Labor Day weekend marked a busy racing weekend for the Zimmer Service Center United Late Model Series with four events in three days! The weekend started off Friday night at Bedford Speedway with the annual Labor Day 55 paying $7055 to the winner. On Saturday the series went to Port Royal Speedway for the 17th annual Butch Renninger Memorial paying $5333 to win plus a makeup feature from August 1st paying $3000 and the series ended its long weekend at Selinsgrove on Sunday for a $4000 to win main event. Mason Zeigler was the big winner over the weekend with winning the Labor Day 55 and the Renninger Memorial while Gregg Satterlee won the second feature at Port Royal and Jeff Rine picked up his first ever ULMS win at Selinsgrove.

ZEIGLER NAPS $7055 IN BEDFORD’S LABOR DAY 55

Mason Zeigler rallied late to score the big win as Bedford began the Labor Day weekend. The event was the annual Labor Day 55 and was worth $7055 to the happy winner. By the luck of the pre race draw, Bryan Bernheisel and Matt Sponaugle led the stout field to the green. Bernheisel was the early leader and he held on through two early race cautions.

When the field settled down after the lap 12 event, they ran over 30 consecutive green flag laps. Mike Norris also got by Sponaugle and set off after Bernheisel. Bernheisel pulled away from the field for most of that time as the field used up the whole track surface trading positions in the pack. Mason Zeigler began to act frisky as the lap count drifted through the thirties. Once Sponaugle got back by Norris on lap 18, Zeigler also got by Norris two laps later. He shadowed Sponaugle for several laps before getting by on lap 37.

Almost instantly, Zeigler began cutting into Bernheisel’s straightaway lead coming to within striking distance by lap 41. But Bernheisel ended the dramatic battle shaping up as he grazed the wall on lap 43 due to a suspension part breaking, bringing out only the third event yellow.

On the restart, Zeigler had a fight on his hands from Rick Eckert, who had climbed into contention after a ninth place start. Eckert was all over Zeigler as the last few laps in an effort to repeat as a 55 lap winner, but the laps ran out with Zeigler holding on for the win. Behind Zeigler and Eckert, Sponaugle finished third ahead of Norris and Jared Miley. Fast timer Bernheisel, Zeigler, Norris and Sponaugle won the heats for the 36 entries, David Scott and Gary Stuhler won the double consolation events.

Labor Day 55: Mason Zeigler, Rick Eckert, Matt Sponaugle, Mike Norris, Jared Miley, Dylan Yoder, Alex Ferree, Matt Cosner, Gregg Satterlee, Mike Pegher, Ryan Montgomery, Gene Knaub, Kyle Lee, Wyatt Scott, Travis Stickley, Deshawn Gingrich, Jim Yoder, Bryan Bernheisel, Nathan Lasalle, Jeff Rine, Gary Stuhler, Clinton Hersh, David Scott, Max Blair. DNQ Chuck Clise, Wayne Johnson, Kirk Baker, Jeff Miller, Dave Stamm, John Wayne Weaver, Chad Julius, George Dixon, Dan Snyder, Ethan Ours, Justin Weaver.

ZEIGLER WINS RENNINGER MEMORIAL WHILE SATTERLEE RETURNS TO ULMS VICTORY LANE AT PORT ROYAL DOUBLE FEATURE PROGRAM

Saturday saw beautiful weather for the ULMS Late Models return to Port Royal Speedway to kick off the Juanita County Fair and the 17th annual Butch Renninger Memorial along with the August 1st makeup feature that was washed away last month. Below is Port Royal Speedway press release by Justin Snyder of Port Royal Speedway.

Mason Zeigler held off Trevor Feathers and Gregg Satterlee to pick up the win in the 16th Annual Butch Renninger Memorial featuring the ULMS Super Late Models by a margin of 1.415 seconds. The win was worth $5333 and was Zeigler’s third career triumph at the Port Royal Speedway and his second career ULMS win coming off the big win the night before at Bedford. “We were good early on and I just gave it all I had out there to win this race,” said Zeigler. “I never got to meet Butch, but I know he meant a lot to this place and was a great guy and it’s an honor to be standing here carrying on that legacy.”

Zeigler and Feathers led the field to the green flag for the 33-lap A-main and Zeigler jumped out to the early lead. However, it was third-place starter Satterlee and sixth-place starter Michael Norris on the move as the duo moved into second and third respectively at the completion of lap one.

Satterlee peaked under the leader entering turn three and pulled alongside of Zeigler coming to the line, but couldn’t make the pass. However, he was able to use that momentum to get under Zeigler in turn’s one and two and pulled ahead down the backstretch to lead lap two. By lap six Satterlee held a commanding lead in lap traffic, while Zeigler and Norris were battling side by side to track him down.

By lap 13 the two cars were closing rapidly and three laps later all three were nose to tail coming to the flag stand. Zeigler used the bottom of the speedway in one and two to regain the lead. Satterlee would fall back to third three laps later, but he put his car in overdrive and began marching back towards the front. With ten laps remaining, Zeigler came off the top of the speedway and dove to the bottom of a lap car in turn three, allowing Satterlee to close to his bumper exiting turn four. Three laps later, Satterlee was all over Zeigler’s bumper and Feathers had found something up top and regrouped to move back into third.

The caution would fly for a slowing car on the backstretch. With the series utilizing Delaware restarts, Zeigler got a great jump on the field at the return to green-flag action and blasted out to a near 1.0 second advantage. Feathers capitalized on getting to start on the high-side and moved into second. However Zeigler would not be denied and he took the checkered flag convincingly over Feathers, Satterlee, Norris and Kyle Lee.

“I would’ve have liked to have been a little better earlier, but ultimately we were good when we needed to be and capitalized on clean air,” said Zeigler. “It’s been a pretty good weekend so far for us and hopefully this leads to even more wins.” For Feathers, he wasn’t good enough early on and knew it be tough to catch Zeigler in clean air.

“Last time we had this car here we finished third, but we hadn’t used it in a while and really had no notes to work off of coming in tonight,” said Feathers. “We were pretty good there late and I hated to see that caution because who knows what we could’ve done in lap traffic. But second is not a bad showing at all.”

Heat races earlier in the night paid $333 courtesy of Ted Reitz, while second place finishers paid $50 courtesy of David Bower. There was also a $133 hard luck award for the first non-qualifier courtesy of Pellman Trade and Gullwing Aviation and Reitz offered up $33 to the B-Main winner. Gene Knaub earned the $333 hard charger award courtesy of Brown’s Automotive. Norris set quick time earlier in the night and earned $466 courtesy of Barron’s Racing Engines and Del Shank.

There was a second ULMS Late Model feature event that was a make-up feature from earlier this season and Gregg Satterlee led all 25 laps from the pole to earn the victory for his fifth Port Royal Speedway victory of the season. Satterlee bested Michael Norris, Mason Zeigler, Max Blair and Andy Huas. The win was worth $3000 and came by an advantage of 1.102 seconds. The win was Satterlee’s 6th career Zimmer Service Center ULMS Late Model Series win.

“I knew after that first feature that I’d need to be really aggressive in lap traffic as I felt being patient cost us a bit in the first one,” said Satterlee. “It’s always great to be in victory lane and two podiums on one night is pretty good.”

ULMS Butch Renninger Memorial – 1. Mason Zeigler 2. Trevor Feathers 3. Gregg Satterlee 4. Michael Norris 5. Kyle Lee 6. Andy Haus 7. Max Blair 8. Dylan Yoder 9. Jared Miley 10. Marvin Winters 11. Gene Knaub 12. Wyatt Scott 13. Hayes Mattern 14. Bryan Bernheisel 15. Jeff Rine 16. Colton Flinner 17. Gary Stuhler 18. Mike Lupfer 19. Nick Dickson 20.Donald Lingo Jr. 21. Dillan Stake 22. Shaun Jones 23. Nathan Long 24. David Scott 25. Scott Flickinger

DNS- Matt Cosner, Justin Weaver, Tim Wilson, Chad Julius, Chad Myers, Roy Deese, Larry Neiderer, Kody Lyter, Dace Brouse Jr., Jim Yoder, Rick Eckert, Austin Berry

ULMS August 1st Make-Up Feature– 1. Gregg Satterlee 2. Michael Norris 3. Mason Zeigler 4. Max Blair 5. Andy Haus 6.Dylan Yoder 7. Kyle Lee 8. Jeff Rine 9. Gary Stuhler 10. Bryan Berheisel 11. Gene Knaub 12.Scott Flickinger 13. Hayes Mattern 14. Colton Flinner 15. David Scott 16. Dillan Stake 17. Chad Myers 18. Nathan Long 19. Dave Brouse Jr. 20. Nick Dickson 21. Mike Lupfer 22. Chad Julius 23. Austin Berry 24. Wyatt Scott

DNS- Trent Brenneman, Andrew Yoder, Deshawn Gingerich, Kody Lyter

JEFF RINE WINS FIRST EVER ULMS LATE MODEL SERIES EVENT AT SELINSGROVE

The Zimmer Service Center ULMS Late Model Series made its inaugural visit to Selinsgrove Speedway, Sunday night for a 30 lap event paying $4000 to win in front of a very large crowd on hand.

Pittsburgh’s Jared Miley took the early lead from the outside of the front row in the 30-lap ULMS late model main and was leading over Jim Bernheisel with a 2.7 second advantage when the pace was slowed with seven laps in the book. Running third on the restart, Centerville’s Max Blair took second on the restart and closed in on Miley while 10th starter Jeff Rine motored up to third from now where using the outside lane.

Working the outside lane and using maximum horsepower, Rine overtook Blair for second on lap 14 and then went to work on Miley to be scored the leader of lap 15.
The pace was then again slowed with 14 laps to go but Rine proved in control for the balance of the race. Blair got by Miley for second with 10 laps to go but failed to get to Rine before the finish.

Rine’s margin of victory was .602 seconds over Blair with Miley finishing third followed by 16th starter Gregg Satterlee and the legendary Jim Bernheisel making one of his rare appearances. Sixth through 10th went to Jim Yoder, Shaun Jones, Mike Lupfer, Brett Schadel and Nathan Long.

Heats went to Blair, Kyle Knapp and Hayes Matter. Integra Shocks Fast time over the 26 car field was set by Blair with a lap of 18.870 seconds.

ULMS Super Late Models, 30-Laps: 1) 2J Jeff Rine 2) 111 Max Blair 3) 10 Jared Miley 4) 22 Gregg Satterlee 5) 31 Jim Bernheisel 6) 27 Jim Yoder 7) 32 Shaun Jones 8) 06 Mike Lupfer 9) 22 Brett Schadel 10) 63 Nathan Long 11) 171 Bryan Bernheisel 12) 61 Ken Trevitz 13) 6 Donnie Schick 14) 2 Andrew Yoder 15) 9 Hayes Mattern 16) 11 Kirk Baker 17) 1 Gene Knaub 18) 4S David Scott 19) 14Z Dave Brouse Jr. 20) X Wyatt Scott 21) 33K Kyle Knapp 22) 10 Dave Stamm
DNS: Jeremy Ohl, Andy Haus, DeShawn Gingerich, Dylan Yoder

You can find all your Zimmer Service Center ULMS Late Model Series information online at www.ulmsracing.com and on Facebook and the new Twitter page of @ULMSLateModels.

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