Jacob Seelman
ATWOOD, TN – August 16, 2014 – On Saturday night at Clayhill Motorsports, the Derek Hagar and Tim Crawley Show in United Sprint Car Series presented by K&N Filters competition continued. Hagar, the defending USCS champion from Marion, Arkansas, started seventh but quickly marched forward, snatching the lead from K&N Filters Pole Position starter Morgan Turpen from Cordova, Tennessee on lap 5 of the 9th annual “Clayhill Clash” 30-lap A-main and never looked back from there en route to the www.rockauto.com USCS Victory Lane. Hagar had to hold off 2012 USCS National sprint car champion Tim Crawley, from Benton, Arkansas in a fierce wheel-to-wheel duel over the closing laps the for the $2000 payday and his seventh USCS victory of the 2014 season.
The victory lane stop was his first since mid-June at East Alabama Motor Speedway in the annual Randy Helton Memorial. The victory was also Hagar’s 28th career USCS feature win, which is fourth on the all-time list behind only Tim Crawley, Terry Gray and Kenny Adams.
The race featured three lead changes in the opening five laps, with Terry Gray snatching the lead from female sprint car driver and team-mate Morgan Turpen on the opening lap before Turpen re-gained the top spot one lap later. Turpen charger to nearly a straight-away lead before Gray flipped to bring out the race’s first caution/red flag of the race on lap 4. Hagar surged from third to first to grab the lead on the re-start and from there, the die was cast.
Crawley, from Benton, Arkansas, got by Turpen near the mid-point of the race and chased Hagar to the finish line in second. Marshall Skinner, also a Marion, Arkansas native, rounded out the podium in third. Morgan Turpen came home in fourth and California, Missouri’s Tyler Blank completed the top five.
Hernando, Mississippi top gun Jerod Roller finished in sixth and West Memphis veteran A.G. Rains crossed the checkered flag in seventh. Millington, Tennessee young gun Dalton Davis had a solid night to come home eighth and Ernie Ainsworth, out of Bartlett, Tennessee ended the night in ninth. Ainsworth was follow by Justin Webb, from Drummonds, Tennessee who completed the top ten.
10-time series Champion Terry Gray kicked off the evening’s racing action by winning the Hoosier Tire Speed Dash, and followed that up with a win in the Engler Machine and Tool First Heat. Morgan Turpen rolled to the victory in the Butlerbuilt Second Heat, and A.G. Rains netted the Schoenfeld Headers Third Heat win.
Tim Crawley was the provisional pole-sitter after scoring the most passing points in heat race action, but after a four came up in the K&N Filters Pole Award/Inversion Draw, Morgan Turpen received the K&N Filters Pole Award. Hagar passed the most cars in the A-main (six) to grab the Wilwood Disc Brakes Hard Charger Award.
The United Sprint Car Series presented by K&N Filters continues their 2014 schedule on Saturday, August 23rd with the re-scheduled running of the Dixie Sprint Car Nationals at Dixie Speedway in Woodstock, Georgia.
RESULTS: USCS Sprint Car Series “Clayhill Clash”; Clayhill Motorsports; August 16, 2014
Hoosier Tire Speed Dash: Terry Gray, Morgan Turpen, Tim Crawley, Anthony Nicholson, Curt Terrell and Jeff Willingham.
Engler Machine and Tool First Heat: Terry Gray, Derek Hagar, Tim Crawley, Justin Webb, Ronny Howard, Jeff Willingham, Wesley Shephard and Jake Roach (DNS).
Butlerbuilt Second Heat: Morgan Turpen, Dalton Davis, Marshall Skinner, Tyler Blank, Anthony Nicholson, Eddie Gallagher, Brandon Kilpatrick and Zach Roach.
Schoenfeld Headers Third Heat: A.G. Rains, Jerod Roller, Ernie Ainsworth, Curt Terrell, Brett McMillen, Taylor Tidmore and Kevin Kilpatrick (DNS).
USCS Sprint Car Series presented by K&N Clayhill Clash A-main 8/16/14: 30-laps
- #9JR – Derek Hagar, Marion, AR
- #88 – Tim Crawley, Benton, AR
- #26 – Marshall Skinner, Marion, AR
- #10M – Morgan Turpen, Cordova, TN
- #75 – Tyler Blank, California, MO
- #5 – Jerod Roller, Hernando, MS
- #3 – A.G. Rains, West Memphis, AR
- #12 – Dalton Davis, Millington, TN
- #91A – Ernie Ainsworth, Bartlett, TN
- #31 – Justin Webb, Drummonds, TN
- #16 – Anthony Nicholson, Bartlett, TN
- #13T – Taylor Tidmore, Hernando, MS
- #1X – Eddie Gallagher, Olive Branch, MS
- #28 – Jeff Willingham, Ripley, MS
- #27 – Curt Terrell, Bartlett, TN
- #11 – Jake Roach, Sardis, TN
- #57 – Zach Roach, Saltillo, TN
- #44S – Wesley Shephard, Nesbit, MS
- #2 – Brandon Kilpatrick, Coldwater, MS
- #44 – Ronny Howard, Nesbit, MS
- #10 – Terry Gray, Bartlett, TN
- #33 – Brett McMillen, Piperton, TN
- #22 – Kevin Kilpatrick, Walls, MS (DNS)
USCS Sprint Car Series Race Awards:
Hoosier Tire Speed Dash: #10 – Terry Gray
Engler Machine and Tool First Heat: #10 – Terry Gray
Butlerbuilt Second Heat: #10M – Morgan Turpen
Schoenfeld Headers Third Heat: #3 – A.G. Rains
K&N Filters Pole Award: #10M – Morgan Turpen
JE Pistons Top Guns Award: #75 – Tyler Blank (5th place)
K&N Filters Podium (3rd place) Award: #26 – Marshall Skinner
Wilwood Disc Brakes Hard Charger Award: #9 Jr. – Derek Hagar
Keizer Aluminum Wheels Top Five Award: #75 – Tyler Blank
Saldana Racing Products Super Sixth Award: #5 – Jerod Roller
Pyrotect Racing Cells Lucky Seven Award: #3 – A.G. Rains
DMI/Bulldog Rear Ends Top Ten Award: #31 – Justin Webb
The United Sprint Car Series presented by K&N Filters would like to gratefully thank its sponsoring partners for their involvement in the 2014 and 18th anniversary USCS Outlaw Thunder Tour: K&N Filters, www.rockauto.com, Engler Machine and Tool, Butlerbuilt, Wilwood Disc Brakes, Saldana Racing Products, Pyrotect Racing Cells, DMI/Bulldog Rear Ends. KSE Racing Products, Schoenfeld Headers, DSR Fuel Systems, Brown and Miller Racing Solutions and Safety-Kleen.