On a sultry summer weekend Howard Moore and Rains Motorsports invaded Middle Tennessee for a pair of United Sprint Car Series (USCS) programs.
The lid lifted on Friday night at Lexington 104 Speedway with the 12th annual USCS Firecracker 100 Speed Spectacular.
After finishing fifth in his heat race at the 3/8-mile, clay oval, Howard started 13th in the feature. During the course of the feature he methodically worked his way forward in the field to record a second-place finish behind race winner Dale Howard. Terry Gray, Brent Crews, and Morgan Turpen completed the Top 5.
On Saturday night the action shifted east to Summertown's Thunderhill Raceway Park. It proved to be a great night for the Tennessee racer as he made a clean sweep of the program. Starting the night with a last-lap pass for the lead and the win in the Dash, Howard then won his heat race from the third-starting spot to lock into the pole position for the feature at the high-banked oval.
Moore stormed to the lead at the drop of the green flag and never looked back en route to the win, which marked his third of the 2021 campaign. He was followed across the finish line by Dale Howard, Terry Gray, Laond Britt and Slater Helt.
"We had an awesome racecar both nights. We got buried early in the night at Lexington (104 Speedway). I was able to move forward in the field pretty quick in the feature, but we kept having cautions nullify passes, which made things a bit harder. By the time I got to second, Dale (Howard) was checked out, so we settled for second," Moore shared. "On Saturday night we hit the ground running and never looked back to get the win. I wouldn't have been able to get back to Victory Lane without the hard work of A.G. (Rains) and Mike (Ward). Those guys busted their tails all weekend to give me a good car, and I was able to do my job and we got our third win of the year.
"I want to say a huge thank you to everyone who supports our team. We couldn't do what we do without this great support."
Full results from the weekend are available at USCSRacing.com.
- administrator on Apr 01, 2022
- Article Date: 6/26/2021