9/1/2024
USCS United Sprint Car Series
DALE HOWARD WIRES FIELD IN USCS SUNDAY OF SPEED AT TALLADEGA
EASTABOGA, AL - September 1, 2024 -
Dale Howard of Byhalia, MS drove to victory on Sunday night in the United Sprint Car Series Presented by K&N Filters 30-lap Sunday of Speed Sprint Car Shootout at Talladega Short Track. Howard collected the $3000 winner's check plus $1500 in lap prize money for a $4500 pay day.
Howard drew the K&N Filters Pole Position in the Top 6 Redraw to start up front for the main event. Former, two-time USCS National Champion Jordan Mallet of Greenbrier, AR finished second in the caution-free race after chasing the two-time USCS Mid-South Thunder regional series Champion the entire distance after starting outside the front row.
Former USCS National Champion Morgan Havener (formerly Turpen) took the third spot. Christopher Townsend of LaPorte, TX, was fourth. Brad Bowden of Hernando, MS drove to a fifth-place finish and National Sprint Car Hall of Fame Inductee Sammy Swindell of Germantown, TN, who was the previous night's feature winner at Buckshot Speedway, finished sixth.
Hayden Martin of Olive Branch, MS, took the seventh spot and eighth went to the defending and 15-time USCS National Champion National Sprint Car Hall of Fame Inductee Terry Gray of Bartlett, TN. Tyler Porter of Pinellas Park, FL was ninth, followed by Spencer Meredith of Hernando, MS, who started 18th and finished tenth to earn the Wilwood Brakes Hard Charger of the Race Award.
In preliminary action, the three eight-lap Heat Races were won by Mallett in the Engler Machine & Tool Heat 1, Howard in the Butlerbuilt Racing Products Heat 2, and Havener in the Racing Electronics Heat 3. The event was delayed for two hours by an early evening rain shower.
Howard took the lead at the start of the race followed, by Mallett from the outside of row one, Morgan Havener, Bowden and Gray. The top five drivers held their respective positions through the first half of the race. Townsend came from the tenth starting spot to pass Gray for the fifth spot on lap 16, and then got by Bowden for fourth on lap 28.
Howard held the lead from flag to flag, leading all 30 circuits around “The Hornet’s Nest” for his third USCS win of the 2024 season. Mallett and Havener held claim to the second and third positions respectively for all 30 laps of the race.
The next two United Sprint Car Series Presented by K&N Filters events will be on Friday, September 20 at Hattiesburg Speedway in Hattiesburg, MS and on Saturday, September 21 at Southern Raceway in Milton, FL. For more information about USCS, visit their website at uscsracing.com and the series Facebook page.
United Sprint Car Series Marketing Partners are K&N Filters, Engler Machine & Tool, Hoosier Racing Tire, Huggins Cams, Hero Graphics, DMI/Bulldog, J&J Supply of NC, Racing Electronics, JE Pistons, DHR Suspension, Wilwood Disc Brakes, KSE Racing Products, PRO Shocks, Schoenfeld Headers, and Arizona Sport Shirts.
OFFICIAL RESULTS OF THE UNITED SPRINT CAR SERIES PRESENTED BY K&N FILTERS EVENT AT TALLADEGA SHORT TRACK IN EASTABOGA, AL ON 9/1/24.
FEATURE RACE – 30 Laps:
- 47 Dale Howard, Byhalia, MS (1);
- 14 Jordon Mallett, Greenbrier, AR (2);
- 10m Morgan Havener, Cordova y, TN (4);
- 71 Christopher Townsend, LaPorte, TX (10);
- 4x Brad Bowden, Hernando, MS (5);
- 47s Sammy Swindell, Germantown, TN (11);
- 67 Hayden Martin, Olive Branch, TN (8);
- 10 Terry Gray, Bartlett, TN (3);
- 16s Tyler Porter, Pinellas Park, FL (6);
- 21 Spencer Meredith, Hernando, MS (18);
- 33 Joe Larkin, Suwanee, GA (7);
- 28 Jeff Willingham, Ripley, MS (9);
- 13x Jake Brashier, Denham Springs, LA (14);
- 16m Evan McElhaney, Hernando, MS (15);
- 8x Tony Higgins, Lake Comorant, MS (12);
- 56t D.L. (Tank) Brashier, Ethel, LA (13);
- 16h Hannah Merritt, Nesbit, MS (17);
- 67b Blake Mallette, Vancleve, MS DNS;
- 17 Alex Lyles, Arlington, TN DNS.
HEAT RACES – 8 Laps:
ENGLER MACHINE & TOOL HEAT 1:
- Mallett; 2. Martin; 3. Bowden; 4. Larkin; 5. D. Brashier; 6. Mallette; 7. Lyles
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BUTLERBUILT RACING PRODUCTS HEAT 2: 1. Howard; 2. Gray; 3. Townsend; 4. Swindell; 5. J. Brashier; 6. Meredith DNS.
RACING ELECTRONICS HEAT 3:
- Turpen-Havener; 2. Willingham; 3. Porter; 4. Higgins; 5. McElhaney; 6. Merritt.
Submitted by ROBY HELM – Helm Communications – 865-207-4157
United Sprint Car Series News Release: Contact: PETE WALTON – 770-865-6097 or peteuscs@att.net
