Short Track Super Series To Crown North Champion September 26th At Penn Can

Story By: BRETT DEYO / SHORT TRACK SUPER SERIES – SUSQUEHANNA, PA – There will be a Bob Hilbert Sportswear Short Track Super Series (STSS) Fueled By Sunoco North Region Modified champion crowned, after all.

On Saturday, September 26 at Penn Can Speedway, the ’20 Halmar International North Region point title will be decided in the 55-lap, $5,555-to-win ‘King of the Can’ at the Susquehanna County track.

The original ’20 North Region schedule called for 10 events. However, COVID-19 restrictions put in place by New York State made completing North Region events virtually impossible. The combined North-South program at Big Diamond Speedway in Minersville, Pa., on June 16 and the July 5 ‘Firecracker 50’ at Fonda (N.Y.) Speedway were run.

Via an agreement with the STSS and the Folk family – promoters of Penn Can Speedway – the Sept. 26 ‘King of the Can’ event will now be sanctioned by the series and serve as a championship event.

STSS management has pledged the following North Region point fund for the abbreviated three-race North Region: 1 – $4,000; 2 – $2,300; 3 – $1,325; 4 – $1,000; 5 – $825; 6 – $660; 7 – $580; 8 – $545; 9 – $510; 10 – $480; 11 – $330; 12 – $330. The total distributed will be $12,885.

After two events, Mike Gular of Boyertown, Pa., finds himself atop the North Region standings with 158 points. He leads Larry Wight (155), Billy Pauch Jr. (150), Tyler Dippel (145), Stewart Friesen (140), Jimmy Horton (135), Andy Bachetti (128), Matt Sheppard (116), Craig Hanson (114), Mike Mahaney (108), Danny Creeden (104) and Allison Ricci (95).

Complete point standings can be found at the following link: https://stss.racestatcentral.com/?IDseries=1&IDseason=2020

Championship points, based upon the 150-point schedule, will be utilized for this event. The breakdown follows: 1 – 150; 2 – 145; 3 – 140; 4 – 135; 5 – 130; 6 – 125; 7 – 120; 8 – 116; 9 – 112; 10 – 108; 11- 104; 12 – 100; 13 – 96; 14 – 92; 15 – 88; 16 – 84; 17 – 80; 18 – 77; 19 – 74; 20 – 71; 21 – 68; 22 – 65; 23 – 62; 24-Last – 60. Did Not Qualify/Did Not Start – 35.

Fifty-five laps around Penn Can Speedway will determine the series’ North Region title winner in a lucrative event paying $5,500 to win plus lap money. A very robust purse has been posted throughout the field: 1 – $5,555; 2 – $3,000; 3 – $2,500; 4 – $2,000; 5 – $1,500; 6 – $1,400; 7 – $1,300; 8 – $1,200; 9 – $1,100; 10 – $1,000; 11 – $900; 12 – $800; 13 – $700; 14 – $600; 15 – $500; 16-Last – $400. Provisional Starters (-$200).

Race information for the ‘King of the Can’ has been uploaded to the STSS website: http://shorttracksuperseries.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/09/KingoftheCanGeneralInfoSheet.pdf

Penn Can Speedway was part of the inaugural Short Track Super Series season in 2014. On Sept. 9, 2014 Danny Johnson was the victor over Kevin Hartnett, Ryan Watt, Anthony Perrego and Jeff Strunk.

BD Motorsports Media LLC owner Brett Deyo promoted ‘Clash at the Can,’ ‘Hot Summer Night’ and ‘King of the Can’ events at Penn Can in 2010-2014 under the Reed Miller and Al Wilcox regime at the track.