By Pete Walton
Moulton, AL – 6/04/11 – 2006 United Sprint Car Series presented by Goodyear Rookie of the Year, Derek Hagar from Marion, Arkansas passed 2010 USCS Rookie of the Year Morgan Turpen from Cordova, Tennessee on lap two and led the balance of the thirty-lap USCS Sprint Car Speedweek 2011 Finale at Moulton Speedway on Saturday night. Hagar survived several late race cautions that pulled veterans, Terry Gray and Jerrod Hull up onto his back bumper for re-starts. Hagar arrived in the www.RockAuto.com USCS victory lane with his right rear tire nearly flat.
Gray the defending USCS National Champion, finished in the runner-up spot. The Speedweek 2011 mini-series points Champion Jerrod Hull from Sikeston, Missouri collected the final podium position in third place. The 2010 USCS Southern Thunder regional series Rookie of the Year, sixteen year-old Eric Riggins, Jr. from Charlotte, North Carolina crossed the finish line in fourth place and Mike Hampton from McKenzie, Tennessee rounded out the top five finishers.
Leading the next group in sixth place was ageless open wheel veteran Ray Bugg from Iuka, Mississippi. Alex Pettas from Phoenix, Arizona followed Bugg in seventh place and the 2007 USCS Southern Thunder regional series Rookie of the Year, Lee Moore from Tuscaloosa, Alabama placed in eighth in his 2011 racing debut. The 2008 USCS Rookie of the Year, Anthony Nicholson finished ninth and the 2010 USCS presented by Goodyear National Rookie of the Year, Morgan Turpen from Cordova, Tennessee rounded out the top ten drivers.
Jerrod Hull wrapped up the USCS presented by Goodyear Sprint Car Speedweek 2011 Championship with his third place finish at Moulton Speedway. Hull won the 5-race point’s title without winning a main event during the week. His best finish was a second place at Clayhill Motorsports on Memorial Day. Two-time USCS Sprint Car Speedweek Champion Terry Gray finished in second place in the mini-series standings. The Moulton Speedway feature winner Derek Hagar was third in the Speedweek 2011 standings followed by the 2010 USCS Mid-South Thunder Tour regional series Rookie of the Year, Jerod Roller. Anthony Nicholson finished fifth in the standings followed by improving second year sprint car driver, Casey Rowland in sixth. Eighteen year-old female hot-shoe, Morgan Turpen finished in seventh. Another eighteen year old, Rookie Jordan Mallett finished in eighth place, Eric Riggins, Jr. followed in the ninth position and Brian Bell from Cordova, Tennessee completed the paid positions in tenth place.
The next USCS presented by Goodyear event is the two-day East Alabama Sprint Car Nationals on Friday and Saturday, June 17th and 18th at East Alabama Motor Speedway (wwweamsdirt.com) in Phenix City, Alabama.
USCS Outlaw Thunder Tour Winged Sprints
@ Moulton Speedway on 6/04/11 – Feature 30 Laps
Finish Start Car Driver/Hometown
1 3 15 Derek Hagar, Marion, AR
2 5 10 Terry Gray, Bartlett , TN
3 6 12 Jerrod Hull, Sikeston, MO
4 8 47 Eric Riggins, Charlotte, NC
5 11 20 Mike Hampton, McKenzie, TN
6 17 25 Ray Bugg, Iuka, MS
7 15 2 Alex Pettas, Phoenix, AZ
8 12 1A Lee Moore, Tuscaloosa, AL
9 4 16 Anthony Nicholson, Bartlett, TN
10 2 80 Morgan Turpen, Cordova, TN
11 9 23 Brian Bell, Cordova, TN
12 4 5 Jerod Roller, Olive Branch, MS
13 16 14 Jordan Mallett, Greenbrier, AR – Rookie
14 1 C4 Casey Rowland, Nesbit, MS
15 15 15 Tony Wilson, Paris, TN
16 10 20 Darren Clark, Huntersville, NC
17 7 23 Lance Moss, Cherryville, NC
18 DNS 21 David Clark, Huntersville, NC
USCS Goodyear Speed Dash Top Six from previous feature:
Finish Start Car Driver/Hometown
1 1 12 Jerrod Hull, Sikeston, MO
2 2 94 Derek Hagar, Marion, AR
3 5 10 Terry Gray, Bartlett , TN
4 3 5 Jerod Roller, Olive Branch, MS
5 4 c4 Casey Rowland, Nesbit, MS
6 6 14 Jordan Mallett, Greenbriar, AR
USCS Engler Machine and Tool First Heat:
Finish Start Car Driver/Hometown
1 4 12 Jerrod Hull, Sikeston, MO
2 3 80 Morgan Turpen, Oakland , TN
3 8 10 Terry Gray, Bartlett, TN
4 5 23 Brian Bell, Cordova, TN
5 1 20 Mike Hampton, McKenzie, TN
6 6 1A Lee Moore, Tuscaloosa, AL
7 9 20 Darren Clark, Huntersville, NC
8 2 25 Ray Bugg, Iuka, MS
9 7 21 David Clark, Huntersville, NC
USCS Butlerbuilt Second Heat:
Finish Start Car Driver/Hometown
1 1 94 Derek Hagar, Marion, AR
2 5 5 Jerod Roller, Olive Branch, MS
3 3 47 Eric Riggins, Charlotte, NC
4 7 C4 Casey Rowland, Nesbit, MS
5 9 23m Lance Moss, Cherryville, NC
6 6 16 Anthony Nicholson, Bartlett , TN
7 2 2 Alex Pettas, Phoenix, AZ
8 4 15 Tony Wilson, Paris, TN
9 8 14 Jordan Mallett, Greenbrier, AR
USCS presented by Goodyear Sprint Car Race Awards:
Goodyear Speed Dash winner award: #12 Jerrod Hull www.racegoodyear.com
Engler Machine and Tool First Heat winner award: #12 Jerrod Hull www.englermachine.com
Butlerbuilt Second Heat winner award: #94 Derek Hagar www.butlerbuilt.net
K&N Filters Pole Award: #c4 Casey Rowland www.knfilters.com
Wilwood Eng. Hard Charger Award: #25 Ray Bugg (started 17th finished 6th ) www.wildwood.com
JE Pistons Top Guns Award: #94 Derek Hagar (1st place) www.jepistons.com
K&N Filters Podium Award: #12 Jerrod Hull (3rd place) www.knfilters.com
Keizer Wheels Top Five Award: #20 Mike Hampton www.keizerwheels.com
Diversified Machine Inc/DMI Top 10 Award: #80 Morgan Turpen www.diversifiedracing.com