Clewiston, FL – February 6, 2021 – Sunbury, Pennsylvania’s Mark Smith chased early race-leader and 14-year-old rookie sprint car driver, Ryan Timms from Oklahoma City until the races mid-point to win the 2021 United Sprint Car Series Outlaw Thunder Tour presented by K&N Filters Snow Free Winternationals finale at Hendry County Motorsports Park on Saturday night. The Oklahoma young gun led the first 19 laps of the 30-lap winged sprint car contest after starting from the K&N Filters Pole Position. Smith who was the series and the Nation’s 360 sprint car wins leader the past two seasons started outside the second row and had to work hard to take the point away from the talented teenager to garner his first win of the 2021 season.
Timms held onto the runner-up spot at the finish, while holding off former All Stars Champion and WOO Rookie of the Year, Greg Wilson from Benton Ridge, Ohio who finished in third place. The 2020 USCS Rookie of the Year and Southern regional series Champion, Connor Leoffler from Myrtle Beach, South Carolinas rolled across in fourth place. The 2019 and 2020 Empire Super Sprints Champion, New Yorker Paulie Colagiovanni rounded out the top five.
In qualifying heat race action, Mark Smith won the Engler First Heat. Ryan Timms won the B.M.R.S. Second Heat and Greg Wilson closed out the action by winning the JJ Supply of NC Third Heat. Jacksonville, Florida’s Mark Ruel, Jr. advanced seven positions in the main event to garner the Wilwood Disc Brakes Hard Charger Award.
The USCS drivers and teams make their annual return to Southern Raceway in Milton, Florida for the USCS “Battle at the Beach” and Rounds # 3 and #4 of the 2021 USCS Winter Heat Series on Friday and Saturday, February 19th and 20th. For USCS info please visit www.uscsracing.com
USCS Outlaw Thunder Tour presented by K&N Filters Snow Free Winternationals Round #2 Finale on February 6, 2021 at Hendry County Motorsports Park in Clewiston, FL results:
USCS Outlaw Thunder Tour Winged Sprint Car entries = 21
Winter Heat Round #2 (30 Laps):
- M1-Mark Smith[4]; 2. 5T-Ryan Timms[1]; 3. W20-Greg Wilson[3]; 4. 22-Connor Leoffler[6]; 5. 10C-Paulie Colagiovanni[7]; 6. 3-Todd Gracey[5]; 7. 44-Chris Martin[13]; 8. 28F-Davie Franek[10]; 9. 83-Mark Ruel Jr[16]; 10. 10-Terry Gray[8]; 11. 1X-Brent Crews[17]; 12. 18J-RJ Jacobs[9]; 13. 88N-Frank Neill[11]; 14. 43-Terry Witherspoon[18]; 15. 7C-Phil Gressman[20]; 16. 28-Jeff Willingham[19]; 17. 26-Jeff Bye[21]; 18. (DNF) 14R-Sean Rayhall[12]; 19. (DNF) 4-Danny Smith[15]; 20. (DNF) 14B-Brett Wright[2]; 21. (DNF) 3M-Dennis Misuraca[14]
Hoosier Speed Dash (6 Laps): 1. 5T-Ryan Timms[2]; 2. 14B-Brett Wright[4]; 3. 4-Danny Smith[3]; 4. 10-Terry Gray[5]; 5. 1X-Brent Crews[1]; 6. 28F-Davie Franek[6]
Engler Machine & Tool Heat 1 (8 Laps): 1. M1-Mark Smith[2]; 2. 3-Todd Gracey[3]; 3. 88N-Frank Neill[1]; 4. 10C-Paulie Colagiovanni[6]; 5. 44-Chris Martin[7]; 6. 1X-Brent Crews[4]; 7. 7C-Phil Gressman[5]
Brown & Miller Racing Heat 2 (8 Laps): 1. 5T-Ryan Timms[1]; 2. 14B-Brett Wright[4]; 3. 18J-RJ Jacobs[3]; 4. 10-Terry Gray[6]; 5. 4-Danny Smith[2]; 6. 83-Mark Ruel Jr[5]; 7. 26-Jeff Bye[7]
JJ Supply Heat 3 (8 Laps): 1. W20-Greg Wilson[2]; 2. 22-Connor Leoffler[3]; 3. 14R-Sean Rayhall[1]; 4. 28F-Davie Franek[5]; 5. 3M-Dennis Misuraca[6]; 6. 43-Terry Witherspoon[4]; 7. 28-Jeff Willingham[7]
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Mark Smith captured his first win of the season in the USCS Snow Free Winternationals at Hendry County Motorsports Park on Saturday night. (USCS photo)
- administrator on Jun 20, 2021
- Article Date: 2/6/2021 by Pete Walton