Utica-Rome Speedway Secures ’21 Divisional Sponsor For Headline Modified Class
Story By: CHRIS MOORE / UTICA-ROME SPEEDWAY – VERNON, NY – The partnership between BD Motorsports Media LLC and Sunoco Race Fuels – distributed by Insinger Performance – continues to expand.
The new promotional team of Utica-Rome Speedway reached an agreement with Sunoco Race Fuels to become the official title sponsor of the headlining Modified division at the Route 5 half-mile oval for the 2021 season.
The Modified division at the ‘Home of Heroes’ will now be known as the Sunoco Modifieds.
Sunoco’s fuels have been associated with racing excellence since the mid-1960s. The company has grown into an industry powerhouse; more engine builders, racers, tracks and sanctioning bodies choose Sunoco over all other racing gasoline combined. As the largest manufacturer of racing gasolines in the world, Sunoco has a 40-year track record of winning performances.
Founded in 1987 by Bruce Insinger, Insinger Performance has expanded by creating a network of dealers that extends geographically from northern Florida into Canada.
Insinger Performance has four locations including Dushore, Pa., Newark, Del., Pulaski, N.Y., and Fayetteville, Ga.
Insinger Performance is a master distributor of all Sunoco Race Fuels products.
The Sunoco Modifieds are scheduled for 18 appearances at Utica-Rome during the upcoming ’21 season. Eight events on the schedule will offer $3,000 or more to the division’s feature winner.
The partnership between BD Motorsports Media LLC’s Brett Deyo and Bruce Insinger of Insinger Performance began in 2018 and has grown. Insinger Performance and Sunoco Race Fuels are the fuel providers for the Bob Hilbert Sportswear Short Track Super Series (STSS), Del.’s Georgetown Speedway and both Utica-Rome and Fonda speedways in New York State.
A new era of racing at Utica-Rome Speedway gets underway on Friday, May 7 with a ‘Grand Reopening’ of the half-mile oval. A pair of practices will precede the opener on Friday, April 30 and Tuesday, May 4.
