JUNE 15,
2013
Crawley Races to Third USCS Season Win at Tri-County;
Hosey Nabs First Career USCS 600 Victory!
Brasstown, NC - Defending USCS National Champion Tim Crawley
from Benton, Arkansas raced to his third United Sprint Car Series
presented by K&N Filters feature win on Saturday night before
a capacity crowd at Ray Cook's Tri County Racetrack in the mountains
of western North Crolina. Crawley raced Mike Ward's #88 from
the sixth starting position into the www.rockauto.com United
Sprint Car Series victory lane in the 1st annual "Thunder
in the Mountains" event.
Crawley took the lead with only one lap to go after National
points leader Derek Hagar from Marion, Arkansas appeared to
run out of fuel with one laps to go after leading the first
29 laps of the event. Past series Champion, Terry Gray from
Bartlett, Tennessee finished in the runner-up spot followed
by Eric Riggings, Jr. from Charlotte, North Carolina and Hagar
coasted across the finish line in fourth place followed by veteran
Ray Bugg from Iuka, Mississippi who rounded out the top five.
Veteran racer Terry Witherspoon from Jacksonville, Florida
finished in sixth place followed by Lance Moss from Cherryville,
North Carolina finished seventh place. Joe Larkin from Suwannee,
Georgia finished in eighth place followed by rookie driver Jay
Dunham from Augusta, Georgia who drove his #51 home in the ninth
finishing position. Another USCS rookie, Tanner Witherspoon
from Jacksonville, Florida rounded out the top ten.
Lance Moss kicked of the evening's competition with a win
in the Hoosier Tire Speed Dash. Ric Riggins, Jr. won the Engler
Machine and Tool First Heat. Terry Gray won the Butlerbuilt
Second Heat. Terry Gray was awarded the K&N Filters Pole
Award. Tim Crawley advanced the most positions to earn the Wilwood
Disc Brakes Hardcharger Award.
Hoosier Speed Dash 6-laps: Lance Moss, Derek Hagar, Tim Crawley,
Terry Gray, and Ray Bugg.
Engler Machine and Tool First Heat: Eric Riggins, Jr., Lance
Moss, Terry Witherspoon, Joe Larkin and Tanner Witherspoon.
Butlerbuilt Second Heat: Terry Gray, Derek Hagar, Tim Crawley,
Ray Bugg and Jay Dunham.
USCS Filtercharged by K&N Filters Series:
1.
88 Tim Crawley, Benton, AR
2. 10 Terry Gray, Bartlett, TN
3. 47 Eric Riggins, Jr., Charlotte, NC
4. 9Jr Derek Hagar, Marion, AR
5. 25 Ray Bugg, Iuka, MS
6. 43 Terry Witherspoon, Jacksonville, FL
7. 23 Lance Moss, Cherryville, NC
8. 33 Joe Larkin, Suwannee, GA
9. 51 Jay Dunham, Augusta, GA
10. 99 Tanner Witherspoon, Jacksonville, FL
The 2011 www.rockauto.com USCS 600 Sprint Car Series Rookie
of the Year, Sean Hosey from Clarksville, Tennessee, who started
from the K&N Filters Pole Position passed early race leader
Mike Magic from Winder, Georgia on lap 12 of the 20-lap main
event to score a career-first feature win at Ray Cook's Tri
County Racetrack on Saturday night. Magic collected his second
runner-up finish of the weekend as he held off hard-charging
defending series Champion Bobby Zaiontz from Columbus, Mississippi
who finished in the K&N Filters Podium awarding position
third place after starting tenth. Shane Nelson from Ooltewah,
Tennessee finished in the fourth position and Matt McCullough
from Powder Springs, Georgia rounded out the top five drivers.
Rookie driver, Shawn Nelson, also from Ooltewah, Tennessee
led the next group in sixth place. Shuan Fitzgerald from Powder
Springs, Georgia was seventh followed by 2013 USCS 600 Sprint
Car Series Rookie of the Year point's leader, Brandon Taylor
from Cumming, Georgia in eighth place. The only female racer
in the field, Cassie Klenke from Greer, South Carolina finished
in ninth place and veteran Bob Trapino from Alpharetta, Georgia
rounded out the top ten drivers.
Shane Nelson kicked off the evenings racing activities by winning
the six-lap Hoosier Race Tire Speed Dash. Sean Hosey then won
the Engler Machine and Tool First Heat. Matt McCullough won
the www.rockauto.com Second Heat. Bobby Zaiontz advanced the
most positions in the main event to collect the Wilwood Disc
Brakes Hardcharger Award.
Hoosier Race Tire Speed Dash: Shane Nelson, Mike Magic, Bob
Trapino, Shawn Nelson, Bobby Zaiontz and Matt McCullough.
Engler Machine and Tool First Heat: Mike Magic, Sean Hosey,
Shaun Fitzgerald, Shawn Nelson and Brandon Taylor.
www.rockauto.com Second Heat: Matt McCullough, Bob Trapino,
Shane Nelson, Cassie Klenke, Bobby Zaiontz and Tyler Price.
www.rockauto.com USCS 600 Sprint Car Series:
1.
6 Sean Hosey, Clarksville, TN
2. 5m Mike Magic, Winder, GA
3. 1 Bobby Zaiontz, Columbus, MS
4. 88z Shane Nelson, Ooltewah, TN
5. 14 Matt McCullough, Atlanta, GA
6. 88A Shawn Nelson, Ooltewah, TN
7. 28 Shaun Fitzgerald, Powder Springs, GA
8. 07 Brandon Taylor, Cumming, GA
9. 94 Cassie Klenke, Greer, SC
10. 98 Bob Trapino, Alpharetta, GA
11. 9 Tyler Price, Clarksville, TN - DNS
Limited Late Model:
1)
27 Charlie Parker
2) 37 Michael Barnett
3) x15 Shawn Chastain
4) 19b Kevin Bradshaw
5) 30 Devon Dilbeck
6) 28 Cort Carringer
7) 1 David Conley
8) 11c Preston Crisp
9) 14 Hershel Hyatt
10) 96 Bobby Panter
11) 56 Ronald Wood
12) 55 Steve Richardson
13) 15 Andy Standridge
14) 13 George Mashburn
15) 15 Ethan Hunter
Crate Late Model:
1)
17 Brett Shook
2) 81 Kevin Sutton
3) 88 Paydon Shook
4) 88 Ricky Smith
5) 23 Barry Anderson
6) 8s Steven Sofield
7) 9 Dallas Manus
8) 62 Keith Robinson
9) 31 Haven Stiles
10) 7 Jason Deal
11) 38 Jamie Oliver
Interstate Welding Modified Street:
1)
99 Jim Twiggs
2) 14 Charles Devine
3) 3 Tony Self
4) 22 Mike Bryson
5) 4 Dwayne Cole
6) j17 Ronnie Wren
7) 34 Greg Suddereth
8) t1 Troy Turner
9) 818 Jeffrey Wood
Street Stock:
1)
4 Shannon Smith
2) 17 Charles Toomey
3) 27 Drew Bowers
4) 38 Lynn Birchfield
5) 00 Jeff Gunter
6) 11 Andy Lewis
7) 22 Josh Roberts
8) 21 Doug Sellers
9) 3 Mitchell Lance
10) 8 Jeff Jackson
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