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John Flinner the winner in the wild "The Grizzly" for UFo
Super Late Models!
(May 25, 2008) In Round 2 of the Unified Force Race
Championship Super Late Model Tour presented by Comcast,
John Flinner from Zelienople, PA was the winner in
"The Grizzly" presented by Del Grosso Foods & Amusement Park
on Sunday evening. He earned $5,100 for his victory in the
"Area 51-lap" event, and the record will show that he
accomplished that fete after starting 24th on the
starting grid.
A field of 46 cars were on hand for the event, divided into
five heats to transfer three cars each into "The Grizzly."
The five heat races went as follows. Sam Stile made a late
pass to win Heat 1. Mike Blose took Heat 2 from starting
position 6, in an event that had a rough backstretch
accident between Jason Walker and Jeremy Ohl. Alex Ferree
took Heat 3 from fifth starting position. Keith Barbara
came from ninth in the nine-car Heat 4 for victory. John
Flinner nearly duplicated that fete in Heat 5, but dropped
out leading late in the event as Bob Dunn took the win.
Heat 5 had a grinding crash with Jerry Redden and Larry
Wingard. Three B-Mains transferred three cars each to the
main, with wins going to Gregg Satterlee, Bobby Stokes, and
Luke Hoffner. Four added starters set the starting grid of
28 cars for the main.
The top 15 cars redrew for their starting positions for "The
Grizzly," with front row starting spots going to Chuck
Kennedy and Sam Stile for the 51-lap event. Stile pulled
into the lead at the drop of the green flag, with Kennedy,
Tracy Gregory, Alex Ferree, and Chris Shuey taking up the
chase. Ferree passed Gregory for second on lap 2, before
the first caution period of the event appeared on lap 3.
Stile controlled the field over Ferree when racing resumed,
as John Britsky and Gregg Satterlee made big gains through
the field. Britsky charged from his 11th
starting position to third using the extreme outside lane,
as Satterlee charged from 16th to run fourth.
Caution appeared again on lap 6 to slow the pace.
When the green appeared again, Stile and Ferree controlled
the field on the inside, but Britsky and Satterlee used what
they had learned on the last green flag run to their
advantage. Blasting to the high side entering turn one,
Britsky and Satterlee both shot around the outside of the
former top two, and they would be the new top two the next
time by. Ferree passed Stile before caution again slowed
the pace on lap 8 for a spin by Denny Fenton. Mike Blose
pitted from seventh position with a flat tire, but returned
to the event.
Britsky and Satterlee resumed their battle for the lead on
the restart, with Satterlee looking to the inside.
Satterlee made the inside pass work in turn two, and took
over the lead on lap 10. Satterlee then quickly distanced
himself from the field, leaving Britsky and Ferree to race
for second. Ferree took second on lap 11. After starting
24th on the grid, John Flinner flew into fourth
as he yellow came out again on lap 13. An attempted restart
saw Britsky get out of shape, but as he collected his ride,
the victim was Flinner as he spun to force another caution
period. A big pileup ensued on lap 14, triggered by a blown
engine on Shawn McGarvey's car on the backstretch, as he had
just raced his way into the fourth position. Oil on the
track and the spinning car collected several cars.
Satterlee, Britsky, and Ferree led the way as racing
resumed. Mike Blose advanced to fourth on lap 15, with
Flinner rejoining the top five with just three laps were
scored after he went to the tail. Satterlee continued to
lead as a rash of cautions continued, with the tenth one of
the event coming with 18 laps complete and 11 of the 28
starters left on the track.
Ferree made a brief challenge for the lead when racing
resumed, but Satterlee again pulled away from the field.
Flinner passed Ferree on lap 22 to take over second, and
quickly closed on Satterlee as the flying leaders approached
the back of the field. On lap 26 the battle was on, with a
caution appearing as the leaders battled the traffic.
Satterlee and Flinner again resumed their battle in a run to
lap 29 when a Laraway flat tire forced another slowdown.
Blose got a flat under this yellow and returned with nine
cars remaining, with Satterlee leading Flinner, Ferree,
Jared Miley, and Britsky.
Satterlee again pulled away momentarily, but Flinner again
closed after a few rounds. Approaching the tail of the
field, lap 34 saw Satterlee slowed by traffic, as Flinner
flashed by to lead lap 35. Satterlee great run came to an
end on lap 37, as he stopped and exited the event. Ferree
quickly challenged Flinner for the lead, but Flinner pulled
away as Ferree slowed with a flat right rear tire, bringing
yellow again at lap 41. His pit stop left him sixth, but
the top five still waged their battle for position, as Bob
Dunn retired to finish sixth. Ferree stalled again for a
final caution with five laps remaining.
Flinner pulled away for the competition, and went on to take
the win. Second through fifth changed in each of the five
remaining laps, with the final finishing order showing
Britsky second over Miley, Blose, and Ferree.
UFo Contingency Connection winners of this event included
Flinner, obviously the Pass-Maximum Award winner as he
advanced the most positions in the feature in winning from
24th starting spot.
Herman
Bertolini and Matt Dobnak were the high point cars that
didn't qualify for the feature, and
also earned awards. Each winner
will receive product certificate awards depending on the
number of products for which a driver is registered and
eligible out of the 75+ product sponsors. A driver eligible
for 20 products will receive $500 in awards.
The next event in the UFo Race Championship Tour presented
by Comcast will be on Sunday, June 1 at Pittsburgh's
Pennsylvania Motor Speedway in Imperial, PA. The
rescheduled Pizza Hut "F-2 Shockwave" event will be on tap,
which was originally canceled by rain on May 18, and
replaces an event originally scheduled for Challenger
Raceway.
This event will showcase dirt-style superspeedway racing on
the monster 1/2 mile with a unique twin 30-lap feature
format that pays $2,500 to win and $190 for 24th. With the
track's Pizza Hut Winner's Circle Program, the winner of
each feature will be awarded a $50 bonus if their cars
display the track-provided Pizza Hut decal. The possible
total to win for the event will be $5,100. Each race will
start a 32-car grid, including 2 UFo Race Championship and 2
track provisional starters.
Pit gates at PPMS will open for the "F-2 Shockwave" at 3:30,
spectator gates at 4:00, warm-ups at 6:00 and racing at
7:00. Adult admission will be $20, Seniors, $19, Junior
13-16 $15, Children 7-12 $5 and Pits $32. Pittsburgh's PA
Motor Speedway is located west of Pittsburgh near Imperial,
PA off US 22 at the Noblestown exit. More information on the
track may be found at
http://www.ppms.com or by calling 724-729-7223
weekdays.
The UFo Race Championship presented by Comcast has over
$400,000 of prize payoffs and contingencies for Super Late
Model teams over the scheduled races including a points
bonus for the top 10 drivers at the end of the season. The
points bonus includes $1,000 for each completed event plus
100% of additional sponsor contributions. The tour has
$40,000 of contingency awards available to drivers through
the Contingency Connection Program. The Pass Maximum award
winner from the feature event plus the top 2 drivers in UFo
points that do not qualify for the feature will be awarded
contingency prize bundles at the events. A driver eligible
for just 20 awards out of the 100+ participating sponsors
will win $500 of product certificates. Complete information
on the UFo Race Championship presented by Comcast including
payoffs and rules can be found at
http://uforacechampionship.com.
UFo Race Championship 2008 Sponsors include Hoosier Tire
Mid-Atlantic, Lias Tire & American Racer, Comcast, Bryan
De-Signs & Decals and the Contingency Connection.
Information on these sponsors may be found at
http://www.hoosiermidatlantic.com,
http://liastire.com,
http://bryandecals.com and
http://contingencyconnection.com.
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2008 Unified Force Race Championship Tour presented by
Comcast
April 27 / Challenger Raceway / PA State Short Track
Championships / 51 laps / $5,000 : winner Rob Blair.
May 25 / Central PA Speedway / The Grizzly / 51 laps / $5,000 : winner John Flinner. June 1* / Pittsburgh's PA Motor Speedway / F-2 Shockwave / 2 x 30 laps / $5,100 Total July 3 / Central PA Speedway / Yankee Doodle / 51 laps / $7,000 July 13 / Pittsburgh's PA Motor Speedway / Red Miley 53 / 53 laps / $5,300 July 20 / Challenger Raceway / Tri-Star Superthunder / 2 x 30 laps / $5,000 Total Aug 3 / Tyler County / Earl Hill Championship / 51 laps / $4,000 Aug 17 / Pittsburgh's PA Motor Speedway / PENNational / 51 laps / $5,000 Sep 6 / Roaring Knob Motorsports Complex / King of the Knob / 51 laps / $5,500 Sep 18-19-20 / Pittsburgh's PA Motor Speedway / Pittsburgher 100 / 100 laps / $20,100 Oct 9-10-11* / Challenger Raceway / The Ultimate / 91 laps / $25,000
*Televised on Comcast CN-8 at a later date
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Unified Force Championship Tour presented by Comcast Super
Late Model results for Central Pennsylvania Speedway for
Sunday, April 27, 2008.
Car count : 46.
Lead Changes-3
Stile 1-6
Britsky 7-9
Satterlee 10-34
Flinner 25-51
Feature : with finish, start, car, driver, and hometown
1, 24, 48,
John Flinner, Zelienople
2, 11,
18J, John Britsky, Indiana
3, 21, H1,
Jared Miley, South Park
4, 14, 5B,
Mike Blose, Dayton
5, 3, 4,
Alex Ferree, Saxonburg
6, 13,
34D, Bob Dunn, East Waterford
7, 4, 78T,
Tracy Gregory, Dalton
8, 16, 22,
Gregg Satterlee, Rochester Mills
9, 1, 51,
Chuck Kennedy, Brockway
10, 9, 1,
Dane Laraway, Irwin
11, 20,
1B, Dwayne Brooks, Falls Creek
12, 18,
15, Luke Hoffner, Turbotville
13, 10,
32, Billy Dickson, West Decatur
14, 15,
24M, Jason Witherite, Luthersburg
15, 2, 2S,
Sam Stile, Charleroi
16, 22,
8H, Shawn McGarvey, Coalport
17, 6, 84,
Rodney Sweitzer, Stoystown
18, 23,
231, George Fultz, Beech Creek
19, 25,
55, Denny Fenton, Clearfield
20, 5, 21,
Chris Shuey, Macungie
21, 19,
53, Chris Farrell, Clearfield
22, 27,
18, Bill Krause, Houtzdale
23, 8, 17,
Keith Barbara, South Park
24, 17,
27, Bobby Stokes, Milton
25, 28,
SR1, Tommy Shaffer, Punxsutawney
26, 7,
27Y, Jim Yoder, Selinsgrove
27, 12,
23, Josh Kennelley, Blanchard
28, 26,
47, Matt Gaston, Rochester Mills
Heat 1 :
1, Sam Stile. 2, Billy Dickson. 3, John Britsky. 4, Chris
Farrell. 5, Jared Miley. 6, George Fultz. 7, Chris Rhodes.
8, Pete Alspaugh. 9, Tommy Shaffer. Did not start, Shawn
McGarvey.
Heat 2 :
1, Mike Blose. 2, Jason Witherite. 3, Rodney Sweitzer. 4,
Denny Fenton. 5, Josh Young. 6, Mike Johnson. 7, Bobby
Stokes. 8, Jeremy Ohl. 9, Jason Walker.
Heat 3 :
1, Alex Ferree. 2, Matt Gaston. 3, Dane Laraway. 4, Jim
Yoder. 5, Luke Hoffner. 6, Dwayne Brooks. 7, Herman
Bertolini. 8, Dwayne Taneyhill. Did not start, Jake Shady.
Heat 4 :
1, Keith Barbara. 2, Chris Shuey. 3, Tracy Gregory. 4, Gregg
Satterlee. 5, Cody Schultz. 6, Chris Clark. 7, Todd Bachman.
8, Matt Dobnak. 9, Mel Minnick, Jr.
Heat 5 :
1, Bob
Dunn. 2, Chuck Kennedy. 3, Josh Kennelley. 4, Bill Krause.
5, Todd Baumgardner. 6, John Flinner. 7, Jerry Redden. 8,
Larry Wingard. 9, Richard Maxim.
B-Main 1 :
1, Gregg
Satterlee. 2, Chris Farrell. 3, Shawn McGarvey. 4, Josh
Young. 5, Chris Rhodes. Did not start, Todd Baumgardner,
Herman Bertolini, Todd Bachman, Jeremy Ohl, Larry Wingard.
B-Main 2 :
1, Bobby
Stokes. 2, Dwayne Brooks. 3, George Fultz. 4, Denny Fenton.
5, Tommy Shaffer. 6, Bill Krause. Did not start, Chris
Clark, Jerry Redden, Jake Shady, Mel Minnick, Jr.
B-Main 3 :
1, Luke
Hoffner. 2, Jared Miley. 3, John Flinner. 4, Richard Maxim.
5, Matt Dobnak. 6, Pete Alspaugh. Did not start, Cody
Schultz, Mike Johnson, Dwayne Taneyhill, Jason Walker.
Did not quailfy :
1W, Jason
Walker, Bigler, PA; 2J, Mike Johnson, Imperial, PA; 5,
Jeremy Ohl, Jersey Shore, PA; 5R, Jerry Redden, Mahaffey,
PA; 7, Cody Schultz, Hyde, PA; 7J, Josh Young, Berwick, PA;
7X, Herman Bertolini, Creighton, PA; 8W, Larry Wingard,
Punxsutawney, PA; CR9, Chris Rhodes, Windber, PA; 17B, Todd
Baumgardner, West Decatur, PA; 19C, Chris Clark,
Kirwansville, PA; 21A, Pete Alspaugh, Russell, PA; D42, Matt
Dobnak, West Mifflin, PA; 55B, Jake Shady, Beech Creek, PA;
66, Todd Bachman, Sarver, PA; 75, Mel Minnick, Jr.,
Uniontown, PA; 81, Dwayne Taneyhill, Bellwood, PA; 102,
Richard Maxim, Reynoldsville, PA.
Updated UFo Series point standings :
179, Alex
Ferree. 163, Jared Miley. 162, Sam Stile. 159, Shawn
McGarvey. 157, Gregg Satterlee. 153, Keith Barbara, Matt
Gaston. 150, Bobby Stokes. 148, Rodney Sweitzer. 145, Chris
Farrell. 140, Tommy Shaffer, Mike Johnson, Herman Bertolini,
Matt Dobnak, Mel Minnick, Jr. 100, Rob Blair, John Flinner.
96, John Britsky, Josh Richards. 93, Dave Hess, Jr. 91,
David Scott, Mike Blose. 90, Billy Drake. 89, Bob Dunn. 88,
Alan Dellinger, Tracy Gregory.
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