Bristol Motor Speedway
Notebook: First-year UFO adds Yankee Doodle
From series and track reports
The Unified Force Race Championship added two events at Central Pennsylvania Speedway in Clearfield, Pa., to its first-year schedules, pushing the purses on the tour past $400,000. The UFO tour, now scheduled for 11 events overall, are scheduled for May 25 and July 3.
The May 25 Grizzly will pay $5,000 to the winner and the July 3 Yankee Doodle, run in recent years as an unsanctioned event, will pay $7,000 to the winner at the track Tim Bainey purchased in February. The races are the only confirmed dates at the 38-year-old 3/8-mile oval. — From series reports
MERCER’S CHILLER THRILLER POSTPONED: After a late-winter snow, Mercer (Pa.) Raceway Park was forced to postponed its March 29 Chiller Thriller until April 5. The event features a $2,000-to-win feature for steel block Late Models. The track’s weekly racing, including Fastrak Racing Series Crate Late Models, begins April 12. — Mike Leone
LAP MONEY AVAILABLE FOR ULMS OPENER: The Northern Tier United Late Model Series is selling $20 lap sponsorships for the April 26 season opener at McKean County Raceway in East Smethport, Pa. The Jim Duffy Memorial pays $2,000 to the winner. To purchase a lap sponsorship, mail $20 checks to ULMS Racing Series, P.O. Box 113, Friendship, NY 14739. The winner of the ULMS opener gets a guaranteed starting spot in the May 16 Dave Lundgren Memorial at McKean County, an event sanctioned by the Independent Racing Series. — Chris Zuver
ODDS AND ENDS: Lernerville Speedway’s April 15 World of Outlaws Late Model Series Showdown at Sarvertown will include Crate Late Models on the undercard. The $800-to-win event will be the first of three crate programs at the Sarver, Pa., track. ... Miley Motorsports, which operates Pittsburgh’s Pennsylvania Motor Speedway, announced they’ve named veteran promoter Stan Lasky to handle operations at the paved Motordrome Speedway in 2008. Ben Miley said the move will allow for more focus on PPMS and the fledgling UFO tour.
