GUNTOWN, Miss. — Dale Howard continued his domination of United Sprint Car Series Outlaw Thunder Tour Presented By Hoosier Racing Tire competition with his second win in as many nights in the 30-lap feature Saturday at Pine Ridge Speedway.
The USCS National Championship point leader posted his 12th win of the season and his 38th career series win.
Howard took the lead at the start from the pole position followed by Brad Bowden, Lance Moss, Hayden Martin and Tucker Boulton. Derek Hagar climbed into the top five after starting eighth on lap ten when he passed Boulton for the fifth spot. Hagar moved up to fourth on lap 11 when he passed Martin.
Boulton reclaimed the fifth spot when he got by Martin on lap 12. Hager passed Moss on lap 18 to settle into the third position. The field raced clean and green until lap 29 when the only caution flag of the race came out for Morgan Turpen-Havener, who tagged the wall while running seventh.
Howard gave up a .810 second lead over Bowden for the green-white-checkered dash to finish the race.
Howard was able to seal the deal with a 1.223-second margin of victory over Bowden in a race that took 16 minutes and 8.248 seconds to complete.
Howard had his second straight wire-to-wire win for the weekend, leading 55 consecutive laps, and his fourth straight USCS victory.
The finish:
Feature (30 laps): 1. 47 Dale Howard, Byhalia, MS (1); 2. Brad Bowden, Hernando, MS (2); 3. 3 Derek Hagar, Marion, MS (8); 4. 23 Lance Moss, Cherryville, NC (3); 5. 801 Tucker Boulton, Brighton, TN (5); 6. 67 Hayden Martin, Olive Branch, MS (4); 7. 26 Marshall Skinner, Marion, AR (7); 8. 13 Chase Howard, Nesbit, MS (12); 9. 10k Dewayne White, Byhalia, MS (6); 10. 23w Conner Wray, Olive Branch, MS (23); 11. 10 Terry Gray, Bartlett, TN (22); 12. 201 Kelsey Ivy, Fremont, OH (11); 13. 80 Ronny Howard, Nesbit, MS (18); 14. 88 Trent Moss, Medon, TN (15); 15. 28 Jeff Willingham, Ripley, MS (16); 16. 10m Morgan Havener, Pipertoni TN (10); 17. 44 Hannah Merritt, Nesbit, MS (13); 18. 52x Adrian Tetreault, Horn Lake, MS (19); 19. 17b Brayden Taylor, Hernando, MS (17); 20. 87 Chase Anderson, Lewisburg, MS (14); 21. 17 Alex Lyles, Arlington, TN (9); 22. 18 Paul Jones, Kokomo, IN (20); 23. 21 Jason Milan, Guntown, MS (21).
