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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE:
USCS presented by K&N Filters Awards Banquet honors National Champ Terry Gray and top drivers
Atlanta, GA - January 29, 2015 – Just fewer than one hundred attendees watched as the “Bartlett Bullet” Terry Gray from Bartlett, Tennessee was honored for his eleventh United Sprint Car Series presented by K&N Filters National Championship this past Saturday at the 18th annual and the 2014 USCS Champions Awards Banquet in Roswell, Georgia. The veteran sprint car driver made two visits to the www.rockauto.com USCS victory lane as the series feature winner at 411 Motor Speedway on May 2nd and at Lavonia Speedway on July 17th. Gray didn’t lead the season in the win column, but, had over 30 finishes in the top five during the series 35 dirt and paved oval events. Gray also collected the Championship trophy and check for both the USCS Mid South Thunder regional and Southern Thunder regional series point’s battles.
Gray’s team-mate and the 2010 USCS Rookie of the Year, Morgan Turpen from Cordova, Tennessee, was the only female sprint car competitor near the top of the USCS standings. Turpen had a stellar season with a Championship in the USCS “Road to Atlanta” Hoosier Asphalt Series with a win at Southern National Motorsports Park on April 26th and four top five finishes in the five-event pavement mini-series. Turpen, who grabbed her career fifth and sixth USCS career feature wins during the 2014 season additionally collected runner-up honors in the National title chase as well as the USCS Mid South and Southern regional series. She was also honored as one of only forty drivers who received multiple votes in the National Sprint Car Hall of Fame 360 sprint car driver of the Year 2014 poll.
The 2012 USCS National “Rookie of the Year” Jeff Willingham who hails from Ripley, Mississippi collected third place honors for his efforts in the final 214 USCS National standings. His finishes improved four positions from the 2013 season. Willingham also finished in fourth place in the tough USCS Mid South Thunder Tour regional series standings. He finished in sixth place in the final standings of the USCS Southern Thunder region.
Another Bartlett, Tennessee racer, Anthony Nicholson ran the entire Mid South Thunder Tour regional series of 20 races and enough USCS Southern Thunder Tour events to accumulate the fourth place honors for the National title chase. Nicholson visited the www.rockauto.com USCS victory lane six times to accept feature winner honors during the 2014 season. He was the winner of the series season finale at Poplar Bluff Speedway on October 11, 2014.
Three time USCS Mid South Thunder Tour regional series Champion and 2013 USCS National Champion, Tim Crawley from Benton, Arkansas rounded out the top five drivers in the series National point standings. Crawley also was tied with Nicholson for the series second most wins during the season with six feature wins. All six of his wins came in Mid-South regional series races. He ran all but three of the Mid South races and finished in sixth place in the final standings in the USCS Mid South Thunder regional series final standings.
Terry Witherspoon from Jacksonville, Florida who finished in ___ place the 2013 National point standings, but, improved _positions to lead the next group of drivers in sixth place. Witherspoon also finished in fifth place in the USCS Southern Thunder regional series standings. The 2012 USCS Rookie of the Year, Jeff Willingham from Ripley, Mississippi followed Nicholson to the stage with a seventh place finish in the National standings. Willingham also collected awards for a seventh place finish in the USCS Mid South regional series and an eighth place finish in the final Southern Thunder region standings.
Three-time 2014 USCS feature winner Eric Riggins, Jr. from Charlotte, North Carolina who was the 2010 USCS Southern Thunder regional series Rookie of the Year was recognized for a seventh place finish in the final USCS National sprint car standings. The nineteen-year old Riggins won on August 30th at Harris Speedway and visited the www.rockauto.com USCS victory lane twice on back-to-back nights in September 29th and 20th at Senoia Raceway. Riggins who competed mostly in the USCS Southern Thunder regional series finished fourth in those point standings.
The 2014 USCS “Rookie of the Year” Brandon McLain from Indian Trail, North Carolina showed promise for the future by finishing in eighth place in the National Championship point standings. The rookie driver also scored enough steady performances in the USCS Southern Thunder regional series to finish in the third place behind National Champion Gray and Morgan Turpen in the series, Brandon McLain also finished in third place behind Morgan Turpen and Terry Gray in the USCS Road to Atlanta Hoosier asphalt 5 race pavement mini-series. His Father, Doug McLain, received recognition as 2014 USCS Rookie of the Year Crew Chief.
Greg Merritt from Nesbit, Mississippi, who focused his efforts primarily on the USCS Mid-South Thunder regional series, was honored for a ninth place finish in the final 2014 USCS National point standings. He additionally finished in the sixth position in the 2014 USCS Mid South Thunder standings.
Ronny Howard, who also calls Nesbit, Mississippi home, rounded out the top ten drivers in the final USCS National point standings. The second generation veteran USCS sprint car driver finished in seventh place in the talent laden USCS Mid South regional standings as well.
Additional USCS Mid-South Thunder Tour regional series awards:
Eddie Gallagher who hails from Olive Branch, Mississippi finished in eighth place in the USCS Mid South region standings followed by 2013 USCS Rookie of the Year, Curt Terrell from Bartlett, Tennessee. The 2013 USCS National Champion, Derek Hagar from Marion, Arkansas led the United Sprint Car Series in feature winds in 2014. Hagar raced to 8 feature wins in eleven USCS starts during 2014 while competing frequently in the USCS Mid South region. That was good enough to round out the USCS Mid South 2014 regional series point standings in tenth place.
Additional USCS Southern Thunder Tour regional series awards:
USCS Southern region regular, Joe Larkin from Suwannee, Georgia finished in seventh place in the 2014 Southern Thunder standings followed by Florida Mini Sprints 2013 Champion, teenage sprint car rookie driver Nicholas Snyder from Marco Island, Florida in eighth place. Second year driver Jay Dunham from Grovetown, Georgia finished in ninth place in the Southern Thunder regional standings. USCS veteran racer, Brian Thomas from Pendergrass, Georgia rounded out the regional series’ top ten drivers
USCS Road to Atlanta Hoosier Asphalt Series awards:
National Championship runner-up Morgan Turpen from Cordova, Tennessee was the USCS Road to Atlanta Hoosier Asphalt Series Champion. Turpen won once at Southern National Motorsports Park. She set fast time twice in the five race paved track mini-series and had all top five finishes to claim the title. Turpen’s car/owner, team-mate and 2014 USCS National Champion, Terry Gray claimed the runner-up position in the pavement series just 19 points behind his team-mate. The 2014 USCS Rookie of the Year, Brandon McLain collected third place honors in the series that ended its run at Atlanta Motor Speedway on Labor Day weekend. Argos Indian’s Tom Patterson made his three weekend trips down South worth a fourth place finish in the series and Tim Perry from Mooresville, North Carolina rounded out the top five in the standings.
Jay Dunham from Grovetown, Georgia led the next group of racers in sixth place in the standings followed by Bill Moore of Ulla, North Carolina in sixth place. Johnny Bridges from Cherryville, North Carolina who won the pavement opener at Anderson Motor Speedway and set fast time twice, before missing the finale, finished in eighth place in the standings. Jake McLain from Indian Trail, North Carolina followed Bridges in 9th place and USCS regular Joe Larkin from Suwannee, Georgia rounded out the top ten drivers in the paved track standings.
One hundred and twenty-nine different drivers competed in the thirty-five 18th anniversary USCS Outlaw Thunder Tour presented by K&N Filter’s events. Eleven different drivers won 2014 USCS Outlaw Thunder Tour main events. Those included Derek Hagar, who led the series victory column with eight wins. Hagar was followed by Tim Crawley and Anthony Nicholson who tied with six feature wins each. Joe Aguilar from Tampa, Florida and Eric Riggins, Jr. were next with three feature wins. Johnny Bridges, Terry Gray and Morgan Turpen made two visits to the www.rockauto.com USCS victory lane each as well. Lance Moss from Cherryville, North Carolina, 2000 USCS Rookie of the Year Michael Miller from Ocean Springs, Mississippi and 2010 USCS Mid South regional series Rookie of the Year, Jerod Roller from Hernando, Mississippi won one main event each during the 2014 season.
The eighteenth anniversary USCS Outlaw Thunder Tour presented by K&N Filters kicked off on Saturday, March 1st at Magnolia Motor Speedway and concluded at Poplar Bluff Speedway on Saturday, October 11th. For complete and archived results from these events please visit the series Official website at www.uscsracing.com .
The United Sprint Car Series thanks the 2014 USCS Outlaw Thunder Tour supporting sponsors including: K&N Filters, Hoosier Racing Tire, and USCS victory lane sponsor www.RockAuto.com plus Arizona Sport Shirts, Bell Racing USA, Brown and Miller racing Solutions, Bulldog Rear Ends/DMI, DSR Fuel Systems, Engler Machine and Tool, JE Pistons, Keizer Aluminum Wheels, KSE Racing Products, Pyrotect Racing Cells, Saldana Racing Products, Schoenfeld Headers, Something Inked and Wilwood Engineering.
The 2015 (19th Anniversary) USCS Outlaw Thunder Tour kicks off at Magnolia Motor Speedway in Columbus, Mississippi on Friday, February 27th and Saturday, February 28th. A full schedule of 2015 USCS Outlaw Thunder Tour winged sprint car events is available online at www.uscsracing.com . For series rules and other info please visit www.uscsracing.com or call the series office at 770-460-7223 or 770-865-6097.
Final 2015 USCS Outlaw Thunder presented by K&N Filters
Final National point standings (30 dirt + 5 asphalt events)
Pos Car # Name Points
1 10 Terry Gray 4571
2 10M Morgan Turpen 4434
3 28 Jeff Willingham 3415
4 16 Anthony Nicholson 3260
5 88 Tim Crawley 2258
6 43 Terry Witherspoon 2045
7 47 Eric Riggins Jr. 1891
8 21b Brandon McLain 1843
9 12M Greg Merritt 1810
10 44 Ronny Howard 1539
11 9Jr Derek Hagar 1507
12 1 Eddie Gallagher 1384
13 116 Nicholas Snyder 1328
14 27 Curt Terrell 1291
15 33 Joe Larkin 1232
16 51 Jay Dunham 1231
17 83 Bob Auld 1163
18 26 Marshall Skinner 1158
19 3 A.G. Raines 1100
20 67 Brian Thomas 1096
21 13T Taylor Tidmore 1072
22 12 Dalton Davis 1043
23 5 Jerod Roller 1037
24 4m Michael Miller 1012
25 14z Zach Pringle 988
26 12C Collin Cabre 935
27 07 Johnny Bridges 917
28 42 Andy McElhannon 916
29 46 Kyle Amerson 914
30 13 Todd Fayard 846
31 23 Lance Moss 839
32 4 Danny Smith 738
33 32x Robert Richardson 724
34 31G Cody Gardner 678
35 0X Clint Weiss 650
36 14 Jordon Mallett 627
37 39 Brad Bowden 626
38 31 Justin Webb 607
39 3H Brandon Hanks 559
40 36 Tim Perry 550
41 15 Johnny Gilbertson 540
42 46 Jan Howard 506
43 59 Johnny Petrozelle 500
44 11 Jake Roach 492
45 25 Ray Bugg 485
46 12b Don Ryder 460
47 61 Cody Howard 438
48 21 Kevin Hinkle 428
49 14 Kyle Bellum 428
50 89 Robby Stillwaggon 428
51 29 Brandon Hahn 406
52 21 Aubrey Black 404
53 40 Howard Moore 404
54 94 Jeff Swindell 403
55 06 Bill Moore 402
56 4 Jason Troutman 402
57 12H Kent Wolters 398
58 1A Lee Moore 388
59 12 Kris Davis 386
60 22 Troy Betts 380
61 22 Shawn Murray 366
62 44c Brett McMillan 362
63 7d Dylan DeJournett 362
64 28h Matt Hope 356
65 99 Tanner Witherspoon 354
66 33 Mark Huddleston 350
67 10p Jim Perricone 346
68 8X Chris Williams 344
69 31G Johnny Gardner 332
70 2 Brandon Kilpatrick 326
71 01 Jerod Hull 294
72 67 Jake McLain 290
73 92 Matt Kurtz 283
74 01 Shane Morgan 276
75 42 Henry Gustavus 273
76 91 Ernie Ainsworth 268
77 17m Joey Moughan 264
78 12b Brad Franks 256
79 61 Don Smith 254
80 51 Joe B Miller 254
81 26 Lukas Smith 254
82 1 Freddie McCall Jr. 250
83 44s Wesley Shepherd 248
84 57 Zach Roach 248
85 22 Dustin Barks 242
86 17 Mike Pack 242
87 11 Brian Smith 234
88 23 Tim Sites 228
89 99 Blake Jenkins 218
90 4 Tommy Snellgrove 218
91 12T Joe Young 216
92 96 Samantha Sites 216
93 6 Brad Wickham 200
94 20w Greg Wilson 148
95 28F Davie Franek 146
96 25 Josh Weller 144
97 24 Danny Martin Jr. 142
98 99 Robby Standridge 142
99 75 Tyler Blank 142
100 01 Joey Montgomery 140
101 56 Randy West 140
102 9 Justin Sturch 138
103 17j Jonathan Swanson 136
104 19 Klint Angellette 136
105 5 Dave Thorman 134
106 72 Kevin Petty 134
107 16f Lance Hester 134
108 36 Kenny Laureno 132
109 3b Brad Greer 130
110 1j Nic Jenkins 128
111 55 Donny Howard 126
112 87 Greg Smyre 124
113 5s Sonny Stroud 122
114 17 Tony Wilson 122
115 28k Jason Keith 120
116 15 Jeremy Middleton 118
117 49 Shawn Dancer 118
118 44c Bubba Lofton 114
119 11b George Blaney 112
120 n2 Ray Stevison 108
121 91 Dale Howard 106
122 57 Jason New 104
123 2 Bryce Vowan 100
124 22 Kevin Kilpatrick 100
125 25 Mark Gant 100
126 38 Rick Pringle 100
127 14 Ryan Roy 100
128 11 Skylar Pipkin 100
129 5x Tyson Hall 100
USCS Mid-South Thunder points
As of October 18, 2014
Pos. Car# Driver Point
1 10 Terry Gray 2895
2 10M Morgan Turpen 2803
3 16 Anthony Nicholson 2737
4 28 Jeff Willingham 2527
5 88 Tim Crawley 2258
6 12M Greg Merritt 1810
7 44 Ronny Howard 1539
8 1 Eddie Gallagher 1384
9 27 Curt Terrell 1291
10 9Jr Derek Hagar 1229
11 26 Marshall Skinner 1158
12 3 A.G. Raines 1100
13 13T Taylor Tidmore 1072
14 12 Dalton Davis 1043
15 5 Jerod Roller 1037
16 14z Zach Pringle 988
17 42 Andy McElhannon 916
18 13 Todd Fayard 846
19 32x Robert Richardson 724
20 43 Terry Witherspoon 721
21 31G Cody Gardner 678
22 14 Jordon Mallett 627
23 39 Brad Bowden 626
24 31 Justin Webb 607
25 4 Danny Smith 594
26 4m Michael Miller 588
27 3H Brandon Hanks 559
28 46 Jan Howard 506
29 11 Jake Roach 492
30 12b Don Ryder 460
31 61 Cody Howard 438
32 21 Kevin Hinkle 428
33 14 Kyle Bellum 428
34 83 Bob Auld 411
35 29 Brandon Hahn 406
36 40 Howard Moore 404
37 94 Jeff Swindell 403
38 44c Brett McMillan 362
39 7d Dylan DeJournett 362
40 33 Mark Huddleston 350
41 25 Ray Bugg 350
42 10p Jim Perricone 346
43 8X Chris Williams 344
44 31G Johnny Gardner 332
45 2 Brandon Kilpatrick 326
46 47 Eric Riggins, Jr. 306
47 07 Johnny Bridges 302
48 99 Jerod Hull 294
49 21B Brandon McLain 289
50 15 Nicholas Snyder 278
51 1 Shane Morgan 276
52 21 Aubrey Black 274
53 42 Henry Gustavus 273
54 23 Lance Moss 269
55 91 Ernie Ainsworth 268
56 17m Joey Moughan 264
57 61 Don Smith 254
58 51 Joe B Miller 254
59 33 Joe Larkin 254
60 26 Lukas Smith 254
61 1 Freddie McCall 250
62 22 Shawn Murray 248
63 44s Wesley Shepherd 248
64 57 Zach Roach 248
65 17 Mike Pack 242
66 23 Tim Sites 228
67 22 Dustin Barks 226
68 99 Blake Jenkins 218
69 4 Tommy Snellgrove 218
70 12T Joe Young 216
71 96 Samantha Sites 216
72 20w Greg Wilson 148
73 67 Jake McLain 142
74 51 Jay Dunham 142
75 99 Robbie Standridge 142
76 75 Tyler Blank 142
77 01 Joey Montgomery 140
78 9 Justin Sturch 138
79 29 Kyle Amerson 138
80 36 Tim Perry 138
81 59 Johnny Petrozelle 136
82 19 Klint Angellette 136
83 72 Kevin Petty 134
84 16f Lance Hester 134
85 1A Lee Moore 134
86 3b Brad Greer 130
87 1j Nic Jenkins 128
88 55 Donny Howard 126
89 0X Clint Weiss 122
90 17 Tony Wilson 122
91 28k Jason Keith 120
92 15 Jeremy Middleton 118
93 44c Bubba Lofton 114
94 n2 Ray Stevison 108
95 91 Dale Howard 106
96 57 Jason New 104
97 2 Bryce Vowan 100
98 22 Kevin Kilpatrick 100
99 25 Mark Gant 100
100 38 Rick Pringle 100
101 14 Ryan Roy 100
102 11 Skylar Pipkin 100
103 5x Tyson Hall 100
USCS Southern Thunder Points
As of October 4, 2014
Pos. Car# Driver Point
1 10 Terry Gray 2184
2 10M Morgan Turpen 2116
3 21b Brandon McLain 1975
4 47 Eric Riggins Jr. 1891
5 43 Terry Witherspoon 1680
6 28 Jeff Willingham 1372
7 33 Joe Larkin 1352
8 116 Nicholas Snyder 1290
9 51 Jay Dunham 1231
10 67 Brian Thomas 1096
11 83 Bob Auld 1063
12 12C Collin Cabre 935
13 16 Anthony Nicholson 918
14 07 Johnny Bridges 917
15 23 Lance Moss 839
16 46 Kyle Amerson 814
17 36 Tim Perry 692
18 15 Johnny Gilbertson 660
19 4m Michael Miller 588
20 06 Bill Moore 535
21 0X Clint Weiss 528
22 12H Kent Wolters 520
23 12 Kris Davis 512
24 59 Johnny Petrozelle 500
25 4 Danny Smith 448
26 67 Jake McLain 441
27 89 Robby Stillwaggon 428
28 4 Jason Troutman 400
29 22 Troy Betts 380
30 22 Shawn Murray 366
31 28h Matt Hope 356
32 99 Tanner Witherspoon 354
33 9Jr Derek Hagar 300
34 92 Matt Kurtz 283
35 21 Aubrey Black 274
36 12M Greg Merritt 274
37 1A Lee Moore 264
38 12b Brad Franks 256
39 61 Don Smith 254
40 26 Lukas Smith 254
41 25 Ray Bugg 253
42 1 Freddie McCall Jr. 250
43 12b Don Ryder 236
44 11 Brian Smith 234
45 6 Brad Wickham 200
46 11 Joey Aguilar 160
47 100 Tom Paterson 148
48 28F Davie Franek 146
49 25 Josh Weller 144
50 24 Danny Martin Jr. 142
51 56 Randy West 140
52 87 Greg Smyre 136
53 17j Jonathan Swanson 136
54 5 Dave Thorman 134
55 36 Kenny Laureno 132
56 5s Sonny Stroud 122
57 49 Shawn Dancer 118
58 11b George Blaney 112
USCS Road to Atlanta Asphalt Thunder Points
2014 Road to Atlanta Hoosier Asphalt Series Final Point Standings
Pos. Car# Driver Points
1 10M Morgan Turpen 773
2 10 Terry Gray 754
3 21b Brandon McLain 711
4 100 Tom Paterson 702
5 36 Tim Perry 692
6 51 Jay Dunham 673
7 6 Bill Moore 661
8 7 Johnny Bridges 605
9 67 Jake McLain 596
10 33 Joe Larkin 498
11 11 Joey Aguilar 469
12 28 Jeff Willingham 287
13 4 Jason Troutman 268
14 87 Greg Smyre 266
15 5 Dave Thorman 260
16 07x Doug Gould 256
17 100 Jim Payne 250
18 4m Michael Miller 146
19 15 Johnny Gilbertson 140
20 116 Nick Snyder 132
21 22 Tony Grams 132
22 12h Kent Wolters 130
23 12 Kris Davis 128
24 46 Jim Blenkarn 126
25 5s Sonny Stroud 122
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