Fueling more money into open wheel modified racing, the Como Modified Series announces largest purse and payout in the nation for 2010

Posted under Headlines, Press by admin on April 8th, 2010

Duluth, MN (April 6, 2010) – The Como Modified Series presented by Subway, already the highest paying open wheel modified touring series in the nation, will up the ante again in 2010 with additional cash prizes that boost the point fund to $54,000. This is in addition to the already announced increase in event payout to at least $1500-to-win and the addition of a ninth race on the circuit at Ogilvie Raceway.

“Every year I listen carefully to input from drivers who race our series and also drivers who don’t race our series but would benefit from racing it. Changes for 2010 are a direct response to driver ideas. They said we need to continue enhancing our nightly paying purses and the purse needs to be attractive throughout, so we added more money on the nightly purses and made the series purse payouts even better than before,” says Joe Stariha, Series Director and Senior VP & CFO of Como Oil and Propane.

“Our series has come a long way from five years ago when we started with a $15,000 purse and a handful of sponsors. The early support of those sponsors was critical in launching the series, but teaming up with FOX 21 out of Duluth, Minnesota, has made a huge difference attracting more sponsors and allowing us to increase the purse once again this year. Subway signing on as our presenting sponsor this year is very exciting. With so many Subway Restaurants throughout our racing area, this promises to be a very beneficial partnership all the way around.”

The winner of the series takes home an unbelievable sum of $10,000, 2nd place will pay a whopping $7,500, 3rd place $5,500, 4th place $4,500, 5th place $3,500 and down with complete payout back to 20th place in the 2010 standings. The 2010 Como Modified Series presented by Subway purse is not only the largest in the nation for the number of events run, but each event purse has been increased.

“Each race this year will be for at least $1,500 to win plus the series purse has expanded to offer good payouts out to the top 20 drivers,” adds Stariha. “We also added a Rookie of the Year award. We listen very hard to all the people who make our series successful—drivers, fans, track officials and sponsors. When they see the 2010 package, I hope they agree we can all be proud of the new and improved Como Modified Series.”

The 2010 Como Modified Series presented by Subway Purse:

$54,000.00 Series Purse
1st $10,000.00
2nd $7,500.00
3rd $5,500.00
4th $4,500.00
5th $3,500.00
6th $2,500.00
7th $2,400.00
8th $2,300.00
9th $2,200.00
10th $2,100.00
11th $1,900.00
12th $1,800.00
13th $1,700.00
14th $1,600.00
15th $1,500.00
16th $500.00
17th $500.00
18th $500.00
19th $500.00
20th $500.00
ROY $500.00
Total $54,000.00

The 2010 Como Modified Series presented by Subway Schedule:

Proctor (MN) Speedway – Sunday May 30th
Hibbing (MN) Raceway – Friday & Saturday June 18th & 19th
Ogilvie (MN) Raceway – Wednesday July 21st
Superior (WI) Speedway – Wednesday August 4th
Ashland (WI) ABC Raceway – Saturday August 7th
Proctor (MN) Speedway – Thursday September 2nd (Silver 1000)
Hibbing (MN) Raceway – Saturday September 4th (Labor Day Shootout)
Superior (WI) Speedway – Saturday September 11th (Northern Nationals)
Ashland (WI) ABC Raceway – Friday & Saturday October 1st and 2nd (Red Clay Classic)

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COMO MODIFIED SERIES TITLE SPONSOR

Como Oil & Propane is a full-service heating fuel supplier providing propane, oil and related services to Northland customers. The company has nine local offices in Duluth, Barnum, Two Harbors, Hibbing, Grand Marais, Tower, Ashland, Cable and Minong. For more information, please visit www.comooilandpropane.com.

COMO MODIFIED SERIES PRESENTING SPONSOR

With 41 locally-owned SUBWAY® Restaurants in northeast Minnesota and northwest Wisconsin, it’s easy to “Eat Fresh” in the Northland. They offer a fresh, healthy menu for breakfast, lunch and dinner. Locally owned and community involved, SUBWAY restaurants are please to support many community programs, and local events.

COMO MODIFIED SERIES VICTORY LANE SPONSORS

Luther Chevrolet, Duluth, MN and Rick Gondik Law Offices, Superior, WI

COMO MODIFIED SERIES PARTNER SPONSORS

All Star Service, Ashland Ford, Bill’s Diesel Repair, Bud Light, Cloquet Ford, Construction Services, Inc., Dave’s Towing, Duluth Lawn & Sports, East Central Energy, Elite Tinting & Graphics, Evergreen Foam Insulation, GRP Motorsports, Hibbing Chrysler, Highway 210 Auto, LCO Casino, Miller Mall Machine Shop, Mirror Images Day Spa, Monster Energy Drink, Murphy Oil, USA, QA1 Shocks, RJ’s Sport & Cycle, Ropers Saloon, ServiceMaster, Short Stop Convenience Stores, Vesel Construction, and WITC Ashland.

For more information regarding the Como Modified Series check out our website at www.comomodseries.com. On behalf of the Como Modified Series we’d like to thank all the fans, pit crew members and drivers that have made the series a success and we look forward to seeing you in 2010!