RYNO 2022 RACER’S SUPPORT TOUR; $60K IN SPONSORSHIP OVER A 30 WEEK CONTEST

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RYNO 2022 RACER’S SUPPORT TOUR; $60K IN SPONSORSHIP OVER A 30 WEEK CONTEST

Staff Report | Tuesday, January 18, 2022

TAMPA, FL- RYNO Classifieds, proud partner of the Hoosier Tire Mid-Atlantic ATQMRA fueled by VP Racing Fuels, announced an exciting initiative this week that allows racers of all disciplines (non-virtual) to earn coveted sponsorship dollars during the 2022 racing season.

The RYNO ‘Racer’s Support Tour’, is RYNO’s way to give back to the grassroots racers that they once were! Drivers of all disciplines, especially those in the ATQMRA, are encouraged to sign up for this contest in which voting begins on February 7th. The contest itself will run for 30 weeks through August.

Sign up today by building your free profile on RYNO.co, and begin campaigning to grab votes when the contest opens. Each week, one driver will be selected to receive a $1,000 sponsorship through online votes. Meanwhile, a second driver will be selected to receive a $1,000 sponsorship by the RYNO team themselves. Two winning driver's each week over the course of 30 weeks. You can even win multiple weeks!

Fans are encouraged to join the Hoosier Tire Mid-Atlantic ATQMRA fueled by VP Racing Fuels this weekend, as we celebrate our series champion Joey Bailey and RYNO Rookie of the Year Brianna Page. A public awards ceremony will be held at the Motorsports Racecar & Trade Show on Saturday, January 22nd at 3:00 PM in the ATQMRA booth! Stop by throughout the weekend to learn more about The Premier TQ Midget Racing Division and to learn more about the RYNO 2022 Racer’s Support Tour.

More information on RYNO Racer’s Support Tour: https://ryno.co/sponsor-tour

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ATQMRA Championship Awards & Rules Meeting to be Held at Motorsports '22

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ATQMRA Championship Awards & Rules Meeting to be Held at Motorsports '22

Staff Report | Thursday, January 6th, 2022

OAKS, PA- 2021 Hoosier Tire Mid-Atlantic ATQMRA powered by VP Racing Fuels Champions Joey Bailey, and the Boyd Racing #1B Team will be formally honored on Saturday, January 22nd, 2022 at the Motorsports Race Car and Trade Show.

The awards ceremony will take place at 3:00 PM in the ATQMRA booth. As is tradition, the event will be hosted by our Master of Ceremonies and AARN’s Earl Krause.

Along with Joey Bailey and the championship winning #1B Team, trophies and awards will be handed to the drivers who finished in the top-10 points positions. Trophies will also be awarded to the top-5 car owners in championship standings as well.

Of course, after a thrilling season long battle, Brianna Page and the #76 team will be honored as the 2021 RYNO Rookie of the Year.

After the conclusion of the awards presentation in the ATQMRA booth, the focus will turn to the season ahead as the 2022 ATQMRA Rules Meeting will take place in “Room 1” of the Exhibitor Hall, from 4:30 PM - 6:00 PM.

All current ATQMRA members, including owner/driver and board members are encouraged to spend the afternoon at the Motorsports Race Car and Trade Show at this centralized location for all professional motorsports divisions across the Northeast and Mid-Atlantic.

Race fans are encouraged to stop by the ATQMRA booth frequently, to meet many of the drivers and personalities of The Premier TQ Midget Racing Division, and as well as get an up close and personal view of Joey Bailey’s championship winning race car.

The Motorsports Race Car and Trade Show is set to take place at The Greater Philadelphia Expo Center (100 Station Ave, Oaks, PA 19456) on Friday, January 21st (2:00 PM - 9:00 PM) and Saturday, January 22nd (11:00 AM - 7:00 PM). Tickets for the show are $15 for one day for adults and $5 for children (6-12).

ATQMRA Show Memo Saturday January 22nd, 2022

11:00 AM Show Opens

3:00 PM Awards Ceremony

• 3:00 - 3:05 PM Opening Comments from MC Earl Krause and President Buddy Sload.

• 3:05 - 3:15 PM Drivers points 6th - 10th (reverse order) award presentation.

• 3:15 - 3:20 PM RYNO Rookie of the Year Presentation (speech to follow)

• 3:20 - 3:25 PM VP Checkered Flag award presentation (speech to follow)

• 3:25- 3:35 PM Top 5 Owners Champion trophy presentation (speech to follow by champions)

• 3:35 - 3:45 PM Top 5 Drivers points standings trophy presentation (speech to follow by champion)

• 3:45 PM closing remarks MC Earl Krause

• 3:50 - 4:00 PM photo shoot in ATQMRA booth with all award winners

• 4:00 PM - 4:30 PM Recess

• 4:30 PM - 6:00 PM 2022 Rules Meeting Room 1 (Private to 2021/2022 ATQMRA Members only)

• 7:00 PM Show Closes

2021 Driver Trophy Recipients:

• Joey Bailey

• Ryan Tidman

• Jeff Kot

• Buddy Sload

• Kyle Taraska

2021 Owner Trophy Recipients:

• Donna and Lenny Boyd

• Jeff Kot

• Colin Martin

• Russ Bailey

• Alan Mollot

2021 RYNO Rookie of the Year Trophy Recipient:

• Brianna Page

2021 VP Racing Fuels Checkered Flag Award Recipient:

• Buddy Sload

2021 Driver Award Recipients 6th-10th:

• Steve Craig

• Brianna Page

• Tyler Ferris

• Tyler Wagner

• Mark Yoder

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Bailey Seeks Second Championship; Scenarios Broken Down

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Bailey Seeks Second Championship; Scenarios Broken Down

Sean Case Photography

HOWELL, NJ- Joey Bailey is on a quest to earn his second Hoosier Tire Mid-Atlantic ATQMRA powered by VP Racing Fuels Championship, when the series invades Bethel Motor Speedway on November 6th.

Bailey, the last official crowned champion of the ATQMRA in 2019 due to the Covid-pandemic, is seeking his first championship with the Boyd Family.

“Racing for Lenny and Donna Boyd has been a dream come true. I have looked up to them for so long, and now to celebrate all this success together- nothing would make me happier than bringing a championship back to Easy Street,” said Bailey.

The Boyd Family, in their own right, have earned plenty of success in not only motorsports as a whole, but especially the ATQMRA. The Boyd Family have earned 4 championships as owners in the Premier TQ Midget Division, all coming with the man who is currently hunting Bailey, ‘Flyin’ Ryan Tidman.

Tidman, now racing Alan Mollot’s #51T Yuhas Chassis, is seeking his sixth championship as a driver. If he were to accomplish the feat, it would be done in the car that Bailey won his 2019 championship with.

Behind Tidman, is Doylestown, Pennsylvania’s Jeff Kot. The #95 Behrents Performance Warehouse Machine has been very consistent this year, and enters Bethel with a mathematical chance to earn his first career ATQMRA championship. However, he, along with Tidman, will not only need to beat Joey Bailey on performance, but also, fate.

The overall drivers championship scenarios are as follows:

Joey Bailey:
Controls his own destiny by finishing 15th or better. In the event Joey finishes 15th and Ryan Tidman wins, both drivers would be tied in points. Bailey owns the tie-breaker by having more points paying feature victories in 2021.

In the event less than 16 cars make an honest attempt of making the feature at Bethel Motor Speedway, Joey Bailey will clinch the championship by making their honest attempt.

Ryan Tidman:
Has to win the feature at arguably his best track on the circuit, but would need Joey Bailey to finish 16th or worse. In the event Tidman does not win, he must finish 16 positions ahead of Bailey, and finish no worse than 1 position of Jeff Kot. In this scenario, if Jeff Kot were to win the feature, and Tidman finished 3rd, Kot would own the tie-breaker with more points paying feature victories.

Jeff Kot:
Has to win the feature, with Joey Bailey finishing 18th or worse. Kot, at the minimum would have to finish at least 2 positions better than Ryan Tidman. In the event Kot does not win, he will have to finish 18 positions better than Joey Bailey, and at least 2 positions ahead of Ryan Tidman.

Based on a full field (24 cars), other championship notables include Kyle Taraska and Buddy Sload. Taraska, would need to win the feature, with Bailey finishing 24th. This does not include mishaps for Tidman and Kot. Buddy Sload is mathematically ineligible to be crowed the 2021 championship based on a 24 car field, by 4 points.

While many eyes will be on the overall championship, a thrilling season long battle will also be determined in the RYNO.co Rookie Contender Standings.

Brianna Page and Tyler Ferris have both been creeping up to stardom in the ATQMRA as they have both steadily improved as the season carried on.

Page has led the rookie championship for much of the way, but Ferris is keeping her honest heading into Bethel.

Page leads Ferris by 32 points, meaning she would have to finish 8th or better to clinch the RYNO.co Rookie Contender Championship. In the event Ferris finishes nine positions ahead of Page, resulting in a tie, Ferris would be crowned champion for owning the tie breaker.

Ferris’s best finish this season is 4th, while Page’s is 5th.

The remaining drivers in the 2021 Rookie Standings, will be eligible to compete for honors in the class of 2022 remaining under the threshold of 8 points paying starts in the ATQMRA.

The Hoosier Tire Mid-Atlantic ATQMRA powered by VP Racing Fuels will compete in its final points paying race of the season at Bethel Motor Speedway, on Saturday, November 6th, 2021.

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ATQMRA Prepares for Championship Stretch

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ATQMRA Prepares for Championship Stretch

Staff Report | Tuesday, August 24th, 2021

Photography Credit: Sean Case, Tommy Lane, Eric Storch, E.J O’Rourke

HOWELL, NJ- While the Hoosier Tire Mid-Atlantic ATQMRA powered by VP Racing Fuels hasn’t officially entered the “fall” season yet, we are inching closer and closer to autumn as the tour prepares for its final stretch to the championship.

In a unique circumstance, 2020 ended and 2021 began simultaneously this past March with the running of the Covid-delayed Turkey Derby XLVII.

While it may feel like yesterday with Kyle Taraska and the #22 Chick-fil-A, Personal Comfort Team rolled into victory lane at Turkey Derby, a lot of action on-track has happened since.

Let's take a dive and look back on 2021 to-date as we preview the final six points events of the season.

Defending Champ Bailey Remains on Top

With 2020 going down as a wash due to the Covid-19 Pandemic, Joey Bailey officially entered the season as the defending ATQMRA Driver’s Champion from his 2019 title.

While Bailey only has one victory to his name this season to-date (Bethel, July 10th), his consistency has been unmatched by any of his competitors. Bailey’s worst finish of the season in fourth, and has three second place finishes to his name.

Joey Bailey enters Wall Stadium this weekend as one of the favorites as he looks to extend his 40 point lead over 5X Champion ‘Flyin’ Ryan Tidman.

Feast or Famine for Sload

The fastest car all year has also experienced some of the worst luck. If Joey Bailey is one of the favorites to win at Wall Stadium this weekend, then Buddy Sload is THE favorite.

Sload’s #36 Spitfire Chassis has four victories this season, with three of them coming at Wall Stadium. His other victory was earned at Waterford in June.

Not including the shortened, equally distributed points events at Mahoning in May and Wall Stadium this past weekend, Sload’s four victories have been complemented with three DNF’s.

When Sload finishes, he wins. If the #36 team can shake their bad luck, be on the lookout for Sload to make a late-charge at the championship title as he seeks his second.

Competitive RYNO Classifieds Rookie Battle

Seven rookies have attempted at-least one start in 2021. Those driver’s include midget star Jake Trainor, East Coast TQ Midget Series Champion Tyler Wagner, Chris Pelcher, Robert Willis and Ken Moody Jr.

However, the focus on the points battle has been on the #76 A&A Truck Parts, Stavola Companies team of Brianna Page and the #33 Hamer Heating and Cooling team of Tyler Ferris.

Both drivers are winners in their own right from their respective backgrounds in quarter midgets and WKA karting. With Page leading, and Ferris in second, the drivers find themselves in a tight 48 point battle to earn the 2021 RYNO.co Rookie of the Year honors.

Page has one top five finish to her name at Waterford this year, while Ferris earned his first top five at Wall Stadium on July 31st. These are the two clear favorites to battle it out as they continue to improve in one of the strongest ATQMRA Rookie Classes in years. It will be exciting to see which driver ends up on top this November.

Taraska Continues to Improve

Besides Bailey and Sload, the other full-time competitor, feature points winner of the season is Kyle Taraska, winning at Wall Stadium this past May.

The 2018 ATQMRA Rookie of the Year continues to improve year after year as he looks to make a name for himself in the TQ Midget ranks. Taraska has remained a consistent top-5 contender all year and currently sits fourth in points, in his first official full-time season.

Be on the lookout for the #22 team for the remainder of the year as they look to continue to build on their success.

Magic in Bethel- Payne Memorial

When Paul Dodorico took himself out of his #55 Spitfire Chassis at Bethel in June to throw in “The Jersey Jet” Joey Payne, some applauded the gesture while others scratched their head.

Statistically, Bethel is Dodorico’s best track on the ATQMRA tour. However, Dodorico wanted to give Joey Payne the proper send off to his late-father, Joey Payne Sr.

In what could not have been scripted any better in a movie, Payne pulled off the miraculous victory in what he called “the biggest win of his career.”

Joey Payne will continue to run part-time in select events in Alan Mollot’s #51 Badger for the remainder of the 2021 season and is always a threat to take the checkers.

Close but No Cigar

#95 Behrents Perfomance Warehouse team of Jeff Kot currently sits third in points, one racing position out of 2nd. One can argue if not for a late-race incident at Wall Stadium this spring, and a poorly-timed caution at Wall a few weeks back, the #95 team would have two victories to his name. Kot has not finished worse than fourth since May.

Do not be surprised to see him knock off a win (or multiple) before season’s end.

A mid-season ride change for Ryan Tidman has placed him in Alan Mollot’s #51T Yuhas Chassis for the remainder of the 2021 season. Tidman, who is not a stranger to victory lane, continues to fall just short this season to-date.

Tidman has finished on the podium in 57% of his races this year. However, his podiums have been made up of a pair of seconds and a pair of thirds. Like Kot, expect Tidman to earn a victory or two before seasons end as he sits 2nd in the points standings.

ATQMRA Veteran Steve Craig sits sixth in points and continues to improve week-in and week-out as a consistent competitor and supporter of the organization.

Craig has finished in the top ten in all but one start this year. As we approach the final stretch of the season, expect Craig to click off a top five finish or two, and maybe even a victory.

Craig has really stepped up his performance lately, and it really showed this past weekend at Wall Stadium. Craig is proving to everyone he’s here to compete up in the front.


The Hoosier Tire Mid-Atlantic ATQMRA powered by VP Racing Fuels returns to racing this Saturday, August 28th at Wall Stadium Speedway for the Cliff Krause Memorial. The ATQMRA has five remaining championship points races including events not only at Wall Stadium, but at The New London-Waterford Speedbowl and Bethel Motor Speedway.

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