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Had a great night at Ft Payne Motor Speedway. Started 2nd in the feature, followed the leader for about 14 laps, until making my pass for the lead in lap traffic. Second Place and the lap car got together spinning the lap car out, forcing us back to the previous lap lineup. I never had a shot to get back around the leader, forcing me to settle with a runner up finish. On to Blue Ridge Motor Speedway, I Had a good night going until the feature. We had a really fast car all night and was slated...more

(Photo by Casey Jones) Inside Line Promotions – EASTABOGA, Ala. (June 6, 2017) – Derek Hagar earned his 11th top five of the season last Thursday at Talladega Short Track during a USCS Series Speedweek event. “Everything was going pretty smooth,” he said. “We just didn’t stay on top of our game. We had a good car all night, but we were too conservative for the A Main.” Hagar won the dash from the pole before he advanced from third to claim a heat race victory. The feature inversion lined him...more

Inside Line Promotions – EASTABOGA, Ala. (June 6, 2017) – Marshall Skinner is in the hunt for a USCS Series Speedweek championship thanks to a pair of victories. Skinner captured Speedweek wins on May 26 at Hattiesburg Speedway in Hattiesburg, Miss., and last Thursday at Talladega Short Track to book end the four completed Speedweek races. “We did really well with it being just me and my wife,” he said. “I drive the truck, I wash the cars, I do everything. It’s a big boost for me since I’m a...more

(Photo by Speedway Shots) Inside Line Promotions – EASTABOGA, Ala. (June 5, 2017) – Sammy Swindell captured his best finish of the season last Thursday when he posted a runner-up result during a USCS Series Speedweek event at Talladega Short Track. “I’d been there maybe three times before and I think I still have the track record with the World of Outlaws,” he said. “We went back to everything with the car and concentrated on some stuff with the motor.” Swindell, who was driving for A.G....more

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Inside Line Promotions – ATWOOD, Tenn. (May 31, 2017) – Derek Hagar rebounded from a rough start to the USCS Speedweek by winning Round 4 on Monday at Clayhill Motorsports. The busy week began last Friday at Hattiesburg Speedway in Hattiesburg, Miss., where Hagar won the dash and advanced from fourth to second place in a heat race to start the main event on the pole. “We had a good start and took the lead,” he said. “We led the first four or five laps. We got to traffic pretty quick. Marshall...more

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Hattiesburg Speedway- Finished 7th in the feature.Got behind the 8 ball early at Hattiesburg, MS for the opening night of speed week. Had a rock knock a hole in the radiator in hot laps, managed to pinch the tube and slow the leak enough to just make the dash. Finished 4th in the dash, got the radiator changed in time for the heat race, started 4th and finished 3rd. That put us starting 11th in the feature and made it up to 7th on a rubbered up track. Jackson Speedway- Finished 4th in the...more

(Photo by TeeJay Crawford) Inside Line Promotions – MARION, Ark. (May 23, 2017) – Derek Hagar is hoping Mother Nature plays nice during the next two weeks as he embarks upon the USCS Speedweek, which features seven races at seven tracks in nine days. “Everything got rained out again last week so that means I’ve only got to race the sprint car one weekend in the last five,” he said. “I’m just ready to get back in a car. I’m ready to get these seven races going and hopefully click off about...more

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After almost two full seasons of being away from any real full-time sprint car racing, I am happy to announce that Dead-A-Head Motorsports is planned to be back on track in September of 17'! Our goal is to compete with the ASCS Souther Outlaw Sprints and the USCS Souther Thunder Tour. We are once again back to JnJ chassis, DMI components, Wilwood Brakes, Weld Wheels, Bell Racing Products and now for the first time Wesmar Racing Engines. We couldn't be more excited to pair a familiar car...more

(Photo by Justin Brester) Inside Line Promotions – MARYVILLE, Tenn. (May 3, 2017) – Seth Bergman is bound for Texas this weekend to tackle an ASCS Gulf South Region doubleheader. Bergman will compete on Friday at Heart O’ Texas Speedway in Waco for the 2nd annual Gene Adamchik Memorial before racing on Saturday at Gator Motorplex in Willis for the 5th annual Nolan Wren Memorial. “We’re certainly chomping at the bit to get our first win of the season so hopefully we can deliver a win or two...more

(Photo by TeeJay Crawford) Inside Line Promotions – MARYVILLE, Tenn. (May 2, 2017) – Derek Hagar was consistent last weekend during the USCS Thunder in the Smokies doubleheader in Tennessee with the USCS Series. Hagar placed second every time he was on the track during both nights of action. “I was pretty consistent,” he said. “There’s nothing to hang our heads about. We didn’t tear anything up or hurt a lot of tires. However, as a driver I’d like to be sitting on the front straightaway. We...more

(Photo by Casey Jones) Inside Line Promotions – MARION, Ark. (April 25, 2017) – Derek Hagar is venturing to Tennessee this weekend to tackle the USCS Thunder in the Smokies doubleheader with the USCS Series. Hagar will compete on Friday at I-75 Raceway in Sweetwater and on Saturday at Smokey Mountain Speedway in Maryville. He placed third last year during his debut at I-75 Raceway. “It’s a round race track and it doesn’t really have a straightaway,” he said. “It races really weird. We just...more

(Photo by Killer Mile Motorsports) Inside Line Promotions – YORK HAVEN, Pa. (April 12, 2017) – Trey Starks produced his first podium finish of the season last Saturday during a USCS Series event at Lancaster Speedway to highlight a busy weekend. “It was definitely a wild weekend,” he said. “It all started on Friday when we had a really fast car, but unfortunately we weren’t able to capitalize.” The three-race weekend began for the Gobrecht Motorsports team on Friday at Carolina Speedway in...more

(Photo by Speedway Shots) Inside Line Promotions – COLUMBUS, Miss. (March 7, 2017) – Harli White produced some bright moments during her first-ever visit to Mississippi last weekend to compete in a USCS Series doubleheader. The action began on Friday at Hattiesburg Speedway in Hattiesburg, Miss., where she captured a heat race win – her third of the season in the first four races – after starting from the pole position. That lined her up on the inside of the second row for the main event. “The...more

Inside Line Promotions – COLUMBUS, Miss. (March 7, 2017) – Derek Hagar registered his first feature win of the season last Saturday at Magnolia Motor Speedway to cap a USCS Series doubleheader. “It’s a pretty big deal to get that first win accomplished,” he said. “We had a little bit of a rough start to the weekend on Friday night. To pick up a win helped offset the Friday incident. It gives us good momentum going into this weekend and toward the end of this month when we go to Kansas for a...more

(Photo by Justin Brester) Inside Line Promotions – SNOHOMISH, Wash. (Feb. 28, 2017) – Seth Bergman is set to kick off his season this Saturday in Mississippi at a USCS Series event hosted by Magnolia Motor Speedway in Columbus. “We’ve worked really hard in the shop all winter to set ourselves up for success this year and our first test is this weekend,” he said. “We really want to go out and get a win this weekend to set the tone for a strong year.” Bergman was victorious during his lone start...more

(Photo by SprintFun Photos) Inside Line Promotions – WEST MEMPHIS, Ark. (Nov. 16, 2016) – The 2016 season concluded last weekend for Kevin Swindell’s newly formed sprint car team. Spencer Bayston drove the team to a pair of strong results during the USCS Series Flip Flop 50 at Riverside International Speedway, where the team garnered a career-best runner-up result in the first main event before charging from 22nd to eighth in the second feature. “It was a good way to end the year,” Swindell...more

(Photo by http://www.HighFly-NPhotos.com) Inside Line Promotions – WEST MEMPHIS, Ark. (Nov. 15, 2016) – Sammy Swindell closed the season with a podium finish during the Flip Flop 50 last weekend at Riverside International Speedway. Swindell, who drove for A.G. Rains, kicked off the USCS Series event on Friday by advancing from third to win a heat race before maneuvering from fifth to second place in the dash. “We were running right around the tires,” he said. “(Derek) Hagar started on the...more

(Photo by TeeJay Crawford) Inside Line Promotions – WEST MEMPHIS, Ark. (Nov. 15, 2016) – Brandon Hanks is pleased with the way his season ended after facing an ill-handling sprint car the past month. Hanks posted results of 10th and 11th, respectively, during the Flip Flop 50 at Riverside International Speedway last weekend. More importantly, he found comfort in his race car. “We still struggled a little on Friday,” he said. “We completely hit the reset button on Saturday. We went over the...more

(Photo by Billy Russ Photography) Inside Line Promotions – WEST MEMPHIS, Ark. (Nov. 15, 2016) – Derek Hagar claimed another USCS championship and he tied his record for wins in a season thanks to a trip to Victory Lane last weekend at Riverside International Speedway. Hagar opened the Flip Flop 50 event on Friday when he won his heat race and the dash. “We started fourth in the heat race and won it,” he said. “That gave us the high-point spot. They did a pole scramble dash, which we started on...more

(Photo by Casey Jones) Inside Line Promotions – MARION, Ark. (Oct. 25, 2016) – Derek Hagar is using his down time to get ready for two big races that will finish off his 2016 season. While his next race will be Nov. 3-5 during the 29th annual COMP Cams Short Track Nationals presented by Hoosier Tires at I-30 Speedway in Little Rock, Ark., Hagar is focused on the USCS Mid South championship. Hagar currently leads the USCS Mid South championship standings by 85 points over Terry Gray. Hagar also...more

Inside Line Promotions – CONCORD, N.C. (Oct. 24, 2016) – Trey Starks produced about as dominating of a weekend as he has enjoyed in his career. Starks, who was driving for Jeff McCall, swept the USCS Series portion of the World Short Track Championships last Friday and Saturday at The Dirt Track at Charlotte, where he won for the first time to give him 11 victories at 11 different tracks this season. “I’d say we made quality laps every time we were on the track this weekend,” he said. “We had...more

(Photo by TeeJay Crawford) Inside Line Promotions – ATWOOD, Tenn. (Oct. 18, 2016) – Derek Hagar was looking at another solid result and potentially a win before mechanical problems occurred last Saturday night at Clayhill Motorsports. “We started on the pole of the dash and finished second,” he said. “In the heat race we started fifth and finished second.” The strong results placed Hagar toward the top in points and gave him a good starting spot in the 25-lap USCS Series main event. “We...more

(Photo by Chris Seelman Photography) Inside Line Promotions – PUYALLUP, Wash. (Oct. 18, 2016) – Trey Starks has won 10 races at 10 different tracks this season and he’s hopeful to add another to both totals this weekend during the World Short Track Championships. Starks and car owner Jeff McCall are heading to The Dirt Track at Charlotte in Concord, N.C., for the USCS Series race on Friday and Saturday. The team has earned three victories this season – all with the USCS Series on the East...more

(Photo courtesy of USCS Series) Inside Line Promotions – EASTABOGA, Ala. (Oct. 11, 2016) – Derek Hagar visited Victory Lane last Saturday with the USCS Series at Talladega Short Track. “It was a pretty good weekend,” he said. “We got ourselves another win, making 15 for the season.” Hagar’s night started with winning the dash from the pole position. He finished in the top six at the most recent USCS show so he was automatically entered in the dash. Hagar also won a heat race after starting in...more

(Photo courtesy of USCS Series) Inside Line Promotions – GAFFNEY, S.C. (Oct. 3, 2016) – Trey Starks was on a mission along the East Coast last weekend. Not only did Starks sweep the USCS Series doubleheader in North Carolina and South Carolina to give him 10 feature victories at 10 tracks this season, he passed 24 combined cars to do so. “We picked up where we left off with the 360 program,” he said. “We’ve been really, really good. Cherokee Speedway only sees 360 sprint cars once a year and...more

(Photo courtesy of USCS Series) Inside Line Promotions – ATWOOD, Tenn. (Aug. 30, 2016) – Derek Hagar powered to his 50th feature victory in the last three-plus seasons following a win last Saturday at Clayhill Motorsports. The triumph also added to Hagar’s lead in the USCS Mid-South championship standings. “We started off decent in the dash, but the race track was real narrow early on because they had a lot of rain Friday night,” he said. “They worked on it and got the track wider as the night...more

(Photo by Lisa Dynes Photography) Inside Line Promotions – BYRAM, Miss. (Aug. 16, 2016) – Seth Bergman will return to Lucas Oil ASCS National Tour competition this weekend as the series is set for a doubleheader in Missouri. The action begins on Saturday at St. Francois County Raceway in Farmington before Sunday’s High Roller Classic at Missouri State Fair Speedway in Sedalia. “It will be good to get back to ASCS National Tour competition this weekend,” Bergman said. “We are excited to head to...more

BYRAM, Miss. (August 13, 2016) For the third time in 2016, Tennessee’s Brian Bell parked the FSR Radiator No. 23b in Victory Lane with the Lucas Oil ASCS Southern Outlaw Sprints, earning the top spot on the podium at the Jackson Motor Speedway in Byram, Miss. to give the nod to the American Sprint Car Series in the showdown with the USCS. Bell’s fourth career win with the Lucas Oil ASCS Southern Outlaw Sprints, Bell bested 25 other drivers at the slick three-eighths mile oval to earn the...more

Inside Line Promotions – MERIDIAN, Miss. (July 12, 2016) – Derek Hagar pocketed a $2,500 check for claiming the USCS Series event at Whynot Motorsports Park last Saturday. The win was Hagar’s first career at the track and his 11th trip to Victory Lane this season. Following a rain delay, Hagar opened the night by finishing where he started – fourth – in the dash. “We had a car that was unbelievably tight,” he said. “We had a rain shower and the race track stayed pretty fast all night...more

(Photo courtesy of Derek Hagar Racing) Inside Line Promotions – NASHVILLE, Ark. (July 5, 2016) – Derek Hagar scored his 10th feature victory of the season to cap last weekend’s tripleheader with the USCS Series. Hagar led the distance of the event on Sunday at Diamond Park Speedway to record the triumph, which also marked his 13th straight podium finish. “It was a pretty successful weekend and it was great to end it with a win after two straight second-place finishes,” he said. Hagar opened...more

(Photo courtesy of USCS Series) Inside Line Promotions – PHENIX CITY, Ala. (June 21, 2016) – Derek Hagar has found a home away from home in the Winner’s Circle at East Alabama Motor Speedway. Hagar, who scored his first career sprint car win at the track in 2007, claimed his fifth career victory at the oval last Saturday during the 27-lap Randy Helton Memorial with the USCS Series. “It’s one of those race tracks that a lot of people don’t run the top of,” he said. “It suits my style. I like...more

(Photo by Al Steinberg) Inside Line Promotions – MARION, Ark. (June 14, 2016) – Derek Hagar will return to a familiar track this weekend with the USCS Series. Hagar is set to tackle East Alabama Motor Speedway in Phenix City, Ala., on Friday and Saturday. It will be his first trip to the track since winning in June 2014. “I love racing in Phenix City,” he said. “I got my first winged sprint car feature win there and we’ve been very successful every time we’ve gone back.” Hagar’s first career...more

(Photo by Chris Seelman Photography) Inside Line Promotions – EASTABOGA, Ala. (June 7, 2016) – Derek Hagar garnered his second USCS Speedweek championship in the last three years last weekend with a runner-up performance at Talladega Short Track on Thursday. Hagar advanced from fifth to third place in the dash and from fifth to second place in a heat race. That lined him up on the outside of the front row for the main event. “We fell back to third on the first lap and had a couple of...more

(Photo courtesy of USCS) Inside Line Promotions – ATWOOD, Tenn. (May 31, 2016) – Derek Hagar is on an absolute tear. Hagar has recorded six wins and 12 podium finishes during his last 13 races, including two wins and four podiums during the first four USCS Speedweek races last weekend. “It feels pretty good because we’ve got to pad the bank account the last four nights of racing,” he said. “Hopefully we can finish Speedweek strong and add more to the bank.” Hagar kicked off the USCS Speedweek...more

(Photo courtesy of USCS Series) Inside Line Promotions – MARYVILLE, Tenn. (April 28, 2016) – Derek Hagar garnered a pair of podium finishes last weekend during a USCS Series doubleheader, including a trip to Victory Lane for the third time this season. Hagar kicked off the two-day event in Tennessee on Friday when he made his debut at I-75 Raceway in Niota. “We had a little rain delay early in the night, but luckily the promoter stuck it out and we got the night in,” he said. Hagar won his...more

(Photo Courtesy of Trey Starks Racing) Inside Line Promotions – LANCASTER, S.C. (April 11, 2016) – Trey Starks earned a victory for the second straight weekend thanks to last Saturday’s triumph at Lancaster Super Speedway. Starks, who made his season debut driving for Jeff McCall last weekend during the USCS doubleheader, took the lead on Lap 10 and he cruised to a satisfying victory following a sour start to the weekend. “We were really good every time we hit the track,” he said. “We were...more

(Photo by Chris Seelman Photography) Inside Line Promotions – COLUMBUS, Miss. (March 1, 2016) – Derek Hagar opened his season with a podium finish last Saturday at Magnolia Motor Speedway. Hagar, who had claimed his sprint car season opener at the track two of the past three years, kicked off the USCS event by charging from fourth to win a heat race. “We took the lead early, but on the start someone lost a torque tube,” he said. “I had to get off the gas to get around it and ended up getting...more

(Photo by Scott Frazier) Inside Line Promotions – COLUMBUS, Miss. (March 1, 2016) – Brandon Hanks recorded his best result during a season opener since 2013 last Saturday at Magnolia Motor Speedway. Hanks battled for a top five throughout the main event before finishing sixth during the USCS event. “I got all the cobwebs and the rust out last weekend,” he said. “It was a good start to the season.” The action began with Hanks maneuvering from sixth to third place in a heat race. “The car was...more

(Photo by Scott Frazier) Inside Line Promotions – COLUMBUS, Miss. (Feb. 29, 2016) – Seth Bergman put this season’s first tally in the win column last Saturday at Magnolia Motor Speedway. Bergman dominated his debut at the track by winning the USCS Series main event by almost nine seconds and lapping up to fourth place. “You want to win early in the season to get things going,” he said. “You have to be able to come out and set the tone. I was really disappointed in Florida the previous weekend....more

(Photo by Brandon Young Photography) Inside Line Promotions – MARION, Ark. (Feb. 22, 2016) – Derek Hagar hopes the third time is the charm as he is seeking to get his winged sprint car season underway this weekend. Hagar had scheduled to kick off his 2016 campaign each of the past two weekends at NEA Speedway in Harrisburg, Ark., but rained postponed the opening attempt before the sprint car portion of the event was cancelled last weekend because of a low car count. This weekend Hagar is...more

The Florida Winter Nationals was the first stop for the team in 2015. The team made a long awaited return to East Bay Raceway in Tampa where Jim was a top 10 car in the Sprint car division for many years. The return was great to see old friends but not good for racing. The team never got going and had a rough three nights. Jim had made the move in 2015 to become the General Manager of the Hyatt Regency in Albuquerque, NM. Work and the new position took Jim away from racing in the spring...more

(Photo by Scott Frazier) Inside Line Promotions – WEST MEMPHIS, Ark. (Nov. 18, 2015) – Brandon Hanks rebounded from a sour start to the night last Saturday during the USCS Fall Nationals at Riverside International Speedway, where he wrapped up his 2015 season with a top-10 result. The night began with the David Smith Racing entry finishing where it started – sixth – in a USCS heat race on the quarter-mile oval. “I had a left rear shock break on me in the heat race,” Hanks said. “I went into...more

(Photo by Chris Seelman Photography) Inside Line Promotions – WEST MEMPHIS, Ark. (Nov. 17, 2015) – Derek Hagar’s season in his own sprint car ended on its side last Saturday during the USCS Fall Nationals at Riverside International Speedway. “We were running seventh when we got crashed,” he said. “It’s a little bitter. You always want to go into the offseason on a good note, but you can’t always come out on top. Things don’t always fall the way you want.” Hagar kicked off the USCS event by...more

(Photo by Scott Frazier) Inside Line Promotions – WEST MEMPHIS, Ark. (Nov. 16, 2015) – Sammy Swindell capped his season with a runner-up result last Saturday at Riverside International Speedway during the USCS Fall Nationals. Swindell, who drove for A.G. Rains during the USCS Series season finale, kicked off the night by advancing from fifth to third place during a heat race. “We were starting on the inside and it was definitely slick down there,” he said. “Every start the outside row would...more

Tuesdays with TMAC – 21st State in the Books! (Bill W) November 10, 2015 – Terry McCarl’s win in USCS action at Carolina Speedway in Gastonia, North Carolina on October 30 gave the Altoona, Iowa driver victories in 21 states. The two week trip to the Carolina’s culminated in the World of Outlaws World Finals brought an end to a successful 2015 campaign that saw ten wins. The USCS events October 30 and 31 were an improvisation. “We had planned on going to the Short Track Nationals (in Little...more

(Photo by Al Steinberg) Inside Line Promotions – MARION, Ark. (Nov. 10, 2015) – Derek Hagar is eagerly looking forward to spending this weekend at Riverside International Speedway. Hagar is set to race on Friday and Saturday during the USCS Fall Nationals at the quarter-mile oval in West Memphis, Ark., where he has captured two wins this season. “We feel very confident,” he said. “We’ll go into this race like we always do and do the best we can. We’ve had a good year and I think we can...more