UEMS Featured Gallery From April 5
April 15, 2008
Our featured gallery from the inaugural United E Mod Series event at Mercer Raceway Park on April 5th is brought to us courtesy of photographer Todd Battin.
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Randy Hall Wins Inaugeral UEMS Event At Mercer
April 7, 2008
Saturday night, a new era started for the Emod racers of the northeast. The inaugural event for the new United E Mod Series was held at Mercer Raceway Park (PA) as part of the annual “CHILLER THRILLER.” Randy Hall of Olean, NY won the first ever event for the new series.
Twenty-eight race teams from New York, Pennsylvania and Ohio entered the first of six scheduled 2008 events on the United Emod Series (UEMS) schedule. Alan Dellinger of Hermitage, PA would put his name into the UEMS record books by winning the Lias Tire / American Racer Tire heat over second generation driver, John Woodward Jr., Russ Dunn and Jack Young.
The Close Racing Supply / GRT Race Cars Heat # 2 saw Randy Hall winning his qualifying event, but had to hold off the pressure of Dave Hess Jr. after a late yellow. Butch Lambert and Greg Eicher came home third and fourth. Eicher came from ninth place in the qualifying event.
The Hoosier Tire – Mid Atlantic – Cousins Designs Heat #3 was a barnburner. George Catanzano of Chatham, NY made the seven-hour drive and would lead until the final lap when 2007 McKean County Raceway and Little Valley Speedway Emod champion, Rich Michael would make the winning pass on the backstretch on the white flag lap to pull off the win. Catanzano would break a rear end gear on the final lap but would limp home second, just ahead rookie Emod driver, Justin Tatlow and Shawn Shingledecker.