10 drivers claim spots in USCS Sprint Car Shootout at Atlanta Motor Speedway on August 29th

By Pete Walton

Atlanta, GA – August 14, 2014 – Ten drivers have earned a guaranteed provisional starting position for the 50-lap main event at the United Sprint Car Series presented by K&N Filters AMS Sprint Car Shootout at Atlanta Motor Speedway on Friday, August 29^th. Those ten drivers did so by finishing in the top ten positions in the four race USCS “Road to Atlanta” paved track series. An additional twelve competitors and all twenty-two starting positions for the Championship final will be decided during an afternoon qualifying session on that race day (Friday, August 29, 2014).

Twenty-one year-old female USCS sprint car star Morgan Turpen from Cordova, Tennessee finished at the top of the USCS “Road to Atlanta” standings after she collected a win plus two third place and one fourth place finishes in the four events. The ten USCS competitors who have earned spots in the 50-lap USCS Sprint Car Shootout finale at Atlanta Motor Speedway on Friday, August 29, 2014 via their point standings are: 1^st place Morgan Turpen, Cordova, TN 622 pts; 2^nd place Terry Gray, Bartlett, TN 606 pts; 3^rd place Johnny Bridges, Cherryville, NC 605 pts; 4^th place Brandon McLain, Indian Trail, NC 575 pts; 5^th place Tom Paterson, Argos, IN 572 pts; 6^th place Tim Perry, Mooresville, NC 546 pts; 7^th place Jay Dunham, Grovetown, GA 539 pts; 8^th place Bill Moore, Ulla, NC 530 pts; 9^th place Jake McLain, Indian Trail, NC 445 pts and 10^th place Joe Larkin, Suwanee, GA 376 pts.

The USCS Sprint Car Shootout event is part of Atlanta Motor Speedway’s Labor Day weekend 2014 race date on the NASCAR Sprint Cup Series schedule. The winged warriors of the USCS will light up the night immediately following the NASCAR Sprint Cup Series qualifying session with a 50-lap USCS winged sprint car main event on the quarter-mile paved AMS “Thunder Ring,” located on the front stretch of the speedway.

The USCS Sprint Car Shootout format on August 29, 2014 will see the United Sprint Car Series winged sprint car competitors contest a practice session that will be followed by a qualifying session on Friday (August 29^th) from 11:00 a.m. until 2:00 p.m. This three hour time frame will allow for two rounds of practice for each competitor followed by time trials and a series of qualifying races to determine the final starting order for the 50-lap USCS Sprint Car Shootout finale.

The preliminary interest from sprint car competitors has been extremely high for the Atlanta Motor Speedway USCS event. A field of top winged sprint car drivers from across the nation (8-10 states) are expected for the second appearance of the USCS Outlaw Thunder Tour presented by K&N Filters sprint cars at Atlanta Motor Speedway. California pavement hot-shoe JoJo Helberg won the 2013 inaugural event.

The United Sprint Car Series is the only winged sprint car series in the World that contests it’s Championship on both dirt and paved ovals. At 1,300 pounds and over 700 horsepower, winged sprint cars are pound for pound the World’s fastest and most powerful short-track cars. The USCS winged sprint cars are expected to reach speeds of approximately one hundred miles per hour (100 m.p.h.) around the quarter mile AMS “Thunder Ring.”

For ticket and event information, plus a complete listing of the 2013 racing schedule at Atlanta Motor Speedway, call the AMS Ticket Office at (877) 9-AMS-TIX, (770) 946-4211 or visit www.atlantamotorspeedway.com. For information and/or rules for the United Sprint Car Series visit www.uscsracing.com or call 770-865-6097.

Media contact: Pete Walton peteuscs@att.net

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USCS Road to Atlanta (Asphalt Thunder) point standings as of 7/26/2014.

Pos. Car# Driver Points

1 10M Morgan Turpen 622

2 10 Terry Gray 606

3 7 Johnny Bridges 605

4 21b Brandon McLain 575

5 100 Tom Paterson 572

6 36 Tim Perry 546

7 51 Jay Dunham 539