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SHARON ANNOUNCES 2020 DIVISIONAL SPONSORS; 91ST ANNIVERSARY SEASON TO BEGIN MAY 2 WITH ALL STAR SPRINTS by Mike Leone
Hartford, OH
January 14, 2020
With the calendar changing to 2020, Sharon Speedway is
gearing up for its 91st anniversary season, which will officially get
underway on May 2 with the All Star Circuit of Champions Sprint Cars and
RUSH Sportsman Modifieds that will follow an open practice on April 25.
A tentative schedule of events has been posted on the Sharon website.
Sharon has also announced it divisional sponsors for the 2020 season.
Hovis Auto & Truck Supply will return to present the night’s
headlining division, which typically features the “410” Sprint Cars in
addition to four IMCA-type Modified events. There will be nine
non-sanctioned “410” Sprint Car events along with the three All Star
shows.
Hovis’ corporate office and distribution center is located in Mercer,
Pa. Hovis has locations in the following western Pa. cities: Allison
Park, Butler, DuBois, Emlenton, Erie, Franklin, Grove City, Hermitage,
Meadville, New Brighton, New Castle, North Huntingdon, Oil City,
Titusville, Wexford, and Zelienople. For more information on Hovis,
check out their website at www.hovisauto.com and “like” their page on
Facebook at www.facebook.com/HovisAutoSupply.
Gibson Insurance Agency has been a long time supporter of the Stock Car
division at Sharon. That will continue in 2020. The Stocks are on the
schedule 11 times including the Penn-Ohio “Steel Valley Pro Stock
Nationals” and the “Apple Festival Nationals”. Sharon continues to have
the region’s highest weekly Stock count. Drivers compete for $700
to-win weekly when there’s 24 or more cars. Curt J. Bish is the
defending track champion after capturing his inaugural crown in 2019.
Since 1947, the Gibson Agency has been providing quality insurance as a
reputable family-run agency. Gibson specialize in a broad range of
personal and business as well as niche markets such as home, renters,
auto, life, high-net-worth, business owners, business auto, farm,
commercial property, contractors and more. Gibson is based locally in
Girard, Ohio; however, their coverage extends to nearby areas including
Youngstown, Warren, Cortland, Hubbard, Brookfield and across the nation
throughout 48 states. For more information on Gibson, check out their
website www.gibsonagency.com and like their Facebook at
www.facebook.com/gibsonagency.
HTMA/Precise Racing Products will remain as the presenting sponsor of
the RUSH Sportsman Modified. Sharon has been the home track for the
division since its inception in 2014. The division has averaged more
than a full field of cars each of the past four years and only on four
occasions during that time have had less than 20 cars. The RUSH
Sportsman Modifieds will be on the schedule 15 times in 2020. In
addition to the Sharon point fund, racers also compete for the $3,500
to-win RUSH Weekly Championship plus new in 2020 will be the $1,000
to-win “Route 7 Rumble” presented by Wedge Motorsports, which will be a
point championship between all the races at Sharon and Raceway 7. Kole
Holden is the defending Sharon champion and has won the title two of the
last three years.
Precise Racing Products has parts and tires for all forms of racing
including Dirt, drag, asphalt, road race, kart, ATV, and MX.
HTMA/Precise Racing Products has locations in Sarver, Pa. and Finksburg,
Maryland. For more information, check out their website at
www.preciseracing.com and like their Facebook at
www.facebook.com/hoosiermidatlantic.
New for 2020, the Elite Series will be the divisional sponsor and
sanction all Econo Mod races at Sharon. Elite teams will earn points
towards the $2,000 Elite Modified Series Championship. The Elite Econo
Mods will be on the schedule 10 times including four loyalty races with
increased purses and giveaways on May 23, June 27, August 22, and
September 11-12. Dustin DeMattia won the 2019 Sharon track point title
over Ty Rhoades, while Rhoades captured the Elite Championship over
DeMattia. For more information on the Elite Series, check out their
website at www.elitemodifiedseries.com and like them on Facebook at
www.facebook.com/elitemodifiedseries
Sharon Speedway is owned by the Blaney, Weller, and Kirila Families and
is a 3/8-mile dirt track located on Custer-Orangeville Road in Hartford,
Ohio near the intersection of Routes 7 & 305. For more information,
check out the website at www.sharonspeedway.com or call 330-772-5481.
Become a fan of Sharon Speedway on Facebook at
www.facebook.com/sharonspeedway and follow us on Twitter at
www.twitter.com/sharonspdwy.
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Sharon Speedway :Mike Leone Public Relations email: pr@sharonspeedway.com |