8/4/2021
Oswego Speedway
JP Jewelers Presents 'Retro Night' and Autographs at Oswego Speedway This Saturday, August 7
OSWEGO, NY (August 4, 2021) - For the first time in three weeks, the Novelis Supermodifieds, Pathfinder Bank SBS, and J&S Paving 350 Supers will all be in action at the Oswego Speedway as JP Jewelers of Oswego presents 'Retro Night' and the fan-favorite driver autograph session this Saturday, August 7.
Leading the way into the final three-race stretch of the season are Otto Sitterly, Josh Sokolic, and Mike Bruce.
Sitterly, the nine-time and defending Speedway champion, took the points lead from season-long leader Dave Shullick Jr. on July 10 after Shullick was caught up in an accident late in the first feature.
It is now Sitterly leading the heap by a slim margin of 657 points, just five more than Shullick's 652.
Coming off of three straight podium finishes including two on the same night the last time out, 2019 Retro Night winner Brandon Bellinger is just six points behind Shullick and eleven behind Sitterly in the title fight.
With 632 and 608 points, Michael Barnes and Jeff Abold round out the top five ahead of Alison Sload, Dave Danzer, Tyler Thompson, Dan Connors Jr, and Tim Snyder in the top ten.
Tenth through nineteenth in points are Lou LeVea Jr, Joe Gosek, Jack Patrick, Max McLaughlin, Lou LeVea Sr, Hal LaTulip, Jerry Curran, and Camden Proud, all of who will be in action for this weekend.
Making his third appearance of 2021 will be Keith Shampine in the Osetek Racing No. 55, while veteran Todd Stowell will return for his first race of this year, and only his second piloting the X Chassis Inc. No. 89.
After sweeping the July 10 Twin 20's for the first two wins of his career, 19-year-old Josh Sokolic has overtaken the Pathfinder Bank SBS points lead from veteran Dan Kapuscinski.
With three wins on May 8, June 19, and July 3, Kapuscinski trails Sokolic's 611 points by only six markers at 605 points going into this weekend.
At 560 points, rookie standout Noah Ratcliff, who owns four top-five finishes including three podiums efforts this year, leads the Rookie of the Year race by 29 over Griffin Miller, and now sits a distant third to Sokolic and Kapuscinski in the overall standings.
At a tight 539 and 536 points, brothers Brad and Bryan Haynes complete the top five in points while Miller, Cameron Rowe, rookie Robbie Bruce, Dennis Rupert, and rookie Mark Denny Jr. are in the top ten.
The cars tenth through fifteenth in the standings consist of the remaining five full-time rookies; Darrick Hilton, Joey DeStevens, Greg O'Connor, Josh Wallace, and AJ Larkin.
While it was Jeffrey Battle, Chase Locke, and Dave Cliff putting on the show in last week's J&S Paving 350 Super King of Wings event, it was Mike Bruce who built his points lead over Dalton Doyle and Kyle Perry.
Bruce, who won the first two 350 Super main events of his career on the same night on July 3, finished in the five spot one week ago behind Battle, Locke, Cliff, and Bobby Timmons, but with his championship challengers Doyle and Perry finishing further back in the field, the driver of the No. 22 was able to open his lead up to 38 points over Doyle and 44 over Perry.
At 493, 455, and 449 points, respectively, it is Bruce, Doyle, and Perry in the top three ahead of Barry Kingsley at 439 points and Cliff at 436 points in a close top five race.
The remaining top ten drivers of Jon Tesoriero, Nick Kinney, Kali Spaulding, Kreig Heroth, and Vern LaFave are also in a tight battle at 431, 425, 398, 391, and 386 points.
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Racing at the Oswego Speedway is scheduled to take the green flag at 6:15pm this Saturday.
The driver autograph session will take place at 5:00pm on the front stretch, with grandstand gates opening for hot laps at 2:45pm.
General admission seating is just $20 and kids 16 and under are FREE with a paid adult.
Pre-sale tickets for August 7 and the remainder of the 2021 season are on sale now by visiting OswegoSpeedway.com and clicking 'Buy Tickets' or you can call the Speedway’s box office at (315)-342-0646.
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About Oswego Speedway: Oswego Speedway is a 5/8 mile semi-banked pavement racing oval located off the shores of Lake Ontario in scenic Oswego, NY. The speedway has been a continuously run weekly racing venue since August 1951. The premier open-wheel pavement short track cars in the world, Supermodifieds, run weekly at the Oswego Speedway making it the only weekly Supermodified racing venue in the world. The Small Block Supermodifieds and 350 Supermodifieds accompany the full blown Supers on a weekly Saturday night schedule which runs from May through September. Oswego Speedway is mentioned in racing circles as the “Indy of the East,” as no fewer than a dozen past and present competitors have competed at the famed Indianapolis Motor Speedway including Mario Andretti, two-time Indy 500 champion Gordon Johncock, and former International Classic Champions Bentley Warren, Joe Gosek, and Davey Hamilton.
Submitted By: CAMDEN PROUD