USARacing Here to Stay as the Series Marks Its Halfway Point

*USARacing Here to Stay as the Series Marks Its Halfway Point *

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Concord, N.C. (July 16, 2009) – Five months after rebirthing the former
Hooters Pro Cup Series under the USARacing banner, the Series will mark its
midway point of the season this Saturday at Motor Mile Speedway in Radford,
VA with the Heritage Trucks 250 presented by Collision Plus Paint &
Body/94.9 Star Country.



Much has happened in the months between the January 16 acquisition of the
Series by Interstate Investment Group.  A new, much improved television
package debuted on Fox Sports Net (FSN) on Sunday, July fifth.  That began a
10-week, regular season of 30-minute broadcasts of the Series races.  It
will be followed by a series of four, one-hour broadcast of the Series
Championship races.  Increased car counts, tremendous door to door racing
and renewed sponsor partnerships have been the norm as the Series has
re-established itself as one of the most vibrant stock car-racing series in
America.



A four-wide dash to the checkered on Langley Speedways two-groove track by
two of the Series past champions, its current rookie contender and the local
track champion set the tone early for the level of excitement fans have come
to expect this year.  Said Series competitor J.P. Morgan, “The Series is
back and better than ever.”



“The past five months have been some of the most exciting in the history of
the Pro Cup Series,” said Managing Partner Larry Camp.  “We have seen the
commitment of our stakeholders, from sponsors, and tracks to drivers and
teams.  They’ve all pulled together to demonstrate the strength of the
Series.  Everything we’ve experienced points to an even more exciting 2010
and beyond.”



“In that respect, we are finalizing additional sponsorship and support
programs which will be announced in the near future,” he added.  “We are
also encouraged by the level of interest in additional drivers and teams to
the Series.  We’re going to have some great ‘names’ in the Series later this
year and into next,” he said.



The season kicked off at Concord Speedway in Concord, NC on April fourth and
had some of Pro Cup’s most recognizable faces ready to get racing.  Although
Clay Rogers and Brandon Ward led for over half of the race between the two
of them, it was Trevor Bayne who won the Concord 250.



Drew Herring, the 2008 USAR Pro Cup Series Raybestos Rookie of the Year,
earned his first career series victory at South Georgia Motorsports Park in
Cecil, GA, back on April 25th.  Herring’s victory in the Sunoco 250 moved
him to the point lead, which would be short-lived due to several weeks of
bad luck in the following events.



And as already noted, one of the most wild and crazy finishes in the Series
history took place in just the third event of the season at Langley Speedway
in Hampton, VA.  Two-time series champion, Clay Rogers, leading Raybestos
Rookie, Lucas Ransone, four-time Series Champ, Bobby Gill and hometown
favorite, Woody Howard, ran four-wide coming off turn four on the last lap
of the HAMPTON VA 250, giving fans a show that left them standing on their
feet and screaming for more.  On a flat, two-groove, short track, no one
would have thought a four-wide finish was possible.  But the foursome pulled
it off and Rogers came away with his first win of the season by just 0.058
of a second ahead of Ransone.



The Langley Speedway victory would be the first of three consecutive wins
for Clay Rogers and his JCR3 team.  Rogers proved to be the class of the
field when he showed up at Winchester Speedway in Winchester, IN on June
sixth, and dominated the Lucas Oil 250.  He led all but six laps of the 250
lapper event and took the point lead for the first time in 2009.



The Series was then headed south to the heat of Myrtle Beach (SC) Speedway
June 20th.  But Rogers didn’t let the temperature or the heat of the
competition get to him that night.  The Grand Strand 250 presented by
Black’s Tire Service was by far the hottest event of the season so far, but
Rogers was hotter as he took his third career and season win at the track.



Rising star and Raybestos Rookie Lucas Ransone became a first time winner in
the Series in another exciting finish just a week later, at Lanier National
Speedway in Braselton, GA.  Ransone was running in the fourth position when
a late race caution came out after Clay Rogers caught up with the race
leader, Caleb Holman.  Rogers was looking to take the lead from Holman when
contact was made, leaving Holman backed into the wall and Rogers facing a
restart at the tail-end of the longest line.  The green-white-checkered
restart had A.J. Frank leading the field to the green with Ransone directly
behind.  Ransone was able to get around Frank coming to the checkered flag,
which earned him his first career Pro Cup win.



The USARacing Pro Cup Series will be at Motor Mile Speedway this weekend
after a well deserved two weekends off.  For a complete schedule or for the
latest news and updated on the USARacing Pro Cup Series, log on to
www.usarprocup.com.



You can see each of these exciting races every Sunday at 11:00am on your
local FSN station.  Log on to www.usarprocup.com for the listing in your
area.  Next up is the HAMPTON VIRGINIA 250 presented by Racing Electronics
which will air on Sunday, June 19.