August 8, 2008 - Tuscumbia, AL - Tony Simmons from Rogersville, Alabama won the 25-lap Rislone USCS Modified Series feature race at North Alabama Speedway on Friday night before a capacity crowd. Simmons got the hard fought win in the race after battling Chad Winkles from Falkville, Alabama wheel to wheel on nearly every lap for the lead. The two drivers who have lots of laps on the 1/3 mile red clay oval bested a field of top drivers from the Mid South area during the thriller on the series first ever visit to North Alabama Speedway. Series points-leader Ashley Newman finished on the rear bumper of the lead duo in third place after starting fifth. Trinity Wyers from Columbus, Mississippi finished fourth after starting from the K&N filters Pole Position and Hunter Rasdon from Jonesboro, Arkansas rounded out the top five finishers .

 

August 8, 2008 - Tuscumbia, AL - Current O'Reilly United Sprint Car Series Mid-South Thunder regional series points leader, Tim Crawley from Benton Arkansas won the 30-lap O’Reilly USCS feature at North Alabama Speedway on Friday night before a capacity crowd. Crawley ran his win streak in the tough regional series to two-in-a-row by besting a talented field of drivers from six states. Crawley won the previous O’Reilly USCS Mid-South Thunder event during the O’Reilly USCS “Triple Crown Challenge” presented by Lucas Oil on Thursday, July 10th at Riverside International Speedway.

 

July 19, 2008 – Bulls Gap, TN - Six-time and defending O'Reilly USCS National Champion, Terry Gray from Bartlett, Tennessee raced his way to victory lane in the 30-lap O'Reilly USCS Outlaw Thunder feature at Volunteer Speedway on Saturday night. Gray who had never raced at Joe Loven’s famed high-banked 4/10 mile East Tennessee red clay oval dominated the evening in his #10 Rislone/Bar’s Leaks sponsored Wesmar powered J&J Auto Racing car. He started the night off by setting a new Volunteer Speedway all-time track record and fast time of 11.67 seconds around the high-banked 4/10 mile oval. The torrid lap eclipsed by two one hundredths of a second the 16 month-old mark of 11.690 seconds set by Joey Saldana during the World of Outlaws 410 cubic inch race on March 24, 2007.

July 18, 2008 - Crossville, TN - Steven Lines from Melbourne, Australia won the second of the twin 20-lap features during the fourth annual O'Reilly USCS "Night of Thunder" winged sprint car event on Friday night at Crossville Raceway. Lines started fifth in the inverted field and raced past Lance Moss from Cherryville, North Carolina into the lead on lap six to make his second O'Reilly USCS victory lane visit of the 2008 season. Lines finished approximately six to eight car lenghts ahead of Moss for the win. The evening's first featue race winner, Terry Gray from Bartlett, Tennessee followed in third place after starting seventh. Three-time 2008 series feature winner, Johnny Bridges fom Cherryville, North Carolina finished fourth and Ronnie Blair from Dayton, Ohio who was the runner-up in the first main event rounded out the top five.

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                        July 18, 2008 - Crossville, TN - Six-time O'Reilly USCS National Champion, Terry Gray from Bartlett, Tennessee won the first of the twin 20-lap O'Reilly USCS Southern Thunder feature races during the O'Reilly USCS sanctioned winged sprint car "Night of Thunder" at Crossville Raceway on Friday night.

 

July 10, 2008 - West Memphis, AR - Hunter Rasdon from Jonesboro, Arkansas won the 25-lap Rislone USCS Modified Series Speedweek Round Four at Riverside International Speedway on Thursday night. Rasdon's first career win in the series came over a talented field of drivers from four states. The twenty year-old driver started on the front row and led every lap to hold off hard-charging Duke Palasini from Greenville, Mississippi who won last Saturday's Round Three event at Greenville Speedway. Chris Moore from Nesbit, Mississippi who started 17th finished in third place in the main event, followed by current series points leader, Ashley Newman from Ripley, Tennessee in fourth and Brandon Poppenheimer from Memphis, Tennessee rounded out the top five.

July 10, 2008 - West Memphis, AR- O’Reilly United Sprint Car Series Mid-South Thunder point’s leader, Tim Crawley from Benton, Arkansas got two-thirds of the way to the $10,000 top prize in the Lucas Oil Triple Crown Challenge event at Riverside Speedway on Thursday night. Crawley won the Riverside Stock Cars first heat race and dominated the 15-lap feature race in that event. After winning the Lucas Oil Power Dash for the O’Reilly United Sprint Car Series sprint cars Crawley finished fifth in the Butlerbuilt Second Heat race. This made the task of winning three features in three classes much more daunting.

July 5, 2008 – Greenville , MS – A Greenville Speedway local favorite, Duke Palasini from Leland , Mississippi defended his home turf by winning the 25-lap Rislone USCS Modified Series Speedweek 2008 Round Three race at Greenville Speedway on Saturday night. Palasini led the field to the initial green flag from his pole position starting position and raced all the way to the Greenville Speedway victory lane for his second career Rislone USCS Modified Series feature win.

July 4, 2008 - Malden, MO - 2007 Malden Speedway Track Champion, Larry Hull from old Appleton, Missouri won the 25-lap Rislone USCS Modified Series Speedweek 2008 Round Two race at Malden Speedway on Friday night. Hull led the final eight laps after passing another former track Champion, Ronnie Vernon from Friendship, Tennessee on lap seventeen and racing away to the Malden Speedway victory lane for his career-first Rislone USCS Modified Series feature win.

 

July 3, 2008 - Camden, TN - Defending O'Reilly United Sprint Car Series National Champion, Terry Gray from Bartlett, Tennessee beat current O’Reilly USCS Mid-South Thunder point’s leader, Tim Crawley from Benton, Arkansas to the first turn in Thursday night’s O’Reilly USCS sprint car portion of the Firecracker 100 at Camden Speedway. Gray then held off the hard-charging Crawley through several caution periods that kept Crawley on his rear bumper to collect the $2000 paycheck for the win in the 30-lap winged sprint car main event. It was Gray’s second O’Reilly USCS feature win of the season.

July 3, 2008 - Camden, TN - 2006 Rislone USCS Modified Series Champion, T.J. Herndon from Atwood, Tennessee won the 25-lap Rislone USCS Modified Speedweek opener at Camden Speedway on Thursday night. Herndon led the final twenty-four laps after passing current series points leader, Ashley Newman from Ripley, Tennessee on lap two and racing away from the field in dominating fashion for his second win of the season.

RIVERSIDE TRIPLE CROWN CHALLENGE NEWS: July 1, 2008 - Atlanta, Georgia - The Atlanta, Georgia based United Speed Contest Sanction has created what might be the Ultimate Challenge of short track events. On Thursday, July 10th at historic Riverside International Speedway in West Memphis, Arkansas the sanctioning body offers some pretty serious bread for a driver who can conquer what seems to be the ultimate short track challenge at the high-banked ¼ Gumbo clay oval well known for its torridly competitive racing action. The USCS has offered $10,000 including prize money and posted bonuses for any driver who can win the main event in three popular Mid-South racing divisions all in one night on July 10th. The divisions included in this challenging event are the Riverside Stock Cars (Street Stocks), the O'Reilly United Sprint Car Series (winged sprint cars) and the Rislone USCS Modified Series (open wheel modifieds).