2/5/2021
USCS United Sprint Car Series
Todd Gracey wins USCS 25th season opener at Hendry County on Friday night
Clewiston, FL – February 5, 2021 – Pennsylvania’s Todd Gracey passed early race-leader and 13-year-old rookie sprint car driver, Brent Crews from Denver, NC at the races mid-point to hold off another hard-charging Pennsylvanian Mark Smith from Sunbury, PA to win the 25th Anniversary and 2021 United Sprint Car Series Outlaw Thunder Tour winged sprint car season opener at Hendry County Motorsports Park during the USCS Snow Free Winter Nationals on Friday night. The 2020 USCS Southern Thunder Tour region Champion and 2020 USCS Rookie of the Year, 16-year-old Connor Leoffler from Myrtle Beach, SC chased the two veteran sprint car racers across the finish line in third place.
Midwest veteran and Sprint Car Hall of Fame inductee Danny Smith from Chillicothe, Ohio followed the trio to the line in fourth place. 14-year-old young gun, Ryan Timms from Oklahoma City, OK started 11th and charged into fifth place at the finish to complete the top five.
In qualifying heat race action, Connor Leoffler won the Engler First Heat. Ohioan Phil Gressman won the B.M.R.S. Second Heat and Mark Smith closed out the action by winning the JJ Supply of NC Third Heat. Sussex New Jersey’s Davie Franek advanced eleven positions in the main event to garner the Wilwood Disc Brakes Hard Charger Award. Brent Crews picked up the K&N Filters Pole Award.
The USCS drivers and teams return to Hendry County Motorsports Park on Saturday night o compete in the USCS Snow Free Winter Nationals finale. For track info please go to www.henryracing.com For USCS info please visit www.uscsracing.com
USCS Outlaw Thunder Tour winged sprint cars at Hendry County Motorsports Park on Friday, February 5, 2021 results:
USCS Outlaw Thunder Tour entries: 24 cars
USCS Outlaw Thunder Tour 25th Anniversary Season Opener www.RockAuto.com feature (25 Laps): 1. 3T-Todd Gracey[7]; 2. M1-Mark Smith[4]; 3. 22-Connor Leoffler[3]; 4. 4-Danny Smith[5]; 5. 5T-Ryan Timms[11]; 6. 1X-Brent Crews[1]; 7. W20-Greg Wilson[15]; 8. 14B-Brett Wright[12]; 9. 10-Terry Gray[13]; 10. 28F-Davie Franek[21]; 11. 44-Chris Martin[14]; 12. 7C-Phil Gressman[2]; 13. 14R-Sean Rayhall[19]; 14. 88N-Frank Neill[17]; 15. 26-Jeff Bye[20]; 16. 10C-Paulie Colagiovanni[8]; 17. 83-Mark Ruel Jr[9]; 18. 3M-Dennis Misuraca[22]; 19. 28-Jeff Willingham[23]; 20. 18J-RJ Jacobs[10]; 21. 28M-Conner Morrell[6]; 22. 43-Terry Witherspoon[16]; 23. 24-Terry McCarl[18]; 24. 99-Austin McCarl[24]
Engler Machine & Tool Heat 1 (8 Laps): 1. 22-Connor Leoffler[1]; 2. 28M-Conner Morrell[5]; 3. 83-Mark Ruel Jr[4]; 4. 10C-Paulie Colagiovanni[7]; 5. 10-Terry Gray[6]; 6. (DNF) 24-Terry McCarl[3]; 7. (DNF) 28-Jeff Willingham[2]; 8. (DNF) 28F-Davie Franek[8]
BMRS Heat 2 (8 Laps): 1. 7C-Phil Gressman[1]; 2. 1X-Brent Crews[3]; 3. 4-Danny Smith[7]; 4. 18J-RJ Jacobs[5]; 5. 43-Terry Witherspoon[2]; 6. 88N-Frank Neill[6]; 7. 26-Jeff Bye[4]; 8. 3M-Dennis Misuraca[8]
JJ Supply Heat 3 (8 Laps): 1. M1-Mark Smith[2]; 2. 3T-Todd Gracey[3]; 3. 14B-Brett Wright[1]; 4. 5T-Ryan Timms[5]; 5. 44-Chris Martin[4]; 6. W20-Greg Wilson[7]; 7. 14R-Sean Rayhall[6]; 8. (DNS) 99-Austin McCarl
Article Credit: Pete Walton
