CARNESVILLE, GA – ULTIMATE Mid-Ohio Valley Super Late Model Series officials have been working hard on short notice to put together an event schedule that will best serve the competitors, the sponsors, and the fans. Despite their best efforts, most tracks in West Virginia and Southern Ohio have already set their 2017 schedules.
With not enough room to schedule enough ULTIMATE MOV events to meet sponsorship requirements to pay a fair Point Fund to the competitors, officials have decided to present an Introductory Pilot Season for 2017 with three to five races. With no point fund, these Intro Pilot races will not award any ULTIMATE MOV points.
This will give the tracks, the competitors and the fans in the region an opportunity to get to know the ULTIMATE MOV Tour, its officials, its race format, and to see firsthand what kind of great racing it can bring to the area. It will also give ULTIMATE MOV officials an opportunity to look ahead to the 2018 season and get a full schedule in place with a generous Point Fund.
“We have come to realize that we are just too late in the off-season and most tracks have already set their 2017 schedules with no room to schedule another special event,” Ultimate Super Late Model Series Founder and CEO Stan Lester said. “ULTIMATE MOV Director Robbie Cyrus was signed on in February, and he had a tough job to put together a full season schedule on such short notice. He has created enough interest that we can run a limited schedule with just a few races to give both tracks and competitors an opportunity to get to know us. If they like what they see, and I have confidence that they will, we can move forward towards 2018.”
Lester said Cyrus has already created a lot of interest in the ULTIMATE MOV Super Late Model Series for 2018. Included in that interest for the new series is the American Motor Racing Association and Dave Poske’s Performance Parts.
AMRA, which sanctions weekly Super Late Model Racing in West Virginia and Ohio, and ULTIMATE MOV entered into an alliance to work together with rules and officials for 2017, and that alliance will continue into the 2018 season. Dave Poske’s Performance Parts will remain the Title Sponsor for the ULTIMATE MOV Tour in 2017, and then again in 2018.
Since there will be no points and point fund for 2017 in the ULTIMATE MOV Tour, competitors will not be required to purchase Annual Memberships, but they may want to do so to take advantage of discounts for ULTIMATE Super Late Model Series required safety equipment available to members from Safecraft Fire Suppression Systems and Simpson Safety Products in Mooresville, NC.
“Point funds in any series are driven by sponsors and memberships,” Lester said. “Most point fund sponsors participate based on a minimum number of races each season. When it was apparent we couldn’t reach that minimum number of races for the Ultimate NE Region, we knew we couldn’t payout a fair point fund to our competitors. We will, however, put a lot of effort looking ahead to the 2018 season to ensure its success for everyone involved.”
ULTIMATE MOV Director Robbie Cyrus is moving forward, and has already started assembling his crew of officials. His first hire was veteran official Don Mercer as Technical Director, a position he also holds with AMRA. Cyrus has mixed emotions about 2017, but really sees something big happening in 2018.
“I’m disappointed, but yet excited because while the tracks didn’t have room for us with full 2017 schedules, they are excited about the ULTIMATE MOV Series and what is has to offer,” Cyrus said. “There’s already a lot of interest from tracks for the 2018 season, and I really feel that interest will get even bigger once we present our Introductory Pilot Season for ULTIMATE MOV.”
Cyrus said the 2017 ULTIMATE MOV Introductory Pilot Season schedule is just about ready to release and should be posted in just a few days. AMRA drivers will still be able to earn weekly points at ULTIMATE MOV races at AMRA weekly tracks. The ULTIMATE MOV races will pay a minimum of $3,000-to-win and $400-to-start.
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THE 2017 MARKETING PARTNERS FOR THE DAVE POSKE’S PERFORMANCE PARTS ULTIMATE MID-OHIO VALLEY SUPER LATE MODEL SERIES ARE DAVE POSKE’S PERFORMANCE PARTS, HOOSIER RACING TIRE, AMERICAN RACER TIRES, VP RACING FUEL, BEYEA HEADERS, ROCKET CHASSIS, TNT RACE CARS, ARIZONA SPORT SHIRTS, ROCK AUTO.COM, AND THOMAS CLARKE PERFORMANCE.
