Marshall Skinner scores USCS sprint car season opener win at Malden

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Malden, MO - March 20, 2010 – Past series Champion, Marshall Skinner from West Memphis, Arkansas charged from the K&N Filters Pole Position in the United Sprint Car Series presented by Goodyear 30-lap A-Main into the lead on lap one and held on for the victory over team-mate Derek Hagar from Marion, Arkansas in the sprint car portion of the 4th annual Bootheel 200 at Malden Speedway on Saturday night.

Skinner was awarded the K&N Filters Pole after winning the Engler Machine and Tool First Heat Race. Wade Oliver from Southaven, Mississippi started beside him with eventual runner-up Derek Hagar inside row two. For the first five laps that trio raced at the point before 2008 USCS Mid South Thunder Tour regional series Champion, Tim Crawley from Benton, Arkansas moved into the third spot and challenged Hagar for the runner-up spot. Crawley then made it a two-wide effort for the lead racing outside of Skinner and Hagar all the way around the 3/8 mile clay oval before spinning out on lap sixteen while trying to pass for the lead.

With Crawley vanished to the rear of the order, Skinner held off young gun Hagar for the last fourteen circuits to victory lane with Hagar crossing the finish line in second place. Jim Moughan from Springfield, Illinois finished in third position in his USCS debut. Tommy Worley, Jr. from Farmington, Missouri started eleventh and finished in the fourth position. The 2007 Mid South Thunder regional series Rookie of the Year, Chris Williams from Cordova, Tennessee rounded out the top five of the tough 29 car field from five states.

2007 USCS Rookie of the Year, Don Young from Bartlett, Tennessee from Nesbit, Mississippi who started in thirteenth position, finished sixth in the main event. Wade Oliver collected a heat race win and a seventh place finish in the A-Main. The 2009 USCS sprint car Bootheel 200 Champion, Jerrod Hull from Sikeston, Missouri raced from sixteenth position in the starting order to finish in eighth place. 2009 USCS Rookie of the Year, Justin Carver from Drummonds, Tennessee finished in the ninth position after starting seventeenth. Defending USCS presented by Goodyear National Champion, Terry Gray rounded out the top ten after starting in eighteenth position.

Raymond Stull from Coldwater, Mississippi kicked off the evening and the 2010 racing season with a hard fought win over Rookie of the Year candidate Morgan Turpen in the inaugural Goodyear Speed Dash. Marshall Skinner won the Engler Machine and Tool First Heat. Lee Sowell from Nesbit, Mississippi charged to the win in the Butlerbuilt Second Heat. Derek Hagar won the FSR Racing Third Heat. Wade Oliver from collected the victory in the 8-lap JE Pistons Fourth Heat.

Jerrod Hull garnered the KSE Racing Products Hard charger Award for his charge past eight cars in the main event from sixteenth to eighth. RE Technologies Rookie of race honors went to 17 year-old female sprint car driver Morgan Turpen from Oakland, Tennessee. Derek Hagar garnered the Goodyear Racing Young Gun of the Race honors for his efforts as the highest finishing driver under 25 years-old in the main event.

The next United Sprint Car Series racing event is on Friday and Saturday, March 26th and 27th in the “USCS Spring Xplosion’ 2010 at Magnolia Motor Speedway in Columbus, MS. For more information on that event please visit www.magnoliamotorspeedway.net or call 662-574-2572. For rules and info on the USCS sprint cars please visit www.uscsracing.com or call 770-460-7223 or 770-865-6097.

USCS presented by Goodyear results Bootheel 200 at Malden Speedway 3/20/10

Goodyear Speed Dash 6 laps: Raymond Stull, Morgan Turpen, Terry Gray, Marshall Skinner, Justin Carver and Ray Bugg.

Engler Machine and Tool First Heat 8 laps: Marshall Skinner, Ray Bugg, Brad Bowden, Dustin Barks, Brad Greer, Dylan DeJournett and David DeJournett.

Bryce Vowan, Justin Sturch, Tommy Worley, Jon Stinson, Dylan DeJournett, Casey Rowland. Terry Gray, Ricky Stenhouse, Jr., Danny Wood, Todd Fayard,

Butlerbuilt Second Heat 8 laps : Lee Sowell, Tim Crawley, Jerrod Hull, Eric Todd, Jerod Roller, Justin Webb, and Morgan Turpen

FSR Racing Products Third Heat 8 laps : Derek Hagar, Tommy Worley, Jr., Raymond Stull, Jim Moughan, Justin Carver Jimmy Davies and Doc Sloan.

JE Pistons Fourth Heat: Wade Oliver, Chris Williams, Don Young, Brian Bell, Wade Human, Jared Kelly and Chuck Tilley.Anthony Nicholson, Jon Corbin, Lee Sowell, Scott Hensley, Clint Weiss, Kent Buckley.

B-Main 12 laps: Dustin Barks, Jerrod Hull, Justin Carver, Terry Gray, Brad Greer, Justin Webb, Jerrod Roller, Jared Kelly, Jimmy Davies, Morgan Turpen, Dylan DeJournett, Wade Human, Doc Sloan, Chuck Tilley and David DeJournett DNS.

USCS presented by Goodyear Feature Race results (30 laps):
1 - 26 Marshall Skinner, West Memphis, AR
2 – 9 Derek Hagar, Marion, AR
3 – 1m Jim Moughan, Springfield, IL
4 – A12 Tommy Worley, Jr., Farmington, MO
5 – 8x Chris Williams, Cordova, TN
6 – 75 Don Young, Bartlett, TN
7 – 58 Wade Oliver, Southaven, MS
8 – 12 Jerrod Hull, Sikeston, MO
9 – 24 Justin Carver, Drummonds, TN
10 – 10 Terry Gray, Bartlett, TN
11 – 88 Tim Crawley, Benton, AR
12 – 39 Brad Bowden, Hernando, MS
13 – 22 Dustin Barks, Farmington, MO
14 – 6 Raymond Stull, Coldwater, MS
15 – 3B Brad Greer, Coulterville, IL
16 – 80 Morgan Turpen, Oakland, TN (Rookie)
17 – 5 Jerod Roller, Nesbit, MS (Rookie)
18 – 31 Justin Webb, Drummonds, TN (Rookie)
19 – 51 Lee Sowell. Nesbit, MS
20 – 21 Eric Todd, Falcon
21 – 25 Ray Bugg, Iuka, MS
22 – 23 Brian Bell Cordova, TN

Did not Start:
6k Jared Kelly, Millington, TN (Rookie)
7 Chuck Tilley, Essex, MO (Rookie)
7d Dylan DeJournett, Essex, MO
7H Wade Human, Marion, AR
7x David DeJournett, Essex, MO
D12 Doc Sloan, Imperial, MO
99 Jimmy Davies, Oquewka, IL

GOODYEAR SPEED DASH WINNER: Raymond Stull
K & N FILTERS POLE AWARD: Marshall Skinner
KSE Racing Products HARDCHARGER Award : Jerrod Hull (started 16th passed 8 cars)
GOODYEAR TIRE YOUNG GUN OF THE RACE: Derek Hagar
RE TECHNOLOGIES ROOKIE OF THE RACE: Morgan Turpen
JE PISTONS TOP GUNS AWARD: Marshall Skinner (1st place)
K&N FILTERS 3RD-PLACE AWARD: Jim Moughan
BUTLERBUILT 4TH-PLACE AWARD: Tommy Worley, Jr.
DYNOTECH TOP FIVE AWARD: Chris Williams

ENTRIES: 29
PROVISIONALS: ONE - Morgan Turpen

LAP LEADERS: Marshall Skinner Laps 1-30.
 




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