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U.S.C.S O'Reilly USCS Speedweek 2008 kicks off 5/24/08 with 7 races in 8 days. Atlanta, GA - The O'Reilly United Sprint Car Series www.uscsracing.com 12th Anniversary Outlaw Thunder Tour kicks off its Speedweek 2008 on Saturday night May 24th at historic Riverside International Speedway in West Memphis, Arkansas. Over just eight days the O'Reilly USCS Speedweek mini-series will visit seven different speedways in four states while keeping travel to a minimum for the fans and race teams. After the Speedweek opener at Riverside, the high-speed entourage then travels just two hours South of Memphis, Tennessee for Speedweek round two and it's second visit of the 2008 season at Greenville Speedway in Greenville, Mississippi on Sunday May 25th. On Monday, May 26th the mini-series moves back North to Clayhill Motorsports in Atwood, Tennessee on the Memorial Day Holiday Monday. Tuesday night , May 27th will find some of the Nation's best sprint car drivers invading the tricky Clarksville Speedway quarter mile oval in Clarksville, Tennessee for Speedweek 2008 Round Four. The traveling show will then take a day off for repairs on Wednesday, May 28th before returning to action at Camden Speedway in Camden, Tennessee on Thursday night May 29th. The action continues on Friday night, May 30th at North Alabama Speedway in Tuscumbia, Alabama for Round Six. The series then travels South into Mississippi for the Speedweek 2008 Finale on Saturday, May 31stst to cap it off in the 10th Annual "Columbus Clash" at the Baddest Bullring in the South, Columbus Speedway in Columbus, Mississippi. Nearly $100,000 in total prize money is guaranteed with one driver able to win $20,000 including bonuses for the week's action. Each event pays $2000 to win with a Minimum of $250 to start the A-Main. Any driver who starts all seven main events is guaranteed to go home with a minimum of $2100 for the week. There is a Speedweek points fund that pays 10 places with $1000 going to the O'Reilly USCS Speedweek 2008 Champion. For further info rules, etc please visit the series official website at www.uscsracing.com .
WINEGARDNER RACES TO CAREER-FIRST O'REILLY USCS WIN AT SUGAR CREEK Blue Ridge, Georgia - May 2, 2008 - Twenty-four year-old, T.J. Winegardner from Pierson, Florida scored a win in the O'Reilly USCS Outlaw Thunder presented by Lucas Oil victory 30-lap "Shootout at Sugar Creek" sprint car race on Friday night at Sugar Creek Raceway in scenic Blue Ridge, Georgia. Winegardner bested a field of top drivers from seven states including several past series Champions for his career first USCS win. Past TBARA Champion and pavement star, Shane Butler from Bushnell, Florida started on the front row next to Winegardner and raced into the lead going into turn one on lap one. The talented Butler looked totally impressive while leading laps one through four before the caution flag flew for Matt Linder's mishap in turn one. Linder was in the third position before contacting the inside wall and ending his night. On the restart Winegardner raced past the pavement hot-shoe into the lead and never looked back for the final twenty-six caution free laps of the evening's finale. At the finish line Winegardner had a ten-car length advantage over Josh Weller from Mertztown, Pennsylvania. Weller had closed the gap several times over the last half of the race while fending off six-time and defending O'Reilly USCS National Champion Terry Gray from Bartlett, Tennessee. Gray who is the current series points leader, finished in the third spot. Engler Machine and Tool First Heat winner, Lance Moss from Cherryville, North Carolina finished in fourth place. Moss started sixth after drawing a six inversion in the K&N Filters pole draw that awarded Winegardner the K&N Filters Pole Position for the main event. The 2007 O'Reilly USCS Rookie of the Year, Don Young from Bartlett, Tennessee, who started in the sixth row, rounded out the top five finishers. 2005 O'Reilly USCS Asphalt Thunder pavement series Champion, Wayne Reutimann, Jr. from Zephyrhills, Florida headed the next group of drivers in sixth place. Rookie of the Year candidates, Brandon McLain from Indian Trail, North Carolina and Tom Selhorst from Clearwater, Florida finished seventh and eighth respectively. Shane Butler was ninth at the finish and veteran USCS racer Doug Day from Winder, Georgia completed the top ten order. Josh Weller kicked off the evening's racing action by winning the six-lap Lucas Oil Power Dash. Lance Moss won the Engler Machine and Tool First Heat Race and Terry Gray collected the victory in the Butlerbuilt Second Heat Race. Don Young garnered the evening's Huggins Cams Hard-charger Award for passing the most cars in the main event. T.J. Winegardner was recognized as the Hoosier Tire Young Gun of the Race the award goes to the top finishing driver under 25 years of age. The JE Pistons Top Guns Award went to third place finisher Terry Gray. The Bar's Leaks Top-Five award went to Don Young as well. The Friday night race was Round One of the "Thunder in the Mountains" Sprint Car Challenge. On Saturday night, Tri County Racetrack in Brass town, North Carolina hosts the Thunder in the Mountains double-header Finale. For more information on Saturday night's event visit www.tricountyracetrack.com or call the track at 828-837-3815. Results: O'Reilly USCS presented by Lucas Oil at Sugar Creek Raceway - May 2, 2008. Lucas Oil Power Dash: Josh Weller, Terry Gray, Lance Moss, T.J. Winegardner, David Thorman, Doug Day. Engler Machine and Toll First Heat: Lance Moss, Matt Linder, Shane Butler, Brandon McLain, Curtis Rhoades, Don Young, Doug Day. Butlerbuilt Second Heat:, Terry Gray, Josh Weller, T.J. Winegardner, Wayne Reutimann, Jr., Tom Selhorst, Lee Moore, David Thorman. O'Reilly USCS Feature - 5/2/08 - 30 laps 1 - #11T - T.J. Winegardner, Pierson, FL 2 - # 63 - Josh Weller, Mertztown, PA 3 - #10 - Terry Gray, Bartlett, TN 4 - #23 - Lance Moss, Cherryville, NC 5 - #75 - DonYoung, Bartlett, TN 6 - #00 - Wayne Reutimann, Jr., Zephyrhills, FL 7 - #67 - Brandon, McLain, Indian Trail, NC 8 - #00T - Tom Selhorst, Pinellas Park, FL 9 - #18 - Shane Butler, Bushnell, FL 10 - #2d - Doug Day, Winder, GA 11- #1X - Matt Linder, Hoschton, GA 12 - #5 - David Thorman, Greenville, SC 13 - #11 - Curtis Rhoades, Pierson, FL 14 - #1A - Lee Moore, Tuscaloosa, AL LUCAS OIL POWER DASH WINNER: Josh Weller K & N FILTERS POLE AWARD: T.J. Winegardner HUGGINS CAMS HARD CHARGER: Don Young HOOSIER TIRE YOUNG GUN AWARD: T.J. Winegardner - Top finish under 25 yrs. old ROOKIE OF THE RACE: Brandon McLain JE PISTONS TOP GUNS AWARD: Terry Gray (3rd place) K&N FILTER 3RD-PLACE AWARD: Terry Gray BUTLERBUILT 4TH-PLACE AWARD: Lance Moss BARS LEAKS TOP FIVE AWARD: Don Young PROVISIONAL: None LEAD CHANGES: One CAUTIONS: One
O'Reilly USCS sprint cars headline Malden Speedway "Bootheel 200" Finals on Saturday, March 10th Malden, MO - On Saturday, May 10th the O'Reilly United Sprint Car Series (www.uscsracing.com ) Mid-South Thunder winged Outlaw style sprint cars will contest round three of the 2008 Mid-South Thunder Tour when Malden Speedway in Malden, Missouri hosts the series on day-two of the 2nd Annual Bootheel 200. The event will award points towards the O'Reilly USCS Mid South Thunder regional Championship. The O'Reilly United Sprint Car Series main event will pay $2000 to win and it is possible for one driver to collect $2200 by winning the Lucas Oil Power Dash, their qualifying heat race and the 30-lap O'Reilly USCS A-Main event. The main event will additionally pay $300 to the last place finisher. Top sprint car entries are expected from at least five states for the third of thirty race nights on the Mid South Thunder schedule. The O'Reilly USCS sprint cars will contest a complete winged sprint car racing program during Saturday's portion of the racing action. The O'Reilly USCS format will include test and tune hot laps, The Lucas Oil Power Dash six-cars, six-laps shootout plus qualifying heat races, and main events. O'Reilly USCS sprint car drivers and teams will also have a pre-event practice opportunity at Malden Speedway on Friday night, May 9th. The practice sessions are scheduled to make time available for the sprint car drivers to have three practice times on the race track during the Friday evening racing program for the other six divisions. The O'Reilly USCS sprint car event is just one half of a United Speed Contest Sanction double-header also featuring the Rislone USCS Modified Series during the two-day racing program scheduled for Friday, May 9th and Saturday, May 10th. The Rislone USCS Modified Series two-day event features a full racing program showcasing many of the Mid-South's top open wheel modified drivers competing for $800 to win in the 25-lap Rislone USCS Modified "Bootheel 200" Championship preliminary A-Main on Friday night. On Saturday night the Rislone USCS Modified Series returns with another full racing program in the 2nd Annual Bootheel 200 Championships for the Modified finale. With posted bonuses and a win in the Rislone Oil Stabilizer Dash each night, it is possible for one modified driver to take home $2500 over the two nights. The Bootheel 200 format has been re-designed from the original scheduled one when the dates for the second-year event were suppose to occur on March 28-29th. The original format featured qualifying rounds only on Friday evening with all of the Championship Finals on Saturday in each division . The new format features a complete racing program including test and tune hot laps, qualifying heat races and main events in six classes on both Friday and Saturday nights featuring the Rislone USCS Modified Series and five other Malden Speedway divisions . Those additional classes include the Fastrak Late Models, Hobby Stock, Street Stock, E-MOD and Mini Stock classes. Over the two nights, there will be nearly 500 laps of racing and plenty of side-by-side action in all seven divisions on the 3/8 mile clay oval. That includes approximately 270 Laps of main events in the re-designed format. For more information on the O'Reilly United Sprint Car Series and Rislone USCS Modified Series please visit www.uscsracing.com or call 404-886-5913. For additional info on the Malden Speedway and the 2nd Annual Boothell 200 please visit the track's official website at www.maldenspeedway.com MALDEN SPEEDWAY - BOOTHEEL 200 EVENT SCHEDULE FRIDAY, MAY 9th - Round One 4:00 pm Pit Gates Open 5:30 pm Grandstands Open 6:30 pm Drivers Meeting 6:45 pm Hot Laps 7:30 pm Racing Action SATURDAY, MAY 10th - Round Two 3:00 pm Pit Gates Open 5:00 pm Grandstands Open 5:45 pm Drivers Meeting 6:00 pm Hot Laps 7:00 pm Racing Action www.maldenspeedway.com
MUFFLERS ALERT! MUFFLERS REQUIRED AT TRI-COUNTY RACETRACK ON SATURDAY 5/3/08 Atlanta, GA - Due to local track and county requirements the O'Reilly United Sprint Car Series event at Tri-County Racetrack in Brasstown, North Carolina this Saturday night May 3rd will require that all O'Reilly USCS competitors have mufflers installed on their race cars. The only legal muffler for O'Reilly United Sprint Car Series competition is the Schoenfeld part number 112535. These mufflers must be unaltered from factory construction or specifications. For more info on O'Reilly USCS rules please visit www.uscsracing.com If you still have questions about the Tri-County Racetrack event on Saturday night May 3rd or the Friday night May 2nd race at Sugar Creek Raceway in Blue Ridge, GA please call the O'Reilly USCS at 404-886-5913.
$5000 up for grabs in O'Reilly USCS "Thunder in the Mountains" fan friendly double-header at Sugar Creek Raceway Friday and Tri County Racetrack on Saturday Atlanta, GA - The O'Reilly Auto Parts United Sprint Car Series presented by Lucas Oil will contest two full nights of winged sprint car racing at tracks in the mountains of North Georgia and Western North Carolina in the 1st Annual O'Reilly USCS "Thunder in the Mountains" Shootout this coming weekend. This Friday night May 2nd the series visits Sugar Creek Raceway in Blue Ridge, Georgia for Round One. On Saturday night the Nationally touring series completes the two-night excitement-charged weekend at Tri County Racetrack in Brasstown, North Carolina. The location of these two made-for-sprint-car-racing action tracks make this one of the most fan and race team friendly weekends of the 2008 season on the O'Reilly USCS racing schedule. A total of $5000 is up for grabs to any driver who can clean house both nights. Driver entries from eight states have been received. And some of the best are coming to the mountains to try and grab all the dollars. "The pairing of these two great race tracks "just across the stateline" from each other and just 32 miles apart from each other gives race fans a rare opportunity to see some of the best sprint car drivers in the country twice in one weekend without going to a whole lot of trouble."Points out O'Reilly United Sprint Car Series Founder and President, Pete Walton. " It also gives the race teams a chance to compete for some good money at two different race tracks an economical distance apart and gives them ample time to prepare and repair between events. Motels are economical this time of year in both towns and travel between the tracks is minimal and makes stress-free getaway for a great weekend of early season racing action", concluded Walton. Sugar Creek Raceway is located in beautiful Blue Ridge, Georgia www.sugarcreekracing.com This Friday night's event will be the 10th Annual Sugar Creek "Night of Thunder". The track has traditionally been one of the series' drivers favorite stops. The O'Reilly USCS has raced at Sugar Creek Raceway in nine of its previous eleven seasons. Friday night's event at the 3/8 mile banked clay oval awards regional points toward the O'Reilly USCS Southern Thunder regional series Championship. Friday night's feature pays $2000 to win and awards $250 to the last place finisher in the main event. On Saturday the series then moves less than one hour's drive north to Tri County Racetrack www.tricountyracetrack.com in Brass town, North Carolina. Saturday night's National points event will award points in both the O'Reilly USCS Southern Thunder regional series and National standings as well. The feature race at the high-banked 1/3 mile red clay oval will pay at least $2000 to win at Tri County Racetrack with $300 paid to the last place starter. In addition to the test and tune hot laps each night's racing format will feature a six car, six laps, Lucas Oil Power Dash plus qualifying heat races, a B-Main and 30 laps A-Main event. The winner of the Lucas Oil Power Dash will receive $100 each night. An additional weekend bonus is posted for any driver who can win the Lucas Oil Power Dash, their heat race and the A-Main both nights bringing their possible total winnings to $5000. Additionally each race track will feature a full program of weekly and Late Model stock car racing as well. Sugar Creek Raceway is located on Sugar Creek Road about three miles off Georgia Highway 515 in Blue Ridge. The Sugar Creek track phone number is 7056-632-9083. The Tri-County Racetrack is located in Brass town, North Carolina near Murphy, North Carolina. The track is just off Old Highway 64 in Brasstown. Tri County's phone number is 828-837-3815. For more info on these events visit the Official website of the O'Reilly United Sprint Car Series at www.uscsracing.com If you need more info please call the O'Reilly US
RAIN AGAIN... AT HARRIS SPEEDWAY CANCELLED and RESCHEDULED FOR MAY 17th Harris, NC - April 26, 2008 - With drivers from five states as far away as Memphis, Tennessee, Tampa, Florida and Mertztown, Pennsylvania in the pits, rain once again washed out the final half of the O'Reilly USCS "Thunder in Carolinas" event at Harris Speedway in Harris, North Carolina on Saturday evening. The second round of the event featuring a full winged Oultaw style sprint car racing program including a 30-lap $2000 to win main event has been re-scheduled for Saturday, May 17th at 7:00pm. Visit www.uscsracing for the details.
Harris, NC - Six-time O'Reilly United Sprint Car Series Champion, Terry Gray from Bartlett, Tennessee scored a photo-finish win in the 20-lap O'Reilly United Sprint Car Series presented by Lucas Oil main event on Friday night at Harris Speedway. Gray beat CnB Mushroom Farms fast qualifer Johnny Bridges from Cherryville, North, Carolina to the finish-line by about 18 inches in the $1200 to win preliminary feature race of the "Thunder in Carolina" Round One. The series returns to Harris Speedway on Saturday night for the 30-lap $2000 to win Finale. Bridges who won last weekend's O'Reilly USCS Aphalt Thunder paved track event at Dillon, South Carolina, set fast time and a new all-time track record of 13.27 seconds around the historic Harris, North Carolina 4/10 mile clay oval. Gray won the Lucas Oil Power Dash earlier in the evening. Brian Smith from Mooresville, North Carolina won the Engler Machine and Tool First Heat Race and T.J. Winegardner from Pierson, Florida collected the victory in the Butlerbuilt Second Heat Race. Josh Weller from Mertztown, Pennsylvania garnered the evening's Huggins Cams Hardcharger Award. Results: O'Reilly USCS presented by Lucas Oil at Harris Speedway - April 25, 2008. CnB Mushroom Farms Fast Time Award: Johnny Bridges - 13.27 seconds (4/10 mile clay - All time track record). Lucas Oil Power Dash: Terry Gray, Johnny Bridges, Coby Adams, David Thorman, Brad Wickham. Engler Machine and Toll First Heat:Bran Smith, Terry Gray, Matt Linder, Johnny Bridges, Doug Day, Brad Wickham, Curtis Rhoades. Butlerbuilt Second Heat: T.J. Winegardner, Josh Weller, Lance Moss, Coby Adams, Scott Young, Wayne Reutimann, Jr. Tom Selhorst, Brandon McLain DNS O'Reilly USCS Feature - 4/25/08 - 20 laps - Terry Gray, Johnny Bridges, T.J. Winegardner, Josh Weller, Coby Adams, Scott Young, Brian Smith, Lance Moss, Brad Wickham, Doug Day, David Thorman, Wayne Reutimann, Jr., Curtis Rhoades, Matt Linder, Tom Selhorst, Brandon, McLain.
Johnny Bridges scores big win in O'Reilly USCS Asphalt Thunder event at Dillon Motor Speedway Dillon, SC - April 19, 2008 – 2004 O’Reilly United Sprint Car Series/ AOAS Champion, Johnny Bridges from Cherryville, North Carolina won the 35-Lap O’Reilly USCS Asphalt Thunder Tour main event at Dillon Motor Speedway in Dillon, South Carolina on Saturday night. The win was his third career O’Reilly USCS feature win. Bridges started the evening by setting the fastest time trial qualifying lap around high-banked 4/10ths mile paved oval. After winnningthe Butlerbuilt Second Heat Race, Bridges drew a zero inversion in the K&N Filters pole Award drawing place himself and second quick qualifier, Wayne Reutimann, Jr. from Zephyrhills, Florida on the front row for the start of the main event. When the green flag flew for the initial start of the 35-lap feature, Wayne Reutimann, Jr. got the jump on Bridges into the lead entering turn one only to see the caution flag waved for Wendy Mathis’contact incident in the turn three outside wall. After Mathis was checked out and deemed to be okay, her car was in much worse condition and could not continue. On the restart Bridges bolted into the lead exiting turn two with Reutimann, Jr. leading the pack down to turn one with Wayne Reutimann, Jr. , defending National Champion, Terry Gray from Bartlett, Tennessee in pursuit behind him. Standout sprint car rookie driver, Adam Jackson from Birmingham, England was in the fourth position and Gray’s team-mate, seventeen year-old, 2006 O’Reilly USCS Rookie of the Year, Derek Hagar rounded out the five car lead pack. Bridges quickly placed lapped cars between Reutimann, Jr. and himself
while extending his lead around the track. The O'Reilly USCS www.uscsracing.com returns to action on dirt Harris
Speedway www.harrisspeedway.com next Friday and Saturday April 25th and 26th
with two O’Reilly USCS Southern Thunder regional point’s events and a
national points event.. The O’Reilly USCS is the only winged sprint car
series in the World that races on both dirt and paved ovals. The next
O'Reilly USCS Asphalt Thunder Tour event is scheduled for Saturday July 26th
at Peach State Speedway in Jefferson, Georgia. O'Reilly USCS "ASPHALT THUNDER" SPRINT CARS HEADLINE at DILLLON MOTOR SPEEDWAY SATURDAY NIGHT (APRIL 19TH) Dillon, SC - Wild and exciting winged Outlaw sprint car racing returns to Dillon Motor Speedway for the 1st annual "Carolina Speed Spectacular" on Saturday night, April 19th. The O'Reilly Auto Parts sponsored United Sprint Car Series "Asphalt Thunder" Tour will roar into the fast four-tenths mile paved oval for its first ever event. This will be the fourth event of the twelfth season for the O'Reilly USCS National touring drivers who also race on dirt ovals. The O'Reilly USCS is the only winged Outlaw sprint car series in the World that races on both dirt and paved surfaces. The event is expected to bring top winged Outlaw sprint car drivers from at least six states to the Speedway. Their exotic fire breathing, alcohol burning, 700 horsepower open wheel cars weight just 1,300 pounds and will literally fly around the track surface at speeds in excess of 140 miles per hour. It is not uncommon to see O'Reilly USCS sprint cars popping "wheelies" or doing wheel stands because of the brute force of their engines and their huge 18-inch wide rear tires. Saturday night's Outlaw sprint car action will feature a full program that will include time trials, qualifying heat races and a 35-Lap A-main event. The evening's first sprint car race will be the Lucas Oil Power Dash that showcases the top cars from the previous O'Reilly USCS main event in an edge-of-your-seat six-car shootout. In addition to the O'Reilly USCS winged sprint cars , the Speedway's weekly racing divisions will part of the action. Those classes include the popular Late Models, Street Stock and Charger divisions. Each of those divisions will contest a full racing program including qualifying races and features. Heavy-hitter sprint car entries from across the nation including the six-time O'Reilly USCS National Champion Terry Gray from Bartlett, Tennessee and 2005 O'Reilly USCS Asphalt Thunder Champion Wayne Reutimann, Jr. from Zephyrhills, Florida. Reutimann will field a two-car team. One of the Team Reutimann drivers is legendary open wheel racer and three time O'Reilly USCS Asphalt Thunder feature winner Wayne Reutimann, Sr. Another talented entry will be 17-year-old, 2006 O'Reilly USCS Rookie of the Year Derek Hagar from Marion, Arkansas. Hagar will be making his paved track debut after winning two O'Reilly USCS features in his sophomore season in 2007. He will be joined by several other talented USCS Young Guns (drivers under 25) including 2007 Asphalt Thunder Tour rookie of the Year, Nick DeFeo from Marietta, Georgia. Another expected young star is English road racing star turned sprint car racer, Adam Jackson who resides in Timmonsville, South Carolina. Jackson competed in five O'Reilly USCS events in 2007 and nearly pulled off a victory on two occasions. He is expected to be a contender for the victory here as well. Joining the youth movement will be O'Reilly USCS veterans Dave Thorman from Greenville, SC is also entered as is veteran sprint car racer Bronzie Lawson from North Carolina. Additional out of state entries expected are: the field's only female open-wheel star, Wendy Mathis from Ocala, Florida who finished fifth in the O'Reilly USCS Asphalt Thunder tour season-opener at Watermelon Capital Speedway on March 15th. Also entered is twenty-four year-old Tom Winegardner, Jr. from Pierson, Florida who finished third in the 2006 O'Reilly USCS National standings and captured the 2007 Rebel regional Championship for the American Sprint Car Series. Other expected top entries include several North Carolina drivers including and headed by, 2006 Florence Motor Speedway feature winner, Johnny Bridges from Cherryville, North Carolina and 2007 American Sprint Car Series Southern region Champion, Brian Smith from Mooresville, North Carolina. Veteran USCS sprint car driver and 2002 O'Reilly USCS series title runner-up Doug Day from Winder, Georgia is also entered. Other expected entries include Brad Wickham from Forest City, North Carolina and nineteen year-old rookie sprint car driver Brandon Ricco from South Dakota. He formerly was a Champion driver in Street Stocks in the great white North. The Dillon Motor Speedway official website is www.dillonmotorspeedway.com the track is located one quarter mile west of Interstate 95 at Exit 193. The track info number is 843-774-1888. For O'Reilly USCS info call 404-886-5913 or visit the official O'Reilly USCS web site at www.uscsracing.com Crawley wins Saturday O'Reilly USCS "Night of Thunder" at Checkered Flag Speedway Hohenwald, TN - April 12, 2008 - Tim Crawley from Benton Arkansas drove Mike Ward's famed # 88 David McCarver powered car into victory lane in the 30 lap O'Reilly Auto Parts United Sprint Car Series www.uscsracing.com Night of Thunder at Checkered Flag Speedway in Hohenwald, Tennessee on Saturday night. It was Crawley's second O'Reilly USCS win of the young season. Crawley started in the K&N Filters pole position after Engler Machine and Tool First Heat winner and defending champion, Terry Gray from Bartlett, Tennessee drew a four in the K&N Filters Pole draw relegating himself to the outside of the second row and place Crawley, the 2002 National Sprint Car Hall of Fame 360 Driver of the Year on the Pole. Crawley had finished in second place in the Butlerbuilt Second Heat. Henry Gustavus from Earle, Arkansas who followed Gray across the finish line in the first heat lined up next to the eventual winner outside the front row for the start of the main event. On the initial start Ronny Howard from Southaven, Mississippi made hard contact in the first turn wall and flipped. This brought out the red flag. Howard was deemed to be okay but, his race car was unable to continue the battle. On the restart Crawley raced out to the lead while Gray chased Gustavus for the runner-up spot. On lap two Gray raced by Gustavus and was in torrid pursuit of the leader, Crawley. On lap four Jason Sides from Bartlett, Tennessee who started sixth moved into the third position with Gustavus in fourth place and Marshall Skinner from West Memphis, Arkansas in the lead pack, in fifth position. Before the races only other caution on lap fourteen for a stalled car on the track. Crawley had amassed a half straight-away lead over Gray by slicing his way quickly through lapped traffic. He had three cars between him and Gray on the restart for the final sixteen laps. Sides was sixth in the in the running order including lapped cars at that point. Skinner had move up to fourth with hard charging seventh starter Ernie Ainsworth from Memphis, Tennessee in the top five then. Gray continued to chase Crawley for the balance of the event looking for a chance to close in on him in lapped traffic, but Crawley aggressively put lapped traffic away. He raced out to a comfortable margin while bicycling twice between turns three and four and once passing four lapped cars on the outside of turns one and two. Sides closed the gap on Gray before the finish but he was unable to challenge him for the runner-up position. He finished in third place behind the six-time series Champion. Skinner, a past series Champion, raced home in the fourth position and 2007 O'Reilly USCS Rookie of the Year, Don Young also from Bartlett, Tennessee rallied from his tenth place starting position to finish in fifth. Ernie Ainsworth in the Short Chambliss owned and wrenched #40 headed the next group in sixth place, followed by 1998 O'Reilly USCS Champion, Eddie Gallagher from Piperton, Tennessee in seventh. Wade Oliver from Southaven, Mississippi drove the Mike Pyles #58 home in the eighth position. The 2007 O'Reilly USCS Mid-South Thunder regional series Rookie of the Year, Chris Williams from Memphis, Tennessee was ninth. Veteran USCS racer Greg Merritt from Nesbit, Mississippi rounded out the top ten in the finishing order. The 2006 O'Reilly USCS Rookie of the Year, Derek Hagar from Marion, Arkansas, kicked off the night's action with a dominating win in the six cars, six-laps Lucas Oil Power Dash. He then had a fuel system problem eliminate him in the main event. Don Young garnered the Huggins Cams Hardcharger Award after passing the most cars in the main event. Young also was named the Hoosier tire young Gun of the race for the top finishing driver under 25 years old. Crawley claimed the K&N Filters Pole award. Gray and Skinner were the heat race winners. Next up for the O'Reilly USCS on Saturday, April 19th is the second O'Reilly USCS Asphalt Thunder Tour event of the season at Dillon Motor Speedway in Dillon, South Carolina. For more info please visit www.dillonmotorspeedway.com or visit the series official website at www.uscsracing.com O'Reilly USCS Outlaw Thunder Tour results April 12, 2008 Checkered Flag Speedway: Lucas Oil Power Dash: Winner = Derek Hagar, Marshall Skinner, Eddie Gallagher, Tim Crawley, Terry Gray, Ronny Howard. Engler Machine and Tool First Heat: Winner = Terry Gray, Henry Gustavus, Eddie Gallagher, Ernie Ainsworth, Greg Merritt, Wade Oliver, Tom Selhorst, Derek Hagar. Butlerbuilt Second Heat: Winner = Marshall Skinner, Tim Crawley, Jason, Sides, Chris Williams, Don young, Anthony Nicholson, Michael Craddock, Ronny Howard. O'Reilly USCS feature results (30 laps) April 12, 2008 Pos. Car#` Start Pos. Driver/Hometown 1 88 1 Tim Crawley, Benton, AR 2 10 4 Terry Gray, Bartlett, TN 3 7s 6 Jason Sides, Bartlett, TN 4 26 3 Marshall Skinner, West Memphis, AR 5 75 10 Don Young, Bartlett, TN 6 40 7 Ernie Ainsworth, Memphis, TN 7 1 5 Eddie Gallagher, Piperton, TN 8 58 11 Wade Oliver, Southaven, MS 9 8x 8 Chris Williams, Memphis, TN 10 12m 9 Greg Merritt, Nesbit, MS 11 78 2 Henry Gustavus, Earle, AR 12 16 12 Anthony Nicholson, Bartlett, TN 13 00 17 Tom Selhorst, Clearwater, FL 14 25 13 Ray Bugg, Iuka, MS 15 31 14 Michael Craddock, Olive Branch, MS 16 9 jr. 15 Derek Hagar, Marion, AR 17 44 16 Ronny Howard, Southaven, MS LUCAS OIL POWER DASH WINNER: Derek Hagar K & N FILTERS POLE AWARD: Danny Martin, Jr. HUGGINS CAMS HARD CHARGER: Don Young (started 10th passed 5 cars) HOOSIER TIRE YOUNG GUN OF THE RACE: Don Young ROOKIE OF THE RACE: Tom Selhorst JE PISTONS TOP GUNS AWARD: Terry Gray (2nd place) K&N FILTERS 3RD-PLACE AWARD: Jason Sides BUTLERBUILT 4TH-PLACE AWARD: Marshall Skinner BARS LEAKS TOP FIVE AWARD: Don Young ENTRIES: 17 PROVISIONALS: None LAP LEADERS: Tim Crawley 1-30 O'Reilly United Sprint Car Series Outlaw Thunder Tour Atlanta, GA - The O'Reilly United Sprint Car Series Outlaw Thunder Tour and Rislone USCS Modified Series headline the racing action at Checkered Flag Speedway (www.checkeredflagspeedway.com) in Hohenwald, TN on Saturday, April 12th. The two USCS series serve as the headliners for the tracks Spring "Night of Thunder" featuring over 200 laps of racing action and approximately 120 laps of main events. It will be the first visit by the winged Outlaw style sprint car series to the middle Tennessee 1/4 mile oval since the 2002 season. Jeff Swindell from Barlett, Tennessee won the O'Reilly USCS main event driving for the late Donn Goodson on May 26, 2002 at the track then known as Hohenwald Motorsports. The event will be the third O'Reilly USCS Mid-South regional event and will also award O'Reilly USCS National points. The sprint car feature race will pay $2000 to win. The Rislone USCS Modified series feature race will pay $1200 to the winner. It will be the Rislone USCS Modifiied Series fifth race on the 2008 schedule. The series kicked offthe season at Checkerd Flag Speedway on March 1st with T.J. Herndon from Atwood, Tennessee picking up the win in that season-opener. Also on the racing card will be three of Checkered Flag Speedway's weekly racing divisions including Crate Late Model Stock ($800 to win), Street Stock ($350 to win), Mini Stock ($300 to win). The previous night the O'Reilly USCS sprint cars and Rislone USCS Modified Series race at Camden Speedway in Camden, Tennessee to form a weekend double-header for both series at the two tracks. Checkered Flag Speedway's race-day phone number is 931-796-1777. CFS Promoter Johnny Rollins can be reached at 931-670-4468. To contact the USCS please call 404-886-5913 or email petewalton@bellsouth.net. The series website is www.uscsracing.com
O'Reilly USCS Tennessee "Outlaw Thunder" double-header on tap this Friday and Saturday 4/11-12th Atlanta, GA - April 10, 2008 - The O'Reilly United Sprint Car Series Outlaw Thunder Tour returns to action in the heart of the Mid-South with a double-header this weekend in Western Tennessee. The series will appear on Friday, April 11th at Camden Speedway in Camden, Tennessee and on Saturday night, April 12th at Checkered Flag Speedway in Hohenwald, Tennessee. The two O'Reilly USCS races will award Mid-South Thunder regional; points and National points as well. The Friday night race is the "Magic Valley 150" and 2008 season-opener for Camden Speedway. After several weekends of races lost to Mother Nature, the O'Reilly USCS sprint cars are set to contest their second and third O'Reilly USCS Mid-South regional events which also award O'Reilly USCS National points. Both sprint car feature races will pay $2000 to win the feature race. One driver could take home over $4500 for a weekend sweep. \ Joining the sprint cars for the two nights on the racing card will be the Rislone USCS Modified Series as well. The Modified main events will pay $1000 to the winner at Camden and $1200 at Checkered Flag Speedway. Also on the racing program at both tracks will be several weekly racing divisions. It's worth $2500 to sweep the open wheel modified card for the weekend. Camden Speedway is located on US Hwy. 70 bypass on the West Side of Camden, Tennessee. The Speedway's race-day phone number is 731-584-0100. Checkered Flag Speedway is located two miles West of Hohenwald, Tennessee on US Hwy. 412. For more info visit www.checkeredflagspeedway.com To contact the USCS please call 404-886-5913 or email petewalton@bellsouth.net. The series website is
O'Reilly USCS headlines Checkered Flag Speedway "Night of Thunder" Saturday April 12th Atlanta, GA - The O'Reilly United Sprint Car Series Outlaw Thunder Tour headlines the racing action at Checkered Flag Speedway in Hohenwald, Tennessee on Saturday, April 12th. The series headlines the tracks Spring "Night of Thunder" featuring over 200 laps of racing action and approximately 120 laps of main events in five divisions. It will be the first visit by the winged Outlaw style sprint car series to the middle Tennessee 1/4 mile clay oval since the 2002 season. Jeff Swindell from Barlett, Tennessee won the O'Reilly USCS main event driving for the late Donn Goodson on May 26, 2002 at the track then known as Hohenwald Motorsports. The event will be the third O'Reilly USCS Mid-South regional event and will also award O'Reilly USCS National points. The sprint car feature race will pay $2000 to win. Also on the card forming a USCS double-header are the Rislone USCS Modifieds contesting a Championship points event. The Rislone USCS Modified series feature race will pay $1200 to the winner. It will be the Rislone USCS Modifiied Series fifth race on the 2008 schedule and one driver could collect $1400 at Checkered Flag if they win the Rislone Power Dash, their qualifying heat race and the A-Main event. The Modified series kicked off the season at Checkerd Flag Speedway on March 1st with T.J. Herndon from Atwood, Tennessee picking up the win in that season-opener. Also on the racing card will be three of Checkered Flag Speedway's weekly racing divisions including Crate Late Model Stock ($800 to win), Street Stock ($350 to win), Mini Stock ($300 to win). The previous night the O'Reilly USCS sprint cars and Rislone USCS Modified Series race at Camden Speedway in Camden, Tennessee to form a weekend double-header for both series at the two tracks. Checkered Flag Speedway's race-day phone number is 931-796-1777. CFS Promoter Johnny Rollins can be reached at 931-670-4468. The tracks website is www.checkeredflagspeedway.com To contact the USCS please call 404-886-5913 or email petewalton@bellsouth.net. The series website is www.uscsracing.com
O'Reilly USCS sprint car event at Harris Speedway is cancelled and re-scheduled for 4/25th-26th Atlanta, GA - The bad news is that the O'Reilly United Sprint Car Series "Outlaw Thunder" Tour event scheduled this Friday and Saturday nights April 4th and 5th at Harris Speedway in Harris, North Carolina has been cancelled. The decision to cancel this weekend's racing activities was made by track management and USCS Officials due to heavy rains at the3/8 mile red clay oval on Thursday making it nearly impossible to have a race ready surface by Friday night. Additionally, more heavy rainfall is predicted for Friday and Saturday contributing to the cancellation decision. The good news is that the O'Reilly USCS Outlaw Thunder Tour and racing action featuring racing in 8 divisions over two nights has been re-scheduled. The new date for both of the USCS events accompanied by all Harris weekly racing classes is set for Friday April 4th and Saturday, April 5th. The format for the event remains the same. Please visit www.harrisspeedway.com For additional USCS info please visit www.uscsracing.com or call 770-460-RACE or 404-886-5913.
O'Reilly USCS Sprints THUNDER IN CAROLINA O’Reilly USCS OUTLAW SPRINT CARS headline “THUNDER IN CAROLINA” double-header action at Harris Speedway on Friday April 4th and Saturday April 5th Atlanta, GA – The O’Reilly Auto Parts www.oreillyauto.com United Sprint Car Series www.uscsracing.com kicks off the Southern Thunder Tour portion of its 2008 and 12th anniversary schedule on Friday and Saturday April 4th and 5th with the two-night O’Reilly USCS “Thunder in the Carolinas” event at historic Harris Speedway in Harris, North Carolina. Harris Speedway is located in Rutherford County near the Rutherfordton, Forest City and Spindale area in western North Carolina. The two-day “Thunder in Carolina “ event is loaded with action-packed racing featuring two full winged sprint car racing programs plus racing Harris Speedway’s weekly divisions. Friday night’s portion of the event will serve as the kickoff event for the 25-race O’Reilly USCS Southern Thunder Tour regional series. Both nights will award O’Reilly USCS Southern Thunder Championship points. The Saturday night race will additionally award O’Reilly USCS “Outlaw Thunder” Tour and O’Reilly Cup National Championship points. The O’Reilly USCS Southern Thunder Tour regional series includes races scheduled in North and South Carolina plus Georgia and East Tennessee. A number of these events will award O’Reilly Cup National Championship points. This event will bring a number of drivers seeking the O’Reilly Auto Parts sponsored United Sprint Car Series "Outlaw Thunder" National Championship roaring into the fast 3/8-mile clay oval. This event is O’Reilly Cup National points event events number one. The O’Reilly USCS Southern Thunder drivers will also race on paved ovals several times during the 2008 season. The O’Reilly USCS is the only winged outlaw sprint series in the World that races on both dirt and paved surfaces. The event is expected to bring top winged outlaw sprint car drivers from at least eight states to the track from as far away as Memphis, Tennessee and upstate New York. The exotic fire breathing, alcohol burning, 700 horsepower open-wheel O’Reilly USCS sprint cars weight just 1,300 pounds, and are pound for pound the World’s most powerful short track race cars. The cars will literally fly around the track surface at speeds over 120 M.P.H. It is not uncommon to see O’Reilly USCS sprint cars popping "wheelies" or doing wheel stands because of the brute force of their engines and their huge 18-inch wide rear tires. Friday night's Outlaw sprint car action will feature a full program of racing in the outlaw sprint cars that includes test and tune hot laps followed by time trial qualifying when the all-time Harris Speedway track record is guaranteed to fall. The evening's first sprint car race will be the Lucas Oil Power Dash that will showcase the top six cars from the qualifying rounds in an edge-of-your-seat six-car shootout. Next up will be qualifying heat races and the evening’s finale will be a 20-lap “Thunder in Carolina” preliminary main event. On Saturday night, the racing action kicks off with another Lucas Oil Power Dash, then moves into another full program of sprint car racing that features a series of qualifying races, before the 30-lap “Thunder in Carolina” Championship Race. The Speedway’s weekly racing divisions are on the program both nights as well. Harris Speedway ilocated 12 miles Southeast of Rutherfordton, NC just off US 221 (then west to Harris) The tracks official website is www.harrisspeedway.com For more info and for O'Reilly USCS sprint car rules please and info visit www.uscsracing.com or cll the O'Reilly USCS office at 404-886-5913.
O'REILLY USCS OUTLAW SPRINT CARS HEADLINE "THUNDER IN THE CAROLINAS" DOUBLE-HEADER ACTION AT HARRIS SPEEDWAY ON FRIDAY APRIL 4th and SATURDAY APRIL 5th Atlanta, GA - The O'Reilly Auto Parts www.oreillyauto.com United Sprint Car Series www.uscsracing.com kicks off the Southern Thunder Tour portion of its 2008 and 12th anniversary schedule on Friday and Saturday April 4th and 5th with the two-night O'Reilly USCS "Thunder in the Carolinas" event at the historic Harris Speedway in Harris, North Carolina. Harris Speedway is located in Rutherford County near the Rutherfordton, Forest City and Spindale area in western North Carolina. The two-day "Thunder in Carolina " event is loaded with action-packed racing featuring two full nights of winged sprint car racing plus racing in seven of Harris Speedway's weekly divisions. Friday night's portion of the event will serve as the kickoff event for the 25 plus race O'Reilly USCS Southern Thunder Tour regional series. Both nights will award O'Reilly USCS Southern Thunder Championship points. The Saturday night race will additionally award O'Reilly USCS "Outlaw Thunder" Tour and O'Reilly Cup National Championship points. The O'Reilly USCS Southern Thunder Tour regional series includes races scheduled in North and South Carolina plus Northern Georgia and East Tennessee. A number of those events will award O'Reilly Cup National Championship points. This first event will bring a number of drivers seeking the O'Reilly Auto Parts sponsored United Sprint Car Series "Outlaw Thunder" National Championship roaring into the fast 3/8-mile clay oval. This event is first event on the O'Reilly Cup National Championship schedule. The O'Reilly USCS drivers will also race on paved ovals several times during the 2008 season. The O'Reilly USCS is the only winged outlaw sprint series in the World that races on both dirt and paved surfaces. The Harris Speedway event is expected to bring top winged outlaw sprint car drivers from at least eight states to the track from as far away as Memphis, Tennessee and upstate New York. The exotic fire breathing, alcohol burning, 700 horsepower open-wheel O'Reilly USCS sprint cars weight just 1,300 pounds, and are pound for pound the World's most powerful short track race cars. The cars will literally fly around the track surface at speeds over 120 M.P.H. It is not uncommon to see O'Reilly USCS sprint cars popping "wheelies" or doing wheel stands because of the brute force of their engines and their huge 18-inch wide rear tires. Friday night's Outlaw sprint car action will feature a full program of racing in the outlaw sprint cars that includes test and tune hot laps followed by time trial qualifying when the all-time Harris Speedway track record is expected to fall. The evening's first sprint car race will be the Lucas Oil Power Dash that will showcase the top six cars from the qualifying rounds in an edge-of-your-seat six-car shootout. Next up will be qualifying heat races and the evening's finale will be a 20-lap preliminary main event. On Saturday night, the racing action kicks off with another Lucas Oil Power Dash, then moves into another full program of sprint car racing that features a series of qualifying races, before the 30-lap "Thunder in Carolina" Championship Race. The Speedway's weekly racing divisions are on the program both nights as well. Six-time and defending O'Reilly USCS National Champion, Terry Gray from Bartlett, Tennessee, who was ranked in the top five drivers in the Nation, by the National Sprint Car Hall of Fame pollsters at the end of the 2007 season heads the entry list for the event. Gray, who is also among the top twenty-five drivers in the Nation in feature wins over the past five years with over seventy-five feature wins, is entered. Another top entry is twenty two year-old young gun Danny 'Hammer" Martin, Jr. of Sarasota, FL who is in the runner-up spot in the current O'Reilly USCS Asphalt Thunder paved track standings. Danny Martin was the runner-up in 2004 and 2005 National title chases. Martin was named as the National Sprint Car Hall of Fame's "Wild Card Driver of the Year' an honor for outstanding driving. Gray finished last season highly ranked in the National Sprint Car Hall of Fame "Driver of the Year" poll in the fifth position. Other notable expected entries include: 1998 O'Reilly USCS Rookie of the Year and 2004 USCS/AOAS Champion Johnny Bridges from Cherryville, North Carolina. Additionally entered is 24 year-old Tom "T.J." Winegardner, Jr. from Pierson, FL who won the 2007 Championship in the American Sprint Car Series Rebel division and 2007 American Sprint Car Series Southern regional Champion, Brian Smith from Mooresville, North Carolina. Another Carolina front-runner, Lance Moss from Cherryville, North Carolina will be in the Jeff McCall owned entry. 2006 American Sprint Car Series Southern region Champion Coby Adams from Charlotte and team-mate Scott Young from Mooresville are also possible entries. USCS "Georgia Gang" members Brian Thomas from Commerce, Georgia, Matt Linder from Hoschton, Georgia and 2002 Championship runner-up Doug Day from Winder, Georgia are all entered as is O'Reilly USCS veteran sprint car drivers David Thorman from Greenville, South Carolina and Bronzie Lawson from Radford, North Carolina. Other long distance travelers that are tentative entries are nineteen-year old 2007 O'Reilly USCS National Rookie of the Year, Don Young from Bartlett, Tennessee and the 2007 O'Reilly Mid-South Thunder regional series Rookie of the Year, Chris Williams from Memphis, Tennessee. Another possible entry is Nick DeFeo from Marietta, Georgia who claimed the 2007 Rookie of the Year title in the O'Reilly USCS Asphalt Thunder all paved track series. The local favorite at Harris Speedway has got to be Brad Wickham from Forest City, North Carolina who was the 1990 Butler Speedway (Butler, Michigan) track champion. Wickham will be making his return to the wild action of sprint car racing during this event at the track located just five miles from his home. To give the event lots of North vs. South flavor, a strong contingent of drivers from north of the Mason-Dixon Line who race primarily with the tough East Coast based URC Sprint Car Series are also entered. Those include Josh Weller from Mertztown, Pennsylvania, Scott McLaren from Freehold, New Jersey and Chris Coyle from Wilmington, Delaware. Also entered are Joey Biasi from Mary-D, Pennsylvania and Dave Betts from Newark, Delaware. Harris Speedway is located just of US Highway 221. The race track phone number is: (828) 247-4171. The track's website is www.harrisspeedway.com For O'Reilly USCS info visit the USCS web site at www.uscsracing.com
O'Reilly USCS sprint car Mid-South Thunder kicks off at Greenville Speedway Saturday, March 22nd Atlanta, GA - The O'Reilly United Sprint Car Series "Mid-South Thunder" Tour kicks off it's 2008 racing season during the 1st annual Frost Buster Classic at Greenville Speedway in Greenville, Mississippi this weekend. There will be a pre-season practice on Friday (March 21st) at the ¼ mile Gumbo clay oval. On Saturday, March 22nd the series contests its first O'Reilly USCS Mid-South Thunder Tour points event of the new season. The sprint car drivers will be racing for a top prize of $2000 with $250 going to the last place finisher in the A-Main event. The Lucas Oil Power Dash pitting the top six cars from the heat race finishers will pay another $100 to win. The Lucas Oil Power Dash also awards Championship points as well. The Frost Buster Classic's "Calvalcade" of racing action features not only the USCS sprint cars but, is headlined by a USCS double-header including the Rislone USCS Modified Series. In all, racing in 8 divisions is on the card over two nights with the two USCS series events accompanied by all Greenville weekly racing classes including the Super Late Models, Late Model Stock, Hobby, Pure Stock Mini Stock and Pure Mini Stock divisions. Please visit www.greenvillespeedway.net for track info. For additional USCS info please visit www.uscsracing.com or call 404-886-5913.
Wayne Reutimann, Jr. scores win in O'Reilly USCS season-opener at Watermelon Capital Speedway Cordele, GA - March 15, 2008 - 2005 O'Reilly United Sprint Car Series Asphalt Thunder Tour Champion, Wayne Reutimann, Jr. from Zephyrhills, Florida won the 35-Lap O'Reilly USCS Asphalt Thunder Tour season-opener at Watermelon Capital Speedway in Cordele, Georgia on Saturday night. The win was his sixth career O'Reilly USCS feature win. Reutimann, Jr. started the evening by qualifying second fastest in the CnB Mushroom Farms Time Trials after Danny Martin, Jr. from Sarasota, Florida set fast time of 14.04 seconds around high-banked 4/10ths mile paved D Shaped tri-oval. After the qualifying heat races, Martin drew a zero inversion in the K&N Filters pole Award drawing place himself and Wayne Reutimann, Jr. on the front row for the start of the main event. When the green flag flew for the start of the 35-lap feature, Martin led the pack down to turn one with Reutimann, Jr. beside him battling for supremacy through the first turn. As the pair exited turn two Reutimann, Jr. grabbed the lead and charged ahead. At the same time, Keith Butler from Riverview, Florida, who started sixth, charged past the first two rows into the second position on lap-one with Martin, open-wheel legend Wayne Reutimann, Sr. from Zephyrhills, Florida, Terry Gray, Shane Butler, English road-racing transplant Adam Jackson from Timmonsville, South Carolina and Wendy Mathis from Tampa, Florida behind them in the lead pack. The race went green at a torrid pace for the first twenty-six laps before the first of two caution flags flew for Keith Butler's spin-out when his left rear tire went down. This bunched the field with Martin, Jr. behind Reutimann, Jr. When the starter waved the green again, Reutimann, Jr. once again was in control with Martin chasing him hard from the runner-up spot followed by the senior Reutimann in third place. Gray and Shane Butler were waging a torrid battle for the fourth position with nine laps to go. On the final lap Shane Butler looped his car in turn three. The field restarted with Reutimann, Jr. on the point for a green-white-checkered finish. For the third time the Reutimann, Jr. held off Martin and Reutimann, Sr. for the win racing the final two laps into victory lane. Martin collected the runner-pay followed by Wayne Reutimann, Sr. in the second Team Reutimann entry. Terry Gray drove home fourth and Wendy Mathis rounded out the top five positions. Rookie driver Adam Jackson crossed the finish-line in the fifth position and then failed to report to the scales before going to his pits first and suffered a penalty for it. Defending series champion Terry Gray from Bartlett, Tennessee who qualified fourth fastest and started fourth in the Lucas Oil Power Dash raced to victory in that six car shootout. Shane Butler from Bushnell, Florida raced from outside the front row in the Engler Machine and Tool First Heat Race to the win. Keith Butler, from Riverview, Florida then also raced from outside the front row the front row in the Butlerbuilt Second Heat Race to the victory 8 laps later as well. The Huggins Cams Hardcharger Award went to Wendy Mathis. Danny Martin, Jr. was awarded the Hoosier Tire Young Gun of the Race (for the highest finishing driver under 25 years old). Wayne Reutimann, Jr. additionally earned the JE Pistons Top Guns award. Danny Martin, Jr. was also the K&N Filters Pole Award recipient. Adam Jackson garnered the FSR Products Rookie of the Race award. The O'Reilly USCS www.uscsracing.com returns to action on dirt Greenville Speedway www.greenvillespeedway.net next Saturday March 22nd with an O'Reilly USCS Mid-South Thunder regional point's event. The O'Reilly USCS is the only winged sprint car series in the World that races on both dirt and paved ovals. The next O'Reilly USCS Asphalt Thunder Tour event is scheduled for Saturday April 19th at Dillon Motor Speedway in Dillon, South Carolina. O'Reilly USCS OFFICIAL RESULTS Watermelon Capital Speedway - Cordele, GA 3/15/08: POS START CAR# DRIVER HOMETOWN LAPS 1. 2 00jr Wayne Reutimann, Jr. Zephyrhills, FL 35 2. 1 00m Danny Martin, Jr. Sarasota, FL 35 3. 3 00sr Wayne Reutimann,, Sr. Zephyrhills, FL 35 4. 4 10 Terry Gray Bartlett, TN 35 5. 2 80 Wendy Mathis Tampa, FL 35 6. 7 18 Shane Butler Bushnell, FL 35 7. 3 81 Adam Jackson Timmonsville, SC 35 8. 9 19 Keith Butler Riverview, FL 33 9. 8 11 Curtis Rhoades Pierson, FL 12 10. 15 00T Tom Selhorst Clearwater, FL 10 11. 13 18x Ryan Duncan Tampa, FL 8 12. 11 188x Ricky Burnett Riverview, FL 6 13. DNS 11T T.J. Winegardner Pierson, FL DNS LUCAS OIL POWER DASH WINNER: Terry Gray K & N FILTERS POLE AWARD: Danny Martin HUGGINS CAMS HARD CHARGER: Wendy Mathis HOOSIER TIRE YOUNG GUN AWARD: Danny Martin, Jr. - Top finish under 25 yrs. old ROOKIE OF THE RACE: Adam Jackson JE PISTONS TOP GUNS AWARD: Wayne Reutimann (1st place) K&N FILTER 3RD-PLACE AWARD: Wayne Reutimann, Sr. BUTLERBUILT 4TH-PLACE AWARD: Terry Gray BARS LAEKS TOP FIVE AWARD: Ryan Myers PROVISIONAL: none LEAD CHANGES: One LAP LEADERS: Wayne Reutimann, Jr. 1-35 CAUTIONS: Two; Laps 26 and 34. FAST TIME: Danny Martin, Jr. 14.04 seconds (4/10 mile paved) LUCAS OIL POWER DASH - 6 Laps - 1. Terry Gray; 2. Keith Butler; 3. Danny Martin, Jr.; 4. Shane Butler; 5. Wayne Reutimann; 6. Wayne Reutimann, Jr.. HEAT RACES: ENGLER MACHINE AND TOOL 1ST HEAT: : 1. Shane Butler; 2. Wayne Reutimann; 3. Wendy Mathis; 4. Danny Martin, Jr.; 5. Curtis Rhoades; 6. Ricky Burnett; 7.T.J. Winegardner. BUTLERBUILT 2ND HEAT: 1. Keith Butler; 2. Wayne Reutimann, Jr.; 3.Terry Gray; 4. Adam Jackson ; 5. Tom Selhorst; 6. Ryan Duncan;
O'Reilly USCS "ASPHALT THUNDER" SPRINT CARS HEADLINE SEASON-OPENER at WATERMELON CAPITAL SPEEDWAY SATURDAY NIGHT (MARCH 15TH) Cordele, GA - Wild and exciting winged Outlaw sprint car racing returns to Watermelon Capital Speedway for the 1st annual "Spring Speed Spectacular" on Saturday night, March 15th. The O'Reilly Auto Parts sponsored United Sprint Car Series "Asphalt Thunder" Tour will roar into the fast four-tenths mile paved oval for its 2008 season-opening event. This will be the first event of the twelfth season for the O'Reilly USCS National touring drivers who also race on dirt ovals. The O'Reilly USCS is the only winged Outlaw sprint car series in the World that races on both dirt and paved surfaces. The event is expected to bring top winged Outlaw sprint car drivers from at least six states to the Speedway. Their exotic fire breathing, alcohol burning, 700 horsepower open wheel cars weight just 1,300 pounds and will literally fly around the track surface at speeds in excess of 140 miles per hour. It is not uncommon to see O'Reilly USCS sprint cars popping "wheelies" or doing wheel stands because of the brute force of their engines and their huge 18-inch wide rear tires. Saturday night's Outlaw sprint car action will feature a full program that will include time trials, qualifying heat races and a 40-Lap A-main event. The evening's first sprint car race will be the Lucas Oil Power Dash that showcases the top cars from the previous O'Reilly USCS main event in an edge-of-your-seat six-car shootout. In addition to the O'Reilly USCS winged sprints , the Speedway's drivers in five weekly racing divisions will part of the season-opener. Those classes include the popular Pure Stock, Mini Stock and Claimer divisions plus the Legends Cars and Bandoleros. Each of those divisions will contest a full racing program including qualifying races and features. Heavy-hitter sprint car entries from across the nation including the six-time O'Reilly USCS National Champion Terry Gray from Bartlett, Tennessee and 2005 O'Reilly USCS Asphalt Thunder Champion Wayne Reutimann, Jr. from Zephyrhills, Florida. Reutimann will field a three car team. One of the Team Reutimann drivers is legendary open wheel racer and three time O'Reilly USCS Asphalt Thunder feature winner Wayne Reutimann, Sr. Another talented young gun is 22-year-old Danny Martin,Jr. from Sarasota, Florida is entered. Martin was the 2004, 2005 and 2006 runner-up for the O'Reilly USCS National Championship. He also destroyed the competition when he won at Watermelon Capital Speedway in July 2006 with a scorching victory nearly lapping the field. He will be joined by several other talented USCS Young Guns (drivers under 25) including 2007 Asphalt Thunder Tour rookie of the Year, Nick DeFeo from Marietta, Georgia. Another expected young star is nineteen-year-old 2007 O'Reilly USCS Southern Thunder Rookie of the Year, Lee Moore from Tuscaloosa, Alabama. Other notable entries include: Driver and team owner Dan Statter, from Deltona Florida who finished in the runner-up spot in the 2007 Asphalt Thunder point standings will bring a two-car team to the event. English road racing star turned sprint car racer, Adam Jackson who resides in Dillon, South is entered. Jacskon competed in five O'Reilly USCS events in 2007 and nearly pulled off a victory on two occasions. He and expected to be a contender for the victory here as well. O'Reilly USCS veteran Dave Thorman from Greenville, SC is also entered. Additional out of state entries expected are: Wendy Mathis from Ocala, Florida and former Tampa Bay Area Racing Association driver, Keith Butler from Riverview, Florida.Other Sunshine State entries include two other team-mates and former TBARA Champions, Stan and Shane Butler plus Ben Fritz from Ocala, Florida, Charlie Ladner from Brandon, Florida and Nick Manikis from Tampa, Florida. Other expected entries include several North Carolina drivers including 2006 Florence Motor Speedway winner, Johnny Bridges from Cherryville, North Carolina and veteran sprint car driver and 2002 O'Reilly USCS series title runner-up Doug Day from Winder, GA. Other expected entries include twenty-four year-old Tom Winegardner, Jr. from Pierson, Florida who finished third in the 2006 National standings and captured the 2007 regional Championship for the American Sprint Car Series. The Watermelon Capital Speedway official website is www.watermeloncapitalspeedway.com The track is located one half mile west of Interstate 75 at Exit 104 North of Cordele. The track info number is 229-271-9301. For O'Reilly USCS info call 404-886-5913 or visit the official O'Reilly USCS web site at www.uscsracing.com
O'Reilly USCS Mid-South Thunder sprint cars headline Malden Speedway "Bootheel 200" March 29th Malden, MO - Saturday, March 29th the O'Reilly USCS (www.uscsracing.com ) Mid-South Thunder Tour winged Outlaw style sprint cars will contest round #2 of their Mid-South Thunder Tour when Malden Speedway in Malden, Missouri hosts the series. The event will pay $2000 to win and it is possible for one driver to win $2250 by winning the Lucas Oil Power Dash, their heat race and the 30-lap A-feature. This event is just one half of a United Speed Contest Sanction double-header also featuring the Rislone USCS Modified Series during Malden Speedway's two-day 2nd annual "Bootheel 200" event scheduled for March 28th-29th. Sprint car entries are expected from at least six states for the 2nd of 30 nights of O'Reilly Mid-South Thunder events. The O'Reilly USCS sprint cars will run a complete winged sprint car racing program during Saturday's portion of the racing action featuring over 400 laps of racing and plenty of side-by-side action in seven divisions on the 3/8 mile clay oval. Those include the O'Reilly USCS sprint cars, Rislone USCS Modifieds, the Fastrak Late Models, Hobby Stock, Street Stock, Mini Stock and E-MOD classes. The O'Reilly USCS drivers and teams will also have a pre-event practice opportunity at Malden Speedway on Friday night, March 28th. The practice session is scheduled to make time available for the sprint car drivers to have three times on the race track during the Friday evening pole-qualifying rounds for the other six divisions. The USCS event features a $2000 to win 30-lap Rislone USCS Modified A-Main. With posted bonuses it is possible to win $2500 over the two nights in the Open Wheel Modified division. For more info on the O'Reilly United Sprint Car Series and Rislone USCS Modified Series please visit www.uscsracing.com or call 404-886-5913 MALDEN SPEEDWAY - BOOTHEEL 200 EVENT SCHEDULE FRIDAY, MARCH 28, 2008 **Tentative Schedule subject to change if necessary "Bootheel 200" Pole Night 3:00 pm Pit Gates Open 5:30 pm Grandstands Open 6:00 pm Drivers Meeting: 6:15 pm Hot Laps: Street Stocks Hobbys Fastrak Late Models O'Reilly USCS Sprint Cars Hot Lap Session #1 Malden E-MODS Rislone USCS Modifieds www.rislone.com Malden Mini-Stocks 7:05 pm Opening Ceremonies - National Anthem - Prayer 7:10 pm Time Trials: Rislone USCS Modifieds - 2 laps per car Qualifying Races and Class Street Stocks laps TBA Hobby Class laps TBA O'Reilly USCS Sprint Cars Hot Lap Session #2 7-8 laps Fastrak Late Models laps TBA Malden E-MODS laps TBA O'Reilly USCS Sprint Cars Hot Lap Session #3 7-8 laps Rislone USCS Modifieds 8-10 laps TBA Mini-Stock Heat races laps TBA Approximately 10:30 pm Lights Out! Saturday March 29th Schedule Pit Gates open (Saturday) at 1:00 pm! Grandstands 4:00 pm Saturday Drivers Meeting - 4:45 pm Saturday Hot laps - 5:00 pm Saturday Races 6:00 pm Saturday www.maldenspeedway.com Malden Speedway phone 573-276-6265 573-276-3094 Phil Santie Home 573-281-0116 Phil Santie Cell# www.uscsracing.com O'Reilly USCS Sprint Cars and Rislone USCS Modifieds 404-886-5913 - Pete Walton MALDEN SPEEDWAY - BOOTHEEL 200 EVENT SCHEDULE SATURDAY, MARCH 29, 2008 **Tentative Schedule subject to change if necessary "Bootheel 200" Finals 1:00 pm Pit Gates Open 4:00 pm Grandstands Open 4:45 pm Drivers Meeting 5:00 pm Hot Laps: Street Stocks Hobbys Fastrak Late Models O'Reilly USCS Sprint Cars E-MODS Rislone USCS Modifieds Mini-Stocks 5:55 pm Opening Ceremonies - National Anthem - Prayer 6:00 pm Rislone USCS Modified Speed Dash 6 laps 6:05 pm O'Reilly USCS Lucas Oil Power Dash 6 laps Street Stock B-Main (if necessary) 8-10 laps TBA Rislone USCS Modified B Main(s) - if necessary - 10-12 laps O'Reilly USCS sprint heats 8-10 laps Street Stock Feature 25 laps O'Reilly USCS sprint B Main(s) - if necessary - 10-12 laps Hobby Class Feature 25 laps Fastrak Late Models Feature - 30 laps O'Reilly USCS Sprint Car Feature - 30 laps E-MOD Feature 25 laps Rislone USCS Modified Feature - 30 laps Mini-Stock Feature 25 laps Approximately 10:30 pm Lights Out! 2nd Annual Malden Speedway "Bootheel 200" in the books! www.maldenspeedway.com Malden Speedway 573-276-6265 573-276-3094 Phil Santie Home 573-281-0116 Phil Santie cell# www.uscsracing.com O'Reilly USCS Sprints and Rislone USCS Modified Series 404-886-5913 Pete Walton
O'Reilly USCS sprint cars and Rislone USCS Mod Series March 7th-8th event at Greenville Speedway is cancelled and re-scheduled Atlanta, GA - The bad news is that the O'Reilly United Sprint Car Series "Outlaw Thunder" Tour and Rislone USCS Modified Series double-header event scheduled during the 1st annual Frost Buster Classic at Greenville Speedway in Greenville, Mississippi this Friday and Saturday nights March 7th and 8th have been cancelled. The decision to cancel this weekends activities was made by track management and USCS Officials due to heavy rains and flooding at the ¼ mile Gumbo Clay oval making it nearly impossible to have a race ready surface by Friday night. Additionally below normal temperature predictions and additional rain predicted on Friday and Saturday with highs only reaching the mid 40s and lows in the low 20s contributed to the cancellation decision. The good news is that the Frost Buster Classic's "Calvalcade" of racing action featuring racing in 8 divisions over two nights has been re-scheduled. The new date for both of the USCS events accompanied by all Greenville weekly racing classes is set for Friday March, 21st and Saturday, March 22nd. The format for the event remains the same. Please visit www.greenvillespeedway.net or call James Clolinger at 662-822-2662 or Wesley Washington at 662-822-7071 for more info. For additional USCS info please visit www.uscsracing.com or call 404-886-5913.
O'REILLY USCS HONORS CHAMPIONS TERRY GRAY AND TREY ROBB AND CHALLENGERS AT 2007 AWARDS BANQUET Memphis, TN – January 12, 2008 - Over $75,000 in cash and contingencies were awarded as the O'Reilly Auto Parts United Sprint Car Series ( www.uscsracing.com ) honored drivers from seven states during its recent 11th Anniversary O'Reilly USCS Champions Awards Banquet held at the Hilton Memphis Convention Center in Memphis, Tennessee. A gathering of nearly 150 people honored seventeen sprint car drivers including Terry Gray from Bartlett, Tennessee who captured his sixth O'Reilly USCS Outlaw Thunder Tour National Championship. Fifteen year-old Trey Robb from Newcastle, Oklahoma was honored for winning his first O'Reilly USCS Asphalt Thunder series title. Along with Gray and Robb, the top ten drivers from each of four O'Reilly USCS racing divisions were recognized. In addition to his sixth National Championship in seven seasons, Gray drove his Rislone Engine Treatment /Wendy’s Of Lexington/CnB Mushroom Farms /B& W Enterprises sponsored black #10 /Wesmar Racing Engines powered J&JAuto Racing car to three out of the four O'Reilly USCS division titles. Those Championships were in the O'Reilly USCS Mid-South Thunder and the O'Reilly USCS Southern Thunder which included both dirt and asphalt its schedule. Gray also grabbed the O’Reilly USCS Speedweek 2007 title. The phenomenal fifteen year-old Trey Robb raced to five wins in eight events in the O’Reilly USCS Asphalt Thunder division. Robb garnered his first series win on March 30th at Five Flags Speedway in Pensacola, Florida while still fourteen years old to become the youngest driver to ever win a United Sprint Car Series main event. He then raced to four more wins including races at Senoia Raceway ( June 30th ), Greenville-Pickens Speedway on ( July 6th ), Watermelon Capital Speedway (July 8th) and Lanier National Speedway ( September 1st ). Gray also garnered the series 2007 Ironman Award for completing the most laps of any driver during the season. Gray finished the season ranked sixth in the National Sprint Car Hall of Fame North American 360 winged sprint car driver of the year poll that ranks drivers from the over 3000 competitors in winged 360 sprint cars. Gray said," We had just had another great year in the O'Reilly USCS this season because of the help I got from my sponsors, my Mom and Dad and the help I received from the people involved on my team like Donnie ( “Red” ) Taylor and from my friends at the track. It was a much better year than we had in 2006. First of all we didn’t miss any races due to an injury like we did last year and we finished every race and won nine times in the USCS.” Gray was the only driver who made it to all 30 National points events and amassed a wide margin for the championship. A past O’Reilly USCS Champion, Marshall Skinner from West Memphis, Arkansas totaled enough points to follow Gray in the national standings in second place. Skinner was followed by the 2006 Rookie of the Year, sixteen year-old Derek Hagar from Marion, Arkansas who finished in the third slot. The 2007 “Rookie of the Year”, eighteen year-old Don Young from Bartlett, Tennessee finished in the fourth position and twenty year-old R.J. Johnson from Land-O-Lakes, Florida who was the series 2004 O’Reilly USCS Rookie of the Year, rounded out the top five positions in the standings. O’Reilly USCS Hoosier Tire Young Gun Ryan Myers from Eaton, Ohio finished in the sixth position in the National standings followed by Tim Crawley from Benton, Arkansas who got a late start on the season in seventh place driving Mike Ward’s famed #88. Raymond Stull from Coldwater, Mississippi gathered enough points to finish eighth. Danny Martin, Jr. from Sarasota, Florida who was the runner-up in the National title chase for the past three seasons finished in the ninth position. Lee Sowell from Nesbit, Mississippi rounded out the top ten. Derek Hagar also claimed the 2007 Hoosier Tire Young Guns championship that recognizes the series top drivers less than twenty-five years of age. The talented sixteen year-old driver had two wins on the season with the series at East Alabama Motor Speedway and Central Mississippi Speedway. 2007 Rookie of the Year Don Young from Bartlett, Tennessee finished in the runner-up spot followed by current East Bay Raceway track champion, R.J. Johnson from Land-O-Lakes, Florida in third place. Ryan Myers from Eaton, Ohio was fourth in the Young Gun standings and last year’s Hoosier Tire Young Gun Champion twenty-one year-old Danny Martin, Jr. from Sarasota, Florida rounded out the top five. Donnie “Red’ Taylor who works with Gray on the Rislone Oil Stabilizer #10 car garnered the 2007 National Championship Crew Chief of the Year Award. Texan Paul Cook was awarded the O’Reilly USCS Crew Chief of the Year honors for his work with Trey Robb on the Aduddell Motorsports #12. Don Young garnered the coveted 2007 O’Reilly USCS Rookie of the Year National Championship award after finishing fourth in the National standings. Nick DeFeo from Marietta, Georgia garnered the O’Reilly USCS Asphalt Thunder Tour 2007 Rookie of the Year award. Chris Williams from Memphis, Tennessee took home the 2007 O’Reilly USCS Mid South Thunder Rookie of the Year award after finishing in the top ten of the standings. Lee Moore from Moundville, Alabama was named as the 2007 O’Reilly USCS Southern Thunder Rookie of the Year after finishing in the top ten positions in the series that competes on both Asphalt and Dirt ovals. The Huggins Cams Hard Charger of the Year award went to Tim Crawley and R.J. Johnson was awarded the Most Improved Driver award after finishing in the top five in the National standings and in the runner-up position in the O’Reilly Southern thunder Tour regional standings. The complete and final point standings for all four series are posted at www.uscsracing.com
65 Night 2008 O'Reilly USCS Schedule released Atlanta, GA - The tenative 2008 O'Reilly Auto Parts United Sprint Car
Series schedule as of 12/15/07 has been released. The final 2008 sprint car
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Marshall Skinner wins O’Reilly USCS “Lucas Oil Showdown” feature race #2 season finale Columbus, Mississippi - November 10, 2007 - Marshall Skinner from West Memphis, Arkansas drove his own #26 Conrad Sand & Gravel / A&B Equipment /AMC Plumbing sponsored Dyno-Tech powered / J & J Auto Racing sprint car into victory lane in the 25-lap O’Reilly Auto Parts United Sprint Car Series season finale during the Lucas Oil Showdown at Columbus Speedway on Saturday night. It was Skinner’s third win in the series on the season and it came over a talent-laden 26 cars from eleven states. Skinner started ninth in the field in the sure to be exciting main event that inverted the finish of the first of twin 25-lap Lucas Oil Showdown features. After the pole starter spun on the initial start, Skinner was able to advance to sixth position after lap one. He then moved up two more positions on lap two into fourth place. On lap three he passed Don Young from Memphis, Tennessee for third place. On lap four Greg Merritt from Nesbit, Mississippi spun while running in the second position. Skinner then was in the second position for the re-start behind Dewayne Prince from Munford, Tennessee. Skinner raced past Prince into the lead on the next lap. With Prince behind him for the next three laps Skinner pulled away but on lap-twelve, the six time O’Reilly USCS Champion, Terry Gray from Bartlett, Tennessee passed Prince for the second position and brought Tim Crawley from Benton, Arkansas with him. On lap-fifteen Skinner was leading by about six-eight car lengths over Gray, Tim Crawley, Jason Sides from Bartlett, Tennessee and Johnny Bridges from Cherryville, North Carolina. Wayne Johnson who had started in the twentieth position after winning the first Lucas Oil Showdown feature race was in sixth place. If Johnson could win the second feature he would claim a $5000 bonus for the feat. Several back-to-back caution flags occurred on the apparently haunted lap-seventeen bunching the field behind Skinner several times. Skinner held onto the lead with ten time 2007 series feature winner Terry Gray, and five-time 2007 series winner Tim Crawley plus WOO regular Jason Sides and now the hard charging Wayne Johnson behind him in the top five with no lapped cars in between. Skinner coolly raced around the bottom side of the historic 3/10 mile clay oval for the next eight caution-free laps into victory lane where an excited group of family and friends joined him for the post-race celebration. Gray who started in the thirteenth position driving his own Rislone/Bars Products sponsored Wesmar powered #10 J&J Auto Racing car, held on for his second runner-up finish of the evening followed by Crawley who started fourteenth beside Gray in the Ward Racing Senter Farms/ CnB Mushroom Farms / Johnny’s Pro Auto Body sponsored McCarver Engines powered #88 Maxim car in third place. Wayne Johnson driving the H&H Motorsports #94 Maxim who was chasing the $5000 Lucas Oil Showdown bonus was a sure Huggins Cams Hard-charger Award recipient in fourth place. Johnson advanced from his twentieth place start to finish fourth. He (Johnson) reached all-of-the-way up to third place by lap-twenty before Crawley passed him back for the position on the final lap. Jason Sides driving his own Sides Motorsports Wetherington Tractor Service, Inc. sponsored and Don Ott powered #7s Maxim car rounded out the top five finishers. Johnny Bridges from Cherryville, North Carolina lead the next group of chargers with a sixth place finish. Ohio traveler Ron Blair from Troy, Ohio was seventh in the second feature matching his finish in feature number one. Two-time 2007 O’Reilly USCS feature winner, Derek Hagar rallied from a nineteenth place start into eighth place after failing to finish feature number one. Early race-leader, Dewayne Prince from Munford, Tennessee finished in the ninth position and Chris Williams from Memphis, Tennessee. Who started eighteenth after failing to finish in the first 25-lap feature rounded out the top ten . Chris Williams was recognized as the Robison Racing Products Rookie of the Race. Lee Sowell was recognized as the Hoosier Tire Young Gun of the Race, which is awarded to the top-finishing driver under twenty-five years old at each event. Crawley also snagged the K&N Filters Pole Award with his win in the Lucas Oil Power Dash. The JE Pistons Top Gun Award that rotates from first place to second place and then to third place went to the winning driver Wayne Johnson OFFICIAL RESULTS - 11/10/07: O’Reilly USCS Lucas Oil Showdown 2007 - Race #2 - COLUMBUS SPEEDWAY POS START CAR # DRIVER HOMETOWN 1. 9 26 Marshall Skinner W. Memphis, AR 2. 13 10 Terry Gray Bartlett, TN 3. 14 88 Tim Crawley Benton, AR 4. 20 94 Wayne Johnson Oklahoma City, OK 5. 11 7s Jason Sides Bartlett, TN 6. 6 07 Johnny Bridges Cherryville, NC 7. 9 35 Ron Blair Troy, OH 8. 19 9jr Derek Hagar Marion, AR 9. 2 16 Dewayne Prince Munford, TN 10. 18 8x Chris Williams Memphis, TN 11. 7 71 R.J. Johnson Land-O-Lakes, FL 12. 3 12m Greg Merritt Nesbit, MS 13. 4 75 Don Young Bartlett, TN 14. 8 51 Lee Sowell Nesbit, MS 15. 23 7h Rob Hartman Ozark, MO 16. 16 86 Buster Dickerson Columbus, MS 17. 17 44 Ronny Howard Southaven, MS 18. 24 1A Lee Moore (R) Tuscaloosa, AL 19. 1 61x Don Smith Lebanon, IN 20. 21 16 Ray Bugg Iuka, MS 21. 12 58 Wade Oliver Southaven, MS 22. 15 46 Ryan Devitt Capistrano Beach, CA 23. 5 09 Timmy Thrash Biloxi, MS 24. 22 31 Michael Craddock Olive Branch, MS Memphis, TN 20 25. DNS 91 Darren Stewart Bixby, OK 26. DNS 16 Anthony Nicholson (R) Memphis, TN \ LUCAS OIL POWER DASH WINNER: Tim Crawley K & N FILTERS POLE AWARD: Tim Crawley HUGGINS CAMS HARD CHARGER FEATURE #2: Wayne Johnson (passed 16 cars) HOOSIER TIRES YOUNG GUN OF THE RACE: ROBISON RACING PRODUCTS ROOKIE OF THE RACE: Chris Williams JE PISTONS TOP GUNS AWARD: Terry Gray (2nd place) K&N FILTERS 3RD-PLACE AWARD: Tim Crawley BUTLERBUILT 4TH-PLACE AWARD: Wayne Johnson OUTLAW DISC BRAKES TOP FIVE AWARD: Jason Sides SIMPSON SAFETY PRODUCTS 6TH-PLACE AWARD: Johnny Bridges FSR RACING PRODUCTS 7 TH-PLACE AWARD: Ron Blair FSR TOP 10 AWARD : Chris Williams ENTRIES: 26 PROVISIONAL: None LEAD CHANGES: One LAP LEADERS: Dewayne Prince Laps - 1-4 and Marshall Skinner Laps 5-25 CAUTIONS: Five LUCAS OIL POWER DASH - 6 Laps: 1 Tim Crawley 2. Wayne Johnson 3. Terry Gray 4. Jason Sides 5. Marshall Skinner 6. Wade Oliver. ENGLER MACHINE AND TOOL B-Main: 1. Derek Hagar 2. Don Young 3. Ronny Howard 4. Ray Bugg 5. Michael Craddock 6. Don Smith 8. Rob Hartman 9. Lee Moore.
Wayne Johnson captures O’Reilly USCS “Lucas Oil Showdown”feature race #1 at Columbus Columbus, Mississippi – November 10, 2007 - Wayne Johnson from Oklahoma City, Oklahoma driving the H&H Motorsports #94 used his veteran driving skills and the high side of the race track to make a lap-fourteen pass for the lead around top qualifier Tim Crawley from Benton, Arkansas. Johnson then raced the final eleven laps to victory lane in the first of two 25-lap features in the O’Reilly Auto Parts United Sprint Car Series Lucas Oil Showdown portion of the 2nd Annual O’Reilly United Sprint Car Series “Battle at the Bullring” at Columbus Speedway in Columbus, Mississippi on Saturday night. It was Johnson’s fourth O’Reilly USCS www.uscsracing.com feature win of the season and it came over a twenty-six car field from eleven states. Johnson started outside of the front row next to Crawley who had a clean-sweep for the weekend going after setting fast time then winning the Engler Machine and Tool First Qualifying race on Friday night. Crawley then won the Lucas Oil Power Dash on Saturday evening to place him on the pole for the first 25-lap main event. Crawley who looked-to-be the favorite led until nearly the races mid-point before Johnson came racing past on the high side of the 3/10 mile high-banked red clay oval. On lap sixteen, Wade Oliver from Southaven, Mississippi, who started sixth, raced past Crawley into the runner-up spot and started to challenge Johnson. On lap seventeen defending O’Reilly USCS Champion, Terry Gray from Bartlett, Tennessee and World of Outlaws regular Jason Sides also from Bartlett, Tennessee both passed Crawley who was fading fast. On lap nineteen, Lee Sowell from Nesbit, Missisippi moved into the top five joining Johnson and Gray who passed Oliver on the same lap for the second position. Oliver was now in third place and Sides followed in the fourth position. Crawley left the track with a flat right rear tire on lap twenty-two. At the finish-line Johnson won over Gray who clinched his sixth O’Reilly USCS title. Gray was followed by Wade Oliver in third place, Jason Sides followed in fourth and young gun Lee Sowell rounded out the top five. Past O’Reilly USCS Champion, Marshall Skinner from west Memphis, Arkansas lead the next group of chargers home in sixth place followed by Ron Blair from Troy, Ohio in seventh place. 2007 East Bay Raceway track Champion, R.J. Johnson from Land-O-Lakes, Florida finished in eighth place. He was followed by 2004 AOAS/USCS Champion, Johnny Bridges from Cherryville, North Carolina and Timmy Thrash from Biloxi, Mississippi rounded out the top ten. As previously mentioned, Tim Crawley won the evening’s important six-cars, six-laps Lucas Oil Power Dash. Sixteen year-old 2006 O’Reilly USCS “Rookie of the Year” Derek Hagar from Marion, Arkansas started sixth then chased down another talented young gun, eighteen year-old Don Young from Memphis, Tennessee to win the 12-lap Engler Machine and Tool B-Main event. Wade Oliver garnered the events Huggins Cams Hard Charger award for his charge from 6th place into a podium spot in third place. Chris Williams was recognized as the Robison Racing Products Rookie of the Race. Twenty year-old Lee Sowell was recognized as the Hoosier Tire Young Gun of the Race, which is awarded to the top-finishing driver under twenty-five years old at each event. Crawley also snagged the K&N Filters Pole Award with his win in the Lucas Oil Power Dash. The JE Pistons Top Gun Award that rotates from first place to second place and then to third place went to the winning driver Wayne Johnson OFFICIAL RESULTS: O’REILLY USCS Lucas Oil Showdown 2007 - Feature Race #1 COLUMBUS SPEEDWAY on 11/10/07: POS START CAR # DRIVER HOMETOWN 1. 2 94 Wayne Johnson Oklahoma City, OK 2. 3 10 Terry Gray Bartlett, TN 3. 6 58 Wade Oliver Southaven, MS 4. 4 7s Jason Sides Bartlett, TN 5. 8 51 Lee Sowell Nesbit, MS 6. 5 26 Marshall Skinner W. Memphis, AR 7. 9 35 Ron Blair Troy, OH 8. 10 71 R.J. Johnson Land-O-Lakes, FL 9. 7 07 Johnny Bridges Cherryville, NC 10. 12 09 Timmy Thrash Biloxi, MS 11. 17 75 Don Young Bartlett, TN 12. 15 12m Greg Merritt Nesbit, MS 13. 14 16 Dewayne Prince Munford, TN 14. 21 61x Don Smith IN 15. 1 88 Tim Crawley Benton, AR 16. 22 46 Ryan Devitt Capistrano Beach, CA 17. 11 86 Buster Dickerson Columbus, MS 18. 18 44 Ronny Howard Southaven, MS 19. 13 8x Chris Williams Memphis, TN 20. 16 9jr Derek Hagar Marion, AR 21. 19 16 Ray Bugg Iuka, MS 22. 20 31 Michael Craddock Olive Branch, MS 23. DNS 7h Rob Hartman Ozark, MO 24. DNS 1A Lee Moore (R) Tuscaloosa, AL Memphis, TN 20 25. DNS 91 Darren Stewart Bixby, OK 26. DNS 16 Anthony Nicholson (R) Memphis, TN \ LUCAS OIL POWER DASH WINNER: Tim Crawley K & N FILTERS POLE AWARD: Tim Crawley HUGGINS CAMS HARD CHARGER: (passed cars) HOOSIER TIRES YOUNG GUN OF THE RACE: ROBISON RACING PRODUCTS ROOKIE OF THE RACE: JE PISTONS TOP GUNS AWARD: Terry Gray (2nd place) K&N FILTERS 3RD-PLACE AWARD: Wade Oliver BUTLERBUILT 4TH-PLACE AWARD: Jason Sides OUTLAW DISC BRAKES TOP FIVE AWARD: Lee Sowell SIMPSON SAFETY PRODUCTS 6TH-PLACE AWARD: Marshall Skinner FSR RACING PRODUCTS 7TH-PLACE AWARD: Ron Blair FSR TOP 10 AWARD: Timmy Thrash ENTRIES: 26 PROVISIONAL: None LEAD CHANGES: One LAP LEADERS: Tim Crawley Laps - 1-13 and Wayne Johnson Laps14-25 CAUTIONS: Five LUCAS OIL POWER DASH - 6 Laps: 1 Tim Crawley 2. Wayne Johnson 3. Terry Gray 4. Jason Sides 5. Marshall Skinner 6. Wade Oliver. ENGLER MACHINE AND TOOL B-Main: 1. Derek Hagar 2. Don Young 3. Ronny Howard 4. Ray Bugg 5. Michael Craddock 6. Don Smith 8. Rob Hartman 9. Lee Moore.
O’Reilly USCS Lucas Oil Showdown results for Friday, November 9, 2007 at Columbus Speedway Columbus, Mississippi – Tim Crawley from Benton, Arkansas in the Ward Racing McCarver Engines powered Senter Farms/CnB Mushrooms Farms/ Johnny’s Pro Auto Body #88 Maxim car lead the O’Reilly Auto Parts United Sprint Car Series www.uscsracing.com K&N Filters time trial qualifying at Columbus Speedway on Friday night with a one-lap time of 12.35 seconds around the 1/3 mile clay oval. Crawley also won the Engler Machine and Tool 10-lap qualifying race and will start on the pole of the Lucas Oil Power Dash that determines the line-up for the top six cars in the first of twin 25-lap O’Reilly USCS features on Saturday night. Wayne Johnson from Oklahoma City, Oklahoma and Jason Sides from Bartlett, Tennessee were tied in time trials only 3/100ths of a second back of Crawley at 12.38 seconds. Johnson won the Butlerbuilt Second Qualifying Race and Jason Sides won the JE Pistons Third Qualifying Race to place themselves in the second and third starting positions on the starting grid for the all important Lucas Oil Power Dash race. Action resumes on Saturday night ( November 10th ) in the 2nd Annual Battle at the Bullring at Columbus Speedway www.columbusspeedway.net at 6:00 pm with the Lucas Oil Power Dash, B-Mains and the twin 25-lap A-Main season Finales. Entries – 26 Fast time: #88 Tim Crawley 12.35 seconds. Engler Machine and Tool Qualifying Race #1: Tim Crawley, Terry Gray, Johnny Bridges, R.J. Johnson, Chris Williams, Don Young, Ronny Howard, Ryan Devitt, Michael Craddock. Butlerbuilt Qualifying Race #2: Wayne Johnson, Wade Oliver, Lee Sowell, Buster Dickerson, Dewayne Prince, Rob Hartman, Don Smith, Anthony Nicholson and Darren Stewart (DNS). JE Pistons Qualifying Race #3: Jason Sides, Marshall Skinner, Ron Blair, Timmy Thrash, Greg Merritt, Lee Moore, Derek Hagar, Ray Bugg.
$10,000 up for grabs in sprint car double-feature at O'Reilly USCS Lucas Oil Showdown at Columbus Speedway this weekend! (Friday and Saturday, November 9th-10th) Atlanta, GA –$10,000 up for grabs for the drivers and double sprint car features guarantee the fans lots of excitement during the 2007 O'Reilly Auto Parts United Sprint Car Series Lucas Oil Showdown and 2nd Annual "Battle at the Bullring" at Columbus Speedway in Columbus, Mississippi scheduled for this weekend November 9th and 10th. O'Reilly USCS Founder and President, Pete Walton said, "The Lucas Oil Showdown event features one of the most unique if not the most exciting sprint car racing format of the season for both the fan and racers”. On Friday night November 9th, the O'Reilly USCS competitors will qualify for the first of twin 25-lap main events to be held on Saturday night November 10th. The Friday night qualifying rounds include time trial qualifying and a set of qualifying races. The top six finishers from Friday night’s events will advance to the Lucas Oil Power Dash on Saturday night. The balance of the field will participate in the last chance B-Main(s) on Saturday night to gain positions on the starting grid for the first of the two 25-lap A-Mains. The first 25-Lap A-Main will pay $2250 to win and will start straight-up from the finishes in the series of qualifying opportunities including the time trials, qualifying races, Lucas Oil Power Dash and B-Main(s). The second 25-Lap A-Main also pays $2250 to win, but will start completely inverted from the finish of the first A-Main with the winner starting in the rear of the field. A $5000 bonus has been posted if the winner of the first A-main can win the second A-Main on Saturday night after starting dead-last in a field of 20 or more cars. Additionally a bonus of $300 has been posted for any driver who can set fast time on Friday, win their qualifying race on Friday night, then win the Lucas oil Power Dash on Saturday and additionally win the first of the 25-lap A-Mains. It pays $100 to win the time trials and $100 to win the Lucas Oil Power Dash. All of this makes it possible for one driver to collect $10,000 for a sweep of the two-night event. Walton stated that, "The late Mike Swims at Dixie Speedway and I cooked up this format and ran it at Dixie Speedway in the "Dixie Double" in 2005 and it was one of the most exciting races I've ever seen. I see no reason why the 2007 Lucas Oil Showdown event utilizing the same format won't be just as exciting this time around for the fans in the Mid-South at Columbus Speedway on November 10th”. In addition to the exciting Lucas Oil Showdown for the O'Reilly USCS sprint cars the racing program includes the USCS Open Wheel Modified Series racing for a possible paycheck of $2300 in their season finale. The Columbus Speedway Late Model Stocks and Crate Late Model divisions will shoot it out in a special challenge event with $1500 on the line. The Columbus Speedway Street Stocks will be racing for $700 to win with a possible total of $1000 including a win in their dash and qualifying race as well as a win in the feature race. Columbus Speedway is located by traveling seven miles east of Columbus, Mississippi on US Highway 82 and turning North onto Stokes Rd. Follow the signs to the track. The track phone number is 662-327-3047. For more info on the event visit www.columbusspeedway.net for more info on the O'Reilly USCS visit www.uscsracing.com or call USCS 404-886-5913. EVENT DETAILS: What: Lucas Oil Showdown and 2nd Annual “Battle at the Bullring” Where: Columbus Speedway – Columbus, Mississippi (3/10 mi clay oval) www.columbusspeedway.net When: Friday, November 9th : Pits open 3:00pm; drivers meeting 6:30pm; Hot laps 7:00 pm Racing at 8:00 pm Saturday, November 10th:Pits Open 12:00 pm (NOON) , Drivers Meeting 4:30 pm, Hot laps at 5:00 pm, Racing 6:00 pm Friday Night Racing includes Pole Qualifying Night: O’Reilly USCS Sprint Cars – Time trials and qualifying races. USCS Open Wheel Modifieds – Time trials and qualifying races Columbus Speedway Street Stocks – Qualifying races. Late Model Stock vs. Crate Late Model Challenge – Qualifying races. Saturday the racing program includes: Dashes in all classes, B-Mains & A-Main finales in all 4 classes . SPRINT CARS $10,000 TO WIN POSSIBLE! O’Reilly USCS Lucas Oil Showdown SPRINT CAR ENTRY FEE = $80 PAYOFF: Each 25–lap feature Saturday: $2250 to win then: 1200,700,600,500,450,400,350,300,250 and $225 thru last place. B Main: Transfer spots then $200,180,170,160,150 and $150 thru last. CnB Mushroom Farms Fast Time = $100 Lucas Oil Power Dash = $100 to win Clean Sweep Bonus: $300 to win: CnB Mushroom Farms Fast Time, Lucas Oil Dash, your qualifying race and the 1st sprint car A-Feature on Saturday. $5000 Lucas Oil Showdown bonus for the winner of the first feature, to win the 2nd O’Reilly USCS feature from the rear of the fully inverted field in the second feature. (MUST BE A 20 CAR STARTING FIELD FOR BONUS TO BE PAID) USCS Open Wheel Modifieds - 30 Laps - $2200 to win possible! USCS MODIFIED ENTRY FEE= $50 USCS OWM Fast Time Award = $100 $100 to win Saturday’s USCS Open Wheel Dash 30 Lap A-Main Payoff: $ 1750 to win! Then: 1000, 600, 400, 350, 300, 275, 250, 225, 200, 175, 150, 125 and $125 thru last place. B-Main transfer then $50 to non-qualifiers. $250 Clean Sweep Bonus to win: Time trial qualifying, a qualifying race, the OWM Dash and the OWM A-Main. ***Rules: TIRES: Same as track Hoosier IMCA stamped only on REAR. NO grooving or siping. No motor claim. Aluminum Heads OKAY with 50 lbs. of weight added in front of firewall. Any transmission. No rear spoilers. Must run panel in rear. Weight; 2450 pounds after race with driver. Late Model Stock vs. Crate Late Model – 25 Laps $1500 to win possible! NO ENTRY FEE $100 to win Saturday’s LMS vs. CLM Dash Payoff: $1200 to win 25-lp feature then 600, 400, 300, 200, 175, 150, 125, 110, 100, 90, 80, 70 and $70 thru last. $200 Clean Sweep Bonus to win: Your qualifying race on Friday, the LMS vs. CLM Dash and 25 lap Feature race on Saturday. *$50 entry fee for LMS/Crate or Street if you do not compete Friday night Street Stock - 20 Laps - $1000 to win possible! NO ENTRY FEE $100 to win Saturday’s Street Stock Dash Payoff: $700 to win 20-lap feature then; $350, 200, 150, 120, 110, 100, 90, 80, 70, 60, 50 and $50 thru last place Plus $200 Clean Sweep Bonus to win: Street Stock qualifying race on Friday night plus the Street Stock Dash and Saturday’s 20 lap Feature. *$50 entry fee for LMS/Crate or Street if you do not compete on Friday. Tires and fuel available at the track! USCS Pete Walton # 404-886-5913 Pete's email: petewalton@bellsouth.net www.uscsracing.com Columbus Speedway contacts: email columbuspseedway@cableone.net Johnny Stokes Track: 662-241-5004 Cell#: 662-574-2572 Home: 662-327-3047
Crawley wears 2007 O'Reilly USCS Gumbo Nationals crown www.uscsracing.com Brief Saturday night gumbo Nationals results. Lucas Oil Power Dash #1 winner - Zach Chappell Lucas Oil Power Dash winner #2 - winner - Darren Stewart B Main #1 - winner - Lee Sowell B Main #2 - winner - Derek Hagar 40 lap Main event; 1 - Tim Crawley 2 - Zach Chappell 3 - Terry Gray 4 - Darren Stewart 5 - Derek Hagar 6 - Eddie Gallagher 7 - Ernie Ainsworth 8 - Marshall Skinner 9 - Zack Pringle 10 - Lee Sowell 11 - Ronny Howard 12 - Shane Morgan 13 - Michael Craddock 14 - Rob Hartman 15 - Kenny Coke 16 - Chris Williams 17 - Jeff Swindell 18 - Dewayne Prince 19 - Bryce Vowan 20 - Marc Seiple 21 - Anthony Nicholson 22 - Greg Merritt 23 - Ray Bugg DNS - Lee moore DNS - Raymond Stull DNS - Cody Gardner DNS - Don Young Look back on Monday for complete version. Happy daylight savings time end to you!
O’Reilly USCS Gumbo Nationals 2007 results Friday, November 2, 2007 Greenville Mississippi – Ernie Ainsworth from Memphis Tennessee in the H&H Motorosports #94 lead the O’Reilly Auto Parts United Sprint Car Series www.uscsracing.com K&N Filters time trial qualifying and established a new all time track record at Greenville Speedway on Friday night with a one lap time of 13.82 seconds around the ¼ mile Gumbo clay oval. Amazingly it was Ainsworth’s first night in the car. Zach Chappell from Talala, Oklahoma was only 2/10ths of a second back at 13.84 seconds. Chappell was followed by two-time O’Reilly USCS Champion Eddie Gallagher from Memphis, Tennessee with a fastest lap of 13.92 seconds. Veteran sprint car racer Jeff Swindell from Bartlett, Tennessee and four time 2007 O’Reilly USCS feature winner, Tim Crawley from Benton Arkansas were fourth and fifth fastest with identical times of 13.97 seconds. Wins in the 12-lap Qualifying Races went to Swindell Crawley and Gallagher. Action resumes on Saturday night ( November 3rd ) in the Gumbo Nationals 2007 at Greenville Speedway www.greenvillespeedway.net at 6:00 pm with the Lucas Oil Power Dash, B-Mains and the 40-lap A-Main Grand Finale. Entries – 27 Fast time: #94 Ernie Ainsworth 13.82 seconds. Engler Machine and Tool Qualifying Race #1: Jeff Swindell, Ernie Ainsworth, Zack Pringle, Marshall Skinner, Lee Sowell, Rob Hartman, Shane Morgan, Chris Williams, Ray Bugg. Butlerbuilt Qualifying Race #2: Tim Crawley, Zach Chappell, Darren Stewart, Derek Hagar, Ronny Howard, Kenny Coke, Dewayne Prince, Anthony Nicholson, Michael Craddock. JE Pistons Qaulifying Race #3: Eddie Gallagher, Terry Gray, Raymond Stull, Bryce Vowan, Don Young, Greg Merritt, Lee Moore, Marc Sieple, Cody Gardner.
Open Wheel Legend Ellis Palasini chosen as Grand Marshall of Greenville Speedway’s Gumbo Nationals Greenville, MS - The legendary Ellis Palasini, driver of the famed No. V8 Super-modified, “Black Widow” will return to Greenville Speedway on Friday, November 2nd and Saturday, November 3rd as the Grand Marshall and honorary starter for the Gumbo Nationals 2007. Palasini will once again drive his famous black and red No. V8 Super-modified around the tacky Gumbo clay ¼ mile oval at Greenville Speedway to kick-off the biggest racing event in Greenville Speedway history. Palasini known as the “ Man in Black ” was the man to beat when he showed up at many Southern speedways from the years 1950-1972. The cotton plantation owner from Leland, Mississippi raced against many of the era's top drivers as they competed regularly on the Super-modified circuit. Included in that list are National Sprint Car Hall of Fame inductee Hooker Hood, from Memphis, Tennessee, Wayne Niedecken Sr., Armond Holley, Gene Tapia, Ival Cooper, Phil Wendt, and Bobby and Donnie Allison. Palasini says, “We had a lot of fun racing back then,” he continued. “It seems like everyone helped everyone else. It's different now. My two sons race in the open-wheel modified cars that go throughout the country, and it's more business oriented. “They have lots better tires and equipment and safety devices than we had back then, but I believe you could afford to racing a little better, then. Fans will be able to meet and greet the Leland legend and get autographs, and share memories with Palasini behind the main grandstand prior to the Saturday night's racing action at 4:00pm until 6:00pm. “I looking forward to coming back and seeing all my fans,” said Palasini. “It's an honor to come back and talk racing and the good times with all those fans that supported me over those great years.” Palasini said “I'm getting the Black Widow V-8 car ready for the Gumbo Nationals so the fans can enjoy the car. We’ll have a great time visiting and showing off the race car”. There will also be plenty of action on the track both nights from the 700-plus horsepower O’Reilly Auto Parts United Sprint Car Series www.uscsracing.com winged sprints and four other divisions including the powerful Super Late Models, the USCS Open Wheel Modified Series, Street Stock and Mini Stock divisions. In all, over 400 laps of racing over two nights. Besides the top entries from at least six states chasing prize money of over $35,000, local drivers in almost every division will try to defend their home turf, or rather home Gumbo. Those drivers include at least two of Ellis Palasini’s sons, Duke and Mike Palasini in the USCS Open Wheel Modified division. Duke Palasini won the 25-lap USCS Open Wheel Modified feature race on September 15th when the series made it’s first-ever visit to the track. Two-day ticket discounts will be available at the track on Friday night. Limited camping spaces are available at the track. Greenville Speedway is located approximately one mile South of US 82 on Raceway Rd. on the East side of Greenville, Mississippi. The official website is located at www.greenvillespeedway.net Gumbo Nationals 2007- Friday, Nov. 2nd and Saturday, Nov. 3rd - Greenville Speedway - Greenville, Mississippi. Friday - November 2nd : Pits Open 3:00 pm Friday (Drivers meeting 6:00 pm) Racing 7:00 pm Friday is Pole Qualifying Night for the O’Reilly USCS Sprint Cars, USCS Open Wheel Modifieds, Super Late Models, Street Stock and Mini Stock Gumbo Challenge event competitors. Saturday - November 3rd : Pits Open 1:00 pm - Drivers Meeting 4:30 pm - Racing 6:00 pm Saturday night includes a full racing program consisting of Dashes, B-Mains & A-Main finales in all 5 classes. USCS Pete Walton #404-886-5913 email: petewalton@bellsouth.net Website www.uscsracing.com Greenville Speedway contacts: James Clolinger 662-822-2662 or Wesley Washington 662-822-7071 THE AUTOMOBILE RACING CAREER HIGHLIGHTS OF ELLIS PALASINI www.epv8.com STARTED RACING AT TUTWEILER TRACK, GREENVILLE MS – 1951 RETIRED FROM RACING AT JACKSON SPEEDWAY JACKSON, MS -1972 BROKE WORLD RECORD(S) THREE (3) OR (4) TIMES ON HALF (1/2 MILE TRACK) WON OVER 650 TROPHIES IN TROPHY DASH RACES AND FEATURES IN TWENTY-TWO (22) YEARS OF RACING. EARNED USAC LICENSE IN 1967 - LOS ANGELES, CA. FIRST MISSISSIPPI RACE CAR DRIVER TO EARN THIS USAC LICENSE. (INDY LICENSE) CHAMPIONSHIP(S) AND TITLES POINT CHAMPIONSHIP - GREENVILLE, MS - 1952-1953 B - CLASS POINT CHAMPIONSHIP - JACKSON, MS - 1957, 1958, 1959, & 1964 DRIVING THE V8-JR POINT CHAMPIONSHIP IN 1966 - SPEEDWAY, INC. - MOBILE, AL TWO(2) TRACK RECORDS - NASHVILLE FAIRGROUNDS - NASHVILLE, TN ONE(1)TRACK RECORD - NEW SMYRNA BEACH - DAYTONA, FL ONE(1) TRACK RECORD - WEST PALM BEACH , FL ONE(1) TRACK RECORD - ST. PETERSBURG, FL TWO(2) TRACK RECORDS - LAKELAND, TN MAJOR RACES WON APPROXIMATELY 10 - 100 LAP RACES APPROXIMATELY 500 PLUS FEATURE EVENTS DIFFERENT RACE TRACKS. APPROXIMATELY THIRTY (30) MEMORIAL DAY, LABOR DAY, AND FOURTH OF JULY FEATURE RACES. STARTED RACING IN THESE TYPES OF RACE CARS FLATHEAD FORD SIX(6) CYLINDER GMC MOTOR V8 CHEVROLET COMPETED IN THESE DIVISIONS SPRINTS MIDGETS SUPER MODIFIEDS COMPETED AT THE FOLLOWING TRACKS TUTWEILER TRACK - GREENVILLE, MS 1951 - 1954 LAKELAND SPEEDWAY - MEMPHIS, TN 1960 - 1966 JACKSON SPEEDWAY - JACKSON, MS 1964 -1972 LAUREL SPEEDWAY - LAUREL, MS 1957 - 1958 HATTIESBURG SPEEDWAY - HATTIESBURG, MS 1957 - 1958 SPRINGFIELD SPEEDWAY - SPRINGFIELD, IL 1963 MACON SPEEDWAY - MACON, GA 1966 DEVILS BOWL SPEEDWAY - DALLAS, TX 1958 SHREVEPORT SPEEDWAY - SHREVEPORT, LA 1956-1960 MONROE SPEEDWAY - MONROE, LA 1956-1960 MOBILE SPEEDWAY INC - MOBILE, AL 1964-1972 PENSACOLA SPEEDWAY - PENSACOLA FL 1962-1967 RACED AT LEAST 32 RACE TRACKS AND MANY MORE IN THE FOLLOWING STATES: ALABAMA, ILLINOIS, ARKANSAS, LOUISIANA, CALIFORNIA, MISSISSIPPI, FLORIDA TENNESSEE, GEORGIA, TEXAS
Greenville’s Gumbo Nationals has got it all for even the most avid race fan on November 2nd and 3rd Greenville, MS - Greenville Speedway's Gumbo Nationals 2007 on Friday, November 2nd and Saturday, November 3rd has got it all for those that like to see fast race cars go in circles on a tacky action-packed ¼ mile Gumbo clay oval. There should be enough door-to-door and wheel-to-wheel adrenaline-pumping action for even the most avid short track race fan with a total of over 400 laps of racing in five divisions for over $35,000 in prize money during the two nights. The weekend’s competition is co-headlined by the wheelie' poppin,' 700 horsepower, 1300 pound O'Reilly Auto Parts sponsored united Sprint Car Series Outlaw Thunder Tour www.uscsracing.com winged sprint cars and the popular, ground-pounding, three-wheelin' 800 horsepower Super Late Models. Both of those divisions will contest two nights of wide-open racing on the speedway including time trial qualifying and head-to-head qualifying races on Friday night and then return on Saturday evening with competition in the Power Dash races, B-Mains and 40-Lap main event finales in both divisions. The sprint cars are battling for a possible top prize of $4000 while $3000 is on the line for the Super Late Models. Those two high-powered divisions are joined on the program by the mighty USCS Open Wheel Modified Series with a full program of action identical to the O’Reilly USCS sprint cars and Super Late Models. They will also time trial on Friday night and then run a series of qualifying races. The USCS Open Wheel Modifieds are shooting for a possible top prize of $2000 when they return on Saturday evening with their Dashes, B-Main/Last Chance races and the 30 lap finale of their own. The Street Stock division and Mini Stock divisions will contest gumbo Nationals Championship races that expect large fields as well. Pre-entries have been received from three states in both divisions. Both of those divisions are competing for a possible top prize of $700 per division. Two-day ticket discounts will be available at the track on Friday night. Greenville Speedway is located approximately one mile South of US 82 on Raceway Rd. on the East side of Greenville, Mississippi. The official website is located at www.greenvillespeedway.net Gumbo Nationals 2007- Greenville Speedway - Greenville, Mississippi (1/4 mi Gumbo clay oval) www.greenvillespeedway.net Friday, Nov. 2nd and Saturday, Nov. 3rd Friday - November 2nd : Pits Open 3:00 pm Friday (Drivers meeting 6:00 pm) Racing 7:00 pm Friday is Pole Qualifying Night for the O’Reilly USCS Sprint Cars, USCS Open Wheel Modifieds, Super Late Models, Street Stock and Mini Stock Gumbo Challenge event competitors. Saturday - November 3rd : Pits Open 1:00 pm - Drivers Meeting 4:00 pm - Racing 5:00 pm Saturday night includes a full racing program consisting of Dashes, B-Mains & A-Main finales in all 5 classes. CAMPING AVAILBLE AT THE TRACK! USCS Pete Walton #404-886-5913 email: petewalton@bellsouth.net Website www.uscsracing.com Greenville Speedway: James Clolinger 662-822-2662 or Wesley Washington 662-822-7071
Twin sprint car features format guarantees excitement at O'Reilly USCS Lucas Oil Showdown at Columbus Speedway November 9th-10th Atlanta, GA – Double sprint car features guarantee the fans lots of excitement during the 2007 O'Reilly Auto Parts United Sprint Car Series Lucas Oil Showdown and 2nd Annual "Battle at the Bullring" at Columbus Speedway in Columbus, Mississippi scheduled for November 9th and 10th. O'Reilly USCS Founder and President, Pete Walton said, "The Lucas oil Showdown event features one of the most unique if not the most exciting sprint car racing format of the season for both the fan and racers”. On Friday night November 9th, the O'Reilly USCS competitors will qualify for the first of twin 25-lap main events to be held on Saturday night November 10th. The Friday night qualifying rounds include time trial qualifying and a set of qualifying races. The highest points-accumulators from Friday night’s events will advance to the Lucas Oil Power Dash on Saturday night. The balance of the field will participate in the last chance B-Main(s) on Saturday night to gain positions on the starting grid for the first of the A-Mains. The first 25-Lap A-Main will pay $2250 to win and will start straight-up from points gained in the series of qualifying opportunities including the |