UMARA: Notes 96-08-24 


                      U.M.A.R.A.
        United Midget Auto Racing Association
         ILLINOIS STATE MIDGET CHAMPIONSHIP
                   August 24th, 1996
                     Series Notes
                    -By Larry Carta
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1) Tracy Hines wins Illinois State Midget Championship by
   winning the 60 lap feature event.  The race was green from
   start to finish.  No yellows!!


2) UMARA Point leader Duane Pierson has set three track
   records this season. He now holds the track record at
   Grundy County Speedway (Morris, Illinois), Anderson
   Speedway (Anderson, Indiana), and Galesburg Speedway
   (Galesburg, Michigan)


3) Car count for the Illinois State Championship, 63 Cars!!!


4) UMARA + ARCA have scheduled an additional event to the
   schedule. The added race will be held at at Fort Wayne
   Speedway, Fort Wayne, Indiana on Saturday night, September
   21, 1996


5) UMARA has an official web site.  The address is:
   http://pages.prodigy.com/LCarta/umara.htm.   The site
   contains full results, standings, upcoming events,
   statistics, and will soon include additional historical
   information.


6) UMARA also publishes an Email newsletter, it contains
   recaps, results, standings, upcoming info etc.  To receive
   the free newsletter, send an Email message to:
   LCarta@prodigy.com   Please mention you want to receive
   the UMARA newsletter.


7) Bloodlines run strong in UMARA.  Two sons of former Indy
   500 drivers were part of the weekend field.  Johnny
   Parsons III and Mike Mosley, Jr.  JP III's father (who
   was at this weekends race) was in this years 500 while his
   grandfather won the 'Greatest Spectacle in Racing' in
   1950.


8) Bob East, builder of the renown 'Beast Chassis' was a
   visitor the past weekend


9) Next Events: Sportsman: Saturday, September 1st
                NIGHT OF FEATURES (with Stock Cars)
                Grundy County Speedway, Morris, Illinois
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                National + Sportsman: September 6th
                Davenport Speedway, Davenport, Iowa
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