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WEST MEMPHIS, AR - November 12, 2016
- There was a lot of business to be taken care of in the United Sprint Car
Series Outlaw Tour Presented by K&N Filters 2016 season finale with two
main events making up the Flip Flop 50 and a National Championship to be
decided on Saturday night at Riverside International Speedway. The 2013 USCS National
Champion, Derek Hagar of Marion, AR took the Flip and past USCS Rookie
of the Year, Jordon Mallet of Greenbrier, AR won the Flop portions of the unique
Flip Flop 50 twin-25 lap format of main events.. It appears that 2015 USCS National
Champion Morgan Turpen of Cordova, TN won her second straightUSCS National
Championship after a hard fought battle during the entire 20th Anniversary
Season for the series with her mentor and teammate, 11-time USCS National
Champion Terry Gray of Bartlett, TN by only tw points. An audit of the points
awarded at each event during the 2016 season will later in the week confirm the
Championship before an official announcement is made.
Neither Turpen nor Gray had a great
night of competition, but it was good enough for Turpen to appear to have
doubled up as the series champion. Turpen, who won the 12-lap B-Main
Race, finished 17th in the first 25-lap feature race and 22nd in
the second feature race. Gray finished 14th in the first
feature race, and took the 23rd spot in the nightcap.
Hagar led all but one lap in the
first feature race to pick up his eighth USCS win of the 2016
season. Spencer Bayston of Lebanon, IN led one lap and took the second
spot, while National Sprint Car Hall of Fame Inductee Sammy Swindell of
Germantown, TN finished third. Tim Crawley of Benton, AR was fourth and
fifth went to Andy McElhannon of Hernando, MS.
Brad Bowden of Hernando, MS finished
sixth and Marshall Skinner of Marion, AR was seventh. Howard Moore of
Memphis, TN started 18th and finished eighth to earn the
Wilwood Disc Brakes Hard Charger of the Race Award. Joe B. Miller
of Millersville, MO was ninth and Brandon Hanks of Burlison, TN rounded out the
top ten of the first or Flip Race.
It was called the Flip Race because
the starting line-up for the second 25-lap Flop Race would be totally
inverted. That would put the last place finisher in the Flip Race, Jeff
Willingham of Ripley, MS starting on the K&N Filters Pole Position, and
Flip Race winner Hagar starting at the tail of the 24-car starting field for
the Flop Race. If Hagar could charge through the field for the win, he
would pick up a $1,000 bonus.
While Hagar led 24 of the 25 laps in
the first race, the nightcap was an action-packed affair with wholesale
position changes taking place throughout the field for the entire 25-lap
distance. Mallet took the lead on lap 24 after early race leader and 2016
USCSS Rookie of the Year, 14-year old teenager Danny Sams III of Englewood, FL
and one of the Masters of the Ditch, Swindell, tangled while battling for the
win.
Ernie Ainsworth of Bartlett, TN
finished second and third went to Cody Gardner of Benton, AR. Skinner had
his second top ten finish with a fourth-place effort and Dustin Holman of
Manquan, MO took the fifth spot. Hagar charged from the 23rd starting
spot to finish sixth and earn the Wilwood Disc Brakes Hard Charger of the Race
Award.
Crawley was another top ten double
dipper with a seventh-place finish in the nightcap and Bayston was also a
double top ten finisher with an eighth-place effort in the second feature
race. Joe B. Miller made it a pair of ninth-place finishes at Riverside International
Speedway, and Eddie Gallagher of Olive Branch, MS rounded out the top ten.
The only caution or red flag of the
second feature was when Swindell slammed into Danny Sams III while he was
exiting turn two coming to the white flag and caused Sams to flip into the
fence and Swindell to suffer some damage. Sams’ car was too badly damaged ,
but, Swindell was able to restart.
In Friday night preliminary action,
Moore won the six lap Hoosier Speed Dash, and the winners of the four eight-lap
heat racers were Swindell in the Engler Machine & Tool First Heat,
Hagar in the Brown and Miller Racing Solutions Second Heat, Bayston
in the Schoenfeld Headers Third Heat, and Crawley in the K&N Filters
Fourth Heat. Hagar won the 12-lap Pole Scramble to earn the K&N
Filters Pole Award for the first feature race.
For rules and updated schedule
information about the United Sprint Car Series Outlaw Thunder Tour, please
visit www.uscsracing.com or call the series
office at 770-460-7223 or 770-865-6097. You
can also like the United Sprint Car Series Facebook page at USCS Racing.
USCS OUTLAW THUNDER PRESENTED
BY K&N FILTERS OFFICIAL RESULTS FROM THE USCS FALL NATIONALS AT
RIVERIDE INTERNATIONAL SPEEDWAY ON NOVEMBER 11TH AND 12TH -
2016:
FIRST 25 LAP FLIP FLOP FEATURE RACE:
POS
START CAR #
DRIVER
HOMETOWN
1.
1
9jr Derek
Hagar
Marion, AR
2.
2
39 Spencer
Bayston
Lebanon, IN
3.
5
3 Sammy
Swindell
Germantown, TN
4.
7
12 Tim
Crawley
Benton, AR
5.
8
42 Andy
McElhannon
Hernando, MS
6.
9
59 Brad
Bowden
Hernando, MS
7.
10
26 Marshall Skinner
Marion, AR
8.
18
40 Howard
Moore
Memphis, TN
9.
11
22B Joe B.
Miller
Millersville, MO
10.
16
84 Brandon
Hanks
Burlison, TN
11.
13
4 Casey
Rowland
Nesbitt, MS
12.
20
88R Cody
Gardner
Benton, AR
13.
6
1 Eddie
Gallagher
Olive Branch, MS
14.
19
10 Terry
Gray
Bartlett, TN
15.
14
29 Chad
Jones
Sanath, MO
16.
3
14 Jordon
Mallett
Greenbrier, AR
17.
15
10M Morgan
Turpen
Cordova, TN
18.
4
91 Ernie
Ainsworth
Bartlett, TN
19.
21
27 Curt
Terrell
Bartlett, TN
20.
22
10H Dustin
Homan
Marquan, MO
21.
17
44 Ronny
Howard
Olive Branch, MS
22.
23
24D Danny Sams
III
Englewood, FL
23.
24
28 Jeff
Willingham
Ripley, MS
24.
12
22 Travis
Senter
Osceola, AR
DID NOT START:
10K Dewayne White
Byhalia, MS
25 Ray Bugg
Iuka, MS
19 T.J.
Hughes
Hernando, MS
44c Tyler Vaughn
Memphis,
TN
USCS SPRINT CAR SERIES RACE
AWARDS:
Hoosier Speed Dash: Moore
Engler Machine and Tool First Heat: Swindell
Brown and Miller Racing Solutions Second Heat: Hagar
Schoenfeld Headers Third Heat: Bayston
K&N Filters Fourth Heat: Crawley
K&N Filters Pole Award:
Hagar
JE Pistons Top Guns Award: (5th place) McElhannon
K&N Filters Podium (3rd place) Award: Swindell
Wilwood Disc Brakes Hard Charger Award: Moore (started 18th and
finished 8th)
Keizer Aluminum Wheels Top Five Award: McElhannon
Saldana Racing Products Super Sixth Award: Bowden
Pyrotect Racing Cells Lucky Seven Award: Skinner
DHR Suspension 8th-Place Award: Moore
DMI/Bulldog Rear Ends Top Ten Award: Hanks
SECOND 25 LAP FLIP FLOP FEATURE
RACE:
POS
START CAR #
DRIVER
HOMETOWN
1.
8
14 Jordon
Mallett
Greenbrier, AR
2.
6
91 Ernie
Ainsworth
Bartlett, TN
3.
12
88R Cody
Gardner
Benton, AR
4.
17
26 Marshall Skinner
Marion, AR
5.
4 10HH
Dustin
Homan
Marquan, MO
6.
23
9jr Derek
Hagar
Marion, AR
7.
20
12 Tim
Crawley
Benton, AR
8.
22
39 Spencer
Bayston
Lebanon, IN
9.
15
22B Joe
Miller
Millersville, MO
10.
11
1 Eddie
Gallagher
Olive Branch, MS
11.
14
84 Brandon
Hanks
Burlison, TN
12.
16
40 Howard
Moore
Memphis, TN
13.
13
4 Casey
Rowland
Nesbitt, MS
14.
19
42 Andy
McElhannon
Hernando, MS
15.
24
22 Travis
Senter
Osceola, AR
16.
21
3 Sammy
Swindell
Germantown, TN
17.
3
44 Ronny
Howard
Olive Branch, MS
18.
18
59 Brad
Bowden
Hernando, MS
19.
2
24D Danny Sams III
Englewood, FL
20.
9
29 Chad
Jones
Sanath, MO
21.
1
28 Jeff
Willingham
Ripley, MS
22.
7
10m Morgan
Turpen
Cordova, TN
23.
10
10 Terry
Gray
Bartlett, TN
24.
5
27 Curt
Terrell
Bartlett, TN DNS
USCS SPRINT CAR SERIES RACE
AWARDS:
Hoosier Speed Dash: Moore
Engler Machine and Tool First Heat: Swindell
Brown and Miller Racing Solutions Second Heat: Hagar
Schoenfeld Headers Third Heat: Bayston
K&N Filters Fourth Heat: Crawley
K&N Filters Pole Award:
Willingham
JE Pistons Top Guns Award: (1st place) Mallett
K&N Filters Podium (3rd place) Award: Gardner
Wilwood Disc Brakes Hard Charger Award: Hagar (started 23rd and
finished 6th)
Keizer Aluminum Wheels Top Five Award: Homan
Saldana Racing Products Super Sixth Award: Hagar
Pyrotect Racing Cells Lucky Seven Award: Crawley
DHR Suspension 8th-Place Award: Bayston
DMI/Bulldog Rear Ends Top Ten Award: Gallagher
B-MAIN – 12 LAPS: 1. Turpen;
2. Hanks; 3. Howard; 4. Moore; 5. Gray; 6. Gardner; 7. Terrell; 8. Homan; 9.
Sams; 10. White; 11. Hughes; 12. Bugg; 13. Willingham; 14. Vaughn.
PRELIMINARY RESULTS OF THE FLIP FLOP
50 FOR THE UNITED SPRINT CAR SERIES AT RIVERSIDE INTERNATIONAL RACEWAY IN WEST
MEMPHIS, AR ON 11/11/16:
Hoosier Tire Speed Dash – (6
Laps): 1. Moore; 2. Skinner; 3. Gray; 4. Crawley; 5. Homan; 6. Turpen.
Engler Machine & Tool Heat 1 -
(8 Laps): 1. Swindell; 2. Mallett; 3. Senter; 4. Jones; 5. Bugg; 6. Sams; 7.
Gardner.
Brown and Miller Racing Solutions Heat
2- (8 Laps): 1. Hagar; 2. Skinner; 3. Bowden; 4. Hanks; 5. Rowland; 6.
White; 7. Terrell.
Schoenfeld Headers Heat 3 - (8
Laps): 1. Bayston; 2. Ainsworth; 3. Gallagher; 4. Howard; 5. Hughes; 6.
Willingham; 7. Vaughn.
K&N Filters Heat 4 – (8 Laps):
1. Crawley; 2. McElhannon; 3. Miller; 4. Turpen; 5. Gray; 6. Moore; 7. Homan.
Pole Scramble – (12 Laps – Finish
determines A-Main starting spot on Saturday): 1. Hagar; 2. Swindell; 3.
Ainsworth; 4. Crawley; 5. Bayston; 6. Gallagher; 7. McElhannon 8. Mallett..
The United Sprint Car Series
presented by K&N Filters would like to gratefully thank its sponsoring
partners for their involvement in the 2016 and 20th anniversary USCS Outlaw
Thunder Tour: K&N Filters,www.rockauto.com, Hoosier Race Tires,
Engler Machine and Tool, Butlerbuilt, Wilwood Disc Brakes, Saldana Racing
Products, Pyrotect Racing Cells, DMI/Bulldog Rear Ends. Hero Graphics, KSE
Racing Products, Schoenfeld Headers, DSR Fuel Systems, Brown and Miller Racing
Solutions and DHR Suspensions.
United Sprint Car Series News
Release: Contact – PETE WALTON – (770) 865-6097
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