O'Reilly USCS Gray tunes for O'Reilly USCS Speedweek with Swainsboro Raceway win
May 21, 2006 - For immediate release:
Swainsboro, GA - Current O'Reilly Auto Parts / United Sprint Car Series www.uscsracing.com National points leader, Terry Gray from Bartlett, Tennessee passed 1999 O'Reilly USCS Dirt Cup titlist Marshall Skinner from West Memphis, Arkansas on lap twenty of the "Swainsboro Outlaw Shootout" 30 lap O'Reilly USCS USCS A-Main event at Swainsboro Raceway near Swainsboro, Florida on Saturday night to win his third USCS feature of the year. Gray was driving his familiar black #10 Wendy's, C&B Mushroom Farms, B&W Enterprises, LLC, Goodson Farms sponsored, Wesmar powered Maxim winged sprint car.
On the initial start, Skinner won the drag race to turn one with twenty year-old Hoosier Tire Young Gun points leader Danny Martin, Jr. from Sarasota, Florida. Gray who previously had won at the speedway, started in the fourth position and got into the third position going into turn one. He and Brian Maddox from Brandon, Florida both got past Martin exiting turn two and set out after Skinner who looked to be making his first visit to the track a profitable one.
On lap two the #19T of Matt Tiffany from Daytona Beach, Florida and the #19 of Jerry Jones from Clermont, Florida did a synchronized spin at the top of turn two to bring out the first of only two cautions. The race restarted with Skinner at the point followed by Gray in second, Maddox in third, Martin in fourth, Bryn Gohn from Malabar, Florida who started eighth was fifth and seventh-starting Tom Winegardner, Jr from Pierson, Florida was sixth.
Skinner continued to lead the race and began to stretch his lead until encountering lapped traffic in mid-race. This allowed Gray to make up lost ground. On lap twenty Gray went low in turn four and made the pass for the lead in lapped traffic. Skinner stayed close and challenged to re-gain the top spot several times over the next few laps. On lap twenty-four the caution flew again and bunched the field. With no lapped cars between Gray, Skinner and Danny Martin who had fought back into third place. This set up a virtual six-lap dash to the finish line. Skinner and Martin chased Gray, but he used the clear track and clean air to his advantage. At the checkers it was the veteran Gray then Skinner followed by three Hoosier Tire Young Guns rounding out the top five including; Martin, Gohn, and Matt Tiffany who passed Maddox on lap twenty-eight to recover from his earlier misfortunes for a top five finish.
Maddox was sixth flowed by Tom Winegardner, Jr. from Pierson, Florida finished in seventh, Rookie of the Year candidate Bryan Eckley from Tampa, Florida was eighth. Terry Witherspoon from Jacksonville, Florida was ninth and Tom Winegardner, Jr. from Pierson, Florida rounded out the top ten.
Danny Martin, Jr. started off the evening by winning his first Lucas Oil Power Dash of the year. Terry Gray was the winner in the Engler Tool and Machine First Heat. Brian Maddox captured the Butlerbuilt Second Heat. Bryn Gohn garnered the events Huggins Cams Hard Charger award for his charge from eighth to fourth place.
Danny Martin also received the evenings JE Pistons Top Guns Award for his third place finish. Bryan Eckley was declared the Robison Racing Products Rookie of the Race. Martin grabbed the K&N Filters Pole Award and also garnered K&N Filters 3rd place feature finisher award. Martin was recognized as the Hoosier Tire Young Gun of the Race, which is awarded to the top-finishing driver under twenty-five years old. The Weld Racing Hard Luck award went to O'Reilly USCS veteran Jerry Jones who was the first car to leave the race.
The next O'Reilly USCS event will be a combined National, Dirt Cup and Mid-South Thunder Tour event at Malden Speedway in Malden, Missouri. That event kicks off seven nights of O'Reilly USCS racing action over nine nights in the first annual O'Reilly USCS Speedweek 2006. For full details visit www.uscsracing.com or call 404-886-5913.
OFFICIAL RESULTS - ROUND ELEVEN - O'REILLY USCS OUTLAW
THUNDER TOUR AT SWAINSBORO RACEWAY - SWIANSBORO, GA
POS ST CAR# DRIVER HOMETOWN LAPS
1. 4 10 Terry Gray Bartlett, TN 30
2. 2 26 Marshall Skinner W. Memphis, AR 30
3. 1 00 Danny Martin, Jr. Sarasota, FL 30
4. 8 4B Bryn Gohn Malabar, FL 30
5. 6 19T Matt Tiffany Daytona Beach,FL 30
6. 3 3x Brian Maddox Brandon, FL 30
7. 7 11T Tom Winegardner,Jr Pierson, FL 29
8. 10 12B Bryan Eckley - R Tampa, FL 29
9. 13 43 Terry Witherspoon Jacksonville,FL 29
10. 11 11 Tom Winegardner,Sr Pierson, FL 28
11. 5 20 Frank Carlsson Oxford, FL 28
12. 14 6 Skeeter Faulconer Lutz, FL 28
13. 15 6x Lance Taylor Tampa, FL 28
14. 9 10s Matt Stegeman - R Tampa, FL 28
15. 17 59 Dan Statter Deltona,FL 25
16. 16 6F Robbie Skidmore Tampa, FL 4
17. 12 19 Jerry Jones Clermont,FL 1
LUCAS OIL POWER DASH WINNER: : Danny Martin, Jr.
K & N FILTERS POLE AWARD: Danny Martin, Jr.
HUGGINS CAMS HARD CHARGER: Bryn Gohn
(started 8th and passed 4 cars)
HOOSIER TIRE YOUNG GUN OF THE RACE: Danny Martin, Jr..
ROBISON RACING PRODUCTS ROOKIE OF THE RACE: Bryan Eckley
JE PISTONS TOP GUNS AWARD: Danny Martin, Jr. (3rd place)
K&N FILTERS 3RD-PLACE AWARD: Danny Martin, Jr.
BUTLERBUILT 4TH-PLACE AWARD: Bryn Gohn
OUTLAW DISC BRAKES TOP FIVE AWARD: Matt Tiffany
SIMPSON SAFETY PRODUCTS 6TH-PLACE AWARD: Brian Maddox
FSR RACING PRODUCTS - 7 TH-PLACE AWARD: Tom Winegardner, Jr.
AIR FLOW RESEARCH 9TH-PLACE AWARD: Terry Witherspoon
FSR TOP 10 AWARD : Tom Winegardner, Sr.
WELD RACING HARD LUCK AWARD: Jerry Jones
ENTRIES: 17
PROVISIONAL: none
LEAD CHANGES: one
LAP LEADERS: Skinner 1-20, Gray 21-30
CAUTIONS: two
LUCAS OIL POWER DASH - 6 Laps: 1. Danny Martin; 2. Terry Gray; 3. Matt Tiffany; 4. Bryn Gohn ; 5 Tom Winegardner, Sr.; 6. Danny Statter.
HEAT RACES:
ENGLER TOOL AND MACHINE 1ST HEAT: 1. Terry Gray; 2. Marshall Skinner; 3. Frank Carlsson; 4. Tom Winegarner, Jr.; 5. Matt Stegeman; 6. Tom Winegardner, Sr.; 7. Terry Witherspoon; 8. Lance Taylor.
BUTLERBUILT 2ND HEAT: 1. Brian Maddox; 2. Danny Martin, Jr.; 3. Matt Tiffany; 4. Bryn Gohn; 5. Bryan Eckley; 6. Jerry Jones; 7.Skeeter Faulconer; 8.Robbie Skidmore; 9. Dan Statter.
