CONCORD, NC (March 12, 2013) –
With the buzz surrounding the inaugural season of the Southern Super
Series presented by Sunoco, 51 Sports of Concord, North Carolina has
developed and launched a new site for the series, located at www.southernsuperseries.com
“We are proud to partner with
the Southern Super Series and launch their new website,” said Matt
Kentfield, Executive Director of 51 Sports, the parent company of
leading short track racing news website Speed51.com. “From the time the
series was announced late last year, the SSS has been one of the most
talked-about topics in short track racing. The website has been a
creative project that all of us at 51 are proud of. It has been a
pleasure working with all of the track operators involved with the
Southern Super Series during its development.
“As the season continues, the
site will only gain a bunch of new and fun features for fans and racers
to enjoy, while also being a front-door to all of Speed51.com’s live
Trackside Now coverage of each Southern Super Series race in 2013.”
The launch of the Southern
Super Series website coincides with the release of the preliminary entry
list for the first-ever SSS race on April 6 at Fairgrounds Speedway
Nashville. Included on the roster are Snowball Derby winner Augie
Grill, multiple-time Super Late Model winner and champion Jeff
Choquette, Maine rising star Austin Theriault, Midwestern Late Model
standout Dan Fredrickson and more. With those names, plus more entries
coming in daily, the Southern Super Series’ fields in 2013 will feature
some of the most star-studded fields anywhere in the country this
season.
“We’re honored to host not
just the opening round of the Southern Super Series on April 6, but also
the season finale, the All-American 400, at the end of the year,” said
Tony Formosa of Fairgrounds Speedway Nashville. “With all the
electricity surrounding the Southern Super Series and this historic
racetrack, it can’t be anything but a good combination. We’ve seen some
of the legends of the sport come through the gates here at Fairgrounds
Speedway Nashville and maybe the next NASCAR legend will be competing
in, and maybe even winning, the Southern Super Series’ first race here
on April 6.”
“The Southern Super Series
has been one of the best things that has happened to short track racing
in the Southeast in a long time,” said Dan Elliott, General Manager of
Gresham Motorsports Park in Jefferson, Georgia, host of three SSS events
in 2013. “The website that 51 has produced, plus their promotion of
the series and its events, will only enhance the excitement of the
series this year. We at Gresham Motorsports Park are honored to be a
part of the Southern Super Series this year and I could not have picked a
better group of tracks to be involved with.”
Among the many features on
the Southern Super Series website is a comprehensive “Tracks” page,
which includes links for directions to each of the five facilities on
the 2013 schedule, as well as their social media streams.
“Something that has become a
must in today's world is a strong internet presence and the staff at 51
Sports and Speed51.com has done a great job with this new website design
that not only looks great, but will be informative for the fans, teams,
and sponsors alike,” said Paul Boswell of Montgomery Motor Speedway,
which will have three dates on the inaugural season’s schedule. “I
think I can speak for all of us involved with the Southern Super Series
presented by Sunoco when I say how excited we are about getting this
season going. All of our hard work and dedication to making this series
a reality will pay off in a big way for not only the tracks involved,
but the fans, sponsors and teams as well. I personally can't wait for
the season to start."
Speed51.com,
the nation’s leading asphalt short track racing news website, will be
the Official Media Partner of the Southern Super Series and will provide
live Trackside Now coverage at each SSS event to provide the series,
tracks and its racers added exposure.
“Five Flags Speedway and
Mobile International Speedway could not be prouder to be a part of the
inaugural season of the Southern Super Series presented by Sunoco,” said
Tim Bryant, track operator of the facilities that will host a combined
eight SSS events in 2013. “The Series will continue to be a 'work in
progress,’ but the pieces are coming together much quicker than anyone
anticipated. One such piece to the puzzle is our alignment with 51
Sports and Speed51.com. There's no better way to keep racers and fans
informed than on 51. We eagerly await our chance to showcase the best
of Super Late Model racing when the SSS visits the Gulf Coast for the
first time on May 24 and 25."
Entry forms and further
information for the April 6 season-opener at Nashville and others on the
16-race inaugural Southern Super Series schedule can be found on the
newly-designed www.
The inaugural Southern Super
Series schedule consists of 16 races at five tracks in four states. In
addition to Fairgrounds Speedway Nashville, the series will make
multiple stops at Five Flags Speedway in Pensacola, Florida, Gresham
Motorsports Park in Jefferson, Georgia, Mobile International Speedway in
Kinston, Alabama and Montgomery Motor Speedway in Montgomery, Alabama.
The Southern Super Series is also home to two of the most prestigious
short track events in the country, the All-American 400 at Nashville and
the World Crown 300 at Gresham.
For more information on the
Southern Super Series, visit SouthernSuperSeries.com. The Facebook page
for the Southern Super Series is located atwww.facebook.com/
