UFo Race Championship
03-30-2011, 05:00 PM
UFo Race Championship 2011 Base Point Bonus Fund Increases 25% WITHOUT the Use of Driver Fees!
(Mars, PA) – The Unified Force Race Championship has announced the base 2011 point bonus fund. With the strong support of American Racer/Lias Tire, Hoosier Tire Mid-Atlantic/Precise Racing and Townsend Gas & Oil/VP Fuel Distributor, a significant bonus will be possible for the top finishing drivers on the tour. The tour will kick off on Saturday, April 9 at the Tyler County Speedway with the $4,000 to win “Topless 51.”
The total base UFo point bonus will be almost $22,000 in real cash, representing a 25% increase over the 2010 point bonus. The 2011 UFo Race Champion is scheduled to receive an Area-$5,100 base point bonus. Additionally, the Champion will receive a $1,000 credit good toward a new Rocket Chassis. The bonus fund will be distributed among the top 10 drivers in the final point standings.
The scheduled 2011 base point bonus is:
1st-$5,100 + $1,000 Rocket Chassis Credit.
2nd-$4,000
3rd-$3,000
4th-$2,500
5th-$2,000
6th-$1,500
7th-$1,200
8th-$1,000
9th-$851
10th-$751
• The base amount of the point bonus will be paid if 17 point events are completed in 2011 and all tracks and sponsors fulfill their financial commitments. The current 2011 schedule has 19 point events at 8 supertracks. The $2,000 to win events not considered point events. The bonus fund will be pro-rated if less than 17 point events are completed. If more than 17 point events are completed, additional funds will be added.
• This significant point bonus fund will be paid without the use of driver-funded fees due to the contributions of Hoosier Tire Mid-Atlantic/Precise Racing, American Racer/Lias Tire and Townsend Gas & Oil/VP Fuel Distributor. UFo tracks do not charge car entry fees on events with feature payoff under $35,000 and UFo does not have a driver membership fee.
• All drivers that attend the full tour will save $1,050 each in car entry fees and membership fees in comparison to similar events with those fees!
• Overall, drivers attending UFo events in 2011 will save over $35,000 in total due to the elimination of these fees!
• The $22,000 point bonus and $35,000 fee savings will keep over $57,000 in the hands of the race teams in 2011!
• The UFo point bonus is distributed as soon as possible after the completion of the season, after all sponsor and track contributions are assembled. This has typically been a late October/early November date. Each track is responsible for its portion of the point bonus payment, but historically all tracks have combined funds for one payment to the drivers.
The UFo Race Championship points bonus is possible due to the sponsorship of Hoosier Tire Mid-Atlantic/Precise Racing Products, Lias Tire/American Racer, Townsend Gas & Oil/VP Fuel Distributor and the event contributions of the participating speedways. Hoosier Tire Mid-Atlantic is the VA-PA-DE-MD-OH regional distributor for the Indiana-state based Hoosier Racing Tire corporation. Hoosier Racing Tire produces over 1,000 types of racing tires for oval dirt and asphalt, drag, road, kart and ¼ midget competition as well as pro-street tires. Hoosier Racing Tire has grown from 1957 when Bob & Joyce Newton began re-treading street tires, into the major force in the racing industry that it is today. Hoosier racing tires are manufactured at their facility in Plymouth, IN, just south of their corporate headquarters in Lakeville, IN. Hoosier Racing Tire’s original production plant was the first facility dedicated to the exclusive manufacturing of racing tires.
Precise Racing Products is part of the HTMA family of racing stores and is is the western PA distributor of Hoosier products. Precise Racing Products carries a wide range of racing-related items from over 225 well-known vendors. Precise Racing is the source for late model, east coast modified, sprint car, mini/micro spring and e-mod equipment.
Hoosier Tire Mid-Atlantic is headquartered at 2931 Industrial Park Drive in Finksburg, MD with satellite distribution centers at 1076 South Main Street in Roaring Springs, PA and at Precise Racing Products located at located at 110 S Pike Road #207 in Sarver, PA. Information on Hoosier Tire Mid-Atlantic may be found at http://www.hoosiermidatlantic.com. Precise Racing Products website is http://preciseracing.com. HTMA and Precise Racing can be reached at 800-651-5164.
American Racer is based out of Indiana, PA, which was also the same county where the inaugural UFo Race Championship event took place. American Racer produces a full range of dirt track and asphalt racing, ATV racing, cobra kit car, performance passenger and track equipment tires. Its parent company, Specialty Tires of America is a source of aircraft, industrial handling, mining equipment, farm and agricultural equipment, ATV, heavy and light truck, off road, military and passenger tires. Since its beginnings in 1915 as the McCreary Tire & Rubber Company, American Racer and Specialty Tires of America has provided high quality tires and service for over a century.
Lias Tire, located at 488 North 5th Street in Indiana, PA, is the regional distributor and a strong supporter of racing at our area race tracks. More information on American Racer and Lias Tire may be found at http://americanraceronline.com, http://www.liastireonline.com or by calling 800-638-7028.
Townsend Gas & Oil has been a strong, long time supporter of both race teams and race tracks throughout the area. Based in Homer City, PA, Townsend Gas & Oil/VP Fuel Distributor is a distributor of petroleum products for racing, commercial and residential use for the surrounding region.
Townsend Gas and Oil is a regional distribution center for VP Racing Fuels. Townsend also specializes in Pennzoil, Quaker State and Wolf’s Head and Gumout petroleum products as well as Fram filters. They take pride in providing high-quality gasoline, diesel fuel and kerosene at an affordable price. Townsend Gas and Oil is located at 1740 Old US 119 at Homer City, PA. More information may be found by calling by calling 800-779-5241 or at http://townsendgasoil.com.
The “Topless 51” at Tyler County Speedway will kick of the 2011 UFo tour. This event will feature an Area-51 lap UFo Super Late Model championship paying $4,000 to win, $350 to start, and $150 to all non-qualifiers that complete a lap on the track. No car entry fees will be charged to the Super Late Model drivers to compete in this event. The FASTRAK pro-Late Models, TSMA E-mods, TSMA Hot Mods, Mod-Lites, Eco-Flyer 4-cylinders and junior-age Mini-Wedges will also be on the racing program.
The UFo Super Late Models will run without roofs at this event. Race teams are permitted and recommended to seal off the top of the roll cage halo with sheet metal. Standard UFo/Tyler County car rules apply. GM 602 and 604 crate motor cars will not be permitted to compete with the Super Late Models since Tyler offers a separate class for those cars.
General Admission will be $18 with Pits Admission of $33 for the UFo “Topless 51.” Fans arriving between 4:30 and 5:30 PM will receive a $2 discount at general admission. Gates are scheduled to open at 4:30 with warm-ups at 6:30 and racing at 7:00 PM. The rain date for the UFo “Topless 51” is Saturday, April 16.
The payoff for the UFo Super Late Models for the “Topless 51” Area-51 lap feature at Tyler County will be: 1st-$4,000 2nd-$1,800 3rd-$1,200 4th-$1,000 5th-$800 6th-$700 7th-$600 8th-$550 9th-$525 10th-$500 11th-$475 12th-$450 13th-$440 14th-$425 15th-$400 16th-$390 17th-$375 18th-$375 19th-$375 20th-$375 21st-$350 22nd-$350. $150 paid to all cars that DNQ that make 1 lap on the track under their own power. UFo Race Championship events have NO car entry fee and NO driver membership fees.
Chad McClellan of Stoystown PA is the 2010 UFo Race Champion, winning one of the closest point battles ever. Keith Barbara finished just 1 point behind McClellan to take 2nd in the standings. Mollick finished 3rd, with Danny Mitchell of Clarksburg, WV in 4th and Tommy Beck from Jeanette, PA. Jared Miley of South Park, Pa, Jared Hawkins from Fairmont, WV, Doug Horton of Bruceton Mills, WV, Jim Stephans of Baldwin, PA and John Flinner of Zelienople, PA rounded out the top 10. Alex Ferree of Saxonburg, PA was the 2008 and 2009 UFo Race Champion.
The UFo Race Championship has contested 41 point and non-point feature events, with 28 different winners. Steve Baker of Fairmont, WV, Bart Hartman of Zanesville, OH and John Flinner lead the way with 3 point wins apiece. Jeremy Miller of Gettysburg, PA follows with 2 point wins plus 1 non-point win. John Mollick, Davey Johnson of Latrobe, PA and Jason Covert of Lock Haven, PA have 2 wins each. Keith Barbara and Jared Miley each have claimed 1 point win and 1 non-point win.
1-time UFo feature winners include Robbie Blair or Titusville, PA, Al Atallah of Bridgeville, PA, Tim Dohm of Cross Lanes, WV, Billy Drake of Bloomington, IN, Jimmy Mars of Menomonie, WI, Zach Dohm of Cross Lanes, WV, Alex Ferree, Gary Dalton of Morgantown, WV, DJ Myers of Greencastle, PA, Mike Knight, Paul Wilmoth Jr. of Clarksburg, PA, Mark Banal of St. Clairsville, OH, Mel Minnick Jr. of Uniontown, PA, Jared Hawkins, Josh Richards of Shinnston, WV, Mike Johnson of Imperial, PA, Brian Birkhofer of Muscatine, IA, Jamie Lathroum of Mechicsville, MD and Boom Briggs of Bear Lake, PA.
(Mars, PA) – The Unified Force Race Championship has announced the base 2011 point bonus fund. With the strong support of American Racer/Lias Tire, Hoosier Tire Mid-Atlantic/Precise Racing and Townsend Gas & Oil/VP Fuel Distributor, a significant bonus will be possible for the top finishing drivers on the tour. The tour will kick off on Saturday, April 9 at the Tyler County Speedway with the $4,000 to win “Topless 51.”
The total base UFo point bonus will be almost $22,000 in real cash, representing a 25% increase over the 2010 point bonus. The 2011 UFo Race Champion is scheduled to receive an Area-$5,100 base point bonus. Additionally, the Champion will receive a $1,000 credit good toward a new Rocket Chassis. The bonus fund will be distributed among the top 10 drivers in the final point standings.
The scheduled 2011 base point bonus is:
1st-$5,100 + $1,000 Rocket Chassis Credit.
2nd-$4,000
3rd-$3,000
4th-$2,500
5th-$2,000
6th-$1,500
7th-$1,200
8th-$1,000
9th-$851
10th-$751
• The base amount of the point bonus will be paid if 17 point events are completed in 2011 and all tracks and sponsors fulfill their financial commitments. The current 2011 schedule has 19 point events at 8 supertracks. The $2,000 to win events not considered point events. The bonus fund will be pro-rated if less than 17 point events are completed. If more than 17 point events are completed, additional funds will be added.
• This significant point bonus fund will be paid without the use of driver-funded fees due to the contributions of Hoosier Tire Mid-Atlantic/Precise Racing, American Racer/Lias Tire and Townsend Gas & Oil/VP Fuel Distributor. UFo tracks do not charge car entry fees on events with feature payoff under $35,000 and UFo does not have a driver membership fee.
• All drivers that attend the full tour will save $1,050 each in car entry fees and membership fees in comparison to similar events with those fees!
• Overall, drivers attending UFo events in 2011 will save over $35,000 in total due to the elimination of these fees!
• The $22,000 point bonus and $35,000 fee savings will keep over $57,000 in the hands of the race teams in 2011!
• The UFo point bonus is distributed as soon as possible after the completion of the season, after all sponsor and track contributions are assembled. This has typically been a late October/early November date. Each track is responsible for its portion of the point bonus payment, but historically all tracks have combined funds for one payment to the drivers.
The UFo Race Championship points bonus is possible due to the sponsorship of Hoosier Tire Mid-Atlantic/Precise Racing Products, Lias Tire/American Racer, Townsend Gas & Oil/VP Fuel Distributor and the event contributions of the participating speedways. Hoosier Tire Mid-Atlantic is the VA-PA-DE-MD-OH regional distributor for the Indiana-state based Hoosier Racing Tire corporation. Hoosier Racing Tire produces over 1,000 types of racing tires for oval dirt and asphalt, drag, road, kart and ¼ midget competition as well as pro-street tires. Hoosier Racing Tire has grown from 1957 when Bob & Joyce Newton began re-treading street tires, into the major force in the racing industry that it is today. Hoosier racing tires are manufactured at their facility in Plymouth, IN, just south of their corporate headquarters in Lakeville, IN. Hoosier Racing Tire’s original production plant was the first facility dedicated to the exclusive manufacturing of racing tires.
Precise Racing Products is part of the HTMA family of racing stores and is is the western PA distributor of Hoosier products. Precise Racing Products carries a wide range of racing-related items from over 225 well-known vendors. Precise Racing is the source for late model, east coast modified, sprint car, mini/micro spring and e-mod equipment.
Hoosier Tire Mid-Atlantic is headquartered at 2931 Industrial Park Drive in Finksburg, MD with satellite distribution centers at 1076 South Main Street in Roaring Springs, PA and at Precise Racing Products located at located at 110 S Pike Road #207 in Sarver, PA. Information on Hoosier Tire Mid-Atlantic may be found at http://www.hoosiermidatlantic.com. Precise Racing Products website is http://preciseracing.com. HTMA and Precise Racing can be reached at 800-651-5164.
American Racer is based out of Indiana, PA, which was also the same county where the inaugural UFo Race Championship event took place. American Racer produces a full range of dirt track and asphalt racing, ATV racing, cobra kit car, performance passenger and track equipment tires. Its parent company, Specialty Tires of America is a source of aircraft, industrial handling, mining equipment, farm and agricultural equipment, ATV, heavy and light truck, off road, military and passenger tires. Since its beginnings in 1915 as the McCreary Tire & Rubber Company, American Racer and Specialty Tires of America has provided high quality tires and service for over a century.
Lias Tire, located at 488 North 5th Street in Indiana, PA, is the regional distributor and a strong supporter of racing at our area race tracks. More information on American Racer and Lias Tire may be found at http://americanraceronline.com, http://www.liastireonline.com or by calling 800-638-7028.
Townsend Gas & Oil has been a strong, long time supporter of both race teams and race tracks throughout the area. Based in Homer City, PA, Townsend Gas & Oil/VP Fuel Distributor is a distributor of petroleum products for racing, commercial and residential use for the surrounding region.
Townsend Gas and Oil is a regional distribution center for VP Racing Fuels. Townsend also specializes in Pennzoil, Quaker State and Wolf’s Head and Gumout petroleum products as well as Fram filters. They take pride in providing high-quality gasoline, diesel fuel and kerosene at an affordable price. Townsend Gas and Oil is located at 1740 Old US 119 at Homer City, PA. More information may be found by calling by calling 800-779-5241 or at http://townsendgasoil.com.
The “Topless 51” at Tyler County Speedway will kick of the 2011 UFo tour. This event will feature an Area-51 lap UFo Super Late Model championship paying $4,000 to win, $350 to start, and $150 to all non-qualifiers that complete a lap on the track. No car entry fees will be charged to the Super Late Model drivers to compete in this event. The FASTRAK pro-Late Models, TSMA E-mods, TSMA Hot Mods, Mod-Lites, Eco-Flyer 4-cylinders and junior-age Mini-Wedges will also be on the racing program.
The UFo Super Late Models will run without roofs at this event. Race teams are permitted and recommended to seal off the top of the roll cage halo with sheet metal. Standard UFo/Tyler County car rules apply. GM 602 and 604 crate motor cars will not be permitted to compete with the Super Late Models since Tyler offers a separate class for those cars.
General Admission will be $18 with Pits Admission of $33 for the UFo “Topless 51.” Fans arriving between 4:30 and 5:30 PM will receive a $2 discount at general admission. Gates are scheduled to open at 4:30 with warm-ups at 6:30 and racing at 7:00 PM. The rain date for the UFo “Topless 51” is Saturday, April 16.
The payoff for the UFo Super Late Models for the “Topless 51” Area-51 lap feature at Tyler County will be: 1st-$4,000 2nd-$1,800 3rd-$1,200 4th-$1,000 5th-$800 6th-$700 7th-$600 8th-$550 9th-$525 10th-$500 11th-$475 12th-$450 13th-$440 14th-$425 15th-$400 16th-$390 17th-$375 18th-$375 19th-$375 20th-$375 21st-$350 22nd-$350. $150 paid to all cars that DNQ that make 1 lap on the track under their own power. UFo Race Championship events have NO car entry fee and NO driver membership fees.
Chad McClellan of Stoystown PA is the 2010 UFo Race Champion, winning one of the closest point battles ever. Keith Barbara finished just 1 point behind McClellan to take 2nd in the standings. Mollick finished 3rd, with Danny Mitchell of Clarksburg, WV in 4th and Tommy Beck from Jeanette, PA. Jared Miley of South Park, Pa, Jared Hawkins from Fairmont, WV, Doug Horton of Bruceton Mills, WV, Jim Stephans of Baldwin, PA and John Flinner of Zelienople, PA rounded out the top 10. Alex Ferree of Saxonburg, PA was the 2008 and 2009 UFo Race Champion.
The UFo Race Championship has contested 41 point and non-point feature events, with 28 different winners. Steve Baker of Fairmont, WV, Bart Hartman of Zanesville, OH and John Flinner lead the way with 3 point wins apiece. Jeremy Miller of Gettysburg, PA follows with 2 point wins plus 1 non-point win. John Mollick, Davey Johnson of Latrobe, PA and Jason Covert of Lock Haven, PA have 2 wins each. Keith Barbara and Jared Miley each have claimed 1 point win and 1 non-point win.
1-time UFo feature winners include Robbie Blair or Titusville, PA, Al Atallah of Bridgeville, PA, Tim Dohm of Cross Lanes, WV, Billy Drake of Bloomington, IN, Jimmy Mars of Menomonie, WI, Zach Dohm of Cross Lanes, WV, Alex Ferree, Gary Dalton of Morgantown, WV, DJ Myers of Greencastle, PA, Mike Knight, Paul Wilmoth Jr. of Clarksburg, PA, Mark Banal of St. Clairsville, OH, Mel Minnick Jr. of Uniontown, PA, Jared Hawkins, Josh Richards of Shinnston, WV, Mike Johnson of Imperial, PA, Brian Birkhofer of Muscatine, IA, Jamie Lathroum of Mechicsville, MD and Boom Briggs of Bear Lake, PA.