MAGNOLIA, Miss. — Iowa sprint car racer Tasker Phillips dominated the 25-lap feature for the Hoosier Race Tire United Sprint Car Series 30th Anniversary Outlaw Thunder Tour Presented By XC Gear on Friday night at Kye Kelley’s Pike County Speedway.
Phillips led wire-to-wire from the pole to score the win in the 2026 USCS National Points Opener and Night 1 of the Magnolia State Sprint Car Showdown.
Derek Hagar finished second and Hayden Wise took the third spot after starting 10th. The defending USCS National Champion Dale Howard drove to a fourth-place finish and Sawyer Phillips was fifth.
Tasker Phillips took the lead at the start of the race followed by Hagar, Sawyer Phillips, Turpen-Havener and Howard. Tasker Phillips held a 3.779-second lead over Hager by lap five.
Dale Howard passed Turpen-Havener for the fourth spot on lap six.
The only caution flag of the race was unfurled on lap eight when Coen McDaniel stalled on the front straightaway.
Tasker Phillips gave up a 4.4-second lead over Hagar when the yellow flag slowed the field for the restart with Sawyer Phillips, Dale Howard, and Turpen-Havener in third through fifth, respectively.
The top five drivers got busy when the field went back to green flag action with Dale Howard passing Sawyer Phillips for the third spot on lap nine. Lap ten saw Sawyer Phillips get back by Howard for third on lap ten. Dale Howard reclaimed the third spot from Sawyer Phillips on lap 11 and Hayden Wise moved into the top five and got by Sawyer Phillips for fourth on lap 12.
With 10 laps to go, Tasker Phillips held a 3.137 second lead on Hagar, who shaved a full second off that deficit by lap 20. Wise was able to get around Dale Howard for the third spot on lap 22.
Tasker Phillips took a 1.119-second margin of victory under the checkered flag over Hagar in a race that was completed in 9 minutes and 3.434 seconds.
The finish:
Feature (25 Laps): 1. 1 Tasker Phillips, Pleasantville, IA (1); 2. 9 Derek Hagar, Marion, AR (3); 3. 94 Hayden Wise, Huntersville, NC (10); 4. 47 Dale Howard, Byhalia, MS (8); 5. 7 Sawyer Phillips, Pleasantville, IA (2); 6. 10m Morgan Turpen-Havener, Gallatin, TN (4) 7. 71 Christopher Townsend, Tarkington, TX (9); 8. 5 Chase Howard, Nesbit, MS (12); 9. 01 Shane Morgan, Gulfport, MS (5); 10. 10 Terry Gray, Bartlett, TN (7); 11. 1a Lee Moore, Moundville, AL (6); 12. 88 Trent Moss, Medon, TN (11); 13. 06 Jason Breeland, Columbia, MS (14); 14. 13x Jake Brashier, Denham Springs, LA (17); 15. 28 Jeff Willingham, Ripley, MS (13); 16. 28s Rusty Sanford, Seminary, MS (16); 17. 56 D.L. Brashier, Ethel, LA (15); 18. 48 Coen McDaniel, Gaffney, SC (19); 19. 23w Conner Wray, Olive Branch, MS DNS.
