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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 ...
After ending his NASCAR career, Reutimann became a dirt track racing driver and chassis builder, founding Beak Built Chassis to develop UMP modified cars. [18] In 2019, he joined Lee Faulk Racing as the crew chief for late model driver Ryan Rackley .
IMCA Modified is the top modified division sanctioned by the International Motor Contest Association. [1] The series began in 1979. It was designed to be a mid-level class between late models and hobby stocks. [2] The first IMCA modified race was held at the Benton County, Iowa Speedway in 1979 on a 1/4 mile track. [3]
The Illinois State Fair mile currently hosts the Allen Crowe Memorial 100 ARCA stock car race, USAC Silver Crown dirt cars, UMP Late Models and Modifieds and the A.M.A. Grand National Championship. The only driver who has won races in three disciplines of racing in Ken Schrader who won in ARCA cars (1998), UMP Modifieds (1998), and midgets. [2]
Strickler has been racing in the DIRTcar UMP modified dirt car series since 2014. [2] He won the first two runnings of the modified portion of the Dirt Short Track Classic at Charlotte Motor Speedway, [3] and won the event for a third time in 2020. [4] Strickler usually drives a No. 8 modified car, [5] usually for his own self-owned team. [6]
Nick Hoffman (born May 1, 1992) is an American professional racing driver, chassis builder, and businessman. He currently competes full-time in the World of Outlaws Case Construction Late Model Series, driving the No. 9 Longhorn Chassis for Tye Twarog Racing.
Howe Racing Enterprises was founded by former racing drivers Ed Howe. His son, Chas, also a former driver, now runs the business. Both drivers competed frequently in the American Speed Association National Tour as well as other oval racing series. Ed Howe founded his chassis manufacturing company in 1971 in his hometown of Beaverton, Michigan.