{"id":22796,"date":"2015-10-19T13:43:33","date_gmt":"2015-10-19T13:43:33","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/karnac.com\/flanews\/?p=22796"},"modified":"2015-10-19T13:43:33","modified_gmt":"2015-10-19T13:43:33","slug":"trey-starks-wins-uscs-florida-final","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/karnac.com\/flanews\/front-page-news\/trey-starks-wins-uscs-florida-final\/","title":{"rendered":"Trey Starks wins USCS Florida Final"},"content":{"rendered":"
\"12138498_730947726937470_8192126972346099774_o\"Ocala, Fla. – Saturday, October 17,2015 – (Chris Seelman photo)- At one point in Saturday night\u2019s 30-lap finale to the United Sprint Car Series Florida State Championships at Bubba Raceway Park it appeared as if home state driver Danny Martin Jr. was going to walk off with a weekend sweep.<\/div>\n
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\u00a0However, circumstances got in the way \u2013 and opened the door for a first-time United Sprint Car Series presented by K&N Filters winner<\/div>\n
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19-year-old Trey Starks, from Puyallup, Wash., inherited the lead from Martin after the latter blew a right rear tire entering turn one with seven laps to go and endured three agonizing restarts inside of the final five laps before he could pull into the www.rockauto.com USCS Victory Lane.<\/div>\n

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\u00a0The reigning Western Sprint Tour champion led those final seven laps over Mississippi hot-shoe Michael Miller, pulling away after each caution period to notch his first career USCS victory in thrilling fashion.<\/div>\n
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\u00a0\u201cIt seemed like [the field] really didn\u2019t want us to win this race, did they?\u201d Starks laughed after climbing from his car. \u201cWe weren\u2019t very good on restarts at all \u2013 either I wasn\u2019t great or the motor just wasn\u2019t taking off \u2013 one or the other. We had a great handling car though, and we had a little bit of luck, but sometimes it\u2019s just as good to be lucky than good and that\u2019s what we were tonight. This is an awesome weekend.\u201d<\/div>\n
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\u00a0The win was the first in USCS competition for Starks\u2019 car owner, Jeff McCall, since 2008 at Travelers Rest (S.C.) Speedway with Australian driver Steven Lines.<\/div>\n
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\u00a0\u201cThis feels really good,\u201d McCall said. \u201cWe\u2019ve more focused on our 410 program for the last five or six years \u2013 we haven\u2019t really run the 360 stuff. I met Trey through Jack Elam \u2013 he got the two of us hooked up, and I had never met him before this weekend \u2013 but we flew him down here and it worked outto be an awesome go of it.\u201d<\/div>\n
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\u00a0\u201cHe\u2019s super talented, and I\u2019m excited to be working with him coming up at several events including the World Finals at Charlotte as well. This is a heck of a start for the pairing.\u201d<\/div>\n
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\u00a0The night\u2019s two most serious incidents all happened prior to halfway in the main event, kicking off on lap two when the \u201cJacksonville Jet,\u201d Matt Kurtz, got into fellow Florida driver Gene Lasker exiting turn four. Kurtz\u2019s car tipped onto its side, but was quickly righted and Kurtz climbed from his mount without injury.<\/div>\n
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\u00a0The chaos continued two laps later, when K&N Filters pole-sitter and early race leader Shawn Murray was being overhauled by Miller in turn four and washed up too high, tagging the wall with his right rear. That caused the front end of Murray\u2019s No. 22 sprinter to catch air, sending him flipping wildly into the catch fence right below the flagstand at the start\/finish line. Murray was unhurt in the wild ride.<\/div>\n
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\u00a0After a short repair period to work on the frontstretch clay and a small portion of the safety fencing, the race resumed with Miller leading the way, but the story was Martin, who wrested the top spot from Miller at lap 18 and appeared to be driving into the Florida night before running over a piece of debris that caused his right rear to go down five laps later.<\/div>\n
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\u00a0While the Sarasota, Fla. native would rally to finish fourth, it was a night of what might have been for the Shaw Racing Products No. 24.<\/div>\n
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\u00a0\u201cI felt [the tire] getting soft in three and four,\u201d Martin said. \u201cIt tripped over the cushion and I thought I was going to hit the wall. I knew something was up, and a few feet later it went. I hate it, but we\u2019ll be back next time to try it again. Fourth is heartbreaking though, but we knew we had the fastest car tonight. That counts for something at least.\u201d<\/div>\n
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\u00a0As Starks rolled away to victory lane, Miller could do no better than second, where he settled at the checkered flag, just ahead of Ocala, Fla. young gun Tyler Clem. The 13-year-old used a banner drive through traffic and took advantage of attrition as the race went on to claim a career-best USCS finish of third in just his second career series start.<\/div>\n
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\u00a0Martin and Jacksonville, Florida\u2019s Matt Kurtz rounded out the top five, with Kurtz rallying from his lap two incident to give the Sunshine State three of the first five cars at the end of the night.<\/div>\n
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\u00a0National points leader Morgan Turpen was sixth with Eric Riggins Jr., from Charlotte, N.C., finishing seventh after hesuffered from a late-race flat tire as well. Marco Island, Florida\u2019s Nick Snyder used an eighth-place finish to clinch 2015 USCS Rookie of the Year honors, while another 13-year-old, Danny Sams III, chased Snyder to the line in finishing ninth. Mark Ruel Jr., out of Jacksonville, Fla., capped off the top 10.<\/div>\n
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\u00a0Riggins kicked off the evening\u2019s racing action by winning the Hoosier Tire Speed Dash, and Witherspoon scored the win in the Engler Machine and Tools First Heat. Murray rolled to the victory in the Butlerbuilt Second Heat, and Starks took the checkers in the Schoenfeld Headers Third Heat.<\/div>\n
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\u00a0Starks was also the provisional polesitter after scoring the most passing points in heat race action, but after a four was rolled on the K&N Inversion Die, Murray received the K&N Filters Pole Award. For the second night in a row, Ocala native Tyler Clem passed the most cars in the A-main (13) to grab the Wilwood Disc Brakes Hard Charger Award.<\/div>\n
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\u00a0The United Sprint Car Series filtercharged by K&N continues their 2015 schedule on Friday night, Oct. 30 with the rescheduled North\/South Shootout Round #1 opener at Carolina Speedway in Gastonia, N.C. The series then competes in Round #2 on the following night (October 31st) at Cherokee Speedway in Gaffney, S.C.<\/div>\n
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\u00a0For rules and updated schedule information about the United Sprint Car Series Outlaw Thunder Tour, please visitwww.uscsracing.com or call the series office at 770-460-7223 or 770-865-6097.<\/div>\n
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\u00a0RESULTS: USCS Sprint Car Series \u201cFlorida State Championship\u201d; Bubba Raceway Park; Oct. 17, 2015<\/div>\n
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\u00a0Hoosier Tire Speed Dash: Eric Riggins Jr., Matt Kurtz, Trey Starks, Garrett Green, Morgan Turpen, Danny Martin Jr.<\/div>\n
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\u00a0Engler Machine and Tool First Heat: Terry Witherspoon, Michael Miller, Eric Riggins Jr., Danny Martin Jr., Nick Snyder, Tyler Clem, Joe Larkin.<\/div>\n
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\u00a0Butlerbuilt Second Heat: Shawn Murray, Terry Gray, Garrett Green, Gene Lasker, Tanner Witherspoon, Danny Sams III, Brandon McLain.<\/div>\n
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\u00a0Schoenfeld Headers Third Heat: Trey Starks, Morgan Turpen, Matt Kurtz, Mark Ruel Jr., Brandon Grubaugh, Clint Weiss, Jeff Willingham.<\/div>\n
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USCS Sprint Car Series filtercharged by K&N Florida State Championships finale A-main: 30-laps<\/div>\n
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\u00a01. #23 \u2013 Trey Starks, Puyallup, WA
\n2. #4M \u2013 Michael Miller, Ocean Springs, MS
\n3. #14 \u2013 Tyler Clem, Ocala, FL
\n4. #24 \u2013 Danny Martin Jr., Sarasota, FL
\n5. #82 \u2013 Matt Kurtz, Jacksonville, FL
\n6. #10M \u2013 Morgan Turpen, Cordova, TN
\n7. #47 \u2013 Eric Riggins Jr., Charlotte, NC
\n8. #116 \u2013 Nick Snyder, Marco Island, FL
\n9. #24D \u2013 Danny Sams III, Gergetown, KY
\n10. #83 \u2013 Mark Ruel Jr., Jacksonville, FL
\n11. #0X \u2013 Clint Weiss, Jesup, GA
\n12. #33 \u2013 Joe Larkin, Suwanee, GA
\n13. #21B \u2013 Brandon McLain, Indian Trail, NC
\n14. #28G \u2013 Garrett Green, Valrico, FL
\n15. #G6 \u2013 Brandon Grubaugh, Ocala, FL
\n16. #43JR \u2013 Tanner Witherspoon, Jacksonville, FL
\n17. #43 \u2013 Terry Witherspoon, Jacksonville, FL
\n18. #28 \u2013 Jeff Willingham, Ripley, MS
\n19. #10 \u2013 Terry Gray, Bartlett, TN
\n20. #22 \u2013 Shawn Murray, Jacksonville, FL
\n21. #02 \u2013 Gene Lasker, Tampa, FL<\/div>\n
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\u00a0USCS Sprint Car Series Race Awards:<\/div>\n
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\u00a0Hoosier Tire Speed Dash: #47 \u2013 Eric Riggins Jr.
\nEngler Machine and Tool First Heat: #43 \u2013 Terry Witherspoon
\nButlerbuilt Second Heat: #22 \u2013 Shawn Murray
\nSchoenfeld Headers Third Heat: #23 \u2013 Trey Starks
\nK&N Filters Pole Award: #22 \u2013 Shawn Murray
\nJE Pistons Top Guns Award: #14 \u2013 Tyler Clem (3rd place)
\nBell Helmets Focus Award: #4M \u2013Michael Miller
\nK&N Filters Podium (3rd place) Award: #14 \u2013 Tyler Clem
\nBrown and Miller Racing Solutions Fourth Place Award: #24 \u2013 Danny Martin Jr.
\nWilwood Disc Brakes Hard Charger Award: #14 \u2013 Tyler Clem
\nKeizer Aluminum Wheels Top Five Award: #82 \u2013 Matt Kurtz
\nSaldana Racing Products Super Sixth Award: #10M \u2013 Morgan Turpen
\nPyrotect Racing Cells Lucky Seven Award: #47 \u2013 Eric Riggins Jr.
\nDMI\/Bulldog Rear Ends Top Ten Award: #83 \u2013 Mark Ruel Jr.<\/div>\n
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Finish Start Car Driver Hometown Points
\n1 2 90\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Tim Gay\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Plant City, Fl 50.00
\n2 1 24\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Dennis Williams\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Zephyrhills , Fl 48.00
\n3 5 5W\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 James “jimbo” Warden\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Lowell , Fl 46.00
\n4 4 31T\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Tyler Bryden\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Ocala , Fl 44.00
\n5 3 28E\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Brandon Elwood\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Anthony , Fl 42.00
\n6 6 62\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Corky Giddens\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Archer , Fl 40.00
\n7 7 5\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Tom Sheehan\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Belleview , Fl 38.00<\/p><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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