BYHALIA, Miss. — Dale Howard took advantage of Dustin Gates misfortune and assumed the lead on lap 20 when Gates went to the work area to fix a flat right-rear after a hard-fought battle with Howard at Jackson Motor Speedway.
Howard banked $2,500 and completed a sweep of the weekend activities for the USCS Thunder Tour sprint cars.
Howard led the field under the checkers fending of the final 10-lap charge of Landon Britt, who flew under the checkers in the runner-up spot.
Gates charged back to finish third with two-time USCS National Champion Morgan Turpen in the fourth spot. USCS National points leader Danny Smith was fifth.
The finish:
Feature (30 Laps): 1. 47-Dale Howard[2]; 2. 10L-Landon Britt[3]; 3. 6G-Dustin Gates[1]; 4. 10M-Morgan Turpen[4]; 5. 4-Danny Smith[5]; 6. 07T-Brandon Taylor[7]; 7. 10-Terry Gray[8]; 8. 67-Hayden Martin[11]; 9. 7E-Eric Gunderson[9]; 10. 28-Jeff Willingham[10]; 11. (DNF) 23-Ethan Jones[13]; 12. (DNF) 9-Josh McCord[14]; 13. (DNF) 01-Shane Morgan[6]; 14. (DNF) 22-Brandon Blenden[12]; 15. (DNS) 6M-Ronnie Morgan