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ATWOOD, TN – August 16, 2025 - Chase Howard of Nesbit, MS took the lead from the Pole Position at the drop of the green flag and led all 30 laps of the Feature Race in Night 2 of the Clayhill Clash for the United Sprint Car Series Outlaw Thunder Tour Presented By Hoosier Racing Tire on Saturday night at Clayhill Motorsports Park. It was a Family Affair in the top two steps of the Podium, as the winner’s uncle, USCS point leader Dale Howard of Byhalia, MS trailed his nephew for the entire...more

HATTIESBURG, MS – August 23, 2025 USCS point leader Dale Howard of Byhalia, MS drove to his seventh United Sprint Car Series Outlaw Thunder Tour Presented By Hoosier Racing Tire win of the 2025 season on Saturday night in the 30-lap Feature Race at Hattiesburg Speedway. Howard took the lead from Hayden Martin of Olive Branch, MS on a lap ten restart. Martin led the first nine tours, but had to settle for second, and third went to Lane Whittington of Denham Springs, LA. Lance Moss of...more

DANVILLE, AL– August 30, 2025 - Lance Moss of Cherryville, NC took the lead on lap 18 and went on to win the 30-lap Feature Race on Saturday night for the United Sprint Car Series Outlaw Thunder Tour Presented By Hoosier Racing Tire at Xtreme Speedway. The was the third USCS victory of the 2025 season for Moss and his eighth career series win. USCS point leader Dale Howard of Byhalia, MS finished second and Derek Hagar of Marion, AR took the third spot. Tucker Boulton of Brighton, TN was...more

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: EASTABOGA, AL – August 31, 2025 - Dale Howard of Byhalia, MS only led one lap the 30-lap Feature Race Sunday night for the United Sprint Car Series Outlaw Thunder Tour Presented By Hoosier Racing Tire at Talladega Short Track, but it was the one that counted. Howard passed Derek Hagar of Marion, AR on the last lap to pick up his eighth USCS win of the 2025 season. In addition to his 34 USCS career wins, Howard started tenth and the USCS point leader earned the Wilwood...more

MILTON, FL – September 19, 2025 - Lance Moss of Cherryville, NC led all 25-laps to win the Main Event for the United Sprint Car Series Outlaw Thunder Tour Presented By Hoosier Racing Tire on Friday night at Southern Raceway. The victory was the fourth USCS win of the season for Moss and his ninth career series win. USCS point leader Dale Howard of Byhalia, MS finished second and Jadan Bowling of Holden Beach, NC took the third spot. Coen McDaniel of Gaffney, SC was fourth, and Trey Meredith...more

MILTON, FL - September 20, 2025 - USCS National Point leader Dale Howard of Byhalia, MS took his ninth win of the 2025 season on Saturday night in the 30-lap Feature Race for the United Sprint Car Series Outlaw Thunder Tour Presented By Hoosier Racing Tire at Southern Raceway. Howard took the lead on lap three and never looked back to post his 35th career USCS victory. Coen McDaniel of Gaffney, SC finished second and 16-time USCS National Champion, and National Sprint Car Hall of Fame...more

SWEETWATER, TN - September 27, 2025 - USCS National Point leader Dale Howard of Byhalia, MS drove to his tenth series win of the season on Saturday night in the 25-lap Main Event for the United Sprint Car Series Outlaw Thunder Tour Presented By Hoosier Racing Tire at I-75 Raceway. Howard is now closing in on the USCS National Championship with his 36th USCS career win. Howard took the lead from 16-time USCS National Champion and National Sprint Car Hall of Fame Inductee Terry Gray of...more

GUNTOWN, MS - October 3, 2025 - USCS National point leader Dale Howard of Byhalia, MS closed in on the 2025 United Sprint Car Series Outlaw Thunder Tour Presented By Hoosier Racing Tire 2025 National Championship with his third straight series win on Friday night in the 25-lap Feature Race at Pine Ridge Speedway. It was Howard’s 11th USCS win of the 2025 season and his 37th series career win. Derek Hagar of Marion, AR finished second and former USCS National Champion Morgan Havener of...more

GUNTOWN, MS – October 4, 2025 - Dale Howard of Byhalia, MS continued his domination of United Sprint Car Series Outlaw Thunder Tour Presented By Hoosier Racing Tire competition with his second win in as many nights in the 30-lap Feature Race on Saturday at Pine Ridge Speedway. The USCS National Championship point leader posted his 12th win of the season and his 38th career series win. Brad Bowden of Hernando, MS finished second, and Derek Hagar of Marion, AR, took the third spot. Lance...more

October 10, 2025 - WEST MEMPHIS, AR – October 10, 2025 - Marshall Skinner of Marion, AR won the 12-lap Pole Scramble on Friday night at Riverside International Speedway and will lead the field to the green flag on Saturday night for the $2500 to win Flip 25, the first of two 25 Feature Races in the Flip Flop 50 for the United Sprint Car Series Outlaw Thunder Tour Presented by Hoosier Racing Tire. USCS point leader Dale Howard of Byhalia, MS finished second in the Pole Scramble and will start...more

WEST MEMPHIS, AR – October 11, 2025 - Dale Howard of Byhalia, MS won the 25-lap first of the Flip Flop twin features and Brad Bowden of Hernando, MS won the 25-lap Flip Flop 50 Feature #2 for the United Sprint Car Series Outlaw Thunder Tour Presented By Hoosier Racing Tire on Saturday night at Riverside International Speedway. After starting on the outside of the front row in the Flip (first) Feature Race, Howard led all 25 laps to post his 13th USCS Feature Race win of the 2025 season and...more

SWAINSBORO, GA – October 17, 2025 - Mark Ruel Jr. of Jacksonville, FL took the lead on lap six and never looked back to win the 25-lap United Sprint Car Series Outlaw Thunder Presented By Hoosier Racing Tire Feature Race on Friday night at Swainsboro Raceway. Dale Howard of Byhalia, MS finished second to clinch the 2025 USCS National Championship along with the Southern and Mid-South Regions. Tyler Blankenship started ninth and finished third to claim the Wilwood Disc Brakes Hard Charger of...more

SWAINSBORO, GA - October 18, 2025 - Eric Riggins Jr. of Charlotte, NC won the 25-lap United Sprint Car Series Outlaw Thunder Tour Presented By Hoosier Racing Tire 2025 Season Finale on Saturday night at Swainsboro Raceway. Riggins took the lead at the start of the race and led wire-to-wire for the victory in the caution free race that took 6 minutes and 52.049 seconds to complete. Friday night’s winner Mark Ruel Jr. of Jacksonville, FL finished second and Kelsey Ivy of Fremont, OH took the...more

Atlanta, GA - October 24, 2025- Dale Howard of Byhalia, Mississippi swept the point standings in all three United Sprint Car Series National and regional series categories during the 29th Annual and 2025 USCS racing season. Howard competed in all 40 of the USCS Outlaw Thunder Tour National Championship events to best 164 other drivers in his quest for his first series National title. Howard won the National Championship while also capturing his third USCS Mid-South Thunder Tour regional series...more

CLEWISTON, FL – February 6, 2026 - It was No Panic Davie Franek of Wantage, NJ that led 23 of 25 laps to win the Feature Race on Friday night to open the 30th season for the United Sprint Car Series Presented By Hoosier Racing Tire Outlaw Thunder Tour at Hendry County Raceway Park. It was also Night 1 of the King of the 360s and Round 1 of the USCS Winter Heat Series. “We’ve been good here, and every time we come here, we seem to get better,” Franek said. “My hat’s off to the track crew...more

CLEWISTON, FL – February 7, 2026 - Davie Franek of Wantage, NJ swept the weekend for the United Sprint Car Series Presented By Hoosier Racing Tires Outlaw Thunder Tour by winning the 30-lap King of the 360 Feature Race and pocketing $10,000 on Saturday night at Hendry County Raceway Park. Franek won the opening night of the USCS Winter Heat Series at the same track on Friday night. “The car didn’t feel good early and I was looking around to see which groove was going to be the fast way...more

MILTON, FL – Davie Franek of Wantage, NJ went wire-to-wire Friday night in the caution-free 25-lap United Sprint Car Series Outlaw Thunder Tour Presented By Hoosier Racing Tires Feature Race at Hunt The Front Southern Raceway. Franek won his third straight USCS race in Round 3 of the Winter Heat Shootout. “I’m out of breath after that one, but the track was good on this new surface,” Franek said. “You could move around on it and go just about wherever you want to. I’ve got a fulltime crew...more

Inside Line Promotions – LEXINGTON, Tenn. (July 10, 2019) – Derek Hagar earned his fourth win of the season and he added two more podium finishes to his record during a one-week span. It began on Sunday, June 30, when Hagar raced at North Alabama Speedway in Tuscumbia, Ala, with the USCS Series. “We were supposed to race there on Saturday, but it got rained out,” he said. “It turned into a day race on Sunday. We started first in the dash and finished second. The heat was better for us, as we...more

By USCS (Columbus, MS) -- Mark Smith from Sunbury, PA made his first trip to Magnola Motor Speedway payoff with a trip to the RockAuto.com USCS Victory Lane as the winner of the FireAde 25 lap A-Main for the USCS Outlaw Thunder Tour presented by K&N Filters. Matt Covington race home in the runner-up spot followed by Davie Franek. Danny Smith and Corey Bailey completed the top five. USCS presented by K&N Oil Filters Winged Sprint Cars at Magnolia Motor Speedway on Sunday, March 17, 2019...more

Inside Line Promotions – MAPLE GROVE, Minn. (Jan. 4, 2019) – Winter is about to heat up as the United Sprint Car Series presented by K&N Filters ventures south for a 10-race spectacle. The 360ci winged sprint car series visits Florida, Mississippi and Louisiana for the Winter Heat Series, which showcases 10 nights of action at six different tracks. Speed Shift TV will offer live video coverage of eight of those races with the other two being posted to the On-Demand section of the website...more

(Photo by B Young Photography) Inside Line Promotions – WEST MEMPHIS, Ark. (June 6, 2018) – Marshall Skinner placed second in the USCS Speedweek standings thanks to a trio of top-10 finishes out of the four races that were held after the series was shortened from seven races because of rainouts. “We did pretty good,” he said. “I was pretty consistent.” Skinner had solid runs at Jackson Motor Speedway in Byram, Miss., on May 26, when he finished second, and last Thursday at Talladega Short...more

(Photo courtesy of USCS Series) Inside Line Promotions – WEST MEMPHIS, Ark. (June 5, 2018) – Derek Hagar highlighted a trio of USCS Series Speedweek races last weekend with his first feature victory of the season. The tripleheader began on Thursday at Talladega Short Track in Eastaboga, Ala., where Hagar maneuvered from sixth to third place in a heat race before he took the lead early in the A Main. “We led a good margin of the race early on Thursday at Talladega,” he said. “When you have...more

(Photo by http://www.SteveEichelberger.com) Inside Line Promotions – WEST MEMPHIS, Ark. (June 5, 2018) – Brandon Hanks joined the final two nights of the USCS Series Speedweek last weekend. His competition began on Friday at Magnolia Motor Speedway in Columbus, Miss., with a runner-up result in a heat race. “Friday night was a good night,” he said. “We weren’t as good as Tony (Stewart) in the heat race. Once he got clean air he was pretty well gone.” The heat race performance lined Hanks up on...more

(Photo by Joe Venus) Inside Line Promotions – WEST MEMPHIS, Ark. (June 5, 2018) – Jordon Mallett earned four top-10 finishes during the recent USCS Speedweek. The mini-series was scheduled to compete seven times in nine nights, but rain was victorious on three occasions. Following a rainout at Hattiesburg Speedway in Hattiesburg, Miss., on May 25, Speedweek began the following night at Jackson Motor Speedway in Byram, Miss., where Mallett finished seventh. “We just couldn’t get the car where...more

(Photo courtesy of USCS Series) Inside Line Promotions – WEST MEMPHIS, Ark. (June 4, 2018) – Sammy Swindell earned his first feature win of the season last Thursday to extend his winning streak to a whopping 48 straight years. Swindell has won at least one race during each season he has competed dating back to 1971 when he was 15-years-old. “It’s something I never figured would happen, still being as competitive as I am at this age,” he said. “I thought if I make it to the 40s. Then if I can...more

(Photo by Mark Funderburk) Inside Line Promotions – MARION, Ark. (May 30, 2018) – Derek Hagar is hopeful for dry weather this weekend when he will tackle the final three USCS Series Speedweek shows. Hagar had planned on competing at all but the first Speedweek race, but rain wiped out most of last weekend. Hagar skipped the lone Speedweek race that was contested because of a long haul and a high percentage of predicted rain. “It’s about a four-and-a-half-hour ride and it was 60 to 80 percent...more

(Photo by B Young Photography) Inside Line Promotions – COLUMBUS, Miss. (March 7, 2018) – Derek Hagar earned a podium finish during his first race of the season in his No. 9jr last Saturday at Magnolia Motor Speedway. The third-place result gives Hagar at least one podium finish at the track in each of the last six years. “The track was totally different than in the past,” he said. “We’ve had a lot of rain and the race track got really, really rough. It stayed crumbly and marbly all night....more

.By USCS PR (Columbus, MS) -- Tony Stewart from Columbus, Indiana raced to a career-second United Sprint Car Series Outlaw Thunder Tour presented by K&N Filters main event win at Magnolia Motor Speedway in the USCS Winter Heat Round #6 finale on Saturday night. Stewart charged from his K&N Filters Pole Award starting position into the lead on lap-one and led all 30-laps of the contest around Mississippi’s largest and fastest oval. Stewart was able to hold off late race charges after several...more

(Photo by Mike Horne) Inside Line Promotions – COLUMBUS, Miss. (March 6, 2018) – Harli White led A Main laps and she tied her career-best feature finish last Friday at Hattiesburg Speedway during the opening round of a USCS Series doubleheader in Mississippi. White started the night by finishing fifth in the dash and second in a heat race, which lined her up on the outside of the second row for the main event at the bullring in Hattiesburg. “We were real close to winning,” she said. “I got the...more

(Image Credit: USCS) Bryan Hulbert – OKLAHOMA CITY, Okla. (March 7, 2018) Hard work paid off for the Outlaw Wings/Oil Medics No. 2c driven by Wayne Johnson, as the veteran Sprint Car shoe posted his first victory of the 2018 season on Friday night at Hattiesburg Speedway before following that up with a fourth-place showing at Magnolia Motor Speedway on Saturday. Racing both nights with USCS, the Friday portion of the Mississippi doubleheader started with Wayne going seventh to fourth in the...more

Bryan Hulbert – SAPULPA, Okla. (March 5, 2018) Opening weekend for Blake Hahn took him to the state of Mississippi with USCS with solid results on the two nights of racing at Hattiesburg Speedway and Magnolia Motor Speedway in the Griffith Truck and Equipment/Smiley’s Racing Products No. 52. “The racing was great. The sour note on the weekend was with the trailer brakes locking up and catching on fire,” stated Hahn. “We were flagged down and once we got stopped, we had to empty three fire...more

(Photo by Joe Venus) Inside Line Promotions – COLUMBUS, Miss. (March 5, 2018) – Jordon Mallett continued his consistency last weekend when he posted two more top-10 finishes to maintain the USCS Series national points lead. “Consistency is key,” he said. “Of course I would like to have a couple of wins under our belt, but with a new car that we’re still working the kinks out of I’m learning what it wants. We’re picking up speed every weekend. I’m not displeased with being in the top 10 every...more

Bryan Hulbert – SAPULPA, Okla. (February 28, 2018) With final touches going on the Griffith Truck and Equipment/Pizza Express No. 52, Blake Hahn is set to hit the road for the first time in 2018 with two new tracks on the horizon on Friday, March 2 at Hattiesburg Speedway (Hattiesburg, Miss.) and March 3 at Magnolia Motor Speedway (Magnolia, Miss.) with USCS. “I’m just excited to get back on the road,” stated Hahn who spent the off-season tweaking the overall setup of both car and team. On...more

(Photo by Jones Sports Media) Inside Line Promotions – MARION, Ark. (Feb. 27, 2018) – Derek Hagar will make his season debut in his No. 9jr this Saturday during a USCS Series event in Mississippi. Hagar, who has four races under his belt this year driving for Witherspoon Racing, is slated to compete on Saturday at Magnolia Motor Speedway in Columbus. “I’m excited to get the No. 9jr out for the first time this season,” he said. “We’ve had a lot of success throughout the years at Magnolia Motor...more

(Photo by Speedway Shots) Inside Line Promotions – COLUMBUS, Miss. (March 7, 2017) – Harli White produced some bright moments during her first-ever visit to Mississippi last weekend to compete in a USCS Series doubleheader. The action began on Friday at Hattiesburg Speedway in Hattiesburg, Miss., where she captured a heat race win – her third of the season in the first four races – after starting from the pole position. That lined her up on the inside of the second row for the main event. “The...more

Inside Line Promotions – COLUMBUS, Miss. (March 7, 2017) – Derek Hagar registered his first feature win of the season last Saturday at Magnolia Motor Speedway to cap a USCS Series doubleheader. “It’s a pretty big deal to get that first win accomplished,” he said. “We had a little bit of a rough start to the weekend on Friday night. To pick up a win helped offset the Friday incident. It gives us good momentum going into this weekend and toward the end of this month when we go to Kansas for a...more

(Photo by Justin Brester) Inside Line Promotions – SNOHOMISH, Wash. (Feb. 28, 2017) – Seth Bergman is set to kick off his season this Saturday in Mississippi at a USCS Series event hosted by Magnolia Motor Speedway in Columbus. “We’ve worked really hard in the shop all winter to set ourselves up for success this year and our first test is this weekend,” he said. “We really want to go out and get a win this weekend to set the tone for a strong year.” Bergman was victorious during his lone start...more

(Photo by Chris Seelman Photography) Inside Line Promotions – COLUMBUS, Miss. (March 1, 2016) – Derek Hagar opened his season with a podium finish last Saturday at Magnolia Motor Speedway. Hagar, who had claimed his sprint car season opener at the track two of the past three years, kicked off the USCS event by charging from fourth to win a heat race. “We took the lead early, but on the start someone lost a torque tube,” he said. “I had to get off the gas to get around it and ended up getting...more

(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