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Commonwealth Connection; Super Cup Stock Car Series Schedule Set for
2024
Statesville,
North Carolina (April 2, 2024) – More Super Cup Stock Car
Series green flags have flown in Virginia than any other state since
the inaugural campaign in 2008.
After time spent making careful considerations, that trend
will continue into 2024 as all five events will highlight certain
“classic” attributes within the commonwealth and its geography.
For the full-bodied
stock car tour that features rides containing lineage to such series
as Pro Cup, ARCA, and NASCAR, the first three weekends of racing
have been in place and on the calendar for various teams for the
greater part of a few months now.
Kicking off 2024
will be an initial visit to Lonesome Pine Motorsports Park for the
Coalminers Classic on Saturday, May 4th.
The 3/8-mile oval and surrounding multi-purpose facility is
nestled in the town of Coeburn in which the Southwest corner of
Virginia, including Wise County, is historically and presently known
to be one of the more active sites to provide a well-suited variety
of the natural resource for uses such as electricity generation.
Defending SCSCS champion Harvey Harrison won both his first
career series race in 2009 and the most recent two races held at
LPMP last year. Rusty
Wallace Racing Experience president Mark Ebert and 10th place in
2023 points Jeff Roark run the current day-to-day track operations,
the 11th and 12th series races to be held there on Saturday, May
4th.
Right
from the get-go in June on the first day of the month is the next
outing, the fifth running of the Veterans Classic at Shenandoah
Speedway. Returning to
its original early season date and promoted by California’s
Jeffrey Thielscher as well as track owner Jeff Vaughan, the popular
annual event takes place this year just days before the largest
seaborne invasion in history, known as D-Day, occurred 70 years ago.
The National D-Day Memorial is located only a couple hours
from Shenandoah Speedway, which will honor and remember those who
have and continue to serve the country.
Veterans and first responders will be admitted for free on
this evening. 14 SCSCS
checkered flags have waved in the past at the northern Virginia
venue with 2023’s runner-up Brent Nelson taking home both
customized trophies last September.
Three weeks later
will spotlight intense side by side racing at a high-banked track
that opened the 2023 SCSCS season.
Franklin County Speedway is operated by Langley Austin and
Moonshine Capital Promotions, who have continuously made upgrades
and improvements to the facility that originally opened in 1969.
The RidgeRunner Classic on Saturday, June 22nd is in the
vicinity of Callaway, Virginia straddling the Blue Ridge Mountains.
2021 champion Ben Ebeling swept the night last year in the
return of the series to the world’s fastest 3/8-mile paved oval
for the first time since 2011.
Following
the first three dates of competition, it was decided to introduce a
“summer break” of sorts during the months of July and August to
give racers the flexibility to spend time with their families,
schedule vacations away from the racetrack, and allow teams to
regroup where needed ahead of the final events of 2024.
“Summertime has
typically never been our biggest time, participation-wise,” series
director Joe Schmaling explains.
“People, among both our driver and fanbase, want to do
other activities during that time of the year in this day and
age.”
With the first trio
of twin races set in stone since winter, there was no urgent
pressure to finalize the locations for the remaining placeholders on
the calendar during the month of September.
Research regarding what would logistically and financially
make most sense along with consideration toward where a majority of
teams centrally call home led to finalizing the repeat trips to
close out the year.
On Saturday,
September 7th, the series returns to action once again at Shenandoah
Speedway. Dubbed the
Skyline Classic, this event will bring forth attention to the
picturesque Shenandoah National Park and nearby Skyline Drive that
winds along the crest of the mountainous region.
It will feature the third occurrence in SCSCS history in
which the progressively-banked 3/8-mile oval has hosted the cars and
stars twice in a season.
Concluding the 2024
journey is a stop where the year started at Lonesome Pine
Motorsports Park. Immediately
following the Champions Classic racing festivities on Saturday,
September 28th will be the annual season-ending trophy and awards
presentation to celebrate achievements and accomplishments.
The series titles have been decided in Virginia four
instances in previous years, but this will be the first time the
recipients of the final hardware will be settled on the Coeburn,
Virginia asphalt.
Both September
occasions will most likely take place during the afternoon hours
rather than the evening. All
events are currently intended to feature the twin race format that
was alluded to and has become normalized over recent years of SCSCS
competition, giving racers the opportunity to earn victories or
their best result possible twice in a given day.
More details and
information leading up to the start of the season will be available
at the Super Cup Stock Car Series official website supercupstockcarseries.com,
on Facebook (search Super Cup Stock Car Series), Twitter (@SCSCSRacing),
and Instagram (SCSCS_Racing).
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