTPONED TO SEPT. 4
Tuesday, June 21 – I-88 Speedway/Afton, NY – WINNER: Jimmy Wells
Tuesday, July 5 (Rain Date: July 6) – Accord Speedway/Accord, NY – Battle of the Bullring 4
Sunday, July 17 (Rain Date: TBA) – Utica-Rome Speedway/Vernon, NY
Sunday, September 4 (Rain Date: September 5) – Thunder Mountain Speedway/Center Lisle, NY – Sportsman Sunday
Friday, October 7 (Rain Date: October 9) – I-88 Speedway/Afton, NY – Short Track SuperNationals 9 – Championship Points
Short Track Super Series Fueled By VP Open Sportsman Point Fund (*based on 7 events): 1. $1,250 (plus drum of VP Racing Fuel); 2. $750; 3. $500; 4. $350; 5. $250; 6. $225; 7. $200; 8. $175; 9. $150; 10. $125.
*Should a Thunder Mountain Speedway regular win the championship, speedway promoter Karl Spoonhower will pay a $1,000 cash bonus
