Crawley gets two out of three in USCS Triple Crown Challenge at Riverside
                                                                        

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 the Butlerbuilt Second Heat race. This made the task of winning three features in three classes much more daunting.

Crawley then finished in the runner-up spot in the 12-lap sprint car B-Main event behind past O’Reilly USCS Champion, Marshall Skinner from West Memphis, Arkansas. Crawley would then start eighteenth in the O’Reilly USCS main event. He then put on one of the most impressive driving shows anyone had ever seen, through one of the toughest field of competitors assembled for an O’Reilly USCS Mid-South Thunder event this season. He passed race leader and ARCA REMax Series point’s leader Ricky Stenhouse, Jr. from Olive Branch, Mississippi on lap twenty-six. Stenhouse had led the first twenty-five circuits around the smooth and extremely tacky ¼ mile Gumbo clay oval. Crawley then raced the final five laps to the checkered flag for his sixth O’Reilly USCS win of the season. The huge week-night crowd went wild.

Only a win in the Rislone USCS Modified Series feature stood in the way of the $10,000 paycheck that Crawley came seeking on this humid and rain-delayed evening. Crawley started fourth in the Modified main event. On lap four after racing as high up on the first three laps as third place, Crawley’s luck ran out. While trying to make up ground in the tough field lost the previous lap, he spun exiting turn four and was hit by several cars. His car badly damaged and Crawley himself shaken, his gallant and exciting run came to an end. But, not before the talented oval ace had thrilled every single observer with his bravery and driving skills on a night to be remembered.  It was past 1:00am and not a single soul had left the facility until Crawley’s run was done. All were enthralled by what they had witnessed.

Stenhouse, who was making one of his rare recent winged sprint car appearances,  came home in the runner-up spot in the 30-lap O’Reilly USCS main event followed by six-time and defending series Champion, Terry Gray from Bartlett, Tennessee in third place. Past O’Reilly USCS and ten-time speedway Champion, Eddie Gallagher from Piperton, Tennessee crossed in the fourth position.  Past series Champion, Marshall Skinner from West Memphis, Arkansas rounded at the top five after starting seventeenth.

Two-time 2008 Riverside International Speedway feature winner, Ernie Ainsworth from Bartlett, Tennessee finished in sixth place followed by O’Reilly USCS rookie point’s leader Anthony Nicholson also from Bartlett, Tennessee in seventh. Veteran Kenny Coke from Olive Branch, Mississippi finished in the eighth position and Jeff Swindell from Bartlett, Tennessee followed in ninth place. May 24th Riverside Speedway O’Reilly USCS Speedweek Round One feature winner Lee Sowell from Nesbit, Mississippi who also transferred from the B-Main and started nineteenth in the field rounded out the top ten drivers.

Tim Crawley won the evening’s 6-cars, 6-laps Lucas Oil Power Dash. Terry Gray won the Engler Machine and Tool First Heat. Henry Gustavus from Marion, Arkansas got the victory in the 8-lap Butlerbuilt Second Heat. Ricky Stenhouse, Jr. won the Bar’s Leaks Third Heat Race and O’Reilly USCS Rookie point’s leader; Anthony Nicholson won the FSR Racing Products Fourth Heat Race. The Hoosier Tire Young Guns award went to Stenhouse. Anthony Nicholson garnered the Rookie of the Race honors.     

O'Reilly USCS results at Riverside Speedway 7/10/08

Lucas Oil Power Dash:
Tim Crawley, Don Young, Terry Gray, Tim Sites, Marshall Skinner.

Engler Machine and Tool First Heat: Terry Gray, Eddie Gallagher, Andy McElhannon, Raymond Stull, Dalton Davis, Troy Dow, Clint Weiss, Greg Merritt.

Butlerbuilt Second Heat: Henry Gustavus, Ronny Howard, Jeff Swindell, Lee Sowell, Tim Crawley, Chris Williams, Derek Hagar (DNS).

Bars Leaks Third Heat: Ricky Stenhouse, Jr., Don Young, Justin Carver, Jon Stinson, Dewayne Prince, and Michael Craddock.

FSR Racing Products Fourth Heat: Anthony Nicholson, Kenny Coke, Ernie Ainsworth, Tim Sites, Marshall Skinner, AG Raines, Bryce Vowan.

JE Pistons B Main: Marshall Skinner, Tim Crawley, A.G. Raines, Dewayne Prince, Chris Williams, Michael Craddock, Lee Sowell, Greg Merritt, Dalton Davis, Clint Weiss, Troy Dow, Derek Hagar (DNS). 

Feature Race results (30 laps):
1 - 88 Tim Crawley, Benton, AR 
2 - 99 Ricky Stenhouse, Jr., Olive Branch, MS
3 - 10 Terry Gray, Bartlett, TN 
4 - Eddie Gallagher, Piperton,TN 
5 - 26 Marshall Skinner, West Memphis, AR 
6 - 40 Ernie Ainsworth, Bartlett, TN
7 - 16 Anthony Nicholson, Bartlett, TN 
8 - 24w Kenny Coke, Olive Branch, MS
9 - 12 Jeff Swindell, Bartlett, TN
10 - 51 Lee Sowell, Nesbit, MS
11 - 75 Don Young, Bartlett, TN 
12 – 78 Henry Gustavus, Marion, AR
13 -  24 Justin Carver, Drummonds, TN 
14 - 21 Raymond Stull, Independence, MS
15 - 8x Chris Williams, Memphis, TN
16 - 6 Tim Sites, Southaven, MS
17 - 1mc Andy McElhannon
18 - 12T Joe Young, Benton, AR
19 - 44 Ronny Howard, Southaven, MS
20 - 16 DeWayne Prince, Munford, TN
21 - 26s Jon Stinson, Memphis, TN
22 - 3 A.G. Raines, West Memphis, AR
23 - 12m Greg Merritt, Nesbit, MS

DNQ:  31 Michael Craddock, Olive Branch, MS, 12d Dalton Davis, Memphis, TN, Clint Weiss, Phenix City, AL, 21d Troy Dow, Olive Branch, MS, 9jr. Derek Hagar, Marion, AR
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LUCAS OIL POWER DASH WINNER: Tim Crawley
K & N FILTERS POLE AWARD: Anthony Nicholson
HUGGINS CAMS HARD CHARGER: Tim Crawley (started 17th finished 1st)
HOOSIER TIRE YOUNG GUN OF THE RACE: Derek Hagar
ROOKIE OF THE RACE: Anthony Nicholson
JE PISTONS TOP GUNS AWARD: Tim Crawley (1st place)
K&N FILTERS 3RD-PLACE AWARD: Terry Gray
BUTLERBUILT 4TH-PLACE AWARD: Eddie Gallagher
BARS LEAKS TOP FIVE AWARD: Marshall Skinner
ENTRIES: 28
PROVISIONALS: 2 - Lee Sowell, Greg Merritt
LAP LEADERS: Ricky Stenhouse, Jr. 1-28, Tim Crawley, 26-30 

RASDON RACES TO RISLONE USCS MOD SPEEDWEEK ROUND FOUR WIN AT RIVERSIDE                                                                                                                                

July 10, 2008 - West Memphis, AR - Hunter Rasdon from Jonesboro, Arkansas won the 25-lap Rislone USCS Modified Series Speedweek Round Four at Riverside International Speedway on Thursday night. Rasdon's first career win in the series came over a talented field of drivers from four states. The twenty year-old driver started on the front row and led every lap to hold off hard-charging Duke Palasini from Greenville, Mississippi who won last Saturday's Round Three event at Greenville Speedway. Chris Moore from Nesbit, Mississippi who started 17th finished in third place in the main event, followed by current series points leader, Ashley Newman from Ripley, Tennessee in fourth and Brandon Poppenheimer from Memphis, Tennessee rounded out the top five.
Tommy Ray from Horn Lake, Mississippi led the next group in sixth place followed by Speedweek point’s leader, Casey Rowland from Nesbit, Mississippi in seventh. Jeremy Ray also from Horn Lake, Mississippi followed in eighth place and Chase Gustavus from West Memphis, Arkansas was ninth. Murray Vaughn from Southaven, Mississippi rounded out the top ten finishers.

Sprint car star, Tim Crawley spun and collected several participants in his accident while trying to sweep a $10,000 to win Triple Crown Challenge event while driving 2006 Rislone USCS Modified Series Champion, Ben Reed’s #07 Modified car. Crawley had won the Riverside Stock Car portion 15-lap feature from the pole position and the 30-lap O’Reilly USCS Mid South Thunder sprint car main event from eighteenth starting position.  

Rislone USCS Modified Series point’s leader, Ashley Newman won the six cars, six laps, Rislone Oil Stabilizer Dash. Duke Palasini won the Aero Race Wheels First Heat. Hunter Rasdon won the RHS (Racing Head Service) Second Heat Race. Tommy Ray was the victor in the Bar's Leaks Third Heat Race and O'Reilly USCS Mid South Thunder sprint car point's leader, Tim Crawley from Benton, Arkansas won the FSR Racing Products Fourth Herat Race. Chris Moore garnered the Tennison Brothers Metals Hard Charger Award for his charge from seventeenth to third at the finish.

Rislone USCS Modified Series Results Riverside Int. Speedway July 10, 2008:
Rislone Oil Stabilizer Dash: Ashley Newman, Joseph Liester, Duke Palasini, Casey Rowland, Mike Palasini, Hunter Rasdon.
Aero Race Wheels First Heat: Duke Palasini, Joseph Liester, Mike Palasini, Chase Gustavus, Chris Moore, rusty Stagen, T.J. Herndon, and Jarod Roller.
RHS Second Heat: Hunter Rasdon, Brandon Poppenheimer, Ashley Newman, Howard Kimbrough, Jake Tucker, Cody Rowland, Craig Guy.
 Rislone Bar's Products B-Main: Chris Moore, Jeremy Ray, rusty Stagen, Cody Rowland, T.J. Herndon, Johnny Gustavus, Lynn Irwin, Jake Tucker, Lee Lavelle, Tyler Carter. 

Bar's Leaks Third Heat: Tommy Ray, Andy Tennison, Craig Vaughn, Casey Rowland, Lynn Irwin, Lee Lavelle.
FSR Racing Products: Tim Crawley, Derek Hagar, Robby Arnold, Murray Vaughn, Tyler Carter, Johnny Gustavus, Jeremy Ray.
Rislone USCS Modified Series Main Event (25 laps):
1 - R5 Hunter Rasdon
2 - V8 Duke Palasini
3 - 17 Chris Moore
4 - 73 Ashley Newman
5 - 99 Brandon Poppenheimer
6 - 76 Tommy Ray
7 - c4 Casey Rowland
8 - 75 Jeremy Ray
9 - 78 Chase Gustavus
10 - 45x Murray Vaughn
11 - 27 Andy Tennison
12 - 96 Robby Arnold
13 - 8 Mike Palasini, Jr.
14 - 1 T.J. Herndon
15 - 177 Johnny Gustavus
16 - 01 rusty Stagen
17 - 53 Derek Hagar
18 - 54 Howard Kimbrough
19 - 89 Joseph Liester
20 - 07 Tim Crawley
21 - c44 Cody Rowland
22 - 7x Craig Vaughn