MARTIN DROPS THE HAMMER FOR USCS WIN IN ROME, GA


ROME, GA - Danny "The Hammer" Martin of Sarasota, FL took his first United
Sprint Car Series career win outside of Florida Sunday night at Rome
Speedway.  Martin put his Advance Auto Parts/eStateTrafficSchool.com
http://eStateTrafficSchool.com / Martin Structures, Inc. Schnee/ZRE in the
lead on lap three and then kept Terry Gray of Bartlett, TN behind him to
post his  second career USCS victory.

Martin's first USCS career win came late last season at his home track, East
Bay Raceway Park in Tampa, FL.  Martin found the half-mile high banked clay
oval at Rome, GA to his liking, as Gray was never able to make a bid for the
lead.

"We've been working hard to get everything right with the race car, but the
driver has been messing up a little bit," Martin said after jazzing the
packed house with a wing dance victory celebration.  "Everything was just
right tonight.  I've got to thank my Mom and Dad for giving me the
opportunity to make this happen.  I'm glad I could give my Dad this Father's
Day present."

Gray, the defending and three-time USCS National Champion, had to settle for
second in the Goodson Farms/Wendy's Maxim/Wesmar.

Pole sitter Jim Raptis of Marietta, GA led the first two laps of the race,
and finished third in the Grissom Honda/Mazda J&J Chrisco.

Steven Graham of Sydney, Australia started 11th and finished fourth in the
Richard Petty Driving Experience Maxim/RPDE. Kenny Adams of Malabar, FL
recovered from a flat tire on lap 18, and brought his Goodson Farms Shaw/Ott
home in the fifth spot. Tom Winegardner Jr. of Pierson, FL was sixth in the
Snap-On Tools J&J/WRP.

Randy Helton of Palmetto, GA took the seventh spot in the Helton
Transmission Maxim/ERI, and Chad Allum finished eighth in the Heintz
Performance Allum/Allum, Chris Hill of Wedowee, AL started 16th and finished
ninth in the Hill Brothers Air and Hydraulics Challenger/Gaerte.

Graham and Hill shared the Huggins Race Cams Hard Charger of the Race Award.
R.J. Johnson of Wesley Chapel, FL rounded out the top ten in the
RaceWear/Pin Rings J&J/ZRE, and was the Rookie of the Race. Raptis and
Martin brought the field down for the green flag, but it was Adams blasting
from his third starting hole that took the lead down the backstretch.  Adams
never got credit for leading the lap, as a multi-car tangle in turn four
brought out the caution flag, necessitating a complete restart.

When the field went back to green, it was Raptis grabbing the point followed
by Martin, Gray, Adams, and Winegardner.  Martin dove under Raptis coming
off the fourth turn on lap three to take the lead.  Gray and Adams worked
around Raptis for second and third respectively on lap four, but Martin had
already opened up a half-straightaway lead.

Martin was able to keep his distance in front of Gray, but on lap 15, the
18-year-old leader dodged a big bullet when he came up to lap Jeremy Scott
of Franklin, GA.  Something broke on Scott's Vortex Bar and Grill Pro
Lite/June Bug, and he almost collided with Martin, who had to take evasive
action, but was able to recover and stay in the lead.

Gray and Adams were closing fast, but Scott spun coming off the second turn
to bring out the caution flag.  Martin was the leader for the restart, but
he had the lapped car of Johnson between him and Gray.  By the time Gray
negotiated past Johnson, Martin had put a lot of real estate between himself
and Gray.

Adams cut down a right-rear tire in turn three on lap 18 to bring out the
third caution flag of the race.  Adams went to the pits, replaced the tire,
and returned for the restart at the tail of the field.  This time, Gray
restarted right on Martin's rear nerf bar, but he still didn't have anything
to make a bid for the lead.

In preliminary action, Scott won his second straight Air Flow Research
six-lap Power Dash, while Winegardner and Gray won the ten-lap heat races.
Josh Harris of New London, NC received the Weld Racing Hard Luck Award after
he hit the turn two wall during hot lap and flipped his Furr Transport
Lightning/High Tech.  The 16-year-old driver was uninjured.

USCS returns to the asphalt with visits to Five Flags Speedway in Pensacola,
FL on Friday night, and to Montgomery Motor Speedway in Montgomery, AL on
Saturday night.  For more information about USCS visit the series web site
at www.uscsracing.com.

Photo Caption: Wing dance victory celebration
Photo Credit:  Larry Sams, USCS

Team Contact:

W.F. "Casey" Ebsary, Jr.
Motorsports@eStateTrafficSchool.com
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Contact: W.F. "Casey" Ebsary, Jr.
Toll Free 1-877-793-9290

OFFICIAL RESULTS OF ROUND 16 AT ROME SPEEDWAY AT ROME, GA ON 6/20/04:

POS STRT CAR # DRIVER HOMETOWN   LAPS

1.             2 00 Danny Martin Jr. Sarasota, FL 30
2.             5 10 Terry Gray Bartlett, TN 30
3.             1 47 Jim Raptis Marietta, GA 30
4.             11 14 Steven Graham Sydney, AUS 30
5.             3 4a Kenny Adams Malabar, FL 30

ENTRIES:  20

LEAD CHANGES:  1

LAP LEADERS:  Raptis, 1-2; Martin 3-30

LAPS LED:  Martin 28; Raptis 2

HUGGINS CAMS HARD CHARGER:  Graham (started 11th and finished 4th), and Hill
(started 16th and finished 9th)

WELD RACING HARD LUCK AWARD:  Harris

ROOKIE OF THE RACE:  Johnson

CAUTIONS:  3

AIR FLOW RESEARCH POWER DASH (6 Laps):  1. Scott; 2. Adams; 3. Gray; 4.
Wrenn; 5. Graham; 6. Helton.

1ST HEAT (10 Laps):  1. Winegardner; 2. Allum; 3. Martin; 4. Scott; 5.
Wrenn; 6. Graham; 7. Young; 8. Thomas; 9. Bridges.

2ND HEAT (10 Laps):  1. Gray; 2. Adams; 3. Raptis; 4. Helton; 5. Johnson
(R); 6. Nelson; 7. Black; 8. Hill; 9. Lawson.

USCS NATIONAL POINT STANDINGS THROUGH 6/20/04:



  1. Terry Gray - 2300
  2. Danny Martin Jr. - 2070
  3. Kenny Adams - 1848
  4. R.J. Johnson (R) - 1796
  5. Brice Wrenn - 1604
  6. Tom Winegardner Jr. - 1404
  7. Chad Allum - 1020
  8. Brian Thomas - 932
  9. Jim Raptis - 930
  10. Bill Moore - 898
  11. Butch Pendergrass - 894
  12. Red Stauffer - 750
  13. Marshall Skinner - 694
  14. Jeremy Scott - 660
  15. Ben Basinger - 624
  16. Johnny Bridges - 624
  17. Jimmy Taylor - 620
  18. Doug Gold - 580
  19. Doug Berryman - 566
  20. Joe Rebman - 558