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RUSH Late Model Series
WINCHESTER TO HOST 2025 HOVIS RUSH LATE MODEL FLYNN'S TIRE/GUNTER'S HONEY TOURING SERIES OPENER THIS SATURDAY FOR $5,000 TO-WIN
WINCHESTER TO HOST 2025 HOVIS RUSH LATE MODEL FLYNN'S TIRE/GUNTER'S HONEY TOURING SERIES OPENER THIS SATURDAY FOR $5,000 TO-WIN
By Mike Leone
April 30, 2025 FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
(Winchester, VA)...After four consecutive rain outs to start the 2025 season, the Hovis Auto & Truck Supply RUSH Dirt Late Model Flynn's Tire/Gunter's Honey Touring Series will try yet again to kick-off the season this Saturday night (May 3) at Virginia’s Winchester Speedway. The $5,000 to-win event is presented by Gunter’s Honey. Warmups are slated for 6 p.m.
The Tour has made eight appearances over the years at Winchester with six different winners. Logan Roberson, the 2022 Tour Champion, is the only multiple winner with three victories; in fact, Roberson has won three of the last five events. Other winners include four other Virginia racers in Rick Singleton, Walker Arthur, Allen Brannon, and Kyle Hardy; however, in 2023, Canadian Charlie Sandercock scored the upset victory. Last year’s event was rained out. The last five Tour events at Winchester have attracted between 41-44 cars!
Winchester has hosted three City Chevrolet Weekly Series events in 2025 with three different winners; RUSH Late Model rookie Cody Williams, 2023 Futures Cup Champion Davin Kaiser, and 2017 Futures Cup Champion Devin Brannon. Winchester has averaged 21 cars per night with 32 different cars in competition.
"Greg Gunter has been an integral part of the success of the RUSH Late Models in the Mid-Atlantic," stated RUSH Director Vicki Emig. "Winchester has been the Mid-Atlantic home to weekly RUSH Late Model racing since 2014 and Greg has been gracious enough to host our Tour nearly every year. In 2024, Greg really stepped up to co-present our $20,000 to-win Touring Series Championship with Flynn's Tire and upped the ante with a $5,000 to-win Tour event at Winchester that unfortunately was rained out. The Mid-Atlantic racers are tough and always pose a challenge to our Touring Series regulars and with $5,000 on the line Saturday it should be quite the show especially being our season opener."
After a record $76,200 points fund was posted for the 2024 season, the largest following of 13 full-time teams competed on the Tour in addition to a record average car count of 40 despite several big events being rained out. That same point fund will return in 2025 as $20,000 will again be on the line along with the 3C Graphix $3,000 to-win Rookie-of-the-Year and the $5,000 Landrum Performance Springs "Loyalty Bonus". Over the off-season, it was also announced that all 2025 Flynn's Tire/Gunter's Honey Touring Series events will pay a minimum of $4,000 to-win, $300 to-start. At least 18 teams are expected to compete for the 2025 championship.
$100 "Shock the Clock" Qualifying and $25 to-win heat races will be presented by FK Rod Ends. The Sunoco Dash will set the beginning rows of the feature lineup and will award the winner a $100 Sunoco fuel gift card. The "Fill'er up with Sunoco Bucks" program co-presented by Bazell Race Fuels will include an additional $400 of Sunoco fuel card giveaways; two $100 random draws for drivers in the top 15 of 2024 Tour points and another four $50 random draws for all other competitors.
The podium finishers will each receive a three-pack of Heritage Wine Cellars premier products. Precise Racing Products will award a $50 gift card for the "Pedal Down" Hard Charger that passes the most cars in the feature. Ontime Body & Graphic's "Spoiler Alert" will award a spoiler kit to the first place finisher. The first feature non-qualifier will receive a $50 certificate from Holley Performance brands each night. There will also be five BOGO Landrum Performance Springs certificates given away through drawings each night. Forty lucky fans each night will receive a bottle of Dusted Steak Seasoning each night.
Feature Payoff: 1. $5,000 2. $2,500 3. $1,250 4. $1,000 5. $800 6. $700 7. $650 8. $600 9. $550 10. $500 11. $475 12. $450 13. $425 14. $400 15. $390 16. $380 17. $370 18. $360 19. $355 20-24. $350.
D&V Jewelers Non-Qualifier Payoff: 1. $200 2. $190 3. $185 4. $180 5. $175 6. $170 7. $165 8. $160 9. $155 10-24. $150. Tow $125
You do not have to be a member of RUSH to compete only to receive Weekly and/or Tour points. The entry fee is $100. AMB/MyLaps transponders will be used; Westhold transponders will NOT work. Units are available to rent for $25 and no cost to Winchester regulars.
Pits and RUSH registration will open at 3 p.m. The RUSH drivers meeting is at 5:30 p.m. with warmups, qualifying, and racing to follow. The pit notes/agenda is available at the following link: https://www.rushlatemodels.com/WinchesterAgenda50325.pdf
Winchester Speedway is also a high-banked 3/8-mile dirt track located just off Route 50 at 950 Airport Road, Winchester, VA 22604. The track, which is owned by Greg Gunter, first opened in 1936 under the name of Airport Speedway. For more information, check out their website at www.winchestervaspeedway.com or call 301-481-8855. You can like their Facebook at www.facebook.com/wincvaspeedway.
The RUSH Racing Series is brought to you by Hovis Auto & Truck Supply together with Born2Run Lubricants along with the support of Hoosier Tire, Rick Hendrick City Chevrolet, Sunoco Race Fuels, Bazell Race Fuels, Insinger Performance, Flynn's Tire, Gunter's Honey, MSD Performance, Holley Performance Products, FK Rod Ends, Billy's Garage, Joseph J. Oliva Attorney at Law, Schoenfeld Headers, Jones Racing Products, Landrum Performance Springs, Russ King Racing, 3C Graphix, Dave Poske's Performance Parts, Velocita-USA, Wieland Metal Services, Frankland Racing Supply, Dusted Steak Seasoning, Ontime Body & Graphic, D&V Jewelers, Dusted, Heritage Wine Cellars, Precise Racing Products, Racing Electronics,Design Creations, and Competition Crate Parts.
E-mail can be sent to the RUSH Racing Series at info@rushracingseries.com and mail to 4368 Route 422, Pulaski, PA 16143. Office phone is 724-964-9300. The RUSH Late Model website is www.rushlatemodels.com. Like our Facebook page at www.facebook.com/rushlatemodels and follow us on X (formerly known as Twitter) @RUSHLM.
Article Credit: Mike Leone
