Milton, Florida – February 29, 2020 – Mark Smith from Sunbury, Pennsylvania’s charged past early race-leader Danny Smith from Chillicothe. Ohio on lap three of the 30-lap United Sprint Car Series Outlaw Thunder Tour presented by K&N Filters main event at Southern Raceway on Saturday night to make his fifth trip of the 2020 season to the www.RockAuto.com USCS Victory Lane in USCS series competition.

The win, which was the USCS Winter Heat mini-series Round #5, kept Smith squarely atop the USCS National and Winter Heat 2020 season point standings going into Rounds #6 and #7 on Friday and Saturday, March 6th and 7th at Chatham Speedway in Chatham, Louisiana.

Mark Smith started sixth in the 22-car field for the evening finale over the Southern Raceway 1/3-mile oval. On lap one he improved to third place. On the following lap (2) he moved in behind the early race-leader, the Sprint Car Hall of Fame driver Danny Smith with his team-mate Dale Howard from Byhalia, Mississippi behind him in third place. On lap three Mark Smith raced past Danny Smith into the lead and never looked back leaving the balance of the field to fight for the runner-up spot.

During the first 27 caution-free laps of the 30-lap speed contest, Smith raced through lapped traffic like the dirt-demon he has become while Dale Howard worked on Danny Smith for second position. Finally, on lap eight, Dale Howard raced past the legendary veteran driver while Danny Smith held off the evening’s USCS Hoosier Dash winner and past NASCAR Cup Series Champion, Tony Stewart from Columbus, Indiana. It took two more Laps before Stewart could wrestle the final podium spot from Danny Smith and race into third place to challenge Dale Howard for the runner-up spot.

On lap seventeen, Stewart finally passed Dale Howard to take up the chase for Mark Smith. On lap twenty-seven, Stewart got his one final shot at passing the Pennsylvania driver after Matthews, Alabama driver Kyle Amerson got contacted by another car and came to a rest on the track unable to continue, bringing out the race’s only caution.

After the restart, Mark Smith charged out to a six car length lead over the 2020 NASCAR Hall of Fame inductee (Stewart) to race under the checkered flag with Stewart, Dale Howard, the previous evening’s runner-up Danny Martin, Jr, from Sarasota, Florida and Danny Smith completing the top five drivers.

Greg Wilson from Benton Ridge, Ohio advanced eight places after a fourteenth place start to finish sixth at the checkered flag. Rookie Conner Leoffler from Myrtle Beach, South Carolina followed in seventh place, Two-time USCS National Champion, Morgan Turpen from Cordova, Tennessee also passed eight cars to finish eighth, Jim Shuster from Newville, Pennsylvania was ninth and defending USCS National Champion, Terry Gray from Bartlett, Tennessee completed the top ten.

Tony Stewart kicked off the evening action with a popular win in the 6-lap USCS Hoosier Speed Dash. Dale Howard won the Engler Machine and Tool Heat One, Dale Howard won the Brown and Miller Racing Solutions Second Heat and Veteran Danny Smith won the Butlerbuilt Third Heat. Greg Wilson advanced eight positions in the main event after starting fourteenth and finishing in sixth place to garner the Wilwood Disc Brakes Hard Charger Award. Veteran Ohio racer, Danny Smith started from the K&N Filters Pole Position to collect the K&N Filters Pole Award.

The next USCS Outlaw Thunder Tour events will be next weekend for the USCS Winter Heat Series Rounds #6 and #7 at Chatham Speedway in Chatham, Louisiana on Friday and Saturday, March 6th and 7th.

For Chatham Speedway info please visit www.chathamspeedway.com or the Chatham Speedway Facebook page.For USCS info please visit www.uscsracing.com.

USCS Outlaw Thunder Tour presented by K&N Filters Winged Sprint Cars at Southern Raceway on Saturday, February 29, 2020 results:

USCS Outlaw Thunder Tour Winged Sprint Cars Winter Heat Series presented by Speed Shift TV Round #5.

A Feature - 30 laps
Pos Start Driver Car
1 6 Mark Smith M1
2 4 Tony Stewart 14
3 3 Dale Howard 47
4 5 Danny Martin Jr. 24
5 1 Danny Smith 4
6 14 Greg Wilson W20
7 7 Conner Leoffler 22
8 16 Morgan Turpen 10M
9 8 Jim Shuster 20
10 12 Terry Gray 10
11 11 Jake Knight 93
12 9 Ronny Howard 44
13 17 Landon Britt 10L
14 15 Shane Morgan 01
15 21 Mallie Shuster 49
16 18 Eric Gunderson 7E
17 (DNF) 2 Kyle Amerson 29
18 (DNF) 20 Chase Howard 13
19 (DNF) 19 Alex Lyles 17
20 (DNF) 13 Shelby Brown 17B
21 (DNF) 22 Jeff Willingham 28
DNS - Max Stambaugh 5M
USCS Hoosier Speed Dash - 6 laps
6 laps | Presented by Hoosier
Pos Start Driver Car
1 2 Tony Stewart 14
2 5 Mark Smith M1
3 1 Dale Howard 47
4 6 Terry Gray 10
5 3 Conner Leoffler 22
6 (DNF) 4 Danny Martin Jr. 24

Heat 1 - 8 laps | Presented by Engler Machine & Tool:
Pos Start Driver Car
1 1 Dale Howard 47
2 6 Mark Smith M1
3 2 Conner Leoffler 22
4 3 Jake Knight 93
5 5 Greg Wilson W20
6 8 Shelby Brown 17B
7 7 Alex Lyles 17
8 4 Jeff Willingham 28.

Heat 2 - 8 laps | Presented by Brown and Miller Racing Solutions:
Pos Start Driver Car
1 1 Kyle Amerson 29
2 6 Danny Martin Jr. 24
3 2 Jim Shuster 20
4 4 Max Stambaugh 5M
5 5 Shane Morgan 01
6 3 Eric Gunderson 7E
7 7 Chase Howard 13.

Heat 3 - 8 laps | Presented by Butlerbuilt:
Pos Start Driver Car
1 1 Danny Smith 4
2 4 Tony Stewart 14
3 2 Ronny Howard 44
4 3 Terry Gray 10
5 5 Morgan Turpen 10M
6 6 Landon Britt 10L
7 7 Mallie Shuster 49.

Photo caption #1m: Mark Smith won the USCS Winter Heat Series round #5 presented by Speed Shift TV at Southern Raceway on Saturday night (USCS photo)

Micha McCall winds USCS Powri Outlw 600 contest at Southern Raceway

www.RockAuto.com USCS Powri Outlaw 600 Winged Micro Sprints
results from Southern Raceway, Milton, FL on Saturday, February 29, 2020:

USCS Powri Outlaw 600 A Feature - 15 laps
Pos Start Driver Car
1 5 Micha McCall 3
2 2 Mike Hall 33
3 9 Justin Rabon 1
4 7 Bobby Zaiontz 14
5 6 Jim McNulty 52R
6 8 Justin Babb 12
7 3 Seth Gransbury 7MAG
8 (DNF) 1 Kyle Amerson 29
9 (DNF) 4 Jim Kradel 19

USCS Hoosier Speed Dash - 4 laps
Pos Start Driver Car
1 1 Mike Hall 33
2 2 Jim Kradel 19
3 3 Bobby Zaiontz 14
4 4 Jim McNulty 52R

Heat 1 - 8 laps | Presented by Engler Machine & Tool
Pos Start Driver Car
1 4 Kyle Amerson 29
2 5 Mike Hall 33
3 3 Seth Gransbury 7MAG
4 2 Jim Kradel 19
5 7 Micha McCall 3
6 1 Bobby Zaiontz 14
7 8 Jim McNulty 52R
8 (DNF) 9 Justin Babb 12
9 (DNF) 6 Justin Rabon 1.

Photo/caption #33: Micha McCall won the 15-lap USCS Powri main event for Outlaw micro sprints at Southern Raceway on Saturday night.

USCS Media Contact: Pete Walton
Phone 770-865-6097
Email USCS peteuscs@att.net

Follow USCS United Speed Contest Sanction, the Uited Sprint Car Series and the USCS Powri Outlaw Micro Sprints on the MyRacePass App