SWEETWATER, Tenn. — The defending United Sprint Car Series National Champions Dale Howard won Night 1 of the Hoosier Racing Tire United Sprint Car Series Presented By XC Gear 30th Anniversary Outlaw Thunder Tour North/South Shootout 25-lap feature on Friday night at I-75 Raceway, co-sanctioned by USCS and the Great Lakes Sprint Series.
Howard took the lead on lap ten in heavy lapped traffic from Ryan Turner and led the rest of the way through three restarts and a red flag period. Kelsey Ivy made a late-race pass on Turner to finish second, and Turner came home in the third spot.
“During the red flag, I was concerned that the air pressure bleeder on the right-rear tire would do what it was supposed to do after sitting for a while,” Howard said. “Gunner Swindell, Sammy Swindell’s grandson, is a young teenager, and he set the bleeder and he knew what he was doing.”
The 16-time USCS National Champion and National Sprint Car Hall of Fame Inductee Terry Gray finished fourth and Corbin Gurley took the fifth spot.
The finish:
Feature (25 Laps): 1. 47 Dale Howard, Byhalia, MS (2); 3. 20i Kelsey Ivy, Fremont, OH (3); 3. 15 Ryan Turner, Dunnville, ON CAN (1); 4. 10 Terry Gray, Bartlett, TN (4); 5. 12 Corbin Gurley, Hebron, IN (7); 6. 6 Ryan Coniam, Burlington ON CAN (9); 7. 24 Kobe Allison, Lima, OH (5); 8. 94 Hayden Wise, Huntersville, NC (10); 9 23 Devon Dobie, Wapakoneta, OH (16); 10. 31 Jac Nickles, Harrod, OH (8); 11. 28 Jeff Willingham, Ripley, MS (6); 12. 87xs Skyler Evans, Scotland, ON CAN (13); 13. 66 Chase Dunham, Leipsic, OH (17); 14. 13 Van Gurley Jr., Valparaiso, IN (20); 15. 16 Ryan Ruhl, Coldwater, MI (11); 16. 9 Tyler Blankenship, Bakersfield, CA (18); 17. 00 P.J. Reutimann, Zephyrhills, FL (12); 18. 33 Joe Larkin, Suwanee, GA (23: 19. 71h Msx Stambaugh, Lima, OH (14); 20. 10m Morgan Turpen-Havener, Gallatin, TN (15); 21. 23m Lance Moss, Cherryville, NC (19); 22. 11h Caleb Harmon, Elida, OH (22); 23. 22 Aaron Shaffer, Tekonsha, MI (24); 24. 19w Jackson Wellman, Belmont, NC (25); 25. 48 Coen McDaniel, Gaffney, SC (21).
