Ulms late model series kicks off 2019 with $9k weekend at williams grove & port royal
The 2019 Zimmer Service Center United Late Model Series is about to begin an enormous 19th season of operating dirt late model events in the northeast region. The season kicks off with a huge 3-day weekend in central Pennsylvania, where the legendary Williams Grove Speedway will host the ULMS Late Models for the 1st time ever on Friday March 22nd, followed by 2 events at Port Royal Speedway on Saturday and Sunday March 23rd & 24th, paying $3,000 to win at all 3 events.
Williams Grove Speedway in Mechanicsburg, PA will host the 2019 season opener for the ULMS Late Models on Friday, March 22nd and this will be the 1st late model event at the Grove since 2017, which saw Bryan Bernheisel, Rick Eckert and Gregg Satterlee win the 3 late model events on the schedule. This will be the ULMS Late Model Series 1st appearance at Williams Grove, who are celebrating their 80th season of operation in 2019. Joining the ULMS Late Models will be the 410 sprint cars.
The series will then head north to Port Royal Speedway and visit the Speed Palace for 2 days of action. Saturday March 23rd will see the ULMS Late Model Series go 30 laps for $3,000 to the winner. This will be the 3rd ULMS event held at Port Royal after seeing Jason Covert and Tyler Bare winning the 2 ULMS shows in 2018. Port Royal Speedway’s 2 ULMS events last year generated 42 cars on hand for competition. Joining the ULMS Late Models on the Saturday portion will be the 410 sprint cars and the Mason Dixon Limited Late Models.
Sunday, March 24th will be the final day of the 3-day Central Pennsylvania Kickoff Weekend and the 2nd day of action at Port Royal Speedway. Another $3,000 to win event will be on tap for the ULMS Late Models and they will be joined by the Short Track Super Series Big Block Modifieds.
The Zimmer Service Center United Late Model Series – Close Racing Supply Elite drivers of Max Blair, Mike Wonderling, Jason Dobson, Mike Pegher, Michael Lake, John Weaver and Al Brewer will all be on hand. Central Pennsylvania stars of Dylan Yoder, Bryan Bernheisel, Jeff Rine, Nick (not a nice word)(not a nice word)(not a nice word)(not a nice word)son, Jason Covert and Coleby Frye are all expected to be on hand along with many others from the mid-Atlantic region.
ULMS Racing Series procedures will be in place for all 3 events, which includes hot laps, time trials, 8 lap qualifying heat events, consolation events and 30 lap main event. Time Trials per ULMS rules will be the following: 3 heats will be straight up; 4 heats will result in A&B group qualifying. If there are 4 heats or less, the top 2 heat finishers will redraw for their feature starting positions, otherwise, heat winner only will redraw (5 or 6 heats). The ULMS Late Model Series tire rule is Hoosier 1300 or American Racer 44 or harder on all 4 corners. All late model teams must present their cars along with safety equipment (helmet and Hans device) at pre-race safety and car inspection. Williams Grove Speedway and Port Royal Speedway utilizes the AMB transponders for scoring and timing. Limited transponder rentals are available at both facilities. Raceivers are mandatory and frequency for both tracks are 454.000.
Gates open Friday night at Williams Grove at 5:30pm. Adult grandstand admission is $18 with youth price being $10 and all pit passes are $30. ULMS tech opens at 5:30pm and closes at 6:30pm. No cars will be allowed on the track before completing tech. ULMS Driver meeting will be at 6:30pm at the ULMS Command Center, then ULMS hot laps at 6:50pm, followed by sprint hot laps and ULMS qualifying time trials (3 or 4 cars at a time).
Saturday gates open at 1:00pm at Port Royal Speedway. Grandstand adult admission is $20, Student admission is $10 and all pit passes being $32. ULMS tech opens at 1:00pm and closes at 2:30pm. Driver Meeting will be at 2:30pm, hot laps beginning at 3:00pm, followed by ULMS qualifying (3 at a time) and qualifying heat races beginning at 4:00pm.
The Sunday, March 24th program at Port Royal Speedway will see the gates opening at 11:00am, which is also start of ULMS pre-race tech, which closes same time as the driver meeting at 12:30pm. Hot Laps begin at 1:00pm, followed by ULMS time trial qualifying, and heat races beginning at 2:00pm. ULMS Entry Fee will be $30 per event.
The 2019 Zimmer Service Center ULMS Late Model Champion will receive $10,000 at the season ending banquet. Currently there are 23 dates on the 2019 ULMS schedule. Check out ULMS on Facebook, Twitter and online at www.ulmsracing.com
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