Greenville Mississippi – November 1, 2008 - Tim Crawley from Benton, Arkansas won the O’Reilly Auto Parts United Sprint Car Series Gumbo Nationals 2008 www.uscsracing.com presented by Lucas Oil at Greenville Speedway on Saturday night. Crawley collected a $4400 paycheck for his efforts while besting a talented field that included drivers from eight states. Crawley completed a clean sweep of the weekend’s events by winning the six-car, six laps Lucas Oil Power Dash to place himself on the K&N Filters Pole for the 40-lap Gumbo Nationals finale. He then took full advantage of his starting position to dominate the race in the Ward Racing Boatersports sponsored #88 by leading every lap of the sprint car finale around the shiny black ¼ mile Gumbo clay oval. On Friday evening, Crawley set fast time and won the 12-lap Engler Machine and Tool First Qualifying race. Crawley was the inaugural Gumbo Nationals Champion winning last year’s title as well.
Danny Wood from Norman, Oklahoma started next to Crawley in the front row of the A-Main driving the H&H Motorsports #94 that won the 2008 Knoxville 360 Nationals Championship race with Wayne Johnson behind the wheel. Wood seriously challenged the 2002 National Sprint Car Hall of Fame Driver of the Year, Crawley, for the first four or five laps. On lap six 2006 O’Reilly USCS Rookie of the Year, Derek Hagar from Marion, Arkansas raced past Wood into the runner-up spot in his Conrad Sand and Gravel #9Jr. and started to reel Crawley in using the low line around the oval in the moisture behind Crawley.
On lap ten the veteran Wood charged back past the talented teenager into the runner-up spot again. On lap fourteen 1999 USCS Champion, Marshall Skinner, who started thirteenth after winning the B-Main got past Hagar for the third position. Hagar broke on lap fifteen and never returned to the track. Skinner challenged Wood for the runner-up spot for the balance of the laps before settling for third place. Defending and six-time O’Reilly United Sprint Car Series Champion, Terry Gray from Bartlett, Tennessee driving his familiar black #10 Rislone Engine treatment sponsored Wesmar Powered J&J Auto Racing car, followed Skinner in fourth place at the finish. Hard charging Sprint Car Hall of Famer, Ricky Hood from Phoenix, Arizona raced from a fourteenth place starting position to round out the top five finishers. Hood made several spectacular moves while rim-riding his way to the front on the treacherous top side of the track.
Ronnie Blair from Dayton, Ohio advanced five positions to head the next group of finishers in sixth. Veteran Kenny Coke from Olive Branch, Mississippi finished seventh followed by talented 18 year-old rookie Mark Shirshekan from Farmington, Missouri in eighth position. 2008 O’Reilly USCS Rookie of the Year, Anthony Nicholson finished in ninth place. Another rookie driver, Jon Stinson from Memphis, Tennessee rounded out the top ten. Stinson performed double duty by racing in the Rislone USCS Modified Gumbo Nationals event.
The win was Crawley’s fourth over two seasons at the speedway. It was also Crawley’s eleventh O’Reilly USCS feature win of the season and his fifth win in a row in O’Reilly USCS Mid South Thunder competition.
Crawley won the important six-cars, six-laps Lucas Oil Power Dash that aligned the starting positions for the front three rows in the A-Main. Marshall Skinner form West Memphis, Arkansas won the 12-lap Gumbo Nationals B-Main. Skinner also garnered the Huggins Cams Hard Charger Award for passing the most cars in the A-Main (10). Mark Shirshekan was the Hoosier Tire Young Gun (drivers under 25 years) of the race. Shirshekan also was the Rookie of the Race as well
Lucas Oil Power Dash (6 laps):
Tim Crawley, Danny Wood, Terry Gray, Eddie Gallagher, Kenny Coke, Ronny Howard.
RE Technologies B-Main: Marshall Skinner, Ricky Hood, Mark Shirshekan, Wes Michael, Chris Williams, Jon Stinson Michael Craddock, Lee Moore, Ray Bugg.
O’Reilly USCS Main Event 40-laps:
1 - 88 Tim Crawley, Benton, AR
2 - 94 Danny Wood, Norman, OK
3 - 26 Marshall Skinner, W. Memphis, AR
4 - 10 Terry Gray, Bartlett, TN
5 - 3D Ricky Hood, Phoenix, AZ
6 - 35 Ronnie Blair, Dayton, OH
7 – 24w Kenny Coke, Olive Branch, MS
8 - 3 Mark Shirshekan, Farmington, MO
9 - 16 Anthony Nicholson, Bartlett, TN
10 - 26s Jon Stinson, Memphis, TN
11 - 24 Justin Carver, Drummonds, TN
12 - 7 Wes Michael, Millington, TN
13 - 1A Lee Moore, Tuscaloosa, AL
14 - 21 Raymond Stull, Independence, MS
16 - 8x Chris Williams, Memphis, TN
17 - 44 Ronny Howard, Southaven, MS
17 - 31 Michael Craddock, Olive Branch, MS
18 - 9Jr. Derek Hagar, Marion, AR
19 - 1 Eddie Gallagher, Piperton, TN
20 - Dewayne Prince, Munford, TN
21 - Ray Bugg, Iuka, MS
22 - Cody Gardner, Benton, AR-DNS
LANDERS WEARS RISLONE USCS MODIFIED GUMBO NATIONALS 2008 CROWN Greenville Mississippi - November 1, 2008 - Open Wheel Modified hot-shoe, Jared Landers from Batesville, Arkansas won the Rislone USCS Modified Series www.uscsracing.com portion of the Gumbo Nationals at Greenville Speedway on Saturday night. Landers took home $2100 for his evening’s efforts after leading every lap of the Championship race around the ¼ mile Gumbo oval. Hard-charging Rislone USCS young gun Hunter Rasdon from Jonesboro, Arkansas who started the race from ninth position, challenged Landers over the final dozen laps and finished five car lengths behind Landers at the finish. Another talented young gun, Cody Rowland from Nesbit, Mississippi had a career-best third place finish after starting in the main event from the eighth position. Two Friday nights qualifying race winners Brooks Strength from Byron, Mississippi who finished in the fourth position and Billy Collett from Clinton, Mississippi rounded out the top five finishers. Casey Rowland from Nesbit, Mississippi led the next group of finishers in sixth place. 2008 Rislone Modified Series Champion, Ashley Newman from Ripley, Tennessee finished seventh. Austin Mealer from Dyersburg, Tennessee battled his way from the last row in the B-Main to eighth place in the 26-car field. Local favorites Duke Palasini from Leland, Mississippi and Bobee Polasinis also from nearby Leland, Mississippi rounded out the top ten drivers in ninth and tenth positions. Jared Landers was awarded the K&N Filters Pole Award after grabbing a hard fought win in the 6-car, 6-lap Rislone Oil Stabilizer Dash. That race comprised of the top two finishers from Friday night’s qualifying races lined up the final starting order for the top three rows in the main event. Local favorite and past Greenville Speedway track Champion, Bobee Polasini won the Bar’s Leaks Gumbo Nationals B-Main. Rusty Stagen from Southaven, Mississippi garnered the Tennison Brothers Metals Hard Charger Award after starting twenty-fourth in the main event and advancing past a dozen cars to finish in twelfth place. Equally as impressive was the run of Austin Mealer from Dyersburg, Tennessee who started eighteenth in the main event and advancing past ten cars to finish in the eighth position. This final Rislone USCS Modified Series event for the 2008 season will be the awards banquet to be held in Memphis, Tennessee on Saturday, January 10, 2009. For information on that event check out www.uscsracing.com in about two weeks. Gumbo Nationals 2008 Rislone USCS Modified results - Saturday, November 1st, 2008 Entries - 26 Rislone Oil Stabilizer Dash 6-laps: Jared Landers, Brooks Strength, Casey Rowland, Ashley Newman, Jeff Greene, Billy Collett. Bar’s Leaks Rislone USCS Modified Gumbo Nationals B-Main: Bobee Polasini, Richard Anders, Rusty Stagen, Steven Childress, Jon Stinson, Matt Bichon, Austin Mealer, Charles Mullins, Jeff Scott, Gary Cooper and Casey Minton. Rislone USCS Modified Series Gumbo Nationals Championship Race: Jared Landers, Hunter Rasdon, Cody Rowland, Brooks Strength, Billy Collett, Casey Rowland, Ashley Newman, Austin Mealer, Duke Palasini, Bobee Palasini, Richard Anders, Rusty Stagen, Jon Stinson, Jeff Scott, Casey Minton, Steven Childress, Jeff Greene, Gary Cooper, Howard Irby, A.C. Parker, Jr., John Polasini, Matt Bichon, Curt Smith and Charles Mullins. Collett, Strength, Landers lead Rislone USCS Modified qualifying night at Greenville Gumbo Nationals Duke Palasini from Leland, Mississippi was only 6/10th of a second back in second place with a lap of at 16.56 seconds. Palasini was followed in qualifying by Batesville, Arkansas modified hot-shoe, Jared Landers with an identical fastest lap of 16.56 seconds for third place. Billy Collett from Clinton, Mississippi was just a scant 6/100th of a second behind Landers with a time of 16.62 seconds in fourth place. Brooks Strength from Byron, Mississippi rounded out the top five qualifiers with a lap of 16.72. Wins in the 10-lap Gumbo Nationals Rislone USCS Modified Qualifying Races went to Billy Collett, Brooks Strength and Jared Landers. Action for the Rislone USCS Mods resumes on Saturday night (November 1st) in the Gumbo Nationals 2008 at Greenville Speedway www.greenvillespeedway.net at 6:00 pm with the Rislone Oil Stabilizer Power Dash that will determine the starting positions in the main event for the top six cars, The back half of the field will get another chance to gain ground in the B-Main(s) before the $2,000 to win 30-lap A-Main Grand Finale. Gumbo Nationals 2008 Rislone USCS Modified results on Friday, October 31st, 2008 Entries – 25 Fast time: #17 Chris Moore 16.50 seconds. RHS racing Head Service Qualifying Race #2: Brooks Strength, Jeff Greene, Cody Rowland, Duke Palasini, Gary Cooper, Casey Minton, Rusty Stagen, Jeff Scott. Bar’s Leaks Qualifying Race #3: Jared Landers, Ashley Newman, Hunter Rasdon, John Polasini, Richard Anders, Charles Mullins, Steven Childress, Mike Palasini, Jr., Lucas Oil Power Dash winner Zach Chappell from Talala, Oklahoma lead the first lap around the tacky ¼ mile Gumbo clay oval before a red flag for Marshall Skinner’s rollover stopped the action. On the re-start Chappell was the leader with Crawley who was in second position, after starting fifth. Crawley raced underneath Chappell on the backstretch of turn two to lead that lap and thirty-eight more. Chappell with Jeff Swindell from Bartlett, Tennessee right behind, challenged Crawley several times before Crawley raced out to a six to eight-car length lead by the races mid-point. Chappell and the rim-riding Swindell still close behind him, seriously challenged Crawley after several of the restarts but Crawley, the 2002 National Sprint Car Hall of Fame 360 sprint car Driver of the Year, held the point and charged the distance to victory lane ahead of the talent laden field from six states. Swindell’s race ended on lap twenty-six when he slide off the top of turn two. At the finish-line it was Chappell in the runner-up spot with O’Reilly USCS point-leader, Terry Gray from Bartlett, Tennessee in third place followed by Darren Stewart from Bixby, Oklahoma in the fourth position. Derek Hagar from Marion, Arkansas, the 2006 O’Reilly USCS Rookie of the Year, went to the rear of the field on the lap-two red flag incident and finished fifth. The next five finishers included two-time O’Reilly USCS Champion, Eddie Gallagher from Piperton, Tennessee in sixth place and Ernie Ainsworth from Memphis, Tennessee followed in seventh. Past O’Reilly USCS Champion, Marshall Skinner who turned over on lap-two came back from that incident to finish in the eighth position all the time racing with the handicap of having no right side top-wing side panel. The 2006 I-30 Speedway track Champion, Zack Pringle from Little Rock, Arkansas finished in the ninth position and Lee Sowell from Nesbit, Mississippi rounded out the top ten. Derek Hagar garnered the Huggins Cams Hardcharger Award after starting twelfth and racing into the top five at he finish. Equally impressive was Michael Craddock’s charge from twentieth into the top ten before a last lap tangle left him in thirteenth place in the running order. Zach Chappell captured the Lucas Oil Power Dash and claimed the K&N Filters Pole award. Darren Stewart won the second Lucas Oil Power Dash of the night. Lee Sowell and Derek Hagar each captured wins in the twin B-Mains. Up next for the O’Reilly USCS is the season finale 2nd Annual “Battle at the Bullring” and the Lucas Oil Showdown twin -features event scheduled for this next weekend on Friday, November 9th and Saturday, November 10th at Columbus Speedway in Columbus, Mississippi. For more info please visit www.columbusspeedway.net or www.uscsracing.com O’Reilly USCS Gumbo Nationals Results from Saturday night November 3, 2007 Lucas Oil Power Dash #1 winner - Zach Chappell Newman wins USCS Modified Gumbo Nationals 2007 Finale at Greenville Speedway Chris Moore started the nights USCS Modified racing action off by winning the six-lap Lucas Oil Power Dash from the outside front row. Jeff Howell from Memphis, Tennessee won the 4-lap second Power Dash in the same fashion from the outside the front row. Rich Anders from Eldorado, Arkansas won the 12-car, 10-lap USCS Modified B-Main. Eventual feature winner, Ashley Newman also garnered the events Huggins Cams Hard Charger award for his charge past eleven cars into victory lane in the main event. The next USCS Open Wheel Modified Series race is a two-day event next Friday and Saturday nights (Nov. 9-10th) at Columbus Speedway in the 2nd Annual “Battle at the Bullring. For more info visit www.columbusspeedway.net For O’Reilly USCS info visit www.uscsracing.com Entries – 22 Lucas Oil Power Dash #1: 6-laps Winner – Chris Moore, Duke Palasini, Mike Palasini, Brandon Poppenheimer Ben Reed, T.J Herndon. Power Dash #2: 4-laps Winner - Jeff Howell, Shane Stephens, Kody Mea, and Robert Young. USCS Modified B-Main 10-laps : Winner – Rich Anders, Ashley Newman, Lynnsee Provence, , Jeff Marks, Jonathan Russell, Doug Colburn, Jr., John Polasini, Ron Lamkin, Johnny Cook, Brent Stewart, Dustin Blevins,A.C. Parker, Jr. OFFICIAL RESULTS - USCS Open Wheel Modified Series Greenville Speedway Gumbo Nationals 11/03/07 POS STRT CAR # DRIVER & HOMETOWN 1. 12 73 Ashley Newman, Ripley, TN 2. 5 07 Ben Reed, Munford, TN 3. 2 V8 Duke Palasini, Leland, MS 4. 1 17 Chris Moore, Southaven, MS 5. 13 F27 Lynnsee Provence, Little Rock, AR 6. 6 1 T.J. Herndon, Atwood, TN 7. 15 06 Jonathan Russell, Jonesboro, AR 8. 17 08 John Polasini, Leland, MS 9. 10 35 Robert Young, Shreveport, LA 10. 4 99 Brandon Poppenheimer, Memphis, TN 11. 3 8V Mike Palasini, Leland, MS 12. 18 20 Ron Lamkin, Eldorado, AR 13. 22 70 A.C. Parker, Jr., Greenville, MS 14. 14 555 Jeff Marks, Crossett, AR 15. 7 00 Jeff Howell, Memphis,TN 16. 8 15 Shane Stephens, Arlington, TN 17. 20 7 Brent Stewart, Haughton, LA 18. 21 9D1 Dustin Blevins, Arlington, TN 19. 9 5X Kody Mea, Southaven, MS 20. 19 65 Johnny Cook, Truman, AR 21. DNS 18A Richard Anders, Eldorado, AR 22. DNS XXX Doug Colburn, Jr., Greenville, MS LEAD CHANGES: Two
LUCAS OIL POWER DASH WINNER: Tim Crawley
K & N FILTERS POLE AWARD: Tim Crawley
Huggins Cams Hard Charger Award Marshall Skinner (started 13th finished 3rd)
Hoosier Tire Young Gun of the race: Mark Shirshekan.
ROOKIE OF THE RACE: Mark Shirshekan
JE Pistons Top Guns Award: Danny Wood (2nd Place)
K&N filters 3rd Place Award: Marshall SkinnerButlerbuilt
4th place award: Terry Gray
Bar' s Leaks Top five award Ricky Hood
Entries: 28
Provisionls: None Cautions: Four
Greenville Mississippi – October 31, 2008 - Chris Moore from Coldwater, Mississippi led the Rislone USCS Modified Series presented by O’Reilly Auto Parts www.uscsracing.com presented time trial qualifying on Friday night at Greenville Speedway. Moore captured the Bar’s Leaks Fast Time Award in time trial qualifying by turning a lap of 16.50 seconds around the ¼ mile Gumbo clay oval. Surprisingly, upon completing his two-lap time trial, Moore then rolled several times off the end of the speedway in turn one ending his night with a severely damaged race car.
Aero Race Wheels Qualifying Race #1: Billy Collett, Casey Rowland, Curt Smith, , A.C. Parker, Bobee Polasini, Matt Bichon, Howard Irby, Austin Mealer, Chris Moore-DNS.
Lap leaders: Tim Crawley Laps: 1-30
Crawley wears O'Reilly USCS Gumbo Nationals 2007 crown
Greenville, MS - November 3, 2007 - Tim Crawley from Benton Arkansas drove Mike Ward’s famed # 88 David McCarver powered Senter Farms/CnB, Mushroom Farms/Johnny’s Pro Auto Body sponsored Maxim car into victory lane of the 40 lap O’Reilly Auto Parts United Sprint Car Series www.uscsracing.com Gumbo Nationals 2007finale at Greenville Speedway www.greenvillespeedway.net on Saturday night. It was Crawley’s fifth O’Reilly USCS win of the season.
Lucas Oil Power Dash winner #2 - winner - Darren Stewart
B Main #1 - winner - Lee Sowell
B Main #2 - winner - Derek Hagar
40 lap Main event;
1 - Tim Crawley, Benton AR
2 - Zach Chappell, Talala, OK
3 - Terry Gray,Bartlett, TN
4 - Darren Stewart, Bixby, OK
5 - Derek Hagar, Marion, AR
6 - Eddie Gallagher, Piperton, TN
7 - Ernie Ainsworth, Bartlett, TN
8 - Marshall Skinner, W. Memphis, AR
9 - Zack Pringle, Benton, AR
10 - Lee Sowell, Nesbit, MS
11 - Ronny Howard, Southaven, MS
12 - Shane Morgan, Gulfport, MS
13 - Michael Craddock, Olive Branch, MS
14 - Rob Hartman, MO
15 - Kenny Coke, Olive Branch, MS
16 - Chris Williams, Cordova, TN
17 - Jeff Swindell, Bartlett, TN
18 - Dewayne Prince, Munford, TN
19 - Bryce Vowan, Forrest City, AR
20 - Marc Seiple, Millington, TN
21 - Anthony Nicholson, Bartlett, TN
22 - Greg Merritt, Nesbit, MS
23 - Ray Bugg, Iuka, MS
DNS - Lee Moore, Tuscaloosa, AL
DNS - Raymond Stull, Independence, MS
DNS - Cody Gardner, Benton, AR
DNS - Don Young, Bartlett, TN
Greenville MS – November 3, 2007 - Ashley Newman from Ripley, Tennessee won the 30-lap USCS Open Wheel Modified www.uscsracing.com portion of the Gumbo Nationals 2007 at Greenville Speedway www.greenvillespeedway.net in Greenville, Mississippi on Saturday night Newman picked up his first career USCS Open Wheel Modified Series win by doing it the hard way. He started in the 12th position and then steadily worked his way through the field. He took advantage of several early race cautions to move into the top five on lap four. He then passed current series points lead Shane Stephens from Memphis, Tennessee for the third position on the seventh circuit of the tacky ¼ mile Gumbo clay oval.
Newman then chased and the event’s fast qualifier Duke Palasini from Leland, Mississippi until lap thirteen before making a pass for the runner-up spot. At the races midpoint, on lap fifteen he raced past 2006 O’Reilly USCS Co-Champion Ben Reed from Munford, Tennessee into the lead for the final sixteen laps to victory lane. Reed followed him to the stripe in second place with Duke Palasini who won the September 15th USCS Modified race at his home-track in the third position. Chris Moore from Southaven, Mississippi recovered from an early race tangle to finish fourth and young gun Lynnsee Provence who started way back in thirteenth position rounded out the top five.
2006 USCS Modified Co-Champion, T.J. Herndon from Atwood, Tennessee headed the next group in sixth. Jonathan Russell from Jonesboro, Arkansas rallied from a fifteenth place start to finish seventh. John Polasini from Leland, Mississippi started seventeenth and finished in the eighth position. Robert Young from Shreveport, Louisiana followed in ninth place and Brandon Poppenheimer from Memphis, Tennessee rounded out the top ten.
LAP LEADERS: 1-5 Duke Palasini, 6-14 Ben Reed, 15 -30 Ashley Newman
CAUTIONS: Seven
