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Rookie Troy Dow claims 2013 K&N Filters USCS Outlaw Modified title

Atlanta, GA - November 30, 2013 - Rookie open wheel modified driver Troy Dow from Munford,
Tennessee claimed the 2013 K&N Filters USCS Outlaw Modified Series Championship. The nineteen
year-old driver also garnered the K&N Filters USCS Modified “Rookie of the Year” honors after a stellar
first full season in the open wheel modified type race cars. Troy Dow is the youngest driver to ever capture the series title in the eight seasons since its inception in 2006. Although Dow did not reach the
www.rockauto.com USCS victory lane during the season, the talented rookie used a total of six top five
and nine top ten finishes during the series thirteen 2013 events to reach the top of the standings with
1857 points in the highly competitive USCS series for Outlaw style open wheel modified race cars. J.C.
Waller from Arlington, Tennessee who led series the point standings at the midpoint of the season,
finished just 90 points behind Dow in the runner-up position with 1767 points via three top five and ten top ten finishes. Waller has competed with the series since the inaugural 2006 season.

Dustin Castleberry from Malden, Missouri followed Dow and Waller in the 2013 point standings with
1357 points to finish in third place. Joseph Leister from Drummonds, Tennessee who was the 2009
USCS Modified “Driver of the Year” after finishing in second place in both the 2009 K&N Filters USCS
Modified Touring Series and the 2009 USCS Modified Weekly Racing Series standings finished the
2013 K&N Filters USCS Outlaw Modified division standings in the fourth place with 1201 points.
Leister trailed J.C. Waller in the runner-up spot in the point standings until the USCS Modified
Speedweek opener on June 28th at Benton Raceway when he was involved in a serious last lap
accident. Although he suffered no serious injuries, his car was totaled and Leister missed a number
of events. Lucas Lee from Paris, Tennessee, who reached the www.RockAuto.com USCS victory lane
on June 28th at Benton Raceway, had seven out of his eight USCS finishes in the top ten including five
times in the top five to accumulate 1176 points to finish in fifth place during the 2013 season.

Brandon Poppenheimer from Nesbit, Mississippi, who usually runs enough USCS Modified events to
find a place in the top ten of the final standings, led the next group of drivers in sixth place with 976
points.  Ditto for veteran Mid South open wheel modified ace Chris Moore also from Nesbit,
Mississippi. Moore had two feature wins in the season finale USCS Fall Nationals on back-to-back
nights at Riverside International Speedway on November 2nd and 3rd and finished seventh in the
standings with 845 points. Terry “The X Man” Gray also from Munford, Tennessee followed Moore
in the standings with 824 points in eighth place. The 2013 USCS Modified Speedweek Champion,
Michael Lee from Paris, Tennessee finished in ninth place in the standings with 751 points. Young
gun Michael Turner also from Paris, Tennessee rounded out the top ten in the point standings with
682 points.

Louisiana’s Cade Dillard won on both nights during the season opener at Magnolia Motor
Speedway on March 8th and 9th. Todd Bates from Hurricane Mills, Tennessee then won on the
series first night of the 1st annual Tennessee 200 at Tennessee National Raceway on Friday,
March 15th. On the following night, Matt Cooper from McKenzie, Tennessee picked up the win
during the final at Tennessee National Raceway.  Cooper, who was the series 2013 feature win
leader with three visits to the www.rockauto.com USCS victory lane, won again on May 27th at
Clayhill Motorsports and then repeated at Clayhill in the USCS Modified Speedweek Round
#4 finale at Clayhill Motorsports on July 6th.

Additional 2013 season feature winners were Billy Collett from Jackson, Mississippi
at Jackson Motor Speedway on May 25th, Lucas Lee won the USCS Modified Speedweek
Round #1 on June 28th at Benton Raceway. Young gun Dallas Everette from Beebe, Arkansas
won the July 3rd event USCS Modified Speedweek Round #2 at Crowley’s Ridge Raceway.
Mike Bowers from Little Rock, Arkansas won the USCS Modified Speedweek Round #3
race at Diamond Park Speedway on July 5th. Rustin Miller picked up the $2000 for the 13th
annual Cotton Bowl Cup event win at Poplar Bluff Speedway on October 12th.

One hundred and fifty-eight different drivers competed during the 2013 K&N Filters USCS
Outlaw Modified Series thirteen events. The series averaged 25.2 cars per event in 2013.
The 2014 USCS Modified Touring Series season is tentatively set to open during the Frostbuster
200 at Magnolia Motor Speedway on March 1st and 2nd, 2013. A complete 2013 K&N Filters
USCS Modified ouring Series schedule will be announced soon with twenty plus events expected. 
For schedules and or rules for the USCS Modified Touring Series please visit www.uscsracing.com
or call the United Speed Contest Sanction office at 770-460-7223.  The email contact is
uscsracing@comcast.net 

The K&N Filters USCS Modified Touring Series thanks it 2013 partners that include:
K&N Filters, Comp Cams, Aero Race Wheels, DMI/Bulldog Rear Ends, KSE Racing Products,
Schoenfeld Headers, Wilwood Disc Brakes and www.rockauto.com, Xtreme Race Graphics
and Rockhard Powder Coatings. 

2013 K&N Filters USCS OUTLAW MODIFIED SERIES FINAL POINT STANDINGS:

Final Points Standings (after 13 races)
Pos.     Car#         Driver                                        Points