United Auto Racing
Association Chaplaincy
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Special "Thank You" to UARA President Kerry Bodenhamer for inserting time for a Chapel Service on each race day schedule!
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Each Chapel Service Message Sheet can found on our Chapel Service Page.
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Awesome News Below!
UARA 2012 Rockingham Schedule
April 13, 2012
Practice for the Twin 75's UARA Late Models and Frank Kimmel Street Stock Nationals, practice for the Good Sam Roadside Assistance Carolina 200 NASCAR Camping World Truck Series
April 14, 2012
Double Header, Twin 75's UARA Late Models and Frank Kimmel Street Stock Nationals Good Sam Road Side Assistance Carolina 200 NASCAR Camping World Truck Series Qualifying
April 15, 2012
Good Sam Road Side Assistance Carolina 200 NASCAR Camping World Truck Series
November 2-3, 2012
Triple Header CHAMPIONSHIP
NASCAR K&N Pro Series East, Whelen Southern Modified Tour, and UARA-Stars
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2011
UARA Drivers
Finishing Position
1) Brennan Poole
2) George Miedecke
3) Kyle Grissom
4) David Roberts
5) Alex Yontz
6) Scott Turlington
7) Ronnie Bassett Jr.
8) Joey Herques
9) Kaleb Pressley
10) Andy Mercer
For more in-depth details go to www.UARA-Stars.com
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Congrats to UARA's Garrett Campbell winner of the
Myrtle Beach 250
Unofficial Results
Car # - Name - Laps Completed
1 #12 Garrett Campbell -- 250
2 #98 BJ Mackey -- 250
3 #2 Justin Milliken-- 250
4 #10 Andy Mercer -- 250
5 #36 Harrison Rhodes -- 250
6 #82 Paddy Rodenbeck -- 250
7 #81 Shane Huffman -- 250
8 #29 Casey Wyatt -- 250
9 #32 Randy Porter -- 250
10 #80 Toby Porter -- 250
11 #42 Austin McDaniel-- 250
12 #50 Jamey Caudill -- 250
13 #31 Kyle Grissom -- 250
14 #25 Michael Faulk -- 250
15 #88 Matt Bowling -- 250
16 #3 Adam Long -- 250
17 #6 Davin Scites -- 250
17 #18 David Roberts -- 250
19 #84 Peyton Sellers -- 250
20 #7 Michael Hardin -- 250
21 #9 John Townley -- 250
22 #33 David Polenz -- 250
23 #27 Tommy Lemons Jr. -- 250
24 #8 Jamie Yelton -- 250
25 #0 Lucas Ransone -- 250
26 #77 Alex Yontz -- 250
27 #6 Anthony Anders -- 250
28 #83 Jeremy McDowell -- 250
29 #23 Michael Rouse -- 249
30 #44 Dillon Bassett -- 248
31 #4 Rodney Cook -- 245
31 #5 Frank Deiny -- 243
29 #4 Ronnie Bassett Jr. -- 241
30 #51 Matt Cox -- 229
33 #2 Jonathan Cash -- 212
36 #22 Blaze Howell -- 191
37 #34 C.E. Falk -- 176
38 #14 Mike Darne -- 114
39 #48 Scott Turlington -- 99
40 #97 Jesse Little -- 46
41 #0 Danny OQuinn Jr. -- 46
42 #99 Brandon Dean -- 32
43 #94 Jamie Weatherford -- 25
44 #21 Greg Edwards -- 12
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44th Snowball Derby
Pensacola FL.
12-4-2011
Unofficial Results presented
by Racecar Engineering:
1 Chase Elliott 300
2 D.J. VanderLey 300
3 Ross Kenseth 300
4 Landon Cassill 300
5 Heath Hindman 300
6 Cale Gale 300
7 Boris Jurkovic 300
8 Grant Enfinger 300
9 David Rogers 300
10 Casey Smith 300
11 Hunter Robbins 300
12 Bubba Pollard 300
13 Benjamin Kennedy 300
14 Stephen Nasse 300
15 Dillon Oliver 299
16 Donnie Wilson 298
17 Stephan McCurley 298
18 David Ragan 298
19 Derrick Griffin 298
20 Jeremy Pate 298
21 Jeff Fultz 298
22 David Odell 297
23 Josh Hamner 295
24 Johnny VanDoorn 295
25 Derek Thorn 294
26 Ken McFarland 291
27 Jerry Artuso 280
28 Dennis Prunty 220
29 Chris Davidson 182
30 Andy Loden 182
31 Kenzie Ruston 145
32 Augie Grill 142
33 Jeff Choquette 141
34 Mike Garvey 134
35 Steve Wallace 131
36 Erik Darnell 99
37 Johanna Long 97
for more info go to . . .
www.speed51.com
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Article below from UARA website
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Congrats Brennan Poole and Rookie of Year, George Miedecke!
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SPECIAL PRAYER REQUESTS:
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Late Model News
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For more UARA Info . . .
Check www.UARA-STARS.com for further info
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Lonesome Pine Raceway
July 2nd, 2011
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Winner: Brennan Poole
Pole: George Miedecke
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Hickory Motor Speedway
Sat., June 25th, 2011
Winner: Kyle Grissom
Pole: Andy Mercer
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Anderson Motor Speedway
Fri., June 3rd, 2011
Winner: Jeremy Burns
Pole Winner: Ronnie Bassett, Jr.
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Rockingham Speedway
Fri., & Sat., May 13-14, 2011
Pole Winners: UARA Chris Lawson / USAR
UARA Race Winner: Brennan Poole
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Congratulations to UARA Point Leader
Brennan Poole on winning his debut ARCA race
at Salem, Indiana
Mat 1st, 2011
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Brennan also had a top five finish in a fog shorten ARCA Race at Pocono!
June 11th, 2011
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UARA
Newport Speedway
Sun., April 17, 2011 (Rain Day)
Race Winner: Garett Campbell
Pole Winner: Scott Turlington
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Kingsport Speedway
Sat., April 9th, 2011
Race Winner: Brennan Poole
Pole Winner: George Miedecke
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Concord Speedway
Practice, Fri., March 25, 2011
Race Cancelled, Sat., March 26th, 2011
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Hickory Motor Speedway
Practice, Fri., March 11th, 2011
Race, Sat., 12th, 2011
Winner: Brennan Poole
Pole: Kyle Grissom
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Archives 2010 and Before
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Martinsville Speedway
In October of 2010 I had the Opportunity to go to the Martinsville Speedway for the Virginia is for Racing Lovers 300 Late Model Stock Car Race. It's almost like a Late-Model All Star Race, with drivers coming from all over the Country.
I was able to partner with other Motor Racing Chaplains and we were able to pray with each driver as they came off the stage after their introductions!
Looking forward to being there again this year, Lord willing!
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Championship Weekend
at
Rockingham Speedway
Fri., & Sat., October 8th & 9th, 2010
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Chaplaincy News
On Sunday, September 26th, I traveled to Columbia, SC to the Memorial Service of Ed Hutchins, Dad of Crew Chief Nick Hutchins.
We have had many exciting things happen this year! Asheville's Channel 13 News Reporter John Le and his cameraman Eric have taken footage of what Chaplain Joe does as a Motor Racing Chaplain.Special Thanks to the UARA Drivers for assisting in some of this filming at Tri-Speedway in Hudson, NC. To view this spot, there is a link on the home page.
In latter July, Chaplain Joe was out of the country to minister to the Mike Whitehead family and perform the Celebration Service in Amherst, Ontario. Mike was a blessing to this ministy as well as a personal friend with a kindred spirit. Check out the Mike Whitehead Memorial on our website.
There have been many Prayers answered and lives touched (much of which were done behind the scenes). The Lord will reveal these things when we see Him face to face! Many struggles as well, we have learned to lean on the Lord's Word, which tells us these battles are the Lord's and we just need to suit up with our Spiritual Armor mentioned in Ephesians chapter six and let the Lord do the Fighting!!!
Official Mike Cox's Father-in-law Colon Cagle went on to Heaven this month (Nov. 2010) with his Lord and Savior Jesus Christ! This past summer before his journey to his Eternal Home, God heard prayers of many and the Family and Friends were able to have a sweet time with before his transition!
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1st Race ~ 3-14-10
HICKORY NATIVE HUFFMAN WINS UARA-STARS SEASON OPENER AT HICKORY MOTOR SPEEDWAY
NEWTON, NC (March 14, 2010) – Hickory native Shane Huffman came home victorious in the rain-delayed UARA-STARS 150 at the Hickory Motor Speedway on Sunday afternoon after a spirited, side-by-side battle with Coleman Pressley during the closing laps of the event. It was Huffman’s second career UARA win and the first of any kind for the former NASCAR Nationwide Series driver in over three years. Kyle Grissom started on the pole for the season opening UARA-STARS event and jumped out to a five-car length lead over Huffman on the initial green flag. Grissom, a former series race winner, was in his first race with a new crew chief, Nick Hutchins, who won the 2008 series championship with Jake Crum and worked with Brandon McReynolds in 2009.
Chaplain's Notes:
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~ Race #2 ~
Chaplain's Notes about Kingsport:
During the first race, I had time to visit and have prayer or a word of encouragement with the drivers. I was encouraged when I leaned over to pray with last years rookie, Brennan Poole, and see that he had a scripture card leaning on his steering wheel and was meditating on it, as well as the others he had taped to his console area. After having prayer with him, he began the race in the back of the pack, yet finished in third place. Also, I had prayer with the only woman in the race - Julia Dawson. I felt it was important for her to know that the Lord wanted her to be encouraged to keep going on and not give up. Unfortunately, she was in the “big one” of the night. She remained in the car as the fire personnel put out a fire on her right front rotor, yet she continued to finish the race. I encouraged and prayed for Bruce Blessings, the driver of the car that blew an engine during the first practice and who worked furiously to change the engine to make qualifying. They finished the race amongst all their adversities!
I'm so Blessed to be the Chaplain to these men and women!
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~ Race #3 ~
DILLON MOTOR SPEEDWAY
DILLON, SOUTH CAROLINA
SATURDAY, APRIL 3RD, 2010
~ Race #4 ~
Tri-County Motor Speedway
April 16th, 2010
Chaplains' Notes: It also was an interesting day for the Chaplain as well! The Lord lead me to lay hands on the #10 car of Matt Kurzejewski. Matt has some trying times with engine failures, being from Pennsylvania and being familiar with MRO in his racing career we have a somewhat of a kindred spirit, even though he calls me Father Joe. So I marched down the tech line and asked the crew to take the hood off, and I laid hands on the engine, knowing that the manifold was cold. First time out it had so much power Matt spun it out, the Lord answered and Matt had a good eighth place finish. One of the other teams that I prayed for has an awesome season so far, that of the #48 of Scott Turlington finishing with his first top five finish. I try my best to pray during the day with each driver or team members as time and circumstances allows. I also have been called on to pray with those who are dealing with an unexpected passing of a loved one. As well as being a calming effect if an accident scene turns the way it shouldn't. Early in the morning I was praying in the truck, for other UARA officials and other team members who stopped by the broken UARA Truck to try to diagnose the mechanical problems of the truck broken down on the shoulder of I-40.
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Race #5 ~ Ace Speedway
Excerpt from Story by: Corey Latham ~ corey@RACE22.com
Altamahaw, NC (May 4, 2010) -- Some drivers go into a new season of racing with high hopes, and already being a marked man for success. That was definitely the case for Kyle Grissom, as he was already a threat, but with a new attitude and the addition of acclaimed crew-chief Nick Hutchins, he was already being called the man to beat for the 2010 UARA championship.
Results:
1 - Kyle Grissom #32
2 - Coleman Pressley #59
3 - Alex Yontz #98
4 - Robert Johnson #11
5 - Rodney Cook #14
6 - Lee Tissot #44
7 - Scott Turlington #48
8 - Jason York #78
9 - Clint King #07
10 - Garrett Campbell #12
11 - Michael McGuire #22
12 - Brennan Poole #5
13 - Matt Kurzejewski #10
14 - Speedy Faucette #37
15 - Ronnie Bassett #04
16 - Michael Rouse #23
17 - John King II #21
18 - Julia Dawson #1
19 - Tyler English #18
20 - Grant McGinnis #41
Chaplain's Note: This was one of the best attended chapel service of the year, check the "Chapel Service Page" for message sheet.
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Race #6 ~ Rockingham
Story by: Corey Latham ~ corey@RACE22.com
Rockingham, NC (May 18, 2010) -- A Late Model race on a Superspeedway. What? Yes it was that time of year again, as the UARA took to the high banks of the famous Rockingham Speedway. Twenty-one cars would take the green, but the race for the win would be decided between two cars, two Dodges to be exact and Brandon McReynolds had the baddest Dodge in town on this Saturday.
Official Results:
1 - Brandon McReynolds #28
2 - Paddy Rodenbeck #81
3 - Lee Tissot #27
4 - Alex Yontz #98
5 - Coleman Pressley #59
6 - Darrell Wallace, Jr. #76
7 - Jamey Caudill #50
8 - Kyle Grissom #32
9 - Randy Benson #02
10 - Brennan Poole #5
11 - Ronnie Bassett, Jr. #04
12 - Clay Greenfield #84
13 - Scott Turlington #48
14 - Dange Hanniford #22
15 - Michael Rouse #22
16 - Leigh Caruthers #11
17 - Robert Johnson #11
18 - Clint King #07
19 - Nate Monteith #14
20 - Julia Dawson #1
21 - Garrett Campbell #12
Chaplain's Notes: A Chapel Service was held by the USAR Chaplain Jim Evans at their Trailer, I distributed the Chapel Service Message sheet at our Driver's Meeting, content can be found on "Chapel Service Page."
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Race #7 ~ Newport Speedway
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Because of the hectic season I've been unable to keep up with everything that is going on!
I encourage you to get current UARA news on their website listed on this page. Also to keep in touch with Late Model news follow Race22.com!
Find below some pictures from the 2010 UARA Season . . .
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Highlights from the 2009 Season
Point Standings and Winners of all races in 2009 can be found on www.UARA-Stars.com.
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One of the Highlights of 2009 was at Martinsville Bailey's 300 Late Model Race, this is like an All-Star Race for late model drivers accross the country!
UARA sweeps the top 3 spots at Martinsville with Crum, McReynolds and Poole
RESULTS
from the 2009 Bailey's 300
1 #1 Jake Crum
2 #28 Brandon McReynolds
3 #6 Brennan Poole
4 #08 Deac McCaskill
5 #68 Richard Boswell
6 #30 Cliff Daniels
7 #55 Woody Howard
8 #3 Chad Harris
9 #44 Matt DiBenedetto
10 #88 Nick Smith
11 #24 Travis Swaim
12 #40 CE Falk
13 #15 Brandon Dean
14 #52 Clay Rogers
15 #18 Dane Rudolph
16 #50 Jamey Caudill
17 #74 Kelly Kingery
18 #09 Andy Loden
19 #51 Wayne Ramsey
20 #48 Jason York
21 #80 Dustin Rumley
22 #98 Alex Yontz
23 #29 Brandon Butler
24 #49 Michael Kidd
25 #06 Davin Scites
26 #2 Dennis Setzer
27 #5 Jerame Donley
28 #72 Garrett Campbell
29 #59 Jimmy Mullins
30 #21 Butch Hamlet
31 #57 Eddie Johnson
32 #14 Rodney Cook
33 #22 Tony McGuire
34 #16 RD Smith
35 #8 Jamie Yelton
36 #27 Tommy Lemons Jr.
37 #26 Philip Morris
38 #4 Frank Deiny Jr.
39 #12 Ryan Wilson
40 #81 Paddy Rodenbeck
41 #94 Justin Johnson
42 #23 Matt McCall
For up to the moment Late Model news check with race22.com
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