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Gastonia, NC - July 17, 2020 - Charlotte's Eric Riggins, Jr. made a late race pass on Kyle Amerson from Mathews, Alabama, who led the first 23 laps of the 25 lap USCS Carolina Thunder Nationals main event at Carolina Speedway on Friday night to win his career eighth USCS Outlaw Thunder Tour main event.

USCS National points leader, Mark Smith from Sunbury, PA followed the duo under the checkers in third place.
Justin Barger from Mooresville, NC was fourth and the current USCS Rookie of the Year points leader, Connor Leoffler from Myrtle Beach, SC completed the top five.

Sprint Car Hall of Famer, Danny Smith from Chillicothe, OH was sixth, Johnny Bridges and Lance Moss, both from Cherryville, NC finished seventh and eighth. 12-time USCS Champion Terry Gray from Bartlett, TN was ninth and Steve Surniak from , NC completed the top ten.

Results for USCS Outlaw Thunder Tour on 7/17/2020 at Carolina Speedway - Gastonia, NC

USCS 360 Outlaw Sprint Cars 26 Entries

USCS A-Main 25 Laps

1. 47-Eric Riggins Jr[2]; 2. 29A-Kyle Amerson[1]; 3. M1-Mark Smith[7]; 4. 5-Justin Barger[5]; 5. 22-Connor Leoffler[3]; 6. 4-Danny Smith[13]; 7. 07-Johnny Bridges[24]; 8. 23-Lance Moss[15]; 9. 10-Terry Gray[14]; 10. 1ST-Steve Surniak[10]; 11. 43-Terry Witherspoon[9]; 12. 49-Mallie Shuster[18]; 13. 83R-Mark Ruel Jr[6]; 14. 20-Jim Shuster[23]; 15. 69K-John Karklin[19]; 16. 83A-Bob Auld[17]; 17. 28-Jeff Willingham[22]; 18. 9-Danny Oliver[21]; 19. 43JR-Tanner Witherspoon[20]; 20. 33-Joe Larkin[25]; 21. B4-Bronzie Lawson III[16]; 22. 17JR-Ricky Stenhouse Jr[4]; 23. 7E-Eric Gunderson[26]; 24. 5K-Jake Karklin[11]; 25. 29-Jeff Oliver[8]

Hoosier Tires Power Dash - 6 Laps

1. 29A-Kyle Amerson[1]; 2. 22-Connor Leoffler[2]; 3. 07-Johnny Bridges[4]; 4. 29-Jeff Oliver[5]; 5. 10-Terry Gray[3]; 6. 21B-Brandon McLain[6]

Engler Machine & ToolHeat 1 - 8 Laps

1. 29A-Kyle Amerson[4]; 2. M1-Mark Smith[3]; 3. 29-Jeff Oliver[5]; 4. 43-Terry Witherspoon[1]; 5. 83A-Bob Auld[2]; 6. (DNF) 21B-Brandon McLain[9]; 7. (DNF) 43JR-Tanner Witherspoon[6]; 8. (DNS) 7E-Eric Gunderson; 9. (DNS) 9-Danny Oliver

BMRS Heat 2 - 8 Laps

1. 5-Justin Barger[1]; 2. 22-Connor Leoffler[4]; 3. 20-Jim Shuster[6]; 4. 47-Eric Riggins Jr[7]; 5. 10-Terry Gray[3]; 6. 49-Mallie Shuster[5]; 7. 1ST-Steve Surniak[8]; 8. 28-Jeff Willingham[2]; 9. (DNF) 33-Joe Larkin[9]

Butlerbuilt Seats Heat 3 - 8 Laps

1. 83R-Mark Ruel Jr[1]; 2. 17JR-Ricky Stenhouse Jr[4]; 3. 5K-Jake Karklin[2]; 4. 4-Danny Smith[6]; 5. B4-Bronzie Lawson III[3]; 6. 23-Lance Moss[8]; 7. 69K-John Karklin[7]; 8. (DNF) 07-Johnny Bridges[5]

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