For immediate release: Mark Smith captures USCS Snow Free Sprint Car Winter Nationals final at Hendry County

Clewiston, FL - February 5, 2022 -  Pennsylvanian, Mark Smith drove Terry Witherspoon's m43 into the USCS Outlaw Thunder Tour presented by K&N Filters Victory Lane on Saturday night in the USCS Snow-Free Sprint Car Winter Nationals Finale at Hendry County Motorsports Park.

Friday night's USCS Feature Winner, Davey Franek from Wantage,  New Jersey was the runner-up followed by Garet Williamson from Columbia, Missouri was third, Chris Martin from Ankeny, Iowa trailed Williamson across the checkers in fourth place and Ryan Harrison from Rothwell, NTH, England rounded out the top five.

Third place finisher Garet Willamson advanced 8 positions in the main event to garner the Wilood Disc Brakes Hard Charger Award.

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Outlaw Thunder Tour results for the 5th Annual USCS Snow-Free Sprint Car Winter Nationals finale on 2/5/2022 at Hendry County Motorsports Park - Clewiston, FL

USCS Outlaw Thunder Tour 22 Entries

USCS Winter Heat Round 2 30 Laps | 00:15:44.091

1. 43M-Mark Smith[3]; 2. 28F-Davie Franek[1]; 3. 24-Garet Williamson[11]; 4. 44-Chris Martin[9]; 5. 197-Ryan Harrison[6]; 6. 28M-Conner Morrell[8]; 7. 2-Ricky Peterson[5]; 8. 4-Danny Smith[2]; 9. 5D-Jacob Dykstra[7]; 10. 12-Corbin Gurley[12]; 11. 10-Terry Gray[13]; 12. 9M-Liam Martin[19]; 13. 43-Terry Witherspoon[10]; 14. 07-Johnny Bridges[16]; 15. 9D-Steve Diamond Jr[15]; 16. 28W-Jeff Willingham[17]; 17. 91-Kyle Connery[14]; 18. 20-Brayden Cooley[18]; 19. (DNF) 83-Mark Ruel Jr[4]; 20. (DNF) 4J-Brad Shanks[20]; 21. (DNS) 4X-Brandon Grubaugh; 22. (DNS) 15-Dan Nanticoke

HOOSIER Speed Dash 6 Laps | 00:03:07.959

1. 28F-Davie Franek[2]; 2. 4-Danny Smith[3]; 3. 43M-Mark Smith[6]; 4. 83-Mark Ruel Jr[5]; 5. 2-Ricky Peterson[1]; 6. 197-Ryan Harrison[4]

Engler Heat 1: 8 Laps

1. 28F-Davie Franek[1]; 2. 197-Ryan Harrison[3]; 3. 4-Danny Smith[5]; 4. 44-Chris Martin[6]; 5. 9D-Steve Diamond Jr[4]; 6. 4J-Brad Shanks[7]; 7. (DNF) 9M-Liam Martin[2]

JJ Supply of NC Heat 2: 8 Laps

1. 83-Mark Ruel Jr[4]; 2. 2-Ricky Peterson[2]; 3. 24-Garet Williamson[1]; 4. 43-Terry Witherspoon[5]; 5. 12-Corbin Gurley[7]; 6. 07-Johnny Bridges[6]; 7. 20-Brayden Cooley[3]

HERO Graphics Heat 3: 8 Laps

1. 43M-Mark Smith[1]; 2. 5D-Jacob Dykstra[2]; 3. 28M-Conner Morrell[4]; 4. 10-Terry Gray[3]; 5. 91-Kyle Connery[6]; 6. 28W-Jeff Willingham[5]; 7. 4X-Brandon Grubaugh[8]; 8. 15-Dan Nanticoke[7]


Davey Franek from Sussex, New Jersey raced from the K&N Filters Pole Position into the USCS Victory Lane at Hendry County Motorsports Park on Friday in Night #1 of the USCS Snow-Free Sprint Car Winter Nationals.

Canadian Jacob Dykstra chased  Franek across the finish line with 2021 USCS National Champion, Danny Smith from Chillicothe, Ohio took the final podium spot in third place.

13-time USCS Outlaw Thunder Tour National Champion, Terry Gray followed in fourth place. Jacksonville, Florida's Mark Ruel, Jr. who won the 2021 USCS Southern Most Sprint Car Nationals at the track in November rounded out the top five. Ruel, Jr. started 20th and passed 15 cars to garner the Wilwoid Disc Brakes Hard Charger Award. 

Missourian, Garrett Williamson, also passed 15 cars to charge from a 21st place start to finish 6th place.

USCS Outlaw Thunder Tour K&N Filters results for 2/4/2022 at Hendry County Motorsports Park - Clewiston, FL

USCS Outlaw Thunder Tour 23 Entries

Feature 25 Laps | 00:34:23.524

1. 28F-Davie Franek[1]; 2. 5D-Jacob Dykstra[2]; 3. 4-Danny Smith[5]; 4. 10-Terry Gray[4]; 5. 83-Mark Ruel Jr[20]; 6. 24-Garet Williamson[21]; 7. 197-Ryan Harrison[9]; 8. 43M-Mark Smith[3]; 9. 12-Corbin Gurley[13]; 10. 9M-Liam Martin[12]; 11. 44-Chris Martin[11]; 12. 20-Brayden Cooley[6]; 13. 07-Johnny Bridges[7]; 14. 28W-Jeff Willingham[15]; 15. 26-Jeff Bye[16]; 16. 15-Dan Nanticoke[10]; 17. 4J-Brad Shanks[18]; 18. (DNF) 91-Kyle Connery[19]; 19. (DNF) 9D-Steve Diamond Jr[8]; 20. (DNF) 7E-Eric Gunderson[17]; 21. (DNF) 20C-Brandon Grubaugh[22]; 22. (DNF) 28M-Conner Morrell[14]; 23. (DNS) 4X-Scott Baldwin

HOOSIER speed ⁶Dash 6 Laps | 00:06:22.000

1. 28F-Davie Franek[1]; 2. 5D-Jacob Dykstra[2]; 3. 43M-Mark Smith[3]; 4. 10-Terry Gray[5]; 5. 4-Danny Smith[4]; 6. 20-Brayden Cooley[6]

Engler Heat 1-8 Laps

1. 4-Danny Smith[1]; 2. 28F-Davie Franek[3]; 3. 9D-Steve Diamond Jr[4]; 4. 44-Chris Martin[5]; 5. 12-Corbin Gurley[6]; 6. 26-Jeff Bye[7]; 7. 7E-Eric Gunderson[8]; 8. 4X-Scott Baldwin[2]

JJ Supply Heat 2-8 Laps | 00:04:16.000

1. 20-Brayden Cooley[1]; 2. 5D-Jacob Dykstra[3]; 3. 43M-Mark Smith[7]; 4. 9M-Liam Martin[4]; 5. 28M-Conner Morrell[6]; 6. 91-Kyle Connery[2]; 7. 24-Garet Williamson[5]; 8. 20C-Brandon Grubaugh[8]

HERO Graphics Heat 3-8 Laps | 00:03:45.000

1. 10-Terry Gray[2]; 2. 07-Johnny Bridges[1]; 3. 197-Ryan Harrison[4]; 4. 15-Dan Nanticoke[6]; 5. 28W-Jeff Willingham[5]; 6. 4J-Brad Shanks[3]; 7. 83-Mark Ruel Jr[7]