Stenhouse battles to O'Reilly USCS win at Crossville Raceway USA

June 9, 2006 Crossville, TN - Ricky Stenhouse, Jr. from Olive Branch, MS won the 30-lap O'Reilly Auto Parts United Sprint Car Series www.uscsracing.com Mid-South Thunder Tour feature race Friday night at Crossville's Raceway USA in Crossville, Tennessee. It was Stenhouse's third O'Reilly USCS win of the season in eight starts. The talented eighteen year-old who started sixth in the A-Main battled O'Reilly USCS Speedweek 2006 Champion, Mike Ward from Memphis, Tennessee side-by-side around the high-banked one-third mile oval for the last ten laps before winning by a car length at the finish line. T.J. Winegardner, Jr. from Pierson, Florida chased the two dynamic duelers home in third place for his highest O'Reilly USCS Outlaw Thunder career finish ever.




Current O'Reilly USCS National points leader, Terry Gray from Bartlett, Tennessee finished in the fourth position after running behind Ward in the second position through the races mid-point when Stenhouse, who was the 2003 National Sprint Car Hall of Fame 360 sprint car Rookie of the Year, came by using the high side of the race track to his advantage. Gray went to the high groove behind the teenager and seemed to have made the right decision in both drivers pursuit of Ward's #88 car who was running two grooves lower down on the track's perfectly manicured surface. Then Winegardner, Jr. went low and employed Ward's line to get past Gray on lap seventeen. O'Reilly USCS Speedweek 2006 Round One winner, Jerrod Hull from Sikeston, Missouri who won the Butlerbuilt Second Heat followed in fifth position.

Hoosier tire young Guns points leader, Danny Martin, Jr. from Sarasota, Florida lead the second five drivers in sixth place. Followed by O'Reilly USCS Rookie of the Year candidate, fifteen year-old Derek Hagar from Marion, Arkansas who was seventh. Another Hoosier Tire young Gun, Matt Tiffany from Daytona Beach, Florida was eighth, veteran Mike McElya from Bartlett, Tennessee was ninth and T.J. Winegardner's team-mate Tom Winegardner, Sr. from Pierson, Florida rounded out the top ten. The race had only one caution period on lap twenty-two when Marshall Sinner slowed to a stop in turn two.

Mike Ward won the Lucas Oil Power Dash. Ricky Stenhouse, Jr. won the Engler Tool and Machine First Heat Race. Jerrod Hull won the Butlerbuilt Second Heat Race. Rookie Derek Hagar garnered the events Huggins Cams Hard Charger award for his charge from thirteenth to seventh place. Hagar was also the Robison Racing Products Rookie of the Race. Terry Gray snagged the K&N Filters Pole Award after Stenhouse drew a six in the inversion draw. Stenhouse was also 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 Shane Nelson who suffered severe damage to his number 88z in the Butlerbuilt First Heat. .

The next O'Reilly USCS National points event and O'Reilly USCS Mid-South Thunder points event is at Atomic Speedway www.atomicspeedway.com in Lenoir City, TN on Saturday night. The O'Reilly USCS Triple-header continues on with the "Rome Outlaw Rumble" Sunday night at Rome Speedway in Rome, Ga.

OFFICIAL RESULTS -  O'REILLY USCS OUTLAW THUNDER TOUR 
ROUND TWENTY AT CROSSVILLE'S RACEWAY USA ON JUNE 9, 2006.

PS ST 	CAR # 	DRIVER 	           HOMETOWN 	    LAPS

1  6	40A	Ricky Stenhouse,Jr Olive Branch,MS  30
2  3	88 	Mike Ward 	   Memphis, TN 	    30
3  2 	11T 	Tom Winegardner,Jr Pierson, FL 	    30
4  1	10	Terry Gray	   Bartlett, TN	    30
5  5	94	Jerrod Hull	   Sikeston, MO	    30
6  8 	00	Danny Martin,Jr	   Sarasota, FL     30
7  13 	9jr 	Derek Hagar	   Marion, AR 	    30
8. 10 	19T 	Matt Tiffany 	   Daytona Beach,FL 29
9  4	58 	Mike McElya	   Bartlett, TN	    29
10 7	11	Tom Winegardner	   Pierson, FL	    29
11 12 	26 	Marshall Skinner   W. Memphis, AR   22
12 11	51 	Matt Linder 	   Hoschton, GA     11
13 9	14x	Eric White	   Horn Lake, MS     4
14 DNS  88z	Shane Nelson	   Chattanooga, TN  DNS

    
LUCAS OIL POWER DASH WINNER: Mike Ward
K&N FILTERS POLE AWARD: Terry Gray
HUGGINS CAMS HARD CHARGER: Ricky Stenhouse, Jr.
  (started 9th and passed 8 cars)
HOOSIER TIRE YOUNG GUN OF THE RACE: 
Ricky Stenhouse, Jr.
ROBISON RACING PRODUCTS ROOKIE OF THE RACE: 
Brad BowdeDerek Hagarn
JE PISTONS TOP GUNS AWARD: 
K&N FILTERS 3RD-PLACE AWARD: TJ Winegardner
BUTLERBUILT 4TH-PLACE AWARD: 
Terry Gray
OUTLAW DISC BRAKES TOP FIVE AWARD: 
Jerrod Hull
SIMPSON SAFETY PRODUCTS 6TH-PLACE AWARD: 
Danny Martin, Jr.
FSR RACING PRODUCTS-7 TH-PLACE AWARD: Derek Hagar
AIR FLOW RESEARCH 9TH-PLACE AWARD: Mike McElya
FSR TOP 10 AWARD : Tom Winegardner, Sr.
WELD RACING HARD LUCK AWARD: Shane Nelson
ENTRIES: 14
PROVISIONAL: none
LEAD CHANGES: two
LAP LEADERS: Ward. 1-19, Stenhouse, Jr. 20-30
CAUTIONS: 1

LUCAS OIL POWER DASH - 6 Laps: 1. Mike Ward; 2. Terry Gray; 3. Marshall Skinner; 4. Jerrod Hull; 5. Danny Martin, Jr. 6. Matt Tiffany.

HEAT RACES:

ENGLER TOOL AND MACHINE 1ST HEAT: 1 Ricky Stenhouse, Jr.; 2., Mike McElya.; 3 Tom Winegarner, Jr. 4. Tom Winegardner, Sr. 5. Eric White; 6. Matt Linder; 7 Shane Nelson.

BUTLERBUILT 2ND HEAT: 1.Jerrod Hull; 2. Mike Ward; 3. Terry Gray; 4. Danny Martin, Jr.; 5. Matt Tiffany; 6. Marshall Skinner; 7. Derek Hagar.