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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE:
Tim Crawley charges to first 2015 USCS win at Magnolia Motor Speedway on “Fast Friday”
COLUMBUS, Miss. - May 29, 2015 - After rainouts claimed much of the opening portion of the 2015 United Sprint Car Series Outlaw Thunder Tour presented by K&N Filters racing schedule, Benton, Arkansas sprint car veteran racer Tim Crawley proved once again that he is a force to be reckoned with in a winged sprint car. After starting third in the USCS “Fast Friday” presented by Carl Hogan Toyota 30-lap main event, the former National Sprint Car Hall of Fame 360 sprint car “Driver of the Year” charged past fellow Arkansas native Derek Hagar on lap seven, then raced his way into the www.rockauto.com USCS Victory Lane at Magnolia Motor Speedway for the first time during the 2015 season. It was Crawley’s 72nd USCS win during his impressive career with the series.
Hagar, who started from the K&N Filters Pole Position, in the A-main, chased Crawley for the next fifteen or so laps before battling back into contention in heavy lapped traffic in the final eight to ten laps. He even passed Crawley back once in the middle of lap twenty-eight before yielding the point and the victory to the 2012 USCS National Champion (Crawley) and settling for the runner-up spot after winning the opening USCS Sprint Speedweek round at Jackson Motor Speedway on Saturday, May 23.
The event was also the Round Four of the 10th anniversary USCS Sprint Speedweek. Both Round Two at Greenville Speedway and Round Three at the Talladega Short Track were rained out.
Bartlett, Tennessee racer Anthony Nicholson rounded out the podium in the K&N Filters Podium Award third place, followed by fellow Bartlett native and 11-time USCS National Champion Terry Gray in fourth place. Gray's team-mate Morgan Turpen, from Cordova, Tenn., rounded out the front five.
1999 USCS champion Marshall Skinner from Marion, Arkansas led the next group of drivers
with a sixth place result, chased to the line by Tuscaloosa, Alabama's Lee Moore in seventh. 15-year-old young gun Taylor Tidmore, out of Hernando, Mississippi brought Gary Bell’s 32B home in eighth place and another Hernando driver, Jerod Roller, raced to a ninth place finish. Another Bartlett, Tennessee driver, and the 2013 USCS “Rookie of the Year’, Curt Terrell, rounded out the top ten.
The leading USCS Rookie of the Year contender Nick Snyder, from Marco Island, Florida was running fourth in the feature when he lost a motor on lap 12 to bring out the first yellow flag of the night. The failure forced the young gun pit side and out of the event; Snyder was credited with 20th at the checkered flag. The only other caution of the race flew on lap 16 when Buster Dickerson spun his No. 86 machine to slow the pace for the final time.
Derek Hagar kicked off the night's racing action by taking the win in the six-lap Hoosier Speed Dash. Nicholas Snyder rolled to the win in the Engler Machine and Tool First Heat, and Crawley claimed the Butlerbuilt Second Heat. Hagar stole the preliminary portion of the show to take the checkers in the Schoenfeld Headers Third Heat; He also claimed the K&N Filters Pole Award after a zero was rolled by Snyder on the K&N Pole Award Inversion Die.
The 2015 United Sprint Car Series presented by K&N Filters season continues with the finale of the 10th annual Sprint Speedweek on Saturday night, May 30 at the Riverside International Speedway in West Memphis, Ark. For rules and updated schedule information about the United Sprint Car Series Outlaw Thunder Tour, visit www.uscsracing.com or call the series office at 770-460-7223 or 770-865-6097.
RESULTS: United Sprint Car Series “Fast Friday” presented by Carl Hogan Toyota at Magnolia Motor Speedway on May 29, 2015:
Hoosier Speed Dash: Derek Hagar, A.G. Raines, Terry Gray, Nick Snyder, Morgan Turpen, Jerod Roller.
Engler Machine and Tool Heat One: Nicholas Snyder, Eddie Gallagher, Anthony Nicholson, Jeff Willingham, Buster Dickerson, Stephen Russell, Bill Mason.
ButlerBUILT Heat Two: Tim Crawley, Marshall Skinner, A.G. Raines, Morgan Turpen, Jerod Roller, Eric Riggins Jr., Justin Webb.
Schoenfeld Headers Heat Three: Derek Hagar, Howard Moore, Terry Gray, Taylor Tidmore, Curt Terrell, Lee Moore, Tristan Lee.
United Sprint Car Series presented by K&N Filters USCS "Fast Friday” presented by Carl Hogan Toyota at Magnolia Motor Speedway A-main: 30-laps
- #88 - Tim Crawley, Benton, AR
- #9JR - Derek Hagar, Marion, AR
- #16 - Anthony Nicholson, Bartlett, TN
- #10 - Terry Gray, Bartlett, TN
- #10M - Morgan Turpen, Cordova, TN
- #26 - Marshall Skinner, Marion, AR
- #1A - Lee Moore, Tuscaloosa, AL
- #32B - Taylor Tidmore, Hernando, MS
- #5 - Jerod Roller, Hernando, MS
- #27 - Curt Terrell, Bartlett, TN
- #1 - Eddie Gallagher, Olive Branch, MS
- #40 - Howard Moore, Memphis, TN
- #3 - A.G. Raines, West Memphis, AR
- #47 - Eric Riggins Jr., Charlotte, NC
- #28 - Jeff Willingham, Ripley, MS
- #91 - Stephen Russell, Springfield, IL
- #B52 - Bill Mason, Richland, MS
- #00 - Tristan Lee, Gulfport, MS
- #86 - Buster Dickerson, Caledonia, MS
- #116 - Nick Snyder, Marco Island, FL
- #31 - Justin Webb, Drummonds, TN _DNS
USCS Sprint Car Series Race Awards:
Hoosier Tire Speed Dash: #9JR - Derek Hagar
Engler Machine and Tool First Heat: #116 - Nick Snyder
Butlerbuilt Second Heat: #88 - Tim Crawley
Schoenfeld Headers Third Heat: #9JR - Derek Hagar
K&N Filters Pole Award: #9JR - Derek Hagar
JE Pistons Top Guns Award: #9JR - Derek Hagar (2nd place)
Bell Helmets Focus Award: #9JR - Derek Hagar
K&N Filters Podium (3rd place) Award: #16 - Anthony Nicholson
Brown and Miller Racing Solutions Fourth Place Award: #10 - Terry Gray
Wilwood Disc Brakes Hard Charger Award: #1A - Lee Moore
Keizer Aluminum Wheels Top Five Award: #10M - Morgan Turpen
Saldana Racing Products Super Sixth Award: #26 - Marshall Skinner
Pyrotect Racing Cells Lucky Seven Award: #1A - Lee Moore
DMI/Bulldog Rear Ends Top Ten Award: #27 - Curt Terrell
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Jacob Seelman
Speed77 Motorsports Radio, Founder/Producer
RaceChaserOnline.com, Managing Editor
Performance Motorsports Network, Radio Co-Host
National Speed Sport News, Staff Writer
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