Travel costs, supply shortage force cancelation of stock car race in Clearfield

CLEARFIELD COUNTY, Pa. (WTAJ) — While the ever rising price tag of fuel and offer chain challenges continue to result day to day Us residents across the United States, these financial difficulties are now starting off to have an affect on the planet of motorsports.

The ripple outcome was not long ago felt at UMI Motorsports Park in Clearfield when they canceled an impending race at their monitor citing high prices and ongoing tire supply chain problems as the trigger. The Tremendous Cup Inventory Vehicle Collection was scheduled to race at the asphalt oval keep track of on Saturday, June 18 in an function known as the “Keystone Twins” that was heading to attribute two 50 lap races.

The decision to terminate the event was reportedly agreed to by the observe and the sequence and everyone who bought tickets or parking for the function was presented refunds, according to UMI Motorsports Park. Each the keep track of and series say they plan to revisit the race in 2023.

UMI Motorsports Park Spokesperson Ramey Womer reported numerous racers in the collection are not touring thanks to the economic strains of gas and other expenditures. Womer extra the existing charge of race fuel sits at $12 a gallon with out markup.

“We have a great marriage with the Super Cup Inventory Auto Collection and hope to host them when the overall economy, source chain and racing point out of the union is superior,” Womer reported.

Super Cup Stock Motor vehicle Series Public Relations Coordinator Aaron Creed expanded upon the challenges that the collection faced with the race weekend and mentioned many components lead to the mutual selection to terminate it. He reported some groups have been forced to believe twice about their choice to race although other people are electing to stay property altogether. Creed described that several teams in the sequence journey from out of condition and use diesel run vehicles to tow their trailers and racecars.

Groups have also been faced with several components shortages and have struggled to make repairs to their racecars both from on-track hurt and/or mechanical failures that were brought on at the starting of the 2022 time. Creed suggests the scarcity has also brought on a number of groups to miss a few of the collection past functions.

“When I spoke with our Sequence Director, Joe Schmaling, there was an attention-grabbing position he talked about. We have promoted ourselves as “Racin’ The Way It Utilized To Be” considering that the series was formed in late 2007, partly for the reason that of its relative affordability as perfectly as household-pleasant environment. There are some issues that are sort of unprecedented that are at the moment not falling in that classification,” Creed stated. “It utilised to be that if there was a basic portion failure, or from time to time a considerable a single, a group could call up a provider and get a substitution section or what they needed preset inside days or often even overnight. At this time, in a large amount of instances, that is not what most are going through if they want to make repairs to get back again on track.”

On major of parts shortages, tire provides have also been a challenge for the sequence. The tire provider of the Tremendous Cup Stock Automobile Series is American Racer, a business primarily based out of Indiana, Pennsylvania. Creed stated the sequence had been creating adjustments all through the period to accommodate the shortage and have even limited the use of new tires per function. Nevertheless, Creed extra the tire provider has been accommodating and useful because source chain difficulties initial grew to become a issue past yr.

“We have desired to make some adjustments together the way, but we recognize them tremendously for their ongoing communications with us in which we’re absolutely mindful of the troubles all tire suppliers are now going through,” Creed said.

Creed expects the rationing of tires to continue but suggests American Racer has educated them the upcoming batch of new racing tires will be out there in advance of the series subsequent race at the Jennerstown Speedway Complicated in July. The series hopes the time just before the July event will permit teams to regroup and get ready.

The Super Cup Inventory Vehicle Sequence last raced at UMI Motorsports Park in 2021 which was reportedly the very first oval race at the facility since 2015 when it was then identified as CNB Bank Raceway Park.