For immediate release: Stewart, Franek and Mark Smith top USCS National and Deep South regional sprint point standings as of Feb. 23rd

Atlanta, GA – February 27, 2019 – After five 2019 events including a win for himself, Tony Stewart from Columbus, Indiana still leads the United Sprint Car Series presented by K&N Filters point standings in the USCS Outlaw Thunder Tour National and USCS Deep South regional series divisions. Stewart, who was the February 22nd winner at Southern Raceway in Milton, Florida last Friday, February 22nd and the runner-up in the 30-lap A-Main at Southern Raceway on Saturday, February 23rd maintains a scant 11 point lead over Sussex, New Jersey driver Davie Franek who was a winner earlier in the season at Bubba Raceway Park on Friday, February 8th.Franek is followed in the standing by two-time 2019 USCS sprint car feature winner Mark Smith from Sunbury, Pennsylvania, who moved up a notch into third place after a strong weekend at Southern Raceway with a runner-up finish behind Stewart on Friday night. He then held off Stewart in Saturday night’s main event for his second win of the season in the series. He was the February 9th winner at Bubba Raceway Park.

Sprint Car Hall of Fame 2015 Inductee and legendary Midwest sprint car veteran, Danny Smith from Chillicothe, Ohio moved up two positions into fourth place in the National and Deep South regional series point standings with two sixth place finishes after starting deep in the field on both nights. Johnny Bridges from Cherryville, North Carolina who was the series 1998 USCS Rookie of the Year, moved into the top five drivers in the standings by advancing three positions over the weekend. Bridges had his best finish so far in 2019 finishing in fourth place in the A-Main on Saturday night at Southern Raceway.

Eleven-time USCS National Champion, Terry Gray from Bartlett, Tennessee leads the next group in sixth place in the standings after a ninth-place finish on Friday night and a DNF on Saturday night during the two-race weekend. USCS Rookie of the Year contender and points-leader, Bobby Tersillo from Campbell Hall, New York moved up five spots into seventh place after two top ten finishes over the weekend. Veteran USCS racing regular, Tony Agin from Fort Myers. Florida ranks eighth in the National and Deep South regional standings while 2015 USCS National Rookie of the Year, Nick Snyder from Marco Island, Florida is in ninth place after a top five and top ten effort over the weekend at Southern Raceway. Mark Ruel, Jr from Jacksonville, Florida rounds out the top ten drivers in the USCS Outlaw Thunder Tour presented by K&N Filters National and Deep South regional series point standings.

After this coming weekend’s Rounds #7 and #8 stops at Hattiesburg Speedway and Magnolia Motor Speedway have been postponed and reschedule for March 15th and 16th due to weather, the next USCS Winter Heat mini-series events are set for Chatham Speedway in Chatham. Louisiana with the originally scheduled Rounds #9 and #10 on Friday and Saturday, March 8th and 9th. Chatham Speedway’s website is www.chathamspeedway.com They also have a Facebook page. For updated USCS info and rules for the all USCS racing series please visit www.uscsracing.com   For answers you can’t find, please call our office at 770-865-6097

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USCS Outlaw Thunder Tour by K&N Filters National point standings through 2/23/19 at Southern Raceway

Pos. Car#/Driver Points.
1 14 Tony Stewart 761
2 28F Davie Franek 750
3 m1 Mark Smith 715
4 4 Danny Smith 677
5 07 Johnny Bridges 630
6 10 Terry Gray 621
7 51 Bobby Tersillo 603
8 38 Tony Agin 576
9 116 Nick Snyder 528
10 83 Mark Ruel Jr 517
11 11 Jim Shuster 466
12 49 Mallie Shuster 462
13 18J RJ Jacobs 452
14 28 Jeff Willingham 428
15 24 Danny Martin Jr 400
16 2c Wayne Johnson 396
17 5 Justin Barger 394
18 22G Johnny Gilbertson 345
19 3g Garrett Green 338
20 22 Connor Leoffler 326
21 99L Larry Wight 294
Tie 15h Sam Hafertepe 294
23 29 Kyle Amerson 278
24 47x Dylan Westbrook 276
25 23 Seth Bergman 274
26 21k Thomas Kennedy 273
27 52 Cody Karl 258
28 01 Shane Morgan 256
29 7j Gregg Jones 250
30 21 Carson Short 242
31 88 Brandon Blenden 238
32 8 Adam Pierson 234
33 22 Shawn Murray 230
34 91 Ryan Turner 228
35 14b Brett Wright 226
36 16b Ricky Peterson 224
37 92 Matt Kurtz 214
38 3 Todd Gracey 212
39 51 Max Stambaugh 206
40 77x Alex Hill 200
Tie 13 Cory Turner 200
Tie 15 Dan Nanticoke 200
Tie 61 Parker Evans 200
Tie 197 Ryan Harrison 200
Tie 17b Shelby Brown 200
Tie 99 Tanner Witherspoon 200
Tie 43 Terry Witherspoon 200
48 10m Morgan Turpen 144
49 29 Jordon Mallett 142
50 75 Tyler Blank 138
51 52 Shane Kreidler 130
52 20b Cody Bova 126
53 29 Danny Oliver 122
54 00 Harley Zimmerman 118
55 21m Adam Cruea 110
56 83 Bob Auld 100
Tie 20 Brandon Grubaugh 100
Tie b4 Bronzie Lawson IV 100

USCS Deep South Thunder regional  sprint car point standings through 2/23/19 at Southern Raceway
Pos. Car# Driver Point
1 14 Tony Stewart 761
2 28F Davie Franek 750
3 m1 Mark Smith 715
4 4 Danny Smith 677
5 07 Johnny Bridges 630
6 10 Terry Gray 621
7 51 Bobby Tersillo 603
8 38 Tony Agin 576
9 116 Nick Snyder 528
10 83 Mark Ruel Jr 517
11 11 Jim Shuster 466
12 49 Mallie Shuster 462
13 18J RJ Jacobs 452
14 28 Jeff Willingham 428
15 24 Danny Martin Jr 400
16 2c Wayne Johnson 396
17 5 Justin Barger 394
18 22G Johnny Gilbertson 345
19 3g Garrett Green 338
20 22 Connor Leoffler 326
21 99L Larry Wight 294
Tie 15h Sam Hafertepe 294
23 29 Kyle Amerson 278
24 47x Dylan Westbrook 276
25 23 Seth Bergman 274
26 21k Thomas Kennedy 273
27 52 Cody Karl 258
28 01 Shane Morgan 256
29 7j Gregg Jones 250
30 21 Carson Short 242
31 88 Brandon Blenden 238
32 8 Adam Pierson 234
33 22 Shawn Murray 230
34 91 Ryan Turner 228
35 14b Brett Wright 226
36 16b Ricky Peterson 224
37 92 Matt Kurtz 214
38 3 Todd Gracey 212
39 51 Max Stambaugh 206
40 77x Alex Hill 200
Tie 13 Cory Turner 200
Tie 15 Dan Nanticoke 200
Tie 61 Parker Evans 200
Tie 197 Ryan Harrison 200
Tie 17b Shelby Brown 200
Tie 99 Tanner Witherspoon 200
Tie 43 Terry Witherspoon 200
48 10m Morgan Turpen 144
49 29 Jordon Mallett 142
50 75 Tyler Blank 138
51 52 Shane Kreidler 130
52 20b Cody Bova 126
53 29 Danny Oliver 122
54 00 Harley Zimmerman 118
55 21m Adam Cruea 110
56 83 Bob Auld 100
Tie 20 Brandon Grubaugh 100
Tie b4 Bronzie Lawson IV 100