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RISLONE URC SPRINT SERIES
URC RETURNS TO THE FAIRGROUNDS OF BEDFORD SPEEDWAY ON
FRIDAY, MAY 10 WITH JACK GUNN MEMORIAL SET FOR SELINSGROVE SPEEDWAY ON SATURDAY
NIGHT, MAY 11
The 66th season for the United Racing Company
sprint cars has officially begun with defending champion Robbie Stillwaggon of
Burlington, NJ winning the opener at the Big Diamond Speedway. Stillwaggon
mastered the field in true championship style, starting fourteenth and patiently
working his way to the lead.
The Rislone URC Sprint Series will continue with the next
stop set for a return to the Fairgrounds of the Bedford Speedway in Bedford,
PA. This track is rich in history and first opened in 1936. Many of the
greatest names in dirt track racing at one time or another, circling the big
half-mile Bedford Speedway oval. The Friday night, May 10 event will showcase
the URC sprint cars joined by the Late Models, Late Model Sportsman, Semi Late
Models, Pure Stocks and 4 Cylinders. Gates will open at 5 PM, warm-ups at 7
PM with racing getting underway at 7:30 PM. Admission is $12, children 12
& under will be admitted free. The GPS Address for Bedford Speedway is 702
West Pitt Street, Bedford, PA 15522. Track Promoter Joe Padula welcomes you
to his Western Pennsylvania speed plant.
URC will have a second night of racing on Saturday night, May
11 when they invade the Selinsgrove Speedway for the Jack Gunn Memorial. This
will mark the eighth time the URC Sprints and 358 Sprints have joined forces for
this event and to honor, one of the greatest racing promoters in the
Northeast. The main event will pay $3,500 to the winner and past winners
include Blane Heimbach (2012, 2008, 2006), Shane Stewart (2011), Trevor Lewis
(2010, 2009) and Dave Calaman (2007). The Selinsgrove Speedway, under the
promotion of Charlie Paige remains one of the most well prepared track surfaces
on the URC schedule.
For the traveling URC sprints, this two race weekend will
offer two point race events towards the season long Rislone URC Championship
Title. Friday night at Bedford will be a regular point race for URC. On
Saturday night at Selinsgrove Speedway, it will be a regular or full point race
plus an incentive fifty appearance points.
For more information on the URC sprints, please visit our
website at: www.urcsprints.com
2013 RISLONE URC Schedule of events
|
APRIL
|
26
|
Big
Diamond
|
Robbie
Stillwaggon
|
||
|
MAY
|
10
|
Bedford
|
$2,000
To Win
|
||
|
MAY
|
11
|
Selinsgrove
Jack Gunn
|
$3,500
To Win
|
||
|
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
|
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
|
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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
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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