After a month off, the Zimmer Service Center United Late Model Series return to action this Saturday night at The Greater Cumberland Raceway. The inaugural visit for the ULMS Late Model Series will pay $3000 to win for the 30 lap main event that is expected to attract racers from Pennsylvania, Maryland, West Virginia, and Virginia.

The Greater Cumberland Raceway has hosted two super late model events in 2020, which has seen Ryan Montgomery and Jared Miley finding victory lane so far. ULMS will be making their 14th start of the chaotic 2020 season that started late due to the Covid19 pandemic. Max Blair is looking to wrap up his third consecutive series title and has a third place finish at Cumberland in June. He will be joined by the ULMS faithful Scott family, led by 2020 Chew on This Jerky Rookie of the Year champion, Wyatt Scott who currently is second in points over his father, David “Slowride” Scott. Other expected entries include Bryan Bernheisel who has one ULMS win on his resume and was on his way to winning his second last month at Bedford before mechanical failure. He will be joined by Trevor Feathers of Winchester, VA plus other expected entries of Matt Cosner, Gary Stuhler, Drake Troutman, ULMS winner at Bedford, Matt Sponaugle are some of the teams expected to be on hand Saturday night.

Max Blair is the current series point leader and also will be the Jay Auto Wrecking Fast Time of Year point champion. Jason Dobson is on top of the 2R Excavating Hard Charger of the Year point chase over Wyatt Scott, Blair, Greg Oakes and Gregg Satterlee all still in the hunt. Blair is the only repeat winner on the 2020 season.

Hot laps are slated to begin at 630pm Saturday with racing beginning at 7pm. Gates open ar 4pm with grandstands being $15, kids 12 and under are free, pit passes are $35, kids 12 and under $15 for the pits. The ULMS Registration Fee is $50 for all ULMS competitors. ULMS registration will begin immediately when the gates open and will shut off at 6pm, which will be the same time as the ULMS driver meeting at the ULMS command center. ULMS and The Greater Cumberland Raceway asks that if you are displaying symptoms of COVID-19 and/or not feeling well, please stay home and do not attend. All fans are asked to wear a mask if you cant social distance and follow CDC guidelines.

All pay will be mailed by ULMS Racing Series promptly on Monday morning. ULMS pre race tech and registration begins at 4pm and closes at 6pm. It is recommended that all teams, please print off the 2020 ULMS Registration form from the website at http://ulmsracing.com/ulms-driver-registration/ to speed up the process and help limit overcrowding and keep the social distancing as much as possible. ULMS Entry Fee will be $50 and the series ask please bring correct change if possible to limit exposure and stick with the CDC guidelines as much as possible.

ULMS Racing Series procedures will be in place, which includes hot lap and time trials, minimum 8 lap qualifying heat events, consolation events (if needed) and main event. Time Trials per ULMS rules will be the following: 3 heats will be straight up; 4 heats will result in A&B group qualifying. If there are 4 heats or less, the top 2 heat finishers will redraw for their feature starting positions, otherwise, heat winner only will redraw (5 or 6 heats). The ULMS Late Model Series tire rule is Hoosier 1300 or American Racer 44 or harder on all 4 corners. All late model teams must present their cars along with safety equipment at pre-race safety and car inspection. No car will be allowed on the track before completing tech.
Drivers who are late and are more than 1 car out of order for qualifying will only receive one (1) lap in qualifying. If qualifying is A-B group qualifying and car is not in group assigned, then no time will be recorded (Group A qualifies with Group A. etc). Drivers who fail to arrive in lineup in time will start scratch in the event and must past tech in lineup area. (heat, consi or feature). ULMS Integra Shocks Qualifying Time Trials will be held to determine the qualifying heat race lineup.

New for this event, will be a new initial starting procedure. ULMS has used the second cone for all initial starts, starting this week, the pole sitter will set the pace and control the initial start inside the “box” and the Delaware restarts will be the same as it has been with the leader firing inside the starting box. “We have had issues all year with the initial starts and having to call starts back and penalizing racers for leaving before the initial start cone on the initial starts, stated ULMS series owner and race director, Chris Zuver. “With the pole sitter now being able to start the race inside the box this just cleans up the mess that has been ongoing and at same time eliminates any car damage for a caution coming out after the start. Also, this is something I wanted to introduce for 2021 and this event allows us to try it out early before next year and I think the drivers will be more happier with this new start procedure.

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. Purse for Saturday nights event at the Greater Cumberland Raceway 3000 1500 1200 1000 800 650 600 550 525 500 450 400 350 325 300 – 24th.

ULMS RACING SERIES is proudly supported by Zimmer’s Service Center, Close Racing Supply, Precise Racing, Hoosier Tire Mid Atlantic, Lias Tire, American Racer Tire, Murphy’s Logging, Chew on this Jerky, 2R Excavating, Viper Motorsports, WEHRS Machine & Racing Products, DirtDefender, Jay’s Auto Wrecking, Genesis Shocks, Keyser Manufacturing, Integra Shocks, Keizer Wheels, Cousins Designs, Dynamic Drivelines, Beyea Headers, Mary Norgrove Notary Public, Jays Automotive, Phantom Signs & Graphics, Vahlco Wheels Accelo Race Wear and Bernheisel Race Components.