Record Purse Posted For BRP CanAm Racers At Merrittville

St. Catharines, ONT…A record high purse for the BRP CanAm Super Stock Series has been posted by Merrittville Speedway management for their Thursday July 1 Canada Day Extravaganza.

“We have added some extra dollars on top, but the real deal is the amount added throughout the entire 26 positions. The purse will be paid in US dollars since most of the BRP CanAm racers are US citizens. In addition to the $5285 purse we will pay any team that attempts, but fails, to qualify $50 tow money. We are all very excited to have those fast and beautiful BRP CanAm Super Stocks return. The demonstration [Dash For Cash] that those guys put on here in May really generated a lot of excitement,” reports Merrittville Speedway General Manager, Erika Bicknell.

Two 2004 BRP CanAm Super Stock Series events have been run to date with the Miller brothers of Wellsville, NY sharing top billing. Andy Miller won the Series opener at Little Valley Speedway on Memorial Day Weekend and Bruce Miller won at Freedom Raceway last Friday. Andy trailed his younger brother to the checkers at Freedom. On the strength of the win and runner-up finishes Andy Miller leads the 51 drivers that have competed in the $18,000 BRP CanAm Super Stock Series point fund chase.

The top ten in BRP CanAm Super Stock Series point standings after event #2 at Freedom Raceway are: 1. Andy Miller – 195, 2. Todd Rice – 180, 3. Bill Holmes – 170, 4. Tim Rockwell – 163, 5. Bruce Miller – 145, 6. Jim Mazur – 126, 7. Jeremy Wonderling – 124, 8. Wayne Adamczak – 118, 9. Bob Dixon – 114, and a tie for 10th with Ron Baker and Tim Schram – 112.

The Merrittville Speedway Canada Day BPR CanAm Super Stock Series purse breakdown is: $800, $450, $350, $250, $225, $220, $210, $200, $190, $180, $175, $170, $165, $160, $155, $150, $145, $140, $135, $135, $125, $120, $120, $120, $100, $100 plus $50 tow money for non-qualifiers.

Gates open at 4PM on Thursday with race action starting at 7PM. Merrittville Speedway is located in Thorold, ONT near St. Catharines approximately ½ hour north of the Peace Bridge. Directions and other detail information are available at www.merrittvillespeedway.com or phone 905-685-7223.

The BRP CanAm Super Stock Series is designed to promote the extremely competitive Super Stock programs that are contested weekly at Bradford [PA] Speedway, Freedom [NY] Raceway, Genesee [NY] Speedway, and McKean County [PA] Raceway. The 2004 BRP CanAm Super Stock Series includes 13 programs with events scheduled at the weekly tracks plus Gasport [ONT] Speedway, Little Valley [NY] Speedway, Merrittville [ONT] Speedway, Ransomville [NY] Speedway, and Woodhull [NY] Raceway. Visit www.brpcanamsuperstockseries.com or contact Gary Montgomery at 315-536-3728 for more information.