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WEST MEMPHIS, AR – October 12, 2024 - Derek Hagar of Marion, AR made history on Saturday night by becoming the first driver to win both the Flip and Flop 25-lap Feature Races in the 16th Annual Bobby Martin Memorial Flip Flop 50 for the United Sprint Car Series Presented By K&N Filters at Riverside International Speedway. Hagar started on the outside front row for the Flip 25-lap Feature Race and cruised to victory. Then, the field was flopped for the start of the second 25-lap Feature Race,...more

WEST MEMPHIS, AR – October 11, 2024 - Two-time USCS Outlaw Thunder Tour National Champion, Jordon "The Jet" Mallett of Greenbrier, AR earned the pole position on Friday night for Saturday night’s 16th Annual Bobby Martin Memorial Flip Flop 50 Sprint Car Shootout at Riverside International Speedway that pays a possible $10,000-to-win. Mallett won the 12-lap Pole Scramble made up of the top ten drivers from Heat Race passing points. Derek Hagar of Marion, AR finished second and Dale Howard of...more

WEST MEMPHIS, AR – October 18, 2024 - Derek Hagar of Marion, AR started tenth and made a bold move to come from third to first on a lap 11 to take the lead and go on to win Night 1 of the World Short Track Challenge for the United Sprint Car Series Presented By K&N Filter and the American Sprint Car Series. Dale Howard of Byhalia, MS finished second and Kyle Jones of Kennedale, TX took the third spot after starting 13th to earn the Wilwood Brakes Hard Charger of the Race Award. Matt...more

WEST MEMPHIS, AR – October 19, 2024 - Derek Hagar of Marion, AR swept the World Short Track Challenge co-sanctioned by the United Sprint Car Series and the American Sprint Car Series on Saturday night at Riverside International Speedway. Hagar’s fifth straight USCS win at RIS was worth $10,000. The win was Hagar’s 82nd victory in USCS Outlaw Thunder Tour competition. Hagar came from the fifth starting spot to pass early race leader Jordon Mallett of Greenbrier, AR for the point on lap 34 of...more

Atlanta, GA - November 11, 2024 - This is a tentative USCS Winter Heat Series 2025 schedule. We are still working on completing a couple more dates. We just thought since so many people from near and far away had been asking about the schedule for this popular series We started a few years back we would throw it on out there so everyone can starting getting ready for that first weekend at Hendry County Motorsports Park in Clewiston, Florida on Friday, February 7th ($2000 to win) and Saturday,...more

Steve Huggins: Legendary Camshaft manufacturer has passed away. Olive Branch, MS – November 9, 2024 – Legendary camshaft manufacturer Steve Huggins from Olive Branch, Mississippi has unexpectedly passed away at age 70. The innovative camshaft specialist, who’s products almost completely dominated 360-winged sprint car racing Championships and the winners circle in the American Sprint Car Series (ASCS) and United Sprint Car Series (USCS) and other series over the last three decades passed away...more

SWEETWATER, TN – November 1, 2024 - In his first visit to I-75 Raceway, Sterling Cling of Tempe, AZ dusted off the top groove of the 3/8-mile clay oval and drove to victory in the 25-lap United Sprint Car Series Presented By K&N Filters Feature Race on Friday night. Cling swept the program by winning the Butlerbuilt Beat #2, then leading every lap of the main event. While Cling camped out on the point all night, there was plenty of action behind him with many movers and shakers battling...more

CLING SWEEPS USCS CHAMP WEEKEND AT I-75 RACEWAY SWEETWATER, TN – November 2, 2024 - Sterling Cling of Tempe, AZ swept the United Sprint Car Series Presented By K&N Filters Championship Weekend on Saturday night at I-75 Raceway with his second win in as many nights in the 30-lap Feature Race. Over two nights of racing, Cling led every lap in every race he competed in. Cling won the 25-lap Feature Race on Friday night on the 3/8-mile clay oval, leading every lap, for 55 straight laps of...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

The team was finally back in action after multiple rainouts. Crew Chief Bob Thompson had the J&J Auto Racing car set up and fast from the time we unloaded. Hot Laps produced times of 14 second laps. The team has found no luck with pill draws these days and pulled a high number, starting us at the tail of the heat race. Jim was hammer down and never lifting on a track that saw little passing. Jim was able to move up passing three cars and finishing 5th in the heat. Securing enough passing...more

East Alabama Motor Speedway: June 20, 2008 - Phenix City, AL - On a night to remember, twenty year-old Don Young from Bartlett, Tennessee battled his way to victory lane in the 2nd Annual Parts Plus United Sprint Car Series Randy Helton Memorial Race at East Alabama Motor Speedway on Saturday night. It was the 2007 Parts Plus USCS Rookie of the Year driver’s career-first feature win in the series. The night’s events commemorated the racing career of former United Sprint Car Series racer Randy...more

EAST ALABAMA MOTOR SPEEDWAY: June 21, 2008 - Phenix City, AL - On a night to remember, it just couldn’t have been bigger. In what was a storybook finish to a dream come true, Jeremy Scott from Franklin, Georgia battled his way to victory lane in the 1st Annual O’Reilly United Sprint Car Series Randy Helton Memorial Race at East Alabama Motor Speedway on Saturday night. It was Scott’s first-ever career feature win in the series he has participated in since 1998. The night’s events commemorated...more

Pheonix City, AL - Immensely talented sixteen year-old Derek Hagar from Marion, Arkansas charged past seven of the Southeast's and the Nation's top sprint car drivers into the lead on lap twenty-three of the thirty-lap O'Reilly Auto Parts United Sprint Car Series feature race and captured the first win of his young career. Hagar, who was the O'Reilly USCS Rookie of the Year last season, was totally impressive as he charged from his eighth place starting position into victory lane with the...more