FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE:
HAGAR MAKES IT TWO STRAIGHT IN GEORGIA WITH SENOIA USCS WIN

SENOIA, GA - August 19, 2017 - Derek Hagar of Marion, AR took his second win in as many nights in the
United Sprint Car Series Outlaw Thunder Tour Presented By K&N Filters 30-lap A-Main Saturday
night at Senoia Raceway driving the DHR Chassis Parts Special.  Hagar also won the USCS race on
Friday night at Boyd’s Speedway in Ringgold, GA. Also for the second straight night, 11-time USCS National Champion Terry Gray of Bartlett, TN finished second to Hagar.  Gray, who was the K&N Filters Pole Award Winner, is second in points, and had a good point weekend.  Gray is trying to keep pace with USCS point leader Jordon Mallett of Greenbrier, AR.

The defending and two-time USCS National Champion Morgan Turpen of Cordova, TN
finished third and Andy McElhannon of Hernando, MS took the fourth spot.  Eric Riggins Jr. of
Charlotte, NC was fifth, and sixth-place went to Matt Linder of Hoschton, GA.  The 2016 USCS Rookie of the Year, Danny Sams III of Englewood, FL was seventh and Garrett Green of Valrico, FL started 20th
 and finished eighth to earn the Wilwood Disc Brakes Hard Charger of the Race Award.  Mallett
finished ninth and Lance Moss of Cherryville, NC rounded out the top ten.

In preliminary action, Mallett won the six-lap Hoosier Tire Speed Dash, and the three eight
lap heat races were won by Turpen in the Engler Machine and Tool first heat, Linder in the Brown
and Miller Racing Solutions second heat, and Hagar in the Schoenfeld Headers third heat.

In RockAuto.com USCS 600 Mini Sprint action, Brandon Taylor of Cumming, GA won the
15-lap A-Main Race.  Taylor took the lead from Bobby Zaiontz of Columbus, MS on lap 12, and led
the final four laps of the event.  Zaiontz finished second and third went to Conner Morrell of
Palmetto, FL.

A.J. Parrish of Jacksonville, FL took the fourth spot and Jim Kradel of Navarre, FL was
fifth.  Jim McNulty of Navarre, FL finished sixth and Gregg Jones of Navarre, FL took the seventh
spot after leading the first five laps of the race, but spun on lap six.  Alex Lyles of Arlington, TN was
eighth.

In USCS Mini Sprint preliminary action, saw Gregg Jones win the five-lap Hoosier Tire Speed Dash, and the eight-lap Engler Machine and Tool Heat Race was won by Taylor.  Jones earned the K&N Filters Pole Award for the 15-lap A-Main.

Jones took the lead at the start of the race followed by third starting Zaiontz, Taylor, who
started on the outside of the front row, Morrell and Parrish.  Jones smacked the wall exiting turn four on lap six while leading the race to bring out the first of two caution flags in the race.  There was too much damage to his mount to return to the race.

Bobby Zaiontz took over the lead for the restart followed by Taylor, Morrell, Parrish and Kradel.
Taylor stayed with Zaiontz until lap 12 when Taylor was able to race under the two-time Champand  grab the lead. 

Just when the seventeen-year-old Taylor could begin to taste the fruits of victory, the caution flag came out on lap 14 when McNulty stalled on the front straightaway.  Taylor was able to stay out front in the green, white, checkered sequence of laps to the end of the race.

The next race for the USCS Outlaw Thunder Tour Presented By K&N Filters will be on
Saturday night, August 26 at Lexington 104 Speedway in Lexington, TN.  The United Speed Contest
Sanction Outlaw Open-Wheel Modifieds will share the card with the Winged Outlaw 360 Sprint Cars
For rules and updated schedule information about the United Sprint Car Series Outlaw
Thunder Tour presented by K&N Filters, the www.rockauto.com USCS 600 Mini Sprints and K&N Filters USCS Outlaw Modifieds please visit www.uscsracing.com or call the series office at 770-460-7223 or 770-865-6097. You can also like the United Sprint Car Series Facebook page at USCS Racing.

OFFICIAL USCS Outlaw Thunder Tour winged sprint car RESULTS FROM SENOIA RACEWAY IN SENOIA, GA ON 8/19/17:

A-MAIN: 30 LAPS:
POS/START  CAR #   DRIVER/HOMETOWN                       
1.  4 9jr Derek Hagar Marion, AR
2. 1 10 Terry Gray Bartlett, TN
3. 3 10m Morgan Turpen Cordova, TN
4. 5 42 Andy McElhannon Hernando, MS
5. 7 47 Eric Riggins Jr. Charlotte, NC
6. 2 67x Matt Linder Hoschton, GA
7.  12 24d Danny Sams III Englewood, FL
8. 20 3g Garrett Green Valrico, FL
9.  8 14 Jordon Mallett Greenbrier, AR
10. 10 23 Lance Moss Cherryville, NC
11. 13 67t Brian Thomas Pendergrass, GA
12. 14 28 Jeff Willingham Ripley, MS
13. 11 67m Jake McLain Matthews, NC
14. 16 29a Kyle Amerson Matthews, AL
15. 19 33 Joe Larkin Suwanee, GA
16. 6 29 Joe Oliver Pendergrass, GA
17. 23 07 Brandon Taylor Cumming, GA
18. 21 83 Bob Auld Largo, FL
19. 24 14b Bo Barber Clarksville, TN
20. 22 99 Don Warren Clarksville, TN
21. 18 1x Scott Hunter Concord, NC
22. 9 27 Curt Terrell Bartlett, TN
23. 15 1s Joey Schmidt Laurel, MS
24. 17 38 Tony Agin Fort Myers, FL

USCS Sprint Car Series Race Awards:
Hoosier Tire Speed Dash: Mallett
Engler Machine and Tool First Heat: Turpen
Brown and Miller Racing Solutions Second Heat: Linder
Butlerbuilt Third Heat: Hagar
K&N Filters Pole Award: Gray
JE Pistons Top Guns Award (1stPlace): Hagar
PRO Shocks Champion Choice Award (2nd Place):  Gray
K&N Filters Podium (3rd place) Award: Turpen
Wilwood Disc Brakes Hard Charger Award: Green (started 20th/finished 8th)
Saldana Racing Products Super Sixth Award: Linder
Pyrotect Racing Cells Lucky Seven Award: Sams
DHR Suspension Eighth Place Award: Green
DMI/Bulldog Rear Ends Top Ten Award: Moss

Hoosier Tire Speed Dash (6 Laps): 1. Mallett; 2. Hagar; 3. Gray; 4. McElhannon; 5. Turpen; 6. Taylor DNS

Engler Machine and Tool First Heat (8 Laps):  1. Turpen; 2. Oliver; 3. Mallett; 4. Thomas; 5.
Willingham; 6. Agin; 7. Warren; 8. Taylor DNS.

Brown and Miller Racing Solutions Second Heat (8 Laps): 1. Linder; 2. Gray; 3. Terrell; 4. Sams; 5.
McLain; 6. Amerson; 7. Larkin; 8. Auld.

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE:

HAGAR HUSTLES TO BOYD’S SPEEDWAY USCS WIN

August 18, 2017

RINGGOLD, GA – The 2013 USCS Outlaw Thunder Tour National Champion Derek Hagar of Marion, AR drove his DHR Chassis Parts and Shocks Special to his fourth United Sprint Car Series Outlaw Thunder Tour Presented by K&N Filters win of the season Friday night by leading all 30 laps of the A-Main at Boyd’s Speedway.

Hagar started on the outside of the front row, and after a side-by-side battle on the opening tour with USCS point leader Jordon Mallett of Greenbrier, AR, took the lead coming off the fourth turn on the high side.  Hagar then pulled away using multiple grooves around the 3/8-mile clay oval.

“The track was great tonight and we could really move around on it,” Hagar said.  “There wasn’t much cushion on the high side, but we had our car set up well, and we could run the middle and the bottom.  We could go where ever we needed to go to get around the lapped cars.”

The 11-time USCS National Champion Terry Gray of Bartlett, TN finished second, and tried to make a late-race charge on Hagar, but ran out of laps.  Mallett ended up in the third spot, and the defending and two-time USCS National Champion Morgan Turpen of Cordova, TN was fourth.  Andy McElhannon of Hernando, MS finished fifth.

Sixth went to Brandon Taylor of Cumming, GA, and Eric Riggins Jr. of Charlotte, NC earned the K&N Filters Pole Award, but spun out before the green flag came out and had to start at the rear of the 23-car field.  Riggins rallied to finish seventh 30 laps later. 

The 2016 USCS Rookie of the Year Danny Sams III of Englewood, FL took the eighth spot, and Joey Schmidt of Ellisville MS was ninth.  Aubrey Black of Lookout Mountain, GA started 20th and rounded out the top ten to earn the Wilwood Disc Brakes Hard Charger of the Race Award.

In preliminary action, Turpen won the six-lap Hoosier Tire Speed Dash, and the three eight lap heat races were won by Mallett in the Engler Machine and Tool first heat, Riggins in the Brown and Miller Racing Solutions second heat, and Hagar in the Schoenfeld Headers third heat.

Hagar led the first lap followed by Mallett, Matt Linder of Hoschton, GA, Turpen and Gray.  Bob Auld of Largo, FL brought out the first of four caution flags on lap six with a spin in turn four.  When the field went back to green flag action, Hagar pulled away from Mallett, while Gray went to the inside to challenge his teammate Turpen for the fourth spot.

Gray was able drive underneath Turpen coming off the fourth turn on lap seven.  By lap ten, Hagar began to encounter the cars on the tail of the lead lap with a half-straightaway lead on Mallett.  The lead was erased on lap 11 when Don Warren of Clarksville, TN spun in turn two to light up the caution bulb.

The top ten for the restart at the one-third mark of the race had Hagar in the lead followed by Mallett, Linder, Gray, Turpen, Sams, McElhannon, Joe Larkin of Suwanee, GA, Schmidt, and Jake McLain of Matthews, NC.  When the field went back to green flag action, Taylor stepped to the outside and passed Sams for sixth.

Turpen led a three-car battle for fifth with Taylor, Sams and McElhannon.  McLain lost his right side header in turn two on lap 14 to bring out the caution flag, but not before it was run over by Jeff Oliver of Pendergrass, GA.  Both cars were done for the evening.  Hagar led Mallett, Linder, Gray, Turpen, Taylor, McElhannon, Sams, Larkin, and Schmidt down for the restart.

The battle for the fifth spot resumed among Turpen, Taylor, McElhannon and Sams.  McElhannon was able to drive under Taylor for the sixth spot coming off the fourth turn on lap 15.  The final caution flag came out on lap 17 when Linder stalled on the front straightaway while running third, and he was out for the evening.

That reshuffled the top ten as Hagar led Mallett, Gray, Turpen, Taylor, McElhannon, Riggins, Larkin, Sams, and Schmidt down for the restart.  McElhannon got by Taylor on the restart, while Hagar pulled away from Mallett, and Gray challenged him for the second spot.

Hagar got into lapped traffic on lap 21 with almost a full straightaway lead on Mallett.  Gray was able to get by Mallett for second on lap 22.  Gray had the fastest car on the track in the final eight laps of the race, but he couldn’t catch Hagar to challenge for the lead.

In RockAuto.com USCS 600 Mini Sprint action, Bobby Zaiontz of Columbus, MS drove to a wire-to-wire win in the 15-lap main event.  Pulling double-duty on Friday night, Brandon Taylor of Cumming, GA took the second spot, and Conner Morrell of Palmetto, FL finished third.  Gregg Jones of Navarre, FL was fourth and fifth went to Tommy Thompson of Ten Mile, TN.

Jim Kradel of Navarre, FL finished sixth, and Jim McNulty of Navarre, FL took the seventh spot.  A.J. Parrish of Jacksonville, FL started tenth and finished eighth to earn the Wilwood Disc Brakes Hard Charger Award.  Ninth went to Alex Lyles of Arlington, TN, and Aubrey Black II of Trenton, GA rounded out the top ten.

In preliminary action, Jones won the five-lap Hoosier Tire Speed Dash, and the eight-lap Engler Machine and Tool Heat Race was won by Taylor, which earned him the K&N Filters Pole Award for the 15-lap A-Main.

Zaiontz took the lead at the start of the race from his outside front row starting spot followed by Taylor, Jones, Morrell, and McNulty.  On lap two, Morrell drove under Jones in turn two to claim the third spot.  The only caution flag of the race came out on lap three when Lyles spun in turn two.

The restart saw Zaiontz leading Taylor, Morrell, Jones and McNulty.  Kradel was able to get by McNulty for the fifth spot on the restart.  Thompson then got up on the wheel, driving by Kradel and into the top five on lap six.  Zaiontz then went on unchallenged to the checkered flag.

The USCS Outlaw Thunder Tour and the RockAuto.com 600 Mini Sprints will now travel to Senoia Speedway in Senoia, GA to race on Saturday night.

For rules and updated schedule information about the United Sprint Car Series Outlaw Thunder Tour, please visit www.uscsracing.com or call the series office at 770-460-7223 or 770-865-6097. You can also like the United Sprint Car Series Facebook page at USCS Racing.

OFFICIAL RESULTS FROM BOYD’S SPEEDWAY IN RINGGOLD, GA ON 8/18/17:

A-MAIN: 30 LAPS:

POS     STRT    CAR #  DRIVER                        HOMETOWN                 
1.         2          9jr        Derek Hagar                 Marion, AR
2.         6          10        Terry Gray                   Bartlett, TN
3.         3          14        Jordon Mallett               Greenbrier, AR
4.         4          10m      Morgan Turpen             Cordova, TN
5.         7          42        Andy McElhannon         Hernando, MS
6.         11        07        Brandon Taylor             Cumming, GA
7.         1          47        Eric Riggins Jr.              Charlotte, NC
8.         9          24d       Danny Sams III             Englewood, FL
9.         17        1s         Joey Schmidt                Laurel, MS
10.       20        21        Aubrey Black                 Trenton, GA
11.       10        33        Joe Larkin                     Suwanee, GA
12.       14        27        Curt Terrell                    Bartlett, TN
13.       12        3g        Garrett Green               Valrico, FL
14.       19        38        Tony Agin                     Fort Myers, FL
15.       16        67t       Brian Thomas               Pendergrass, GA
16.       18        83        Bob Auld                       Largo, FL
17.       22        99        Don Warren                  Clarksville, TN
18.       5          67x       Matt Linder                   Hoschton, GA
19.       13        67m      Jake McClain                Matthews, NC
20.       15        29        Jeff Oliver                     Pendergrass, GA
21.       8          28        Jeff Willingham              Ripley, MS
22.       21        14b       Bo Barber                     Clarksville, TN
23.       23        6          Sean Housey                Lima, OH

USCS Sprint Car Series Race Awards:
Hoosier Tire Speed Dash:  Turpen
Engler Machine and Tool First Heat:  Mallett
Brown and Miller Racing Solutions Second Heat:  Riggins
Butlerbuilt Third Heat:  Hagar
K&N Filters Pole Award:  Riggins
JE Pistons Top Guns Award:   (5th Place):   McElhannon
PRO Shocks Champion Choice Award   (1st Place):  Hagar
K&N Filters Podium (3rd place) Award:  Mallett
Wilwood Disc Brakes Hard Charger Award:  Black (started 20th and finished 10th)
Saldana Racing Products Super Sixth Award:  Taylor
Pyrotect Racing Cells Lucky Seven Award:   Riggins
DHR Suspension Eighth Place Award:   Sams
DMI/Bulldog Rear Ends Top Ten Award:  Black

Hoosier Tire Speed Dash (6 Laps):  1. Turpen; 2. Oliver; 3. Thomas; 4. Mallett; 5. Taylor; 6. Agin DNS.

Engler Machine and Tool First Heat (8 Laps):  1. Mallett; 2. Turpen; 3. McElhannon; 4. Taylor; 5. Green; 6. Black; 7. Auld; 8. Barber.

Brown and Miller Racing Solutions Second Heat (8 Laps): 1. Riggins; 2. Gray; 3. Larkin; 4. Sams; 5. Terrell; 6. Oliver; 7. Schmidt; 8. Agin.

Schoenfeld Headers Third Heat (8 Laps):  1. Hagar; 2. Willingham; 3. Linder; 4. McLain; 5. Thomas; 6. Warren; 7. Housey DNS.

OFFICIAL USCS RockAuto.com 600 MINI SPRINT RESULTS:

15-LAP FEATURE RACE:

POS     STRT    CAR #  DRIVER                        HOMETOWN               
1.         2          1          Bobby Zaiontz               Columbus, MS
2.         1          07        Brandon Taylor             Cumming, GA
3.         3          28        Conner Morrell              Palmetto, FL
4.         4          730       Gregg Jones                 Navarre, FL
5.         6          3t         Tommy Thompson        Ten Mile, TN
6.         5          19        Jim Kradel                    Navarre, FL
7.         7          52        Jim McNulty                  Navarre, FL
8.         10        88        A.J. Parrish                   Jacksonville, FL
9.         8          17        Alex Lyles                     Arlington, TN
10.       9          0          Aubrey Black II              Trenton, GA

USCS RockAuto.com 600 Mini Sprint Special Awards: