Super DIRTcar Series Returns May 20 to Canandaigua Motorsports Park
FX Caprara extends 2015 partnership with Super DIRTcar Series, NAPA Super DIRT Week
CANANDAIGUA, N.Y. - May 15, 2015 - The Super DIRTcar Big-Block Modified Series is headed to Canandaigua Motorsports Park for the 5th annual Jan Corcoran Memorial 64 event on Wednesday, May 20.
The $6,000-to-win event is the Super DIRTcar Series' first appearance at the Canandaigua half-mile since 2012. If racing rises to the level of the Super DIRTcar Series' previous event at Fulton Speedway, as five-time Canandaigua Big-Block Modified champion Matt Sheppard predicts, it will be memorable.
Sheppard, a three-time SDS Big-Block Series champion from Waterloo, N.Y., finished second to defending series champion Billy Decker in the series' first points race of the year at Fulton.
Since then, driving the FX Capara No. 9H, Sheppard has a win and a second in two regular-season starts at Canandaigua. He was also the opening night winner at Brewerton Speedway.
When the feature lineup rolls out onto the track Wednesday, it will be led by the FX Caprara pace car. FX Caprara is the Official Car Company of the 2015 Super DIRTcar Series and NAPA Super DIRT Week XLIV (October 7-11).
"It's really nice to have a series race at Canandaigua," Sheppard said. "It's been my home track for a long time. It's really racy and it's already in mid-summer shape. If your car is good, you can come from out of the back and win."
The gates open for the Jan Corcoran Memorial 64-lap event at 5 p.m. with racing slated to begin at 7 p.m. Admission is $25/adults, $5/kids-16 and under. Call the track at 585-394-0961 for more information.
The top 12 competitors attempting to win the Pole Position Raceway Fast Time Qualifier award will participate in the Dig Safely NY 811 redraw to determine the first six rows in the 30-car field.
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www.SuperDIRTcarSeries.com,
www.CanandaiguaMotorsportsPark.com, follow on Twitter @SuperDIRTcar, and like us on Facebook at
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The Super DIRTcar Series and DIRTcar Racing in the Northeast Region is brought to fans by several sponsors and partners including Hoosier Racing Tire, VP Racing Fuels, Chevy Performance Parts, NAPA Auto Parts, Pole Position Raceway and Dig Safely New York. Contingency sponsors are ASI, Bicknell Racing Products, Bilstein Shocks, Brodix, ButlerBuilt, Cometic Gasket, Comp Cams, Edelbrock, Fox Shocks, Impact Race Products, Intercomp, JE Pistons, JRI Shocks, KSE Racing Products, Mobil 1, Motorsports Safety Systems, MSD Performance, Racing Electronics, Superflow, TNT Rescue and Wrisco Aluminum.
