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Jim Shampine Memorial Provides Spring Classic Feeling at Oswego Speedway

Wally Nesbitt by Wally Nesbitt
May 20, 2014
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Saturday night's Novelis Supermodified event will run in memory of Oswego Speedway's greatest innovator, Jim Shampine

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OSWEGO, NY (May 20, 2014) – The highlight of Oswego Speedway’s Memorial Day Weekend Triple Header on Saturday, May 24 will be the 23rd running of the prestigious Novelis Supermodified Jim Shampine Memorial.

Regarded by many as the greatest innovator and driver in Oswego Speedway’s Supermodified history, Jim Shampine set the standard of excellence in Supermodified design and driving at the ‘Steel Palace.’ After Shampine’s untimely passing at the Speedway in 1982, the Speedway dedicated its Memorial Day Weekend Supermodified main event in his honor beginning in 1991.

Paired with the Richie Evans Memorial and the Tony White Memorial each Memorial Day Weekend, the 75-lap Jim Shampine Memorial no doubt provides a ‘spring’ Classic feeling surrounding the steel gates and walls of the Speedway.

A total of eleven different drivers have visited Victory Lane in the Shampine Memorial with the event covering several different lap distances, before settling on 75 circuits in 2010.

Bentley Warren drove to the first Shampine Memorial victory in 1991, driving the Dunigan Racing No. 29, in a 125-lap event over Ken Williamson, Ed Bellinger Jr, Mike Ordway, and Kenny Bell.

The next season Doug Didero would climb behind the wheel of the Don Rammage owned No. 73 out lasting Pat Abold, Ordway, Dave McKnight, and Warren on the road to victory in the now 100-lap main event.

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Didero would return to victory on two more occasions driving for Skip and Lois Matczak in 1996 and 1997.

Abold and Cliff Graves would drive to victory in 1993 and 1994 with Bellinger picking up his first of two wins in the Memorial in 1995.  Bellinger would return to victory lane again in 1998, his final victory at Oswego Speedway.

Bob Goutermout grabbed his lone Shampine Memorial title in 1999 with Greg Furlong taking the honor in 2000.  Furlong would grab two more victories in 2005 and 2008, at the time joining Didero as the only three-time winners of the event.

After finishing in the top five of the first two Shampine Memorials, Ordway would finally grace Victory Lane in the crown jewel event in 2001 and 2002, during his dominant years behind the wheel of the Clyde Booth No. 61. 

A full weekend of rain in 2003 would see the 13th running of the event totally washed out, but in 2004 Craig Rayvals joined Didero and Randy Ritskes as Canadian champions of the Memorial.

Leading up to 2006, no drivers had won the Shampine Memorial more than Didero and Furlong, but in ’06 Otto Sitterly began an unprecedented run in the Memorial main.

Sitterly dominated the ’06 event in his own No. 79 machine before teaming with John Nicotra to collect four more victories in 2009, 2010, 2012, and 2013.  The Sitterly victory in 2009 was run on 4th of July Weekend, a 58-lap special, marking the only time the event has not been run on Memorial Day Weekend.

In between Sitterly’s victories, Canadian Ritskes laid his claim as a multiple champion of the Shampine Memorial.

In 2007 Ritskes drove to victory driving for fellow Canadian Rayvals, before returning in 2011 behind the wheel of the Darratt Farms No. 88 to earn another victory making himself, Ordway, Bellinger, Furlong, Didero, and Sitterly the only multiple champions of the ‘spring’ Classic.

The 23rd running of the Shampine Memorial this coming Saturday is sure to be another exciting event with an amazing field of competitors expected.

Five-time Shampine champion Sitterly, Supermodified Kickoff winner David Danzer, defending Budweiser International Classic champion Bob Bond, and two-time Shampine champion Ritskes are just a few of the many looking to lead the charge. They will be joined by fellow regulars Joe Gosek, Jessica Zemken, Pat Lavery, Ray Graham, Joey Payne, Brian Sweeney, Jeff Abold, Michael Muldoon, Dave Gruel, Brandon Bellinger and more.

Joining the list of top flight competitors, with a special guest appearance this weekend will be midwest Supermodified pilot Dave Shullick Jr. in the Nicotra Racing No. 6.

On top of that, four new competitors are also expected to be on hand that were not in action on May 10. Michael Barnes, Tim Snyder, Dan Connors Jr., and Keith Shampine are also planning on being back in action on Saturday night making one of the most competitive and desirable fields in all of open-wheel pavement short track racing.

Saturday’s Jim Shampine Memorial will see grandstand gates open at 2pm with the beginning of hot laps.  Heat racing will take the green flag at 5pm beginning with Small Block Super heats followed by RoC Modified heats and Novelis Supermodified heats in that order.

Grandstand general admission is $25 with padded reserved seating available for $30.  Pit admission is $35.

As always during the regular season at Oswego Speedway, kids 16 & under will be admitted free with a paid adult and active military are also free with proper identification.

For more information on Oswego Speedway visit online at www.oswegospeedway.com, follow on Twitter @OswegoSpeedway, or like on Facebook at facebook.com/OswegoSpeedway.

Novelis Supermodified ‘Jim Shampine Memorial’ Champions:

1991 – Bentley Warren

1992 – Doug Didero

1993 – Pat Abold

1994 – Cliff Graves

1995 – Ed Bellinger Jr.

1996 – Doug Didero

1997 – Doug Didero

1998 – Ed Bellinger Jr.

1999 – Bob Goutermout

2000 – Greg Furlong

2001 – Mike Ordway

2002 – Mike Ordway

2003 – RAIN

2004 – Craig Rayvals

2005 – Greg Furlong

2006 – Otto Sitterly

2007 – Randy Ritskes

2008 – Greg Furlong

2009 – Otto Sitterly

2010 – Otto Sitterly

2011 – Randy Ritskes

2012 – Otto Sitterly

2013 – Otto Sitterly

 

About Oswego Speedway: Oswego Speedway, a sports entertainment company, is a 5/8 mile semi-banked pavement racing oval located off the shores of Lake Ontario in scenic Oswego, NY. Oswego Speedway has been a continuously run weekly racing venue since August, 1951. The premier open-wheel pavement short track cars in the world, Supermodifieds, run weekly at Oswego Speedway making Oswego the only weekly Supermodified racing venue in the world. The Small Block Supermodifieds accompany the full blown Supers on a weekly Saturday night schedule which runs from May through September. Oswego Speedway is mentioned in racing circles as the “Indy of the East,” as no fewer than a dozen past and present competitors have competed at the famed Indianapolis Motor Speedway including Mario Andretti, arguably the greatest driver of all time, two-time Indy 500 champion Gordon Johncock, along with former International Classic Champions Bentley Warren, Joe Gosek, and Davey Hamilton.

Oswego Speedway Partners (Oswego Speedway would like to thank the following partners): Advance Auto Parts, All Seasons Inn, Beacon Hotel, Blue Bowl Sanitation, Bracy’s Auto Repair, Butler Disposal Services, Bosco’s Famous Italian Sausage, Bacc-Off, Canale Insurance, Burritt Motors, CNY CPR, Designs of Elegance, Dufore’s Jewelers, Ellsworth Heating and Cooling, Environmental Remediation Services, Gater Racing News, Oswego-Fulton Chamber of Commerce, J&K Plumbing and Heating, Kathy’s Cakes, McCaffrey Chiropractic, Cam’s NY Pizzeria, Oswego Health, Dahl’s Diner, Pizza Villa, Precision Balancing, Press Box, Gioia Signs, RJ Caruso Tax & Accounting, Leon Shapiro Motor Sales, Munski’s Auto & Marine, Ontario Orchards, Oswego County Federal Credit Union, Hudson Dairy, Burke’s Home Centers, Knights Inn East, Knights Inn West, H. Lee White Marine Museum, Hofmann’s, Century 21 Galloway Realty, Dunkin Donuts, Rudy’s Lakeside, POMCO Group, Price Chopper Supermarkets, Eagle Beverage, Budweiser, Bud Light, Coca-Cola, Novelis, Pathfinder Bank, C’s Beverage Center, G&I Homes, Johnston’s Propane, Performance Harley Davidson, Scriba Lane Redemption, Entergy Northeast, Longley Dodge, Best Western PLUS, Quality Inn and Suites Riverfront, Pullen’s Plumbing, Vashaw’s Collision Service, Scriba Meats, S&S Tractor, Stop DWI Oswego County, Oswego Sub Shop, Sunset RV Park, Yogi Bear’s Jellystone Park, White’s Car Care, Turning Stone Resort Casino, Fleet Pride, The Evergreen Motel, Elbert & Crate Box, Crop Production Services, Davis Bros. Inc., Hoosier Racing Tire, Helena Chemical Company, U-Pull U-Save Auto Parts, Planet Fitness Oswego, A&P Auto Parts Cicero, Zink Shirts, Fairfield Inn by Marriott, Seminis, D&S Landscaping, Nice Price Auto Sales, Shell Shock Custom Helmet Paint, Lighthouse Lanes, JP Jewlers, Sherwood Racing Wheels, NBT Bank, Radical RaceGear, Trucks R Us, Chestnut Security, Wayne Drugs, Locke Crane Services, Brad Penn Oil, Firefreeze World Wide, Safety Kleen, Oswego County Today, Shea Concrete, Mitchell’s Speedway Press, North Country Home Builders, Corr/Pak Merchandising, B104.7FM, TK99/TK105, Ferris Mowers, Terrell’s Potato Chips, Eagles Fan Club, Top Stitch, Top Quality Construction, Outdoor Power, John Costello & Associates, Oswego Quality Carpet, Enders Racing Engines, Thomas Video Productions, The CNY Family Sports Centre, ARISE, Ronald McDonald House Charities, Great Strides for Cystic Fibrosis, Rusty Wallace Racing Experience

 

From: Dan Kapuscinski /Public Relations Specialist- Oswego Speedway

300 East Albany St.

Oswego, NY 13126

Office: 315-342-0646

Cell: 315-708-7544

www.oswegospeedway.com

Follow on Twitter: @OswegoSpeedway

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