Harrisburg, AR - Friday, May 29, 2020 - Mark Smith from Sunbury, PA bested a 33 car field at Old No. 1 Speedway to win the opening round of the 15th annual USCS Sprint Speedweeks. Smith raced past two-time USCS National Champion, Jordon Mallett into the lead early and pedaled away but had to hold off Mallett and a strong contingent of drivers from 11 states after several yellow flag and one red flag incident.
Mallett came past the checkers in the runner-up spot, followed by the Alabama Outlaw, Kyle Amerson in the K&N Filters Podium Award third place with Sprint Car Hall of Famer Danny Smith fom Chillicothe, Ohio in fourth and another, Ohioan, Max Stambaugh completed the top five.
The USCS Sprint Car Speedweeks Round #2 is set for what is expected to be a larger field at historic Riverside Int. Speedway in West Memphis, Akansas on Saturday night 5/30 at 7:30pm. On Sunday evening 5/31 at 6pm the USCS Sprint Speedweeks speed spectacular invades Lexington 104 Speedway near Lexington, Tennessee. For more info please visit www.uscsracing.com
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Speedweek 2020 Round #1 results on Friday 5/29/2020 at Old No 1 Speedway - in Harrisburg, AR
USCS Winged Sprints - 33 Entries
Feature 30-Laps
- M1-Mark Smith[2]; 2. 14-Jordon Mallett[1]; 3. 29A-Kyle Amerson[8]; 4. 4-Danny Smith[11]; 5. 5M-Max Stambaugh[12]; 6. 10M-Morgan Turpen[4]; 7. 2-Brad Bowden[15]; 8. 10L-Landon Britt[18]; 9. 22L-Connor Leoffler[6]; 10. 29-Jeff Oliver[5]; 11. 99-Blake Jenkins[21]; 12. 12-Luke Hall[17]; 13. 13-Chase Howard[16]; 14. (DNF) 49-Mallie Shuster[14]; 15. (DNF) 6-Dustin Gates[7]; 16. (DNF) 1X-Tim Crawley[19]; 17. (DNF) 18J-RJ Jacobs[22]; 18. (DNF) 28-Jeff Willingham[23]; 19. (DNF) 22M-Dan McCarron[3]; 20. (DNF) 10-Terry Gray[10]; 21. (DNF) 3-Howard Moore[9]; 22. (DNF) 20-Jim Shuster[13]; 23. (DNF) 17-Alex Lyles[20]
DHR Suspension B-Main #1 - 12 Laps
- 2-Brad Bowden[1]; 2. 12-Luke Hall[3]; 3. 1X-Tim Crawley[8]; 4. 99-Blake Jenkins[5]; 5. 3B-Chris Banja[2]; 6. 44-Ronny Howard[7]; 7. 28-Jeff Willingham[4]; 8. (DNS) 3P-Paxton Gregory; 9. (DNS) 29-Jeff Oliver; 10. (DNS) 17X-Trapper Brown
Schoenfeld Headers B-Main #2 -12 Laps
- 13-Chase Howard[1]; 2. 10L-Landon Britt[6]; 3. 17-Alex Lyles[2]; 4. 18J-RJ Jacobs[8]; 5. 10K-Dewayne White[7]; 6. 17B-Shelby Brown[4]; 7. 7E-Eric Gunderson[3]; 8. (DNS) 121-Jan Howard; 9. (DNS) 47-Dale Howard.
Preliminaries
Hoosier Speed Dash 6 Laps
- 10L Landon Britt; 2. M1 Mark Smith; 3. 29 Kyle Amerson; 4. 29 Jeff Oliver 5. 22M Dan McCarron 6. 13 Chase Howard
Heat 1 8 Laps | Engler
- 29-Jeff Oliver[2]; 2. 14-Jordon Mallett[6]; 3. 4-Danny Smith[5]; 4. 17-Alex Lyles[1]; 5. 13-Chase Howard[7]; 6. (DNF) 121-Jan Howard[4]; 7. (DNF) 3P-Paxton Gregory[3]; 8. (DNF) 44-Ronny Howard[8]; 9. (DNS) 17X-Trapper Brown
Heat 2 8 Laps | BMRS
- 22L-Connor Leoffler[1]; 2. 29A-Kyle Amerson[2]; 3. 10M-Morgan Turpen[8]; 4. 2-Brad Bowden[3]; 5. 3B-Chris Banja[6]; 6. 7E-Eric Gunderson[7]; 7. (DNF) 10L-Landon Britt[4]; 8. (DNF) 18J-RJ Jacobs[5]
Heat 3 8 Laps | Butlerbuilt
- 6-Dustin Gates[1]; 2. 3-Howard Moore[2]; 3. 5M-Max Stambaugh[4]; 4. 20-Jim Shuster[6]; 5. 28-Jeff Willingham[3]; 6. (DNS) 99-Blake Jenkins; 7. (DNS) 24-Jeffrey West Jr; 8. (DNS) 47-Dale Howard
Heat 4 8 Laps | HERO Graphics
- M1-Mark Smith[3]; 2. 10-Terry Gray[2]; 3. 22M-Dan McCarron[8]; 4. 49-Mallie Shuster[4]; 5. 12-Luke Hall[5]; 6. 17B-Shelby Brown[6]; 7. (DNF) 1X-Tim Crawley[1]; 8. (DNF) 10K-Dewayne White[7]
Photo Caption #M1
Mark Smith bested 33 entries to win the USCS Speedweek opener at Old #1 Speedway on Friday night. (USCS Photo)
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