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April 20th USCS Sprint cars visited Duck River Raceway Park in Tennessee. Friday night April 19th would be a rainout for the team as they made a attempt to run the World of Outlaw sprint show at Paducah, KY. Saturday brought first race of the season gremlins out for Jim and challenged crew chief Bob Thompson. Hot lap session led the team to think that we possibly had a brake issue. Time trials resulted in Jim breaking the track record but was overshadowed by a great run by Derek Hager who...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

By USSCS PR *Hattiesburg, MS) -- Hebron, Indiana's, Corbin Gurley charged from a tenth place start to first in the 30-lap USCS A-Main to win his career-first USCS Outlaw Thunder Tour main event in the weekend finale at Hattiesburg Speedway on Saturday night. Gurley, bested a field of some of the best winged-360 sprint car drivers in the Nation for a career-second sprint car win in the sprint car portion of the Hub City. Brandon Anderson from Glenpool, Oklahoma finished in the runner-up spot...more

By Pete Walton, USCS PR (Hattiesburg, MS) -- USCS National and Winter Heat Series points leader Davie Franek from Wantage, NJ charged from outside the front row into the USCS Victory Lane after the 25-lap USCS main event at Hattiesburg Speedway on Friday night. Franek held off the charges of Sunbury, PA driver Mark Smith through five caution periods for the win. Smith followed him across the finish line in the runner-up spot with Dale Howard from Byhalia, Mississippi in third place. 14-time...more

By USCS PR (Milton, FL) --– Defending Knoxville Raceway 360-winged sprint car Champion and Sprint Car Hall of Famer, Terry McCarl from Altoona, Iowa completed a weekend sweep of the main events at Southern Raceway in the 6th Annual Battle at the Beach Sprint Car Speed Spectacular on Saturday night. McCarl won the 30-lap weekend finale good for a $3000 paycheck. The veteran Iowa driver made his second weekend of racing in the warmer climates in Florida his biggest weekend payoff of the 2023...more

By USCS PR (Clewiston, FL) -- Davey "No Panic" Franek from Wantage, NJ led wire-to-wire in the 30-lap USCS Snow-Free Sprint Car Winternationls final at Hendry County Motorsports Park on Saturday night to collect the $3000 top prize. The 2022 Empire Super Sprints Champion, Jordon Poirier from Quebec chased Franek for the entire distance before having to settle for the runner-up spot just ahead of fourteen year old Gavan Boschele from Mooresville, NC, who was racing in only his sixth sprint car...more

(Barberville, FL) - St. Petersburg, Florida'sTyler Clem who seems capable of winning in almost any type of race car drove into the lead in turn one of lap one from his pole postion start and led all 30 laps of the United Sprint Car Series (USCS) Germfree Southern Sprint Car Shootout weekend Finale on Saturday night at Volusia Speedway Park. Davie Franek challenged Clem on a late restart but settled for runner-up honors. Ricky Stenhouse, Jr. was third. Anthony Macri finished fourth as Friday...more

Gastonia, NC – June 26, 2009 - Seven-time Parts Plus United Sprint Car Series National Champion, Terry Gray from Bartlett, Tennessee won the 30-lap Parts Plus USCS Outlaw Thunder Tour main-event during the Parts Plus USCS “Thunder in Carolina” event at Carolina Speedway on Friday night. It was Gray’s second USCS feature win at the speedy 4/10 mile Carolina clay oval this season. Gray drove his Rislone Oil Treatment sponsored #10 J&J Auto Racing car past early race leader Matt Linder’s #1x into...more

PENTON RACEWAY: Penton, AL - June 19, 2009 - Defending Parts Plus United Sprint Car Series Champion, Terry Gray swept to victory lane in the 30-Lap Parts Plus USCS main event at Penton Raceway on Friday night. Gray drove his Rislone Oil Treatment sponsored Wesmar powered, J&J Auto Racing car into turn one ahead of last week’s feature winner Marshall Skinner and commenced to wire the field with Skinner in pursuit for the next 30 laps. Rookie point’s leader Justin Carver finished third...more

West Memphis, AR - June 13, 2009 - Marshall Skinner from West Memphis, Arkansas blasted from outside the second row past early race leader and K&N Filters Pole Position starter, Wade Oliver from Southaven, Mississippi into the lead on lap three and never looked back in route to victory lane on Saturday night to capture his first Parts Plus United Sprint Car Series feature win of the 2009 season in the 4th Annual USCS “Rumble at the River” at Riverside International Speedway in West Memphis,...more

Atlanta, GA - May 31, 2009 - After four of the six races scheduled were contested, Defending Parts Plus USCS National Champion, Terry Gray from Bartlett, Tennessee was declared the Champion of the USCS Parts Plus Sprint Speedweek 2009 mini-series. Gray put together a week long effort of top five finishes and accumulated the most points during the four events. Gray's consistent efforts included a fourth place finish at North Alabama Speedway on May 24th, a third place finish at the famed I-30...more

East Alabama Motor Speedway: June 20, 2008 - Phenix City, AL - On a night to remember, twenty year-old Don Young from Bartlett, Tennessee battled his way to victory lane in the 2nd Annual Parts Plus United Sprint Car Series Randy Helton Memorial Race at East Alabama Motor Speedway on Saturday night. It was the 2007 Parts Plus USCS Rookie of the Year driver’s career-first feature win in the series. The night’s events commemorated the racing career of former United Sprint Car Series racer Randy...more

Atwood, TN – June 11, 2009 - Mississippi young gun Lee Sowell from Nesbit, Mississippi charged to his first Parts Plus United Sprint Car Series feature win of the 2009 season over a talent-laden field of drivers from five states to capture the “Thursday Thunder” sprint car portion of the “Clayhill Clash” at Clayhill Motorsports on Thursday night. The victory in the rain-shortened and lightning charged mid-week affair scheduled for 30-laps was Sowell’s third Parts Plus USCS career feature...more

Greenville, MS - May 30, 2009 - Shane Stewart from Bixby, Oklahoma led every lap of the 30-lap Parts Plus United Sprint Car Series Speedweek Finale at Greenville Speedway on Saturday night to capture his first-ever USCS feature win. Defending Parts Plus USCS Mid South Thunder Champion, Tim Crawley from Benton, Arkansas who started in the eleventh position race through field and chased Stewart over the last ten laps of the race. Crawley closed within two car lengths as the duo crossed the...more

Monticello, AR – May 29, 2009 - Paul McMahan from Hendersonville, Tennessee led every lap of the 30-lap Parts Plus United Sprint Car Series Speedweek Round Five at Drew County Speedway in Monticello, Arkansas on Friday night to capture his first-ever USCS feature win and first win of the 2009 season overall. McMahan bested a strong 30 car field from seven states to garner the win. Monticello, AR – May 29, 2009 - Paul McMahan from Hendersonville, Tennessee led every lap of the 30-lap Parts Plus...more

Little Rock, AR – May 28, 2009 - 2008 USCS Mid-South Thunder Tour regional Champion, Tim Crawley from nearby Benton, Arkansas led the final 21 laps of the 30-lap Parts Plus United Sprint Car Series Speedweek Round Four at I-30 Speedway in Little Rock, Arkansas on Thursday night. It was Crawley’s third USCS feature of the season over a talent-laden field of thirty-eight competitors from six states. Defending Parts Plus USCS National Champion, Terry Gray led the first two laps of the main event...more

Tuscumbia, Alabama - May 24, 2009 – The 2008 Parts Plus United Sprint Car Series Rookie of the Year Anthony Nicholson from Bartlett, Tennessee who started twelfth in the initial order charged his way to the front on lap twenty-two and led the final nine laps to victory lane in the 30-lap Parts Plus United Sprint Car Series Speedweek Round Two event at North Alabama Speedway on Sunday night. It was Nicholson’s career-first USCS feature win over a talented field of competitors from six...more

Harris, NC - April 25, 2009 – Defending Parts Plus United Sprint Car Series National Champion completed a sweep of the Parts Plus USCS Thunder in Carolina double-header weekend with a win in the series main event on Saturday night at Harris Speedway in front of a near capacity crowd. It was Gray’s second feature win in as many nights after winning on Friday night at Carolina Speedway. Gray drove his sprint car to victory to collect his second win of the 2009 season as well over a field of...more

Gastonia, NC - April 24, 2009 - Seven-time Parts Plus United Sprint Car Series National Champion, Terry Gray from Bartlett, Tennessee won the 30-lap Parts Plus USCS Outlaw Thunder Tour feature race during the Parts Plus USCS Thunder in Carolina event at Carolina Speedway on Friday night. It was the first USCS feature win of the season for Gray over a talent-laden field of twenty-nine competitors from eleven states that included two-time NASCAR Sprint Cup Champion Tony Stewart from...more

Florence, SC – April 18, 2009 - Blaze Martin from Brandon, Florida raced to his third consecutive win in the 2009 Parts Plus United Sprint Car Series Asphalt Thunder Tour Saturday night at Florence Motor Speedway. The 25-year old Martin collected $2100 for his efforts after setting fast time and holding off hard-charging 2008 USCS Rookie of the Year Anthony Nicholson from Bartlett, Tennessee in the 35-lap Night of Thunder Finale. Martin started from the outside of the front row after Engler...more

Altamahaw, NC – April 17, 2009 - Blaze Martin from Brandon, Florida raced to the win in the 35-lap Parts Plus United Sprint Car Series main event on Friday night at Ace Speedway in Altamahaw, North Carolina. The 25-year old Martin got a hand of four aces worth $2200 when he also scored a clean sweep while winning the time trials and seeting a new track record plus the Parts Plus Power Dash and Engler Machine and Tool First Heat Race in addition to the main event in his Lee Cipray wrenched #5...more

Monticello, AR April 11, 2009 – Defending Parts Plus United Sprint Car Series Mid South Thunder Tour Champion, Tim Crawley from Benton, Arkansas battled past seven-time USCS National Champion Terry Gray from Bartlett, Tennessee on lap five of the 25-lap main event at Drew County Speedway on Saturday night for his second USCS feature win of the season. It was Crawley’s seventh USCS main event win in the last eight attempts dating back to last season in the Ward Racing Boatersports sponsored...more

Columbus, MS - April 4, 2009 - Gary Taylor from Seattle, Washington led the final five laps of the 30-lap Parts Plus United Sprint Car Series Outlaw Thunder Tour Championship Finale of the Spring Xplosion at Magnolia Motor Speedway on Saturday night. It was a career-first USCS feature win for Taylor over a talent-laden field of competitors from eleven states. It was, more importantly, the first-ever USCS win for noted sprint car-owner Bobby Sparks from Olive Branch, Mississippi. Taylor started...more

Columbus, MS - April 3, 2009 – Defending Parts Plus United Sprint Car Series Mid-South Thunder Tour Champion, Tim Crawley from Benton, Arkansas battled past early race-leaders, Gary Taylor from Seattle, Washington and Lee Sowell from Nesbit, Mississippi into the lead on lap thirteen of the twenty-lap preliminary night main event at Magnolia Motor Speedway on Friday night. It was Crawley’s seventh Parts Plus USCS feature win-in-a-row going back to last season when he won eleven times. Crawley...more

Atlanta, GA - March 31, 2009 – The United Speed Contest Sanction (USCS) invades Magnolia Motor Speedway with a sprint car and Modified double-header this Friday, April 3rd and Saturday, April 4th for the Parts Plus USCS Spring Xplosion “Smorgasbord of Speed” featuring two full nights of high speed action in seven racing divisions at one of the Mid-South’s most popular venues. Race teams and race fans will be treated to a literal smorgasbord of speed with racing in six of the area’s most...more

Atlanta, GA - Blaze Martin from Brandon, Florida streaked to the win in the 40-lap Parts Plus United Sprint Car Series main event on Sunday afternoon at Watermelon Capital Speedway in Cordele, Georgia. Martin passed a former Parts Plus USCS Champion, Marshall Skinner from West Memphis, Arkanasas for the lead on lap 5 and never looked back. It was Martin's first USCS feature win and a career-first winged sprint car victory. Martin started from the sixth position after drawing a six in the K&N...more

Atlanta, GA - The Parts Plus United Sprint Car Series Outlaw Thunder Tour has been added to the Friday, April 3rd racing card at Magnolia Motor Speedway in Columbus, Mississippi. The event will be both a National and Mid South Thunder Tour point’s event. The series was already scheduled to compete on Saturday, April 4th and the popular 3/8 mile dirt oval. “This creates a United Speed Contest Sanction (USCS) double, double-header since the Rislone USCS Modifieds are also scheduled for both days...more

Malden, MO - March 21, 2009 – Local favorite Jerrod Hull from Sikeston, Missouri charged from the twentieth starting position in the Parts Plus United Sprint Car Series 30-lap A-Main into the lead on lap seventeen and held on for the victory over seven time USCS National Champion Terry Gray in the sprint car portion of the 3rd Annual Bootheel 200 on Saturday night. Hull who has won four times in USCS competition at Malden Speedway over the past four seasons put on quite a show for the near...more

March 9, 2009 - Atlanta, GA - 2008 Parts Plus Mid South Thunder Champion, Tim Crawley from Benton, Arkansas leads the Parts Plus United Sprint Car Series National Point standings after a feature win in the series season-opener at Central Mississippi Speedway on Saturday night. The race which awarded Parts Plus Outlaw Thunder Tour National Championship points as well Parts Plus Mid South Thunder regional series points places Crawley at the top of the standings in both series sas of March 7th...more

Winona, MS March 7, 2009 – Defending Parts Plus United Sprint Car Series Mid South Thunder Tour Champion, Tim Crawley from Benton, Arkansas battled past seven time USCS National Champion Terry Gray from Bartlett, Tennessee on lap twelve of the thirty-lap “Frostbuster” Classic main event at Central Mississippi Speedway on Saturday night to capture the win in the 2009 season-opener. It was Crawley’s sixth USCS main event win in-a-row dating back to last season in the Ward Racing Boatersports...more

USCSSo.Thunderlogowsm.jpgMooresville, NC -The United Sprint Car Series (www.uscsracing.com ) honored drivers and teams from six states and Australia during its 4th Annual O'Reilly Auto Parts United Sprint Car Series Champions Awards Banquet held for USCS Southern Thunder regional series Saturday night at Mooresville, North Carolina. A gathering of approximately fifty people honored ten sprint car drivers including Champion Terry Gray from Bartlett, Tennessee. Gray also won the Southern Thunder...more

January 10, 2009 - Over $75,000 in cash and contingencies were awarded as the United Sprint Car Series (www.uscsracing.com ) honored drivers from six states during its 12th Anniversary O'Reilly USCS Champions Awards Banquet held at the Hilton Memphis Convention Center in Memphis, Tennessee on Saturday night. A gathering of 110 people honored seventeen sprint car drivers including Terry Gray from Bartlett, Tennessee who captured his seventh O'Reilly USCS Outlaw Thunder Tour National...more

Greenville Mississippi – Tim Crawley from Benton, Arkansas won the O’Reilly Auto Parts United Sprint Car Series Gumbo Nationals 2008 www.uscsracing.com presented by Lucas Oil at Greenville Speedway on Saturday night. Crawley collected a $4400 paycheck for his efforts while besting a talented field that included drivers from eight states. Crawley completed a clean sweep of the weekend’s events by winning the six-car, six laps Lucas Oil Power Dash to place himself on the K&N Filters Pole for the...more

October 31, 2008 - Greenville Mississippi – Tim Crawley from Benton, Arkansas in the Boatersports sponsored Ward Racing #88 led the O’Reilly Auto Parts United Sprint Car Series www.uscsracing.com presented by Lucas Oil qualifying night event on Halloween Night. Crawley captured the RE Technologies Fast Tine Award in time trial qualifying by turning a lap of 13.87 seconds around the ¼ mile Gumbo clay oval. Crawley’s time was just five one hundredths of a second off the all-time Greenville...more

October 11, 2008 - West Memphis, AR- A.G Rains from West Memphis, Arkansas towed less than five miles from his home to collect a huge win and a $3000 paycheck in the O’Reilly United Sprint Car Series presented by Lucas Oil “Trick or Treat” Fall Nationals at Riverside International Speedway on Saturday night. It was Raines first career win in O’Reilly USCS competition and came over a competitive field of 34 cars from five states. Rains led all 35 laps of the main event after winning the drag...more

Malden, MO - 9/13/08 - Tim Crawley from Benton Arkansas drove Mike Ward’s Boatersports/David McCarver powered/Ward Racing #88 to victory lane in the 25-lap O’Reilly United Sprint Car Series Missouri State Championship main event on Saturday night at Malden Speedway. It was Crawley's third win in-a-row. his season winning slate went to double digits in the series as he also captured his tenth O'Reilly USCS Mid South Thunder Tour feature win of the season. The 2000 Missouri State Champion,...more

Malden, MO - 9/12/08 - Series points leader, Tim Crawley from Benton Arkansas drove the Boatersports sponsored David McCarver powered Ward Racing #88 to victory lane in the 20-lap Missouri State championship preliminary main event on Friday night at Malden Speedway. It was Crawley's ninth feature win in O'Reilly USCS Mid South Thunder Tour regional series this season and his second in-a-row. After starting next to K&N Pole Award recipient Justin Carver from Drummonds, Tennessee, rookie Mark...more

August 31, 2008 - Camden, TN – O’Reilly United Sprint Car Series Mid South Thunder point’s leader, Tim Crawley from Benton, Arkansas bested a field of drivers from six states in the O’Reilly USCS portion of the 2nd Annual “Sunday Speed Spectacular” at Camden Speedway on Sunday night. Crawley started outside of the front row and beat K&N Filters Pole starter and defending O'Reilly USCS Champion, Terry Gray from Bartlett, Tennessee to the first turn and held on for the win and a $2000 paycheck...more

Brasstown, NC – August 30, 2008 - Before the series second capacity crowd in two nights, O’Reilly United Sprint Car Series presented by Lucas Oil defending Champion, Terry Gray from Bartlett, Tennessee raced to his second feature win in as many nights in Round Three of the O’Reilly USCS King of the Ovals Challenge at Tri-County Race Track in Brasstown, North Carolina on Saturday night. Gray led the final ten laps of the 30-lap main event in his #10 Rislone/CnB Mushroom Farms/Wesmar powered J &...more

Ringold, GA - In front of a capacity crowd on Friday night, six-time and defending O’Reilly United Sprint Car Series Champion, Terry Gray from Bartlett, Tennessee raced from his K&N Filters pole position start into victory lane at Boyd’s Speedway in the O’Reilly USCS “Outlaw Thunder” Tour presented by Lucas Oil 30-lap main event. Only young gun T.J. Winegardner’s win in the evening’s Lucas Oil Power Dash prevented a clean sweep for the cagey veteran in his familiar #10 Rislone, CnB Mushroom...more

Greenville, SC – Johnny Bridges from Cherryville, North Carolina won the O'Reilly Auto Parts United Sprint Car Series "Night of Thunder” 30 lap winged sprint car feature race at historic Greenville Pickens Speedway on Thursday night. It was Bridge's fourth O'Reilly USCS Asphalt Thunder win of the season and fourth in the O’Reilly USCS Carolina Thunder mini-series. Johnny Bridges captures O'Reilly USCS Asphalt Thunder fair date at Greenville Pickens Speedway Bridges started fourth in the field...more

Atlanta, GA - August 11, 2008 - Tim Crawley from Benton, Arkansas continues to lead the current O'Reilly (www.oreillyauto.com) United Sprint Car Series Mid-South Thunder point standings with 2004 points after this past weekend's double-header at North Alabama Speedway on Friday and Clayhill Motorpsorts on Saturday. Crawley won the Friday night event and finished in second place behind Marshall Skinner from West Memphis, Arkansas on Saturday night. Skinner tied Crawley's performance with a...more

August 9, 2008 – Atwood, TN – Former O’Reilly United Sprint Car Series Champion, Marshall Skinner from West Memphis, Arkansas passed series points leader, Tim Crawley on lap nine to gain the lead and then battled wheel-to-wheel with Crawley for the next eleven laps to grab the victory and $2000 first place pay check in the 30-lap O’Reilly USCS main event at Clayhill Motorsports in Atwood, Tennessee on Saturday night. Skinner finished with a half straightaway lead over runner-up Tim Crawley...more

August 8, 2008 - Tuscumbia, AL - Current O'Reilly United Sprint Car Series Mid-South Thunder regional series points leader, Tim Crawley from Benton Arkansas won the 30-lap O’Reilly USCS feature at North Alabama Speedway on Friday night before a capacity crowd. Crawley ran his win streak in the tough regional series to two-in-a-row by besting a talented field of drivers from six states. Crawley won the previous O’Reilly USCS Mid-South Thunder event during the O’Reilly USCS “Triple Crown...more

July 19, 2008 – Bulls Gap, TN - Six-time and defending O'Reilly USCS National Champion, Terry Gray from Bartlett, Tennessee raced his way to victory lane in the 30-lap O'Reilly USCS Outlaw Thunder feature at Volunteer Speedway on Saturday night. Gray who had never raced at Joe Loven’s famed high-banked 4/10 mile East Tennessee red clay oval dominated the evening in his #10 Rislone/Bar’s Leaks sponsored Wesmar powered J&J Auto Racing car. He started the night off by setting a new Volunteer...more

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