5/31/2009
Sprint Source
Terry Gray captures Parts Plus USCS Speedweek 2009 title
Atlanta, GA - May 31, 2009 - After four of the six races scheduled were contested, Defending Parts Plus USCS National Champion, Terry Gray from Bartlett, Tennessee was declared the Champion of the USCS Parts Plus Sprint Speedweek 2009 mini-series. Gray put together a week long effort of top five finishes and accumulated the most points during the four events. Gray's consistent efforts included a fourth place finish at North Alabama Speedway on May 24th, a third place finish at the famed I-30 Speedway on May 28th, a third place finish at Drew County Speedway on May 29th and another third place finish in the finale at Greenville Speedway on May 30th. Races at Riverside International Speedway on May 23rd and at Clayhill Motorsports on May 25th were unfortunately rained out.
Nesbit, Mississippi young gun, Lee Sowell finished in the runner-up spot in the Speedweek 2009 standings with 344 points. Sowell had one top five finish at North Alabama and top ten finishes at I-30, Drew County and Greenville Speedways to garner the high ranking. Tommy Worley, Jr. from Farmington, Missouri drove Doc Sloan's #97 sprinter to third place in the week long mini-series standings with 342 points just two behind Sowell.
Raymond Stull from Independence, Mississippi finished the Speedweek standings just six points behind Worley in fourth place. The 2008 Parts Plus USCS Rookie of the Year, Anthony Nicholson from Bartlett, Tennessee
rounded out the top five drivers in the fourth annual event with 334 points. Nicholson became one of four different winners over four races when he won Round Two (actually the opener) at North Alabama Speedway on Sunday night.
2008 Speedweek Co-Champion, Marshall Skinner from West Memphis, Arkansas finished sixth this year with 306 points and Wade Oliver followed in seventh oposition with 304 points. Thursday night's winner at I-30 Speedway, Tim Crawley from Benton, Arkansas finished eighth in the standings with 296 points. Crawley was the other 2008 Speedweek Co-Champion.
Rookie standout Jon Stinson from Memphis, Tennessee was four points behind Crawley in ninth place with 294 points. Henry Gustavus from Marion, Arkansas rounded out the top ten drivers in the standings with 292 points.
Other Speedweek feature winners included Paul McMahan from Hendersonville, Tennessee won the Friday May 29th Round Five race at Drew County Speedway in Monticello, Arkansas. Shane Stewart from Bixby, Oklahoma won the Saturday, May 30th Speedweek 2009 Finale at Greenville Speedway in Greenville, Mississippi.
Jon Stinson was declared the Speedweek "Rookie of the Week" for his solid efforts that included accumulating the most points of any rookie driver during the mini-series. Eight rookies competed during the week. Fourty-six drivers from eight states entered the competition. There was an average of twenty-nine cars that competed at each event.
For complete results of each race vivit www.uscsracing.com
Parts Plus USCS Speedweek 2009
POINT STANDINGS
Pos. Car# Driver Total
- 10 Terry Gray 380
- 51 Lee Sowell 344
- 97 Tommy Worley 342
- 6 Raymond Stull 336
- 16N Anthony Nicholson 334
- 26M Marshall Skinner 306
- 58 Wade Oliver 304
- 88 Tim Crawley 296
- 26s Jon Stinson 294 - Rookie
- 78 Henry Gustavus 292
- 3D Paul McMahon 290
- c4 Casey Rowland 276 - Rookie
- 57 Shane Stewart 274
- 24 Justin Carver 268 - Rookie
- Ronny Howard 260
- 40A Ernie Ainsworth 212
- 1A Lee Moore 184
- 8X Chris Williams 184
- 9 Justin Sturch 178
- 87 Kent Buckley 176
- 40R Scott Hensley 176
- 12 Jerrod Hull 174
- 80 Morgan Turpen 166 - Rookie
- 01 Jeremy Newkirk 158 - Rookie
- 77 Jesse Hockett 154
- 16P DeWayne Prince 140
- 86 Josh Fisher 140
- 75 Don Young 136
- 57 Dude Garrett 126
- 4M Michael Miller 118
- 1X Chad Pitts 110 - Rookie
- 12 Jeff Swindell 96
- 15S Nick Smith 96
- 12D Dalton Davis 86 - Rookie
- 8Z Zach Pringle 86
- 3 A.G. Rains 82
- 21 Aubrey Black 78
- 6x Brad Wickham 74
- D12 Christopher Sloan 70
- 2M Bryce Vowan 64
- 39 Brad Bowden 50
- 14F Tyler Brown 50 - Rookie
- 12T Joe Young 50
- 7H Lewis Jenkins, Jr. 50
- 3 Mark Shirshekan 50
- 1G Cody Gardner 50
Submitted By: Adam Ulrey
