Monday, 24 May 2010 17:58

Atlanta, GA - May 24, 2010 - The United Sprint Car Series www.uscsracing.com 14th
Anniversary Outlaw Thunder Tour presented by Goodyear kicks off its 5th Annual
Sprint Speedweek (2010) presented by Biobased.US on Saturday night May 29th at
historic Riverside International Speedway in West Memphis, Arkansas. Over just eight
days the USCS Speedweek presented by Biobased.US mini-series will visit six
different speedways in four states while keeping travel to a minimum for the fans
and race teams.
 

After the Speedweek opener at Riverside, the high-speed entourage then travels just
two and ½ hours Southeast of Memphis, Tennessee for Speedweek Round Two at North
Alabama Speedway in Tuscumbia, Alabama on Sunday May 30th. On Monday, May 31st the
mini-series moves back North to Clayhill Motorsports in Atwood, Tennessee for Round
Three on the Memorial Day Holiday.. 

 

The traveling show then takes two days off for repairs on Tuesday and Wednesday
before returning to action in Round Four on Thursday June 3rd at Beebe Speedway in
Beebe, Arkansas for some "Thursday Thunder" action.  The high speed caravan
continues with Round Five on Friday night June 4th at Jackson Motor Speedway in
Byram (Jackson), Mississippi. The USCS Speedweek presented by Biobased.US travels
just 100 miles Northwest across the state of Mississippi for the Speedweek 2010
Finale on Saturday, June 5th at the home of November's Gumbo Nationals, Greenville
Speedway in Greenville, Mississippi. 

Approximately $90,000 in total prize money is guaranteed with one driver able to win
nearly $15,000 including bonuses for the week's action. Each event pays $2000 to win
with a Minimum of $250 to start the A-Main. Any driver who starts all seven A-Main
events is guaranteed to go home with a minimum of $1800 for the week. There is a
Speedweek mini-series point's fund that pays back 10 places with $1000 going to the
USCS Speedweek 2010 presented by Biobased.US Champion. Additionally each night's
Speedweek event awards USCS presented by Goodyear National points as well as USCS
Mid-South Thunder Tour regional Championship points.  

 

During the course of the six nights of intense competition, many of the top ranked
drivers in the Nation are expected to compete. Those include seven-time USCS
Champion, Terry Gray from Bartlett, Tennessee and 2002 NSCHOF 360 Sprint Car Driver
of the Year and defending Parts Plus USCS mid South Thunder regional Champion and
2008 USCS Mid South Thunder regional Champion, Tim Crawley from Benton, Arkansas.
Gray currently leads the USCS National point standings in two categories and is
second on the all-time feature winner list in the USCS presented by Goodyear with
70+ wins. Tim Crawley leads the Mid South standings. Crawley is fourth on the
all-time list with 30 career USCS feature wins. Also signed up for the entire week
of racing action is the 1999 USCS Dirt Cup Champion Marshall Skinner from West
Memphis, Arkansas who is sixth on the career win list with 19 feature wins to date.

 

Over 60 different drivers are expected to compete in the six USCS Sprint Speedweek
2010 events. Go to www.uscsracing.com for an updated entry list of those pre-entered
and expected to enter as well. For further USCS info including rules, etc please
visit the series official website at www.uscsracing.com or call the USCS office at
770-460-7223 or 770-865-6097.