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First Visit of the Year to Motordrome Speedway Next for the Super Cup Stock Car Series

For the second straight season, the Super Cup Stock Car Series will make two stops to the 1/2 mile Motordrome Speedway in western Pennsylvania.  All of the past winners at the track, which has hosted the series every year since 2010, are expected to be on hand in hopes of continuing their winning ways this Friday night for the running of the Ansel’s Tire Outlet 50 presented by MEP.

Jody Harrison leads the stat sheet with two wins at the facility, including one last September that also sealed the deal for a third straight series championship.  Harrison hopes to shake off the tough luck near the end of the first race at Shenandoah, when an altercation relegated him from contending for the win to a seventh place finish.

The home state drivers have achieved some success as well with Walnutport’s Kevin Kromer taking the win in June of 2012, and Hanover’s Todd Peck in 2011.  Both drivers enter this race on the heels of Shenandoah race winner Jim Crabtree Jr. in the points race.  Crabtree came up short of the championship with a runner up finish in September, but looks to go two for two to start off the 2013 season.

Another local driver with a vast amount of experience at the track is Pittsburgh’s Jeff Zillweger.  The landscaping company owner has raced in the Street Stock division over the last five years, and knows how to get around Motordrome with the knowledge of where all of the different bumps on the track surface are.  Zillweger made his series debut at Midvale last year and purchased his own car for the 2013 season.  He feels lucky to be doing this and likes touring with this series since it allows him to run his business and spend time with family more frequently.  A lot of the help he attributes to his dad Rich who does most of the work with the car during the week.  Goals in his first full season include continuing to get used to the car and keeping it in one piece, and for Motordrome would be satisfied to stay on the lead lap and end up with a top ten finish.

McClellandtown, Pennsylvania’s Lou Ansel is looking forward to returning to the driver’s seat after sitting out at Shenandoah.  The veteran driver, who’s business Ansel’s Tire Outlet will be sponsoring the race, has prior limited experience at his home track in addition to his Super Cup starts.  Ansel tested during Motordrome’s practice day in April and is confident that his car will be better than previous races.  While he’s had a versatile career competing in everything from dirt tracks to drag bikes to road courses to ice racing, Ansel has been working toward a goal to competitively run with the top group of racers in the series.  Although he claims to be a one man band working in the garage by himself during the week, he couldn’t do it without crew chief at the track and last week’s local Street Stock winner at Motordrome Shawn Phillips, his son, and most importantly his wife who his car, the “Susan Special,” is named after.

Another fine field is expected for the Friday night show.  Recap, results, updated standings and more will be available at www.supercupstockcarseries.com after the race, and be sure to like the new Facebook page for the series at www.facebook.com/scscsracing.

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