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(Photo Courtesy of USCS) Inside Line Promotions – BYRAM, Miss. (May 26, 2015) – Derek Hagar can breathe after reaching the Winner’s Circle for the first time this season last Saturday at Jackson Motor Speedway. “We were kind of down on ourselves because we hadn’t picked up a win this year,” he said. “We also haven’t been able to race very often because of the weather. When we have we’ve shown a fast car everywhere we’ve gone, we just haven’t had the luck. I think it was a big stress reliever...more

Jim Perricone and the JBMotorsports team flew in for the first two nights of the 2015 USCS Sprint Speedweek starting at Jackson Motor Speedway in Mississippi. Jim got to the track 30 minutes prior to hot laps after flying in from Atlanta. The car was good early but the heat the track with dry up. Jim would start second row in his heat but the car was very loose and just was not tightened up enough to progress forward. Jim was set for the second B main. A poor start by a rookie in front Jim...more

(Photo by Seth Lacewell) Inside Line Promotions – MARION, Ark. (May 19, 2015) – Derek Hagar is heading into a tripleheader this weekend in search of his first victory of the season. Hagar, who has only been able to race seven times this season, will make his debut at Timberline Speedway in Corley, Texas, on Friday with the ASCS Red River Region before tackling a pair of USCS races on Saturday at Jackson Motor Speedway in Jackson, Miss., and Sunday at Greenville Speedway in Greenville,...more

(Photo by Seth Lacewell) Inside Line Promotions – MARION, Ark. (April 21, 2015) – Derek Hagar is seeking his third consecutive year with a USCS victory at Tennessee National Raceway this Saturday. Hagar has visited Victory Lane during two of his three races at the third-mile oval in Hohenwald, Tenn., the past two seasons and he is itching to record his first triumph of this year. “We haven’t raced much,” he said. “By this time last year we’d already won four. It’s kind of aggravating because...more

Inside Line Promotions – TOCCOA, Ga. (March 31, 2015) – Derek Hagar had a rough outing at Toccoa Speedway last weekend. Hagar, who was driving for Jeff McCall during the 4th annual Toccoa Tangle with the USCS, ran into a throttle issue during his heat race on Friday. “The throttle started hanging so I had to run it wide open,” he said. “I could still control it with my foot, but it wouldn’t shut down like it needed to. Luckily the track was pretty heavy and I could hold it on the...more

(Photo by Al Steinberg) Inside Line Promotions – MARION, Ark. (March 24, 2015) – Derek Hagar is aiming for at least one victory when he invades Toccoa Speedway this weekend. Hagar is driving for Jeff McCall during the USCS doubleheader on Friday and Saturday at the 5/16-mile track in Toccoa, Ga., during the 4th annual Toccoa Tangle. “I haven’t won at that track and I haven’t won a race this year so this weekend would be a good time to scratch those off the list,” Hagar said. “I’ve heard the...more

(Photo by Al Steinberg) Inside Line Promotions – OCALA, Fla. (March 3, 2015) – Derek Hagar rebounded in a big way last Friday at Bubba Raceway Park. Hagar’s season had started on a sour note after a rough outing during the season-opening event the weekend prior and engine issues during a Lucas Oil ASCS National Tour practice night at Bubba Raceway Park on Thursday. “We cracked a head in the engine during our practice night so we had to make an engine change,” he said. “With that on top of the...more

(Photo by TeeJay Crawford) Inside Line Promotions – GERMANTOWN, Tenn. (March 1, 2015) – Sammy Swindell will make his first sprint car start next weekend following his retirement from full-time racing last August. Swindell will pilot the No. 1 sprint car for Donnie Cooper this Friday and Saturday at Magnolia Motor Speedway in Columbus, Miss., during the USCS season-opening event. It will be Swindell’s first time driving for Cooper and his first time racing at the 3/8-mile track. “I’m still...more

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(Photo by Seth Lacewell) Inside Line Promotions – WOODSTOCK, Ga. (Aug. 26, 2014) – Derek Hagar charged to his 13th feature victory of the season last Saturday at Dixie Speedway. Hagar kicked off the night by winning his USCS heat race after starting third, which gave him the most points of any driver and the pole position for the main event once the zero was drawn for the inversion. “On the first lap I overdrove the car going into turn one and Anthony Nicholson drove past me,” he said. “We...more

(Photo by Scott Frazier) Inside Line Promotions – WEST MEMPHIS, Ark. (July 15, 2014) – Derek Hagar claimed his first career USCS Speedweek title last weekend following a six-week delay. Hagar, who won the first three Speedweek races in late May, finished eighth in the postponed Speedweek finale at Riverside International Speedway on Saturday to garner the crown. “It’s something good to put out there and it paid a little bit of money, which always helps,” he said. Although his 18th top 10 of...more

Jerrod Hull and the Rockwell American #12 team picked up their fifth win of the year at the Jim Hall Memorial at Benton Raceway Park in Missouri on June 27. The win was worth $5,000 to the Sikeston, Missouri native. A third place finish in USCS competition aboard Donnie Cooper’s #01 and a second place finish Sunday in MOWA action at Quincy Raceways in Illinois capped off two weeks of racing for Jerrod. He will be racing karts with his son Jett before focusing on Illinois Speedweek July...more

(Photo by Chris Seelman) Inside Line Promotions – PHENIX CITY, Ala. (June 17, 2014) – Derek Hagar has already tied his season high with 10 feature victories as he embarks upon one of the greatest opportunities of his career. Hagar is headed to Ohio to compete in the UNOH All Star Circuit of Champions Ohio Speedweek, which showcases nine races in as many days at eight different tracks. Hagar will drive for Pete Grove with Andy Potter as the crew chief, which is a combination that helped propel...more

(Photo by Seth Lacewell Photography) Inside Line Promotions – MARION, Ark. (June 3, 2014) – Derek Hagar spent a lot of time on the road last weekend without anything to show for it. After winning the first three USCS Speedweek races, Hagar and his team hauled to Alabama to start the second half of the Speedweek at Talladega Short Track last Thursday before the event was cancelled because of weather. “We were 20 miles from the track at Talladega when it rained out,” he said. “We drove to...more

(Photo by Jones Sports Media) Inside Line Promotions – ATWOOD, Tenn. (May 27, 2014) – Derek Hagar is halfway to his first career USCS Speedweek championship and he’s done so in impressive fashion. Hagar has won all three of the main events so far – giving him nine victories in 13 races this season – to build a sizeable advantage in the points standings heading into the second half of the six-race, eight-day competition. “We’ve got a chance to sweep Speedweek so hopefully we can keep it up and...more

ATWOOD, TN - May 26, 2014 (Chris Seelman photo) On Monday night, a Memorial Day visit to www.rockauto.com USCS Victory Lane victory became special for Marion, Arkansas’ Derek Hagar in more ways than one. Hagar, the defending United Sprint Car Series (USCS) presented by K&N Filters champion, charged from third on the starting grid around K&N poles starter and ten-time USCS champion Terry Gray on lap two of the 30-lap “Memorial Day Meltdown” at Clayhill Motorsports, never looked back while...more

GREENVILLE, MS - May 25, 2014 - Chris Seelman photo – Saturday night Derek Hagar won a race in thrilling fashion. Sunday night, the Marion, Arkansas native reached a personal milestone. The defending United Sprint Car Series (USCS) Outlaw Thunder Tour presented by K&N Filters champion streaked around early race leader Anthony Nicholson, out of Bartlett, Tennessee on lap four of the 30-lap Greenville “Sunday Speed Spectacular” A-main and romped to victory lane, scoring back-to-back USCS feature...more

BYRAM, MS – May 24, 2014 – The defending United Sprint Car Series (USCS) Outlaw Thunder Tour presented by K&N Filters National champion Derek Hagar, from Marion, Arkansas, powered past Tim Crawley’s black-and-blue Mike Ward Racing #88 machine with three laps to go in Saturday’s 16th Annual Ival Cooper Memorial Race presented by Krystal of Byram 30-lap main event at Jackson Motor Speedway and drove away to the checkered flag, first while scoring his third USCS sprint car win of 2014. The race...more

(Photo by Jimmy Jones Sports Media) Inside Line Promotions – POPLAR BLUFF, Mo. (March 25, 2014) – Although his goal of winning three consecutive races was sidelined for the moment, Derek Hagar continued his hot streak by posting another top five last weekend. Hagar, who started the season with back-to-back victories for the second straight year, recorded a fifth-place result on a rubber-down track last Saturday at Poplar Bluff Speedway with the USCS Outlaw Thunder Tour. “It’s definitely a big...more

Inside Line Promotions – COLUMBUS, Miss. (March 3, 2014) – Derek Hagar started his 2014 season just as hot as he ended last year. Hagar led the distance and lapped the entire field on Saturday at Magnolia Motor Speedway during the USCS Outlaw Thunder National Series season opener. “It was pretty fun,” he said. “We didn’t have as many cars as we’d like to have, but a win is a win and we had great competition out there. To go out there and lap the whole field really shows how strong we are.” It...more

Derek Hagar from Marion, Arkansas garnered his first United Sprint Car Series presented by K&N Filters National Championship by racing to a series high ten wins, 24 top five and 28 top ten finishes.. Hagar who was the series 2006 Rookie of the Year, also captured the USCS Southern Thunder regional series title.

Inside Line Promotions – LITTLE ROCK, Ark. (Oct. 28, 2013) – Derek Hagar added a couple more top 10s and tied his career-best finish at the Short Track Nationals last weekend. After placing 10th in both the inaugural Short Track Nationals Open on Wednesday and during his preliminary night at the 26th annual COMP Cams Short Track Nationals Presented by Hoosier Tires on Thursday, Hagar tied a career-best result of 14th place on Saturday at the $15,000-to-win Lucas Oil ASCS National Tour event at...more

Inside Line Promotions – MARION, Ark. (Oct. 21, 2013) – This is the year for Derek Hagar. Hagar is set to record his first career top 10 at the 26th Annual COMP Cams Short Track Nationals presented by Hoosier Tires, which is held Wednesday through Saturday at I-30 Speedway in Little Rock, Ark. “It’s two hours from home,” he said. “We have a lot of people here rooting for us. There are a lot of expectations.” Hagar, who has earned a top 10 in all but one race this season, is riding a career...more

Inside Line Promotions – POPLAR BLUFF, Mo. (Oct. 14, 2013) – Despite a long, long night last Saturday, Derek Hagar ended it with a huge smile. For the first time in his career he hit the double-digit mark in feature wins after leading the entire USCS event at Poplar Bluff Speedway. It was his career-best 10th victory of the season and also gave him a one-point advantage in the USCS Mid-South championship standings heading into the series finale in two weeks. “The season has gone pretty good,”...more

Inside Line Promotions – GAFFNEY, S.C. (Oct. 8, 2013) – Derek Hagar is now a championship driver. Hagar secured his first career title last weekend by claiming the USCS Southern Thunder championship. Next up, the USCS overall title. With three races remaining on the schedule, Hagar has a sizeable lead in the championship standings. “Although we had to sweat it out a bit, it was great to get my first championship last weekend,” he said. “Now our focus is on the USCS championship, which has been...more

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

Inside Line Promotions – WHEATLAND, Mo. (Sept. 30, 2013) – Two podium finishes. Three top fives. Four top 10s. It was another satisfying weekend for Derek Hagar, who competed in both the winged and nonwing portions of the Jesse Hockett/Daniel McMillin Memorial last weekend at Lucas Oil Speedway. “The only thing that could have got better was the second night in the winged deal,” he said. “We had a top-five car if not a winning car. I wish a couple of things would have changed. But all in all,...more

Inside Line Promotions – SENOIA, Ga. (Sept. 23, 2013) – Had the inversion been a little better Derek Hagar had a chance to sweep the opening night of the USCS Summer Nationals IV on Friday at Senoia Raceway. After winning the heat race and dash from his front row outside starting position, Hagar had earned the most points. However, he drew the highest number – six – in the feature inversion, which started him on the outside of the third row for the main event. “We started out good,” he said....more

Inside Line Promotions – HOHENWALD, Tenn. (Sept. 16, 2013) – Derek Hagar continued his march toward a national championship with yet another top five last weekend. Hagar placed fourth on Saturday at Tennessee National Raceway to maintain the championship points lead in the USCS National standings. He remains the leader in the USCS Southern Thunder standings and is two points out of the top spot in the USCS Mid-South Thunder standings. “I’m happy with a top five,” he said. “Just like any other...more

Inside Line Promotions – WEST MEMPHIS, Ark. (Sept. 9, 2013) – Despite a pair of obstacles, Derek Hagar continued his top-10 streak in impressive fashion last weekend competing with the AMSOIL USAC National Sprint Car Series in an Arkansas doubleheader. In his first nonwing competition this season and down on horsepower – he used an ASCS 360ci engine compared to the USAC 410ci engines – Hagar scored a pair of top 10s to extend his streak and earn a $250 bonus for having the best feature average...more

Inside Line Promotions – TOCCOA, Ga. (Sept. 2, 2013) – With help from NASCAR stars Ricky Stenhouse Jr. and Danica Patrick, Derek Hagar continued his career season by picking up a trio of podium finishes with the USCS last weekend. “You can’t argue with that,” he said. “We had a pretty good weekend.” Hagar competed on Friday on a quarter-mile pavement track at Atlanta Motor Speedway in Hampton, Ga., which was his second race on pavement of the season, as a prelude to the NASCAR weekend. “The...more

Inside Line Promotions – WOODSTOCK, Ga. (Aug. 26, 2013) – For the sixth straight month Derek Hagar has recorded at least one feature victory. Hagar capped a successful weekend by leading all 30 laps on Saturday at Dixie Speedway, where he registered his ninth win of the season and increased his points lead in the USCS championship standings, after earning a top five on Thursday with the Lucas Oil ASCS National Tour. “It was a great weekend,” he said. “We had good cars both nights. I can’t...more

Woodstock, GA - Friday, August 24, 2013 – United Sprint Car Series National point’s leader Derek Hagar from Marion, Arkansas raced to his ninth United Sprint Car Series presented by K&N Filters feature win of the season on Saturday night at historic Dixie Speedway in front of a capacity crowd. Hagar won the drag race to turn one of the thirty-lap contest over 2007 USCS Southern regional series Rookie of the Year, Lee Moore from Tuscaloosa, Alabama and never looked back as he drove his J&J Auto...more

Greenville, MS - July 27, 2013 – United Sprint Car Series National points leader Derek Hagar from Marion, Arkansas charged from his third place starting position past ten-time series Champion, Terry Gray from Bartlett, Tennessee into the lead on lap two of the thirty-lap finale of the Ellis Palasini Black Widow Classic. Hagar then held off fifth starting defending series National Champion Tim Crawley from Benton, Arkansas all the way to the www.rockauto.com victory lane on Saturday night for...more

Paragould, AR – July 3, 2013 – Derek Hagar from Marion, Arkansas charged past young gun Brad Bowden from Hernando, Mississippi on lap twenty-one of the twenty-five lap United sprint Car Series Outlaw Thunder Tour “”Glen Francis Memorial Cup race and into the www.rockauto.com USCS victory lane at Crowley’s Ridge Raceway on Wednesday night. Hagar claimed the $2000 first prize and the beautiful Glen Francis Memorial Cup trophy in addition to his seventh USCS win of the season. The defending USCS...more

Hagar goes to 2-4-2 in USCS wins at TN National Hohenwald, TN - Saturday, March 16, 2013 – Derek Hagar from Marion Arkansas drove his #9Jr. Dynotech powered J&J Auto Racing/R.E. Enterprise sprint car from outside the front row into the www.rockauto.com United Sprint Car Series victory lane at Tennessee National Raceway on Saturday night. It was Hagar’s twelfth career United Sprint Car Series feature win and second win in a row in just the second USCS sprint car event of the young 2013 season....more

Hagar scores USCS sprint season opener win @Magnolia Columbus, MS - Saturday, March 9, 2013 – Former USCS Rookie of the Year, Derek Hagar from Marion Arkansas drove his #9Jr. Dynotech powered J&J Auto Racing/R.E. Enterprise sprint car from outside the second row into the www.rockauto.com United Sprint Car Series victory lane at Magnolia Motor Speedway in the season opener on Saturday night. It was Hagar’s eleventh career USCS sprint car win and cast him as one of the favorites to compete for...more

On Saturday, June 23rd, USCS 360 Sprints invaded the high-banked 3/8-mile red-clay oval of Cleveland Speedway in Cleveland, TN for their first visit in twelve seasons! Hagar, in the 1A sprint car of Jay Hancock, began his night with a 3rd place finish in the Goodyear Speed Dash. Hagar was placed in the fourth starting position of the first heat race where he would finish fourth and acquire enough points to transfer to the 8th starting position for the 30 lap feature. Track conditions did not...more

(Bill W) March 17, 2011 – Brian Brown and the Brian Brown Racing FVP #21 team have reason to celebrate. After agreeing to an extension in their partnership with FVP, they are ready to race again this Saturday night at the Malden Speedway in Malden, Missouri with the 360 USCS series. This is the fourth year that Brian has been involved with Factory Motor Parts, and the second full season representing the FVP product. “I’m really excited that we’ll be with FVP for many years to come,” he...more

Howard Moore charged to his first win of the 2022 season on Saturday night. His first trip of the year to Victory Lane came at Riverside International Speedway (West Memphis, Ark.) in the United Sprint Car Series (USCS) Fireworks 100. Howard topped a field of 20 Sprinters for the victory. "We checked the first win of the year off the list on Saturday night. I went seventh-to-third in the heat race which earned me a spot in the dash. I drew the pole position for the dash and won it to earn the...more

(Photo courtesy of USCS Series) Inside Line Promotions – LOXLEY, Ala. (Aug. 3, 2021) – Jordon Mallett picked up a pair of victories last weekend to put his 2021 season total at five. He scored a win on Thursday at I-30 Speedway in Little Rock, Ark., as part of the Hammer Hill Twin Bill followed by a triumph Friday night with the USCS Series during the opening night of a weekend doubleheader at Deep South Speedway. Mallett capped the weekend with a third-place finish during the Saturday night...more

(Photo by Jones Sports Media) Inside Line Promotions – COLUMBUS, Miss. (July 7, 2021) – Marshall Skinner scored a pair of second-place finishes in USCS Series competition last weekend at Old No. 1 Speedway on Friday and at Magnolia Motor Speedway on Sunday. “I really should’ve won both of them,” he said. “I led each race, but lapped traffic got me both nights.” A run from third to first in his heat race at Old No. 1 Speedway in Harrisburg, Ark., made Skinner the high-point driver on Friday....more

Inside Line Promotions – COLUMBUS, Miss. (July 6, 2021) – Derek Hagar highlighted a three-race weekend with the USCS Series by earning his third victory of the season. Hagar won a heat race from second and the feature from third on Friday at Old No. 1 Speedway in Harrisburg, Ark. It marked his first career win at the track. “We had a good night,” he said. “We ran second behind Marshall (Skinner) most of the race. He had a really good car. He was running the top and I was on the bottom in turns...more

(Photo by Jones Sports Media) Inside Line Promotions – MARION, Ark. (June 29, 2021) – Derek Hagar is heading into a four-race weekend seeking a visit to Victory Lane. “It’s been another slow start to the year for us,” he said. “We haven’t done a lot of racing. We’re trying to build our 410 operation up and that’s taken time. I’m looking forward to running back to back for four straight nights and hopefully picking up some wins.” It begins on Thursday at I-30 Speedway in Little Rock, Ark. A...more

(Photo courtesy of USCS Series) Inside Line Promotions – HATTIESBURG, Miss. (June 15, 2021) – Jordon Mallett scored his third victory of the season during the opening round of the 16th annual USCS Series Speedweek. He backed up the victory with three more top-five finishes and a sixth-place outing in four additional nights of racing en route to a second-place finish in the Speedweek standings. Mallett kicked off what was supposed to be seven nights of racing on May 28 at Greenville Speedway in...more

Inside Line Promotions – MILTON, Fla. (May 18, 2021) – Jordon Mallett scored his second victory of the season with the USCS Series on Friday during the Battle at the Beach Round 2 opener at Southern Raceway. Mallett followed up the triumph with a fourth-place finish during the weekend finale on Saturday night, keeping him a perfect 4-for-4 in top-five finishes this year. The results marked Mallett’s first races in more than seven weeks after he sustained a broken wrist in a mountain biking...more

Inside Line Promotions – LOXLEY, Ala. (March 23, 2021) – Greg Wilson posted a pair of runner-up results last weekend during the USCS Gulf Coast Shootout. Wilson led his Hercules Tires, Ohio Logistics and DNC Hydraulics sponsored team forward every time it hit the track during the USCS Series doubleheader at Deep South Speedway, where he made his debut. Wilson now has four top fives in his first 10 races of the season. “Over the winter we tried to keep things simplified and get back to a better...more

(Photo courtesy of USCS Series) Inside Line Promotions – TUSCUMBIA, Ala. (March 16, 2021) – Greg Wilson is all smiles following a successful weekend. The Hercules Tires, Ohio Logistics and DNC Hydraulics sponsored driver built confidence with a solid outing during a World of Outlaws NOS Energy Drink Sprint Car Series event on Friday before he won a USCS Series event on Saturday. It was his first feature triumph since March 2019. The action began on Friday at Magnolia Motor Speedway in...more

Inside Line Promotions – MILTON, Fla. (Feb. 25, 2021) – Greg Wilson highlighted a USCS Series two-day event at Southern Raceway by charging to a top-10 result last Saturday. Wilson guided his Hercules Tires, Ohio Logistics and DNC Hydraulics backed team from fifth to fourth place in a heat race, which locked him into the main event. He lined up 14th and methodically picked off several positions before ending ninth. It was his third top 10 of the season. “We battled starting position all...more

Inside Line Promotions – MILTON, Fla. (Feb. 23, 2021) – Garet Williamson earned his first heat race victory and first podium result of the season last Saturday during his debut at Southern Raceway. The Bryant Paver Motorsports driver kicked off a USCS Series doubleheader at the unique oval by taking advantage of a good draw. “That place is like a beach race it was so sandy,” he said. “It was a racy type of track and was pretty banked. You can get rolling around there pretty good. We were good...more