Atlanta, GA - June 8, 2020 - (Jimmy Jones photo)
Two-time USCS Outlaw Thunder Tour presented by K&N Filters National Champion, Jordon Mallett from Greenbrier, Arkansas leads the USCS Sprint Car Speedweeks 2020 mini-series point standings with 440 points after the first three events. Another two-time USCS National Champion, Morgan Turpen from Somerville, Tennessee follows Mallett just 22 points back in the runner-up spot going into the final weekend of three more events with 418 points. Kyle Amerson from Montgomery, Alabama ranks third in the Speedweek standings while current USCS National points leader Mark Smith from Sunbury, Pennsylvania is tied with Amerson in third place with 406 points each . Hall of Famer Danny Smith from Chillicothe, Ohio is just two points or one position behind of Amerson and Mark Smith in fifth place with 404 points with half of the events left to run.
There were three different winners on the first weekend of the 6-race mini-series. Mark Smith won on Friday, May 29th at Old No. 1 Speedway , On Saturday, May 30th Dale Howard from Byhalia, Mississippi was the victor at Riverside Int. Speedway and on Sunday, May 31st at Lexington 104 Speedway the 2013 USCS National Champion, Derek Hagar from Marion, Arkansas was the winner.
Forty-Six different drivers competed in the 15th annual USCS Speedweeks events on the first weekend with an 33 car average per event.
The final USCS Sprint Speedweeks 2020 weekend kicks off this Thursday, June 11th at North Alabama Speedway in Tuscumbia, Alabama with USCS Sprint Speedweeks Round #4. On Friday night, June 12th the USCS Outlaw Thunder contingent moves over to Hattiesburg Speedway in Hattiesburg, Mississippi for Round #5 before wrapping up the 15th annual USCS Sprint Car Speedweeks with the Round #6 Finale at Jackson Motor Speedway in Byram, Mississippi.
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USCS Sprint Speedweeks Points as of May 31, 2020 (3 races)
Pos. Car# Driver Point
1 14 Jordon Mallett 440
2 10M Morgan Turpen 418
3 29 Kyle Amerson 406
Tie M1 Mark Smith 406
5 4 Danny Smith 404
6 22 Connor Leoffler 396
7 47 Dale Howard 394
8 29 Jeff Oliver 392
9 10 Terry Gray 390
10 10L Landon Britt 384
11 3 Howard Moore 378
12 12 Luke Hall 366
13 13 Chase Howard 360
14 28 Jeff Willingham 348
Tie 49 Mallie Shuster 348
Tie 18J RJ Jacobs 348
17 20 Jim Shuster 320
18 10k Dewayne White 318
19 44 Ronny Howard 310
20 17 Alex Lyles 306
21 7e Eric Gunderson 300
22 5M Max Stambaugh 286
23 2 Brad Bowden 252
24 22M Dan McCarron 248
25 99 Blake Jenkins 238
26 1x Tim Crawley 226
27 95 Asa Swindell 218
28 97 Dale Day 208
29 24 Jeffrey West Jr 200
Tie 17B Shelby Brown 200
31 9jr Derek Hagar 150
32 91A Ernie Ainsworth 148
33 15J Jeremy Middleton 136
34 07 Brandon Taylor 128
35 57c Chris Schmelzle 126
36 6 Dustin Gates 122
37 g6 Cody Gardner 110
38 4s Carson Short 104
39 3B Chris Banja 100
Tie 7D Dylan DeJournett 100
Tie 121 Jan Howard 100
Tie 27J Joseph Poe Jr 100
Tie 3 Paxton Gregory 100
Tie 21 Spencer Meredith 100
Tie 17x Trapper Brown 100
Tie 74 Tucker Boulton 100
Photo/caption #14: Jordon Mallett leads USCS Sprint Speedweeks points after three events
- administrator on Jun 09, 2020
- Article Date: 6/5/2020 by Pete Walton