The Jay’s Automotive ULMS Racing Series return to Latrobe Speedway this Friday night.   The Dave Kittey Memorial will highlight the night with a $4000 to win event that will pay $500 to start for the ULMS Late Models plus lap position money as the late models.  The event is in honor of Mr Kittey who passed away suddenly in August of 2022.  Dave announced at several regional race tracks over the years and was a dear friend of everyone in the racing world.

This will be the second visit of the year for ULMS to Latrobe as the inaugural visit was a healthy field of twenty two late models on hand with ULMS Jays Auto Wrecking Elite driver Logan Zarin picking up his first win of the season on the ULMS tour.

ULMS will be led by current series point leader, Tyler Emory,  of King George, VA who will be joined by Ryan Montgomery. The Virginia and West Viriginia drivers are in a  tight point chase heading down the stretch, so every lap counts. Dylan Cecce sits third in points with Logan Zarin and Dave Stamm rounding out the top five in points for the Jays Auto Wrecking ULMS Elite teams.   Also expected on hand are Alex Ferree who was leading the July ULMS race at Latrobe until mechanical problems sidelined him.  Colton Flinner who has won at Latrobe in 2022 should also be in attendance along with Michael Norris, Matt Lux, Dan Angelicchio, Braeden Dillinger and many others.

ULMS Racing Series procedures will be in place for both events, which include hot laps followed by Lindemuth Laser Etching Qualifying, 8 lap minimum qualifying heat events, consolation events and 30 lap 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. ULMS will redraw for the feature with the top 2 heat finishers redrawing after their heats. The ULMS Late Model Series tire rule is Left Front – Open RF / LR / RR Hoosier NLMT 2, 3 or 4 LM 20 30 or 40. American Racer 44 / 48 Pro2 53/.

Also new for 2023 is after the 3rd caution the restarts will be single file and all cautions with less than 5 laps in the feature will be single file. ULMS will still utilize the Delaware restart procedures leading up to the fourth caution to initial the single fire restarts. Also beginning this year when the second place car chooses his lane under the Delaware restart, all other positions will follow as suit (2nd place chooses outside 3rd in 4th out, 5th in and so on).

All late model teams that have not competed with ULMS in 2023 must present their cars along with safety equipment (helmet and Hans device) at pre-race safety and car inspection. Once your car has been inspected you will not need to present your safety equipment again, unless you enter a different car during the weekend. Lernerville uses the MYLAPS transponder for scoring and timing. Raceivers are mandatory and frequency will be 454.000. ULMS will be using the universal body rule for 2023 including the droop rule where the droop will be check once the Left Rear tire leaves the ground. This is the same as World of Outlaws and Lucas Oil series. Entry Fee for each event is $75 per event.

The 2023 United Late Model Series is proudly supported by Jay’s Automotive, Close Racing Supply, Lindemuth Laser Etching, Chew on this Jerky, Jay’s Auto Wrecking, The Cushion, Precise Racing, Hoosier Tire Mid Atlantic, Lias Tire, American Racer Tire, , Insinger Performance, VP Race Fuels, Carpy’s Custom Screen Printing, DirtDefender, Neff Landscaping, Keizer Wheels, Genesis Shocks, Keyser Manufacturing, Integra Shocks, Cousins Designs, Garage Crawl, Mary Norgrove Notary Public, Hot Shoe RaceWear, and MACH Auto.