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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: FAYETTEVILLE, GA - September 20, 2024 - Lane Whittington of Denham Springs, LA won the 25-lap Feature Race Friday night for the United Sprint Car Series Presented by K&N Filters. Whittington led every lap, and won every race he entered Friday night. He earned the Pole Position by winning the six-lap Hoosier Racing Tire Speed Dash, and he also won the eight-lap Engler Machine & Tool First Heat. The defending and 15-time USCS National Champion Terry Gray of Bartlett, TN...more

MILTON, FL - September, 21 2024 - Lane Whittington of Denham Springs, LA won his second straight United Sprint Car Series Presented by K&N Filters 25-lap feature race Saturday night at Southern Raceway. Whittington, who led every lap and won every race he competed in on Friday night, started where he left off on Saturday night. Whittington won the Engler Machine and Tool first eight-lap lap Heat Race, and then earned the pole position for the main event by winning the six-lap Hoosier Racing...more

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

Inside Line Promotions – PUYALLUP, Wash. (April 1, 2019) – The season begins this weekend for Trey Starks as Gobrecht Motorsports ventures to the East Coast for a USCS Series doubleheader. The team will compete on Friday at Carolina Speedway in Gastonia, N.C., and on Saturday at Cherokee Speedway in Gaffney, S.C. First, Starks will participate in a test session on Wednesday at Carolina Speedway. “It’s been a super long offseason for me it feels like,” he said. “It’s probably the longest...more

(Photo by Joe Venus) Inside Line Promotions – LANCASTER, S.C. (July 25, 2018) – Jordon Mallett picked up two more top-10 finishes last weekend as he continues to chase his second straight USCS Series title. The native of Greenbrier, Ark., finished sixth on Friday at Carolina Speedway in Gastonia, N.C., and he charged from the tail of the field to run ninth in just three laps on Saturday at Lancaster Speedway. The weekend began with Mallett finishing second in the dash and third in a heat race...more

(Photo by Gary Colgan) Inside Line Promotions – GASTONIA, N.C. (April 11, 2018) – Jordon Mallett has had an eventful last two weeks of racing. It all began on March 31 when he tackled a local sprint car show at I-30 Speedway in Little Rock, Ark. “We were running late already, but then we got ready to load the car and the ramp door wouldn’t come down,” he said. “By the time we got that issue resolved we showed up after they’d run heat races and everything. We didn’t get there until about 30...more

The Dead-A-Head Motorsports team made it's return to 360 sprint car competition this past weekend in the Carolina's during the North-South Shootout featuring the USCS and URC sanctioning bodies racing Friday night at the Carolina Speedway and Saturday night at the Lancaster Speedway. Friday night was the first winged sprint car competition driver Dan Mazy has had in four years. The last time Dan and the team competed at the Carolina Speedway was 2013. Dan was credited with the hard charger...more

By USCS (Gstonia, NC) -- USCS Outlaw Thunder Tour presented by K&N Filters and the United Racing Club presented by Capital Renegade.at Carolina Speedway on Friday, April 6, 2018.results: Heat 1 - Engler Machine & Tool (8 Laps) 47-Eric Riggins Jr.[3] ; 2. 63-Josh Weller[4] ; 3. 89-Robbie Stillwaggon[6] ; 4. 5-Justin Barger[5] ; 5. 5G-Curt Michael[7] ; 6. X-Dan Mazy[2] ; 7. 30-Duane Moore[1] Heat 2 - BMRS (Race Hose & Fittings) (8 Laps) 1x-Scott Hunter[1] ; 2. 1s-Joey Schmidt[4] ; 3. 4-Danny...more

Dead-A-Head Motorsports is excited to announce that the lid will be lifted on the 2018 season in just a few days! The team will compete with the USCS and URC for the North-South Shootout, Friday, April, 6th at Carolina Speedway and Saturday, April, 7th at Lancaster Speedway. The event will mark the first time Dan Mazy has driven his family-owned car in 4 years. His last full season in URC competition Dan and the Dead-A-Head Motorsports crew made the journey to dual the USCS in the Carolinas....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 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

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 Courtesy of USCS Series) Inside Line Promotions – GAFFNEY, S.C. (Nov. 2, 2015) – Trey Starks captured another big win to cap last weekend’s USCS doubleheader on the East Coast. Starks and car owner Jeff McCall put together a pair of podium finishes during the weekend, which wrapped up with a dominating performance at Cherokee Speedway on Saturday. The event began with Starks charging from eighth to a runner-up result during a heat race. “We had a really good start and were up to third...more

(Photo by Chris Seelman Photography) Inside Line Promotions – PUYALLUP, Wash. (Oct. 25, 2015) – Trey Starks has a change of plans for this week. Starks, who will drive for Jeff McCall, will compete with the USCS Series on Friday at Carolina Speedway in Gastonia, N.C., and Saturday at Cherokee Speedway in Gaffney, S.C. It will mark his debut at both tracks. “We had planned on racing at the Short Track Nationals, but due to unforeseen circumstances we need to race closer to Jeff’s shop in North...more

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The URC / USCS North South Shootout this past weekend was a huge success. Packed grandstands and excited fans made for an electric atmosphere at both the speedways. URC had a strong contingency head south. Among them Dan Mazy, URC's 2012 rookie of the year made the 530 plus mile trek south from Kutztown, PA. In his first ever showing at the carolina speedway, In his first event with the USCS he advanced 10 positions in A main coming from the 20th starting spot to finish 10th, claiming the DMI...more

Gastonia, NC – June 26, 2009 - Seven-time Parts Plus United Sprint Car Series National Champion, Terry Gray from Bartlett, Tennessee won the 30-lap Parts Plus USCS Outlaw Thunder Tour main-event during the Parts Plus USCS “Thunder in Carolina” event at Carolina Speedway on Friday night. It was Gray’s second USCS feature win at the speedy 4/10 mile Carolina clay oval this season. Gray drove his Rislone Oil Treatment sponsored #10 J&J Auto Racing car past early race leader Matt Linder’s #1x into...more

Gastonia, NC - April 24, 2009 - Seven-time Parts Plus United Sprint Car Series National Champion, Terry Gray from Bartlett, Tennessee won the 30-lap Parts Plus USCS Outlaw Thunder Tour feature race during the Parts Plus USCS Thunder in Carolina event at Carolina Speedway on Friday night. It was the first USCS feature win of the season for Gray over a talent-laden field of twenty-nine competitors from eleven states that included two-time NASCAR Sprint Cup Champion Tony Stewart from...more

June 27, 2008 - Gastonia, NC - After setting fast time and a new track record of 13.49 seconds around the 4/10 mile clay oval, local racing hero, Johnny Bridges from Cherryville, North Carolina won the 30-lap O’Reilly United Sprint Car Series presented by Lucas Oil main event at Carolina Speedway on Friday night. Bridges took the lead on lap three and led the final twenty-seven laps of the race. It was Bridges third O’Reilly USCS Southern Thunder Tour and “Thunder in the Carolinas” regional...more