CARNESVILLE, GA – The FASTRAK Pro Late Model Series will return to Princeton Speedway in Princeton, WV this Saturday night for a very special event, the 40-lap $3,000-to-win, $229-to-start 7th Annual Lewis Automotive Group/Little General Stores UBB 29 Miners Memorial Race. FASTRAK South East Region, Mid-Ohio Valley Region, and Weekly Racing Series points will be awarded.
Here is the complete payout for this Saturday night’s 40-lap Lewis Automotive Group/Little General Stores 7th Annual UBB 29 Miners Memorial Race at Princeton Speedway: 1. $3,000; 2. $1,500; 3. $1,000; 4.$ 900; 5. $800; 6. $600; 7. $400; 8. $300; 9. $275; 10. $250; 11. $229; 12. $229; 13. $229; 14. $229; 15. $229; 16. $229; 17. $229; 18. $229; 19. $229; 20; $229; 21. $229; 22. $229; 23. $229; 24. $229.
The FASTRAK Pro Late Models appeared at Princeton Speedway last Saturday night for the Little General Stores UBB Qualifier Race and the third and final Jewel of the 12th Annual FASTRAK Triple Crown. The top three finishers of that race, Henry Hornsby III of Beckley, WV, Benji Hicks of Mt. Airy, NC, and Walker Arthur of Forest, VA earned guaranteed starting spots in this Saturday night’s race.
The FASTRAK SE points chase is still the hottest in all of racing with just 19 points separating the top five in the point standings. Hicks used a win last Friday night at 311 Motor Speedway in Pine Hall, NC, and a second-place finish last Saturday night at Princeton Speedway to take over the point lead with a 13-point advantage over Matthew Nance of Ronda, NC
Hicks has 300 points with three FASTRAK SE wins this season, and Nance has 287 points with one FASTRAK SE win this season. Just six points separate second through fifth in the FASTRAK SE point standings. Jensen Ford of Piney Flats, TN and the defending FASTRAK SE and MOV Champion Cla Knight of North Augusta, SC are tied for third with 282 points apiece.
Both Ford and Knight have one win this season. Former FASTRAK Champion Ron Parker of Belwood, NC is fifth with 281 points. The top four drivers in the FASTRAK SE point standings have all held the point lead at one time after the first ten races of the 2017 season, and the point lead has changed hands in six of the first ten races.
Tyler Bare of Rockridge Baths, VA won the 12th Annual FASTRAK Triple Crown points with a fourth-place finish Saturday night at Princeton Speedway, and he also leads the FASTRAK MOV points with a 17-point advantage over Hicks. Bare, who has one FASTRAK Touring win this season, is also sixth in the FASTRAK SE points with 198 after racing in six of the first ten races.
Phillip Thompson of Knoxville, TN is seventh in the FASTRAK SE standings and leads the Rookie of the Year standings with 153 points. Thompson has missed the last three FASTRAK races and trying to regroup his racing program to keep his eligibility up for post season awards. Dylan Lewis of Oakland, MD is in the same boat as Thompson, and his eighth in the standings, and second in the Rookie of the Year points with 133.
Four-time FASTRAK Champion David Smith of Inman, SC is ninth with 128 points and 18-year-old Corey Almond of Appomattox, VA rounds out the top ten in the FASTRAK SE standings with 114 points. Almond is also the FASTRAK SE Futures Cup point leader. The Futures Cup is for drivers under the age of 20 at the beginning of the season.
The top ten respectively in the FASTRAK MOV point standings are Bare with 165 points, Hicks with 148 points, Nance with 141 points, Ford with 137 points, Parker with 132 points, Knight with 130 points, Almond with 87 points, Teddy Tate of Rural Retreat, VA, who also leads the MOV Rookie of the Year points with 84 points, Arthur with 76 points, and Thompson with 72 points.
Hornsby will be back this Saturday night to try and make it two in row for FASTRAK Touring wins at Princeton Speedway. Hornsby also leads the FASTRAK Weekly Racing Series National point standings with an 11-point lead over Frankie Beard of Hartwell, GA. Hornsby has 661 points to 650 points for Beard. The FASTRAK WRS National Champion will receive $10,000.
The top five drivers in the FASTRAK Weekly Racing Series Division 2 point standings are also expected to be entrants in the 7th Annual UBB 29 Miners Memorial Race. T.J. Salango of Beckley, WV leads the Division 3 standings with 754 points, and Hornsby is second with 645 points. Michael Bland of Pineville, WV is third with 644 points, Tyler Arrington of Honaker, VA is fourth with 529 points, and Brandon Shupe of Bluefield, WV is fifth with 485 points.
The Lewis Automotive Group/Little General Stores UBB 29 Miners Race is an event that remembers the 29 coal miners that lost their lives in an accident at an Upper Big Branch Coal Mine seven years ago. One of the organizers of the race is Robbie Cyrus, who is the Director of FASTRAK’s sister series, the ULTIMATE Super Late Model Series Mid-Ohio Valley Region.
“Myself and Keith Bowling started the UBB 29 Miners Memorial Race seven years ago to try and raise money to build a permanent Memorial for the 29 miners that lost their lives in the accident,” Cyrus said. “The Memorial has already been built, and we used any money collected now to pay the upkeep on it.”
Many former winner of the UBB 29 Miners Memorial Race are expected at Princeton Speedway this Saturday night. They include defending champion Ricky Williams of Beckley, WV, Brandon Umberger of Rural Retreat, VA (2015), Eddie Hambrick of Oak Hill, VA (2013), and David Watts of Buchanan, VA (2011).
On Saturday at Princeton Speedway, gates open at 4:30 p.m., with FASTRAK Pre-Race Registration and Technical Inspection from 4:30 p.m. to 6:45 p.m. The Drivers Meeting is set for 6:45 p.m. with Hot Laps and Racing to follow.
Princeton Speedway is located at 177 Race Track Road in Princeton, WV 24740. For more information call 304-425-RACE (7223), or visit the track web site at www.princetonspeedway.net. You can also follow them on Facebook at Princeton Speedway (WV).
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