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 Super
Cup Stock Car Series is Wide Open Ahead of Duels at Dominion presented by
Patrick Miller Photography
Statesville,
North Carolina (April 23, 2019) – Months
of tireless preparation have been reduced to weeks, days, and soon, hours and
minutes for numerous Super Cup Stock Car Series teams as the 2019 season
campaign begins this weekend at Dominion Raceway and Entertainment complex.
With zero former feature winners, halfway
leaders, or even fast qualifiers at the Thornburg, Viriginia facility, located
immediately off I-95’s exit 118, expected on Saturday, it opens the
opportunity for a number of possibilities to come forth.
 Two
racers announcing their intentions to compete have walked away from the
4/10-mile with hardware before. Jerod
Brougher captured a victory in a non-points dash among drivers who had yet to
win a SCSCS race during the inaugural Dominion appearance in 2017.
The Top Performing Rookie award recipient that year from Scottdale,
Pennsylvania sat out most of 2018, but did achieve a runner-up result in a
start at Jennerstown Speedway and is making final adjustments for an increased
schedule this year.
Ron Langdon took a trophy home to New York back
in September, also upon being the highest finisher not yet to win a SCSCS race.
Now with a full season of touring series experience accumulated, the
Long Islander hopes to improve once more and potentially grab that first career
points-paying accolade.
While they were not out front at the time of the
checkered flag, three drivers enter the upcoming weekend having spent time
leading laps throughout the past five Dominion races.
Leading that category is veteran Brent Nelson.
The Petersburg, West Virginia resident recorded his best overall season
performance a year ago, winning on three different occasions.
Nelson will bring that same proven ride and certainly could be
considered as one to beat.
 Allen
Purkhiser and Kevin Kromer have additionally held the lead over the course of a
race or two. Purkhiser’s only
SCSCS start to date came last April at Dominion in which the South Carolina
driver qualified third and finished second.
Walnutport, Pennsylvania’s Kromer brings the car in which he locked up
the 2018 Northern Division title at Jennerstown and followed with a strong
runner-up showing at Dominion.
The 2019 kickoff will award points toward
Northern, Southern, and Overall championship battles.
Two more that have displayed they can close out
a race in contention are Mike Potter and Marc Jones.
Both have won the Hard Charger of the race award at Dominion in the past
for moving up the most positions from start to finish.
Potter, from Johnson City, Tennessee, had a breakthrough season in 2018
with several top fives and will have an updated look to his machine for the
opener. Mocksville, North
Carolina’s Jones will be running a newer car compared to last year and a new
number in search of building upon outcomes in his rookie year.
If both step it up in qualifying, each could very well be in the hunt
when the closing laps come around.
Two others have shown speed by qualifying within
the top six redraw at previous Dominion events, but have their fingers crossed
for some more fortunate luck this time around.
2014 SCSCS champion JJ Pack lives nearest to the track and will lead a
three-car team effort from his Midland, Virginia-based shop, including past
series regular Tim Richardson and fellow Virginian Edward Adams III.
Adams has previously tested at Dominion and had a respectable debut at
Midvale Speedway early last year.
Larry Berg joins Pack as a driver looking to put
an end to a winless streak. The
Petersburg, West Virginia driver may only get one chance though as it is likely
he will split the driving duties with his granddaughter Samatha Rohrbaugh, who
finished 11th in her series debut during the 2018 opener at Dominion.
Lauren Butler as well as twins Hayden and Landon
Brothers are ready to begin their first full season of competition on a high
note, while fellow Pennsylvanians Jason Schue and Bill Ashton plus North
Carolina’s Larry Wilcox will add their names to the list of those trying to
utilize previous knowledge gained to improve their results.
Miami, Florida’s John Miller will also make his first full-distance
Dominion attempt in a car formerly belonging to a championship team after
dabbling some in a lesser-powered ride during the inaugural visit in 2017.
Rounding out the field of confirmed entries, but
more than likely not doing so for very long on race day, will be a pair of
drivers seeing the facility for the first time.
Hiddenite, North Carolina’s Jon Kerley will be running a team car,
which has finished in the top five before, for Mike Potter.
Braddock, Pennsylvania’s Andrew Kostelnik hopes to parlay a trio of
third place finishes at his home track at Jennerstown into another impressive
showing in his debut at Dominion.
For those looking forward to being at the track
on race day, first SCSCS practice begins at 1:00 p.m. with qualifying taking
place shortly after 4:30 p.m. after the local divisions partake in their
sessions. A Meet and Greet with the
drivers will be part of the pre-race festivities with the first of the Duels at
Dominion presented by Patrick Miller Photography set to go at 7:00 p.m.
An optional evening open practice session will
be offered to teams on Friday as well.
For a complete weekend schedule and more
information please visit the official web site at www.supercupstockcarseries.com.
Interactive updates throughout race day will be available on the Super
Cup Stock Car Series Facebook
as well as Twitter and Instagram.
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