#32 Roger Williams  Driver / Owner Profile, Career and future Plans!    Driver Profile Roger Williams DOB 4/12/67 Home Town, St. Paul, Indiana Married to – Lorie Williams Children - Amanda & Rebecca Williams Occupation, Engine Builder Owner of Williams Precision Engines since 1990,, Engine Builder for some of the best UMP Modified drivers in the Midwest. Ranked in the top 3 for UMP Engine Builders in 07 & 4th in 2010. Our shop builds 50 to 60 racing engines per year for Sprints Cars, Late Models, Modifieds, NHRA Drag Racers, and NTPA Truck Pullers. Our High Performance Machine Shop is very well equipped with quality equipment that even includes a Depac / Stuska Dyno.. Phone 765-525-4825 Web Site - www.wpespeedshop.com Racing Career 1989 Started Racing Career, Finished 2nd Place in Points with the Hoosier Kart Club of North Vernon Indiana. Winning multiple Go Kart features & trophy dashes. 1990 –1999 Opened a new Engine / Machine Shop specializing in high performance and racing engines.. Spent that time building engines for some of the best Sprint Car, Late Model and Modified drivers in the state of Indiana. In that time and still to this day we have accumulated over 200 feature wins and over a dozen track championships as a engine builder. 2000 First year driving a Modified…Running only a limited schedule we were able to finish in the top 20 in the Traveling Northern All-stars Modified Division. 2000 was a learning year for us getting laps at famous race tracks such as the Terre Haute Action Track, North Vernon Twin City Raceway, and best of all the high banks of Lawrenceburg Speedway. 2001 Another good year for us, gathering more experience and building our resources and equipment. In 2001 we raced at several more new tracks and really began to gain respect from our peers for our top finishes... 2002 This was the year Williams Racing really made it’s mark.. In 2002 we competed on the high banks of Lawrenceburg Speedway exclusively. We attended all 27 shows on the schedule and made 24 features with a top five average finish every week. This consistency helped us clinch a third place finish in the year end championship points battle. We also clamed our first UMP Modified feature win followed up with two 2nd place finishes and a whole host of third place runs. With out a doubt the competition, as tough as they are, knew we were there to win. 2003 Ran exclusively at Lawrenceburg Speedway again. Contracted to drive for the Walters Racing Team based out of Aurora IN. Finished 5th in the season end points race. Considered to be a top 10 team. 2004 Served as Driver and Owner once again racing exclusively at Lawrenceburg Speedway. Top five consistently with a win on one of the biggest nights of the Season winning a 1000.00 paycheck. Finished 3rd once again in the seasons points championship race.. Twice during the season we led the points. 2005 Raced only a partial season at Lawrenceburg not attempting to chase points. Stayed in the top five consistently and accumulated one win at Lawrenceburg. Raced to the front of the pack at the Gas City Speedway also. 2006 Very successful season for us accumulating 13 top five finishes and a feature win attending only 20 racing events in 06. Raced a partial schedule at Lawrenceburg earning one feature win and finishing 6th in the year end points battle, even though we missed 8 events in the beginning of the season due to busy work schedules. Ventured to Twin Cities Speedway where we qualified 4th for the prestigious UMP Wolf Pack traveling series event. Finished in the top ten at Gas City I69 speedway during their last race of the season with 40 plus cars in attendance. Finished 18th out of 120 cars trying to make the biggest race of the year at Lawrenceburg “The Big Dawg 100” 2007 We found ourselves venturing into a brand new adventure building a new pavement street stock Camaro. This car was specifically built so we could compete in the inaugural Frank Kimmel Street Stock Nationals held at the super fast 1.5 mile tri oval Kentucky Speedway. Our performance was exceptional starting all the way back in the 72nd position due to a random draw and working our way to 14th by the half way point of the race. Unfortunately we had a flywheel failure that put us out. Before retiring we passed all the way up to the 14th spot. Needless to say we were hungry to get revenge at the superspeedway and show our true performance capabilities with a good finish. The building of the Camaro and our new UMP Modified limited our capabilities and recourses needed to compete very much. 2008 Roger Williams Racing once again fielded two race cars on a very limited budget quite successfully! Our brand new UMP Modified chassis performed very well competing randomly at venues such as Lawrenceburg Speedway, Twin Cities Speedway and Union County Speedway. Our team was defiantly a threat to win posting top 5 finishes and funning up front every time we hit the track.. Our Pavement Street Stock performed awesome at Kentucky Speedway in May during the second running of the Frank Kimmel Street Stock Nationals. After qualifying 5th out of 80 cars we were able to pull off a hard fought third place finish threatening for a chance to win the event. At one point we were three wide looking at the lead with only a hand full of laps left in the event. Frank Kimmel has announced that there will be a traveling series formed allowing us to compete with our pavement car at other famous venues like Rockingham Speedway, Nashville Speedway, Bristol Motor Speedway, Atlanta Motor Speedway, Charlotte Motor Speedway as well as Kentucky Speedway. 2009 Williams Racing took a large amount of the season off to accumulate and build resources needed to make 2010 a big success. A new diesel truck was purchased and our enclosed trailer got a complete make over with a totally new interior. In spite of all the renovating, we did get to go racing. On January 1st 2009 we competed in the first annual running of the Polar Bear 150 held at Rockingham Speedway NC. Stiff competition coming from several NASCAR teams who entered cars in the event because of the race falling on their off time and cold track conditions held us back to a finish just out of the top ten out of 60 plus entered cars. On July 4th 2009 our team made the trip back to Rockingham Speedway to be part of the 1st annual Cherry Bomb 100. After accumulating some experience in January we were better prepared for the high bank one mile oval. After starting 14th we were able to muscle our way to a 6th place finish.. Considering that this race was only our fourth time ever racing on pavement and the competition was as tough as nails we were fairly happy. 2010 Williams Racing geared up with big ambitions of competing for a championship at Lawrenceburg Speedway in the UMP Modified division. Our brand new Lightning dirt modified chassis presented us with big challenges all season long, causing our team a lot of grief searching for a set up that would allow us to be competitive. This was our first year using a 4 bar suspension and it proved be a real challenge for us. On a bright note, we came into our own and started performing the way we should the last two races of the season. On September 19th the American Modified traveling series came to Lawrenceburg where we qualified 2nd, won our heat and finished 9th after getting spun in the feature. We also posted a good finish in the Patriot 50 held at Lincoln Park Speedway on September 11th. Our team is very optimistic about our chances of competing for a championship in the 2011 season. On January 1st 2010 we competed in the 2nd annual polar Bear 150 held at Rockingham Speedway. We qualified well and started the feature event with high expectations only to get caught up in a crash that was out of our control. Williams Racing takes every opportunity given to us to promote our fantastic 2010 season sponsors. Special thanks to Lucas Oil Products, K&N Filters, Creative Coatings, 350 Graphics, VP race Fuels, and Allstar Performance Products.   Future Plans 2011 will mark a new beginning and the best opportunity we have ever had at clinching a track championship at the legendary Lawrenceburg Speedway. For the second year in a row, I will once again be driving as a teammate in a two car team with 4 time and 2010 track champion Brad Wieck as my partner.. Brad has been a engine customer and good friend for several years. Brads experience and my engine knowledge with our combined resources should make us both very hard to beat in 2011. In addition to racing our UMP Dirt Modified all season hunting the 2011 Lawrenceburg Track Championship, I will also be racing in select races with our Pavement Stock Car competing in the Frank Kimmel Street Stock Nationals. Possible races on the pavement schedule for 2011 include Charlotte Motor Speedway and Kentucky Speedway. Plans for 2011 will be to compete in select races with our Pavement Stock Car while focusing primarily on winning a Dirt Modified Championship at Lawrenceburg Speedway. 2011 Looking to go fast and to the front!!! “Lets go Racing” Please Follow the following links to view more information about Williams Racing! Check out some of Roger Action Racing Photos  Thank You For Your Support! Roger A. Williams   Williams Precision Engines www.wpespeedshop.com 5365 N Co Rd 700 W St Paul, IN.  47272   Shop Phone 765-525-4825 E-Mail  wpespeedshop@tds.net