News

(Photo by Scott Frazier) Inside Line Promotions – COLUMBUS, Miss. (March 1, 2016) – Brandon Hanks recorded his best result during a season opener since 2013 last Saturday at Magnolia Motor Speedway. Hanks battled for a top five throughout the main event before finishing sixth during the USCS event. “I got all the cobwebs and the rust out last weekend,” he said. “It was a good start to the season.” The action began with Hanks maneuvering from sixth to third place in a heat race. “The car was...more

(Photo by Scott Frazier) Inside Line Promotions – COLUMBUS, Miss. (Feb. 29, 2016) – Seth Bergman put this season’s first tally in the win column last Saturday at Magnolia Motor Speedway. Bergman dominated his debut at the track by winning the USCS Series main event by almost nine seconds and lapping up to fourth place. “You want to win early in the season to get things going,” he said. “You have to be able to come out and set the tone. I was really disappointed in Florida the previous weekend....more

(Photo by Brandon Young Photography) Inside Line Promotions – MARION, Ark. (Feb. 22, 2016) – Derek Hagar hopes the third time is the charm as he is seeking to get his winged sprint car season underway this weekend. Hagar had scheduled to kick off his 2016 campaign each of the past two weekends at NEA Speedway in Harrisburg, Ark., but rained postponed the opening attempt before the sprint car portion of the event was cancelled last weekend because of a low car count. This weekend Hagar is...more

(Photo by Seth Lacewell) Inside Line Promotions – COLUMBUS, Miss. (June 2, 2015) – Derek Hagar has found his mojo after registering his second straight podium finish last Friday at Magnolia Motor Speedway. “We were fast from the time we unloaded and we’re always pretty quick at Magnolia,” he said. “It’s probably one of my favorite tracks to go to. It’s just fun to run around.” That was evident from the start of the night as Hagar won both the dash and his heat race at the USCS Speedweek...more

(Photo by Al Steinberg) Inside Line Promotions – OCALA, Fla. (March 3, 2015) – Derek Hagar rebounded in a big way last Friday at Bubba Raceway Park. Hagar’s season had started on a sour note after a rough outing during the season-opening event the weekend prior and engine issues during a Lucas Oil ASCS National Tour practice night at Bubba Raceway Park on Thursday. “We cracked a head in the engine during our practice night so we had to make an engine change,” he said. “With that on top of the...more

(Photo by TeeJay Crawford) Inside Line Promotions – GERMANTOWN, Tenn. (March 1, 2015) – Sammy Swindell will make his first sprint car start next weekend following his retirement from full-time racing last August. Swindell will pilot the No. 1 sprint car for Donnie Cooper this Friday and Saturday at Magnolia Motor Speedway in Columbus, Miss., during the USCS season-opening event. It will be Swindell’s first time driving for Cooper and his first time racing at the 3/8-mile track. “I’m still...more

(Photo by Jones Sports Media) Inside Line Promotions – COLUMBUS, Miss. (July 7, 2021) – Marshall Skinner scored a pair of second-place finishes in USCS Series competition last weekend at Old No. 1 Speedway on Friday and at Magnolia Motor Speedway on Sunday. “I really should’ve won both of them,” he said. “I led each race, but lapped traffic got me both nights.” A run from third to first in his heat race at Old No. 1 Speedway in Harrisburg, Ark., made Skinner the high-point driver on Friday....more

Inside Line Promotions – COLUMBUS, Miss. (July 6, 2021) – Derek Hagar highlighted a three-race weekend with the USCS Series by earning his third victory of the season. Hagar won a heat race from second and the feature from third on Friday at Old No. 1 Speedway in Harrisburg, Ark. It marked his first career win at the track. “We had a good night,” he said. “We ran second behind Marshall (Skinner) most of the race. He had a really good car. He was running the top and I was on the bottom in turns...more

(Photo by Jones Sports Media) Inside Line Promotions – MARION, Ark. (June 29, 2021) – Derek Hagar is heading into a four-race weekend seeking a visit to Victory Lane. “It’s been another slow start to the year for us,” he said. “We haven’t done a lot of racing. We’re trying to build our 410 operation up and that’s taken time. I’m looking forward to running back to back for four straight nights and hopefully picking up some wins.” It begins on Thursday at I-30 Speedway in Little Rock, Ark. A...more

(Photo courtesy of USCS Series) Inside Line Promotions – TUSCUMBIA, Ala. (March 16, 2021) – Greg Wilson is all smiles following a successful weekend. The Hercules Tires, Ohio Logistics and DNC Hydraulics sponsored driver built confidence with a solid outing during a World of Outlaws NOS Energy Drink Sprint Car Series event on Friday before he won a USCS Series event on Saturday. It was his first feature triumph since March 2019. The action began on Friday at Magnolia Motor Speedway in...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

(Photo by Paul Arch) Inside Line Promotions – MARION, Ark. (June 29, 2020) – Derek Hagar will nearly double his number of 360ci winged sprint car starts this season when he tackles four straight races this week. Hagar plans to compete on Wednesday at I-30 Speedway in Little Rock, Ark., before facing USCS Series races on Thursday at Riverside International Speedway in West Memphis, Ark.; on Friday at Lexington 104 Speedway in Lexington, Tenn.; and on Saturday at Magnolia Motor Speedway in...more