Jacob Poel Continues Stellar 2012 Racing Season With 14 Feature Wins & Counting

Spring Lake, Michigan (Friday, August 24th, 2012): When Jacob Poel finished the 2011 racing season with 21 Feature triumphs at six different race tracks throughout the state of Michigan while also breaking the UMP Modifieds Track Record at the legendary Eldora Speedway in Rossburg, Ohio during the UMP DIRTcar National Championships in October 2011, many observers felt it would be difficult to back up those massive statistics when the 2012 campaign rolled around.

As the statistics continue to tally up for the Spring Lake, Michigan driver, the 25-year-old has showed no signs of slowing down and is on track to at least duplicate if not surpass his career season of a year ago. So far in 2012, Poel has collected an impressive 14 Feature Wins in four different states (Michigan, Illinois, Indiana, & Kentucky) while registering 27 Top Five finishes and 30 Top 10s in 39 starts.

The latest triumphs (Wins #13 & 14) occurred on Friday, August 17th at Mt. Pleasant Speedway in Mt. Pleasant, Michigan during the tracks’ Dennis Boyce Memorial for the UMP Modifieds as he started 13th on the grid and roared his way around the pack to pick up the impressive win after starting farther back than any other winner this season at Mt. Pleasant! He then backed that up with a UMP Modifieds Feature triumph in front of the nationally known teams of the World of Outlaw Late Model Series at Merritt Raceway in Lake City, Michigan the next night; Saturday, August 18th.

"After putting the race program on cruise control throughout the middle part of the season, the whole team was prepared to amp it up and finish the season out strong, last weekends’ performance is testament to that statement.” The Defending UMP DIRTcar Racing Series Michigan State Champion remarked. “Everyone has been gunning for us this season in more ways than one, but we continue to move forward, pick and choose our spots, and a few times this year, it’s worked out and we’re sitting in victory lane.” He added.

For the weekend of August 24-25th, Poel and the J.P.R. Team will stick around close to home starting on Friday, August 24th as the teams returns to Winston Speedway in Rothbury, Michigan for Race Fans VS Cancer Night at the 3/8s (0.375) mile semi-banked dirt oval. Then on Saturday, August 25th Poel will venture back to his home track of I-96 Speedway in Lake Odessa, Michigan for the 5th annual Dirt Gold Cup Championship Extravaganza / 2012 Season Championships.

The statistics for the 2012 racing season so far for one of the top UMP Modifieds drivers in the country is impressive to say the least. While not competing for any Track Championships in 2012, the Jacob Poel Racing Teams’ primary focus has been to travel all over the Midwestern United States, with a focus on his home state of Michigan in an effort to garner as many points as possible within both the UMP DIRTcar Racing Series National & Michigan State Points Standings.

Going into Late August, Poel is seventh in the UMP DIRTcar Racing Series National Points as well as third in the UMP DIRTcar Racing Series Michigan State Points Standings. In addition to all of the available UMP DIRTcar Racing Series Championships, the Allstar Performance Michigan Dirt Cup Modifieds Tour Presented by Lane Automotive is within sights of Poel, the Defending MDC Tour Champion where he is currently third in the tours’ points standings with three points nights left all coming in the month of September.

For the remainder of the 2012 racing season, Poel’s popular black #82 Rocket Chassis UMP Modified will carry the sponsorship decals of his own business, Poel’s PRO-ACT Welding & Fabrication as well as 22 Below Bar & Grill, Lakeshore Custom Services, Sweet Manufacturing, A&A manufacturing, Fitness Together, Dura-Tech Racing Engines, Integra Racing Shocks, Keyser’s Port City Racing, Trago Electric, Poel’s Blueberry Farms, Fewless Motorsports and M.P.H. Promotions.

To learn more about Jacob Poel and the entire Jacob Poel Racing Team and to inquire about additional sponsorship opportunities for the rest of the 2012 racing season, head over to the Jacob Poel Racing Website at: www.jacobpoelracing.com. You can also become a fan of the Jacob Poel Racing Facebook Fan Page at: www.facebook.com and search “Jacob Poel Racing”