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July 18, 2008 - Crossville, TN - Six-time O'Reilly USCS National Champion, Terry Gray from Bartlett, Tennessee won the first of the twin 20-lap O'Reilly USCS Southern Thunder feature races during the O'Reilly USCS sanctioned winged sprint car "Night of Thunder" at Crossville Raceway on Friday night. Gray started outside the front row and beat K&N Filters Pole Award recipient and the evening's fastest qualifier, Steven Lines from Melbourne, Australia to the first corner and streaked to victory...more

July 10, 2008 - West Memphis, AR- O’Reilly United Sprint Car Series Mid-South Thunder point’s leader, Tim Crawley from Benton, Arkansas got two-thirds of the way to the $10,000 top prize in the Lucas Oil Triple Crown Challenge event at Riverside Speedway on Thursday night. Crawley won the Riverside Stock Cars first heat race and dominated the 15-lap feature race in that event. After winning the Lucas Oil Power Dash for the O’Reilly United Sprint Car Series sprint cars Crawley finished fifth in...more

July 3, 2008 - Camden, TN - Defending O'Reilly United Sprint Car Series National Champion, Terry Gray from Bartlett, Tennessee beat current O’Reilly USCS Mid-South Thunder point’s leader, Tim Crawley from Benton, Arkansas to the first turn in Thursday night’s O’Reilly USCS sprint car portion of the Firecracker 100 at Camden Speedway. Gray then held off the hard-charging Crawley through several caution periods that kept Crawley on his rear bumper to collect the $2000 paycheck for the win in the...more

RIVERSIDE TRIPLE CROWN CHALLENGE NEWS: July 1, 2008 - Atlanta, Georgia - The Atlanta, Georgia based United Speed Contest Sanction has created what might be the Ultimate Challenge of short track events. On Thursday, July 10th at historic Riverside International Speedway in West Memphis, Arkansas the sanctioning body offers some pretty serious bread for a driver who can conquer what seems to be the ultimate short track challenge at the high-banked ¼ Gumbo clay oval well known for its torridly...more

Travelers Rest, SC - June 28, 2008 – Steven Lines from Melbourne Australia charged from his outside row four starting position into victory lane in the first of twin 20-lap O’Reilly Auto Parts United Sprint Car Series presented by Lucas Oil main events on Saturday night at Travelers Rest Speedway. The visiting Lines drove noted Cherryville, North Carolina car owner and crew chief, Jeff McCall’s #23 J&J Auto Racing car to his first O’Reilly USCS feature win and first win on US soil since...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

EAST ALABAMA MOTOR SPEEDWAY: June 21, 2008 - Phenix City, AL - On a night to remember, it just couldn’t have been bigger. In what was a storybook finish to a dream come true, Jeremy Scott from Franklin, Georgia battled his way to victory lane in the 1st Annual O’Reilly United Sprint Car Series Randy Helton Memorial Race at East Alabama Motor Speedway on Saturday night. It was Scott’s first-ever career feature win in the series he has participated in since 1998. The night’s events commemorated...more

Atlanta, Ga – The 1st Annual Randy Helton Memorial race is scheduled for Saturday, June 21, 2008 at East Alabama Motor Speedway. The high-banked speed-plant located seven miles West of Phenix City, Alabama on US Highway 80 West was the late O’Reilly United Sprint Car Series driver’s favorite race track. The race is so named to commemorate the late Randy Helton from Palmetto, Georgia. Helton, 47, passed away on March 30, 2008. Helton raced regularly with the series for the last decade. Prior to...more

PENTON RACEWAY: June 20, 2008 – Penton, AL –Twenty-two year-old Danny “the Hammer” Martin, Jr. from Sarasota, Florida drove his Martin Structures/CnB Mushroom Farms/Motorheads powered #00 Shaw car to his first O'Reilly United Sprint Car Series feature win of the season at Penton Raceway on Friday night. Martin won the Engler Machine and Tool First Heat, then drew the pole in the K&N Filters Pole Draw before leading every lap of the 30-lap O’Reilly USCS Southern Thunder event around the...more

June 14, 2008 - Winona, MS: Past O'Reilly United Sprint Car Series Champion, Marshall Skinner from West Memphis, Arkansas scored his first feature win of the 2008 season in the 30-lap O'Reilly USCS Mid South Thunder main event at Central Mississippi Speedway in Winona, Mississippi on Saturday night. Skinner battled his Speedweek 2008 Co-Champion and rival Tim Crawley from Benton, Arkansas for the entire 30 laps in the thriller. Crawley finished 2 car lengths back in the runner-up...more

SPEEDWEEK NEWS - Atlanta, GA - June 1, 2008 - Two talented Arkansans, three time O’Reilly Speedweek 2008 feature winner, Tim Crawley from Benton, Arkansas and 1999 O’Reilly USCS Champion, Marshall Skinner from West Memphis, Arkansas who finished all six A-Main events with no finish worst than seventh position tied in the final tabulation for the Speedweek title and we’re declared Co-Champions. The 2007 O’Reilly USCS Speedweek Champion, Terry Gray had the points lead slip from his grasp when...more

May 31, 2008 Columbus, MS – 2006 O’Reilly United Sprint Car Series Rookie of the year, Derek Hagar from Marion, Arkansas recovered from a bad night at North Alabama Speedway on Friday to scorch the competition in the 30-lap O’Reilly United Sprint Car Series Speedweek 2008 Finale presented by Lucas Oil at Columbus Speedway. The talented seventeen year-old led every lap of main event while racing high on the race track with his right rear tire against the wall most of the distance around the...more

May 30, 2008 Tuscumbia - In what was possibly the most exciting final 10 laps of an O’Reilly United Sprint Car main event or in all of sprint car racing ever, Benton, Arkansas’ fastest citizen, Tim Crawley charged to his third O’Reilly USCS Speedweek 2008 feature win on Friday night at North Alabama Speedway. Crawley, who started ninth in the field made contact with the wall early in the race on lap four and spun out. He then charged from the rear of the talented field back to the front to...more

SPEEDWEEK ROUND #5: - May 29, 2008 Camden, Tennessee - Mustang, Oklahoma’s Wayne Johnson enjoyed his first win on O’Reilly USCS Speedweek 2008 on Thursday on the round banks of Camden Speedway. Starting inside the front row by virtue of the K&N Pole Draw, Johnson beat two-time Speedweek winner Tim Crawley of Benton, Arkansas on the start and was never challenged despite four yellows and one red flag. “This track is awesome!” said Johnson into Jonathan Gowan’s microphone after winning $2000 on...more

SPEEDWEEK ROUND #4: USCS - May 27, 2008 - Clarksville, Tennessee - Benton, Arkansas ace Tim Crawley won a last lap dice with Oklahoma’s Wayne Johnson on Tuesday night at Clarksville Speedway to take his second straight victory of the O’Reilly USCS Speedweek 2008. In the first four of seven rounds, Crawley and car owner Mike Ward have two wins and a second-place. Monday’s meet at Clayhill Motorsports Park was rained out. The A-main lost one charger before the green flag when Talala, Oklahoma’s...more

SPEEDWEEK ROUND #2: Greenville , MS – May 25, 2008 – Wow! Is about all you could say after the 30-lap O’Reilly United Sprint Car Series Speedweek Round Two presented by Lucas Oil at Greenville Speedway on Sunday night. The O’Reilly USCS Mid South Thunder point’s leader, Tim Crawley from Benton, Arkansas, and six-time O’Reilly USCS National Champion Terry Gray from Bartlett, Tennessee battled wheel-to wheel for 25-laps around Greenville Speedway’s ¼ mile Gumbo clay surface on Sunday night. The...more

(Photo courtesy of USCS Series) Inside Line Promotions – TUSCUMBIA, Ala. (March 23, 2022) – Derek Hagar reached Victory Lane for the first time this season last Sunday at North Alabama Speedway. It marked the quickest he’s recorded a win since capturing the season opener in 2014. The triumph also gives Hagar at least one feature victory during each of the last 16 years. “It feels really good,” he said. “Starting the year off junking a race car put a damper on things. For us to rebound by...more

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(Photo by B Young Photography) Inside Line Promotions – MILTON, Fla. (Nov. 18, 2020) – The season finale was a success for Derek Hagar, who ventured to Florida to race with the USCS Series last weekend. Hagar posted a podium on Friday before earning the Hard Charger Award on Saturday during a doubleheader at Southern Raceway. The weekend began on Friday with Hagar hustling from fifth to second place in a heat race. The feature inversion lined him up on the inside of the third row for the main...more

(Photo courtesy of USCS Series) Inside Line Promotions – WEST MEMPHIS, Ark. (Nov. 10, 2020) – Victory tasted sweet last Saturday evening for Derek Hagar, who capped the 12th annual USCS Flip Flop 50 and USCS Fall Nationals by charging from ninth to score his ninth win of the season. The two-day event at Riverside International Speedway began on Friday with Hagar maneuvering from ninth to sixth place in a heat race. “We started Friday with what’d normally be a good pill draw,” he said. “We...more

(Photo by Speed Demon Productions) Inside Line Promotions – WEST MEMPHIS, Ark. (Aug. 24, 2020) – Marshall Skinner charged forward to garner a top-five result during USCS Series competition last Saturday night at Riverside International Speedway. “I was pretty pleased to finish fifth after starting that far back,” said Skinner, who rolled off the starting grid in the 11th position in his first 360 sprint car race in about four weeks. “The track kind of came to me as it went on, with the cushion...more

Inside Line Promotions – WEST MEMPHIS, Ark. (Aug. 25, 2020) – Derek Hagar continued his successful 2020 campaign by capturing his fifth triumph of the season last Saturday at Riverside International Speedway. “First off, we were battling brake issues from hot laps through the heat race,” he said. “The brakes kept locking up. They locked up on Lap 1 of the heat. After that we had a caution and I didn’t touch them again. I wasn’t able to use the brakes to my advantage. I rode around in third and...more

(Photo by Jones Sports Media) Inside Line Promotions – WEST MEMPHIS, Ark. (June 16, 2020) – Marshall Skinner kicked off his 30th year of racing with a solid top-five finish last Thursday during USCS Series action at North Alabama Speedway. “I started fourth in the feature and tried a Hail Mary through the middle on the second lap and fell back to about eighth,” said Skinner, who won his heat race. “I was able to work my way back to fifth by the finish.” Skinner was generally pleased with his...more

(Photo by Paul Arch) Inside Line Promotions – MILTON, Fla. (May 19, 2020) – Greg Wilson wasn’t hampered by the lengthy pause in his season because of COVID-19. Wilson and his Hercules Tires, DNC Hydraulics, Ohio Logistics and Gear Off Road backed team returned to action after two months away from the track last weekend by tackling a USCS Series doubleheader at Southern Raceway. The weekend yielded a pair of third-place finishes to give Wilson five podiums in his last seven races. “We had a fun...more

SPEEDWEEK ROUND #1: West Memphis, Arkansas – May 24, 2008 - Lee Sowell from Nesbit, Mississippi won the 3rd Annual Rumble at the River 35-lap O'Reilly USCS Speedweek 2008 opener on Saturday night at Riverside International Speedway in West Memphis, Arkansas. It was the young driver’s second career O’Reilly United Sprint Car Series feature win. The hard fought victory came over a tough field of highly ranked drivers from seven states in the first of seven rounds of competition in the 3rd Annual...more

Blue Ridge, Georgia – May 2, 2008 - Twenty-four year-old, T.J. Winegardner from Pierson, Florida scored a win in the O’Reilly USCS Outlaw Thunder presented by Lucas Oil victory 30-lap “Shootout at Sugar Creek” sprint car race on Friday night at Sugar Creek Raceway in scenic Blue Ridge, Georgia. Winegardner bested a field of top drivers from seven states including several past series Champions for his career first USCS win. Past TBARA Champion and pavement star, Shane Butler from Bushnell,...more

Six-time O'Reilly United Sprint Car Series Champion, Terry Gray from Bartlett, Tennessee scored a photo-finish win in the 20-lap O'Reilly United Sprint Car Series presented by Lucas Oil main event on Friday night at Harris Speedway. Gray beat CnB Mushroom Farms fast qualifer Johnny Bridges from Cherryville, North, Carolina to the finish-line by about 18 inches in the $1200 to win preliminary feature race of the "Thunder in Carolina" Round One. The series returns to Harris Speedway on Saturday...more

April 19, 2008 – 2004 O’Reilly United Sprint Car Series/ AOAS Champion, Johnny Bridges from Cherryville, North Carolina won the 35-Lap O’Reilly USCS Asphalt Thunder Tour main event at Dillon Motor Speedway in Dillon, South Carolina on Saturday nBridges started the evening by setting the fastest time trial qualifying lap around high-banked 4/10ths mile paved oval. After winnning the Butlerbuilt Second Heat Race, The win was his third career O’Reilly USCS feature win. Bridges drew a zero...more

April 12, 2008 - Tim Crawley from Benton Arkansas drove Mike Ward’s famed # 88 David McCarver powered car into victory lane in the 30 lap O’Reilly Auto Parts United Sprint Car Series www.uscsracing.com Night of Thunder at Checkered Flag Speedway in Hohenwald, Tennessee on Saturday night. It was Crawley’s second O’Reilly USCS win of the young season. Crawley started in the K&N Filters pole position after Engler Machine and Tool First Heat winner and defending champion, Terry Gray from Bartlett,...more

Cordele, GA - March 15, 2008 – 2005 O’Reilly United Sprint Car Series Asphalt Thunder Tour Champion, Wayne Reutimann, Jr. from Zephyrhills, Florida won the 35-Lap O’Reilly USCS Asphalt Thunder Tour season-opener at Watermelon Capital Speedway in Cordele, Georgia on Saturday night. The win was his sixth career O’Reilly USCS feature win. Reutimann, Jr. started the evening by qualifying second fastest in the CnB Mushroom Farms Time Trials after Danny Martin, Jr. from Sarasota, Florida set fast...more

Over $75,000 in cash and contingencies were awarded as the O'Reilly Auto Parts United Sprint Car Series ( www.uscsracing.com ) honored drivers from seven states during its recent 11th Anniversary O'Reilly USCS Champions Awards Banquet held at the Hilton Memphis Convention Center in Memphis, Tennessee. A gathering of nearly 150 people honored seventeen sprint car drivers including Terry Gray from Bartlett, Tennessee who captured his sixth O'Reilly USCS Outlaw Thunder Tour National...more

Marshall Skinner from West Memphis, Arkansas drove his own #26 Conrad Sand & Gravel / A&B Equipment /AMC Plumbing sponsored Dyno-Tech powered / J & J Auto Racing sprint car into victory lane in the 25-lap O’Reilly Auto Parts United Sprint Car Series season finale during the Lucas Oil Showdown at Columbus Speedway on Saturday night. It was Skinner’s third win in the series on the season and it came over a talent-laden 26 cars from eleven states. Skinner started ninth in the field in the sure to...more

Wayne Johnson from Oklahoma City, Oklahoma driving the H&H Motorsports #94 used his veteran driving skills and the high side of the race track to make a lap-fourteen pass for the lead around top qualifier Tim Crawley from Benton, Arkansas. Johnson then raced the final eleven laps to victory lane in the first of two 25-lap features in the O’Reilly Auto Parts United Sprint Car Series Lucas Oil Showdown portion of the 2nd Annual O’Reilly United Sprint Car Series “Battle at the Bullring” at...more

Tim Crawley from Benton, Arkansas in the Ward Racing McCarver Engines powered Senter Farms/CnB Mushrooms Farms/ Johnny’s Pro Auto Body #88 Maxim car lead the O’Reilly Auto Parts United Sprint Car Series www.uscsracing.com K&N Filters time trial qualifying at Columbus Speedway on Friday night with a one-lap time of 12.35 seconds around the 1/3 mile clay oval. Crawley also won the Engler Machine and Tool 10-lap qualifying race and will start on the pole of the Lucas Oil Power Dash that...more

Tim Crawley from Benton Arkansas drove Mike Ward’s famed # 88 David McCarver powered Senter Farms/CnB Mushroom Farms/Johnny’s Pro Auto Body sponsored Maxim car into victory lane of the 40 lap O’Reilly Auto Parts United Sprint Car Series www.uscsracing.com Gumbo Nationals 2007 finale at Greenville Speedway www.greenvillespeedway.net on Saturday night. It was Crawley’s fifth O’Reilly USCS win of the season. Lucas Oil Power Dash winner Zach Chappell from Talala, Oklahoma lead the first lap around...more

Ainsworth leads O'Reilly USCS Gumbo Nationals Pole Nigh results PDF Print E-mail Greenville Mississippi – Ernie Ainsworth from Memphis Tennessee in the H&H Motorosports #94 lead the O’Reilly Auto Parts United Sprint Car Series www.uscsracing.com K&N Filters time trial qualifying and established a new all time track record at Greenville Speedway on Friday night with a one lap time of 13.82 seconds around the ¼ mile Gumbo clay oval. Amazingly it was Ainsworth’s first night in the car. Zach...more

Atlanta, GA – Double sprint car features guarantee the fans lots of excitement during the 2007 O'Reilly Auto Parts United Sprint Car Series Lucas Oil Showdown and 2nd Annual "Battle at the Bullring" at Columbus Speedway in Columbus, Mississippi scheduled for November 9th and 10th. O'Reilly USCS Founder and President, Pete Walton said, "The Lucas Oil Showdown event features one of the most unique if not the most exciting sprint car racing format of the season for both the fan and racers”. On...more

The GUMBO Nationals 2007 is scheduled for Friday, November 2nd and Saturday, November 3rd at Greenville Speedway (www.greenvillespeedway.net) in Greenville, Mississippi. The event at the 1/4 mile oval located in the Mississippi Delta with a sticky black gumbo racing surface will feature as headliners a 40-Lap $3500+ to win O'Reilly United Sprint Car Series (www.uscsracing.com) Championship main event and a $1500+ to win 30-lap USCS Open Wheel Modified Championship feature. This will be the...more

Defending O’Reilly USCS National Champion, Terry Gray from Bartlett, Tennessee won a thriller in the 30-lap O’Reilly United Sprint Car Series feature race at Greenville Speedway in Greenville, Mississippi on Saturday night. Gray chased rising O’Reilly USCS star Bryce Vowan from Forrest City, Arkansas for 29 and ¾ laps then made a daring move midway through the final turn of the race around the outside of Vowan and raced the final 100 or so yards to victory lane for his ninth series win of the...more

Defending O’Reilly USCS Champion, Terry Gray from Bartlett, Tennessee inherited the lead from the 2002 National Sprint Car Hall of Fame 360 Driver of the Year, Tim Crawley while under caution on lap 14 and went on to lead the final sixteen laps race of the 30-lap Sunday Speed Spectacular at Camden Speedway to pocket the $2000 first place money. It was Gray’s eighth O’Reilly USCS win of the 2007 season. On lap fourteen while under caution, Crawley’s motor stalled and the Benton, Arkansas driver...more

Braselton, GA. (September 1, 2007) – Fifteen year-old Trey Robb from Newcastle, Oklahoma captured his fifth career O’Reilly United Sprint Car Series feature while sweeping Saturday night's O’Reilly USCS Asphalt Thunder Tour event at Lanier National Speedway. Robb set fast time and then won both the Lucas Oil Power Dash and the Engler Machine and Tool First Heat Race. The teenager then fought off challenges through lap twenty-two from defending series Champion, Terry Gray from Bartlett,...more

Malden, MO -Tim Crawley from Benton, Arkansas won the 25-lap O'Reilly United Sprint Car Series www.uscsracing.com Mid South Thunder race Friday night at Malden Speedway in Malden, Missouri. It was only Crawley's second visit ever to the Malden Speedway, but he made the most of it by also setting a new all-time one-lap track record in time trials. Crawley drove the Ward Racing #88 around the 3/8 mile clay oval in just 13.258 seconds eclipsing the old mark of 13.336 set by Kenny Adams from...more

Woodstock, GA – Defending O’Reilly USCS National Champion, Terry Gray from Bartlett, Tennessee ran his 2007 series feature win total to six by winning the 8th annual Dixie Sprint Car Nationals main event Saturday night at Dixie Speedway in Woodstock, Georgia. Gray led every lap of the finale before one of the largest crowds to ever watch a sprint car race at the famed and historic challenging 3/8 mile D-shaped track. Gray took home a hefty $2800 paycheck for his efforts on the evening for his...more

Blue Ridge, GA - Former O'Reilly USCS Champion, Marshall Skinner from West Memphis, Arkansas ran his series winning streak to two-in-a-row on Friday night at Sugar Creek Raceway in Blue Ridge, Georgia by winning the 30-lap O'Reilly United Sprint Car Series portion of the 8th Annual Sugar Creek Raceway "Night of Thunder". Skinner who started fourth in the field finished lap-one in third place then passed pole-starter Lance Moss from Cherryville, North Carolina for the runner-up spot on lap...more

Greenville, MS - 1999 O'Reilly USCS Champion, Marshall Skinner from West Memphis, Arkansas won his first O'Reilly United Sprint Car Series of the season at Greenville Speedway in Greenville, Mississippi on Saturday night. Skinner dominated the field with a clean sweep performance by first winning the 6-lap Lucas Oil Power Dash, then capturing the win in the 10-lap Engler Machine and Tool First Heat Race. Skinner then raced from his sixth place starting position to victory lane in the 25-lap...more

Malden, MO - Defending O'Reilly USCS National Champion, Terry Gray from Bartlett, Tennessee won the 25-lap O'Reilly United Sprint Car Series www.uscsracing.com Mid South Thunder race Friday night at Malden Speedway in Malden, Missouri. It was Gray's second win of the season at Malden Speedway. He also won the O'Reilly USCS Speedweek 2007 opening round at the track on May 25th Gray started outside of the front row next to Steve Short from Farmington, Missouri and grabbed the lead down the...more

Trey Robb captures O'Reilly USCS Asphalt Thunder event at Greenville Pickens Speedway. PDF Print E-mail Greenville, SC - Teenager Trey Robb from Newcastle, Oklahoma won the O'Reilly Auto Parts United Sprint Car Series "Night of Thunder' 35 lap winged sprint car feature race at historic Greenville Pickens Speedway on Friday night before a large crowd. It was Robb's third O'Reilly USCS Asphalt Thunder win of the season and second in a row. Robb and Mansfield Ohio's Doug Berryman started on the...more

Tim Crawley from Benton, Arkansas made a lap-eighteen pass for the lead around former O'Reilly USCS Champion, Marshall Skinner from West Memphis, Arkansas then raced into victory lane in the 30-lap O'Reilly United Sprint Car Series www.uscsracing.com portion of the 2nd Annual Firecracker 100 event at Camden Speedway in Camden, Tennessee. Skinner started on the pole and lead the first seventeen laps before Crawley raced by on the inside in Mike Ward's #88. Skinner held onto the runner-up spot...more

Senoia, GA - Phenomenal, 120 pound, 15 year-old, Trey Robb from Newcastle, Oklahoma grabbed the lead from defending O'Reilly USCS Champion, Terry Gray from Bartlett, Tennessee on the forty-first lap of the fifty-lap O'Reilly Auto Parts United Sprint Car Series "Firecracker 50' winged sprint car feature race at Senoia Raceway on Saturday night then raced into victory lane. It was Robb's second O'Reilly USCS Asphalt Thunder win of the season. English road-racing transplant Adam Jackson who now...more

Winona, MS - Sensational 2006 O'Reilly United Sprint Car Series Rookie of the Year, Derek Hagar from Marion, Arkansas raced past veteran Tim Crawley from Benton, Arkansas into the lead on lap twenty-five of the thirty-lap O'Reilly USCS Mid-South Thunder regional feature at Central Mississippi Speedway. Hagar nicknamed "The Guy" let the near-capacity crowd at the track know that on this night he was the guy by not only winning the main event but by sweeping the night's O'Reilly USCS action by...more