
OFFICIAL RESULTS FROM
SEPTEMBER 5, 2016
Tri-County Race Track (Brasstown, North Carolina)
www.TriCountyRaceTrack.com
Morgan Turpen Takes Fifth USCS Win
of the 2016 Season in Monday Night Tarheel Special!
The
defending United Sprint Car Series National Champion Morgan
Turpen of Cordova, TN found the track conditions of Tri-County
Race Track to her liking on Monday night, as she took her fifth
20th Anniversary USCS Outlaw Thunder Tour Presented by K&N
Filters win of the season.
The “Queen of the Wings” came from the fifth starting
spot and used the inside groove of Tri-County Race Track to
work her way through the pack. Turpen took the lead from Johnny
Bridges of Cherryville, NC on lap 22 of the 30 lap main event.
From that point in the race, the only time Turpen left the bottom
of the track was to work around lapped traffic.
“We’ve had a good car all year, and slick tracks
are our specialty, so I knew we would be tough to beat tonight,”
Turpen said. “The bottom of the track was the place to
be tonight, and that’s where we passed all of the cars
to get to the front.”
By posting her 12th career USCS victory, Turpen stays in the
hunt to capture her second straight USCS National Championship.
Turpen is battling with her teammate for the championship, 11-time
USCS National Champion Terry Gray of Barlett, TN. After spinning
early in the race, Gray came back to win an exciting duel with
Bridges on the last lap to take the second spot at the finish.
Danny Smith of Chillicothe, OH also snuck by Bridges on the
last lap to claim the third spot. Bridges had to settle for
fourth and Lance Moss of Cherryville, NC was fifth. Jeff Willingham
of Ripley, MS started 11th and finished sixth to earn the Wilwood
Disc Brakes Hard Charger of the Race Award.
Danny Sams III of Englewood, FL took the seventh spot and eighth
position went to Nick Roberts of Washington Court House, OH.
Joe Larkin of Suwanee, GA finished ninth and Jake McLain of
Indian Trail, NC rounded out the top ten.
In preliminary action, Bridges won the six-lap Hoosier Tire
Speed Dash. The winners in the two eight-lap Heat Races were
Turpen in the Engler Machine and Tool first heat and Nicholson
in the Brown and Miller Racing Solutions second heat.
K&N Filters Pole Award Winner Bridges took the lead at
the start of the race followed by Smith, Anthony Nicholson of
Millington, TN, Moss and Turpen. On lap two, Turpen drove under
Moss for the fourth spot, and Gray moved up to challenge Moss
for fifth. Gray and Moss tangled in turn four on five, spinning
to bring out the caution flag.
When the green flag came back out, Bridges led Nicholson, who
passed Smith on lap four just before the caution flag came out,
Smith in third, with Turpen fourth and Sams in fifth. Turpen
made an inside move on Smith on lap eight to take over the third
spot. In the meantime, Gray was on a mission, as he came from
14th on the lap five restart to fifth by lap 11.
Nicholson was trying to reel in Bridges to battle for the lead,
when he jumped the cushion in turn one on lap 13, hit the wall,
and then executed several flips before landing in turn two.
Nicholson walked away from the crash, which occurred for the
second straight year at the same spot at Tri-County Speedway.
During the open red flag period, Nicholson and his crew made
repairs to his race car, he climbed back in and restarted the
race. Bridges now led Turpen, Gray, Smith and Moss down for
the restart. Bridges climbed back into his high groove, while
Turpen planted her machine on the bottom of the race track.
This led to a side-by-side battle for the lead that continued
until lap 22 when Turpen took the lead. While the leaders worked
lapped traffic, Gray burrowed his way underneath Bridges during
the last five laps of the race to battle for second in heavy
lapped traffic. Gray was able to make the pass on the last lap.
The 20th Anniversary 2016 United Sprint Car Series Outlaw Thunder
Tour Presented by K&N Filters will make its next two stops
in the Sunshine State. Bubba Raceway Park in Ocala, FL will
host the USCS cars and stars on Friday night, September 16 and
Saturday night, September 17.
For rules and updated schedule information about the United
Sprint Car Series Outlaw Thunder Tour, please visit www.uscsracing.com
or call the series office at 770-460-7223 or 770-865-6097. You
can also like the United Sprint Car Series Facebook page at
USCS Racing.
FEATURE RACE – 30 LAPS:
POS STRT CAR # DRIVER HOMETOWN
1. 5 10m Morgan Turpen Cordova, TN
2. 6 10 Terry Gray Bartlett, TN
3. 2 4 Danny Smith Chillicothe, OH
4. 1 07 Johnny Bridges Cherryville, NC
5. 3 23 Lance Moss Cherryville, NC
6. 11 28 Jeff Willingham Ripley, MS
7. 8 24d Danny Sams III Englewood, FL
8. 10 12 Nick Roberts Washington Court House, OH
9. 9 33 Joe Larkin Suwanee, GA
10. 7 67 Jake McLain Indian Trail, NC
11. 4 16 Anthony Nicholson Millington, TN
12. 14 25 Ray Bugg Iuka, MS
13. 13 22 Kevin Roberts Washington Court House, OH
14. 12 6T Brad Wickham Rutherfordton, NC
USCS SPRINT CAR SERIES RACE AWARDS:
Hoosier Tire Speed Dash: Bridges
Engler Machine and Tool First Heat: Turpen
Brown and Miller Racing Solutions Second Heat: Nicholson
K&N Filters Pole Award: Bridges
JE Pistons Top Guns Award: (3rd place) Bridges
K&N Filters Podium (3rd place) Award: Bridges
Wilwood Disc Brakes Hard Charger Award: Willingham (started
11th and finished 6th)
Keizer Aluminum Wheels Top Five Award: Moss
Saldana Racing Products Super Sixth Award: Willingham
Pyrotect Racing Cells Lucky Seven Award: Sams
DHR Suspension 8th-Place Award: N. Roberts
DMI/Bulldog Rear Ends Top Ten Award: McLain
USCS SPRINT CAR SERIES PRESENTED BY K&N FILTERS PRELIMINARY
RACE RESULTS:
USCS Hoosier Speed Dash - (6 Laps): 1. Bridges; 2. Gray; 3.
N. Roberts; 4. Nicholson; 5. J. McLain; 6. Willingham.
Engler Machine & Tool Heat 1 - (8 Laps): 1. Turpen; 2.
Gray; 3. Sams; 4. Bridges; 5. N. Roberts; 6. Willingham; 7.
K. Roberts DNS.
Brown and Miller Racing Solutions Heat 2- (8 Laps): 1. Nicholson;
2. Moss; 3. Smith; 4. McLain; 5. Larkin; 6. Wickham; 7. Bugg
DNS.
Super Late Model:
1)
4 Danny Ledford
2) x15 Shawn Chastain
3) 8 David Payne
4) 17 Kurt English
5) 13 George Mashburn
6) 96 Bobby Panter
7) 47 Tim Rucker
8) r12 Rodney Weeks
9) 3 Jeremy Hicks
10) 56 Joey Standridge
11) 38 Jamie Oliver
12) 7 Craig Greer
DNS) 34 Glen Barnett
Limited Late Model:
1)
102 Clayton Turner
2) 27 Charlie Parker
3) 4 Danny Ledford
4) 30 Devin Dilbeck
5) 41 Justin Graveley
6) 19b Kevin Bradshaw
7) 1 Trig Parris
8) 1c David Conley
9) 26 Trevor Parker
10) 37 Michael Barnett
11) 42 Johnny Gulizia
12) 818 Jeffrey Wood
13) 55 Kip Cochran
Crate Late Model:
1)
j39 Jimmy Elliott
2) 14 Adam Smith
3) 12 Drew Deaver
4) 2 Anthony Rymer
5) 7 Jason Deal
6) 9m Dallas Manus
7) 27 Mike Davidson
8) 49 Bo Stanley
9) 32 Cody Gloyne
10) 22 Jamison Early
11) 14 Tony Beck
Interstate Welding Modified
Street:
1)
17 Brad Thomas
2) 44 Bobby Elkins
3) 49 Darryl Mathison
4) 34 Greg Suddereth
5) 5 Kenny Taylor
6) 45 Brandon Elliott
7) 21 Troy Turner
8) 56 Jason Berrong
9) j17 Ronnie Wren
10) 48 Colton Straub
11) 14 Charles Devine, Jr.
12) 22 Mike Bryson
DQ'D) 99 Jim Twiggs
Street Stock:
1)
91 Marlin Gunter
2) 43 Michael Harper
3) t11 Tim Kilby
4) 01 Jacob Lynch
5) j10 Jim Weller
6) 7 Dylan Truhan
7) 11r Braydon Roberts
8) 87 Patrick Roberts
9) 191 Brawley Stillwell
10) 00 Adam Thomason
11) 92 Zeb Hutchinson
12) 05 Drew Bowers
13) 5 Lynn Burchfield
14) 9 Bo Allison
Pony:
1)
17w Justin Woodward
2) 32 Franklin Burk
3) j23 Shannon Jones
4) 47r Bobby Rhinehart
5) 88 Chris McCulloch
6) 43 Tain Ross
7) 11d Ricky Dyer
8) j22 Jamey Saunooke
9) 11t Colt Thomason
10) 7 Ryan Crawford
602 Rookie:
1)
101 Avery Breedlove
2) 87 Chris Hedden
3) 99 Reese Stillwell
4) 11 Dalton Cochran
5) 77 Les Elliott
6) 77 Hunter Toomey
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