Lonnie Wheatley, BYRAM, Miss. (June 4, 2022) – Jordon Mallett finished off the United Sprint Car Series Speedweek by racing to victory lane in Saturday night’s 30-lap feature event at Jackson Motor Speedway.
Mallett took off from the pole position and denied Brad Bowden’s bids for the point to secure his first victory of the season.
“I knew it was gonna get dicey in traffic,” Mallett commented afterward. “I could hear Brad (Bowden) there a couple of times, he’s always good at places like this so I knew I had work to do.”
The Greenbrier, AR, racer outgunned fellow front row starter Dustin Gates at the drop of the green flag and after a quick caution three laps in, led the field throughout.
Bowden moved in to challenge in traffic though, keeping Mallett on his toes as the final laps clicked off. Mallett was up to the task and kept Bowden at bay with Gates, Dale Howard and Chase Howard rounding out the top five.
Mallett and Gates topped heat race action with Mallett victorious in the Dash to earn the pole position for the main event.
USCS Speedweek Round Four
Jackson Motor Speedway – Byram, MS
Saturday, June 4, 2022
United Sprint Car Series:
Speedweek Rnd #4 (30 Laps): 1. 14-Jordon Mallett[1]; 2. 8-Brad Bowden[3]; 3. 6-Dustin Gates[2]; 4. 47-Dale Howard[5]; 5. 13-Chase Howard[4]; 6. 121-Jan Howard[7]; 7. 01-Shane Morgan[6]; 8. 55-Donny Howard[9]; 9. 28-Jeff Willingham[10]; 10. 12M-Greg Merritt[11]; 11. 56-Jeff Smith[12]; 12. 13X-Jake Brashier[16]; 13. 4-Scott Baldwin[14]; 14. L37-Scott Craft[15]; 15. 44-Ronny Howard[8]; 16. 16-Steven Howell[13]
Hoosier Speed Dash (6 Laps): 1. 14-Jordon Mallett[1]; 2. 6-Dustin Gates[3]; 3. 8-Brad Bowden[2]; 4. 13-Chase Howard[4]; 5. 47-Dale Howard[6]; 6. 01-Shane Morgan[5]
Engler Machine & Tool Heat 1 (8 Laps): 1. 14-Jordon Mallett[2]; 2. 13-Chase Howard[3]; 3. 01-Shane Morgan[7]; 4. 47-Dale Howard[8]; 5. 28-Jeff Willingham[4]; 6. 12M-Greg Merritt[6]; 7. L37-Scott Craft[1]; 8. (DNF) 13X-Jake Brashier[5]
JJ Supply of NC Heat 2 (8 Laps): 1. 6-Dustin Gates[1]; 2. 8-Brad Bowden[3]; 3. 121-Jan Howard[5]; 4. 44-Ronny Howard[4]; 5. 55-Donny Howard[8]; 6. 56-Jeff Smith[6]; 7. 16-Steven Howell[2]; 8. 4-Scott Baldwin[7]