TUSCUMBIA, Ala. — Two-time Hoosier Race Tire United Sprint Car Series Outlaw Thunder Tour Presented By XC Gear National Champion Morgan Havener won a wild 25-lap race Friday night at North Alabama Speedway.
The “Queen of the Wings” took the lead on a lap-17 restart and drove to her 32nd USCS career win.
Havener took the lead from her teammate Terry Gray. Gray held on to finish second, one spot short of his 99th USCS career win.
Howard took the lead at the start of the race followed by outside front row starter Howard Moore, Gray, Havener, and Hagar in the top five. Howard opened a 1.165-second lead on lap five, and 1.176 seconds over Moore on lap 10. The top two drivers would get together on 11 to bring out the caution flag.
Howard was able to restart, but Moore was out of the race. Hagar also went to the rear of the pack for the restart. Gray inherited the lead followed by Havener, McDaniel, Mallett, and Willingham taking over the top five spots. Britt got by Willingham on lap 15 to move up to the top five.
McDaniel spun out of the third spot in turn two on lap 17 to bring out the final caution flag. When the field went back to green flag action, Havener passed Gray to take the lead, and stretched it out to a 1.738-second advantage on lap 20.
Havener went under the checkered flag with a 2.8-second margin of victory over Gray to claim her 32nd USCS career win.
The finish:
Feature (25 laps): 1. 10m Morgan Turpen-Havener, Gallatin, TN (4); 2. 10 Terry Gray, Bartlett, TN (3); 3. 3 Jordon Mallett, Greenbrier, AR (8); 4. 10L Landon Britt, Memphis, TN (10); 5. 47 Dale Howard, Byhalia, MS (1); 6. 28 Jeff Willingham, Ripley, MS (7); 7. 67 Hayden Martin, Olive Branch, MS (17); 8. 4x B.J. Simmerman, Batesville, MS (13); 9. 9jr Derek Hagar, Marion, AR (5); 10. 48 Coen McDaniel, Gaffney, SC (6); 11. 82b Jason Milan, Guntown, MS (9); 12. 33 Joe Larkin, Suwanee, GA (15); 13. 88 Trent Moss, Medon, TN (11); 14. 40 Howard Moore, Memphis, TN (2); 15. 21 Jake Jones, Marion, AR (16); 16. 18 Paul Jones, Kokomo, MS (12); 17. 16 Greg Merritt, Nesbit, MS (14); 18. 8x Brad Bowden, Hernando, MS DNS.
