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Super Cup Stock Car Series Finishing off the Year at One of the Places Where It All Started

Statesville, North Carolina (October 30, 2025) – A few months back, an added bonus expanded the existing Super Cup Stock Car Series schedule.  Saturday, November 1st gives competitors two more chances to take home trophies and bragging rights before hibernating in the race shops in preparation for 2026.

Tri-County Speedway was one of the first venues the series visited when formed in late 2007.  Much like then, the twin 40-lap races will not involve any points toward a championship being scored.  Instead, it gives the opportunity for some racers to go back to the facility the SCSCS last visited in 2022, and for others it will be their first time, in a few different ways.

There are a pair of drivers confirmed that turned laps around the 4/10-mile oval three years ago, one of them will be making his first start behind the wheel in almost as much time and another residing less than a half hour away with prior experience across a couple local divisions about a decade back.

Jeff Zillweger treks down from Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania with family members and NASCAR Truck Series competitor Norm Benning assisting in the effort.  The veteran of 48 SCSCS races since 2012 will look to improve upon fifth and sixth place lead lap results in 2022 and perhaps better a career high finish of third, also his best points result in 2016.  Tri-County was one of the tracks that Ben Ebeling cut his teeth in classes such as Limited Late Models and Street Stocks upon moving from Ohio down to Hickory, North Carolina after high school.  Winning 75 percent of races entered in 2025, he surely will have high hopes, looking to add to his total as all-time winningest driver in the series after capturing third in the final running order during the autumn event last time as the local favorite.

In 2008, Tri-County hosted the inaugural SCSCS points event.  On that brisk day Megan Reitenour became the first driver to wave the checkered flag in victory lane.  She went on to win twice more that season and claimed second in the final standings.  The series has a vast history of women finding success over the years that has included a podium result for Taylor Nesbitt, laps led by Samatha Rohrbaugh, rookie of the year honors and runner-up finishes secured by Lauren Butler, and most recently earlier in 2025 with Lexi Arnold capturing a Pole Award.

Chrissy Wallace, a Late Model track champion in 2011 at Lebanon I-44 Speedway in the state of Missouri in which she was born, will look to make an impact next in her SCSCS debut.  The third-generation racer has competed at Tri-County before, but not since the surface was repaved prior to 2024.  The daughter of Mike Wallace, a multi-time race winner in NASCAR and ARCA at prestigious tracks such as Daytona International Speedway, Chrissy will have her father along with five-time NASCAR Cup Series winner and a three-time winner at Tri-County more recently in Jeremy Mayfield, and the entire North Carolina-based D2 Motorsports group headed by Donnie Doster in her corner for their effort on Saturday.

In the category of first timers at the Hudson, North Carolina facility are drivers that have no shortage of SCSCS experience, but in a couple cases it will be their first appearance in quite some time.  The last occasion Harvey Harrison was seen at the track; he was hoisting his second series championship trophy at the conclusion of the 2023 season.  This weekend he will be back, but instead in the No. 35 in which Mitch Gibson recently earned the 2025 title.  Harvey’s son Brian Harrison will additionally be bringing down the Harrison’s Motorsports No. 15 from their Renick, West Virginia hometown.  A four-time second place finisher in 80 career starts, Brian Harrison was triumphant in a "First-Time Winners" exhibition race at nearby Hickory Motor Speedway in 2011.

There is also a mixture of newer faces to stock car racing combining with experience making up more of the field.  Dylan Godinez made his first stock car entrance up from the karting ranks at Shenandoah Speedway in August, finishing seventh driving for third place points finisher in 2025, Eric Barber.  For this weekend, he will make the short commute from his home in Conover, North Carolina to drive the Ashton Racing No. 57, which has seen competition at the track in the past.

Austin Vaughn is new to the SCSCS, but Larry Wilcox Racing was there from the beginning, finishing top five in the inaugural points race as well as an initial exhibition event at Tri-County with driver and team owner Larry Wilcox behind the wheel nearly 20 years ago.  Vaughn travels from Burnsville, Mississippi and finished fourth in the ARCA East Series standings this year with a top five finish at Michigan’s Flat Rock Speedway.  Toby Blanton, a debut driver in early October at Shenandoah from Brooks, Georgia, is scheduled to split driving duties with Mocksville, North Carolina’s Marc Jones, who has numerous laps of knowledge at the track outside of the series.

Spectator gates and tier parking will open at 4:00 p.m. with qualifying beginning at 4:45 p.m. During the 5 o’clock hour a 30-minute autograph session for fans will take place on the frontstretch.  Racing festivities, including features for six local divisions as part of Tri-County Speedway’s Championship Night and the twin 40-lap main events for the Super Cup Stock Car Series, are slated to start at 6:00 p.m.  The packed evening will have a low general admission price of $14 with military and seniors $12, and kids ages 12 and under admitted for free.

There will be an optional test and tune offered to competitors with a cost of $100 per car both Friday afternoon from Noon until 5:00 and early afternoon on race day from Noon until 2:00.

Additional drivers are almost certain to be confirmed prior to Saturday and details as they are released as well as interactive updates throughout race day will be available on Facebook (search Super Cup Stock Car Series), Twitter (@SCSCSRacing), Instagram (SCSCS_Racing), and https://www.youtube.com/SCSCSRacing.  For general information and more regarding the Super Cup Stock Car Series, please visit the official web site supercupstockcarseries.com.

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