THE UARA MELLING
SELECT ROOKIE
BATTLE HEADED TO MOTOR
MILE SPEEDWAY
The UARA-Stars has one of the best field of
rookie drivers it’s seen in a long time. The
Melling Select rookie points battle is heating
up heading to Motor Mile Speedway in Radford,
VA. There are eight rookie drivers that have
competed in all three UARA races thus far.
K.C. Cunningham of Grafton, VA leads the
rookie points battle and has received two
Melling Select Rookie of the Race Awards . K.C.
is tied for fifth in the overall points
standings. One of K.C.’s goals this year is to
finish in the top 10 in the overall UARA Points
Championship. “We wanted to run the UARA for the
exposure and the competition level,” said K.C.
Cunningham. The Grafton High senior who just
turned 18 last week is in his first full year
driving a LMSC.
Barry Andrews of Hartsville, SC is in his
first year of driving a LMSC. Barry competed in
late model trucks at Myrtle Beach Speedway over
the past few years, he also won several of those
races. “We feel really good about the upcoming
races, the first two races of the season we ran
our old truck engine,” said Barry Andrews. “With
our new motor we feel like we can compete a
little better.” Barry is holding down second in
the rookie points and is very pleased to be
tenth in overall points.
Justin Hill of Concord, NC holds down the
third spot in the rookie points and is 14th
in overall points. Justin is coming off a good
run at Myrtle Beach Speedway finishing 9th.
Scooter Hillis of Lebanon, Tenn. is 4th
in the rookie points and 15th
overall. Scooter won Melling Select Rookie of
the Race at Myrtle Beach Speedway with a 8th
place finish.
Jake Crum of Statesville, NC is 5th
in the rookie points and 16th
overall. I caught up with Jake this past weekend
running a WKA National Karting Event in Aynor,
SC. The 14 yr. old Crum is in his first year of
LMSC, “I want to race Nascar(Nextel Cup) when
I’m old enough,” said Jake Crum. “We would like
to run another season in UARA for the experience
in full size cars.”
Zeke Shell of Limestone, Tenn. is 6th
in the rookie points and 17th
overall. Zeke’s best finish of the season was 15th
at Myrtle Beach Speedway.
Clay Jones of Goldsboro, NC is currently 7th
in the rookie points and 18th
overall. Clay has had some bad luck in the first
three events. Clay got caught up in a lap car
spin while leading at Hickory. I know this team
is looking forward to getting things turned
around this year.
Lucas Ransone of Madison, NC, is 8th
in the rookie points and 21st
overall. For more information go to
www.uara-stars.com.
Don’t miss the racing action this weekend April
29th at Motor Mile Speedway. Racing
starts at 4 p.m.
