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Howard Moore Returns to Winning Ways at "The Ditch" and "The Mag"

After seeing Thursday night's scheduled action at I-30 Speedway claimed by Mother Nature, Howard Moore and Rains Motorsports kicked off their holiday weekend of action on Friday night at Old No. 1 Speedway (Harrisburg, Ark.) with the United Speed Contest Series (USCS) Sprint Car Tour presented by K&N Filters.

In a field of 26 Sprinters, Howard earned the sixth-starting spot for the feature. He would run in the Top 10 throughout the feature before crossing the finish line in sixth.

Saturday evening found the action shifting to the historic Riverside International Speedway (West Memphis, Ark.) for another USCS program. A sixth-to-third run in his heat race positioned Moore fifth on the starting grid for the 30-lap feature.

In the finale, Howard bided his time before working into the lead in the closing laps. He went on to score the victory, which marked his fourth of the 2021 campaign.

Dale Howard, Terry Gray, Brad Bowden, and Cody Gardner completed the Top-5 finishers.

Howard brought his busy weekend of racing to a close on Sunday night at Magnolia Motor Speedway (Columbus, Miss.) as the USCS Sprint Cars drew 19 entries to the track known as "The Mag." Beginning the night with a victory in the Hoosier Speed Dash, Moore backed it up with a heat race win to earn the third-starting spot for the feature.

Howard ran in a podium position throughout the feature and looked to be on his way to a runner-up finish before race leader, Derek Hagar, had a tire go flat on the final circuit. Moore took over the lead and led the last lap to pick up his second-straight win and fifth overall of the season.

"Man that's a heartbreaking way for Derek (Hagar) to lose the race. I hate it for him, but we were in position to capitalize if anything went wrong for the leader, and that's what we did," Moore said. "What a great weekend for our team. I just can't thank everyone, enough who supports this program. I'm just the lucky guy who gets to drive the car."

Marshall Skinner, Dale Howard, Brent Crews, and Landon Crawley rounded out the Top-5 finishers.

Full results from the weekend are available at USCSRacing.com.

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