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(Photo by Ron Skinner Photos) Inside Line Promotions – CHATHAM, La. (March 12, 2019) – Channin Tankersley posted a runner-up result last weekend during the opening event of the season for Old School Racing. The team ventured to Louisiana for a two-day USCS Series event at Chatham Speedway, where Tankersley finished third in a heat race to kick off Friday’s action. That lined him up on the outside of the fifth row for the main event. “I got up to fifth in the first two laps,” he said. “I was...more

Inside Line Promotions – CHATHAM, La. (March 12, 2019) – Jamie Ball and the White Lightning Motorsports team made the most out of a trip to Chatham Speedway last weekend for a two-day USCS Series event, which began with a top-five finish on Friday during the team’s season opener. “It was great to get a night under our belt and shake the rust off,” Ball said. “We had a good night overall to start the year being able to get our first top five of the season.” Ball finished where he started –...more

By USCS (Chatham, LA) -- Sunbury, Pennsylvania's Mark Smith raced from his inside 2nd row starting spot past Friday night's feature winner, Morgan Turpen from Cordova. Tennessee on lap four and survived two caution periods to park his M1 sprint car in the RockAuto.com USCS Victory Lane for the 3rd time this season. Highlands,Texas sprint car veteran, Channin Tankersley followed Smith in the runner-up spot. Tony Stewart from Columbus, Indiana put on a show charging back to front after getting...more

By USCS (Chatham, LA) -- Two-time USCS Outlaw Thunder Tour National Champion, Morgan Turpen from Cordova, TN raced from her K&N Filters Pole Position into the RockAuto.com USCS Victory Lane at the end of the 25-lap FireAde A-Main at Chatham Speedway on Friday night. Turpen delight the huge crowd by holding off the rd charging duo of Columbus, Indiana's Tony Stewart, who finished in the runner-up spot. Two-time 2019 USCS winner Mark Smith from Sunbury, Pennsylvania trailed Stewart in the K&N...more

(Image Credit: Daryl Turford) Bryan Hulbert – OCALA, Fla. (February 14, 2019) Kicking off his 2019 season at Bubba Raceway Park this past weekend in USCS competition, Sam Hafertepe, Jr. collected a pair of podium finishes at the egg-shaped oval. Coming in Friday with a run from seventh to second in his Heat Race, Sam positioned the Hills Racing No. 15h on the pole of the A-Feature. Leading the first 11 rounds, a mid-race restart would allow eventual race winner, Davie Franek, his shot at the...more

(Photo by Paul Arch) Inside Line Promotions – OCALA, Fla. (Feb. 14, 2019) – Seth Bergman posted a pair of top-10 finishes during a season-opening doubleheader last weekend at Bubba Raceway Park. Bergman, who is coming off one of the best seasons of his career, kicked off the 2019 campaign by recording an eighth-place result on Friday before finishing seventh on Saturday. “It was good to start the season with a pair of top 10s, but our goal is to put ourselves in contention to win races on a...more

(Photo by Paul Arch) Inside Line Promotions – OCALA, Fla. (Feb. 12, 2019) – Alex Hill’s first-ever visit to Bubba Raceway Park was a challenging experience as she kicked off her 2019 racing season last weekend during a USCS Series doubleheader. A driving miscue was costly on Friday while mechanical woes plagued her on Saturday. “I thought we ran pretty well, although our results didn’t show it,” she said. “I made a mistake on Friday that cost us and we had some mechanical problems on Saturday....more

Bryan Hulbert – OCALA, Fla. (February 5, 2019) Before Sam Hafertepe, Jr. begins his pursuit of a fourth Lucas Oil American Sprint Car Series National Tour Championship in as many years, the Sunnyvale, Texas driver will kick off his season in Florida this weekend at Bubba Raceway Park on Friday, February 8 and Saturday, February 9. “We’re going to do Bubba Raceway Park this weekend, then head over to Eastbay for the King of the 360’s. We’ve changed a few things, primarily with the wings going...more

Inside Line Promotions – SIX NATIONS, Ontario, Canada (Feb. 4, 2019) – Alex Hill is excited to open her 2019 racing season this weekend. The 19-year-old will race her 360ci winged sprint car for most of this month in Florida before joining the Lucas Oil ASCS National Tour in March for a full season of competition. “I’m really looking forward to getting back on the track this week,” said Hill, who plans to race with the USCS Series at Bubba Raceway Park in Ocala this Friday and Saturday. “We’ve...more

Inside Line Promotions – MAPLE GROVE, Minn. (Jan. 4, 2019) – Winter is about to heat up as the United Sprint Car Series presented by K&N Filters ventures south for a 10-race spectacle. The 360ci winged sprint car series visits Florida, Mississippi and Louisiana for the Winter Heat Series, which showcases 10 nights of action at six different tracks. Speed Shift TV will offer live video coverage of eight of those races with the other two being posted to the On-Demand section of the website...more

(Photo by Joe Venus) Inside Line Promotions – GREENBRIER, Ark. (Nov. 19, 2018) – Jordon Mallett recorded a career-high nine victories on his way to winning the USCS Series national championship for the second straight year. The native of Greenbrier, Ark., also earned the Deep South Thunder, Mid-South Thunder and Southern Thunder regional titles that the USCS sanctions. “It means quite a bit to us to win another title,” he said. “We set out last year just to win a title and we did that. This...more

(Photo by DB3 Imaging) Inside Line Promotions – OCALA, Fla. (Nov. 13, 2018) – The season didn’t end the way Trey Starks had hoped as misfortune hampered the Gobrecht Motorsports team during a USCS Series doubleheader at Bubba Raceway Park last weekend. A mechanical problem slowed the team on Friday as Starks placed seventh in a heat race before charging from seventh to second place in the B Main to garner a transfer into the back of the main event. However, he pulled off the track early in the...more

Inside Line Promotions – OCALA, Fla. (Nov. 13, 2018) – Jordon Mallett capped his second consecutive USCS Series national championship by finishing second in the season finale last Saturday at Bubba Raceway Park. Along with the USCS National title, Mallett made it a clean sweep, earning the Deep South Thunder, Mid-South Thunder and Southern Thunder regional titles. “We were tickled to be able to win the national title and the regional championships,” he said. “We are very pleased with how...more

(Photo by Jones Sports Media) Inside Line Promotions – MARION, Ark. (Nov. 6, 2018) – Derek Hagar registered a half-dozen feature victories this season. “We really didn’t get to do a whole lot of racing,” he said. “To still be competitive with the caliber of cars we raced with says a lot for our team. We had some wins this year in the little amount of races we got in. It wasn’t as much as we’d done in the past couple of years, but to still win six races and not race as much as we had in the...more

(Photo by Mark Funderburk) Inside Line Promotions – CONCORD, N.C. (Nov. 5, 2018) – Trey Starks is looking to end the year strong by competing in Florida this weekend with the USCS Series. The Gobrecht Motorsports driver will race on Friday and Saturday at Bubba Raceway Park in Ocala, where he was victorious last year during the final weekend of the season. “We’re going to test tomorrow in North Carolina and then we’ll throw a 360 in to run in Florida to see if we can get some momentum to end...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 B Young Photography) Inside Line Promotions – MILTON, Fla. (Oct. 23, 2018) – Jordon Mallett continued his championship chase with the USCS Series last weekend, earning two more top-five finishes as he closes in on his second consecutive title with the Southeast-based series. Mallett began the action last Friday night at Hattiesburg Speedway in Hattiesburg, Miss., by charging from the sixth starting spot to finish second in heat race competition, which set him up with a front row...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 Rick Warren Photos) Inside Line Promotions – OCALA, Fla. (Sept. 25, 2018) – Jordon Mallett continued his ultra-consistent 2018 season last weekend during the Florida State Championship with the USCS Series at Bubba Raceway Park. The native of Greenbrier, Ark., finished among the top five both nights as he chases his second straight series title. Mallett kicked off the festivities by winning Friday evening’s dash after starting third in that six-lap contest. He then started third and...more

(Photo by Gary Colgan) Inside Line Promotions – SENOIA, Ga. (Sept. 11, 2018) – Jordon Mallett added to his string of consecutive podium runs last Saturday when he recorded a runner-up finish at Senoia Raceway. The native of Greenbrier, Ark., has now been on the podium in five consecutive USCS Series races as he chases his second straight series championship. The event at Senoia Speedway was a makeup for a race that was rained out in August. Mallett began the evening with a third-place finish...more

(Photo courtesy of USCS Series) Inside Line Promotions – EASTABOGA, Ala. (Sept. 5, 2018) – Jordon Mallett add two more wins to his ever-growing season tally last weekend, bringing his total to nine triumphs as he chases his second consecutive USCS Series title. Mallett was victorious in the weekend opener at I-75 Raceway in Sweetwater, Tenn., on Friday and he followed that up with another win on Sunday at Talladega Short Track. In between, he finished second in the finale at I-75 Raceway. “I...more

(Photo by Jones Sports Media) Inside Line Promotions – LEXINGTON, Miss. (Aug. 28, 2018) – Jordon Mallett returned to USCS Series competition last Saturday at Lexington 104 Speedway and found himself on the podium in the third position following three straight weeks of rainouts. “When you are used to racing two or three times a week and then go through a stretch of three weekends off it feels like forever,” he said. “We were ready to get back it. We were glad the weather cooperated and...more

Inside Line Promotions – LEXINGTON, Tenn. (Aug. 28, 2018) – Derek Hagar posted his fifth triumph of the season last Saturday during a USCS Series show at Lexington 104 Speedway. Hagar opened the action by finishing third in the dash before maneuvering from fifth to third place in a heat race. “We didn’t have too good of a pill draw and had a stacked heat race, but the door opened in turn one and I was able to get a couple of cars,” he said. “I had a good run on Terry Gray and was all over him,...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

Inside Line Promotions – GREENVILLE, Miss. (July 31, 2018) – Jordon Mallett had a perfect evening at Greenville Speedway last Saturday as he led flag to flag en route to winning his seventh USCS Series main event of the season. The native of Greenbrier, Ark., also won the first heat race of the night after starting in the fourth position in that eight-lap contest. “We worked hard throughout the week to put everything back together, like it should be, after the accident the weekend before,” he...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

Inside Line Promotions – WOODSTOCK, Ga. (July 17, 2018) – Jordon Mallett added to his ever-growing win total last Saturday during USCS Series action, picking up a victory in the 10th annual Randy Helton Memorial presented by FireAde at Dixie Speedway. It was the sixth win of the season for the native of Greenbrier, Ark., which matches the number of times he reached Victory Lane last year. Mallett opened the night with a charge from fourth to second place in the dash before posting a win in a...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 Richard Barnes) Inside Line Promotions – COCHRAN, Ga. (June 26, 2018) – Jordon Mallett scored his fourth win of the season in USCS Series competition last Friday at Swainsboro Raceway in Swainsboro, Ga. The native of Greenbrier, Ark., followed that up with a fourth-place performance the next night at Cochran Motor Speedway. Mallett also extended his lead in the series standings as he chases his second straight title. Mallett, who placed fourth in the dash and powered from sixth to...more

(Photo by Rick Warren Photos) Inside Line Promotions – BLUE RIDGE, Ga. (June 19, 2018) – Jordon Mallett continued to show the consistency that has him on top of the USCS Series championship standings last weekend when he recorded a pair of podium finishes in Georgia. The action began on Friday at Lavonia Speedway in Lavonia, where Mallett finished second in the main event after starting on the outside of the second row. He and Trey Starks had a great battle on the last lap for the win after...more

(Photo courtesy of USCS Series) Inside Line Promotions – BLUE RIDGE, Ga. (June 19, 2018) – Trey Starks swept a USCS Series doubleheader last weekend when he made his debut racing in Georgia. “I got a call on Tuesday to go out there so it was last minute,” he said. “We’ve been searching a bit on our cars. Last weekend was a big test session. We were trying a bunch of things. The car seemed to respond well to everything we did. It was pretty much the best case scenario. We learned a lot and we...more

(Photo courtesy of USCS Series) Inside Line Promotions – LAKE STEVENS, Wash. (June 19, 2018) – Vaportrail Clothing athletes Trey Starks, Bill Balog and Aaron Reutzel each reached Victory Lane last weekend. Starks swept a USCS Series doubleheader in Georgia by winning on Friday at Lavonia Speedway in Lavonia and on Saturday at Blue Ridge Motorsports Park in Blue Ridge. That gives him a trio of triumphs this season. Balog netted his second straight IRA Sprint Car Series victory on Saturday at...more

(Photo by Gary Colgan) Inside Line Promotions – BREMEN, Ala. (June 11, 2018) – Jordon Mallett continued to show great consistency last weekend as he picked up a pair of top-five finishes during a USCS Series doubleheader to maintain the lead in the series standings as he chases his second straight championship. On Friday, Mallett hit the track at Hattiesburg Speedway in Hattiesburg, Miss., opening the night by winning the dash. He then ran second in a heat race. Mallett started the main event...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

Inside Line Promotions – MILTON, Fla. (May 22, 2018) – Jordon Mallett produced a pair of USCS Series feature victories last weekend to build his lead in the national championship standings to 93 points entering the grueling USCS Speedweek. “It’s always the goal to win every time we get on the track,” he said. “Last weekend was a great one. We think we’re finding a lot more about what this particular car wants.” Last weekend began on Friday at Flomaton Speedway in Flomaton, Ala., where Mallett...more

(Photo by Casey Jones) Inside Line Promotions – LEXINGTON, Tenn. (May 3, 2018) – Derek Hagar tied his season-best result last Saturday at Lexington 104 Speedway, where he garnered a third-place finish during the USCS Series event. The night began with Hagar advancing from fifth to fourth place in a heat race. That lined him up on the outside of the fifth row for the A Main. “My car really came in the last quarter of the race and we got up to third,” he said. “I believe we were faster than the...more

Inside Line Promotions – LEXINGTON, Tenn. (May 3, 2018) – A late arrival to the track failed to slow Marshall Skinner during his 2018 sprint car debut with the USCS Series last Saturday at Lexington 104 Speedway. Skinner led most of the 30-lap feature before finishing fourth despite missing hot laps to open the night. He finished second in his heat race, which marked his first time on a track this year. “We got kind of a late start and then the interstate was closed due to a bad wreck, which...more

Inside Line Promotions – SWEETWATER, Tenn. (April 24, 2018) – Jordon Mallett rebounded in a big way last Saturday at I-75 Raceway, where he scored his first win of the season a night after enduring a race-ending crash. The busy weekend began on Friday at Crossville Speedway in Crossville, Tenn., where Mallett advanced from fourth to second place in the first dash before he won the second dash. He then claimed a heat race victory and started the USCS Series main event on the outside of the...more

(Photo by Rick Warren Photos) Inside Line Promotions – OCALA, Fla. (April 17, 2018) – Jordon Mallett is itching to garner his first feature victory of the season. Mallett has been consistent, finishing in the top 10 in every race this season and in the top five during approximately half of the shows, en route to leading the USCS Series national championship standings. That consistency continued last weekend during a doubleheader at Bubba Raceway Park. Mallett placed fourth in the dash before...more

By USCS (Ocala, FL) -- Tyler Clem from St. Pete, FL raced from a ninth place start into the RockAuto.com USCS Victory Lane again on Saturday night at Bubba Raceway Park. Clem was the 4TH Leader of the night in the USCS Spring Speed Xplosion final. Eric Riggins, Jr., Johnny Gilbertson, Mark Ruel, Jr. and Jordon Mallett completed the top 5 finishers. Tyler Clem also won the Friday night USCS sprint car main event as well.

(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