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AUGUST BUSY MONTH FOR ULMS RACING SERIES

August is the dog days of summer, but for the ULMS Racing Series it will be a busy month, at least the first sixteen days. The Northern Tier Inc. ULMS Late Models will be the busy series, as they will have six events at five different tracks in New York and Pennsylvania. The Kinzua Water Service Emods will be back in action also

It all starts on Saturday, August 1 at Woodhull Raceway in Woodhull, New York for the 18^th Annual Late Model Reunion that will pay $2000 to win for the Northern Tier Inc ULMS Late Model teams. Defending ULMS champion and race winner, Todd Andrews has retired, so there will be a new winner in Allen's Wine and Liquor Victory Lane. Current point leader, Bob Close will lead the contingent to the high banks of Woodhull. Past winners, Al Brewer, Ed Carley, Jeff Hoffman and Bob "The Bird" Baldwin who will make a rare start out of retirement, will join Close.

The Northern Tier Inc. ULMS Late Models will then head to McKean County Raceway on Thursday, August 6th for "Thursday Night Thunder" for the 5^th Annual Stephanie Eckl Memorial that will pay $2000 to win and also be a "qualifier" for the MCR's season ending $12,00 to win Fall Classic. Gregg Satterlee has won two of the three ULMS events at MCR this year and he no doubt will be back for the Eckl Memorial along with the Dave Hess Jr., Mike Blose, Close, Brent Rhebergen and others.

Sunday, August 9^th, the Northern Tier Inc. ULMS Late Models roll down into Franklin, Pennsylvania for their third and final visit of the year at H&H Motorsports, Tri City Speedway. It will be a 30 lap, $3000 to win World of Outlaw late model qualifier. The winner will go home with $3000 and be a guaranteed starter for the Labor Day Oil City Classic events. This will be the rubber match between Rob Blair and Boom Briggs as both have ULMS victories at Tri City this year and both have finished second to each other as well. Jared Miley has seemed to be the fastest car at both ULMS events at Tri City but poor redraw pills have kept him from victory lane so far. He no doubt will be looking to snap his pair of third place finishes he has had.

The following weekend, the Northern Tier Inc. ULMS Late Models head for three events in two days in two states on two completely different types of tracks. First on Friday, August 14 the ULMS late model teams will make their second and encore visit of the year to Arcade International Raceway after a very successful event in May. Jason Dupont picked up his first ever dirt late model feature victory on the tight 1/3 mile oval. Dupont will no doubt be back and looking to grab victory number two. Some of the committed drivers so far to this event are point leader, Bob Close, Brent Rhebergen, Darrell Bossard, Dick Barton, Bump Hedman and Al Brewer who was the Emod point leader at AIR till his Emod season ended with his car doing several cart wheeling flips down the front stretch. How sweet would it be if Brewer, who was the dominating Emod at AIR come back and win in his late model?

The very next night, the Northern Tier Inc. ULMS late models makes their first ever appearance to the "Monster Half Mile" otherwise known as Pittsburgh Pennsylvania Motor Speedway for the F2 Shockwave as part of the triple sanction event that will feature the UFO Race Championship Series and the UMP DirtCar Series. This event will feature Twin 31 lap events paying $2500 each to win. Currently, Al Atallah of Bridgeville Pennsylvania leads the UFO series points over Brandon Burgoon and Keith Barbara. ULMS will be led by Close, Rhebergen, Dupont and Dave Hess. This event is an open tire event and will follow the UFO race procedures and rules. UFO Spec Motor cars will be using option 2 rules. Option 2 spec rules require 2,250 minimum weight, 12" spoiler and no nose spillboard. All other open motor entries, including ULMS entrants will weigh 2,250 pounds as well. A star-studded field of some of the best regional drivers should be on hand for this event.

The ULMS Racing Series ends the August onslaught of events the very next night when the Kinzua Water Service Emods finally get their second half of their season going when they visit Bobby Rohrer's Eriez Speedway for the second time. After a very successful 42 car field in May, the Kinzua Water Service United Emod Series was invited back for another $1000 to win event. Brent Rhebergen captured the event in May. Defending series champion and current point leader, Randy Hall will no doubt be one of the cars to beat along with, Russ Dunn, Greg Johnson, Dave Hess, Justin Carlson, Jack Young, Rich Gardner and others.

The ULMS Racing Series will then take the remainder of August off, pending any additions to the schedule and will gear up for a very busy month of September when the ULMS Racing Series racers hit the "month of money" with multiple end of year specials at tracks throughout the tri state region.

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