SCSCS Return to Ona Postponed to August 2nd; Rescheduled Lonesome Pine Next on June 21st

Statesville, North Carolina (June 12, 2025) – Unfortunately, ever since a clear and sunny weekend that opened the season at Kingsport Speedway in April, the Super Cup Stock Car Series has not been able to catch a break with predicted weather possibilities.

The story is similar again as due to the inclement forecast, the SCSCS portion of Ona Speedway’s Nitro Construction Kids Night will no longer go on as originally scheduled.  The return for the first time since 2013 to the West Virginia facility will now take place on Saturday, August 2nd with an optional Friday practice on August 1st.  The remainder of Ona's June 14th racing card is currently intended to continue with track officials actively monitoring the weather and making a definite decision by Saturday morning.

SCSCS fans, teams, and drivers will only have to wait another week to try again though.  Saturday, June 21st will mark another attempt at Coeburn, Virginia’s Lonesome Pine Motorsports Park, making up for the shortened May 31st and postponed May 3rd shows that were planned prior. 

Further details about this next event will be provided over the coming week along with more information available on the Super Cup Stock Car Series official website supercupstockcarseries.com, on Facebook (search Super Cup Stock Car Series), Twitter (@SCSCSRacing), Instagram (SCSCS_Racing), and https://www.youtube.com/SCSCSRacing.

Gibson Wins First Pole Award; Mother Nature Prohibits Completion of Either SCSCS Race at Lonesome Pine

Coeburn, Virginia (June 1, 2025) – Despite a moderately uncertain forecast, the Super Cup Stock Car Series and Lonesome Pine Motorsports Park staff optimistically pressed forward with Saturday’s Fan Appreciation Night festivities.  With sunny skies throughout the afternoon, the outlook seemed promising.

Hometown driver Mitch Gibson, with guidance from another popular and successful racer in the area from years past Caleb Holman on hand as crew chief, paced both practice sessions and then set fast time in the No. 35 Moyer Brothers Company / LDW Technologies / Amsoil / Jeffrey Salyers Realty / Big City Band / 3000channels.com / Ashton Racing Ford.  The Virginian became the second consecutive first-time Pole Award winner of the season, circulating the 3/8-mile oval in 17.127 seconds and netting him five bonus points.

After a four-car redraw it was Winston-Salem, North Carolina’s Damian Payton, making his first SCSCS appearance in nearly three years, slated to start out front in the No. 64 McElligott Performance and Design / Cozy Cabins at Shady Grove / Payton Racing Chevrolet with Gibson alongside.  Unfortunately, as pace laps commenced, rain began to fall and the field was brought down pit road almost immediately under red flag conditions.

Despite all the efforts that took place to dry the surface, including having a couple of the local divisions that run on street tires hold their main events first, precipitation persisted just enough to call the remainder of the evening’s action.  SCSCS officials will be working out details with management on a potential return visit to Lonesome Pine for later in the season.

In the meantime, competitors making the trip are awarded 40 “show-up” points for each green flag that was scheduled to have been aved.  This interestingly results in a slight shakeup within the standings due to Kingsport winner Ben Ebeling not being in attendance.  Defending champion Brent Nelson now is at the top with Gibson moving within five points of the Petersburg, West Virginia driver thanks to the Pole Award that was earned before the inclement weather came.

“ShoTime” Mike, who qualified second fastest and looked to have a contending No. 2 Eric Barber Enterprises Chevrolet, will head into the next event only 15 markers back.  Ebeling falls to fourth with West Virginia’s Eric Barber and Larry Frame close behind.

Warrington, Pennsylvania’s Mike Senica was also ready to go in the No. 57 Odie's Oil / ASAP Energy Drink / Ashton Racing Chevrolet for his first start of 2025 that will have to wait until another time.  It was the intention that nearby Abingdon, Virginia’s Jeff Roark would take the wheel of that ride for the second race and as a result received 40 points as well.

Nelson and “ShoTime” Mike were the only two drivers present at Lonesome Pine who have competed at the next venue, Ona Speedway, before.  The twin races in two weeks will be the first at West Virginia’s only paved oval for the series since 2013.

“I think (one of) the last times we went there we finished fourth,” the driver of the No. 80 Precision Auto Collision / JEBCO / QH Design / Nelson Motorsports Chevrolet recalled.  “If I remember correctly, (2019 SCSCS champion) Kevin Kromer, one of our racers that we lost in the last year, he and I had a good battle there along with Harvey Harrison.  I would really love to see (two-time past champion and 2012 Ona winner) Harvey come back and run with us and that’s actually his home track.”

The Super Cup Stock Car Series will have more driver quotes, content, and information leading into the return to Ona Speedway on Saturday, June 14th available at the official website supercupstockcarseries.com, on Facebook (search Super Cup Stock Car Series), Twitter (@SCSCSRacing), Instagram (SCSCS_Racing), and https://www.youtube.com/SCSCSRacing.