The 2019 Zimmer Service Center ULMS Late Model Series kick-off weekend just got a little bit bigger as the series opener will be held Friday, March 22 at the historic Williams Grove Speedway in Mechanicsburg, PA. The 30 lap main event will pay $3000 to win and it will give the ULMS Racing Series a three night opening weekend worth a possible $9,000 between Williams Grove and the two events at Port Royal Speedway.
Williams Grove will be celebrating their 80th season in 2019. Starting in 1939, Williams Grove Speedway has been one of the top sprint car tracks in the country. The speedway is a ½ mile banked, smooth clay oval with speeds reaching in the area of 100 mph. In 2019, there are four super late model events on the Williams Grove schedule with the Zimmer Service Center ULMS Late Model Series being the 1st of the season.
Bobby Gooding is the all-time late model feature winner at the legendary Williams Grove Speedway with 36 wins. Gary Stuhler is third all-time in Williams Grove wins and has the most wins of any active driver. Jason Covert won the only super late model event in 2018 at the Grove with Rick Eckert and Gregg Satterlee winning the two late model events in 2017.
“I am very excited to bring our Zimmer Service Center ULMS Late Model Series to Williams Grove for the first time ever in March,” stated series owner and race director, Chris Zuver. Zuver continued, “We had planned to open the season at Port Royal with two events back to back that weekend and noticed Williams Grove tried to run super lates on the day before last year. So I contacted the track to see if there was any interest in making it a 3 day weekend to kick off our 19th season. With Williams Grove on board, it makes it a three-day weekend with Port Royal’s two shows and allows our racers to basically travel one way to race three events to kick off the year and our champions point chase that will pay a minimum of $ 7,000 to win title.”
Of the four super late model events at Williams Grove Speedway in 2019, ULMS joins the Tri Track Challenge Series and the World of Outlaw Late Model Series in events at the famous central Pennsylvania ½ mile oval in Mechanicsburg.
2018 Zimmer Service Center ULMS Late Model Series champion and all time ULMS winner, Max Blair, will lead the 2019 contingent, but he no doubt will have to contend with Jason Covert who has six wins at the Grove, Stuhler, Coleby Frye, Tyler Bare, Dylan Yoder, Tyler Horst, Bryan Bernheisel and many more.
Race time for the March 22 Zimmer Service Center ULMS season opener at Williams Grove is 7:30pm with Grandstand admission being $16 and youth admission $10. You can get all your information on Williams Grove at www.williamsgrove.com and follow them on all the social media outlets at http://www.williamsgrove.com/socialnetworks.htm. All your ULMS Racing Series information can be found at www.ulmsracing.com and also on Facebook and Twitter under ULMS Racing Series.
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2019 ZIMMER SERVICE CENTER United Late Model Series Schedule
(as of January 15, 2019)
CENTRAL PA 2019 KICKOFF WEEKEND
Fri March 22 Williams Grove Speedway $3,000
Sat March 23 Port Royal Speedway $3,000
Sun March 24 Port Royal Speedway $3,000
Fri May 24 Freedom Motorsports Park $3,000 Ron Baker Memorial
Sat May 25 TBA
Sun May 26 TBA
Fri May 31 Tyler County Speedway $2,500 Mega Weekend
Sat June 1 Tyler County Speedway $5,000 Mega Weekend
Sat June 15 Dog Hollow Speedway $3,000 Shawn McGarvey Memorial
ULMS SPEEDWEEK HELL TOUR
Sun June 30 Old Bradford Speedway $3,000 Firecracker 40
Wed July 3 Dog Hollow Speedway $3,000 Sam Barley Memorial
Thurs July 4 Dog Hollow Speedway $3,000 Night #2
Fri July 5 Freedom Motorsports Park $3,000
Sat July 6 Stateline Speedway $3,000
Sun July 7 Eriez Speedway $2,900 Dick Litz Memorial
Fri Aug 2 Thunder Mountain Speedway $3,000
Sat Aug 3 Dog Hollow Speedway $4,000 Connor Bobik Memorial
Sat Aug 10 Genesee Speedway $3,000
Fri Aug 30 Bedford Speedway $7,055 Labor Day 55
Sat Aug 31 Port Royal Speedway $4,033 Butch Renninger Memorial
Sun Sept 1 Selinsgrove Speedway $3,000
Sat Sept 7 Freedom Motorsports Park $3,058 Mike Duclon Memorial