9/1/2019
NRA Sprint Invaders
Hannagan Wins I-75 Finale & Points Championship !
Randy Hannagan storms to USCS/NRA Weekend of Speed finale win and NRA title at I-75 Raceway on Saturday
Sweetwater, TN – August 3, 2019 - The Hurricane, Randy Hannagan from San Jose, California stormed from his ninth place starting position into the USCS/NRA RockAuto.com Victory Lane in the Weekend of Speed and Tennessee State Championship Race at I-75 Raceway on Saturday night. In the process Hannagan clinched the 2019 K&L Ready Mix NRA Sprint Invaders Championship by a slim margin over Friday night’s victor, Jared Horstman from Cloverdale, Ohio. It was also Hannagan’s career first USCS Outlaw Thunder Tour presented by K&N Filters feature win and second NRA Sprint Invades win of the season.
K&N Filters Pole Position starter, Jared Horstman, who was the early leader and was only six points behind Hannagan for the NRA title when the main event started Horstman led the first 15-laps, Hannagan charged into the fourth position by lap four, then third on lap seven. On lap eleven he passed Joey Schmidt from Ellisville, Mississippi for the runnerup spot. He didn’t stop there though and punctuated his title run by racing past Jared Horstman into the lead on lap sixteen and never trailed agan.
Chase Dunham from Leispic, Ohio, who clinched the 2019 NRA Sprint Invaders Rookie of the Year title followed that fleet duo in the K&N Filters Podium Award third place. Veteran NRA driver, Tim Allison from Lima, Ohio came across in fourth place and Hud Horton from German Town, Ohio completed the top five.
Steve Surniak from Mooresville, North Carolina led the next group in sixth place. USCS Rookie of the Year contender from Olive Branch, Mississippi followed Surniak in seventh place. Eleven-time USCS National Champion, Terry Gray from Bartlett, Tennessee was eighth followed byLuke Hall from Bradford, Ohio was ninth and Brad Bowden from Hernando, Mississippi.
Two-time USCS National Champion, Morgan Turpen from Cordova, Tennessee won the USCS Hoosier Speed Dash to kick off the evening’s action. Chase Dunham then won the special Tim Hogan’s Carpets Speed Dash for the top six NRA cars from Friday’s main event.
Heat race victories went to Joey Schmidt in the Engler Machine and Tool First Heat. Luke Hall won the Brown and Miller Racing Solutions Second Heat. The Butlerbuilt Third Heat was won by Jared Horstman and Tim Allison won the Hero Graphics Fourth Heat. The 15-lap DMI/Bulldog Rear Ends B-Main victory went to Devon Dobie from Wapakoneta, Ohio.
The next USCS Outlaw Thunder Tour presented by K&N Filters event is set for Talladega Short Track in Eastaboga, Alabama on Sunday night (September 1st). For more info visit www.TalldegaShortTrack.com For United Sprint Car Series rules and schedule info please visit www.uscsracing.com or their Facebook page USCS Racing
The United Sprint Car Series presented by K&N Filters would like to gratefully thank its sponsoring partners for their involvement in the 2018 and 22nd USCS Outlaw Thunder Tour. Those include: K&N Filters, www.rockauto.com,Engler Machine and Tool, FireAde, Arizona Sport Shirts, Butlerbuilt, Wilwood Disc Brakes, DMI/Bulldog Rear Ends. PRO Shocks, KSE Racing Products, DHR Suspensions, Schoenfeld Headers, Bell Helmets, DSR Fuel Systems, Brown and Miller Racing and the great people at Hero Graphics.
USCS Outlaw Thunder Tour Winged Sprint Cars presented by K&N Filters and the K& L Ready Mix NRA Sprint Invaders at I-75 Raceway on Saturday, August 31, 2019 results:
USCS Hoosier Speed DASH - (6 Laps)
- 10m-Morgan Turpen[4] ; 2. 17cb-Corey Bailey[1] ; 3. 10-Terry Gray[3] ; 4. 07-Johnny Bridges[5] ; 5. 17 L-Alex Lyles[6] ; 6. 36-Tim Perry[2]
Tim Hogan’s Carpets NRA Sprint Invaders DASH - (6 Laps)
- 66-Chase Dunham[1] ; 2. 23-Devon Dobie[2] ; 3. 34-Luke Hall[4] ; 4. 28 H-Hud Horton[3] ; 5. 22 H-Randy Hannagan[5] ; 6. 17 H-Jared Horstman[6]
Engler Machine & Tool Heat 1 - (8 Laps)
- 1s-Joey Schmidt[2] ; 2. 67 M-Hayden Martin[3] ; 3. 1st-Steve Surniak[7] ; 4. 07-Johnny Bridges[6] ; 5. 7 E-Eric Gunderson[1] ; 6. 5 m-Shawn Mott[5] ; 7. 33-Joe Larkin[4]
Brown & Miller Racing Solutions Heat 2 - (8 Laps)
- 34-Luke Hall[1] ; 2. 66-Chase Dunham[4] ; 3. 22 H-Randy Hannagan[5] ; 4. 10m-Morgan Turpen[7] ; 5. 17b-Shelby Brown[6] ; 6. 17cb-Corey Bailey[3] ; 7. 28-Jeff Willingham[2]
Butlerbuil Heat 3 - (8 Laps)
- 17 H-Jared Horstman[3] ; 2. 39-Brad Bowden[2] ; 3. 10-Terry Gray[5] ; 4. 36-Tim Perry[6] ; 5. 38-Tony Agin[4] ; 6. 2x-Mike Grigsby[7] ; 7. 17 L-Alex Lyles[1]
HERO Graphics Heat 4 - (8 Laps)
- 11-Tim Allison[2] ; 2. 28 H-Hud Horton[4] ; 3. 49-Shawn Dancer[1] ; 4. 23-Devon Dobie[3] ; 5. 21 M-Adam Cruea[6] ; 6. 13-Chase Howard[5]
Tim Hogan’s Carpets NRA Sprint Invaders DASH - (6 Laps)
- 66-Chase Dunham[1] ; 2. 23-Devon Dobie[2] ; 3. 34-Luke Hall[4] ; 4. 28 H-Hud Horton[3] ; 5. 22 H-Randy Hannagan[5] ; 6. 17 H-Jared Horstman[6]
USCS Hoosier Speed DASH - (6 Laps)
- 10m-Morgan Turpen[4] ; 2. 17cb-Corey Bailey[1] ; 3. 10-Terry Gray[3] ; 4. 07-Johnny Bridges[5] ; 5. 17 L-Alex Lyles[6] ; 6. 36-Tim Perry[2]
B-Main 1 - (15 Laps)
- 23-Devon Dobie[2] ; 2. 49-Shawn Dancer[1] ; 3. 21 M-Adam Cruea[4] ; 4. 13-Chase Howard[8] ; 5. 17cb-Corey Bailey[10] ; 6. 38-Tony Agin[5] ; 7. 33-Joe Larkin[11] ; 8. 17 L-Alex Lyles[13] ; 9. 2x-Mike Grigsby[6] ; 10. 28-Jeff Willingham[12] ; 11. 7 E-Eric Gunderson[7] ; 12. 5 m-Shawn Mott[9] ; 13. 17b-Shelby Brown[3]
FireAde 2000 A-Main - (30 Laps)
- 22 H-Randy Hannagan[9] ; San Jose, CA
- 17 H-Jared Horstman[1] ; Cloverdale, OH
- 66-Chase Dunham[5] ; Leipsic, OH
- 11-Tim Allison[4] ; Lima, OH
- 28 H-Hud Horton[6] ; German Town, OH
- 1st-Steve Surniak[2] ; Mooresville, NC
- 67 M-Hayden Martin[8] ; Olive Branch, MS
- 10-Terry Gray[10] ; Bartlett, TN
- 34-Luke Hall[7] ; Bradford, OH
- 39-Brad Bowden[12] ; Hernando, MS
- 23-Devon Dobie[15] ; Wapakoneta, OH
- 10m-Morgan Turpen[11] ; Cordova, TN
- 17 L-Alex Lyles[22] ; Arlington, TN
- 13-Chase Howard[18] ; Nesbit, MS
- 36-Tim Perry[14] ; Mooresville, NC
- 07-Johnny Bridges[13] ; Cherryville, NC
- 21 M-Adam Cruea[17] ; Troy, OH
- 17cb-Corey Bailey[19] ; Coldwater, MS
- 38-Tony Agin[20] ; Fort Myers, FL
- 2x-Mike Grigsby[23] ; Columbus Grove, OH
- 28-Jeff Willingham[24] ; Ripley, MS
- 1s-Joey Schmidt[3] ; Ellisville, MS
- 33-Joe Larkin[21] ; Suwannee, GA
- 49-Shawn Dancer[16] Delphos, OH
Did not transfer:
7E Eric Gunderson, Canton, GA
5m Shawn Mott, Rockwell, NC
17B Shelby Brown, Marks, MS
44 Ronny Howard, Nesbit, MS
USCS Sprint Car Series Race Awards for 7/14/18:
Hoosier Tire Speed Dash: Morgan Turpen
Engler Machine and Tool First Heat: Joey Schmidt
Brown and Miller Racing Solutions Second Heat: Luke Hall
Butlerbuilt Third Heat: Jared Horstman
Hero Graphics Fourth Heat: Tim Allison
K&N Filters Pole Award: Jared Horstman
JE Pistons Top Guns Award: (3rd place) Chase Dunham
K&N Filters Podium (3rd place) Chase Dunham
Wilwood Disc Brakes Hard Charger Award: Randy Hannagan (passed most cars in A-Main)
PRO Shocks Top Five Award: (4th place) Tim Allison
DHR Suspension 8th place Award: Terry Gray
DMI/Bulldog Rear Ends Top Ten Award: Brad Bowden
Photo/Caption #22H: Randy Hannagan raced to a career first USCS win and the NRA 2019 title in the USCS /NRA co-sanctioned Tennessee State Sprint Car Championship Race at I-75 Raceway on Saturday night. (USCS photo)
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