Uara Preparing For Banquet Honoring 2009’s Most Outstanding Drivers

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Not only will the UARA be honoring 2009 Champion Matt McCall and Rookie of the Year Brennan Poole; they will also be honoring some of the nations most outstanding drivers to hit the track.

This weeks feature drivers will be the third through tenth place point finishers.

Brandon McReynolds shows his good nature and determination at the track. He had an up and down season but put in great effort with the guidance of crew chief Nick Hutchins. McReynolds brought home eleven top ten finishes. Not only did he have good finishes he had a very impressive three wins in a very tough playing field. McReynolds is the only driver with three wins in 2009. B.J. Mackey was the last driver to accomplish that in 2007.

Coleman Pressley is the tender-hearted driver that was born and bred for racing. Following in the footsteps of his father Robert and grandfather Bob, he can only be great. Pressley takes the chips as they fall. If he has a bad day at the track, he just picks himself up and says what went wrong and let’s work to make it better. Pressley finishes the season in the fourth position with two wins under his belt and like McReynolds he brings home eleven top ten finishes.

Paddy Rodenbeck is the fifth place finisher. Rodenbeck had eight top ten finishes in 2009 with two wins. Rodenbeck’s wins came at Concord and Hickory. Rodenbeck is a quiet young man with a heavy foot. If all is going well he will put that car of his out front. If he isn’t in the front he will definitely give his competition a good run for the money.

Bringing home sixth place in the 2009 points is Garrett Campbell. This young man continues to show great improvement race after race. Campbell’s highest finish was third but it is just a matter of time before the #12 car is in the winner’s circle. Campbell had ten top ten finishes.
This team will be a force to reckon with in the coming 2010 racing season.

Seventh in the 2009 points was Kyle Grissom. Grissom like Coleman Pressley was born to race.
Grissom is under the watchful eye of his father and grandfather, Steve and Wayne. Grissom is a former UARA Rookie of the Year (2005) and he knows just how to handle a car and how to put it to the front. Grissom had nine top ten finishes and one win at Dillon to his credit in 2009. Lady luck was rather mean to Grissom at times during 2009 but the team carried forward and would prevail. They will be strong in 2010 and will be right up front once again.

Rookie of the Year Brennan Poole finished the season out in eighth place and was the feature driver of the week on December 2, 2009. Poole ran the season with the never give up attitude, a smile on his face and determination in his heart He has proven himself to be an adversary to be reckoned with. Poole with his great runs managed to be the Rookie of the Race seven out of sixteen times in 2009.

Scott Turlington of Richmond, VA completed his second year as a UARA driver. Turlington and his team are widely liked by the competition. Turlington faced many encounters with Lady “bad” Luck in 2009 but managed to bring home two top ten finishes and a ninth place point finish to his credit. His season ended with the team pulling together, accessing their progress and determining what actions would be necessary to bring him to the front for 2010. The Turlington team will be a team to watch in 2010.

Rounding out the top ten for 2009 was Rookie contender Michael Rouse. Rouse and his team worked hard throughout the year. At some races it would be a very small crew on hand but with a lot of determination to be competitive. Rouse finished second in the Rookie points for 2009. He was Rookie of the race three times. Rouse brought home four top ten finishes.

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Press Release by: Wink Bodenhamer