RUSH Late Model Tour Labor Day Weekend Doubleheader With Tri-City Friday & Tyler County Sunday

By Mike Leone

August 26, 2025               FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

(Pulaski, PA)…The Hovis Auto & Truck Supply RUSH Dirt Late Model Series presented by Born2Run Lubricants is set for a doubleheader of Flynn’s Tire/Gunter’s Honey Touring Series action over the Labor Day weekend.  Race #12 of the 2025 season will be at Tri-City Raceway Park in Franklin, Pa. part of the “Oil Region Classic” on Friday night (August 29) followed by race #13 at Tyler County Speedway in Middlebourne, WV part of the inaugural “Country Roads” on Sunday night (August 31).  Warmups will get underway at 6:30 p.m. on Friday night and 6 p.m. on Sunday night.  Both events will pay $4,000 to-win.  The Cushion will live stream the Tri-City event, while RUSH will be part of the Hunt the Front TV broadcast for the first time ever at Tyler County!

Great weather is in the forecast for both Friday and Sunday after last year’s Labor Day weekend events at both Tri-City and Tyler County were rained out.  In fact, all three of the scheduled events at Tyler County in 2024 were lost to mother nature along with the April 2025 show.  Ironically, Friday’s show will take place at one of the biggest tracks RUSH races at with Tri-City’s half-mile, while Sunday will feature one of the smallest at Tyler County’s quarter-mile bullring!  Tri-City’s program will include the “410” Sprint Cars, while the Super Late Models will compete for $20,000 to-win on Sunday at Tyler County!    

In May 2024, Tri-City hosted the return of the Flynn’s Tire/Gunter’s Honey Tour event for the first time in six years!  The event was won by Brock Pinkerous, who celebrated his first career Tour win in Landrum Performance Springs Victory Lane.  Pinkerous went on to win the $20,000 championship.  Back in May, Daryl Charlier ended a three-year winless drought with a dominating performance.

The Flynn’s Tire/Gunter’s Honey Touring Series has made just nine visits to Tri-City all-time with seven of them occurring from 2015-2018.  Max Blair and Mike Pegher, Jr. each won a pair of events, while single victories have gone to Bryce Davis, Jeremy Wonderling, Brady Wonderling, Pinkerous, and Charlier.  

Tyler County is in their fourth year under the RUSH banner for its Chevrolet Performance Late Model class, but first with new promoters Doug Doak and Scott Jenkins.  Tyler County has completed nine RUSH Late Model events in 2025.  Track standout Kyle Thomas leads the way with four victories including his first career Flynn’s Tire/Gunter’s Honey Tour victory on July 3.  Logan Reed is the only other multiple winner with two.  Other winners include George Casto III along with western Pa. racers Braeden Dillinger and Christian Schneider. 

A.J. Spagnuolo currently leads the $1,000 to-win City Chevrolet Track Pack points at Tyler County.  Casto, who is second in points, leads the $500 to-win Russ King Racing Futures Cup standings.  Meanwhile, Sunday is also part of the Dave Poske’s Performance Parts Mid-Ohio Valley Series.  Spagnuolo also leads those points, but just 10 points separate the top four in points as Reed, Casto, and Brian Nethers are in hot pursuit of the $2,000 title.  After Sunday, just two MOV events remain at Muskingum County Speedway.

Sunday will be just the fifth Flynn’s Tire/Gunter’s Honey Tour event at Tyler County.  Besides Thomas, Blair has a pair of victories with Wonderling winning the other. 

Jeremy Wonderling, who is in search of an unprecedented fifth Series title, leads the Tour into the Labor Day weekend fresh off a dominating performance not seen in many years as he won by nearly seven seconds at McKean!  The Wellsville, NY driver sits atop the standings by 44 over Virginian, Kyle Hardy, who is still looking for his first Tour win of the season.  After a tough stretch, Demetrios Drellos has recorded four top nine finishes in the last five events to move back into third in points as he continues to lead the $3,000 to-win 3C Graphix Rookie-of-the-Year points.  

Second year Tour racer, Austin Allen, has three top five finishes in his last five starts including a career best second at Stateline Speedway on August 9.  After a slow start to the year, Bryce Davis has reeled off three straight top five finishes including a win at Stateline to move into fifth in points.  Fresh off his second runner-up finish of the season, Jason Knowles is sixth.  Ben Easler is tied for seventh with 3C RoY candidate Zack Carley, who is coming off a season best third at McKean. 

Last year’s 3C RoY champion, Daryl Charlier, is ninth over Mike Wonderling.  Completing the top 15 in points paying positions are Austin Hauser, Bud Watson, Bill Holmes III, Ryan Hare, and Brad Mesler.  All 15 drivers have maintained 75% or more attendance and are all currently eligible for the $5,000 Landrum Performance Springs “Loyalty Bonus” drawing at the season ending event. 

$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 in Tour points and another four $50 random draws for all other competitors. 

Each night 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 each night.  Ontime Body & Graphic’s “Spoiler Alert” will award a spoiler kit to the 13th place finisher on night one and the 14^th place finisher on night two.  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.

Feature Payoff each night: 1. $4,000  2. $2,000  3. $1,000  4. $800  5. $700  6. $600  7. $550  8. $500  9. $475  10. $450  11. $425  12. $400 13. $375  14. $360  15. $350  16. $340  17. $330  18. $320  19. $310  20-24. $300. 

D&V Jewelers Non-Qualifier Payoff each night: 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 each night.  The AMB/MyLaps transponders will be used; rentals will be available each night for $25 and at no charge to Tyler County regulars.  The driver radio channel will be 454.000. 

RUSH Registration will open at approximately 3 p.m. on Friday and 2 p.m. on Sunday.  Pit passes will go on sale at 3 p.m. on Friday and 2 p.m. on Sunday with earlier access at both tracks.  The RUSH drivers meeting will be at 6 p.m. on Friday and 5:30 on Sunday.  Warmups are at 6:30 p.m. on Friday and 6 p.m. on Sunday.  Here are Friday’s pit notes/agenda: https://www.rushlatemodels.com/TriCityAgenda082925.pdf.  Here are Sunday’s pit notes/agenda: https://www.rushlatemodels.com/TylerCoAgenda083125.pdf.

Tri-City Raceway Park is a ½-mile dirt track owned by the Shiffer Family and is located at 3430 PA-417, Franklin, PA 16323.  For more information, check out their website at www.racetri-city.com.  Like their Facebook at https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=100063565753208

Tyler County Speedway is a 1/4-mile dirt oval located at 1 Boreman School Rd., Middlebourne, WV 26149.   Tyler County ran its first race on June 9, 1974 as the 2025 season is being celebrated as the 51st anniversary under new promoters Doug Doak and Scott Jenkins.  Tyler County Speedway annually hosts some of the largest and most popular events in the Ohio Valley region.  For more information, check out their website at www.tylercountyspeedwayonline.com.  Like them on Facebook at www.facebook.com/thebullringwv and follow them on X @The_Bulling.

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, Seal-Tite Paving & Excavating, Dusted Steak Seasoning, Ontime Body & Graphic, D&V Jewelers, AERO Race Wheels, 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 snail 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.

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