MARS, Pennsylvania — Zach Dohm from Cross Lanes, WV was the winner of the 41-lap Earl Hill Championship at Tyler County Speedway on Sunday night, earning the $3,000 top prize. Zack held off his father Tim Dohm for the victory, denying his father a chance at winning this event for the second straight year.
Four qualifying heat races were run for the 30 entries. Alex Ferree was the winner of Heat 1, after starting fourth. Fourth starting Steve Wilmoth took the win in the thrilling Heat 2. This race featured a breathtaking three-wide battle for the lead, with Wilmoth nipping Butch McGill and Doug Horton. Zack Dohm won Heat 3 from the pole, as Greg Baumberger took Heat 4 from second starting spot. Two B-Mains filled the starting field, won by Mike Benedum and Jeff Burdette.
The top three finishers from each heat race drew for the top 12 starting positions for the Earl Hill Championship. Jason Witherite and defending UFo Series Champion Alex Ferree drew the front row starting positions. At the drop of the green flag, Ferree powered into the race lead. Steve Wilmoth moved to second, leaving Witherite to battle for third. Lapped traffic quickly came into play by lap 7, as Jared Hawkins moved to third and closed on the leaders. The first caution of the event came with 8 laps complete, giving the leaders a clear track for the double file restart. Ferree led sixth starting Zack Dohm, Hawkins, Wilmoth, and Doug Horton the next time by, as the caution waved again for a tangle in turn four.
When green flag racing resumed, Ferree continued to show the way racing high, with Zach Dohm moving to his inside. Their side-by-side battle lasted three laps, with Zach finally clearing Ferree as they hit lapped traffic on lap 13. Zach moved away once in front, and quickly sliced into the number of cars on the lead lap. Hawkins passed Ferree for second on lap 15, with Horton taking third from Ferree on lap 21. Caution appeared again with 23 laps complete. Horton lost power on the restart and rolled to a stop, bringing out the yellow on lap 24 as defending race winner Tim Dohm took third.
When racing resumed it was still Zack Dohm leading Hawkins, and Tim Dohm. Second was hotly contested, with Tim taking second on lap 27 and setting his sights on his son. Zack was running the low groove, with his father gaining ground running high. When the yellow waved on lap 34, a seven-lap chase to the finish was set with son leading father. The first try at the restart saw the yellow wave again, with sixth running Butch McGill experiencing problems and falling out of the event.
Zack pulled away on the restart, leaving Dad in his wake. Though Dad closed in as the laps wound down, Zack Dohm took the win by two car lengths over Tim Dohm, who settled for second after starting 15th. Hawkins was third over Wilmoth and Ferree. Keith Barbara was sixth, with Mike Benedum, Jason Witherite, Jared Miley, and John Mollick rounding out the top ten. Mollick leads the Series points by 12 over Ferree, with Barbara four points behind Ferree.
The next events on the UFo Championship Tour will be at a pair of speedways being welcomed to the UFo family with their first sanctioned events. On Friday, August 7, Lernerville Speedway in Sarver, PA will host the Lunarville 33 for the UFo Super Late Models, with the winner of the 33-lap main event earning $2,000. The next night on Saturday, August 8, Elkins Speedway in Kerens, WV will host the prestigious R.H. Armstrong Memorial, with the winner of the Area 51 feature earning $6,000 among a whopping payoff of $33,000.
The UFo Race Championship Tour is proudly sponsored by Lias Tire/American Racer and Hoosier Tire Mid-Atlantic. 100% of their sponsorship will be given to the top point standing drivers in prize money and awards. More information on these sponsors may be found at http://hoosiermidatlantic.com and http://americanraceronline.com .
Complete information on the UFo Race Championship may be found at uforacechampionship.com . The Pittsburgh's PA Motor Speedway is located just west of Pittsburgh off US 22/30 at Imperial, PA off the Noblestown exit. The track website is http://ppms.com , office phone 412-279-7223 and race day phone 724-695-3363 or 724-695-0393. Roaring Knob Motorsports Complex is located off US 40 between Farmington and Markleysburg, PA. The track website is http://roaringknob.com , office phone 412-771-0124 and track phone 724-329-0306. Tyler County Speedway is located south of Middlebourne, WV on SR 18 at the Tyler County Fairgrounds. The track website is http://tylercountyspeedway.net , race day phone 304-758-2660 and office phones 304-758-2934, 304-652-1557 or 304-758-0558. Lernerville Speedway is located at Sarver, PA off SR 356. Track website is http://lernerville.com with office and track phone 724-353-1511. The Hesston Speedway is located south of Huntingdon, PA off SR 26 off Race Track Road then Sawmill Road. Race day phone is (814) 658-2823 and the office phone is (410) 857-3821. The track website is http://hesstonspeedway.com. The Elkins Speedway is located north of Elkins, WV off US 219 at the town of Kerens. WV Motorsports Promotions may be contacted at 304-842-6003 with track phones of 304-363-3339, 304-636-0880 and 304-636-0881. The track website is http://elkinsspeedway.com .
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2009 Unified Force Race Championship Tour
Saturday / June 6 / PPMS / PENNational / $2,500 to win! / won by John Flinner
Saturday / July 18 / PPMS / Red Miley 53 / 53 laps / $5,300 to win! / won by Bart Hartman
Saturday / August 1 / Roaring Knob / Mega Blitz 2009 / 41 laps / $3,000 to win! / won by John Mollick
Sunday / August 2 / Tyler County Speedway / Earl Hill Championship / 41 laps / $3,000 to win! / won by Zach Dohm
Friday / August 7 / Lernerville / Lunarville 33 / 33 laps / $2,000 to win!
Saturday / August 8 / Elkins/ RH Armstrong Memorial / 51 laps / $6,000 to win!
Saturday / August 15 / PPMS / F-2 Shockwave / Twin 31 laps / $5,000 total to win!
Saturday / September 12 / Roaring Knob / King of the Knob / $6,000 to win!
Thu-Fri-Sat / September 17-18-19/ PPMS / The Ultimate vs The Pittsburgher / Twin 51 laps / $30,000 possible to win!
Thu-Fri-Sat / October 8-9-10 / Hesston / Rumble by the Lake 88 / 88 laps / $10,000 to win!
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| Car count - 30 Feature Lead Changes - 1. Ferree 1-12. Zack Dohm 13-41. Finish, Start, Car, Driver, Hometown 1, 6, 25Z, Zack Dohm, Cross Lanes, WV, $3,000 2, 15, 17T, Tim Dohm, Cross Lanes, WV, $1,400 3, 7, 37, Jared Hawkins, Fairmont, WV, $1,000 4, 4, 13, Steve Wilmoth, Clarksburg, WV, $750 5, 2, 4, Alex Ferree, Saxonburg, PA, $600 6, 11, 17, Keith Barbara, South Park, PA, $550 7, 17, 25, Mike Benedum, Salem, WV, $500 8, 1, 24M, Jason Witherite, Luthersburg, PA, $450 9, 20, H1, Jared Miley, South Park, PA, $425 10, 9, 4J, John Mollick, Toronto, OH, $400 11, 8, 1MC, Butch McGill, West Union, WV, $390 12, 13, 55, Jason Edge, Cross Lanes, WV, $375 13, 5, C18, Chris Carpenter, Parkersburg, WV, $360 14, 3, 54, Bill Brown, Clarksburg, WV, $350 15, 10, 46, Doug Horton, Bruceton Mills, WV, $340 16, 21, 71M, Mike Basich, Adena, OH, $325 17, 16, 01, Josh Coffman, Grafton, WV, $300 18, 12, 32, Greg Baumberger, Jacobsburg, OH, $300 19, 18, 44, Jeff Burdette, Parkersburg, WV, $300 20, 22, 7, Bobby Hill, Greenwood, WV, $300 21, 14, 18D, Danny Mitchell, Clarksburg, WV, $300 22, 19, 45, Nick Corbitt, Waverly, WV, $300 23, 23, K2, Kris Southern, Good Hope, WV, $300 Heat 1 - (top 4 to Feature from each) 1-Alex Ferree. 2-John Mollick. 3-Chris Carpenter. 4-Jason Edge. 5-Kris Southern. 6-Mike Benedum. 7-Steve Weigle. 8-Tyler Carpenter. Heat 2 - 1-Steve Wilmoth. 2-Butch McGill. 3-Doug Horton. 4-Danny Mitchell. 5-Nick Corbitt. 6-Mike Basich. 7-Mike Griffin. Heat 3 - 1-Zack Dohm. 2-Jason Witherite. 3-Jared Hawkins. 4-Tim Dohm. 5-Jared Miley. 6-Jeff Burdette. 7-Bobby Hill. 8-Rick Conley, Jr. Heat 4 - 1-Greg Baumberger. 2-Keith Barbara. 3-Bill Brown. 4-Josh Coffman. 5-K.C. Burdette. 6-Dannie Ruza. 7-Ron Clevenger. B-Main 1 - (top 3 to Feature from each) 1-Mike Benedum. 2-Nick Corbitt. 3-Mike Basich. 4-Kris Southern. 5-Mike Griffin. Did not start, Steve Weigle, Tyler Carpenter. B-Main 2 - 1-Jeff Burdette. 2-Jared Miley. 3-Bobby Hill. 4-K.C. Burdette. 5-Ron Clevenger. 6-Rick Conley, Jr. 7-Dannie Ruza. Did not qualify - 2P, Ron Clevenger, Clarksburg, WV. 9, Dannie Ruza, Moundsville, WV. 11, Mike Griffin, Middlebourne, WV. 18, Rick Conley, Jr., Wellsburg, WV. 28, Tyler Carpenter, Parkersburg, WV. KC44, K.C. Burdette, Parkersburg, WV. 75, Steve Weigle, Middlebourne, WV. 2009 UFo Super Late Model Points 1, 359, 4J, John Mollick, Toronto, OH 2, 347, 4, Alex Ferree, Saxonburg, PA 3, 343, 17, Keith Barbara, South Park, PA 4, 257, H1, Jared Miley, South Park, PA 5, 253, 48, John Flinner, Zelienople, PA 6, 229, 71M, Mike Basich, Adena, OH 7, 189, 02, Al Atallah, Bridgeville, PA 8, 182, 22, Gregg Satterlee, Rochester Mills, PA 9, 181, 17B, Brandon Burgoon, McDonald, PA 10, 170, 6, Jim Lepro, Midway, PA 11, 168, 91, Tommy Beck, Murrysville, PA 12, 166, 1C, Lynn Geisler, Cranberry, PA 13, 163, 17E, Lance Elson, Wellsburg, WV 14, 160, 1L, Kyle Lukon, Burgettstown, PA 15T, 159, 38, Jim Stephans, Baldwin, PA; 15T, 159, 75, Mel Minnick, Uniontown, PA 17, 157, 99, Ben Miley, Peters Twp., PA 18T, 155, 2J, Mike Johnson, Imperial, PA; 18T, 155, 2M, Chuck Medved, Imperial, PA 20, 153, B1, Brandon Wearing, Callery, PA 21T, 148, 01, Josh Coffman, Grafton, WV; 21T, 148, 09, Lou Bradich, Chester, WV 23, 145, 18D, Danny Mitchell, Clarksburg, WV 24T, 100, 25Z, Zack Dohm, Cross Lanes, WV; 24T, 100, 75, Bart Hartman, Zanesville, OH |
