Chevrolet Performance Super Late Model Series News Release:  Contact – ROBY HELM – (865) 207-4157

January 19, 2015

2015 CHEVY SUPER SERIES SCHEDULE FEATURES 17 DATES AT 10 TRACKS IN 4 STATES

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE:

                CARTERSVILLE, GA – The Chevrolet Performance Super Late Model Series released its 2015 Schedule of Events today featuring a possible 17 races.  There are 13 scheduled races at ten different tracks in four different states over eight weekends. 

The schedule for the series’ third season has three new tracks, three returning tracks from 2014, and four returning tracks from the 2013 inaugural season.

                The 2015 Chevy Super Series season will open on Friday night, March 20 at a new track for the series, I-75 Raceway in Sweetwater, TN with a 50-lap $3,000-to-win race.  The next night on Saturday night, March 21, the action and excitement moves to 411 Motor Speedway in Seymour, TN where the Chevy Super Series performed in front of an appreciative record crowd.

                A pair of tracks from the inaugural 2013 season that will return with 2015 Chevy Super Series events are Magnolia Motor Speedway in Columbus, MS with a 40-lap- $2,000-to-win race on April 24 and Whynot Motorsports Park in Meridian, MS with a 50-lap $3,000-to-win race on April 25. 

                Clarksville Speedway in Clarksville, TN is another track from the 2013 inaugural season that returns to the Chevy Super Series 2015 schedule with the fifth round of the season with a 50-lap $3,000-to-win race on May 30.

                Penton Raceway in Penton, AL, who presented the first-ever Chevy Super Series race in 2013,  returns to the Chevy Super Series schedule in 2015 with a 40-lap $2,000-to-win race on June 12.  Talladega Short Track is on the Chevy Super Series schedule for the third straight season with its first of two 2015 races, a 50-lap $3,000-to-win race on June 13.

                The Chevy Super Series will make its first-ever visit to Senoia Raceway in Senoia, GA on July 18 with a 50-lap $3,000-to-win race. 

                I-75 Raceway will team up with Duck River Raceway Park in Wheel, TN for Volunteer State Double-Header.  I-75 Raceway will present a 50-lap $3,000-to-win race on August 14, and Duck River Raceway Park will host a 50-lap $3,000-to-win event on August 15.  It will be the first ever visit for the Chevy Super Series at Duck River Raceway Park.

                For the second straight year, the Chevy Super Series will be a part of the 37th Annual Alabama State Championship Races at East Alabama Motor Speedway in Phenix City, AL, who will also host the Chevy Super Series for the third straight season. 

The Chevy Super Series portion of the 37th Annual Alabama State Championship Races will consist of a 40-lap $2,000-to-win race on September 25, and a 50-lap $3,000-to-win race on September 26.

Talladega Short Track will host its second event of the 2015 Chevy Super Series season with the grand finale on October 3 with the $6,000-to-win 3rd Annual Dega 100.  After the Dega 100, it will be known who will have the opportunity to collect from the $30,000 Chevy Super Series point fund, with $10,000 going to the 2015 Chevy Super Series National Champion.

Chevy Super Series officials are currently in negotiations with other tracks to fill four Open Dates on the 2015 schedule of events.  The Open Dates that are currently on the 2015 schedule of event are June 12, June 13, July 31, and August 1.  If those dates are filled, the number of races on the 2015 Chevy Super Series schedule would grow to 17 races.

The Chevy Zone will return for the 2015 season at all Chevy Super Series events where the drivers will bring their race cars to the fans in grandstand area before the racing activities get underway.  Drivers will sign autographs, hand out hero cards and coloring books to the kids, and give the race fans an up close look at their dirt late models.

The dirt late models in the Chevy Super Series are powered by the production-based all-aluminum Chevrolet LS3 engine that comes in the Chevrolet Corvette, Chevrolet Camaro, and the Chevrolet SS.  The engine has been slightly modified for racing purposes, sealed at the factory to prevent any expensive modifications, and rebadged the Chevrolet Performance CT 525 Engine.

For more information about the Chevrolet Performance Super Late Model Series visit the series web site at www.525superseries.com, or visit the series on Facebook at Chevrolet Performance Super Late Model Series. 

THE 2015 CHEVROLET PERFORMANCE SUPER LATE MODEL SERIES SCHEDULE OF EVENTS

March 20              I-75 Raceway, Sweetwater, TN                                                       $3,000-To-Win
March 21              411 Motor Speedway, Seymour, TN                                             $3,000-To-Win

April 24                                Magnolia Motor Speedway, Columbus, MS                                $2,000-To-Win
April 25                                Whynot Motorsports Park, Meridian, MS                  $3,000-To-Win

May 30                  Clarksville Speedway, Clarksville, TN                                        $3,000-To-Win

June 12                 Penton Raceway, LaFayette, AL                                                    $2,000-To-Win
June 13                 Talladega Short Track, Eastaboga, AL                                       $3,000-To-Win

June 26                 OPEN                                                                                                    $2,000-To-Win
June 27                 OPEN                                                                                                    $3,000-To-Win

July 18                  Senoia Raceway, Senoia, GA                                                          $3,000-To-Win
July 31                  OPEN                                                                                                    $2,000-To-Win
August 1                OPEN                                                                                                    $3,000-To-Win                  

August 14             I-75 Raceway, Sweetwater, TN                                                       $3,000-To-Wi
August 15             Duck River Speedway, Wheel, TN                                 $3,000-To-Win

September 25      East Alabama Motor Speedway, Phenix City, AL                     $2,000-To-Win
September 26      East Alabama Motor Speedway, Phenix City, AL                     $3,000-To-Win

October 3             Talladega Short Track – Dega 100, Eastaboga, AL                 $6,000-To-Win

 

Chevrolet Performance Parts is the Title Sponsor of the Chevrolet Performance Super Late Model Series.  Hoosier Racing Tire is the Official Tire Sponsor of the Chevrolet Performance Super Late Model Series.  Schaeffer’s Oil Presented By Chad Wallace and Heather Newsome is the Official Oil of the Chevrolet Performance Super Late Model Series.  AR Bodies is an Official Sponsor of the Chevrolet Performance Super Late Model Series.  Cruise With The Champions is an Official Sponsor of the Chevrolet Performance Super Late Model Series.  Chevrolet Performance Super Late Model Series Contingency Sponsors for 2014 are Modern Images, Mike Custom Tanks, KRC Power Steering, David Smith Carburetors, Kinser Air Filters, and Shorty’s Shock Service.

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