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News from the Clash at the Can – ‘Making History, One Dollar at a Time’
Media Contact: Brett Deyo – [email protected] or 845.728.2781
For Immediate Release/April 9, 2013
A Racer’s Dream: History Making $28,000 Total Purse Earmarked For Pioneer-Pole Buildings Inc.-VP Racing Fuels ‘Clash at the Can’ Tuesday, June 11 At Penn Can Speedway; Fans To Benefit from All-Star Field At Fourth Annual Event
SUSQUEHANNA, PA – Call it a racer’s dream event.
Penn Can Speedway is set for its richest night ever on Tuesday, June 11 and the competitors in the fourth annual Pioneer Pole Buildings Inc.-VP Racing Fuels ‘Clash at the Can’ are the benefactors. Eclipsing the stout payout offered in 2012, this year’s edition of the ‘Clash at the Can’ rewrites the record books for the Susquehanna County clay oval.
A hefty purse of $28,000 has been established for the 60-lap big-block/small-block Modified event. The total sets a new standard for dirt Modified racing at the facility, which opened its doors on a Sunday afternoon in August 1952.
The previous record for a total purse at Penn Can was $26,410 paid out last June in an event won by Danny Johnson of Rochester, N.Y., driving Mike Payne’s No. 7z.
The ’13 total payout tops last year’s event by $1,590. It also surpasses the minimum purse requirement ($16,875) set forth by management of the Race of Champions Dirt Modified Tour by a mammoth $11,125!
The structure of the payout is also unique. There is no winner-serving, top-heavy pay scale prevalent in Modified racing. Drivers finishing throughout the field are rewarded. It’s an event that is lucrative to all teams.
The pay structure for the 2013 Pioneer Pole Buildings Inc.-VP Racing Fuels ‘Clash at the Can’ is as follows: 1. $5,000; 2. $4,000; 3. $2,500; 4. $1,800; 5. $1,500; 6. $1,400; 7. $1,300; 8. $1,200; 9. $1,100; 10. $1,000; 11. $600; 12. $550; 13. $525; 14. $515; 15. $510; 16-24. $500.
Keep in mind the posted payout is a minimum: it does not include guaranteed starting positions, lap money, contingency awards and other bonuses. A number of special award sponsors have already signed on to be part of an historic evening at Penn Can. The bonuses will likely push the total to well over $30,000.
Additionally, a B-Main program for the Modified division is in the works and will be announced in the coming weeks. The B-Main will reward even more racers who attempt to qualify with extra cash.
“The purse increase and changes were made with the weekly racer in mind,” said Brett Deyo of BD Motorsports Media LLC, who is co-promoting the ‘Clash at the Can’ with Penn Can track managers Reed Miller and Al Wilcox. “We are well aware of the increasing costs of competing and getting to the track. The idea was to make this an event Friday, Saturday and Sunday night racers across the Northeast would mark on their calendars and we could produce a diverse field that our crowd wants to see.
“The response – not only from weekend racers – but from the touring series stars has been overwhelmingly positive. This purse should attract an outstanding field.”
Penn Can, a one-third-mile, tire-wear-friendly oval centrally located on the Keystone State line of the New York/Pennsylvania border, was widened and reconfigured extensively prior to the year-end 'King of the Can' last October. The result was three-wide racing and pleased drivers and fans.
“The ‘King of the Can’ turned a lot of heads,” co-promoter Miller said. “We’ve been hearing all winter how much drivers in all divisions appreciated the extra racing room. It should make for a memorable ‘Clash at the Can’ this year.”
The Crate 602 Sportsman will join the Modifieds in a 25-lap special paying $1,000 to the winner, producing an open-wheel doubleheader for fans.
The ‘Clash at the Can’ has a rain date of Wednesday, June 12.
In its four-year history, the 'Clash at the Can' has emerged as a marquee event on the dirt Modified calendar. Last year, Johnson drove to victory over a charging Ryan Godown, who had ascended from 26th starting position in Rick Clay's No. 88c.
The '11 edition featured a classic duel between dirt Modified superstar Billy Decker and then unheralded Accord (N.Y.) Speedway regular Danny Tyler. Decker, of Unadilla, N.Y., ultimately completed a late-race pass of Cottekill, N.Y.’s Tyler to park his John and Laura Wight-owned LJL Racing No. 91 in Victory Lane. The win was special for Decker who launched his career at Penn Can in the 'Tiger' division.
Grandview (Pa.) Speedway regular Duane Howard of Oley, Pa., emerged from a side-by-side battle with local driver Brett Tonkin of Carbondale, Pa., to win the inaugural 'Clash at the Can' in '10.
BD Motorsports Media LLC returns to Penn Can in October to co-promote the 'King of the Can' 14th annual Modified event on Friday, Oct. 18, headlined by a 50-lap main paying $5,014 to win and $314 to take the green flag. Crate 602 Sportsman and Street Stocks complete the Friday card, which carries a Sunday (Oct. 20) rain date.
To learn more about the 'Clash at the Can' and other BD Motorsports Media promotions LLC, contact Brett Deyo by phone at 845.728.2781 or via e-mail at [email protected]. BD Motorsports Media LLC is on the web at www.bdmotorsportsmedia.com, on Facebook at www.facebook.com/bdmotorsportsmedia and on Twitter @BrettDeyo.
BD Motorsports Media Co-Promotion Penn Can Speedway History
October 12, 2012 (King of the Can 50 laps) - RYAN GODOWN - Danny Johnson - Joey Grammes - Billy Decker - Stewart Friesen
June 13, 2012 (Clash at the Can RoC 60 laps) - DANNY JOHNSON - Ryan Godown - Jeff Strunk - Billy Pauch Sr. - Ryan Watt
November 13, 2011 (King of the Can 50 laps) - STEWART FRIESEN - Jeff Strunk - Pat Ward - Jimmy Phelps - Justin Holland
June 7, 2011 (Clash at the Can RoC 60 laps) - BILLY DECKER - Danny Tyler - Jimmy Phelps - Duane Howard - Matt Sheppard
August 10, 2010 - (Hot Summer Night RoC 60 laps) - STEWART FRIESEN - Alan Rudalavage - Duane Howard - Bobby Varin - Joey Grammes
June 8, 2010 (Clash at the Can RoC 60 laps) - DUANE HOWARD - Danny Johnson - Stewart Friesen - Brett Tonkin - Ryan Godown