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RISLONE URC SPRINT POINT LEADER DAVIE FRANEK LEADS URC COMPETITORS TO NEW EGYPT SPEEDWAY SATURDAY NIGHT JUNE 1

MACH 1 CHASSIS NIGHT SET AS URC SPRINTS INVADE WILLIAMS GROVE SPEEDWAY FRIDAY NIGHT, JUNE 7

Davie Franek of Wantage, NJ, the current Rislone URC Sprint Series point leader will be one of many competitors heading to the New Egypt Speedway in New Egypt, NJ on Saturday night, June 1. This will mark the first of three Rislone URC Sprint shows at New Egypt in 2013. Following New Egypt, the URC Sprints will make their first appearance of the year at the Williams Grove Speedway on Friday night, June 7 in an event sponsored by MACH 1 Chassis, located at 10 North Frederick Street in Mechanicsburg, PA. MACH 1 engineers and builds race car chassis that have a reputation for safety, strength, durability and performance. In addition to chassis fabrication and repair, MACH 1 Chassis also manufactures front and rear bumpers, nerf bars, front axles, wing post and wing trees. Brian Scandle, President of MACH 1 Chassis, INC commented, “We are pleased to be part of the URC schedule, especially the Friday, June 7 at Williams Grove, which is always a big event”.

URC’s season opened on April 26 at the Big Diamond Speedway where Robbie Stillwaggon took the win then on Saturday night, May 11, JJ Grasso brought the fans to their feet at the Selinsgrove Speedway, taking the victory in the $3,500 to win Jack Gunn Memorial. Rain postponed the Bedford URC on May 10 with that event now reschedule for Friday night, June 21. Just this past weekend, URC was scheduled to be in action at the Delaware International Speedway until rain brought a stop to that program. At this time, URC owners and Delaware International Speedway Promoter Charlie Cathell and looking at options to re-schedule this event.

After just two races, Davie Franek leads the URC point chase over Robbie Stillwaggon. Both drivers were in a fierce battle in 2012 with Stillwaggon winning the title at the last race of the season.

Going into the New Egypt Speedway URC event, JJ Grasso was the feature winner at the New Egypt Speedway in their only URC event of 2012. Grasso is always exciting at New Egypt and he’s expected to be a contender for the win as well. Josh Weller, Kramer Williamson, Kevin Darling, Bren Gohn, Randy West, Chad Trout and Dave Ely are a few of the expected contenders to be at New Egypt Speedway.

For more information, please visit our website at: www.urcsprints.com

2013 RILSONE URC SPRINT SERIES SCHEDULE

APRIL	26	Big Diamond	Robbie Stillwaggon
MAY	11	Selinsgrove Jack Gunn	JJ Grasso
MAY	18	Delaware International	$2,000 To Win
JUNE	1	New Egypt	$2,000 To Win
JUNE	7	Williams Grove	$2,200 To Win
JUNE	15	Grandview	$2,000 To Win
JUNE	21	Bedford	$2,000 To Win
JUNE	22	Winchester, VA	$2,000 To Win
JULY	6	New Egypt	$2,000 To Win
JULY	26	Potomac	$2,000 To Win
AUG	2	Williams Grove--Rislone	$4,000 To Win
AUG	3	Lincoln	$2,000 To Win
AUG	9	Black Rock	$4,000 To Win
AUG	10	Selinsgrove	$2,000 To Win
AUG	23	Williams Grove	$2,200 To Win
AUG	24	Port Royal	$2,000 To Win
AUG	31	Delaware International	$2,000 To Win
SEPT	7	Utica Rome--non-points	$7,000 To Win
SEPT	14	New Egypt	$2,000 To Win
SEPT	28	Selinsgrove 40 Laps	$8,000 To Win
OCT	4	Carolina Gastonia, NC	$2,000 To Win
OCT	5	Cherokee, Gafney, SC	$2,000 To Win
OCT	19	Grandview	$2,000 To Win
		Indicates Friday Night

URC FACTS: (Statistics maintained by Steve Barrick)

65 URC Seasons beginning in 1948 – 2012
Presented 1,500 Feature events
Visited 137 Different Speedway
Delivered 257 Different Feature Winners
Single season with the most different feature winners: 2007 (20 different winners)
Driver with the most URC feature wins: Glenn Fitzcharles (81)
Track Hosting the Most URC events: Delaware International (176), Bridgeport (145), Flemington (113) Grandview (87), Middletown (68)
Driver with the most consecutive URC feature wins: Hank Rogers (9) 1961-1962
There have been 4 Photo Finishes: 7-3-54 Hatfield, PA Bert Brooks/Tony Romit (T)
9-12-59 Selinsgrove, PA Al Chamberlain/Dave Humphrey (T)
7-29-61 Owego, NY Jim Maguire/Don Gillette (T)
9-1-69 Flemington, NJ Dick Tobias/Earl Halaquist (T)
Longest Running Tour Sponsor: Bar’s Leaks 18 years

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