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DALE HOWARD TAKES SECOND CLAYHILL USCS WIN OF 2024 ATWOOD, TN – July 4, 2024 - Dale Howard of Byhalia, MS has taken a liking to Clayhill Motorsports Park, as he won the 25-lap United Sprint Car Series Presented By K&N Filters Feature Race on Thursday night. The wire-to-wire win was the second USCS Clayhill Motorsports Park win of the season for Howard, with his first win coming on March 23 in the USCS Winter Heat Finale. The defending and 15-time USCS National Champion, National Sprint Car...more

Dr. AMERSON IS IN THE HOUSE WITH USCS WIN AT SUGAR CREEK BLUE RIDGE, GA – July 12, 2024 - Dr. Kyle Amerson was in the house at Sugar Creek Raceway on Friday night with a win in the 25-lap Feature Race for the United Sprint Car Series Presented By K&N Filters. The scoresheet may have said Amerson led all 25 laps, but that was after trading sliders on restarts with Jeff Oliver of Pendergrass, GA. . Amerson pulled away on the last restart to score his third career USCS victory, and move into...more

Due to circumstances beyond our control, the USCS Outlaw Thunder Tour winged sprint car events scheduled for Friday, July 26th at Carolina Speedway in Gastonia, NC and Saturday, July 27th at Cherokee Speedway in Gaffney, SC have been postponed until Friday, August 23rd at Carolina Speedway and Saturday, August 24th at Cherokee Speedway. For more USCS info please visit www.uscsracing.com or call 770-865-6097.

WOODSTOCK, GA – July 13, 2024 - Dr. Kyle Amerson of Montgomery, AL won his second straight United Sprint Car Series Presented By K&N Filters race on Saturday night at Dixie Speedway in the 27-lap 17th Annual Randy Helton Memorial Race. Amerson swept the USCS Georgia Weekend, as he won on Friday night at Sugar Creek Raceway in Blue Ridge, GA. Amerson trailed early race leader 2021 USCS National Champion and National Sprint Car Hall of Fame Inductee Danny Smith of Chillicothe, OH for the first...more

LAVONIA, GA – Friday, August 9, 2024 - Jeff Oliver of Pendergrass, GA picked up his career first USCS and winged 360 sprint win on Friday night in the 25-lap Feature Race for the United Sprint Car Series Presented By K&N Filters at Lavonia Speedway. The defending and 15-time USCS National Champion Nation Sprint Car Hall of Fame Inductee Terry Gray of Bartlett, TN finished second, one spot short of his 99th career series win. Bryce Comer of Apollo Beach, FL took the third spot and Tyler...more

AMERSON TAKES THIRD USCS WIN OF THE SEASON AT SENOIA RACEWAY SENOIA, GA – August 10, 2024 - Kyle Amerson of Montgomery, AL drove to his third United Sprint Car Series Presented By K&N Filters win of the 2024 season on Saturday night at Senoia Raceway. The Racing Doctor took the lead at the start of the 30-lap Feature Race from his outside front row starting spot and went wire-to-wire to the checkered flag. Tyler Blankenship of Bakersfield, CA was the apparent second-place finisher, however,...more

HATTIESBURG, MS – Saturday, August 3, 2024 - Two-time USCS National Champion Morgan Turpen Havener of Cordova, TN won night two of the Summer Sprint Car Shootout for the United Sprint Car Series Presented By K&N Filters on Saturday night in the 30-lap Feature Race at Hattiesburg Speedway. Havener went wire-to-wire to lead all 30 laps. The “Queen of the Wings” outran Friday night’s winner former USCS National Champion Jordan Mallett of Greenbrier, AR, who finished second. The defending and...more

HATTIESBURG, MS – FRIDAY, AUGUST 2ND, 2024 - Former USCS National Champion Jordan Mallett of Greenbrier, AR won Night 1 of the United Sprint Car Series Presented By K&N Filters Summer Sprint Car Shootout on Friday night at Hattiesburg Speedway. Mallett took the lead from his outside front row starting spot at the start of the race and led all 25 laps. Two-time USCS National Champion Morgan Turpin Havener of Gallatin, TN took the second spot and Dale Howard of Byhalia, MS started 18th and...more

GASTONIA, NC – August 23, 2024 - Eric Riggins Jr. of Charlotte, NC won the United Sprint Car Series Presented by K&N Filters 25-lap Feature Race Friday night at Carolina Speedway. Riggins came from the third starting spot to take the lead from Lance Moss of Cherryville, NC on lap 12 and led the rest of the way in the caution-free race. It was Riggins 23rd career USCS Victory. Moss finished second, as Riggins and Moss set such a fast pace, they were the only two cars on the lead lap. Johnny...more

RIGGINS SWEEPS USCS CAROLINA WEEKEND WITH CHEROKEE WIN... FOR IMMEDIATE GAFFNEY, SC – August 24, 2024. Eric Riggins Jr. of Charlotte, NC posted a clean sweep of the United Sprint Car Series Presented by K&N Filters 25-lap Feature Race on Saturday night at Cherokee Speedway. Riggins led all 25 laps of the Main Event from the pole position, he also won the six-lap Hoosier Racing Tire Speed Dash, and he won the Engler Machine & Tool First Heat Race. It was Riggins’ fifth USCS win of the 2024...more

SAMMY SWINDELL PICKS UP USCS BUCKSHOT WIN CLANTON, AL - August 31, 2024 - Sammy Swindell of Germantown, TN won the United Sprint Car Series Presented by K&N Filters 30-lap Alabama State Sprint Car Championship Race on Saturday night at Buckshot Speedway. The National Sprint Car Hall of Fame Inductee came from the fourth starting spot to take the lead on lap 11 and held off the field over the final ninteen laps to the checkered flag. Hayden Martin of Olive Branch, MS finished second after...more

EASTABOGA, AL - September 1, 2024 - Dale Howard of Byhalia, MS drove to victory on Sunday night in the United Sprint Car Series Presented by K&N Filters 30-lap Sunday of Speed Sprint Car Shootout at Talladega Short Track. Howard collected the $3000 winner's check plus $1500 in lap prize money for a $4500 pay day. Howard drew the K&N Filters Pole Position in the Top 6 Redraw to start up front for the main event. Former, two-time USCS National Champion Jordan Mallet of Greenbrier, AR finished...more

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 – EASTABOGA, Ala. (Sept. 4, 2019) – Derek Hagar captured a trio of top-five finishes last weekend, capping it with a feature victory. Hagar started off the long Labor Day Weekend with a Mid-South Sprint Car Association 305ci sprint car race at Crowley’s Ridge Raceway in Paragould, Ark, on Friday. The win was almost in his grasp, but slipped away at the last second. “I was driving for Cody and Allison Hayes in their sprint car,” he said. “We started second and ran second...more

Inside Line Promotions – LEXINGTON, Tenn. (July 10, 2019) – Derek Hagar earned his fourth win of the season and he added two more podium finishes to his record during a one-week span. It began on Sunday, June 30, when Hagar raced at North Alabama Speedway in Tuscumbia, Ala, with the USCS Series. “We were supposed to race there on Saturday, but it got rained out,” he said. “It turned into a day race on Sunday. We started first in the dash and finished second. The heat was better for us, as we...more

(Photo by TeeJay Crawford) Inside Line Promotions – LEXINGTON, Tenn. (May 30, 2019) – Derek Hagar started off the grueling USCS Speedweek with a lot of consistency, which helped him take over the points lead at the midpoint of the spectacle. Four races were run last weekend and the remaining races will pick up once again next week. “Friday night at Greenville Speedway in Greenville, Miss., we started fifth in our heat race and ran second,” Hagar said. “We ended up finishing third in the...more

(Photo by B Young Photography) Inside Line Promotions – LEXINGTON, Tenn. (May 30, 2019) – A pair of podium finishes at Riverside International Speedway last Saturday night highlighted a busy weekend of racing for Marshall Skinner. Skinner charged from third to first on the opening lap of the USCS Series A Main and then battled with eventual winner Jeff Swindell before finishing second – one spot ahead of Swindell’s brother, Sammy. “Jeff and I had a real good race,” Skinner said. “We swapped...more

(Photo by Paul Arch) Inside Line Promotions – GERMANTOWN, Tenn. (May 23, 2019) – Sammy Swindell will make his season debut behind the wheel of the A.G. Rains owned No. 3 this weekend during the first four USCS Speedweek races. The team took the car out once this season to shake it down, but the races this Friday at Greenville Speedway in Greenville, Miss.; Saturday at Riverside International Speedway in West Memphis, Ark.; Sunday at Old No. 1 Speedway in Harrisburg, Ark.; and Monday at...more

(Photo by B Young Photography) Inside Line Promotions – MARION, Ark. (May 21, 2019) – Derek Hagar is eager to get behind the wheel during the USCS Speedweek, which features four straight nights of racing this week. Rain washed out the Hooker Hood Classic, which he was supposed to run last Saturday. It’s the latest rain out that has kept Hagar from racing. “I was really anxious to race last weekend,” he said. “The weather was looking good and it was going to be a great race. A storm popped up...more

(Photo by Paul Arch) Inside Line Promotions – GERMANTOWN, Tenn. (Oct. 25, 2018) – Sammy Swindell will likely wrap up his season this Saturday at Riverside International Speedway. Swindell is invading the quarter-mile oval for twin features during a USCS Series event that was postponed earlier this month because of weather. He and car owner A.G. Rains were victorious at the track in July. “We’ll have our work cut out for us because we didn’t have a great heat race run when the event started a...more

(Photo by Jones Sports Media) Inside Line Promotions – WEST MEMPHIS, Ark. (Oct. 16, 2018) – Derek Hagar has his work cut out for him when the 10th annual USCS Fall Nationals and Flip Flop 54 resumes on Oct. 27. The USCS Series event at Riverside International Speedway began last Friday, when Hagar finished where he started – seventh – in a heat race. “We had a bad draw with a tough heat race and on a trough track to pass on,” he said. “Nothing lined up for us Friday. It made for a short night....more

(Photo by Jones Sports Media) Inside Line Promotions – GERMANTOWN, Tenn. (Oct. 10, 2018) – There has been a change of plans this weekend for Sammy Swindell. Work commitments will keep Thone Motorsports from racing so Swindell will team back up with A.G. Rains to invade Riverside International Speedway in West Memphis, Ark., this Friday and Saturday for a USCS Series event. “I got a call this morning that Thone Motorsports wouldn’t be able to race so we’re going to West Memphis instead,”...more

(Photo by TeeJay Crawford) Inside Line Promotions – WEST MEMPHIS, Ark. (Aug. 7, 2018) – Derek Hagar made the most of a random opportunity to race last Saturday at Riverside International Speedway during the 5th annual Cody Burks Memorial. “We went to drive the two seater and had a rain delay after the heat races,” he said. “One of my clients, Bubba Jones, had to go into work so he asked me to race for him the remainder of the night.” Hagar was relegated to the back of the B Main since he...more

(Photo by Jones Sports Media) Inside Line Promotions – LEXINGTON, Tenn. (July 5, 2018) – Marshall Skinner earned four top-four finishes in five nights of a busy racing schedule during the last week. His solid performance also vaulted him from ninth to second in the ASCS Mid-South Region championship standings. Skinner’s best shot at scoring an elusive first victory this season came Thursday night at Riverside International Speedway in West Memphis, Ark., where he finished second after starting...more

(Photo courtesy of USCS Series) Inside Line Promotions – LEXINGTON, Tenn. (July 5, 2018) – The last week has been a great one for Derek Hagar, who captured a pair of feature victories to triple his win total this season. “We haven’t got to race a whole lot this year,” he said. “To be able to race several times in a short period helped me get back in tune in the seat and stay fresh. It was a fun week. We were able to pick up a couple wins and some top-five finishes.” Hagar, who entered last...more

(Photo courtesy of USCS) Inside Line Promotions – TUSCUMBIA, Ala. (July 3, 2018) – Jordon Mallett returned to Victory Lane for the second consecutive weekend and fifth time this season with the USCS Series during a show last Friday at Columbus Speedway in Columbus, Miss. The 25-year-old placed fourth in the dash before he charged from the fifth starting spot to win the second heat race. Mallett started on the pole of the main event and led all 25 circuits. “We were fast right out of the gate,”...more

(Photo by B Young Photography) Inside Line Promotions – WEST MEMPHIS, Ark. (June 6, 2018) – Marshall Skinner placed second in the USCS Speedweek standings thanks to a trio of top-10 finishes out of the four races that were held after the series was shortened from seven races because of rainouts. “We did pretty good,” he said. “I was pretty consistent.” Skinner had solid runs at Jackson Motor Speedway in Byram, Miss., on May 26, when he finished second, and last Thursday at Talladega Short...more

(Photo courtesy of USCS Series) Inside Line Promotions – WEST MEMPHIS, Ark. (June 5, 2018) – Derek Hagar highlighted a trio of USCS Series Speedweek races last weekend with his first feature victory of the season. The tripleheader began on Thursday at Talladega Short Track in Eastaboga, Ala., where Hagar maneuvered from sixth to third place in a heat race before he took the lead early in the A Main. “We led a good margin of the race early on Thursday at Talladega,” he said. “When you have...more

(Photo by http://www.SteveEichelberger.com) Inside Line Promotions – WEST MEMPHIS, Ark. (June 5, 2018) – Brandon Hanks joined the final two nights of the USCS Series Speedweek last weekend. His competition began on Friday at Magnolia Motor Speedway in Columbus, Miss., with a runner-up result in a heat race. “Friday night was a good night,” he said. “We weren’t as good as Tony (Stewart) in the heat race. Once he got clean air he was pretty well gone.” The heat race performance lined Hanks up on...more

(Photo by Joe Venus) Inside Line Promotions – WEST MEMPHIS, Ark. (June 5, 2018) – Jordon Mallett earned four top-10 finishes during the recent USCS Speedweek. The mini-series was scheduled to compete seven times in nine nights, but rain was victorious on three occasions. Following a rainout at Hattiesburg Speedway in Hattiesburg, Miss., on May 25, Speedweek began the following night at Jackson Motor Speedway in Byram, Miss., where Mallett finished seventh. “We just couldn’t get the car where...more

(Photo courtesy of USCS Series) Inside Line Promotions – WEST MEMPHIS, Ark. (June 4, 2018) – Sammy Swindell earned his first feature win of the season last Thursday to extend his winning streak to a whopping 48 straight years. Swindell has won at least one race during each season he has competed dating back to 1971 when he was 15-years-old. “It’s something I never figured would happen, still being as competitive as I am at this age,” he said. “I thought if I make it to the 40s. Then if I can...more

(Photo by Mark Funderburk) Inside Line Promotions – MARION, Ark. (May 30, 2018) – Derek Hagar is hopeful for dry weather this weekend when he will tackle the final three USCS Series Speedweek shows. Hagar had planned on competing at all but the first Speedweek race, but rain wiped out most of last weekend. Hagar skipped the lone Speedweek race that was contested because of a long haul and a high percentage of predicted rain. “It’s about a four-and-a-half-hour ride and it was 60 to 80 percent...more

(Photo by Jones Sports Media) Inside Line Promotions – WEST MEMPHIS, Ark. (Oct. 24, 2017) – A late-race flat tire and suspension damage forced Marshall Skinner out of the second USCS Fall Nationals A Main while he was leading on Saturday night at Riverside International Speedway. Skinner took the green from the second starting spot in the second of two, 25-lap features with the second feature lined up as an inversion of the finish from the first A Main. He quickly took the lead and led by over...more

(Photo courtesy of USCS Series) Inside Line Promotions – WEST MEMPHIS, Ark. (Oct. 24, 2017) – Derek Hagar earned his ninth win of the season before charging from 22nd to fourth on Saturday during twin features for the USCS Fall Nationals at Riverside International Speedway. The night began with Hagar winning a heat race after starting on the outside of the front row. That lined him up on the inside of the second row for the first of two, 25-lap A Mains. “We got up to second about 10 laps into...more

(Photo by Jones Sports Media) Inside Line Promotions – LEXINGTON, Tenn. (Aug. 29, 2017) – Derek Hagar earned a runner-up result last Thursday during his Lucas Oil ASCS National Tour season debut. Hagar opened the event at Riverside International Speedway in West Memphis, Ark., by advancing from sixth to third place in a heat race. That earned enough points to lock into the feature redraw, in which he pulled the No. 4 to start the main event on the outside of the second row. “On the first start...more

(Photo by Scott Frazier) Inside Line Promotions – LEXINGTON, Tenn. (Aug. 29, 2017) – Marshall Skinner charged to a top-five finish during his first Lucas Oil ASCS National Tour start of the season last Thursday at Riverside International Speedway. Skinner defended his home turf at the bulling in West Memphis, Ark., where he maneuvered from sixth to fourth place in a heat race to lock into the 14th starting position for the main event. “I was really good all night,” he said. “I went out in the...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 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