OCTOBER 12, 2011
Jeep Van Wormer Victorious in Season
Finale at Eldora Speedway!
(PINCONNING, MICHIGAN) The Iron Motorsports team and
driver Jeep Van Wormer closed out their version of the
2011 season victoriously, as they claimed a big win in
the annual 'UMP Nationals' at the famed Eldora Speedway
in Rossburg, Ohio over the October 7-8 weekend! On Friday
night, Jeep laid down the third fastest lap in his group
during the qualifying session, which locked him into the
outside of the front row for Saturday's heat race.
Jeep went on to win his heat race in preliminary action
on Saturday to become the outside polesitter in the 40-lap
'UMP Nationals.' The Pinconning, Michigan ace was on the
gas early in the race and grabbed the top spot immediately.
Jeep then stayed out in front of the strong field from
flag-to-flag en route to the popular $5,000 triumph over
Frank Heckenast, Jr., Jason Feger, Kevin Cole, and Ryan
Unzicker. Full results from the season finale for the
#55 team can be viewed by logging onto www.eldoraspeedway.com.
"That was a pretty good way to end our season,"
exclaimed Van Wormer this week. "I have had a strong
car at Eldora all year, but we finally put things together
and got the job done. Frankie (Heckenast) raced me clean
for the lead in the late stages of the race and it had
to be a pretty good show for the fans. I have to thank
my family, crew, sponsors, fans, and everyone associated
with Iron Motorsports for their support this year. We
struggled a little early in the season, but things started
clicking during the summer and we ended the year on a
strong note!"
With the 2011 season now in the record books, Jeep and
the Iron Motorsports team can celebrate what was a strong
year. Including Jeep's trip to Australia last winter,
he amassed four victories, twenty Top Five finishes, and
twenty-seven Top Ten efforts in the forty races that he
entered in 2011. A list of accomplishments from this season
is shown below:
* $5,600 ALMS Series Winner at the Hartford (MI) Motor
Speedway
* $5,000 UMP Nationals Winner at the Eldora (OH) Speedway
* Pro Dirt Series Winner at the Perth (Australia) Motorplex
* Pro Dirt Series Winner at the Manjimup (Australia) Speedway
* Finished Sixth in $100,000 Dream 100 at the Eldora (OH)
Speedway
* Finished Eighth in $44,000 World 100 at the Eldora (OH)
Speedway
* Eleven Top Five Finishes in Seventeen UMP Summer Nationals
Events Entered
The Iron Motorsports team thanks the following sponsors
for their continued and unwavering support: Bayline Fire
Protection, Services on Site, Van Wormer Management, Rocket
Chassis, Fletcher Made Horsepower, ACPT, All-Pro Cylinder
Heads, Allstar Performance, Banshee Graphics, Barnes Oil
Systems, Bell Racing, Beyea Headers, Brinn, Inc., BSB
Manufacturing, Callies, Complete Battery Source, Delph
Communications, Dyer's Top Rods, Eibach Springs, Exide
Technologies, Fine Line Window Tinting, Goodridge Hose
& Fittings, Hoosier Racing Tire, Howe Racing Enterprises,
J.C. Dubil, Joe Gibbs Driven Racing Oil, Joe's Racing
Products, K-B Carburetors, Keyser's Port City Racing,
KRC Power Steering, Lane Automotive, Oakley, Outerwears,
Penske Shocks, Peterson Fluid Systems, R2C Performance,
Ringers Gloves, Scott Performance Wire, Sweet Mfg., TWM
Racing, VP Racing Fuels, Wehrs Machine & Racing Products,
Wilwood Engineering, and Wrisco.
To learn more about the Iron Motorsports team, log onto
their home on the web located at www.jeepvanwormer.com.
Media Contact: Ryan Delph - Delph Communications
www.delphcommunications.com
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