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Derek Hagar battles to first O'Reilly USCS career win at East Alabama Phenix City, AL - I June 16, 2007 - Immensely talented sixteen year-old Derek Hagar from Marion, Arkansas charged past seven of the Southeast's and the Nation's top sprint car drivers into the lead on lap twenty-three of the thirty-lap O'Reilly Auto Parts United Sprint Car Series feature race and captured the first win of his young career. Hagar, who was the 2006 O'Reilly USCS Rookie of the Year last season, was totally...more

Danny "The Hammer" Martin Jr from Sarasota, FL captured the Win at the 24th Annual Alabama Sprint Car Nationals at East Alabama Motor Speedway Saturday night after a 7th place start. Defending USCS Champion Terry Gray from Bartlett, TN charged to the runner-up spot after starting 16th. The "Peruvian Outlaw" Mark Ruel Jr from Jacksonville, FL finished in the final m podium spot (3rd place). Sprint Car Hall of Famer, Danny Smith from Chillicothe, OH finished in 4th place and Matt Kurtz from...more

Mallett completes weekend double at East Alabama on Saturday Phenix City, AL - July 16, 2022 - Greenbrier, Arkansas' Jordon Mallet raced from outside the front into the lead over K&N Pole Position start, Hayden Campbell from Clermont, Florida and led all 27-laps of the 14th Annual Randy Helton Memorial Race to a $2700 paycheck on Saturday night at East Alabama Motor Speedway. The most serious challenges Mallett was to have came from two-time USCS National Champion Morgan Havener (formerly...more

15 times!..Gray clinches 15th USCS National Championship in season finale at Southern Raceway. Milton, Florida - October 21, 2023 - The "Bartlett Bullett", Terry Gray from Bartlett, Tennessee clinched his 15th United Sprint Car Series Outlaw Thunder Tour presented by K&N Filters National Sprint Car Championship on Saturday night at Southern Raceway in Milton, Florida. Additionally, the 2022 National Sprint Car Hall of Fame inductee garnered both the USCS Mid-South Thunder and the USCS Southern...more

For immediate release: 2023 USCS Championship Awards Banquet and Luncheon set for Jnuary 20, 2024 in Fayetteville, GA. Fayetteville, GA - January 2, 2024 - The United Sprint Car Series will hold its 2023 Championship Awards Banquet and Luncheon on Saturday, January 20, 2024 at 12 p.m. until 3 p.m. at the historic American Legion Post 105 building in Fayetteville, Georgia. The American Legion Post 105 is located at 180 Glynn Street So., Fayetteville, Georgia 30214. . The annual awards banquet...more

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January 25, 2024 HAFERTEPE HUSTLES TO USCS VOLUSIA SEASON OPENER FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: DeLEON SPRINGS, FL – Sam Hafertepe Jr. of Sunnyvale, TX hustled from the seventh starting position to win Night 1 of the 2nd Annual Germfree Southern Sprint Car Shootout for the United Sprint Car Series prese ted by K&N Filters on Thursday night at Volusia Speedway Park. Hafertepe took the lead from Austin McCarl of Altoona, Iowa, with five laps to go for the $2,500 victory. McCarl, the 2023 Knoxville...more

McCARL BY A NOSE OVER HAFERTEPE FOR USCS NIGHT 2 VOLUSIA WIN JANUARY 26, 2024 - Deleon Springs, FL – Austin McCarl of Altoona, IA beat Sam Hafertepe Jr. of Sunnyvale, TX by a nose at the checkered flag to win the $2,500 top prize on Night 2 of the 2nd Annual Germfree Southern Sprint Car Shootout for the United Sprint Car Series on Friday night at Volusia Speedway Park. The only caution flag of the race on lap 23 set up the dramatic finish. McCarl, the 2023 Knoxville (IA) Raceway 410 Sprint...more

TIMMS TALLIES TEN GRAND PAYDAY IN VOLUSIA USCS SOUTHERN SPRINT CAR SHOOTOUT Saturday, January 27, 2024 - DeLEON SPRINGS, FL – Ryan Timms of Oklahoma City, OK chose the low road to race to a $10,000 payday on Saturday night in the 30-lap finale of the 2nd Annual Germfree Southern Sprint Car Shootout for the United Sprint Car Series Presented By K&N Filters on Saturday night at Volusia Speedway Park driving the Citgard/Mystic Lubricants Special. The 17-year-old driver started fifth and took the...more

Due to the unfavorable weather forecast for late Friday night 2/9 and all-day Saturday 2/10, the USCS Winter Heat Rounds #6 & #7 sprint car speed spectacular at Southern Raceway has been CANCELLED. All companion events including the inaugural North vs. South "Vintage Car Shootout" and local divisions scheduled to compete this coming weekend have been cancelled as well. The North vs. South "Vintage Car Shootout" will be rescheduled for a later date. The United Sprint Car Series presented by...more

FRANEK FLIES TO USCS VICTORY AT HENDRY COUNTY CLEWISTON, FL – February 2, 2024 - Davie Franek of Wantage, NJ took a wire-to-wire win in the 25-lap United Sprint Car Series Presented By K&N Filters Feature Race Friday night at Hendry County Motorsports Park. The event was Round #4 of the 2024 USCS Winter Heat Series and the first of two nights at the South Florida track. Mark Smith of Sunbury, PA worked his way up from the fourth starting spot early in the race to take the second spot, and...more

TIMMS TAKES NIGHT TWO $3000 AT USCS HENDRY COUNTY MOTORSPORTS PARK STOP CLEWISTON, FL – SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 3RD, 2024 - Ryan Timms of Oklahoma City, OK won the 30-lap Main Event on Saturday night in Night 2 of the United Sprint Car Series Presented By K&N Filters Winter Heat event at Hendry County Motorsports Park. It was Timms’ second win in the last three USCS Winter Heat races. Timms came from the second starting spot to take the lead from polesitter Chris Martin of Ankeny, IA on lap...more

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE:: McCARL MASTERS NIGHT #1 USCS SPRINT GO AT SOUTHERN RACEWAY MILTON, FL – February 23, 2024 - National Sprint Car Hall of Fame Inductee Terry McCarl of Altoona, IA drove to a convincing win Friday night in the United Sprint Car Series Presented By K&N Filters Winter Heat Round 8 25-lap Feature Race at Southern Raceway. McCarl started third, took the lead on lap four and checked out to take the victory.. The winningest USCS driver at Southern Raceway, Mark Smith of...more

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: SMITH POUNCES FOR LATE RACE PASS TO WIN SOUTHERN RACEWAY USCS RUN MILTON, FL – February 24, 2024 - Mark Smith of Sunbury, PA rode in the catbird’s seat for 27 laps, and pounced in lapped traffic with three laps to go to take the lead. Smith went on to take his tenth United Sprint Car Series Presented by K&N Filters win at Southern Raceway since 2019 on Saturday night in Round 9 of the Winter Heat Series. Terry McCarl of Altoona, IA led the first 27 laps of the race and...more

ATTENTION! Postponed at H'Burg and Plan B...Due to the high probability of rain (70-80% with 1/2 to 3/4 inch accumulation) this Friday and 50% chance on Saturday) the inaugural Mama Parker Memorial Hub City 200 event and the USCS Winter Heat Series Race #8 has been postponed to next Friday, March 8th at 7:30pm as a one-night race. Plan B: After contesting Friday's event at Hattiesburg Speedway on Friday, March 8th, on the following night, the United Sprint Car Series Outlaw Thunder Tour...more

Attention!....Due to over an inch of rain and severe weather forecasted for Thursday night and Friday, we ha e decided to give Mother Nature her trophy for Friday night and CANCEL the Friday, March 15th racing event. But, we plan to be wide open for the Saturday, March 16th USCS Tennessee Tangle event and all classes that were planned for Saturday night's weekend finale. Please join us for a full night of high speed racing with the USCS Outlaw Thunder Tour presented by K&N Filters winged...more

HOHENWALD, TN – MARCH 16, 2024 - The defending and 15-time United Sprint Car Series Presented By K&N Filters National Champion Terry Gray of Bartlett, TN drove to his 97th career USCS victory on Saturday night in the 30-lap Feature Race at Tennessee National Raceway. The National Sprint Car Hall of Fame Inductee led all 30 laps in Round 8 of the USCS Winter Heat Series. Brad Bowden of Hernando, MS finished second, and Landon Britt of Memphis, TN took the third spot. National Sprint Car Hall...more

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: ATWOOD, TN –March 23, 2024 - Dale Howard of Byhalia, MS won the United Sprint Car Series Presented By K&N Filters Winter Heat Series finale on Saturday night at Clayhill Motorsports Park. Howard led all 25 laps of the Main Event to pick up his 25th USCS career win and move him into the tenth spot in all-time career series victories. Lance Moss of Cherryville, NC finished second, and while he lost the battle, he won the war, taking the 2024 USCS Winter Heat Series...more

GASTONIA, NC – April 5, 2024 - Eric Riggins Jr. of Charlotte, NC traded the lead early with 2023 Daytona 500 winner Ricky Stenhouse Jr. of Olive Branch, MS to post his 21st United SprNint Car Series career win on Friday night at Carolina Speedway. After leading the first five laps of the race, “The Carolina Kid” made the winning pass on lap 19, and pulled away from Stenhouse for the win. Riggins became the ninth different winner in the first ten United Sprint Car Series Presented By K&N...more

RIGGINS SWEEPS USCS CAROLINA WEEKEND WITH CHEROKEE VICTORY GAFFNEY, SC - April 6, 2024 - Eric Riggins Jr. of Charlotte, NC made it two in a row on Saturday night with his United Sprint Car Series presented by K&N Filters victory at Cherokee Speedway. It was the 22nd USCS career win for Riggins, who also won the Friday night series race at Carolina Speedway in Gastonia, NC. Riggins also drove to his second straight “Clean Sweep” of the racing program by winning the 25-lap Feature Race, the...more

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: EASTABOGA, AL – April 19, 2024 - The 2023 Daytona 500 Champion Ricky Stenhouse Jr. of Olive Branch, MS won the 25-lap Feature Race on opening night of the Alabama Gang Classic for the United Sprint Car Series Presented By K&N Filters on Friday night at Talladega Short Track. Stenhouse began his Sprint Car career 20 years ago with USCS before moving up to NASCAR. Stenhouse worked the outside groove to chase down early race leader Hayden Martin, also of Olive Branch, MS,...more

(Photo courtesy of USCS Series) Inside Line Promotions – PHENIX CITY, Ala. (June 21, 2016) – Derek Hagar has found a home away from home in the Winner’s Circle at East Alabama Motor Speedway. Hagar, who scored his first career sprint car win at the track in 2007, claimed his fifth career victory at the oval last Saturday during the 27-lap Randy Helton Memorial with the USCS Series. “It’s one of those race tracks that a lot of people don’t run the top of,” he said. “It suits my style. I like...more

(Photo by Al Steinberg) Inside Line Promotions – MARION, Ark. (June 14, 2016) – Derek Hagar will return to a familiar track this weekend with the USCS Series. Hagar is set to tackle East Alabama Motor Speedway in Phenix City, Ala., on Friday and Saturday. It will be his first trip to the track since winning in June 2014. “I love racing in Phenix City,” he said. “I got my first winged sprint car feature win there and we’ve been very successful every time we’ve gone back.” Hagar’s first career...more

The team was finally back in action after multiple rainouts. Crew Chief Bob Thompson had the J&J Auto Racing car set up and fast from the time we unloaded. Hot Laps produced times of 14 second laps. The team has found no luck with pill draws these days and pulled a high number, starting us at the tail of the heat race. Jim was hammer down and never lifting on a track that saw little passing. Jim was able to move up passing three cars and finishing 5th in the heat. Securing enough passing...more

East Alabama Motor Speedway: June 20, 2008 - Phenix City, AL - On a night to remember, twenty year-old Don Young from Bartlett, Tennessee battled his way to victory lane in the 2nd Annual Parts Plus United Sprint Car Series Randy Helton Memorial Race at East Alabama Motor Speedway on Saturday night. It was the 2007 Parts Plus USCS Rookie of the Year driver’s career-first feature win in the series. The night’s events commemorated the racing career of former United Sprint Car Series racer Randy...more

EAST ALABAMA MOTOR SPEEDWAY: June 21, 2008 - Phenix City, AL - On a night to remember, it just couldn’t have been bigger. In what was a storybook finish to a dream come true, Jeremy Scott from Franklin, Georgia battled his way to victory lane in the 1st Annual O’Reilly United Sprint Car Series Randy Helton Memorial Race at East Alabama Motor Speedway on Saturday night. It was Scott’s first-ever career feature win in the series he has participated in since 1998. The night’s events commemorated...more

Pheonix City, AL - Immensely talented sixteen year-old Derek Hagar from Marion, Arkansas charged past seven of the Southeast's and the Nation's top sprint car drivers into the lead on lap twenty-three of the thirty-lap O'Reilly Auto Parts United Sprint Car Series feature race and captured the first win of his young career. Hagar, who was the O'Reilly USCS Rookie of the Year last season, was totally impressive as he charged from his eighth place starting position into victory lane with the...more