From Pete Walton
Greenville, MS – (June 20, 2015) – United Sprint Car Series (USCS) Outlaw Thunder Tour presented by K&N Filters 2012 National champion Tim Crawley from Benton, Arkansas, charged from his third place starting position after a first lap re-start into the lead, then into the www.rockauto USCS Victory Lane 30 laps later at Greenville Speedway on Saturday night. Crawley’s second USCS win of the season came in the USCS Sprint Speedweek Round #2 make-up race that was originally scheduled on May 24th but rained out. It was Crawley’s second Speedweek 2015 win as well.
A first lap tangle that occurred when K&N Filters Pole Position starter Buster Dickerson from Caledonia, Mississippi looped his #86 exiting turn two and left 11 time USCS National sprint Car Champion, Terry Gray from Bartlett, Tennessee, who started in third place, no place to go. The incident left Dickerson and Gray on the sidelines and re-aligned the front six cars for the re-start. Marshall Skinner who originally was to start fourth, also needed repairs and re-started at the rear of the field.
The new line-up placed 1998 USCS Champion, Eddie Gallagher from Olive Branch, Mississippi who won the Engler Machine and Tools First Heat on the pole and Tim Crawley outside the front with Jordon Mallett from Greenbrier, Arkansas and Morgan Turpen from Cordova, Tennessee in the second row.
Crawley drag raced Gallagher to the first turn and won that contest. After that, it was a battle for the runner-up spot as Crawley led all 30 laps. Gallagher, who proved he is back in top racing forrm after several strong runs with the series, held off first a hard-charging Jordon Mallett and then Marshall Skinner who raced back from the rear off the field to finish in the third spot. Behind Sinner was Jordon Mallet , who was the series 2011 Rookie of the Year, in fourth place at the stripe. Morgan Turrpen completed her night in fifth place.
The race saw several more caution periods and a red flag on lap twenty-five for Marshall Yelverton’s slow rollover.
Tim Sites from Memphis, Tennessee avoided any of those incidents and ended his night in sixth place. He was followed by the evening’s Wilwood Disc Brakes Hard Charger, Klint Angelette from Thibodeaux, Louisiana in seventh place. Angelette started seventeenth. Donny Howard from from Hernando, Mississippi finished eighth Marshall Yelyerton from Florence, Mississippi rallied to finish in ninth place and 2013 USCS Rookie of the Year driver Curt Terrell from Bartlett, Tennessee rounded
The United Sprint Car Series returns to action on Friday, June 26th at Diamond Park Speedway in Nashville, Arkansas The series then completes a weekend double at I-30 Speedway in Benton, Arkansas on Saturday, June 27th.
For rules, schedules and more information on the United Sprint Car Series Outlaw Thunder Tour, please visit www.uscsracing.com or call 770-460-7223 or 770-865-6097.
RESULTS:
USCS Outlaw Thunder Tour presented by K&N Filters at Greenville Speedway on Sunday, June 20, 2015 results
Hoosier Speed Dash: Terry Gray, Tim Crawley, Morgan Turpen, Marshall Skinner, Jeff Willingham. and Nick Snyder.
Engler Machine and Tool First Heat: Eddie Gallagher, Marshall Skinner, Terry Gray,Jordon Mallett, Curt Terrell, Nick Snyder, Marshall Yelverton, Greg Merritt, Mark Gant and Jeff Willingham.
Butlerbuilt Second Heat: Tim Crawley, Morgan Turpen, Buster Dickerson, Justin Webb, Ronny Howard, Tim Sites, Donny Howard, Bill Mason and Klint Angelette.
USCS Outlaw Thunder Tour Speedweek 2015 Round #2 at Grenville Speedway on Saturday, June 20, 2015 – Main event 30-laps:
Pos.….Car#…Driver / Hometown
1. 88 Tim Crawley, Benton, AR
2. 1 Eddie Gallagher, Olive Branch, MS
3. 26 Marshall Skinner, Marion, AR
4. 14 Jordon Mallett, Greenbrier, AR
5. 10m Morgan Turpen, Oakland, TN
6. 6 Tim Sites, Memphis, TN
7. 19 Klint Angelette, Thibodeaux, LA
8. 55 Donny Howard, Hernando, MS
9. 21 Marshall Yelverton, Florence, MS
10. 27 Curt Terrell, Bartlett, TN
11. 28 Jeff Willingham, Ripley, MS
12. 25 Mark Gant, Savannah, TN
13. B52 Bill Mason, Richland, MS
14. 116 Nick Snyder, Marco island, FL
15. 31 Justin Webb, Drummonds, TN
16. 12m Greg Merritt, Nesbit, MS
17. 44 Ronny Howard, Nesbit, MS
18. 86 Buster Dickerson, Caldonia, MS
19. 10 Terry Gray, Bartlett, TN