USCS Outlaw Thunder Tour releases 44 race 2013 winged sprint dirt and asphalt schedule

From Pete Walton

Atlanta, GA – (February 9, 2013) – The United Sprint Car Series filtercharged by K&N Filters has released a 44 race 2013 season schedule of events. The 17^th anniversary USCS “Outlaw Thunder” Tour for winged sprint cars will visit at least thirty different dirt and paved ovals in nine states during the 2013 racing season while contesting Championships title chases in three divisions during the for 2013.

The 2013 United Sprint Car Series season highlights include the return of the series to paved track events for the only winged sprint car series in the World that will contest its National Championship on both dirt and paved ovals. There are five of those paved track performances on the schedule There are four nights of paved track action scheduled prior to one the most high profile winged sprint car events of the season. That will be when the 1300 pound, 700 horsepower winged warriors of the USCS invade the ¼ mile Thunder Ring at Atlanta Motor Speedway on Friday, August 30^th during the speedway’s Labor Day weekend NASCAR Nationwide and Sprint Cup series races. The United Sprint Car Series drivers are scheduled to race a 50-lap main event just after the Sprint Cup cars qualify on Friday evening.

Other highlights on the 2013 USCS sprint schedule include the 8^th annual USCS Sprint Speedweek from May 25^th through June 1^st, “The 248” Ival Cooper Memorial at Jackson Motor Speedway in Byrum, Mississippi on October 18^th and 19^th and the USCS Fall Nationals season finale at Riverside International Speedway in West Memphis, Arkansas on November 1^st and 2^nd.

As previously mentioned, The United Sprint Car Series will contest a National Championship based on points accumulated at all events to declare an overall Champion. The series additionally has two more Championships up for grabs in the United Sprint Car Series Mid-South Thunder regional series and in the United Sprint Car Series Southern Thunder regional series.

The USCS Mid South region races are primarily contested in Arkansas, Mississippi, North and Eastern Alabama and in West and Middle Tennessee. The USCS Southern Thunder regional series events are primarily in Eastern Alabama, Georgia, North Carolina, South Carolina, Eastern Tennessee and Virginia. Several events involve both regional series at the same venue in a challenge event.

A number of the United Sprint Car Series events will be held in conjunction with the other two United Speed Contest Sanction/USCS sanctioning body events. Those series are the www.rockauto.com USCS 600 Sprint Car Series for winged mini/micro sprint cars and the K&N Filters USCS Modified Touring Series for open wheel modifieds.

The United Sprint Car Series filtercharged by K&N Filters Outlaw Thunder Tour 2013 opens in just three weeks at Magnolia Motor Speedway in Columbus, Mississippi on Saturday, March 2nd during the 5th annual Frostbuster 250. The event is a USCS triple-header that includes both other USCS sanctioned divisions. Nine months later, the action-packed tour is scheduled to end on November 1st and 2nd at Riverside International Speedway in West Memphis, Arkansas during the USCS Fall Nationals.

Over a half million dollars ($500,000+) in Cash and contingencies is scheduled to be awarded to United Sprint Car Series Outlaw Thunder Tour racers during the 2013 season. Contributing USCS sprint series sponsors include: Hoosier Race Tire, K&N Filters, www.rockauto.com, Engler Machine and Tool, Wilwood Disc Brakes, JE Pistons, Comp Cams, DMI/Diversified Machine, Keizer Aluminum Wheels, Schoenfeld Headers, Butlerbuilt, Something Inked Motorsports, Simpson Safety Equipment, DSR Fuel Systems, RE Technologies and Arizona Sport Shirts..

For USCS sprint car rules, complete schedules and other information about the United Sprint Car Series filtercharged by K&N Filters and the other United Speed Contest Sanction/USCS racing series, please visit www.uscsracing.com, email USCS at uscsracing@att.net or call the series office at 770-460-7223.

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