{"id":220,"date":"2018-02-22T23:41:27","date_gmt":"2018-02-22T23:41:27","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/theamericanracercup.com\/?p=220"},"modified":"2018-02-22T23:41:27","modified_gmt":"2018-02-22T23:41:27","slug":"will-there-be-a-record-57500-champion-the-chase-begins-march-16-17-at-georgetown-speedway","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/theamericanracercup.com\/?p=220","title":{"rendered":"Will There Be A Record $57,500 Champion? The Chase Begins March 16-17 At Georgetown Speedway"},"content":{"rendered":"

MILLSBORO, DE \u2013 <\/strong>Will there be a $57,500 champion in 2018?<\/em><\/p>\n

Race fans can witness this historic chase get underway on March 16-17 when the Bob Hilbert Sportswear Short Track Super Series (STSS) Fueled By Sunoco opens its season with the Melvin L. Joseph Memorial Weekend at Delaware\u2019s Georgetown Speedway.<\/p>\n

Thanks to the efforts of Sunoco Race Fuels and Insinger Performance, the STSS offers the most lucrative champion\u2019s share in the country for big-block\/small-block Modified racers this season.<\/p>\n

Series management has announced the STSS Halmar International North Region championship will offer $12,500 for 10 races, while the eight-race Velocita-USA South Region title pays $10,000.<\/p>\n

The \u2018home-track\u2019 American Racer Cup presented by Sunoco pays $10,000 to the overall champion based upon a driver\u2019s 10 best finishes at their respective home track utilizing American Racer tires.<\/p>\n

Now \u2013 via a partnership with Sunoco and Insinger Performance proprietor Bruce Insinger \u2013 very healthy bonuses are available to competitors.<\/p>\n

Should a driver win the American Racer Cup overall crown and<\/em> both the STSS North and South Regions, they will receive a cash bonus of $25,000!<\/p>\n

This \u2018Grand Champion\u2019 would be in line to collect a massive $57,500<\/strong> at year-end.<\/p>\n

A $10,000 cash bonus awaits should a driver win the American Racer Cup plus the STSS North or<\/em> South Region.<\/p>\n

The richest season in history is approaching quickly.<\/p>\n

For the STSS Velocita-USA South Region, the Season Opener is Saturday, March 17 at Georgetown with the Melvin L. Joseph Memorial, a 49-lap, $6,949-to-win event that also serves as the 50th<\/sup> race in series history.<\/p>\n

The Halmar International North Region gets its start at N.Y.\u2019s Orange County Fair Speedway on Sunday, April 8 with the fifth annual \u2018Hard Clay Open\u2019 offering $5,000 to win for 50 laps around the Legendary House of Power.<\/p>\n

Points begin to tabulate for the American Racer Cup on April 13, running through Labor Day Weekend (Monday, Sept. 3).<\/p>\n

To learn more about the American Racer Cup, visit the official website at www.theamericanracercup.com<\/a>, e-mail bdmotorsportsmedia@gmail.com<\/a>, follow on Twitter @racer_cup or on like Facebook: American Racer Cup.<\/p>\n

To learn more about the 2018 Short Track Super Series Fueled By Sunoco, visit www.shorttracksuperseries.com<\/a>, e-mail bdmotorsportsmedia@gmail.com<\/a>, check out \u2018Short Track Super Series\u2019 on Facebook or @ShortTrackSS on Twitter or Instagram.<\/p>\n

The Short Track Super Series is presented by American Racer\/Lias Tire, Sunoco Race Fuel, Insinger Performance, Bob Hilbert Sportswear, Halmar International, Allstar Performance, ATL Racing Fuel Cells, Behrent\u2019s Performance Warehouse, Beyea Custom Headers, Bicknell Racing Products, Dirt Track Digest, Fast Axle, Fox Racing Shocks, Henry\u2019s Exhaust, Hig Fab, HyperCo, Kirkey Racing Fabrication, Land Hoe Maintenance, K&N, Precision Hydraulic & Oil, QA1, Race Pro Weekly, Racing Optics, Superior Remodeling, Teo-Pro Car, Vahlco, Velocita, Weld & Wilwood.<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

MILLSBORO, DE \u2013 Will there be a $57,500 champion in 2018? Race fans can witness this historic chase get underway on March 16-17 when the Bob Hilbert Sportswear Short Track Super Series (STSS) Fueled By Sunoco opens its season with the Melvin L. Joseph Memorial Weekend at Delaware\u2019s Georgetown Speedway. Thanks to the efforts of Sunoco Race Fuels and Insinger<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":221,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2},"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[2],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-220","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/theamericanracercup.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/RSI_1819-X3.jpg","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p8epoX-3y","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/theamericanracercup.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/220","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/theamericanracercup.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/theamericanracercup.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/theamericanracercup.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/4"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/theamericanracercup.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=220"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/theamericanracercup.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/220\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":222,"href":"https:\/\/theamericanracercup.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/220\/revisions\/222"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/theamericanracercup.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/221"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/theamericanracercup.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=220"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/theamericanracercup.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=220"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/theamericanracercup.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=220"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}