By Pete Walton
Atlanta, GA – August 6, 2015 – The United Sprint Car Series Outlaw Thunder Tour presented by K&N Filters winged sprint cars headline the USCS “Summer Speed Xpolsion” at historic Jackson Motor Speedway in Byram, Mississippi on Saturday, August 15th. It will be the second time this season that the United Sprint Car Series has invaded the ¼ mile speed plant as headliners for an event that also features the K&N Filters USCS Outlaw Modified Touring Series, Crate Late Models, Mississippi State Street Stock Series and Factory Stocks on the avtion-packed racing card.
The exotic USCS Outlaw Thunder winged sprint cars weight only 1300 pounds with 700+ horsepower engines. Those two elements in addition to a huge 25 square foot top wing and seventeen inch wide specially designed Hoosier rear race tires make them the fastest cars ever to compete on the high-banked ¼ mile oval. The USCS outlaw sprint cars are expected to reach speeds over 100 miles per hour on the straight-aways at Jackson Motor Speedway.
The event at JMS awards the USCS Outlaw Thunder Tour drivers with both USCS Outlaw Thunder National championship and Mid South Thunder Tour regional series championship points. The Mid South regional series competes in Arkansas, Alabama, Mississippi, Missouri and Tennessee. The event is expected to draw drivers from six or more states including some of the top ranked drivers in North America.
During the 17th annual Ival Cooper Memorial Race, on May 23rd of this year, sanctioned by the USCS the 2013 United Sprint Car Series National Champion, Derek Hagar from Marion, Arkansas captured the victory over 33 of the Nation’s best.. It was Hagar;s second Ival Cooper Memorial race victory in a row.
J.C Waller from Arlington, Tennessee battled Nesbit, Mississippi’s Chris Moore all the way to the www.rockauto.com USCS Victory Lane in the K&N Filters USCS Modified 25 lap main event.
In addition to the USCS Outlaw Thunder Tour winged sprint cars, the racing card includes the K&N Filters USCS Outlaw Modifieds and the speedway’s Modified division regulars, who square off in a battle royale with $1000 going to the winner. The Jackson Motor Speedway Crate Late Models and the Mississippi State Street Stock division is also on the racing card as is the Factory Stock division.
Race fans are sure to get their money’s worth with a full night of non-stop family entertainment that includes a guarantee of plenty of thrills, chills and spills from the time the green flag flies for the USCS Outlaw Modified Dash race until the checkered flag falls on the final main event of the evening.
Jackson Motor Speedway is located at 5448 Old Byram Road, Byram, MS 39272. For more info on the track, Please visit jacksonmotorspeedway.net or call 601-331-6827 or 601-373-0076. For more information about the United Sprint Car Series Outlaw Thunder Tour and K&N Filters USCS Modified series please visit www.uscsracing.com or call the series office at 770-460-7223 or 770-865-6097.