Justin Carver scores career-first Parts Plus USCS win at North Alabama     

Tuscumbia, Alabama – August 7, 2009 – Seventeen year-old Rookie point’s leader, Justin Carver from Drummonds, Tennessee charged from his outside front row starting position into the lead in the first turn of the race and led the entire distance on his way to victory lane in the 30-lap Parts Plus United Sprint Car Series Outlaw Thunder Tour main event at North Alabama Speedway on Friday night. Carver’s battled with veterans Terry Gray and Raymond Stull the entire distance to collect his career-first USCS feature win.

The 2008 Rookie of the Year, Anthony Nicholson from Bartlett, Tennessee who won the May 24th USCS Speedweek 2009 Round Two at North Alabama Speedway started in the K&N filters Pole Position after the evening’s passing points leader, seven-time series Champion Terry Gray from Bartlett, Tennessee drew a four in the K&N Filters Pole Award inversion drawing for the top six cars in the feature race. This placed Carver outside the front row beside Nicholson with past series Champion, Marshall Skinner from West Memphis, Arkansas inside row two and Gray in the fourth starting position. July 11th Greenville Speedway feature winner Raymond Stull from Independence, Mississippi would start fifth and Ohio traveler, Ronnie Blair from Troy, Ohio would start sixth for the feature race.

On the start of the race Carver jumped into the lead in turn one and Gray who started fourth was scored in the runner-up spot at the end of the first lap with Nicholson in third, past series Champion Skinner, trailed in fourth and Stull was in fifth place. Three laps later Blair replaced Skinner in the top five.

After two caution periods for first turn spins and on lap eight, the order in the lead pack changed again as Stull moved past Nicholson into third place behind Carver and Gray. On lap fourteen Nicholson brought out the caution when his rear axle broke and he stopped on the back stretch while he was running in the fourth position. That was the final caution of the event. Carver led the final sixteen laps with Gray and then a rim-riding Stull who passed Gray for the second position on lap twenty-five applying pressure.

On the final lap as Carver entered turn three Stull raced by him in the low groove for what appeared to be the winning move. Stull’s momentum took him high in turn four and the talented rookie drove back past the veteran charger low in turn four and won the drag race to the $2000 paycheck awaiting him in victory lane.  

Hard charging Raymond Stull finished in the runner-up spot a car length back. Current series point’s leader, Terry Gray followed in the third position. Ronnie Blair who started sixth finished in the fourth position. Veteran USCS past Champion, Eddie Gallagher from Piperton, Tennessee rounded out the top five after starting twelfth.

Sixteen year-old Brad Greer from Coulterville, Illinois headed the next group in sixth place followed by two rookies, seventeen-year-old Jon Stinson from Memphis, Tennessee in seventh place and Casey Rowland from Nesbit, Mississippi in eighth position. Sixteen year-old female sprint car hot-shoe, Morgan Turpen from Oakland, Tennessee finished ninth and fourteen year-old first year sprint car racer, Scott Hensley from Olive Branch, Mississippi rounded out the top ten finishers.

Veteran Terry Gray won the six-lap Parts Plus Power Dash in a photo finish over Terry Gray. Gray also won the 10-lap Engler Machine and Tool First Heat Race. Marshall Skinner raced to victory in the Butlerbuilt Second Heat Race.

Eddie Gallagher garnered the Lunati “Crank It Up” Award for his charge past seven cars in the main event to finish fifth. The RE Technologies Rookie of race honors went to Carver. The event’s Dynotech hard luck award went to Nicholson.

The next Parts Plus United Sprint Car Series racing event is on Saturday, August 8th at Clayhill Motorsports. For more information on that event please visit www.clayhillmotorsports.com or call 731-669-3939. For rules and info on the Parts Plus USCS please visit www.uscsracing.com or call 770-460-7223 or 404-886-5913.
 
Parts Plus USCS results at North Alabama Speedway 8/07/09

Parts Plus Power Dash:  
Terry Gray, Justin Carver, Raymond Stull, Eddie Gallagher, Anthony Nicholson and Morgan Turpen.

Engler Machine and Tool First Heat: Terry Gray, Justin Carver, Anthony Nicholson, Raymond Stull, Scott Hensley, Casey Rowland, Clint Weiss and Lee Moore.

Butlerbuilt Second Heat: Marshall Skinner, Brad Greer, Ronnie Blair, Morgan Turpen, Jon Stinson, Eddie Gallagher and Ray Bugg.

Parts Plus USCS presented by Bar’s Leaks Feature Race results (30 laps) at North Alabama Speedway 8/07/09

1 - 24 Justin Carver, Drummonds, TN
2 - 6 Raymond Stull, Independence, MS
3 - 10 Terry Gray, Bartlett, TN
4 - 35 Ronnie Blair, Troy, OH
5 - 1 Eddie Gallagher, Piperton, TN
6 - 3B Brad Greer, Coulterville, IL
7 - 26s Jon Stinson, Memphis, TN - Rookie
8 - c4 Casey Rowland, Nesbit, MS - Rookie
9 - 80 Morgan Turpin, Oakland, TN - Rookie
10 - 44 Ronny Howard, Southaven, MS
11 - 16 Anthony Nicholson, Bartlett, Tennessee
12 -  26m Marshall Skinner, West Memphis, AR
13 - 1A Lee Moore, Tuscaloosa, AL 
14 - 0X Clint Weiss, Fort Knox, KY, Rutherfordton, NC
15 - 25 Ray Bugg, Iuka, MS

PARTS PLUS POWER DASH WINNER:  Terry Gray
K & N FILTERS POLE AWARD: Anthony Nicholson
LUNATI CRANK IT UP AWARD: Eddie Gallagher (started 12th passed 7 cars)
HOOSIER TIRE YOUNG GUN OF THE RACE: Justin Carver
RE TECHNOLOGIES ROOKIE OF THE RACE: Justin Carver
JE PISTONS TOP GUNS AWARD: Anthony Nicholson (2nd place)
K&N FILTERS 3RD-PLACE AWARD: Terry Gray
BUTLERBUILT 4TH-PLACE AWARD: Ronnie Blair
BARS LEAKS TOP FIVE AWARD: Eddie Gallagher
ENTRIES: 15
PROVISIONALS: None 
LAP LEADERS:  Laps 1-30 Justin Carver

North Alabama Speedway Results for Friday Night August 7th
Super Late Model-14 cars
Fast Time: 13.68 michael mckleroy
Feature-1.11 daniel miller 2.6 jerry owens 3.28 bradley price 4.33 david brannon 5.s4 seth mccormack 6.12 chad winkles 7.99 jerry jackson 8.51 dean carpenter 9.79 jamie flannagan 10.66 michael mckleroy 11.88 cameron cherry 12.59 eric chandler 13.d3 dicky michael dns c66 jerry owens

Late Model Stock - 10 cars
Feature-1.97 robert moore 2.99 ryan king 3.19 nick howelll 4.77 todd clemmons 5.7 richard smith 6.31 david young 7.21 cody springer 8.18 ronnie wilkerson 9.10 chuckie gipson 10.2 tracy terrell

Modified Street-7 cars
Feature-1.99 jeremy stone 2.m1 shawn mitchell 3.19 chris simms 4.20 jason stone 5.50 casey ledlow 6.4 henry parker 81 troy graves dqd

Mini Stock-10 cars
Feature-1.10 tracy terrell 2.88 bradley mckinney 3.66 matt guinn 4.43 josh everett 5.11 jordan beasley 6.22 eric ables 7.24 gary richle 8.32 tommy wallace 9.04 chris ortiz 10.32 austin hines