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Brennan Poole in a UMP Modified at Houston Raceway Park in 2008.. United Midwestern Promoters (UMP) is a short track motor racing sanctioning body in the United States that sanctions short track racing on dirt race tracks from 1/5 mile (0.3 km) in length to 1-mile (1.6 km) in length.
Modified stock car racing, also known as modified racing and modified, is a type of auto racing that involves purpose-built cars simultaneously racing against each other on oval tracks. First established in the United States after World War II , this type of racing was early-on characterized by its participants' modification of passenger cars ...
The track currently hosts races from the World of Outlaws series (both sprints and late models) and the UMP late model series, As well as the UMP Super DIRTcar Series (Both big-block and small block modified racing). The track was built by Benny Corbin and opened in 1968 as a 1/4 mile dirt oval, operating through 1969.
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Importantly, the Secure 2.0 Act passed in 2022 modified certain RMD rules. Here are two particularly important changes that were implemented recently that every investors should know before 2025.
Earl Baltes promoted the richest paying sprint car race in the country. The Historical Big One paid $100,000 to win, which was unprecedented for sprint car racing. The race was held from 1993 to 2003. The race returned in 2022 as part of the King's Royal week. [5] The 2023 edition was rebranded the Eldora Million for its $1,002,023 winner's prize.
The 2025 NASCAR Whelen Modified Tour will be the 41st season of the NASCAR Whelen Modified Tour, a stock car racing tour sanctioned by NASCAR. It will begin with the New Smyrna Beach Visitors Bureau 200 at New Smyrna Speedway on February 8 and will end with the Virginia is for Racing Lovers 300 at Martinsville Speedway on October 23.
With concerns the sport is slipping in popularity, MLB wants to make games less tedious and more athletic.