The reigning/defending United Crate Racing Alliance (UCRA) Champion Rusty Ballenger of Seymour, Tn., sits atop the current points standings after eight rounds of the 2017 season leaving Fort Payne (AL) Motor Speedway gaining five valuable points over his two closest challengers Saturday night.
Ballenger took over the points lead two weeks earlier exiting I-75 Raceway (Round # 7) as early season points dominator Jason Manley of Loudon, Tn.
retired the UCRA’s home-base feature race a dismal 15th. Kyle Courtney of Knoxville didn’t fare much better, but did manage to close in on fellow Rookie.of the Year candidate (Manley) by 5 points. All eyes being on local favorite at Fort Payne; Kasey Hall, fans kept a third eye on the new 5jmotorsports.com entry of Jesse Lowe who’s been challenging regularly the UCRA top spot. For "four" consecutive UCRA races Lowe has quietly finished in the runner-up position and is back in contention for the UCRA Championship Title despite missing two races earlier this season.
Chip Brindle, like his predecessors, failed to capture that elusive third victory in a row Saturday at Fort Payne, but did (along with Lowe) gain valuable points chasing Ballenger, Manley and Courtney. Hall’s victory Saturday jumped the Geraldine, Ala., racer to 8th in the overall points picture just behind.Hot-Rod Carroll. UCRA 2016 championship runner-up, fellow Bama-ian, Robert Gant is back in the mix also after missing a few races, just outside the Top 10 in his Pro-maxx Ford.
The UCRA is off a week before returning to action Saturday, Aug. 5, at Tazewell (Tn.) Speedway for Round # 9 of the season. Anthony White of Clinton, Tn. picked up the UCRA win at the “Bad-Fast-Taz” back in May and could be trouble for local hot-shoes Jason Trammell and Phillip Thompson as well as the rest of the UCRA elite.
For more information visit the alliance's website at www.UCRAracing.com. UCRA is a sanctioning body for Crate Late Model dirt racing and all rights and rules thereof are available to be adhered to on behalf of the United Crate Racing Alliance.
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UCRA Late Models |
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2017 |
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Driver |
Car # |
Rookie |
Total |
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Rusty Ballenger |
29 |
… |
192 |
PTS. |
Jason Manley |
32 |
…R… |
170 |
PTS. |
Kyle Courtney |
171 |
…R… |
159 |
PTS. |
Jesse Lowe |
5j |
…R… |
154 |
PTS. |
Chip Brindle |
17 |
… |
149 |
PTS. |
Anthony White |
2x |
… |
123 |
PTS. |
Rod Carroll |
r44 |
…R… |
114 |
PTS. |
Kasey Hall |
38 |
… |
101 |
PTS. |
Ruben Mayfield |
00M |
…R… |
97 |
PTS. |
Jimmy Elliott |
J39 |
…R… |
91 |
PTS. |
Robert Gant |
22 |
… |
90 |
PTS. |
Greg Husky |
61 |
… |
74 |
PTS. |
John Ownbey |
J0 |
… |
60 |
PTS. |
Sam Seawright |
16 |
… |
52 |
PTS. |
Jordan Horton |
56 |
… |
51 |
PTS. |
Shane Tankersly |
T31 |
… |
51 |
PTS. |
Greg Martin |
24 |
… |
50 |
PTS. |
Josh Henry |
B00 |
… |
49 |
PTS. |
Bobby Pruitt |
6P |
…R… |
46 |
PTS. |
Ross White |
0W |
… |
45 |
PTS. |
Ethan Hunter |
15 |
… |
44 |
PTS. |
Kyle May |
55 |
… |
43 |
PTS. |
Cory Hedgecock |
23 |
… |
40 |
PTS. |
Bryson Dennis |
15 |
… |
38 |
PTS. |
Andy Picklesimer |
1P |
… |
37 |
PTS. |
Larry Higgins |
17H |
…R… |
37 |
PTS. |
Bryan Pritchard |
3BP |
… |
30 |
PTS. |
Zach Shannon |
z1 |
…R… |
30 |
PTS. |
Barry Goodman |
24 |
… |
30 |
PTS. |
Philip Thompson |
24 |
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28 |
PTS. |
Forrest Trent |
101 |
… |
27 |
PTS. |
Jason Welshan |
2W |
… |
26 |
PTS. |
Jason Trammell |
97 |
… |
26 |
PTS. |
Chris Chandler |
88 |
… |
25 |
PTS. |
Cruz Skinner |
11 |
… |
25 |
PTS. |
Brandon Williams |
95 |
… |
25 |
PTS. |
Perry Delaney |
77 |
… |
25 |
PTS. |
Matt Henderson |
17 |
… |
25 |
PTS. |
Floyd Turner |
50 |
… |
23 |
PTS. |
Tommy Smith |
28 |
… |
23 |
PTS. |
Ashton Winger |
12 |
… |
22 |
PTS. |
Craig Burrows |
23B |
… |
21 |
PTS. |
Marty Calloway |
7C |
… |
21 |
PTS. |
Ahnna Parkhurst |
23P |
…R… |
20 |
PTS. |
Brandon Miller |
89 |
… |
20 |
PTS. |
Justin Litchford |
19A |
… |
19 |
PTS. |
Mark Sexton |
7X |
… |
19 |
PTS. |
Jed Emert |
98 |
… |
19 |
PTS. |
Johnny Ridings |
31 |
… |
19 |
PTS. |
Kenny Ford |
61 |
… |
18 |
PTS. |
Todd Morrow |
8A |
… |
18 |
PTS. |
Bradley Lewelling |
10B |
… |
18 |
PTS. |
Troy Davenport |
5C |
… |
18 |
PTS. |
Chad Green |
159 |
… |
18 |
PTS. |
Andy Standridge |
156 |
… |
17 |
PTS. |
Lynn Leach |
22 |
… |
17 |
PTS. |
Tom Maddox |
7T |
… |
17 |
PTS. |
Van Lester |
50 |
… |
16 |
PTS. |
Dustin Harris |
04 |
…R… |
15 |
PTS. |
Cody Smith |
11 |
… |
15 |
PTS. |
Drew Kennedy |
K37 |
… |
15 |
PTS. |
Daniel Wilson |
12 |
… |
14 |
PTS. |
Ryan Law |
11 |
… |
14 |
PTS. |
Chase Walls |
25 |
… |
13 |
PTS. |
Mack McCarter |
71 |
… |
13 |
PTS. |
Kip Sawyer |
44 |
… |
13 |
PTS. |
Deke Waters |
66 |
… |
13 |
PTS. |
Beau Bice |
44 |
…R… |
12 |
PTS. |
Justin French |
18 |
…R… |
10 |
PTS. |
Kenny Kizzar |
157 |
… |
10 |
PTS. |
Jerry Green |
G2 |
… |
10 |
PTS. |
Darren Goins |
D2 |
… |
10 |
PTS. |
Phillip Cardin |
113 |
… |
10 |
PTS. |
Tanner Works |
T35 |
… |
10 |
PTS. |
Evan Taylor |
36 |
… |
10 |
PTS. |
Richard Bailey |
41 |
… |
10 |
PTS. |
John Lewelling |
2L |
… |
10 |
PTS. |
Michael Smith |
15 |
… |
10 |
PTS. |
Joe Cline |
4X |
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10 |
PTS. |