Sam Stoecklin
ULMA Media Relations
August 25, 2010
Only a few days off of his win at the ‘Historic Half Mile’ in Sedalia, newly crowned ULMA Missouri State Champion Vance Wilson continued his winning and dominant streak at Lucas Oil Speedway with his association-leading ninth win of the year and vaulted to second position in the overall standings heading into this weekend’s racing. Wilson did not join ULMA as a member until the special Triple Crown Shootout weekend in early July and already enjoys a 60 percent win ratio among his 15 total starts this season. The overall ULMA championship is based off of a driver’s 15 best finishes; Wilson will begin discarding finishes as he improves them beginning this weekend. His next finishes to throw out are a tenth-place running and two third-place finishes. In addition to his nine wins Wilson also has two additional scored first-place finishes as a result of double-points weekend during the Triple Crown Shootout; his wins include four at Callaway Raceway, four at Lucas Oil Speedway, and one at Missouri State Fair Speedway.
Chasing Wilson to the finish line at Lucas Oil Speedway last Saturday was three-time feature winner Jeremy Kelley of Walnut Grove, defending track champion Tommy Cordray of Browning, Trace Westling of Fulton, and Andy Kennedy of Wheatland. Danny Monroe, Robbie Wright, Chris Cox, and Danny Lorton also earned top ten finishes among twenty drivers. ULMA points will not be awarded this weekend at the speedway due to a track special event. The final night of weekly racing takes place at Lucas Oil Speedway on Saturday, September 4. For complete track details and remaining schedule be sure to visit the official website at www.lucasoilspeedway.com.
For the second-consecutive weekend last Friday night, Callaway Raceway in Fulton, Missouri was rained out. It has been a difficult year at Callaway as the track has experienced a total of eight rained out events. With hopes of dryer weather, the raceway’s season carries on this Friday night, August 27 with another action-packed night planned, including sanctioned ULMA racing. Will Vance Wilson return to victory lane when the engines fire back to life or will Bob Test, Jeff Schlup, or Trace Westling spoil Wilson’s fun? Test has experienced some motor issues in recent weeks and has lost second in the standings as a result, you can bet he’ll be re-focused on gaining some ground on Wilson and overall leader Jason Bodenhamer. Including this Friday’s scheduled races, there are three more nights of ULMA points-earning races scheduled at the track. Callaway Raceway may be found on line at www.callawayraceways.com.
Jon Binning had high hopes heading into this season’s ULMA hunt for the championship and with a win early in the year he looked to be among the favorites to claim the title. Unfortunately, the Warrensburg driver experienced a long dry spell and some bad luck beginning shortly after his win and fell from contention for the championship. However, just as he’s done in years’ past, Binning seems to be finishing strong as he claimed his second win in a row at Central Missouri Speedway last Saturday evening. Binning battled his GRT teammate and mentor, Jason Bodenhamer during the opening laps but pulled away in the end for his third win of the year. Bodee, who was substituting in John Farmer’s #3a machine drove to a second place finish just ahead of Shawn Rayfield, with his best CMS run of the year in third. Brett Wood again recorded another top-five finish by coming home fourth as Steve Clancy claimed the fifth position. Kevin Coyne, Brian Pipes, and John Pipes also recorded top-ten finishes among the twelve drivers on hand. Racing resumes this Saturday in Warrensburg, Missouri at Central Missouri Speedway, the ULMA point’s championship continues at the speedway until September 11, meaning there are three more ULMA points-earning nights at the speedway. Wilson has competed at CMS this season, but not since joining ULMA, his two finishes at the track were fourth and sixth, both behind the likes of point’s nemesis Bodenhamer, Binning, Test, and Bob King among others. The final night for the track and the final night to earn ULMA points for the 2010 season will be Saturday, September 11. Visit the speedway’s website at www.centralmissourispeedway.net for complete information.
For complete standings and the remaining race schedule visit our official website by logging onto www.ulmaracing.com. The ULMA points fund benefits by booking your lodging needs through the official ULMA website, savings await everyone using the link on the website by choosing from several quality hotel chains. ULMA membership is available on site at each affiliated track for $50; ask for the track’s ULMA representative. Driver and affiliate membership is also available via the Website. To join the association’s email group, send request to unitedlatemodelassociation@hotmail.com.
Official 2010 sponsors and affiliated business partners are greatly appreciated. This year’s team includes official sponsor Imhoff Construction. Contingency Sponsors: Fast Shafts, Rod End Supply, Racingjunk.com, TCI® Automotive, Kenny Johnson’s Race Replicas. Affiliate Sponsor: Photographics by Shelly Payne. ULMA 2010 Business Partners: NeedSponsorship.com, MySmokinRide.com, Intercontinental Hotels Group, Homes for Our Troops. If you would like to join the team, contact us at your convenience at unitedlatemodelassociation@hotmail.com or www.ulmaracing.com.
Current Top Twenty Standings
POS CAR # NAME POINTS Starts
1st 88B Jason Bodenhamer 1486 19
2nd B1 Vance Wilson 1472 15
3rd 1 Bob Test 1470 33
4th 65 Jon Binning 1422 23
5th 12c Steve Clancy 1392 19
6th 7 Brett Wood 1370 23
7th 1T Chris Cox (R) 1334 26
8th 7W Trace Westling 1314 19
9th 27 Danny Lorton 1284 21
10th 98 James Stafford 1240 26
11th 22 Kevin Coyne 1238 20
12th 5 Tommy Cordray 1234 13
13th 25 Robbie Wright 1188 17
14th 23Z Ezekiel Langley (R) 1176 19
15th 21 Jeff Schlup 1172 13
16th 28 Brian Pipes 1146 14
17th 55K Andy Kennedy 1136 13
18th 2P R.D. Peterson 1104 14
19th 16 Ashlee Lancaster (R) 1098 14
20th 68 John Pipes 1090 14
Rookie of the Year
POS CAR # NAME POINTS STARTS
1st 1T Chris Cox (R) 1334 26
2nd 23Z Ezekiel Langley (R) 1176 19
3rd 16 Ashlee Lancaster (R) 1098 14
4th 72 Ben Solberg (R) 742 9
5th 52 Joe Bartlett (R) 660 9
ULMA Remaining 2010 Schedule:
Friday August 27th
Callaway Raceway (weekly race)
Saturday August 28th
Central Missouri Speedway (weekly race)
Lucas Oil Speedway (no weekly ULMA racing due to track special event)
Friday September 3rd
Callaway Raceway (weekly race, track points end)
Saturday September 4th
Lucas Oil Speedway (Lucas Oil Speedway final weekly race, track points end, ULMA points end at Lucas)
Central Missouri Speedway (weekly race)
Friday September 10th
Callaway Raceway (Callaway final weekly race, ULMA points end at Callaway)
Saturday September 11th
Central Missouri Speedway (CMS track points and ULMA points end)
ULMA Media Relations
August 25, 2010
Only a few days off of his win at the ‘Historic Half Mile’ in Sedalia, newly crowned ULMA Missouri State Champion Vance Wilson continued his winning and dominant streak at Lucas Oil Speedway with his association-leading ninth win of the year and vaulted to second position in the overall standings heading into this weekend’s racing. Wilson did not join ULMA as a member until the special Triple Crown Shootout weekend in early July and already enjoys a 60 percent win ratio among his 15 total starts this season. The overall ULMA championship is based off of a driver’s 15 best finishes; Wilson will begin discarding finishes as he improves them beginning this weekend. His next finishes to throw out are a tenth-place running and two third-place finishes. In addition to his nine wins Wilson also has two additional scored first-place finishes as a result of double-points weekend during the Triple Crown Shootout; his wins include four at Callaway Raceway, four at Lucas Oil Speedway, and one at Missouri State Fair Speedway.
Chasing Wilson to the finish line at Lucas Oil Speedway last Saturday was three-time feature winner Jeremy Kelley of Walnut Grove, defending track champion Tommy Cordray of Browning, Trace Westling of Fulton, and Andy Kennedy of Wheatland. Danny Monroe, Robbie Wright, Chris Cox, and Danny Lorton also earned top ten finishes among twenty drivers. ULMA points will not be awarded this weekend at the speedway due to a track special event. The final night of weekly racing takes place at Lucas Oil Speedway on Saturday, September 4. For complete track details and remaining schedule be sure to visit the official website at www.lucasoilspeedway.com.
For the second-consecutive weekend last Friday night, Callaway Raceway in Fulton, Missouri was rained out. It has been a difficult year at Callaway as the track has experienced a total of eight rained out events. With hopes of dryer weather, the raceway’s season carries on this Friday night, August 27 with another action-packed night planned, including sanctioned ULMA racing. Will Vance Wilson return to victory lane when the engines fire back to life or will Bob Test, Jeff Schlup, or Trace Westling spoil Wilson’s fun? Test has experienced some motor issues in recent weeks and has lost second in the standings as a result, you can bet he’ll be re-focused on gaining some ground on Wilson and overall leader Jason Bodenhamer. Including this Friday’s scheduled races, there are three more nights of ULMA points-earning races scheduled at the track. Callaway Raceway may be found on line at www.callawayraceways.com.
Jon Binning had high hopes heading into this season’s ULMA hunt for the championship and with a win early in the year he looked to be among the favorites to claim the title. Unfortunately, the Warrensburg driver experienced a long dry spell and some bad luck beginning shortly after his win and fell from contention for the championship. However, just as he’s done in years’ past, Binning seems to be finishing strong as he claimed his second win in a row at Central Missouri Speedway last Saturday evening. Binning battled his GRT teammate and mentor, Jason Bodenhamer during the opening laps but pulled away in the end for his third win of the year. Bodee, who was substituting in John Farmer’s #3a machine drove to a second place finish just ahead of Shawn Rayfield, with his best CMS run of the year in third. Brett Wood again recorded another top-five finish by coming home fourth as Steve Clancy claimed the fifth position. Kevin Coyne, Brian Pipes, and John Pipes also recorded top-ten finishes among the twelve drivers on hand. Racing resumes this Saturday in Warrensburg, Missouri at Central Missouri Speedway, the ULMA point’s championship continues at the speedway until September 11, meaning there are three more ULMA points-earning nights at the speedway. Wilson has competed at CMS this season, but not since joining ULMA, his two finishes at the track were fourth and sixth, both behind the likes of point’s nemesis Bodenhamer, Binning, Test, and Bob King among others. The final night for the track and the final night to earn ULMA points for the 2010 season will be Saturday, September 11. Visit the speedway’s website at www.centralmissourispeedway.net for complete information.
For complete standings and the remaining race schedule visit our official website by logging onto www.ulmaracing.com. The ULMA points fund benefits by booking your lodging needs through the official ULMA website, savings await everyone using the link on the website by choosing from several quality hotel chains. ULMA membership is available on site at each affiliated track for $50; ask for the track’s ULMA representative. Driver and affiliate membership is also available via the Website. To join the association’s email group, send request to unitedlatemodelassociation@hotmail.com.
Official 2010 sponsors and affiliated business partners are greatly appreciated. This year’s team includes official sponsor Imhoff Construction. Contingency Sponsors: Fast Shafts, Rod End Supply, Racingjunk.com, TCI® Automotive, Kenny Johnson’s Race Replicas. Affiliate Sponsor: Photographics by Shelly Payne. ULMA 2010 Business Partners: NeedSponsorship.com, MySmokinRide.com, Intercontinental Hotels Group, Homes for Our Troops. If you would like to join the team, contact us at your convenience at unitedlatemodelassociation@hotmail.com or www.ulmaracing.com.
Current Top Twenty Standings
POS CAR # NAME POINTS Starts
1st 88B Jason Bodenhamer 1486 19
2nd B1 Vance Wilson 1472 15
3rd 1 Bob Test 1470 33
4th 65 Jon Binning 1422 23
5th 12c Steve Clancy 1392 19
6th 7 Brett Wood 1370 23
7th 1T Chris Cox (R) 1334 26
8th 7W Trace Westling 1314 19
9th 27 Danny Lorton 1284 21
10th 98 James Stafford 1240 26
11th 22 Kevin Coyne 1238 20
12th 5 Tommy Cordray 1234 13
13th 25 Robbie Wright 1188 17
14th 23Z Ezekiel Langley (R) 1176 19
15th 21 Jeff Schlup 1172 13
16th 28 Brian Pipes 1146 14
17th 55K Andy Kennedy 1136 13
18th 2P R.D. Peterson 1104 14
19th 16 Ashlee Lancaster (R) 1098 14
20th 68 John Pipes 1090 14
Rookie of the Year
POS CAR # NAME POINTS STARTS
1st 1T Chris Cox (R) 1334 26
2nd 23Z Ezekiel Langley (R) 1176 19
3rd 16 Ashlee Lancaster (R) 1098 14
4th 72 Ben Solberg (R) 742 9
5th 52 Joe Bartlett (R) 660 9
ULMA Remaining 2010 Schedule:
Friday August 27th
Callaway Raceway (weekly race)
Saturday August 28th
Central Missouri Speedway (weekly race)
Lucas Oil Speedway (no weekly ULMA racing due to track special event)
Friday September 3rd
Callaway Raceway (weekly race, track points end)
Saturday September 4th
Lucas Oil Speedway (Lucas Oil Speedway final weekly race, track points end, ULMA points end at Lucas)
Central Missouri Speedway (weekly race)
Friday September 10th
Callaway Raceway (Callaway final weekly race, ULMA points end at Callaway)
Saturday September 11th
Central Missouri Speedway (CMS track points and ULMA points end)
