CHUBZILLA WINS PRIORITY CARE RACEFAN 50 AT MCR
September 25, 2011
It all started in 2006 with the first annual MCR Fall Classic when Chub Frank of Bear Lake, Pennsylvania captured the very first Priority Care RaceFAN 50. On Saturday night, Chubzilla became the first two time winner of the event sanctioned by the Northern Tier Inc ULMS Late Models. Wayne Robertson of Corning, NY won the FASTRAK Northeast Regional Late Model event, Dave Hess Jr of Waterford, PA won the United Emod Series portion and Chris Austin of Knapp Creek, NY won the street stock feature.
The front row for the highly anticipated Priority Care RaceFAN 50 saw 2008 winner, Boom Briggs and Dutch Davies on the front row. The Bear Lake Bonzai shot in front of Davies on the start as Chub was in town and got around. Briggs built a quick four car length lead over Chub with sixth place starter Dan Stone quickly into third on lap two as Davies slid back to fourth. The first yellow of the event came out on lap five for Rob Blair and local World of Outlaw star, Ron Davies. Davies was done for the night and Blair the 2007 event winner would be able to return. On the restart, Chub outgunned Briggs and the two Bear Lake PA residents ran door to door with Chub being scored the leader on lap six by a nose. Once out in front, Frank started to pull away as Boom was now being hotly contested from Stone, Davies and World of Outlaw star, Rick Eckert of York, PA.
Chub would see his first lap car on lap 18 and the bright orange #1* cleared the slower car but this was just the beginning of the rear of the field. Meantime, Eckert picked off both Davies and Stone and was working on Briggs for second. Briggs, Eckert and Stone would run two and three wide for multiple laps as Briggs and Eckert working the low side and “Big Brother” Stone using the outside groove. The trio along Dutch Davies and South Park, Pennsylvania driver, Jared Miley had started to close within ten car lengths of Chub and the makings of barnburner was coming. Stone would get around Briggs on lap 29 and Miley would get by Davies on lap 32 to claim fifth. Frank was having extreme difficult getting around the lap car of Chad Valone and this allowed Stone and Eckert pull up along side of Chub for the lead and on lap thirty five Stone would go around Chub in turn two take the lead to lead lap 36, but Chubzilla came roaring back and got the lead back from Stone as he slid high turns 3 and 4 allowing Eckert to jump into second as the two World of Outlaw stars were now 1-2 in the running order. With Eckert nipping at Chubs heals and Stone charging back on the outside the fans were on their feet. The entire complex of the event changed on lap 46 for Davies who sat in the front stretch for the second yellow of the event. With the ULMS double Delaware restart Chub rocketed on the restart away from Eckert as Stone, Briggs and Miley battled for third. Chub would easily pace the final four laps to capture his second Priority Care RaceFAN 50 over Eckert who finished second for the third time in his three visits to MCR! Stone came home third, with Briggs and Miley rounding out the top five. Dick Barton was sixth followed by the 2011 ULMS Champion, Mike Knight, 2009 Priority Care winner; Russ King, Gregg Satterlee and Rich Gardner came home tenth.
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MCR cancelled for tonight! Racing tomorrow. 6PM start
September 23, 2011
Due to the persistent rain, Friday’s portion of the Fall Classic at McKean County Raceway has been canceled! Tomorrow will be $13k to win for the ULMS late models and $1700 to win for the UEMS modifieds.
6TH ANNUAL MCR FALL CLASSIC PAYING OVER $18K FOR LATE MODELS
September 22, 2011
The 6th Annual MCR Fall Classic is all set for September 22-24 at McKean County Raceway in East Smethport, PA featuring the Northern Tier Inc ULMS Late Models. The ULMS Late Models will battle for $18,500 over the three day affair. Joining the ULMS Late Models will be their sister series, the UEMS Emods, FASTRAK Late Models, Street Stocks and mini stocks.
Night one kicks off with the street stocks running a complete program for $300 to win along with the mini stocks running for $250 to win. The Northern Tier Inc ULMS Late Models will have their annual King of the Hill match races with the final two cars going in a 6 lap finale with $1500 to the winner. There will also be open practice for all classes competing during the three day event and this will be the only hot lap sessions for the weekend. Race time starts at 7pm.
Night two will see the Northern Tier Inc ULMS Late Models compete in the annual Dave Lundgren Memorial with $4000 going to the winner of the 30 lapper. Time Trials will set the evening program for the ULMS Late Models with an invert of 4 determining the heat race lineup. The FASTRAK Regional Late Model Series will also be on hand with the FASTRAK series running for $1200 and the UEMS Emods will also be on hand with a $1000 to win event. The street stocks will also be running again, but this time for $500 to win. The FASTRAK Series will have defending series and weekly national champion, Max Blair along with Pittsburgh area drivers, Mike Pegher, Josh Holtgraver, Butch Lambert along with Smethport driver Steve Dixon will be on hand. Racing again starts at 7PM with gates open at 4pm.
The Saturday finale will feature the 6th annual ULMS Priority Care RaceFAN 50 with $13,000 on the line for someone. Last year, Brady Smith of Solon Springs, Wisconsin made the 13 hour trip worth it by dominating the field and becoming the fifth different winner of the event. At this time all five past winners including Chub Frank, Rob Blair, Boom Briggs, Russ King and Smith are all expected to be on hand along with approximately 50 super late models from all across the northeast region. Time Trials will again set the evening program for the ULMS Late Models. This will also be the final point event for the Northern Tier Inc ULMS Late Models and a new champion will be crowned!
The UEMS Emods will have a 25 lap $1500 to win show. So far this year, Randy Hall and Joel Watson have found victory lane during the previous two UEMS visits. The UEMS Emods have been averaging 34 cars per event this season and another quality field of cars is expected for the two day event. Fans can expect all the UEMS names to be on hand such as: Ohio drivers, of Bud Watson, Jack Young, and Brian Douglass along with other UEMS regulars, Kyle Bedell, Justin Carlson, Dan Davies, Butch Southwell, Dave Hess, Rich Michael, Al Brewer and many others.
The Fastrak Late Models will be running for $1250 to win and many of the Regional racers will be on hand still from Friday night’s event. The Street Stocks will run their third event of the weekend and close out the season with a $1000 to win show. Gates open at 2PM for advance ticket and Ultimate Fan ticket holders and then at 3PM the grandstands will be open for the general public. Racing begins at 6PM.
For more information, check the McKean County Raceway website out at www.mckeancountyraceway.com or the United Late Model Series website at www.unitedlatemodelseries.com.
Greg Johnson Wins UEMS at Stateline Speedway Labor Day Event
September 7, 2011
Thirty-seven Emods were in the pits for the second day of Stateline Speedway’s Labor Day weekend of events. On a very hot day and and all the heavy hitters in the pits, it was the 2011 track champion, Greg Johnson standing in victory lane with the $1000 and his first ever United Emod Series win at his home track.
Twenty four cars started the main event after four heats and two consolations events were completed. Johnson and Dan Davies led the field to Mark Matthews green flag with the first yellow being thrown as six cars were collected in a first lap incident in turn one. Chad Ramsey ruined the next restart with a spin in turn one. The third attempt saw seven cars tangle coming to the green as one car spun on the next attempt. A lap was finally completed on the fifth attempt but the yellow followed after Kyle Bedell had problems in turn three. The race finally seemed to settle down as Johnson led with Gurdak three car lengths back. Eighth place starting, Dave Hess took third from Davies. Hess and Davies make contact on lap ten as they battled for the third spot. With eight laps left the battle was for second between Hess and Gurdak. Gurdak would not budge for the inside as Hess tried every line for the pass. Johnson won the event in heavy lap traffic capping his Championship season with his third win of the season at Stateline and his first ever UEMS win. Gurdak held off the fierce challenges of Hess for second while Alex Froman came home fourth with Davies capturing the fifth position. Dave Shagla passed eleven cars for sixth with nineteenth starting, John Boyd in seventh, followed by Brian Douglas, 24th starter, Bud Watson came home ninth and defending series champion, Randy Hall was tenth at the conclusion of the 25 lap event after being involved in the very first lap one yellow.
Heat winners for the 37 cars on hand were Joel Watson, Dave Hess, Scott Gurdak and John Boardman, while Shagla and Dave Atkinson won the two consolation events. Butch Southwell was added to the field as the top car in Stateline Speedway points that did not qualify while, 3rd place car in UEMS points, Bud Watson had to use the UEMS provisional to capture the UEMS – Close Racing Supply Hard Charger award.
UEMS will be back in action on September 16-17 at Pittsburgh PA Motor Speedway in part of the Tri Star Pittsburgher. The UEMS Emods will race for $1200 to win and $200 to start in the 32 car field. For more information on the Tri Star Pittsburgher, visit the website at www.ppms.com. UEMS will round out the month of September at McKean County Raceway for the 6th annual MCR Fall Classic with a $1000 to win event on Friday, September 23 and $1500 to win on September 24. The ULMS Late Models will be at both the Pittsburgher and Fall Classic events. The 2011 season winds down on with the two day show on October 21-22 at Lernerville Speedway in part of the annual Steel City Stampede paying $1000 to win for the UEMS Emods.
Stateline Speedway Results:
UEMS E-Mod
Heat 1: Joel Watson Conneaut OH, Randy Hall Olean NY, Alex Froman Ashville NY, Chad Ramse
Heat 2: Dave Hess Jr. Waterford PA, Greg Johnson Jamestown NY, Brian Douglas Painesville OH, Dave Lyon Corry PA, Al Brewer Belfast NY
Heat 3: Scott Gurdak Bear Lake PA, Dan Davies Warren PA, Kyle Bedell Little Valley NY, Darren Tarabori Galeton PA, Anthony Marotto Ashville NY
Heat 4: John Boardman Jamestown NY, Richard Michael Jr. Ischua NY, Brent Rhebergen Clymer NY, Mike McGee Mayville NY, Dave Atkinson Saegertown PA
Consolation 1: David Shagla Sugar Grove PA, John Boyd Waterford PA, Al Brewer Belfast NY, Butch Southwell Warren PA, Ron Seeley Youngsville PA, Ben Asel Kane PA, John Kelsey Sherman NY, Dan Maxim Erie PA, Jaik Halpainy Ashville NY, Mike Munsee
Consolation 2: Dave Atkinson Saegertown PA, Anthony Marotto Ashville NY, Ken Zimmer, Jack Young Mentor OH, Ben Burgess Jr. Sherman NY, Steve Huling Mayville NY, Rick Karash Jamestown NY, Mike Harmon Albion PA, Chuck Frye Ashville NY
Feature: Greg Johnson Jamestown NY, Scott Gu
