Sport Allen (left) scored the USCS Sprint Car victory at New Senoia Raceway in Senoia, Georgia Friday night, kicking off two nights of sprint car action at the speedway. Photo courtesy USCS
It was a weekend of hot temperatures and hot speeds in Senoia, Georgia, as the track played host to the USCS Senoia Summer Nationals II at New Senoia Raceway.
Coming out on top of two hotly contested races was Sport Allen on Aug. 26, with Terry Gray scoring the Aug. 27 win.
On Friday, Aug. 26, Sport Allen from Pinellas Park, Florida raced from his K&N Filters Pole Position starting position into the USCS www.RockAuto victory lane twenty laps later in the United Sprint Car Series presented by Goodyear portion of the USCS Senoia Summer Nationals II at New Senoia Raceway on Friday night.
Defending USCS Champion Terry Gray from Bartlett, Tennessee raced past Brian Thomas from Pendergrass, Georgia on lap eight into the runner-up position. He then challenged Allen over the final twelve laps but couldn’t gain the momentum for a pass attempt. Allen endured a restart on lap seventeen with Gray and Thomas on his rear bumper, but pulled away to a four car length advantage at the checkers.
Brian Thomas followed Gray to the finish line to garner the K&N Filters Podium Award third place position. Johnny Bridges from Cherryville, North Carolina followed in fourth place in his Roush-Yates Ford powered sprint car. Matt Linder from Hoschton, Georgia rounded out the top five drivers.
The next group was headed by the only female racer in the field, eighteen year-old Morgan Turpen from Cordova, Tennessee in sixth place. Lance Moss from Cherryville, North Carolina followed in seventh position. Veteran Ray Bugg from Iuka, Mississippi finished in eighth place after starting eighteenth. The 2000 USCS Rookie of the Year, Michael Miller from Ocean Springs, Mississippi finished ninth. Clint Weiss from Columbus, Georgia rounded out the top ten finishers.
Eric Riggins, Jr. kicked off the evening’s winged sprint car action with a win in the 6-lap Goodyear Speed Dash. Brian Bell from Cordova, Tennessee won the 10-lap Engler Machine and Tool First Heat Race. Gray rolled to victory in the Butlerbuilt Second Heat Race. Bugg, who passed ten cars in the main event, garnered the Wilwood Engineering Hard Charger Award. Jeff Willingham garnered the Goodyear, Rookie of Race honors.
Terry Gray scored his fourth USCS Sprint Car victory of the season Saturday night at Senoia. Photo courtesy USCS
On Saturday, defending United Sprint Car Series presented by Goodyear National Champion Terry Gray raced from the K&N Filters Pole Position into the USCS www.RockAuto victory lane. It was Gray’s fourth USCS feature win of the 2011 season.
Gray bested outside front row starter, Lance Moss, in the drag race to turn one to lead the first lap. Matt Linder moved into the position runner-up position on lap two and took up the chase. Gray’s team-mate Morgan Turpen passed Lance Moss for the third spot on lap two as well. The running order on lap seven was Gray, Linder, Turpen, Moss and Johnny Bridges.
On lap eight, Turpen raced past Linder into the runner-up spot. Moss got a position back on lap ten when he passed Linder to move back into the top three. That running top five order survived until lap sixteen when Moss, was involved in a four car tangle with Tim Perry from Mooresville, North Carolina, Brian Thomas and Ray Bugg in turns one and two. That ended Moss’ run as well as Perry’s for the night. Thomas and Bugg continued on after a push off.
Over the final caution-free fourteen laps, Turpen stayed close behind the veteran Gray, but could not pull along beside him for a pass attempt. The previous night’s winner, Sport Allen, benefited from Moss’ misfortunes and moved into the top five after starting eighth.
The final top five finishing order had Terry Gray in victory lane and Morgan Turpen in the runner-up spot followed by Matt Linder in the K&N Filters third position. Johnny Bridges finished in the fourth position for the second night in a row and Sport Allen rounded out the top five drivers.
The next group was headed by sixteen year-old Eric Riggins, Jr. from Charlotte, North Carolina in sixth place. Rookie driver A.J. Maddox from Tampa, Florida followed in seventh position. Michael Miller from Ocean Springs, Mississippi finished in eighth place. Brian Thomas, who was involved in the lap sixteen tangle, finished ninth. Lee Moore from Tuscaloosa, Alabama rounded out the top ten finishers.
Turpen kicked off the evening’s USCS action with a win in the 6-lap Goodyear Speed Dash. Linder grabbed the win in the Engler Machine and Tool First Heat Race. Moss rolled to victory in the Butlerbuilt Second Heat Race. Turpen passed the most cars in the main event and garnered the Wilwood Engineering Hard Charger Award. A.J. Maddox from Brandon, Florida garnered the Goodyear, Rookie of Race honors. Turpen earned the JE Pistons Top guns Award for her second place finish in the main event.
The next United Sprint Car Series event is the third annual Sprint Car Mania event on Friday, Sept. 2 at Boyd’s Speedway in Ringgold, Georgia. For more information, visit www.uscsracing.com.
Justin Lineman won the USCS 600 Sprints feature on Friday. Photo courtesy USCS
Also doing battle on the Senoia 3/8 mile speedway were the USCS 600 Sprint Car series on both Friday, and Saturday.
Justin Lineman, from Salisbury, North Carolina charged into the www.RockAuto.com USCS victory lane in the USCS 600 Sprint Car Series Friday nights events.
Lineman started in the K&N Filters Pole Position with USCS 600 Sprint Car Series points leader Bobby Zaiontz from Columbus, Mississippi in the outside front row position. Lineman won the duel to turn one over Zaiontz to lead the first lap and then completed the task by leading all twenty laps of the main event to capture his second career USCS 600 Sprint Car Series win.
Zaiontz chased Lineman for the entire twenty laps and pulled close enough on several occasions to keep it interesting but had to settle for the runner-up spot.Brian Roseman from Hickory, North Carolina followed the lead duo across the finish line in third place. Rookie points leader, Sean Hosey from Clarksville, Tennessee finished in fourth place and Bob Trapino from Alpharetta, Georgia, rounded out the top five finishers.
Georgian Matt McCullough led the next group of drivers in sixth place followed by Dennis Lykins, Jr. from Turin, Georgia in seventh place. Kurt Schumacher from Columbus, Mississippi finished in the eighth position. Roland Hanes from Greensboro, North Carolina followed in ninth place and Terry Peters from Charlotte, North Carolina completed the top ten.
Justin Lineman kicked off the night’s 600cc winged sprint racing action with a win in the 10-lap qualifying heat race. Bob Trapino charged to the evening’s Keizer Aluminum Wheels Hard Charger Award by advancing the most positions in the main event. Justin Lineman also earned the K&N Filters Pole Position Award by earning the most qualifying points. Brian Roseman collected the K&N Filters Podium Award for his third place finish. Bob Trapino raced to the Wilwood Engineering Top Five Award and Roland Hanes, Jr. added the DMI / Diversified Machine Top Ten to his night’s accomplishments.
Bobby Zaiontz celebrates in victory lane after winning Saturday's USCS 600 Sprints event. Photo courtesy USCS
USCS 600 Sprint Car Series points leader, Bobby Zaiontz charged into the www.RockAuto.com USCS victory lane in the USCS 600 Sprint Car Series 20-lap finale on Saturday, Aug. 28.
Zaiontz started in the K&N Filters Pole Position with Ron Bishop from Savannah, Georgia in the outside front row position. Zaiontz won the duel to turn one to lead the first lap and then led all twenty laps of the main event to capture his career-second USCS 600 Sprint Car Series win.
The previous night’s winner, Justin Lineman, passed Bishop on the first lap and took up the chase for the leader for the entire twenty laps. Lineman, who was trying to collect on a two win in a row bonus, pulled close enough on several occasions to keep it interesting but had to settle for the runner-up spot. Bishop followed the lead duo across the finish line in third place. Brian Roseman from Hickory, North Carolina finished in the fourth position. Sam Williams from Sugar Hill, Georgia started in the scratch position at the rear of the field and charged forward to round out the top five.
Chris Openshaw from Bessemer, Alabama led the next group of drivers in sixth place followed by Curt Schumacher from Columbus, Mississippi in seventh place. Bob Trapino finished in eighth place followed by Scott Berkheiser from Powder Springs, Georgia in ninth. Rookie driver Dennis Lykins, Jr. from Turin, Georgia completed the top ten.
Bobby Zaiontz kicked off the night’s 600cc winged sprint car racing action with a win in the 6-lap first qualifying heat race. Ron Bishop won the second heat race. Young gun Sam Williams charged to the evening’s Keizer Aluminum Wheels Hard Charger Award by advancing the most positions in the main event. Zaiontz also earned the K&N Filters Pole Position Award by earning the most qualifying points. Ron Bishop collected the K&N Filters Podium Award for his third place finish. Sam Williams raced to the Wilwood Engineering Top Five Award and Dennis Lykins, Jr. added the DMI / Diversified Machine Top Ten to his night’s accomplishments.
The next stop for the new USCS 600 Sprint Car Series winged mini sprints will be another weekend double-header at Beebe Speedway in Beebe, Arkansas on Friday, September 16, 2011 followed by an event on the following evening at Malden Speedway in Malden, Missouri on Saturday, September 17. For more info, visit www.uscsracing.com.
USCS Sprint Cars presented by Goodyear
New Senoia Raceway – Senoia, GA
Race Results – Aug. 26, 2011
1 – 82 Sport Allen, Pinellas Park, FL
2 – 10 Terry Gray, Bartlett, TN Rookie
3 – 67 Brian Thomas, Pendergrass, GA
4 – 07 Johnny Bridges, Cherryville, NC
5 – 1X Matt Linder, Hoschton, GA
6 – 80 Morgan Turpen, Bartlett, TN
7 – 23 Lance Moss, Cherryville, NC
8 – 25 Ray Bugg, Iuka, MS
9 – 4m Michael Miller, Ocean Springs, MS
10 – 0x Clint Weiss, Columbus, GA
11 – 47 Eric Riggins, Jr., Charlotte, NC
12 – 23b Brian Bell, Cordova, TN
13 – 96 Nick DeFeo, Marietta, GA
14 – 28 Jeff Willingham, Ripley, MS – Rookie
15- 1A Lee Moore, Tuscaloosa, AL
16 – 33 Joe Larkin, Suwannee, GA
17 – 04 Tim Perry, Mooresville, NC
18 – 3a A.J. Maddox, Brandon, FL – DNS
Goodyear Speed Dash: Eric Riggins, Jr., Matt Linder, Terry Gray, Morgan Turpen, Brian Thomas and Johnny Bridges.
Engler Machine and Tool First Heat: Brian Bell, Matt Linder, Brian Thomas, Johnny Bridges, Eric Riggins, Jr., Nick Defeo, Jeff Willingham, Joe Larkin and Ray Bugg.
Butlerbuilt Second Heat: Terry Gray, Lane Moss, Sport Allen, Morgan Turpen, Michael Miller, Terry Gray, Clint Weiss and Lee Moore and A.J. Maddox DNS.
GOODYEAR SPEED DASH WINNER: #47 Eric Riggins, Jr.
K & N FILTERS POLE AWARD: #82 Sport Allen
Wilwood Engineering HARDCHARGER AWARD: #25 Ray Bugg (18th to 8th passed 10 cars).
GOODYEAR RACING TIRE YOUNG GUN OF THE RACE: Morgan Turpen
ROOKIE OF THE RACE: #28 Jeff Willingham
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K&N FILTERS 3RD-PLACE AWARD: #67 Brian Thomas
BUTLERBUILT 4TH-PLACE AWARD: #07 Johnny Bridges
Keizer Aluminum Wheels Top Five Award: #1x Matt Linder
DMI/Diversified Machine Top Ten Award: #0x Clint Weiss
USCS Sprint Cars presented by Goodyear
New Senoia Raceway – Senoia, GA
Race Results – Aug. 27, 2011
1 – 10 Terry Gray, Bartlett, TN
2 – 80 Morgan Turpen, Bartlett, TN
3 – 1X Matt Linder, Hoschton, GA
4 – 07 Johnny Bridges, Cherryville, NC
5 – 82 Sport Allen, Pinellas Park, FL
6 – 47 Eric Riggins, Jr., Charlotte, NC
7 – 3a A.J. Maddox, Tampa, FL
8 – 4m Michael Miller, Ocean Springs, MS
9 – 67 Brian Thomas, Pendergrass, GA
10 – 1A Lee Moore, Tuscaloosa, AL
11 – 0x Clint Weiss, Columbus, GA
12 – 33 Joe Larkin, Suwannee, GA
13 – 25 Ray Bugg, Iuka, MS
14 – 23 Lance Moss, Cherryville, NC
15- 04 Tim Perry, Mooresville, NC
16 – 96 Nick DeFeo, Marietta, GA…DNS
Goodyear Speed Dash: Morgan Turpen, Matt Linder, Terry Gray, Sport Allen, Brian Thomas and Johnny Bridges.
Engler Machine and Tool First Heat: Matt Linder, Terry Gray, Eric Riggins, Jr., A.J. Maddox, Brian Thomas, Ray Bugg, Clint Weiss and Joe Larkin.
Butlerbuilt Second Heat: Lance Moss, Morgan Turpen, Johnny Bridges, Sport Allen, Lee Moore, Michael Miller, Tim Perry and Nick Defeo – DNS
GOODYEAR SPEED DASH WINNER: ##80 Morgan Turpen
K & N FILTERS POLE AWARD: #10 Terry Gray
Wilwood Engineering HARDCHARGER AWARD: #80 Morgan Turpen
GOODYEAR RACING TIRE YOUNG GUN OF THE RACE: Morgan Turpen
ROOKIE OF THE RACE: A.J. Maddox
JE PISTONS TOP GUNS AWARD: #80 Morgan Turpen (2nd place)
K&N FILTERS 3RD AWARD: #1x Matt Linder
BUTLERBUILT 4TH-PLACE AWARD: #07 Johnny Bridges
Keizer Aluminum Wheels Top Five Award: #82 Sport Allen
DMI/Diversified Machine Top Ten Award: #1a Lee Moore
USCS 600 Sprint Cars
New Senoia Raceway – Senoia, GA
Race Results – Aug. 26, 2011
1–54 Justin, Lineman, Salisbury, NC
2 – 1 Bobby Zaiontz, Columbus, MS
3 – 13x Brian Roseman, Hickory,NC
4 – 6 Sean Hosey, Clarksville, TN Rookie
5 – 98 Bob Trapino, Alpharetta, GA
6 – 14 Matt McCullough, GA
7 – 85 Dennis Lykins, Turin, GA
8 – 83 Curt Schumcker, Columbus, MS
9 – 3c Roland Hanes, Jr., Greensboro, NC
10 – 111Terry Peters, Concord, NC
First Heat Race: Justin Lineman, Bobby Zainotz, Brian Roseman, Matt McCullough, Sean Hosey, Dennis Lykins, Jr., Bob Trapino, Terry Peters, Roland Hanes, Jr.
K&N Filters Pole Award: #54 Justin Lineman
Keizer Aluminum Wheels Hard Charger: #98 Bob Trapino
K&N Filters Podium Award: # 13x Brian Roseman
Wilwood Eng. Top Five Award: #98 Bob Trapino
DMI/Bulldog Rear Ends Top Ten Award: #3c Roland Hanes
USCS 600 Sprint Cars
New Senoia Raceway – Senoia, GA
Race Results – Aug. 27, 2011
1– 1 Bobby Zaiontz, Columbus, MS
2 – 54 Justin, Lineman, Salisbury, NC
3 – 4 Ron Bishop, Savannah, GA
4 – 13x Brian Roseman, Hickory, NC
5 – 78 Sam Williams, Sugar Hill, GA
6 – 17 Chris Openshaw, Bessemer, AL
7 – 83 Curt Schumacher, Columbus, MS
8 – 98 Bob Trapino, Alpharetta, GA
9 – 51 Scott Berkheiser, Powder Springs, GA
10 – 85 Dennis Lykins, Turin, GA – Rookie
11 – 6 Sean Hosey, Clarksville, TN – Rookie
12 – 29 Kyle Amerson, Matthews, AL
13 – 111 Terry Peters, Concord, NC – DNS
14 – 3c Roland Hanes, Jr. Winston-Salem, NC – DNS
First Heat Race: Bobby Zaiontz, Chris Openshaw, Bob Trapino, Brian Roseman, Sean Hosey, Sam Williams and Roland Hanes, Jr. – DNS
Second Heat Race: Ron Bishop, Justin Lineman, Curt Schumacher, Dennis Lykins, Scott Berkheiser, Kyle Amerson and Terry Peters – DNS.
K&N Filters Pole Award: #1 Bobby Zaiontz
Keizer Aluminum Wheels Hard Charger: #78 Sm Williams
K&N Filters Podium Award: #4 Rn Bishop
Wilwood Eng. Top Five Award: 378 Sam Williams
DMI/Bulldog Rear Ends Top Ten Award: #85 Dennis Lykins, Jr.
Rookie of the Race: #85 Dennis Lykins, Jr.
