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UFo “Topless 51†at Tyler County Speedway Starts the Super LM Season!
(Mars, PA) – The “Topless 51†at Tyler County Speedway will kick of the 2011 UFo tour as well as the being the 1st Super Late Model special event in the Tri-State region this season. This will be the 1st of 4 scheduled UFo events at Tyler County Speedway in 2011.
The UFo “Topless 51†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 off of grandstand 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.
The UFo Race Championship will contest a trio of events in the month of May. The UFo vs. ULMS “PENNational†at Pittsburgh’s PA Motor Speedway on Saturday May 14 will match the UFo pilots against the ULMS Super Late Model tour. This event will include twin 28-lap features paying a total of $4,000 to win both, or $2,000 to win each.
The UFo “Shawn McGarvey Showdown†at Thunder Valley Speedway on Saturday May 21 has 1 year in waiting after last year’s UFo tour event at TVR was rained out 3 times. This race will pay $3,008P to win the 38P-lap feature.
UFo will make its debut run at the Hesston Speedway on Sunday, May 29. UFo “Triple TnT†will feature 3-25 lap late-model type features. The twin UFo Super Late Model features will pay $4,000 total to win, or $2,000 each. The track’s Late Model Sportsman division (which combines Limited Lates, Steel Block LM and crate LM) will pay $1,000 to win.
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.
The UFo Race Championship is an event marketing alliance among independent supertracks in the PA-WV-MD region. Participating speedways presents their own championship Super Late Model events under the UFo banner throughout the season using common tech and procedure rules with a year-end, group funded, point bonus for the top finishing drivers on the tour. Eligible tracks are within the 3 hour travel distance of the central point of Washington, PA.
UFo is proudly supported by its major sponsors. American Racer is based out of Indiana, PA. Lias Tire, located at 488 North 5th Street in Indiana, PA, is the regional distributor for American Racer. More information on American Racer and Lias Tire may be found at http://www.americanraceronline.com, http://www.liastireonline.com or by calling 800-638-7028.
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://www.preciseracing.com. HTMA and Precise Racing can be reached at 800-651-5164.
Townsend Gas and Oil is a regional distribution center for VP Racing Fuels and 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://www.townsendgasoil.com. Race-1 located at Race-1 is located at 299 East Western Reserve Road in Poland, OH. Phone contact is 330-540-7223 and the official website is http://www.race-1.com.
ASI Racewear is the official provider of UFo race apparel and carries merchandise of many top Super Late Model drivers. Information on ASI may be found at http://www.asiwear.com. Rocket Chassis will reward the 2011 UFo Race Champion with a $1,000 chassis credit. Their website is http://www.rocketchassis.com.
Complete information on the UFo Race Championship may be found at http://www.uforacechampionship.com. Central PA Speedway is located off of US 322 west of Clearfield, PA on Mt. Zion Road. The track phone is 814.768.FLAG and the track website is http://www.centralpaspeedway.com. Dog Hollow Speedway is located east of Indiana, PA off US 422 on PA 403 at Strongstown. The track phone is 814-948-6812 and promoter phone is 814-948-4252. The track website is http://www.dog-hollow.net.
Hesston Speedway is located off of SR 26 south of Huntingdon, PA at Hesston PA at the Race Track Road turnoff. The track website is http://www.hesstonspeedway.com with track phone 814-658-2823. Mercer Raceway Park is located just north of Mercer, PA off US 19 on Fairground Road. The track website is http://www.mercerracewaypark.com, race day and office phone is 724-662-1310.
Pittsburgh's PA Motor Speedway is located just west of Pittsburgh off US 22 at Imperial, PA off the Noblestown exit. The track website is http://www.ppms.com, office phone 412-279-7223 and race day phone 724-695-3363 or 724-695-0393. Roaring Knob Motorsports Complex is located east of Farmington, PA off US 40. Website information may be obtained at http://www.roaringknob.com, with race day phone 724-329-0306. The Rock Speedway is located at south of Cumberland, MD off US 220 at the Allegany County Fairgrounds. Track website is http://www.therockspeedway.com and office phone for Oval Track Promotions of 410-857-3821 for both tracks.
Thunder Valley Raceway is located off PA 160 and US 30 at Central City, PA on Shade Church Road. The track website is http://www..thundervalleyraceway.com, race day phone 814-754-8090 and office phone 301-733-3688. Tyler County Speedway is located south of Middlebourne, WV on SR 18 at the Tyler County Fairgrounds. Tyler County Speedway is located south of Middlebourne, WV on SR 18 at the Tyler County Fairgrounds. The track website is http://www.tylercountyspeedwayonline.com. with race day phone 304-758-2660 and phones for Circle Track Management Group of 304-904-0021 and 304-483-2536.
(Mars, PA) – The “Topless 51†at Tyler County Speedway will kick of the 2011 UFo tour as well as the being the 1st Super Late Model special event in the Tri-State region this season. This will be the 1st of 4 scheduled UFo events at Tyler County Speedway in 2011.
The UFo “Topless 51†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 off of grandstand 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.
The UFo Race Championship will contest a trio of events in the month of May. The UFo vs. ULMS “PENNational†at Pittsburgh’s PA Motor Speedway on Saturday May 14 will match the UFo pilots against the ULMS Super Late Model tour. This event will include twin 28-lap features paying a total of $4,000 to win both, or $2,000 to win each.
The UFo “Shawn McGarvey Showdown†at Thunder Valley Speedway on Saturday May 21 has 1 year in waiting after last year’s UFo tour event at TVR was rained out 3 times. This race will pay $3,008P to win the 38P-lap feature.
UFo will make its debut run at the Hesston Speedway on Sunday, May 29. UFo “Triple TnT†will feature 3-25 lap late-model type features. The twin UFo Super Late Model features will pay $4,000 total to win, or $2,000 each. The track’s Late Model Sportsman division (which combines Limited Lates, Steel Block LM and crate LM) will pay $1,000 to win.
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.
The UFo Race Championship is an event marketing alliance among independent supertracks in the PA-WV-MD region. Participating speedways presents their own championship Super Late Model events under the UFo banner throughout the season using common tech and procedure rules with a year-end, group funded, point bonus for the top finishing drivers on the tour. Eligible tracks are within the 3 hour travel distance of the central point of Washington, PA.
UFo is proudly supported by its major sponsors. American Racer is based out of Indiana, PA. Lias Tire, located at 488 North 5th Street in Indiana, PA, is the regional distributor for American Racer. More information on American Racer and Lias Tire may be found at http://www.americanraceronline.com, http://www.liastireonline.com or by calling 800-638-7028.
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://www.preciseracing.com. HTMA and Precise Racing can be reached at 800-651-5164.
Townsend Gas and Oil is a regional distribution center for VP Racing Fuels and 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://www.townsendgasoil.com. Race-1 located at Race-1 is located at 299 East Western Reserve Road in Poland, OH. Phone contact is 330-540-7223 and the official website is http://www.race-1.com.
ASI Racewear is the official provider of UFo race apparel and carries merchandise of many top Super Late Model drivers. Information on ASI may be found at http://www.asiwear.com. Rocket Chassis will reward the 2011 UFo Race Champion with a $1,000 chassis credit. Their website is http://www.rocketchassis.com.
Complete information on the UFo Race Championship may be found at http://www.uforacechampionship.com. Central PA Speedway is located off of US 322 west of Clearfield, PA on Mt. Zion Road. The track phone is 814.768.FLAG and the track website is http://www.centralpaspeedway.com. Dog Hollow Speedway is located east of Indiana, PA off US 422 on PA 403 at Strongstown. The track phone is 814-948-6812 and promoter phone is 814-948-4252. The track website is http://www.dog-hollow.net.
Hesston Speedway is located off of SR 26 south of Huntingdon, PA at Hesston PA at the Race Track Road turnoff. The track website is http://www.hesstonspeedway.com with track phone 814-658-2823. Mercer Raceway Park is located just north of Mercer, PA off US 19 on Fairground Road. The track website is http://www.mercerracewaypark.com, race day and office phone is 724-662-1310.
Pittsburgh's PA Motor Speedway is located just west of Pittsburgh off US 22 at Imperial, PA off the Noblestown exit. The track website is http://www.ppms.com, office phone 412-279-7223 and race day phone 724-695-3363 or 724-695-0393. Roaring Knob Motorsports Complex is located east of Farmington, PA off US 40. Website information may be obtained at http://www.roaringknob.com, with race day phone 724-329-0306. The Rock Speedway is located at south of Cumberland, MD off US 220 at the Allegany County Fairgrounds. Track website is http://www.therockspeedway.com and office phone for Oval Track Promotions of 410-857-3821 for both tracks.
Thunder Valley Raceway is located off PA 160 and US 30 at Central City, PA on Shade Church Road. The track website is http://www..thundervalleyraceway.com, race day phone 814-754-8090 and office phone 301-733-3688. Tyler County Speedway is located south of Middlebourne, WV on SR 18 at the Tyler County Fairgrounds. Tyler County Speedway is located south of Middlebourne, WV on SR 18 at the Tyler County Fairgrounds. The track website is http://www.tylercountyspeedwayonline.com. with race day phone 304-758-2660 and phones for Circle Track Management Group of 304-904-0021 and 304-483-2536.