UEMS KEEPS ROLLING INTO LITTLE VALLEY THIS SUNDAY
May 25, 2011
The weather finally cooperated last weekend as the United Emod Series kicked off their 2011 season with a three day swing along the I-86 corridor. Three nights, three different winners which saw a average car count 39 cars per event from the tri state region.
The ULMS double header for Thursday, May 26 at McKean County Raceway has been postponed due to the grounds still being too satuated from all the rain the area has received. MCR will kick off their 2011 season on Saturday, June 4. The ULMS Dave Lundgren Memorial for the super late models and the UEMS Emod event will not be on the evening’s card and will be made up at a later date.
This gives UEMS one sole event for the holiday weekend at Little Valley Speedway for the track’s season opener on Sunday, May 29. A 25 lap $1000 to win event will see all the stars come out to the big half mile oval on the Cattaraugus County fairground oval in Little Valley, NY. Rich Michael Jr will no doubt be looking to grab the win as he is the defending track champion and is coming off a uncharacteristic subpar weekend. Vic Vena of Olean has had strong runs at the big half mile over the past few years and he will be looking for his first ever UEMS win as he is coming off his win at South Arcade Speedway. Hometown favorite, Kyle Bedell could be a factor and what a win it would be for the hometown driver! Bedell currently sits seventh in points only six points out of third. Joel Watson along with his nephew Bud are the top two point cars as the Conneaut duo will lead the UEMS contingent to Little Valley. The fans will be treated by some of the best regionally Emod racers around for the $1000 to win event. Other drivers expected in attendance are three time defending UEMS champion, Randy Hall who picked up the series opener last Friday night. Dave Hess Jr won Sunday night at Eriez and he would be expected to be on hand along with Brent Rhebergen, Jack Young, Mike Eschrich, Dan Davies, Kari Gasser, Justin Carlson, Dale Inman, John Woodward, Al Brewer, Butch Southwell are some of the many racers to be on hand. Raceivers are mandatory for the UEMS Emods at Little Valley.
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Dave Hess Collects UEMS Tri State Challenge Win at Eriez
May 23, 2011
By Jay Pees
Hammet, PA (May 22, 2011): Coors sponsored Eriez Speedway’s opening night with the United E-Mod Series sanctioning the final leg of the 2011 Tri-State Challenge. Randy Hall, winner at Raceway 7, and Joel Watson, winner at Stateline were in line for extra cash should they win the final night. With the challenge being a $200 bonus to win more than one of the weekend’s events at Raceway 7, Stateline, and Eriez.
The main event for the evening was the 25-lap United E-Mod Series Tri-State Challenge for the Plyler Overhead Door E-Mods. Russ Dunn led from the pole position with Dan Davies on the chase. The car on the move in the early going was seventh starting Dave Hess Jr, advancing to fourth by the time of the first yellow flag, for a spin in turn two by Ben Burgess Jr with nine laps complete. Burgess’ incident appeared to have been mechanically caused as the car had to be towed off the speedway. Using the double-file restart, Dan Davies nearly appropriated the lead but Dunn was able to re-assume the point just as caution again was displayed, for a three car tangle in turn four. From the restart again the two leaders were side by side until turn four when Davies slipped wide, allowing seventh starting Hess Jr to get by for second. Dunn, the 2010 Raceway 7 Champion, was running well but Hess was closing the gap with five laps to go. With four to go Hess dove to the inside and got by for the lead on the front straight. With two to go, Kyle Bedell spun in turn four, setting up a dash to the checkers with Hess leading, Dunn second, and Stateline winner Joel Watson third. Randy Hall, winner at Raceway 7, had been fourth but retired to the pit with a hole in his radiator. Hess handily went on to the win with Dunn holding on for second, Watson third, Dave Lyon fourth and Davies falling to fifth at the end.
Plyler Overhead Door E-Mods:
Heat 1: Randy Hall, Shane Crotty, Joel Watson, Butch Southwell, Bud Watson, Dewey Kinnear, Dustin Eckman, Chris Peterson, Alex Froman
Heat 2: Dan Davies, Dave Hess Jr, Justin Carlson, Brent Rhebergen, Kyle Bedell, John Boardman, Jack Young, Chuck Steinle, Steve Simon
Heat 3: Mike Knight, Kyle Inman, Gary Eicher, Ben Burgess Jr, Leonard Enos, Clayton Kennedy, Alan Brewer, Jason Illig
Heat 4: Russ Dunn, Kari Gasser, John Boyd, Dave Lyon, Tom Norland, Rich Michael Jr, Steve Sornberger, Ben Asel
B-Main 1: Bud Watson, Kyle Bedell, Jack Young, John Boardman, Dustin Eckman, Steve Simon, Chris Peterson, Chuck Steinle, Dewey Kinnear, Alex Froman (DNS)
B-Main 2: Rich Michael Jr, Leonard Enos, Clayton Kennedy, Steve Sornberger, Ben Asel, Alan Brewer, Tom Norland, Jason Illig
UEMS Feature: Dave Hess Jr, Russ Dunn, Joel Watson, Dave Lyon, Dan Davies, Mike Knight, Butch Southwell, Kyle Inman, Kari Gasser, Bud Watson, Leonard Enos, Jack Young, Brent Rhebergen, Gary Eicher, Shane Crotty, Kyle Bedell, John Boyd, Clayton Kennedy, Rich Michael Jr, Steve Sornberger, Randy Hall, Justin Carlson, Ben Burgess Jr, Dustin Eckman
Joel Watson Wins Budweiser UEMS Feature at Stateline Speedway
May 23, 2011
By Glenn Slocum (photos by Bill Galford)
Saturday May 21st, 2011 Busti, NY: Sunshine was a welcome addition to the 2011 racing season at Stateline. Arthur R Gren / Budweiser UEMS $1,000 to win event headlined the racing card. Forty-six E-Mods checked into the pits trying to qualify for one of the 26 spots in the feature event. The UEMS Non-Qualifiers race was won by Jaik Halpainy. Joel Watson took over the UEMS main event after leader Kyle Innman spun then survived a late race charge by Dave Hess Jr. for the win. Garry Fisher came from 13th to win a caution filled Spectator feature.Dutch Davies notched his second Super Late Model career win over a charging Dave Hess Jr.Glen Slaney won the Outlaw Cadet feature after a heated battle with first Steve Moynihan then Chad Carlson.Ben Burgess Jr. made it two in row winning the Super Sportsman event.John Lacki won the Crate Late feature. Dustin Lamb won the first Super Challenger feature and Austin Karash won the second.
The UEMS Budweiser feature event was brought to the green by Kyle Innman and Kyle Bedell. Inman led the first circuit with Joel Watson second. Several cars tangled in turn two on lap two ending with Clayton Kennedy the only car stopped on the speedway. Innman, Watson Bedell, Dave Lyon and Al Brewer were the top five for the double file restart. The leader spun in turn two just after the restart for caution number two. Watson was the new leader with Brewer second and Bedell third. Lyon and Brewer caused caution thee slowing the event while the wrecker crews untangled their cars. Watson, Bedell and Shane Crotty were the leaders. Dan Davies and Butch Southwell completed the top five. With 8 laps complete Lyon came to a stop between turns three and four with obvious problems on the right front of his race car for caution four. Watson remained in charge with Crotty and Bedell giving chase. Dave Hess Jr. was fourth with Davies fifth. Mike Eschrich had problems with sixteen complete for yellow five. Leonard Enos did not make it through turn one on the restart for yellow six. A four car wreck on lap seventeen caused caution seven. Hess passed Bedell on lap twenty then Crotty one lap later leaving three laps to run down Watson for the win. Hess closed to within five car lengths of Watson but ran out of race ending his charge giving the win to Watson.
Tom Hagberg was the early leader in the UEMS Non-Qualifier event. A spin by Jordan John brought out caution number one on lap two followed quickly by caution two on the restart. Jaik Halpainy passed Hagberg on lap four. A car stopped near the pit entrance for caution three with six laps down. Dave Shagla came for ninth to pass Hagberg for second on lap eight. The race remained green until a spin by Kyle Bradigan cause caution four. Halpainy, Shagla, Chuck Frye and Hagberg were the leaders. Halpainy finished the last three laps unchallenged for his first E-Mod win.Oakes Franklinville NY, Dave Hess Jr. Waterford PA
E-Mod
Heat 1: Randy Hall Olean NY, Al Brewer Belfast NY, John Boyd Waterford PA, Jack Young Mentor OH, John Kelsey Sherman NY
Heat 2: Butch Southwell Warren PA, Kyle Innman Darien NY, Mike Eschrich Mt. Jewett PA, Craig Bedell, Leonard Enos Russell PA
Heat 3: Bud Watson, Kyle Bedell Little Valley NY, Dave Hess Jr. Waterford PA, Ben Burgess Jr. Sherman NY, Jaik Halpainy Ashville NY
Heat 4: Dan Davies Warren PA, Shane Crotty Corry PA, Clayton Kennedy, John Woodward Jr. Franklinville NY, Tom Hagberg Warren PA
Heat 5: Joel Watson Conneaut OH, Dave Lyon Corry PA, Brent Rhebergen Clymer NY, Nathan Hill East Otto NY, Richard Michael Jr. Ischua NY
First B-Main: Craig Bedell, Jack Young Mentor OH, Nathan Hill East Otto NY, Justin Carlson Sherman NY, Richard Michael Jr. Ischua NY, Tim Rockwell Salamanca NY, Tom Hagberg Warren PA, John Kelsey Sherman NY, Kari Gasser Girard OH, Alex Froman Ashville NY
Second B-Main: Ben Burgess Jr Sherman NY, Ron Seeley Youngsville PA, John Woodward Jr. Franklinville NY, Leonard Enos Russell PA, Jaik Halpainy Ashville NY, Chuck Frye Ashville NY, John Boardman Jamestown NY, Kyle Bradigan South Dayton NY, Jaben Hill Cattaraugus NY, Randy Raynor Fredonia NY
UEMS Feature: Joel Watson Conneaut OH, Dave Hess Jr. Waterford PA, Kyle Bedell Little Valley NY, Shane Crotty Corry PA, Bud Watson, Brent Rhebergen Clymer NY, Dan Davies Warren PA, Butch Southwell Warren PA, Justin Carlson Sherman NY, Randy Hall Olean NY
Non Qualifier Race: Jaik Halpainy Ashville NY, David Shagla Sugar Grove PA, Tom Hagberg Warren PA, John Kelsey Sherman NY, Alex Froman Ashville NY, Ben Asel Kane PA, Randy Raynor Fredonia NY, Kyle Bradigan South Dayton NY, Chuck Frye Ashville NY, Jordan John
Randy Hall picks up UEMS opener at Raceway 7
May 23, 2011
By Jay Pees
Conneaut, OH (May 20, 2011): The weather forecast was not the best for afternoon and early evening but when fans arrived at the Raceway 7 for the first segment of the Tri-State Challenge for the Zimmer Service Center UEMS E-Mods the sky was clear with warm air bathing the grounds. By the end of the night rain was threatening but all racing was completed with Olean, NY’s Randy Hall, a past Zimmer Service Center E-Mod Champion taking home the win in the first leg of the Tri-State Challenge, a special with the sanction of Chris Zuver’s popular United E-Mod Series. 2010 Champions Max Blair (Evergreen Lake Park Campgrounds FASTRAK Late Models) and Jonny Boyd (Son Construction Mini Stocks continued their winning ways into the new season and Rush Firestone (Campbell’s Mini Storage Street Stocks) broke into the winner’s column for the first time in his career at Raceway 7.
2009 track champion Percy McDonald jumped into the immediate lead of the UEMS 25-lapper for the Zimmer Service Center E-Mods with Randy Hall second at the end of lap one just as yellow flew for a spin in turn four by Chuck Steinle Jr. At the restart Hall charged by McDonald with McDonald spinning in turn two for the second caution of the event. At the restart it was again Hall with Rich Michael coming to second and Kari Gasser third. On lap three Michael scraped the wall on the back straight, then slowed and was collected by Al Brewer in turn three. At lap five Bud Watson dispatched Gasser back to third and then Joel Watson also got by for third. At halfway Hall had a half straight lead over Bud Watson with Joel Watson another three lengths back. Running fourth was Justin Carlson with Gasser back to fifth. Hall went on to the win in the brand new car, just finished Friday morning. Cousins Bud and Joel Watson battled to the end with Bud getting the runner-up honors, and Joel third. Carlson wound up fourth with Jack Young fifth. Hall, a former class champion, said in the winner’s circle that this is his first win this season, getting a late start and completing the car just today. Hall noted this is a team sport and he certainly could not run this well all by himself.
Zimmer Service Center E-Mods:
Heat 1: Jack Young, Brian Douglas, Shane Crotty, Chuck Steinle Jr, Al Brewer, Craig Bedell, Jubon Hill, Leonard Enos, Mike Eschrich, Greg Johnson
Heat 2: Joel Watson, Kari Gasser, Dan Davies, Justin Carlson, Mike Kinney, Rick Pratschler, Chad Stevenson, Gary Murphy, Tom Pierce, Nathan Hill
Heat 3: Percy McDonald Jr. Bud Watson, John Woodward Jr, Kyle Inman, Ken Zimmer, David Lyon, Clayton Kennedy, Josh McDonald, Russ Dunn
Heat 4: Randy Hall, Rich Michael Jr, Dan McDonald, Kyle Bedell, John Boyd, Butch Southwell, Gary Eicher, Mike Harmon, Bill Taylor
B-Main 1: Justin Carlson, Al Brewer, Craig Bedell, Nathan Hill, Mike Eschrich, Leonard Enos, Juben Hill, Chad Stevenson, Tom Pierce, Gary Murphy, Greg Johnson
B-Main 2: John Boyd, Russ Dunn, Dave Lyon, Butch Southwell, Ken Zimmer, Gary Eicher, Clayton Kennedy, Josh McDonald, Mike Harmon Jr, Bill Taylor
UEMS Tri State Challenge Feature: Randy Hall, Bud Watson, Joel Watson, Justin Carlson, Jack Young, Kari Gasser, Mike Kinney, Dave Lyon, Shane Crotty, Kyle Bedell, John Boyd, Kyle Inman, Russ Dunn, Mike Eschrich, Chuck Steinle Jr, Percy McDonald, John Woodward Jr, Dan Davies, Ken Zimmer, Rich Michael, Craig Bedell, Al Brewer, Brian Douglas, Dan McDonald, Nathan Hill, Butch Southwell
DNQ: Leonard Enos, Jaben Hill Chad Stevenson, Tom Pierce, Gary Murphy, Greg Johnson, Gary Eicher, Clayton Kennedy, Josh McDonald, Mike Harmon Jr., Bill Taylor
