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Sterling Cling (USCS photo)

Cling Completes USCS Sweep

SWEETWATER, Tenn. — Sterling Cling swept the United Sprint Car Series Presented By K&N Filters Championship Weekend on Saturday night at I-75 Raceway with his second win in as many nights in the 30-lap feature. 

 Over two nights of racing, Cling led every lap in every race he competed in.
Cling won the 25-lap feature on Friday night on the three-eighths-mile clay oval, leading every lap, for 55 straight laps of leading a feature with Saturday night’s win.  He also led every lap to win a pair of eight-lap heat races for a Friday night, Saturday night total of 71 consecutive laps led.
Dale Howard started sixth and finished second to earn the Wilwood Brakes Hard Charger of the Race Award. 

Max Stambaugh, Terry Gray and Lance Moss completed the top five.

The finish:

Feature (25 laps):  1. 34 Sterling Cling, Tempe, AZ (1); 2. 47 Dale Howard, Byhalia, MS (6); 3. 71 Max Stambaugh, Lima, OH (3); 4. 24 Terry McCarl, Altoona, IA (7); 5. 23 Lance Moss, Cherryville, NC (5); 6. 10m Mogan Turpen-Havener, Gallatin, TN (9); 7. 2 Ricky Peterson, Rawson, OH (8); 8. 44 Chris Martin, Ankeny, IA (10); 9. 10 Terry Gray, Bartlett, TN (4); 10. G5 Gunnar Setser, Columbus, IN (2); 11. 28 Jeff Willingham, Ripley, MS (11); 12. 48 Wade Buttrey, Fairview, TN (12); 13. 13x Jake Brashier, Denham Springs, LA (15); 14.  01 Steve Irwin, Fenton, MI (14); 15.  16 Hannah Merritt, Nesbit, MS (13); 16. 61 Sean Wimpee, Mobile, AL (16).