Sam Stoecklin
ULMA Media Relations
September 22, 2010
Vance Wilson of Frankfurt, Missouri recently captured the 2010 ULMA championship in his Glawson Concrete, GVT Motorsports, Riverport Signs, Crystal Ambrose, Finish Line Auto Sales, Heartland Auto Body, Harness Farms, Rocket chassis late model by the closest margin in ULMA’s four-year history. The title came down to the very end between Wilson and 2008 champion, Jason Bodenhamer of Centerview, Missouri. Heading into the final weekend of racing at Callaway Raceway and Central Missouri Speedway (CMS), Wilson had a two-point advantage on Bodenhamer with both drivers recording ten wins out of the fifteen used to determine the championship. Once the action at Callaway Raceway was rained out, this meant the title would be decided at CMS, where Wilson had struggled this year and Bodenhamer had dominated. Bodenhamer had to win the feature event in order to become the first two-time champion and the title came down to the very last turn of the last lap with Bodenhamer in a must-win situation. But it was not to be as the checkered flag flew, Bodenhamer finished in second-place and Wilson took the championship by the slimmest of margins in an exciting conclusion to the season. ULMA congratulates Vance Wilson on his fantastic season and all drivers who participated in the association’s fourth year of rules-sanctioned races. Chris Cox of Jefferson City earned the 2010 ULMA Rookie of the Year title and finished tenth in the final standings, recording 23 top ten finishes throughout the season in an outstanding campaign.
Incredibly, Wilson’s title chase did not begin until July when he joined the association as a member during the Triple Crown Shootout double point’s weekend, after which he went on a terror, racking up win after win. Prior to joining the association as a member, Wilson had recorded six victories earlier in the season between Callaway Raceway and Lucas Oil Speedway. In a short period, Wilson recorded ten wins, two of which were double point’s wins (giving him credit for 12 wins) and three second-place finishes for his fifteen best finishes of the year. It was a single-season record of wins and earned points by a driver. Bodenhamer had nine victories en route to his 2008 ULMA title and also scored nine victories in 2010. It was the second year in a row the association championship was decided after the final checkered flag of the season. There were 11 different drivers who posted victories this season including Wilson (10), Bodenhamer (9), Jon Binning (4), Jeff Schlup (3), Jeremy Kelley (3), Bob Test (2), Tommy Cordray (2), Darin Walker (2), Steven Clancy (1), Jesse Stovall (1), and Christopher Morelock (1). ULMA members claimed 38 features out of 49 main events contested at the affiliated tracks. Jason Bodenhamer claimed the biggest payout offered to ULMA members, a $1,500 payday at CMS in July while Wilson earned the title of Missouri State Fair Champion when he took the win when ULMA drivers participated in the State Fair races for the first time ever in August.
Odessa, Missouri driver Steven Clancy continued his late-season surge by recording his first and only victory of the 2010 campaign by edging Bodenhamer at the line at CMS on the final night of action. The duo had an exciting battle to the finish with Clancy coming out on top in a field of eighteen late models. Brett Wood of Warrensburg finished his year with a strong third-place run, Trace Westling made his lone CMS appearance of the year pay off with a fifth-place showing, Danny Lorton came away in sixth position, Jon Binning was eighth, Danny Monroe ninth, and Zeke Langley in his first and only CMS appearance was tenth among 15 ULMA drivers competing in the field of 18 cars. Late Model drivers participated in the most recent Homes for Our Troops benefit fundraiser at CMS on the final night of the season at the track and collected over $600 for the charity, which raises money for wounded war veterans for future homes. All total, ULMA drivers helped the organization collect over $2,000 this season.
CMS results, yearend standings, and stats are now located at www.centralmissourispeedway.net. Official standings for Lucas Oil Speedway may be found at www.lucasoilspeedway.com and for Callaway Raceway at www.callawayraceways.com. ULMA thanks its affiliated tracks for choosing the ULMA rules package for late model competition and looks forward to a fifth season with each of the tracks again next year! Stay tuned to www.ulmaracing.com during the off-season for schedule announcements and general information. The ULMA end-of-season board of directors meeting is scheduled for October. Drivers wishing to express opinions and concerns should visit the website and use the board member contact information to email or phone board members with their concerns before the first weekend in October.
ULMA wishes to congratulate the affiliated track’s championship drivers this season. At Lucas Oil Speedway Tommy Cordray of Browning, Missouri wrapped up his second-consecutive track championship. At CMS, Bodenhamer claimed his first-ever track championship at the speedway in which his Dad was pivotal in starting. Wilson claimed the crown at Callaway Raceway in dominating fashion by claiming ten feature wins. ULMA is proud of its members claiming the track championship titles at the tracks and congratulates all drivers finishing in the top tier of the track’s point standings. It has certainly been a tough year but drivers did their best to stay competitive through financially difficult times as well as a total of 23 rained out events during the 2010 ULMA season. ULMA drivers competed in a total of 49 sanctioned events this season between Lucas Oil Speedway, Central Missouri Speedway, Callaway Raceway, and Missouri State Fair Speedway.
Announcements regarding the end-of-year trophy and prize winnings will be forthcoming, stay tuned to ULMA’s official website at www.ulmaracing.com for more information. Exciting News for our Drivers, Teams, Officials, and Fans! The United Late Model Association is proud to announce that we have created a wide ranging group of corporate partnerships to provide great values for all of us. These partnerships give us special offers in product categories that include, Travel Deals, Performance Parts, Top Retailers, Consumer Electronics, and more. Our new relationship in the Performance Parts arena with Aftermarket Gateway (one of the largest wholesale performance parts distributors in the United States) is especially exciting because we are going to be able to purchase performance parts at wholesale prices! We know this will be a great opportunity for you to reduce your costs and better manage your racing budgets. These great offers are now available through links on our homepage at www.ulmaracing.com. Or just click on the following link: United Late Model Association Deals. These offers are available all year long, not just when we’re going racing, and can be used for racing or for personal use. Make sure you visit the site regularly because we don’t want you to miss our featured “Deal of the Week”! The ULMA 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. To join the association’s email group, send request to unitedlatemodelassociation@hotmail.com.
Quincy Raceways will be racing on Sunday, September 26 featuring the Budweiser Late Model Shootout paying $1,000-to-win for 15 or more cars entered and $700-to-win for 14 or less cars entered. This special event will feature cars from the IMCA Late Models, UMP Crate Pro Crate Late Models, and possibly cars that race under the ULMA sanctioning body rules. Specific rules concerning tires and weights can be found at www.quincyraceways.com. This is not an official ULMA event and all questions regarding this special race should be directed to Quincy Raceways.
ULMA graciously thanks all of its Official 2010 Sponsors and affiliated business partners, you are greatly appreciated! This year’s team included 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.
Final Top Twenty Standings
POS CAR # NAME POINTS Starts
1st B1 Vance Wilson 1494 21
2nd 88B Jason Bodenhamer 1492 24
3rd 1 Bob Test 1474 37
4th 65 Jon Binning 1438 26
5th 5 Tommy Cordray 1422 15
6th 12c Steve Clancy 1420 22
7th 7 Brett Wood 1406 26
8th 7W Trace Westling 1374 24
9th 21 Jeff Schlup 1360 15
10th 1T Chris Cox (R) 1340 30
11th 27 Danny Lorton 1310 24
12th 22 Kevin Coyne 1268 23
13th 98 James Stafford 1250 30
14th 18R Shawn Rayfield 1242 17
15th 28 Brian Pipes 1242 17
16th 25 Robbie Wright 1210 19
17th 23Z Ezekiel Langley (R) 1196 24
18th 55K Andy Kennedy 1192 14
19th 2P R.D. Peterson 1186 15
20th 16 Ashlee Lancaster (R) 1180 15
Final Rookie of the Year Standings
POS CAR # NAME POINTS STARTS
1st 1T Chris Cox (R) 1340 30
2nd 23Z Ezekiel Langley (R) 1196 24
3rd 16 Ashlee Lancaster (R) 1180 15
4th 72 Ben Solberg (R) 742 9
5th 52 Joe Bartlett (R) 738 10
ULMA Media Relations
September 22, 2010
Vance Wilson of Frankfurt, Missouri recently captured the 2010 ULMA championship in his Glawson Concrete, GVT Motorsports, Riverport Signs, Crystal Ambrose, Finish Line Auto Sales, Heartland Auto Body, Harness Farms, Rocket chassis late model by the closest margin in ULMA’s four-year history. The title came down to the very end between Wilson and 2008 champion, Jason Bodenhamer of Centerview, Missouri. Heading into the final weekend of racing at Callaway Raceway and Central Missouri Speedway (CMS), Wilson had a two-point advantage on Bodenhamer with both drivers recording ten wins out of the fifteen used to determine the championship. Once the action at Callaway Raceway was rained out, this meant the title would be decided at CMS, where Wilson had struggled this year and Bodenhamer had dominated. Bodenhamer had to win the feature event in order to become the first two-time champion and the title came down to the very last turn of the last lap with Bodenhamer in a must-win situation. But it was not to be as the checkered flag flew, Bodenhamer finished in second-place and Wilson took the championship by the slimmest of margins in an exciting conclusion to the season. ULMA congratulates Vance Wilson on his fantastic season and all drivers who participated in the association’s fourth year of rules-sanctioned races. Chris Cox of Jefferson City earned the 2010 ULMA Rookie of the Year title and finished tenth in the final standings, recording 23 top ten finishes throughout the season in an outstanding campaign.
Incredibly, Wilson’s title chase did not begin until July when he joined the association as a member during the Triple Crown Shootout double point’s weekend, after which he went on a terror, racking up win after win. Prior to joining the association as a member, Wilson had recorded six victories earlier in the season between Callaway Raceway and Lucas Oil Speedway. In a short period, Wilson recorded ten wins, two of which were double point’s wins (giving him credit for 12 wins) and three second-place finishes for his fifteen best finishes of the year. It was a single-season record of wins and earned points by a driver. Bodenhamer had nine victories en route to his 2008 ULMA title and also scored nine victories in 2010. It was the second year in a row the association championship was decided after the final checkered flag of the season. There were 11 different drivers who posted victories this season including Wilson (10), Bodenhamer (9), Jon Binning (4), Jeff Schlup (3), Jeremy Kelley (3), Bob Test (2), Tommy Cordray (2), Darin Walker (2), Steven Clancy (1), Jesse Stovall (1), and Christopher Morelock (1). ULMA members claimed 38 features out of 49 main events contested at the affiliated tracks. Jason Bodenhamer claimed the biggest payout offered to ULMA members, a $1,500 payday at CMS in July while Wilson earned the title of Missouri State Fair Champion when he took the win when ULMA drivers participated in the State Fair races for the first time ever in August.
Odessa, Missouri driver Steven Clancy continued his late-season surge by recording his first and only victory of the 2010 campaign by edging Bodenhamer at the line at CMS on the final night of action. The duo had an exciting battle to the finish with Clancy coming out on top in a field of eighteen late models. Brett Wood of Warrensburg finished his year with a strong third-place run, Trace Westling made his lone CMS appearance of the year pay off with a fifth-place showing, Danny Lorton came away in sixth position, Jon Binning was eighth, Danny Monroe ninth, and Zeke Langley in his first and only CMS appearance was tenth among 15 ULMA drivers competing in the field of 18 cars. Late Model drivers participated in the most recent Homes for Our Troops benefit fundraiser at CMS on the final night of the season at the track and collected over $600 for the charity, which raises money for wounded war veterans for future homes. All total, ULMA drivers helped the organization collect over $2,000 this season.
CMS results, yearend standings, and stats are now located at www.centralmissourispeedway.net. Official standings for Lucas Oil Speedway may be found at www.lucasoilspeedway.com and for Callaway Raceway at www.callawayraceways.com. ULMA thanks its affiliated tracks for choosing the ULMA rules package for late model competition and looks forward to a fifth season with each of the tracks again next year! Stay tuned to www.ulmaracing.com during the off-season for schedule announcements and general information. The ULMA end-of-season board of directors meeting is scheduled for October. Drivers wishing to express opinions and concerns should visit the website and use the board member contact information to email or phone board members with their concerns before the first weekend in October.
ULMA wishes to congratulate the affiliated track’s championship drivers this season. At Lucas Oil Speedway Tommy Cordray of Browning, Missouri wrapped up his second-consecutive track championship. At CMS, Bodenhamer claimed his first-ever track championship at the speedway in which his Dad was pivotal in starting. Wilson claimed the crown at Callaway Raceway in dominating fashion by claiming ten feature wins. ULMA is proud of its members claiming the track championship titles at the tracks and congratulates all drivers finishing in the top tier of the track’s point standings. It has certainly been a tough year but drivers did their best to stay competitive through financially difficult times as well as a total of 23 rained out events during the 2010 ULMA season. ULMA drivers competed in a total of 49 sanctioned events this season between Lucas Oil Speedway, Central Missouri Speedway, Callaway Raceway, and Missouri State Fair Speedway.
Announcements regarding the end-of-year trophy and prize winnings will be forthcoming, stay tuned to ULMA’s official website at www.ulmaracing.com for more information. Exciting News for our Drivers, Teams, Officials, and Fans! The United Late Model Association is proud to announce that we have created a wide ranging group of corporate partnerships to provide great values for all of us. These partnerships give us special offers in product categories that include, Travel Deals, Performance Parts, Top Retailers, Consumer Electronics, and more. Our new relationship in the Performance Parts arena with Aftermarket Gateway (one of the largest wholesale performance parts distributors in the United States) is especially exciting because we are going to be able to purchase performance parts at wholesale prices! We know this will be a great opportunity for you to reduce your costs and better manage your racing budgets. These great offers are now available through links on our homepage at www.ulmaracing.com. Or just click on the following link: United Late Model Association Deals. These offers are available all year long, not just when we’re going racing, and can be used for racing or for personal use. Make sure you visit the site regularly because we don’t want you to miss our featured “Deal of the Week”! The ULMA 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. To join the association’s email group, send request to unitedlatemodelassociation@hotmail.com.
Quincy Raceways will be racing on Sunday, September 26 featuring the Budweiser Late Model Shootout paying $1,000-to-win for 15 or more cars entered and $700-to-win for 14 or less cars entered. This special event will feature cars from the IMCA Late Models, UMP Crate Pro Crate Late Models, and possibly cars that race under the ULMA sanctioning body rules. Specific rules concerning tires and weights can be found at www.quincyraceways.com. This is not an official ULMA event and all questions regarding this special race should be directed to Quincy Raceways.
ULMA graciously thanks all of its Official 2010 Sponsors and affiliated business partners, you are greatly appreciated! This year’s team included 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.
Final Top Twenty Standings
POS CAR # NAME POINTS Starts
1st B1 Vance Wilson 1494 21
2nd 88B Jason Bodenhamer 1492 24
3rd 1 Bob Test 1474 37
4th 65 Jon Binning 1438 26
5th 5 Tommy Cordray 1422 15
6th 12c Steve Clancy 1420 22
7th 7 Brett Wood 1406 26
8th 7W Trace Westling 1374 24
9th 21 Jeff Schlup 1360 15
10th 1T Chris Cox (R) 1340 30
11th 27 Danny Lorton 1310 24
12th 22 Kevin Coyne 1268 23
13th 98 James Stafford 1250 30
14th 18R Shawn Rayfield 1242 17
15th 28 Brian Pipes 1242 17
16th 25 Robbie Wright 1210 19
17th 23Z Ezekiel Langley (R) 1196 24
18th 55K Andy Kennedy 1192 14
19th 2P R.D. Peterson 1186 15
20th 16 Ashlee Lancaster (R) 1180 15
Final Rookie of the Year Standings
POS CAR # NAME POINTS STARTS
1st 1T Chris Cox (R) 1340 30
2nd 23Z Ezekiel Langley (R) 1196 24
3rd 16 Ashlee Lancaster (R) 1180 15
4th 72 Ben Solberg (R) 742 9
5th 52 Joe Bartlett (R) 738 10
