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SCSCS Resumes July 29th; Back Into Gear With Rescheduled Pulaski County Motorsports Park Appearance

Statesville, North Carolina (July 27, 2023) – The calendar may show that 2023 has surpassed the halfway mark, but when it comes to the Super Cup Stock Car Series, the schedule in determining many of this year’s winners and ultimate champion is far from over.  An unprecedented three of the next four weekends will see competitors at some of the Virginia Commonwealth’s finest ovals.

The campaign resumes at Pulaski County Motorsports Park this Saturday, originally planned to be the season opening event in May before mother nature had different intentions.  The facility located in the town of Fairlawn will have momentum from Thursday night’s nationally broadcast Superstar Racing Experience, in which fans who bring their SRX ticket will receive five dollars off admission on July 29th.

The 2023 championship battle is quite tight after three checkered flags have flown.  2016 champion Harvey Harrison has been extremely consistent with a trio of third place finishes.  The Renick, West Virginia veteran racer heads to the 0.416-mile speedway, that at one time was his home track on a weekly basis, with a point lead of only nine.

The driver that is in second?  Harvey’s son Brian Harrison, who did not come away with the result he had hoped for last time out a month ago at Jennerstown Speedway but finished a best career second twice at Franklin County Speedway in early June.  Brian has a past top five at Pulaski County with the series he has competed since the close of 2008.

Petersburg, West Virginia’s Brent Nelson got off to a slow start in 2023.  Nevertheless, a 16th career victory was achieved last time out at Jennerstown, bringing him within 28 points of the top spot in his hunt for a first overall series title.  Nelson has led laps before at Pulaski County with a best effort in the end of third twice, in 2022 and 2021 each.

Bill Ashton currently sits fourth in the standings, having finished fifth in his most recent Pulaski County start, and will look to capture his first win since 2016.  Fellow Pennsylvania driver Jason Schue is currently fifth in points and is searching for his second career top five result.

The track’s General Manager will additionally make his series debut in a car fielded by Ashton.  Jeff Roark has past experience behind the wheel not only around the 15-degree banked corners in weekly competition years ago as well as times spent more recently working with the Rusty Wallace Racing Experience, which led by Mark Ebert oversees the day-to-day operation of the facility.  The Abingdon, Virginia native had several starts in the former Hooters Pro Cup and NASCAR Dash Series and coincidentally the Pro Cup ride he sold became Brent Nelson’s first car in his entrance into the SCSCS back in 2010.

Pulaski County Motorsports Park grandstand gates will open at 5:00 p.m. with a full docket of racing getting underway at 7:00 p.m.

More information can be found on the Super Cup Stock Car Series official web site supercupstockcarseries.com with interactive updates throughout race day available on Facebook (search Super Cup Stock Car Series), Twitter (@SCSCSRacing), and Instagram (SCSCS_Racing).

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