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(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

Inside Line Promotions – MILTON, Fla. (May 22, 2018) – Jordon Mallett produced a pair of USCS Series feature victories last weekend to build his lead in the national championship standings to 93 points entering the grueling USCS Speedweek. “It’s always the goal to win every time we get on the track,” he said. “Last weekend was a great one. We think we’re finding a lot more about what this particular car wants.” Last weekend began on Friday at Flomaton Speedway in Flomaton, Ala., where Mallett...more

(Photo by Casey Jones) Inside Line Promotions – LEXINGTON, Tenn. (May 3, 2018) – Derek Hagar tied his season-best result last Saturday at Lexington 104 Speedway, where he garnered a third-place finish during the USCS Series event. The night began with Hagar advancing from fifth to fourth place in a heat race. That lined him up on the outside of the fifth row for the A Main. “My car really came in the last quarter of the race and we got up to third,” he said. “I believe we were faster than the...more

Inside Line Promotions – LEXINGTON, Tenn. (May 3, 2018) – A late arrival to the track failed to slow Marshall Skinner during his 2018 sprint car debut with the USCS Series last Saturday at Lexington 104 Speedway. Skinner led most of the 30-lap feature before finishing fourth despite missing hot laps to open the night. He finished second in his heat race, which marked his first time on a track this year. “We got kind of a late start and then the interstate was closed due to a bad wreck, which...more

Inside Line Promotions – SWEETWATER, Tenn. (April 24, 2018) – Jordon Mallett rebounded in a big way last Saturday at I-75 Raceway, where he scored his first win of the season a night after enduring a race-ending crash. The busy weekend began on Friday at Crossville Speedway in Crossville, Tenn., where Mallett advanced from fourth to second place in the first dash before he won the second dash. He then claimed a heat race victory and started the USCS Series main event on the outside of the...more

(Photo by Rick Warren Photos) Inside Line Promotions – OCALA, Fla. (April 17, 2018) – Jordon Mallett is itching to garner his first feature victory of the season. Mallett has been consistent, finishing in the top 10 in every race this season and in the top five during approximately half of the shows, en route to leading the USCS Series national championship standings. That consistency continued last weekend during a doubleheader at Bubba Raceway Park. Mallett placed fourth in the dash before...more

By USCS (Ocala, FL) -- Tyler Clem from St. Pete, FL raced from a ninth place start into the RockAuto.com USCS Victory Lane again on Saturday night at Bubba Raceway Park. Clem was the 4TH Leader of the night in the USCS Spring Speed Xplosion final. Eric Riggins, Jr., Johnny Gilbertson, Mark Ruel, Jr. and Jordon Mallett completed the top 5 finishers. Tyler Clem also won the Friday night USCS sprint car main event as well.

(Photo by Gary Colgan) Inside Line Promotions – GASTONIA, N.C. (April 11, 2018) – Jordon Mallett has had an eventful last two weeks of racing. It all began on March 31 when he tackled a local sprint car show at I-30 Speedway in Little Rock, Ark. “We were running late already, but then we got ready to load the car and the ramp door wouldn’t come down,” he said. “By the time we got that issue resolved we showed up after they’d run heat races and everything. We didn’t get there until about 30...more

The Dead-A-Head Motorsports team made it's return to 360 sprint car competition this past weekend in the Carolina's during the North-South Shootout featuring the USCS and URC sanctioning bodies racing Friday night at the Carolina Speedway and Saturday night at the Lancaster Speedway. Friday night was the first winged sprint car competition driver Dan Mazy has had in four years. The last time Dan and the team competed at the Carolina Speedway was 2013. Dan was credited with the hard charger...more

By USCS (Gstonia, NC) -- USCS Outlaw Thunder Tour presented by K&N Filters and the United Racing Club presented by Capital Renegade.at Carolina Speedway on Friday, April 6, 2018.results: Heat 1 - Engler Machine & Tool (8 Laps) 47-Eric Riggins Jr.[3] ; 2. 63-Josh Weller[4] ; 3. 89-Robbie Stillwaggon[6] ; 4. 5-Justin Barger[5] ; 5. 5G-Curt Michael[7] ; 6. X-Dan Mazy[2] ; 7. 30-Duane Moore[1] Heat 2 - BMRS (Race Hose & Fittings) (8 Laps) 1x-Scott Hunter[1] ; 2. 1s-Joey Schmidt[4] ; 3. 4-Danny...more

Dead-A-Head Motorsports is excited to announce that the lid will be lifted on the 2018 season in just a few days! The team will compete with the USCS and URC for the North-South Shootout, Friday, April, 6th at Carolina Speedway and Saturday, April, 7th at Lancaster Speedway. The event will mark the first time Dan Mazy has driven his family-owned car in 4 years. His last full season in URC competition Dan and the Dead-A-Head Motorsports crew made the journey to dual the USCS in the Carolinas....more

(Photo by TeeJay Crawford) Inside Line Promotions – TUSCUMBIA, Ala. (March 27, 2018) – Derek Hagar recorded a top-five finish last Saturday at North Alabama Speedway. “It was a long, long night,” he said. “We had a rain delay and the track wasn’t anywhere near raceable. You’d go out there and just try to stay out of trouble. It was sloppy greasy and never really cleaned off until about halfway through the feature. It just made it tough to race.” Hagar maneuvered from fifth to second place in a...more

(Photo by Jones Sports Media) Inside Line Promotions – TUSCUMBIA, Ala. (March 27, 2018) – Jordon Mallett kept his top-10 streak alive last Saturday when he made his debut at North Alabama Speedway, but it wasn’t an easy task. “Our toter home broke down and we had to abandon ship in Memphis,” he said. “My little brother came and rescued us in his dually truck. We were late getting to the track, but it rained and pushed the program back about three and a half hours. We got the races in, but the...more

(Photo by Woody Hampton) Inside Line Promotions – TUSCUMBIA, Ala. (March 26, 2018) – Sammy Swindell scored a top-five finish during his debut at North Alabama Speedway last Saturday. Swindell and car owner A.G. Rains used the USCS Series event to test before a couple of big-paying races that are on the horizon. “It gave us a little opportunity to test,” Swindell said. “That was the reason for running it before we go on the road the next two weeks. Everything was good.” Rain hammered the track...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

By USCS PR (Hattiesburg, MS) -- Sprint Car veteran, Wayne Johnson from Oklahoma City, OK won the USCS Outlaw Thunder Tour presented by K&N Filters 30-lap main event at Hattiesbirg Speedway on Friday night. USCS Outlaw Thunder Tour presented by K#N Filters results from Hattiesburg Speedway on Friday, March 2, 2018. Engler Machine & Tool 1st Heat (8 Laps) 10m-Morgan Turpen[2] ; 2. 93-Jake Knight[4] ; 3. 4-Danny Smith[5] ; 4. 2c-Wayne Johnson[7] ; 5. 1s-Joey Schmidt[1] ; 6. 38-Tony Agin[6] ; 7....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

Inside Line Promotions – MILTON, Fla. (Feb. 27, 2018) – Harli White passed a lot of sprint cars last weekend during her first visit to Southern Raceway. White passed six cars on Friday to score her first top 10 of the season and she passed nine more on Saturday to narrowly miss capturing another top 10. “The pill draw really hurt us all weekend,” she said. “There wasn’t much passing going on in the heat races. On a positive note we tried some things with the car and got some good setups if we...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

(Image Credit: Greg Stanek) Bryan Hulbert – MILTON, Fla. (February 28, 2018) Wrapping up the month of February in Florida, Wayne Johnson and the TwoC Racing/Outlaw Wings entry was in action with USCS at Southern Raceway in Milton, Fla. on Friday, February 23 and Saturday, February 24 with the team picking up back-to-back third-place finishes at the three-eighths-mile oval. Advancing through Friday’s Heat Race to start fifth, Johnson raced to third in the late stages of the A-Feature with Matt...more

(Photo by Gary Colgan) Inside Line Promotions – MILTON, Fla. (Feb. 26, 2018) – Jordon Mallett has taken over the top spot in the USCS Series national standings following a solid debut at Southern Raceway. Mallett posted a pair of top-10 finishes last weekend at the bullring, highlighted by a charge from 12th to second place on Saturday during the finale. The doubleheader began on Friday with Mallett placing fifth in the dash and third in a heat race. That lined him up on the inside of the...more

(Photo courtesy of USCS Series) Inside Line Promotions – MILTON, Fla. (Feb. 26, 2018) – Seth Bergman captured his first victory of the season last Saturday during the finale of a USCS Series doubleheader at Southern Raceway. The triumph came in only the seventh race of the season for Bergman. It’s his earliest win in a season since claiming his sixth start in 2014. “It’s great to get a win this early in the season,” he said. “That’s why we travel the country. We’re out here to win. Winning...more

(Photo by Mike Horne) Inside Line Promotions – GIBSONTON, Fla. (Feb. 20, 2018) – Harli White is grateful she ventured to Florida last weekend to tackle the Ronald Laney Memorial King of the 360s. “Overall I was a bit rusty,” she said. “The first race back you always hope for the best, but it shows getting a couple of races under your belt before you have to race for points is a good idea. It helps to be out there racing before points racing starts.” White will begin her second season on the...more

(Photo by Lisa Dynes Photography) Inside Line Promotions – GIBSONTON, Fla. (Feb. 20, 2018) – Seth Bergman will make his debut at Southern Raceway this weekend with the USCS Series. Bergman is slated to tackle the 3/8-mile oval in Milton, Fla., on Friday and Saturday, and he’s looking to top his best USCS Series finish of second place, which he recorded in Florida earlier this month. “We pride ourselves on being able to adapt to new tracks quickly and be contenders out of the box,” he said. “It...more

(Photo by Gary Colgan) Inside Line Promotions – OCALA, Fla. (Feb. 16, 2018) – Tanner Thorson turned his first-ever visit to Bubba Raceway Park into a solid weekend of results in his first outing in the SawBlade.com backed Cooper Motorsports 360ci winged sprint car. Thorson, who is the 2016 USAC National Midget Champion, hooked up with the Cooper Motorsports team thanks to a friendship between team owner James Cooper and Joe Dooling, who owns a midget Thorson pilots. “The Coopers wanted to...more

(Image Credit: SpeedShiftTV) Bryan Hulbert – OCALA, Fla. (February 14, 2018) Taking in the Florida sun with five nights of racing at Ocala’s Bubba Raceway Park over the past couple weeks, Oklahoma’s Wayne Johnson has spent most of his time at the egg-shaped oval testing new setups and tire combinations. Starting with the Arctic Cat All Star Circuit of Champions presented by Mobil 1 and the three-night Bubba Army Winter Nationals, the opening three days of the month saw two A-Feature...more

(Photo by Speedway Shots) Inside Line Promotions – OCALA, Fla. (Feb. 13, 2018) – Derek Hagar can’t wait to get back to the track this weekend when he and Witherspoon Racing will invade East Bay Raceway Park. The duo teamed up last weekend for a USCS Series doubleheader at Bubba Raceway Park. “We learned some things,” Hagar said. “We used it as a test session. We came back and made some changes for East Bay this weekend.” The action began last Friday with Hagar finishing where he started in the...more

(Photo by Gary Colgan) Inside Line Promotions – OCALA, Fla. (Feb. 12, 2018) – Jordon Mallett posted a pair of top-10 finishes last weekend during the opening USCS Series doubleheader of the season. “It seemed rough to us,” he said. “We had a lot of issues Friday night. The brakes were dragging around the track. After hot laps we worked on it and thought we had it figured out. Then after the dash the body caught on fire and it burned up some lines.” Mallett advanced from fourth to second place...more

(Photo by Speedway Shots) Inside Line Promotions – OCALA, Fla. (Feb. 12, 2018) – Seth Bergman nearly captured a pair of podium finishes during his opening event of the season last weekend at Bubba Raceway Park. Bergman powered from seventh to fourth place on Friday in a heat race to start the USCS Series doubleheader. That lined him up on the outside of the fourth row for the main event. “We passed some cars in the heat race to put ourselves in a decent position for the A Main,” he said. “We...more

(Ocala, FL) -- Mark Smith repeated in USCS Outlaw Thunder Tour competition and picked up the $3000 including bonus for his efforts on Saturday night at Bubba Raceway Park. United Sprint Car Series presented by K&N Filters Outlaw Thunder Tour Sprint Cars at Bubba Raceway Park on SATURDAY 02-10-2018 results: Engler Machine and Tool Heat 1 - Engler Machine & Tool (8 Laps) 7J-Joe Swanson[1] ; 2. 3a-AJ Maddox[2] ; 3. 14g-Coleman Gulick[3] ; 4. 5d-Zach Daum[4] ; 5. 14T-Tony Stewart[6] ; 6. 47x-Dylan...more

By USCS (Ocala, FL) -- Pennsylvania's Mark Smith picked up right where he left off in the USCS Outlaw Thunder Tour presented by K&N Filters competition by winning his 2nd straight USCS event on Friday night'6' in the USCS Winter Heat Round One 25-lap main event at Bubba Raceway Park. United Sprint Car Series presented by K&N Filters A-main finish from Bubba Raceway Park 2-9-18. Winter Heat Series Round #1: m1-Mark Smith[1] ; 21-Carson Short[5] ; 14c-Tyler Clem[15] ; 28-Tanner Thorson[21]...more

(Photo by Lisa Dynes Photography) Inside Line Promotions – SHAWNEE, Okla. (Feb. 6, 2018) – Seth Bergman is Florida bound to kick off the 2018 season. Bergman will compete this Friday and Saturday at Bubba Raceway Park in Ocala, Fla., with the USCS Series. It will mark the first time he’s competed at the unique track since making his debut there in February 2015. “We’re excited to get the season started and spend some time in Florida,” he said. “It’s been a while since we’ve competed at Bubba...more

(Photo by Jones Sports Media) Inside Line Promotions – GREENBRIER, Ark. (Feb. 5, 2018) – Jordon Mallett took a huge leap of faith a little more than a year ago when he became both a sprint car driver and team owner. “My wife and I bought my parents out and went from a partnership and their driver to now we own everything,” he said. “It was a lot of new responsibilities, trying to figure out the logistics and the financial side.” The hard work paid off as Mallett earned a career-best six...more

(Photo by Speedway Shots) Inside Line Promotions – MARION, Ark. (Feb. 5, 2018) – Derek Hagar will kick off his sprint car season this weekend in Florida. Hagar is piloting a race car for Witherspoon Racing on Friday and Saturday at Bubba Raceway Park in Ocala, Fla., with the USCS Series. “I’m grateful for the opportunity to start the season in Florida and return to Witherspoon Racing,” he said. “I think we really improved during our short time together last year so I’m looking forward to see...more

(Photo by Jones Sports Media) Inside Line Promotions – MARION, Ark. (Nov. 21, 2017) – Derek Hagar visited Victory Lane nine times during a season that was hampered by wet weather. “It was a good year overall,” he said. “We had way too many rainouts, but there’s nothing we can do about that. We tried to make the most of the opportunities we got to race and I think we did that for the most part.” Hagar scored six USCS Series triumphs and he won an ASCS Red River Region and ASCS Mid-South Region...more

(Photo by Scott Frazier) Inside Line Promotions – MARION, Ark. (Nov. 21, 2017) – Marshall Skinner scored a pair of USCS Speedweek victories to highlight his 2017 campaign. “I felt like I had a pretty decent year,” he said. “We had a couple of wins and a lot of top fives. We were a contender wherever we showed up.” Skinner was victorious on May 26 at Hattiesburg Speedway in Hattiesburg, Miss., during the opening round of the USCS Speedweek. “Me and Derek (Hagar) were battling for the lead in...more

(Photo by B Young Photography) Inside Line Promotions – MARION, Ark. (Nov. 14, 2017) – Derek Hagar is scheduled to wrap up his sprint car season this Saturday at Talladega Short Track with the USCS Series. Hagar enters the event needing a victory to extend his winning streak at the oval in Eastaboga, Ala., to three straight seasons. “We have a good track record at Talladega so hopefully we can end our season in Victory Lane,” he said. Hagar placed fourth at the track earlier this season during...more

(Photo courtesy of USCS Series) Inside Line Promotions – OCALA, Fla. (Nov. 14, 2017) – Trey Starks produced a pair of stout performances last weekend during a USCS Series doubleheader at Bubba Raceway Park. Starks led the Gobrecht Motorsports team to its third win of the season on Friday during the opening round before charging from 14th to fifth to cap Saturday’s finale. “It was a very successful weekend and is a good way to end our 2017 season,” Starks said. “We had a fast race car and we...more

For the first time since 2014, the Dead-A-Head Motorsports team will be bringing the Racer X machine to the racetrack. The team will be competing in the USCS Florida State Sprint Car Championship this Friday and Saturday night at Bubba Raceway Park in Ocala, FL. The team is excited to be back in the comfort of their own equipment. With J&J Chassis, Wesmar Engines, DMI Components and Kreitz Oval Track Parts helping the effort driver Dan Mazy has high hopes for this weekend. "Hopefully we can...more

(Photo by Jones Sports Media) Inside Line Promotions – WEST MEMPHIS, Ark. (Oct. 24, 2017) – A late-race flat tire and suspension damage forced Marshall Skinner out of the second USCS Fall Nationals A Main while he was leading on Saturday night at Riverside International Speedway. Skinner took the green from the second starting spot in the second of two, 25-lap features with the second feature lined up as an inversion of the finish from the first A Main. He quickly took the lead and led by over...more

(Photo courtesy of USCS Series) Inside Line Promotions – WEST MEMPHIS, Ark. (Oct. 24, 2017) – Derek Hagar earned his ninth win of the season before charging from 22nd to fourth on Saturday during twin features for the USCS Fall Nationals at Riverside International Speedway. The night began with Hagar winning a heat race after starting on the outside of the front row. That lined him up on the inside of the second row for the first of two, 25-lap A Mains. “We got up to second about 10 laps into...more