Lonnie Wheatley, MESQUITE, Texas (March 15, 2008) – Gary Wright captured his first O'Reilly American Sprint Cars on Tour National series feature win of the season in the most dramatic of fashions, charging past an unsuspecting Tony Bruce, Jr., in the final corner to take the win in Devil's Bowl Speedway's 35th Annual Spring Nationals 25-lap finale on Saturday night.
Denying Bruce a sweep of the weekend's action, Wright brought the crowd to its feet with the electrifying victory as he collected his second career Devil's Bowl Spring Nationals title and the first since 1995.
"This place has been awful good to us over the years," Wright commented after his 17th career ASCS National Tour feature win atop the Devil's Bowl ½-mile clay oval. "I knew if I could get close enough that I could get him, we were way better in three and four. That lapped car let us close up and then when he went into three up high, I knew we had him."
Most of the way, however, it appeared that Liberal, KS, shoe Bruce was going to collect his second victory in as many nights after snaring his first career ASCS National Tour win in Friday night's preliminary.
The wild card that nearly foiled the plans of both Bruce and Wright was 15-year-old Trey Robb, who paced three mid-race laps before going up in smoke and coasting to a stop in the infield.
Seemingly living a charmed life, Bruce drew the pole position for the main event with Robb drawing the front row outside after ranking second in the night's passing points to become eligible for the night's redraw that included Friday night's top four finishers and Saturday's top two point-earners.
While Bruce and Robb led the feature field to the green flag, Wright gridded the field outside the third row after pulling the "6" pill.
The feature ran off in rapid-fire fashion, with all 25 laps running uninterrupted after the initial start was waved off for Garry Lee Maier's turn one loop, with Matt Covington retiring to the pit area before the restart.
Bruce gunned into the lead at the outset and paced the early laps in front of Robb, with fifth-starter Kevin Ramey battling into third in front of second-row starters Wayne Johnson and Jason Sides in the early rounds.
Bruce held a ten car-length lead until reaching the tail of the field, with Robb quickly closing the gap aboard the Swofford Electric No. 1s entry. Robb reeled in Bruce and charged into the lead on the tenth lap and set sail. But the 15-year-old's first ASCS National Tour win was not to be on this night, as his engine expired two laps later.
Meanwhile, Wright had been methodically working his way forward aboard the Wright-Cooper Motorsports Wesmar-powered Richwood Construction/Whiteco Commercial Funding No. 9 Maxim. Wright made his way past Sides for fifth by the fifth lap, then worked by Wayne Johnson for fourth by the tenth lap.
Wright then battled past 2006 Spring Nationals champ Kevin Ramey and found himself in second behind Bruce moments later when Robb retired to the infield.
Wright tried to close in on Bruce on several occasions, but each time Bruce responded by slipping away to a ten car-length edge aboard the Kistler-powered Best Well Service No. 18 Maxim.
"The Texan" began erasing that advantage with two laps to go and closed in on Bruce's rear bumper entering turn one on the final lap. Bruce led the way down the backstretch with Wright in hot pursuit.
And when Bruce went to the top side of turns three and four with the checkered flag awaiting, Wright drove to the low side and powered by to snare his 120th career ASCS National Tour win.
Bruce settled for second, while Jason Sides took the show position. Wayne Johnson crossed the stripe fourth in the Wesmar-powered H&H Enterprises No. 94 Maxim, with Zach Chappell climbing from 13th to round out the top five in his No. 50z machine.
Sam Hafertepe, Jr., claimed sixth, with Jason Johnson racing from 19th to post his second seventh-place finish in as many nights. Ramey slipped to eighth over the final half of the race, with Travis Rilat and Kenneth Walker completing the top ten.
Ramey, Walker, Hafertepe, Ryan Roberts, Robb and Covington topped heat race action, with Don Young, Scott Winters and Jason Johnson winning the "B" Mains.
Lorne Wofford flipped on the opening lap of the third heat race but was able to return for "B" Main action. Defending Devil's Bowl Spring Nationals champion Jake Peters was involved in the same incident. Also able to return for "B" Main competition, Peters missed the cut for the feature event.
O’Reilly ASCoT 35th Annual Devil's Bowl Spring Nationals Finale Results:
Locked in from Friday's Preliminary Event:
18-Tony Bruce, Jr., 9-Gary Wright, 7s-Jason Sides, 94-Wayne Johnson.
Heat Races (Top 12 in passing points to “A” Main; Balance to 3 "B" Mains)
Brodix Heat One (8 Laps): 1. 7m-Kevin Ramey, 2. 97-Aaron Berryhill, 3. 48-Shawn Sander, 4. b4-Eric Baldaccini, 5. 8h-Dustin Morgan, 6. 65-Skip Wilson, 7. 91-Don Droud, Jr., 8. 13-Kathryne Minter.
Wesmar-Shaver Heat Two (8 Laps): 1. 2-Kenneth Walker, 2. 94s-Natalie Sather, 3. 8x-Chris Williams, 4. 11x-Garry Lee Maier, 5. 81au-Gavin Punch, 6. 87-Billy Melton, 7. 41x-Koby Barksdale, 8. 1w-George White.
Brodix Heat Three (8 Laps): 1. 15-Sam Hafertepe, Jr., 2. 23w-Scott Winters, 3. 5e-Brandon Erwin, 4. 4-Mike Chadd, 5. 11-Tyler Thompson, 6. 35-Greg Rilat, 7. 18x-Lorne Wofford, 8. 57x-Jake Peters.
Wesmar-Shaver Heat Four (8 Laps): 1. 18r-Ryan Roberts, 2. 2x-Josh Higday, 3. 29-Travis Rilat, 4. 2w-Whit Gastineau, 5. 22-Billy Alley, 6. 94x-Cody Branchcomb, 7. 1-Eric Lutz, 8. 11m-Brandon Moseley.
Heat Five (8 Laps): 1. 1s-Trey Robb, 2. 21-Brian Brown, 3. 75-Don Young, 4. 31-Matt Clevenger, 5. 15k-Kerry McAlister, 6. 77-Colt Treharn, 7. 03-Joe Wood, Jr., 8. 71-Chris Tarrant.
Heat Six (8 Laps): 1. 95-Matt Covington, 2. 50z-Zach Chappell, 3. 15s-Nick Smith, 4. 41-Jason Johnson, 5. 53-Jack Dover, 6. 45k-Kolt Walker, 7. 51-Foster Landon.
First "B" Feature (10 Laps): 1. 75-Don Young, 2. 11x-Garry Lee Maier, 3. 97-Aaron Berryhill, 4. 2w-Whit Gastineau, 5. 22-Billy Alley, 6. 91-Don Droud, Jr., 7. 35-Greg Rilat, 8. 13-Kathryne Minter, 9. 8x-Chris Williams, 10. 94x-Cody Branchcomb, 11. 1-Eric Lutz, 12. 11m-Brandon Moseley.
Second "B" Feature (10 Laps): 1. 23w-Scott Winters, 2. 5e-Brandon Erwin, 3. 8h-Dustin Morgan, 4. 81au-Gavin Punch, 5. 03-Joe Wood, Jr., 6. 77-Colt Treharn, 7. 65-Skip Wilson, 8. 41x-Koby Barksdale, 9. 1w-George White, 10. 15k-Kerry McAlister, 11. 71-Chris Tarrant, 12. 31-Matt Clevenger.
Third "B" Feature (10 Laps): 1. 41-Jason Johnson, 2. b4-Eric Baldaccini, 3. 4-Mike Chadd, 4. 53-Jack Dover, 5. 45k-Kolt Walker, 6. 48-Shawn Sander, 7. 87-Billy Melton, 8. 18x-Lorne Wofford, 9. 57x-Jake Peters, 10. 11-Tyler Thompson. DNS: 51-Foster Landon.
O’Reilly ASCoT "A" Main Event:
“A” Feature (25 Laps): 1. 9-Gary Wright, 2. 18-Tony Bruce, Jr., 3. 7s-Jason Sides, 4. 94-Wayne Johnson, 5. 50z-Zach Chappell, 6. 15-Sam Hafertepe, Jr., 7. 41-Jason Johnson, 8. 7m-Kevin Ramey, 9. 29-Travis Rilat, 10. 2-Kenneth Walker, 11. 23w-Scott Winters, 12. 15s-Nick Smith, 13. 94s-Natalie Sather, 14. 91-Don Droud, Jr., 15. 11x-Garry Lee Maier, 16. 18r-Ryan Roberts, 17. 2x-Josh Higday, 18. 75-Don Young, 19. 5e-Brandon Erwin, 20. b4-Eric Baldaccini, 21. 21-Brian Brown, 22. 1s-Trey Robb, 23. 95-Matt Covington.
Lap Leaders: Tony Bruce, Jr. 1-9, Trey Robb 10-12, Tony Bruce, Jr. 13-24, Gary Wright 25.
Note: Don Droud, Jr., utilized a provisional to start the "A" Main.
O’Reilly ASCoT Points (Top Ten): 1. Gary Wright 439, 2. Wayne Johnson 411, 3. Jason Sides 399, 4. Zach Chappell 376, 5. Jason Johnson 353, 6. Travis Rilat 345, 7. Eric Baldaccini 318, 8. Garry Lee Maier 311, 9. Don Droud, Jr. 307, 10. Tony Bruce, Jr. 296.
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For immediate release from the O'Reilly USCS Newsroom:
Wayne Reutimann, Jr. scores win in O'Reilly USCS season-opener at Watermelon
Capital Speedway
Cordele, GA - March 15, 2008 - 2005 O'Reilly United Sprint Car Series
Asphalt Thunder Tour Champion, Wayne Reutimann, Jr. from Zephyrhills,
Florida won the 35-Lap O'Reilly USCS Asphalt Thunder Tour season-opener at
Watermelon Capital Speedway in Cordele, Georgia on Saturday night. The win
was his sixth career O'Reilly USCS feature win.
Reutimann, Jr. started the evening by qualifying second fastest in the CnB
Mushroom Farms Time Trials after Danny Martin, Jr. from Sarasota, Florida
set fast time of 14.04 seconds around high-banked 4/10ths mile paved D
Shaped tri-oval. After the qualifying heat races, Martin drew a zero
inversion in the K&N Filters pole Award drawing place himself and Wayne
Reutimann, Jr. on the front row for the start of the main event.
When the green flag flew for the start of the 35-lap feature, Martin led the
pack down to turn one with Reutimann, Jr. beside him battling for supremacy
through the first turn. As the pair exited turn two Reutimann, Jr. grabbed
the lead and charged ahead. At the same time, Keith Butler from Riverview,
Florida, who started sixth, charged past the first two rows into the second
position on lap-one with Martin, open-wheel legend Wayne Reutimann, Sr. from
Zephyrhills, Florida, Terry Gray, Shane Butler, English road-racing
transplant Adam Jackson from Timmonsville, South Carolina and Wendy Mathis
from Tampa, Florida behind them in the lead pack.
The race went green at a torrid pace for the first twenty-six laps before
the first of two caution flags flew for Keith Butler's spin-out when his
left rear tire went down. This bunched the field with Martin, Jr. behind
Reutimann, Jr. When the starter waved the green again, Reutimann, Jr. once
again was in control with Martin chasing him hard from the runner-up spot
followed by the senior Reutimann in third place. Gray and Shane Butler were
waging a torrid battle for the fourth position with nine laps to go.
On the final lap Shane Butler looped his car in turn three. The field
restarted with Reutimann, Jr. on the point for a green-white-checkered
finish. For the third time the Reutimann, Jr. held off Martin and Reutimann,
Sr. for the win racing the final two laps into victory lane. Martin
collected the runner-pay followed by Wayne Reutimann, Sr. in the second Team
Reutimann entry. Terry Gray drove home fourth and Wendy Mathis rounded out
the top five positions. Rookie driver Adam Jackson crossed the finish-line
in the fifth position and then failed to report to the scales before going
to his pits first and suffered a penalty for it.
Defending series champion Terry Gray from Bartlett, Tennessee who qualified
fourth fastest and started fourth in the Lucas Oil Power Dash raced to
victory in that six car shootout. Shane Butler from Bushnell, Florida raced
from outside the front row in the Engler Machine and Tool First Heat Race to
the win. Keith Butler, from Riverview, Florida then also raced from outside
the front row the front row in the Butlerbuilt Second Heat Race to the
victory 8 laps later as well.
The Huggins Cams Hardcharger Award went to Wendy Mathis. Danny Martin, Jr.
was awarded the Hoosier Tire Young Gun of the Race (for the highest
finishing driver under 25 years old). Wayne Reutimann, Jr. additionally
earned the JE Pistons Top Guns award. Danny Martin, Jr. was also the K&N
Filters Pole Award recipient. Adam Jackson garnered the FSR Products Rookie
of the Race award.
The O'Reilly USCS www.uscsracing.com returns to action on dirt Greenville
Speedway www.greenvillespeedway.net next Saturday March 22nd with an O'Reilly
USCS Mid-South Thunder regional point's event. The O'Reilly USCS is the
only winged sprint car series in the World that races on both dirt and paved
ovals. The next O'Reilly USCS Asphalt Thunder Tour event is scheduled for
Saturday April 19th at Dillon Motor Speedway in Dillon, South Carolina.
O'Reilly USCS OFFICIAL RESULTS Watermelon Capital Speedway - Cordele, GA
3/15/08:
POS START CAR# DRIVER HOMETOWN
LAPS
1. 2 00jr Wayne Reutimann, Jr.
Zephyrhills, FL 35
2. 1 00m Danny Martin, Jr. Sarasota, FL
35
3. 3 00sr Wayne Reutimann,, Sr.
Zephyrhills, FL 35
4. 4 10 Terry Gray
Bartlett, TN 35
5. 2 80 Wendy Mathis
Tampa, FL 35
6. 7 18 Shane Butler
Bushnell, FL 35
7. 3 81 Adam Jackson
Timmonsville, SC 35
8. 9 19 Keith Butler
Riverview, FL 33
9. 8 11 Curtis Rhoades
Pierson, FL 12
10. 15 00T Tom Selhorst
Clearwater, FL 10
11. 13 18x Ryan Duncan
Tampa, FL 8
12. 11 188x Ricky Burnett
Riverview, FL 6
13. DNS 11T T.J. Winegardner Pierson, FL
DNS
LUCAS OIL POWER DASH WINNER: Terry Gray
K & N FILTERS POLE AWARD: Danny Martin
HUGGINS CAMS HARD CHARGER: Wendy Mathis
HOOSIER TIRE YOUNG GUN AWARD: Danny Martin, Jr. - Top finish under 25 yrs.
old
ROOKIE OF THE RACE: Adam Jackson
JE PISTONS TOP GUNS AWARD: Wayne Reutimann (1st place)
K&N FILTER 3RD-PLACE AWARD: Wayne Reutimann, Sr.
BUTLERBUILT 4TH-PLACE AWARD: Terry Gray
BARS LAEKS TOP FIVE AWARD: Ryan Myers
PROVISIONAL: none
LEAD CHANGES: One
LAP LEADERS: Wayne Reutimann, Jr. 1-35
CAUTIONS: Two; Laps 26 and 34.
FAST TIME: Danny Martin, Jr. 14.04 seconds (4/10 mile paved)
LUCAS OIL POWER DASH - 6 Laps - 1. Terry Gray; 2. Keith Butler; 3. Danny
Martin, Jr.; 4. Shane Butler; 5. Wayne Reutimann; 6. Wayne Reutimann, Jr..
HEAT RACES:
ENGLER MACHINE AND TOOL 1ST HEAT: : 1. Shane Butler; 2. Wayne Reutimann;
3. Wendy Mathis; 4. Danny Martin, Jr.; 5. Curtis Rhoades; 6. Ricky Burnett;
7.T.J. Winegardner.
BUTLERBUILT 2ND HEAT: 1. Keith Butler; 2. Wayne Reutimann, Jr.; 3.Terry
Gray; 4. Adam Jackson ; 5. Tom Selhorst; 6. Ryan Duncan;
Contact: World Racing Group
Tony Veneziano, World of Outlaws PR Director
405-623-1442 • tveneziano@dirtcar.com
Strong Runs for World of Outlaws Drivers at Spring Nationals
Concord, NC— March 16, 2008--By: Tony Veneziano, World of Outlaws PR Director
The finale of the 35th Annual Spring Nationals at Devil’s Bowl Speedway in Mesquite, Texas on Saturday night saw three Advance Auto Parts World of Outlaws Sprint Car Series drivers finish in the Top-Six, led by a runner-up finish for Tony Bruce Jr.
Bruce, who won on the opening night of the event, led 21 total laps and was inched out at the line by veteran Gary Wright on the last lap. The native of Liberal, Kansas, who was locked into the A-Feature on Saturday night by virtue of his win on Friday night, drew the pole position for the 25-lap finale and charged to the lead at the drop of the green flag.
For Bruce, the victory on Friday night was the first of his career with the American Sprint Car Series on Tour, National Tour.
Sides earned his second consecutive third-place finish at the half-mile on Saturday night. Like Bruce, he was locked into the A-Feature by virtue of his finish on Friday night and thus did not have to take part in a heat race.
Sam Hafertepe Jr., who is in his second full season with the Advance Auto Parts World of Outlaws Sprint Car Series this season was sixth on Saturday night, improving on his 10th place run in the opener of the Spring Nationals. The native of Sunnyvale, Texas won the third of six heat races.
Headquartered in Roanoke, Va., Advance Auto Parts is the second-largest retailer of automotive aftermarket parts, accessories, batteries, and maintenance items in the United States, based on store count and sales. As of October 6, 2007, the company operated 3,228 stores in 40 states, Puerto Rico, and the Virgin Islands. The company serves both the do-it-yourself and professional installer markets.
Lonnie Wheatley, TULSA, Okla. (March 17, 2008) – Two more nights of Spring Nationals racing action is in store for the O'Reilly American Sprint Cars on Tour National series this weekend as the series takes to Oklahoma City's 3/8-mile State Fair Speedway clay oval on Friday and Saturday night.
After 55 different drivers competed in this past weekend's Spring Nationals at Lanny Edwards' Devil's Bowl Speedway in Mesquite, TX, it's three hours north on I-35 to State Fair Speedway, where Oklahoma City native Wayne Johnson reigns as the defending State Fair Speedway Spring Nationals champion.
And with five different winners through the opening five nights of action for the ASCS National Tour, Johnson will be looking for his first feature score over the weekend.
The series opened the 2008 campaign with Kenny Adams, Terry McCarl and Jason Johnson each earning wins at Tampa's East Bay Raceway Park. Then, over this past weekend, Tony Bruce, Jr., posted his first career series win before Gary Wright used a last corner pass to claim his first Devil's Bowl Spring Nationals victory since 1995.
With his first series win of the year and 120th of his career, Wright of Hooks, TX, enters this weekend's State Fair Speedway Spring Nationals with a 28-point advantage as he chases down a fifth consecutive $50,000 series championship.
"The Texan" has finished no lower than third in this year's five feature events and carries a series record string of 18 consecutive top-five feature finishes into the weekend aboard the Wesmar-powered Richwood Construction/Whiteco Commercial Funding No. 9 Maxim. Wright topped three of four ASCS National Tour feature events at State Fair Speedway last year.
Although shut out of ASCS victory lane thus far in 2008, a pair of fourth-place finishes at Devil's Bowl propelled 2000 ASCS National champion Wayne Johnson up to second in points aboard Mike Hammers' Wesmar-powered H&H Enterprises No. 94 Maxim. The Oklahoma City native that now resides in Knoxville, IA, guns for his first win of the season after finishing third in series' points in 2007.
Tennessee's Jason Sides enters the weekend ranked third in points and is expected to contend for his first win of the year along with past ASCS National champion Zach Chappell of Talala, OK, and Eunice, Louisiana's Jason Johnson, who enter the weekend ranked fourth and fifth, respectively. Zach Chappell won an ASCS Speedweek event at State Fair Speedway in 2001, while Jason Johnson won three of four series feature events in Oklahoma City in 2006 including a sweep of the Spring Nationals.
Other top series contenders expected for the weekend include past champions Travis Rilat (Forney, TX) and Garry Lee Maier (Cimarron, KS) along with the Brodix Rookie of the Year crop including Eric Baldaccini (Keller, TX), Don Droud, Jr. (Lincoln, NE), Kathryne Minter (Bedford, TX), Kenneth Walker (Claremore, OK) and Gary Taylor (Sapulpa, OK).
A host of other top contenders from throughout the nation including the likes of 2005 ASCoT Rookie of the Year Nick Smith, 2006 ASCoT Rookie of the Year Foster Landon, defending ASCS Sooner Region champion Brian McClelland, defending ASCS Midwest Region champion Natalie Sather, Missouri's Brian Brown and Nebraska's Billy Alley and Jack Dover will be on hand for the weekend's action as well, with approximately 50 entries expected to fill the pit area.
The Series:
O’Reilly American Sprint Cars on Tour (ASCoT)
When & Where:
Friday night at 7:30 p.m. – State Fair Speedway Spring Nationals prelim
Saturday night at 7:30 p.m. – State Fair Speedway Spring Nationals finale
Track Information:
State Fair Speedway (Oklahoma City, OK) – 3/8-mile semi-banked clay oval located on the Oklahoma State Fair Grounds near the intersection of N.W. 10th and May Avenue. Track phone: 405-948-6796.
O’Reilly ASCoT State Fair Speedway History:
State Fair Speedway has hosted 24 ASCS National Tour events since 1994, with 20 events in Oklahoma City since the track was reconfigured prior to the 2002 season. Gary Wright has won nine of 20 feature events since the reconfiguration, with Kevin Ramey and Jason Johnson the only other drivers to score multiple wins since that time.
The last time Gary Wright didn’t start an ASCS National Tour feature event, it was at State Fair Speedway on May 9, 2003, when an accident while en route forced Wright's absence. Since that time, Wright has racked up four series titles and has competed in 171 consecutive ASCS National Tour events.
Wright topped three of four ASCS National Tour features at State Fair Speedway last year, foiling Natalie Sather's bid for a first win in the Spring Nationals prelim before Wayne Johnson topped the Spring Nationals finale the following night.
State Fair Speedway ASCS National winners include: Gary Wright 11, Jason Johnson 3, Kevin Ramey 2, Zach Chappell 1, Tommie Estes, Jr. 1, Wayne Johnson 1, Wayne Pennington 1, Travis Rilat 1, Darren Stewart 1, Shane Stewart 1, Danny Wood 1.
State Fair Speedway O’Reilly ASCoT Race-by-race Winners: Gary Wright (10/13/94), Tommie Estes, Jr. (5/26/96), Gary Wright (8/11/96), Zach Chappell (7/21/01), Wayne Pennington (5/17/02), Kevin Ramey (6/28/02), Gary Wright (8/23/02), Travis Rilat (5/9/03), Shane Stewart (6/1/03), Gary Wright (6/27/03), Gary Wright (8/1/03), Danny Wood (6/25/04), Gary Wright (7/30/04), Kevin Ramey (5/20/05), Darren Stewart (6/24/05), Gary Wright (7/29/05), Jason Johnson (3/24/06), Jason Johnson (3/25/06), Gary Wright (6/23/06), Jason Johnson (7/14/06), Gary Wright (3/23/07), Wayne Johnson (3/24/07), Gary Wright (5/11/07), Gary Wright (7/20/07).
Current O’Reilly ASCoT Points (After 5 of 42 Nights):
Top Fifteen: 1. Gary Wright (Hooks, TX) 439, 2. Wayne Johnson (Oklahoma City, OK) 411, 3. Jason Sides (Bartlett, TN) 399, 4. Zach Chappell (Talala, OK) 376, 5. Jason Johnson (Eunice, LA) 353, 6. Travis Rilat (Forney, TX) 345, 7. Eric Baldaccini (Keller, TX) 318, 8. Garry Lee Maier (Cimarron, KS) 311, 9. Don Droud, Jr. (Lincoln, NE) 307, 10. Tony Bruce, Jr. (Liberal, KS) 296, 11. (tie) Don Young (Memphis, TN) and Sam Hafertepe, Jr. (Sunnyvale, TX) 270, 13. Nick Smith (Broken Arrow, OK) 266, 14. Scott Winters (Butterfield, MN) 248, 15. Kevin Ramey (Fort Worth, TX) 246.
2008 O’Reilly ASCoT Feature Winners:
Kenny Adams 1, Tony Bruce, Jr. 1, Jason Johnson 1, Terry McCarl 1, Gary Wright 1.
O'Reilly ASCoT – A Look Ahead:
April 19 Lucas Oil Speedway (Wheatland, MO)
April 25 Paris Motor Speedway (Paris, TX)
April 26 I-30 Speedway (Little Rock, AR)
The O'Reilly American Sprint Cars on Tour National series is currently slated for 42 nights of racing action at 22 different tracks throughout a dozen different states, with more than $1,000,000 in purse money and point fund to be distributed during the 2008 season.
The nation's most prominent Sprint Car sanctioning body with 14 different Regions throughout the United States in addition to the O'Reilly American Sprint Cars on Tour National series, the American Sprint Car Series' (ASCS) 17th year of activity will include approximately 250 nights of racing at more than 100 different race tracks throughout 28 different states and Canada.
Additional information regarding the American Sprint Car Series is available at www.ascsracing.com.
Lonnie Wheatley, TULSA, Okla. (March 17, 2008) – A new chapter in the American Sprint Car Series history books springs to life this Saturday night when the ASCS Southwest Region contests its inaugural event at Tucson's United Sports Arizona Race Park.
Saturday's event at USA Race Park will mark the first winged Sprint Car event in Arizona for the American Sprint Car Series, as the ASCS Southwest Region opens up a full slate of 18 events for the winged warriors of Arizona.
The ASCS Southwest Region is one of two new Regions for the American Sprint Car Series in 2008. The series also added the ASCS Northwest Region, based out of Washington and Oregon, for the 2008 season, thus giving the ASCS an undeniable National presence from coast-to-coast with events taking place from Florida to New York and from New York to Washington State.
With winged Sprint Car racing historically strong throughout the Southwestern portion of the nation, that segment of the sport is expected to thrive under the direction of the new ASCS Southwest Region in 2008 and well into the future.
Saturday's inaugural American Sprint Car Series Southwest Region event at Tucson's USA Race Park is slated to go green at 6:30 p.m.
United Sports Arizona Race Park is located east of Tucson off I-10 Exit 268, then 1.6 mile south on Craycroft Road, which turns into Los Reales. For more information, contact the track at 520-574-8515.
The ASCS Southwest Region is set for 18 nights of winged Sprint Car racing throughout Arizona in 2008. In addition to events at Tucson's USA Race Park, the series will also be in action at Show Low's Thunder Speedway and Manzanita Speedway in Phoenix.
The nation's most prominent Sprint Car sanctioning body with 14 different Regions throughout the United States in addition to the O'Reilly American Sprint Cars on Tour National series, the American Sprint Car Series' (ASCS) 17th year of activity will include approximately 250 nights of racing at more than 100 different race tracks throughout 28 different states and Canada.
Additional information regarding the American Sprint Car Series is available at www.ascsracing.com.
Lonnie Wheatley, TULSA, Okla. (March 17, 2008) – Night number two of the 2008 season for the Discount Tire Co. ASCS Canyon Region unfolds this Saturday night as the series takes to Manzanita Speedway's 1/3-mile clay oval in Phoenix, AZ.
Defending series champion Jeremy Sherman of Surprise, AZ, kicked the 2008 campaign precisely the same way he began last year's championship effort; with a win in the recent season opener. And he'll try to make it two wins in a row to open the season after posting a dozen ASCS Canyon Region wins in 2007.
"The Shermanator" raced from seventh to win the series season opener on Saturday night, March 8, to break out to an early lead as he opens his title defense aboard Fred Bryan's Wesmar-powered F&E Development No. 77 Maxim.
Sherman leads the way into Saturday's card with the early points lead over Missouri's Jesse Hockett, with R.J. Johnson (Phoenix), Nathan High (Goodyear) and Brian Camarillo (Ventura, CA) rounding out the current top five.
The balance of the current top ten in Discount Tire Co. ASCS Canyon Region points includes Chris Bonneau, Bob Ream, Jr., Justin Fisher, Shon Deskins and Thomas Ogle.
Thirty-two entries took part in the March 8 season opener with a similar field expected for Saturday night's action.
Certificates will be awarded to each of the heat race winners, with Racing Optics sponsoring heat race one, MPD Race Products sponsoring heat race two, Winters Performance sponsoring heat race three and Sunoco sponsoring heat race four. Arizona Race Mart sponsors the Trophy Dash, while Sunoco will also award a certificate to each "B" Main winner in ASCS Canyon Region action this year. Parker Store sponsors the Roll for Inversion.
Saturday's Discount Tire Co. ASCS Canyon Region action at Manzanita Speedway is set to go green at 7:00 p.m.
Manzanita Speedway is located in Phoenix, AZ, off I-10 Exit 141, then four miles south on 35th Avenue to West Broadway. For more information, contact the track at 602-276-7575.
The Discount Tire Co. ASCS Canyon Region brings the best in non-wing Sprint Car racing to Arizona with a full slate of 29 nights of racing in 2008. In addition to events atop both the ½-mile and 1/3-mile ovals at Manzanita Speedway in Phoenix, the series will also be in action at Tucson's USA Race Park and Casa Grande's Central Arizona Raceway over the course of the season.
The nation's most prominent Sprint Car sanctioning body with 14 different Regions throughout the United States in addition to the O'Reilly American Sprint Cars on Tour National series, the American Sprint Car Series' (ASCS) 17th year of activity will include approximately 250 nights of racing at more than 100 different race tracks throughout 28 different states and Canada.
Additional information regarding the American Sprint Car Series is available at www.ascsracing.com.