ASCS Rocky Mountain Region Sets 2010 Slate
Lonnie Wheatley, TULSA, Okla. (January 31, 2010) – The longest-running American Sprint Car Series Regional tour is set for another year of action, as the ASCS Rocky Mountain Region has announced its 2010 schedule.
Going strong since a trial mini-season in 2000, the ASCS Rocky Mountain Region’s tenth full season of competition is currently slated for a dozen nights of action at four tracks throughout New Mexico, Colorado, Wyoming and Kansas, with another three dates yet to be determined.
The ASCS Rocky Mountain Region will open the 2010 campaign by breaking new ground with a first-ever appearance at the Colorado Motorsports Park in Byers, CO, on May 22, the first of two series stops atop the semi-banked, 1/3-mile dirt oval.
The series tackles New Mexico’s Aztec Speedway for three weekend doubles, including two versus the ASCS Southwest Region and one with the ASCS Canyon Region on July 2-3, which will mark the first wingless events in ASCS Rocky Mountain Region history.
The series returns to Rock Springs, Wyoming’s Sweetwater Speedway on a pair of occasions in 2010 while also taking on the Lucas Oil National Sprint Car Series in Jetmore, KS, on May 29-30.
Rapid City, South Dakota’s Jake Ossenfort became the youngest champion in ASCS history in 2009. The 17-year-old took the ASCS Rocky Mountain crown by 286 markers over Jeremy McCune, who claimed runner-up honors for the second year in a row.
Additional information regarding the American Sprint Car Series is available at www.ascsracing.com.
2010 ASCS Rocky Mountain Region Schedule:
May 22 – Colorado Motorsports Park (Byers, CO)
* May 29 – Jetmore Motorplex (Jetmore, KS)
* May 30 – Jetmore Motorplex (Jetmore, KS)
June 4 – Aztec Speedway (Aztec, NM) – vs. ASCS Southwest
June 5 – Aztec Speedway (Aztec, NM) – vs. ASCS Southwest
June 19 – Sweetwater Speedway (Rock Springs, WY)
July 2 – Aztec Speedway (Aztec, NM) – vs. ASCS Canyon Non-wing
July 3 – Aztec Speedway (Aztec, NM) – vs. ASCS Canyon Non-wing
July 24 – Colorado Motorsports Park (Byers, CO)
August 7 – TBA
August 21 – Sweetwater Speedway (Rock Springs, WY)
September 3 – TBA
September 4 – TBA
September 17 – Aztec Speedway (Aztec, NM) – vs. ASCS Southwest
September 18 – Aztec Speedway (Aztec, NM) – vs. ASCS Southwest
* - Indicates events run in conjunction with Lucas Oil Sprint Car Series presented by K&N Filters.
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ASCS Midwest Region 2010 Schedule is Released
Lonnie Wheatley, TULSA, Okla. (January 29, 2010) – Continuing to gain momentum as the new decade dawns, the American Sprint Car Series Midwest Region is gearing up for an ambitious 2010 slate of 23 events.
The fifth season of racing action in Nebraska and the surrounding areas currently consists of 23 nights of competition at nine different tracks.
Fourteen of the series’ scheduled events are in Cornhusker territory, with another half-dozen in Missouri and three in South Dakota.
The ASCS Midwest Region kicks off the 2010 season with the annual two-night stand versus the ASCS Northern Plains Region at Nebraska Raceway Park’s I-80 Speedway on April 9-10, the first of a handful of events in which the Midwest squares off with the Northern Plains.
Greenwood’s I-80 Speedway will host the ASCS Midwest Region for a total of seven nights in 2010, including the season-ending double on September 24-25.
Other Nebraska venues for the ASCS Midwest Region include Eagle Raceway, where the Midwest forces take on the Lucas Oil National Sprint Car Series on June 11-12 before returning for the Nebraska Cup on September 12.
The series will also take to McCool Junction’s Junction Motor Speedway on a pair of occasions, with single stop at Rising City’s Butler County Motorplex and Albion’s Boone County Raceway.
Boone County is one of three new stops for the ASCS Midwest Region in 2010, with the series also breaking new ground at a pair of Missouri dirt ovals including Warrensburg’s Central Missouri Speedway and Wheatland’s Lucas Oil Speedway.
Other Show Me State events include three stops atop the lightning-fast, high banks of Cameron’s U.S. 36 Raceway.
The series also ventures north to Hartford, South Dakota’s I-90 Speedway on three occasions, including a July 10 card in tandem with the Lucas Oil Sprint Car Series.
Nebraska’s Jason Danley became the first driver in ASCS history to capture two different Regional titles in the same year by topping both the ASCS Midwest and ASCS Northern Plains point charts in 2009.
Additional information regarding the American Sprint Car Series is available at www.ascsracing.com.
2010 ASCS Midwest and ASCS Northern Plains Schedules:
April 9 – I-80 Speedway (Greenwood, NE) – Midwest vs. Northern Plains
April 10 – I-80 Speedway (Greenwood, NE) – Midwest vs. Northern Plains
April 30 – Central Missouri Speedway (Warrensburg, MO) – Midwest
May 1 – Lucas Oil Speedway (Wheatland, MO) – Midwest
May 27 – I-80 Speedway (Greenwood, NE) – Midwest
May 28 – Junction Motor Speedway (McCool Junction, NE) – Midwest
* June 11 – Eagle Raceway (Eagle, NE) – Midwest
* June 12 – Eagle Raceway (Eagle, NE) – Midwest
June 18 – U.S. 36 Raceway (Cameron, MO) – Midwest
June 25 – I-90 Speedway (Hartford, SD) – Midwest vs. Northern Plains
July 1 – Junction Motor Speedway (McCool Junction, NE) – Midwest
July 2 – I-80 Speedway (Greenwood, NE) – Midwest
* July 10 – I-90 Speedway (Hartford, SD) – Midwest vs. Northern Plains
July 11 – Boone County Raceway (Albion, NE) – Midwest
July 16 – U.S. 36 Raceway (Cameron, MO) – Midwest
July 23 – I-90 Speedway (Hartford, SD) – Midwest vs. Northern Plains
August 27 – U.S. 36 Raceway (Cameron, MO) – Midwest
September 3 – I-80 Speedway (Greenwood, NE) – Midwest
September 10 – Central Missouri Speedway (Warrensburg, MO) – Midwest
September 11 – Butler County Motorplex (Rising City, NE) – Midwest
September 12 – Eagle Raceway (Eagle, NE) – Midwest
September 24 – I-80 Speedway (Greenwood, NE) – Midwest
September 25 – I-80 Speedway (Greenwood, NE) - Midwest
* - Indicates events run in conjunction with Lucas Oil Sprint Car Series presented by K&N Filters.
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ASCS Sooner Schedule Is Set
Lonnie Wheatley, TULSA, Okla. (January 26, 2010) – The American Bank of Oklahoma ASCS Sooner Region is set to bring another year of exhilarating Sprint Car racing action to the State of Oklahoma and beyond with another full slate of competition in 2010.
The ASCS Sooner Region is currently set for 14 nights of competition at nine different tracks throughout Oklahoma, Texas and Missouri, with one additional date to be determined.
While the majority of events will be within Sooner boundaries, the series will venture to Missouri once to take on the Winged Outlaw Warriors and into Texas on a pair of occasions to tangle with the ASCS Lone Star Region.
The ASCS Sooner forces will kick off the 2010 campaign on April 24 at Creek County Speedway in Sapulpa, OK, where they will return on July 31 and one additional time that has yet to be determined.
Also hosting the series three times in 2010 will be Lawton Speedway in the southwest portion of the state. Other Sooner State venues include Muskogee’s Outlaw Motor Speedway on a pair of occasions, including the June 4 event in conjunction with the Lucas Oil Sprint Car Series, and returns to South Coffeyville’s Mid-America Speedway and Enid Speedway Park.
A night after the series first Outlaw Motor Speedway stop of the year on May 7, the series ventures into “Show Me” territory for a WOW showdown at Springfield Raceway.
The ASCS Sooner and Lone Star forces will square off a handful of times as well, including a two-night stand at Devil’s Bowl Speedway in Mesquite, TX, on June 18-19, a Lawton Speedway stop on July 10 and then an RPM Speedway-Cowtown Speedway weekend on July 16-17.
Joe Wood, Jr., took the ASCS Sooner Region title back to Oklahoma City for the first time since Danny Jennings claimed the crown in 2002, edging Glenpool, OK, shoe Matt Covington by 32 markers for the 2009 title.
2010 American Bank of Oklahoma ASCS Sooner Region Schedule:
April 24 – Creek County Speedway (Sapulpa, OK)
May 1 – Mid-America Speedway (South Coffeyville, OK)
May 7 – Outlaw Motor Speedway (Muskogee, OK)
May 8 – Springfield Raceway (Springfield, MO) – vs. Winged Outlaw Warriors
* June 4 – Outlaw Motor Speedway (Muskogee, OK)
June 5 – Lawton Speedway (Lawton, OK)
June 18 – Devil’s Bowl Speedway (Mesquite, TX) – vs. ASCS Lone Star
June 19 – Devil’s Bowl Speedway (Mesquite, TX) – vs. ASCS Lone Star
July 3 – Enid Speedway Park (Enid, OK)
July 10 – Lawton Speedway (Lawton, OK) – vs. ASCS Lone Star
July 16 – RPM Speedway (Crandall, TX) – vs. ASCS Lone Star
July 17 – Cowtown Speedway (Kennedale, TX) – vs. ASCS Lone Star
July 31 – Creek County Speedway (Sapulpa, OK)
August 21 – Lawton Speedway (Lawton, OK)
One additional date to be determined at Creek County Speedway (Sapulpa, OK).
* - Indicates events run in conjunction with Lucas Oil Sprint Car Series presented by K&N Filters.
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ASCS Lone Star Region Set for 2010
Lonnie Wheatley, TULSA, Okla. (January 26, 2010) – After a successful inaugural season in 2009, the American Sprint Car Series Lone Star Region returns with another strong schedule of events for the upcoming 2010 campaign.
The ASCS Lone Star Region is currently slated for 17 nights of competition at eight different tracks. While 16 of those nights will take place within the Lone Star state, the series will venture north of the Red River on one occasion to tangle with the American Bank of Oklahoma ASCS Sooner Region.
The series will kick off the 2010 season by taking on the Lucas Oil Sprint Car forces at Kilgore’s Lone Star Speedway on April 9. Lone Star is also set to host the season finale on September 11.
Between the Lone Star Speedway’s ASCS Lone Star Region bookends, the series will take to Cowtown Speedway’s high-banked, ¼-mile oval on four occasions, Crandall’s RPM Speedway and Mesquite’s Devil’s Bowl Speedway three times each, Waco’s Heart O’ Texas Speedway a pair of times and Abilene Speedway and Boyd Raceway once apiece.
The ASCS Lone Star contenders will take on both the ASCS Sooner and Gulf South Regions over the course of the 2010 season.
Lone Star vs. Sooner Red River standoffs include a two-night stand at Devil’s Bowl Speedway in Mesquite, TX, on June 18-19, a Lawton Speedway stop on July 10 and then an RPM Speedway-Cowtown Speedway weekend on July 16-17, while Lone Star vs. Gulf South showdowns consists of a July 23-24 weekend at Heart O’ Texas Speedway and Devil’s Bowl Speedway.
Already a two-time ASCS Sooner Region champion, Fort Worth’s Kevin Ramey captured the inaugural ASCS Lone Star title in 2009 by a 193-point margin over Brad Welborn.
2010 ASCS Lone Star Region Schedule:
* April 9 – Lone Star Speedway (Kilgore, TX)
April 16 – Heart O’ Texas Speedway (Waco, TX)
April 17 – Cowtown Speedway (Kennedale, TX)
May 14 – RPM Speedway (Crandall, TX)
May 15 – Abilene Speedway (Abilene, TX)
June 11 – Boyd Raceway (Boyd, TX)
June 12 – Cowtown Speedway (Kennedale, TX)
June 18 – Devil’s Bowl Speedway (Mesquite, TX) – vs. ASCS Sooner
June 19 – Devil’s Bowl Speedway (Mesquite, TX) – vs. ASCS Sooner
July 10 – Lawton Speedway (Lawton, OK) – vs. ASCS Sooner
July 16 – RPM Speedway (Crandall, TX) – vs. ASCS Sooner
July 17 – Cowtown Speedway (Kennedale, TX) – vs. ASCS Sooner
July 23 – Heart O’ Texas Speedway (Waco, TX) – vs. ASCS Gulf South
July 24 – Devil’s Bowl Speedway (Mesquite, TX) – vs. ASCS Gulf South
August 27 – RPM Speedway (Crandall, TX)
August 28 – Cowtown Speedway (Kennedale, TX)
September 11 – Lone Star Speedway (Kilgore, TX)
* - Indicates events run in conjunction with Lucas Oil Sprint Car Series presented by K&N Filters
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ASCS Canyon and Southwest Schedules Revealed
Lonnie Wheatley, TULSA, Okla. (January 26, 2010) – Race fans in and around Arizona will be treated to the best of both ASCS worlds in 2010, as both the winged American Sprint Car Series Southwest Region and wingless Discount Tire Co. ASCS Canyon Region have announced 15-race schedules for the upcoming season.
The winged ASCS Southwest forces will tackle a handful of tracks in Arizona and New Mexico, while the topless ASCS Canyon contingent ventures to three tracks in the same states.
Tucson’s USA Raceway will once again host the heaviest slate of events with seven winged Southwest nights and ten topless nights. Both series will open and close the season at USA Raceway, with the March 13 ASCS Canyon Region opener followed by the ASCS Southwest lidlifter seven nights later.
Following Manzanita Speedway’s 2009 closure, both the ASCS Southwest and Canyon Regions will return to the Phoenix area in 2010 with events at Peoria’s Canyon Speedway Park. The winged cars will take to the semi-banked, 3/8-mile oval on May 22, while the wingless aces toss the CSP clay on three separate occasions.
New Mexico’s Aztec Speedway will host a pair of two-day winged weekends, including the annual Floyd Reynolds Memorial in September, as well as the non-winged Hank Arnold Memorial on the Fourth of July weekend.
The ASCS Southwest Region will join up with the Lucas Oil Sprint Car Series presented by K&N Filters at Las Cruces’ Southern New Mexico Speedway on November 12-13, while also making a return to Prescott Valley Speedway in August.
Both series will finish off the 2010 season at USA Raceway’s 43rd Annual Western World Championships on November 18-20.
Charles Davis, Jr., delivered car owner Jim Massey his first series championship by taking the 2009 ASCS Canyon Region title while Las Cruces shoe Rick Ziehl pulled down his second consecutive ASCS Southwest Region title in 2009.
2010 Discount Tire Co. ASCS Canyon Region Schedule (Non-Wing):
March 13 – USA Raceway (Tucson, AZ)
March 27 – Canyon Speedway Park (Peoria, AZ)
April 17 – USA Raceway (Tucson, AZ)
May 15 – USA Raceway (Tucson, AZ)
June 12 – Canyon Speedway Park (Peoria, AZ)
June 26 – USA Raceway (Tucson, AZ)
July 2 – Aztec Speedway (Aztec, NM) – Hank Arnold Memorial
July 3 – Aztec Speedway (Aztec, NM) – Hank Arnold Memorial
September 4 – USA Raceway (Tucson, AZ)
September 5 – USA Raceway (Tucson, AZ)
October 9 – Canyon Speedway Park (Peoria, AZ)
October 23 – USA Raceway (Tucson, AZ) – Hall of Fame Classic
November 18 – USA Raceway (Tucson, AZ) – 43rd Annual Western World Championships
November 19 – USA Raceway (Tucson, AZ) – 43rd Annual Western World Championships
November 20 – USA Raceway (Tucson, AZ) – 43rd Annual Western World Championships
2010 ASCS Southwest Region Schedule (Winged):
March 20 – USA Raceway (Tucson, AZ)
April 24 – USA Raceway (Tucson, AZ)
May 22 – Canyon Speedway Park (Peoria, AZ)
June 4 – Aztec Speedway (Aztec, NM)
June 5 – Aztec Speedway (Aztec, NM)
July 17 – USA Raceway (Tucson, AZ)
August 21 – Prescott Valley Raceway (Prescott Valley, AZ)
September 17 – Aztec Speedway (Aztec, NM) – Floyd Reynolds Memorial
September 18 – Aztec Speedway (Aztec, NM) – Floyd Reynolds Memorial
October 2 – USA Raceway (Tucson, AZ)
* November 12 – Southern New Mexico Speedway (Las Cruces, NM)
* November 13 – Southern New Mexico Speedway (Las Cruces, NM)
* November 18 – USA Raceway (Tucson, AZ) – 43rd Annual Western World Championships
* November 19 – USA Raceway (Tucson, AZ) – 43rd Annual Western World Championships
* November 20 – USA Raceway (Tucson, AZ) – 43rd Annual Western World Championships
* - Indicates events run in conjunction with Lucas Oil Sprint Car Series presented by K&N Filters.
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ASCS Sprints on Dirt Release 2010 Schedule
Lonnie Wheatley, TULSA, Okla. (January 25, 2010) – Gearing up for another year of premier Sprint Car racing in the Great Lakes area, the ASCS Sprints on Dirt has set its slate for 2010.
The 31st year of SOD racing action is currently composed of 27 nights of competition at 15 different tracks throughout Michigan, Ohio, Indiana and the Canadian province of Ontario.
The ASCS Sprints on Dirt will kick off the 2010 racing season on Saturday night, May 1, at Crystal Motor Speedway in Crystal, MI, the first of 17 events within the state of Michigan with other tracks set to host the series including Hartford Motor Speedway, Butler Motor Speedway (Quincy), Cherry Speedway (Fife Lake), I-96 Speedway (Lake Odessa), Owendale Speedway, Winston Motor Speedway (Rothbury) and the Ionia Fair Speedway.
The SOD shoes will also take on the NRA forces with the annual Ohio swing with stops at Limaland, Waynesfield and Eldora over the Memorial Day weekend.
The series will also venture into Hoosier territory on a pair of occasions with events at Gas City on May 21 and then Kokomo Speedway on August 8.
The ASCS Sprints on Dirt will tangle with the Lucas Oil ASCS Patriots at Ohsweken Speedway on July 2 before returning to the Ohsweken oval for the Canadian Sprint Car Nationals in September. Another pair of appearances across the border are set for South Buxton International Raceway in Merlin, ONT.
Goshen, Indiana’s Brett Mann will be gunning for a three-peat after snaring back-to-back Engine Pro ASCS Sprints on Dirt presented by ARP titles in 2008 and 2009. Mann emerged atop a hotly-contested 2009 points battle by a narrow 18-point margin over Gregg Dalman, with Tim Norman and Dustin Daggett within another ten points.
After racking up eleven ASCS SOD wins in 2009 to run his career series total to 65, Daggett is just six wins shy of matching Hank Lower’s all-time series record of 71 career wins.
Additional information regarding the American Sprint Car Series is available at www.ascsracing.com.
2010 ASCS Sprints on Dirt
May 1 – Crystal Motor Speedway (Crystal, MI)
May 21 – Gas City I-69 Speedway (Gas City, IN)
May 28 – Limaland Motorsports Park (Lima, OH)
May 29 – Waynesfield Motorsports Park (Waynesfield, OH)
May 30 – Eldora Speedway (Rossburg, OH)
June 11 – Hartford Motor Speedway (Hartford, MI)
June 12 – Butler Motor Speedway (Quincy, MI)
June 18 – Cherry Raceway (Fife Lake, MI)
June 19 – I-96 Speedway (Lake Odessa, MI)
July 2 – Ohsweken Speedway (Ohsweken, ONT) – vs. ASCS Patriots
July 3 – South Buxton International Raceway (Merlin, ONT)
July 10 – Owendale Speedway (Owendale, MI)
July 16 – Winston Motor Speedway (Rothbury, MI)
July 17 – Crystal Motor Speedway (Crystal, MI)
July 23 – Ionia Fair Speedway (Ionia, MI)
August 6 – Cherry Raceway (Fife Lake, MI)
August 7 – I-96 Speedway (Lake Odessa, MI)
August 8 – Kokomo Speedway (Kokomo, IN)
August 14 – Butler Motor Speedway (Quincy, MI)
August 21 – South Buxton International Raceway (Merlin, ONT)
August 28 – Owendale Speedway (Owendale, MI)
September 3 – Winston Motor Speedway (Rothbury, MI)
September 4 – Crystal Motor Speedway (Crystal, MI)
September 10 – Hartford Motor Speedway (Hartford, MI)
September 17 – Ohsweken Speedway (Ohsweken, ONT)
September 18 – Ohsweken Speedway (Ohsweken, ONT)
September 25 – I-96 Speedway (Lake Odessa, MI)
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Lucas Oil Sprint Cars Going to LA!
Lonnie Wheatley, TULSA, Okla. (January 25, 2010) – The Lucas Oil Sprint Car Series presented by K&N Filters is going to LA. LA Raceway in LaMonte, MO, that is, as the series has added another date to an already strong schedule of 2010 events.
The series will make its first ever stop at the 3/8-mile, semi-banked LA Raceway dirt oval on Friday night, July 30, the weekend in between the second annual visit to Oregon’s Cottage Grove Speedway on July 23-24 and Iowa’s 20th Annual ASCS Knoxville Nationals on August 5-7.
The July 30 card at LA Raceway will be the second of three scheduled Lucas Oil Sprint Car events in the Show Me State in 2010, with others including a June 26 event Eldon’s Lake Ozark Speedway and then a September 25 card at Wheatland’s Lucas Oil Speedway.
LA Raceway will be one of several tracks to host the Lucas Oil Sprint Cars for the first time in 2010, with others including Nebraska’s Eagle Raceway, Illinois’ Tri-City Speedway and Nevada’s Las Vegas Motor Speedway.
Louisiana’s Jason Johnson, the 2008 Lucas Oil Sprint Car National champion, has topped three of the past five Lucas Oil Sprint Car feature events contested in Missouri, although reigning champion Shane Stewart reached victory lane in the most recent event, a September run at Lucas Oil Speedway.
The Lucas Oil Sprint Car Series presented by K&N Filters is currently slated for 37 nights of competition at 18 different tracks throughout 14 different states. The originally scheduled dates of March 26-27 at Oklahoma City’s State Fair Speedway have been removed from the schedule due to apparent closure of the facility by city officials.
The Lucas Oil Sprint Cars presented by K&N Filters contenders will once again vie for a staggering $250,000 point fund with $60,000 earmarked for the series champion. The standard purse for one-night events and the final night of two-night stands includes a $6,000 winner’s share and $500 minimum to start the main event, with a healthy tow money package in effect for the top 15 in series points.
Bixby, Oklahoma’s Shane Stewart captured his first Lucas Oil National Sprint Car championship in 2009 aboard California car owner Paul Silva’s Wesmar-powered No. 57 A.R.T. Chassis, edging 2008 champ Jason Johnson by just 25 markers for the crown.
Stewart kicks off his title defense at the 37th Annual Devil’s Bowl Speedway Spring Nationals on March 19-20, taking on a full assemblage of full-time Lucas Oil Sprint Car competitors along with a strong contingent of invaders atop the famed Mesquite, TX, clay oval and each ensuing stop along the way.
Additional information regarding the Lucas Oil Sprint Car Series presented by K&N Filters is available at www.ascsracing.com.
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Lucas Oil Sprint Cars – The Dates Keep Coming!
Lonnie Wheatley, TULSA, Okla. (January 21, 2010) – In what is already shaping up as another banner year for the Lucas Oil Sprint Car Series presented by K&N Filters, several dates have been added to the 2010 slate in recent weeks since the preliminary schedule was announced last month.
Among the added dates are a pair of premier weekend doubles to close out the season in November as well as a return to Oklahoma’s Outlaw Motor Speedway and Kilgore’s Lone Star Speedway in the early portion of the 2010 campaign.
It was announced today that the series will return to Outlaw Motor Speedway near Muskogee, OK, for the first time since 2003, where reigning Lucas Oil Sprint Car champion Shane Stewart won the third of his 18 career series feature events.
The series will return to the semi-banked, 3/8-mile Outlaw Motor Speedway clay oval on Friday, June 4, setting up a weekend double that wraps up the following night at Little Rock’s I-30 Speedway.
The event originally slated for June 4 at Tri-City Speedway in Granite City, IL, has been reset for August 27.
The Lucas Oil Sprint Car Series will also return to the high-banked, ½-mile Lone Star Speedway dirt oval in Kilgore, TX, for the first time since 2002 on Friday night, April 9, leading the way into the first series event of the year at I-30 Speedway the following night.
Also added in recent weeks are November weekend doubles at both Las Cruces’ Southern New Mexico Speedway and Nevada’s Las Vegas Motor Speedway.
Following I-30 Speedway’s $15,000-to-win Short Track Nationals on October 28-30 and the event rain date for the following weekend, the Lucas Oil Sprint Cars travel to the southwest to put the finishing touches on the season.
On Friday and Saturday, November 12 and 13, the Lucas Oil Sprint Cars tackle the high-banked, 5/16-mile Southern New Mexico Speedway clay oval in Las Cruces, NM, for the first time since Chris Ikard posted his lone series win in February of 1997.
Then, following the 43rd Annual Western World Championships at Tucson’s USA Raceway on November 18-20, the Lucas Oil Sprint Car Series presented by K&N Filters closes out the year with the Lucas Oil National Sprint Car Championships atop the semi-banked, ½-mile Las Vegas Motor Speedway clay oval on November 26-27, with the series annual banquet to follow the next night.
The Lucas Oil Sprint Car Series presented by K&N Filters is currently slated for 38 nights of competition at 18 different tracks throughout 14 different states, pending the outcome of tomorrow’s expected ruling in Oklahoma City that will determine the immediate fate of the long-standing tradition revolving about the State Fair Speedway’s grandstand and the governmentally-perceived safety thereof.
The Lucas Oil Sprint Cars presented by K&N Filters will once again vie for a staggering $250,000 point fund with $60,000 earmarked for the series champion. The standard purse for one-night events and the final night of two-night stands includes a $6,000 winner’s share and $500 minimum to start the main event, with a healthy tow money package in effect for the top 15 in series points.
Bixby, Oklahoma’s Shane Stewart captured his first Lucas Oil National Sprint Car championship in 2009 aboard California car owner Paul Silva’s Wesmar-powered No. 57 A.R.T. Chassis, edging 2008 champ Jason Johnson by just 25 markers for the crown.
Stewart kicks off his title defense at the 37th Annual Devil’s Bowl Speedway Spring Nationals on March 19-20, taking on a full assemblage of full-time Lucas Oil Sprint Car competitors along with a strong contingent of invaders atop the famed Mesquite, TX, clay oval and each ensuing stop along the way.
Additional information regarding the Lucas Oil Sprint Car Series presented by K&N Filters is available at www.ascsracing.com.
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ASCS Gulf South Sets 2010 Slate
Lonnie Wheatley, TULSA, Okla. (January 20, 2010) – With the 2010 racing season just around the corner, the scheduled for the American Sprint Car Series Gulf South Region has been released.
The ASCS Gulf South’s ninth year of competition is currently slated to consist of 24 nights of competition at nine different tracks throughout primarily the Gulf Coast portion of Texas along with a venture or two to the state’s mid and north portions.
The series kicks off the year with a $3,000 to win stop at Beaumont’s Golden Triangle Raceway Park on Friday, March 5, the first of seven GTRP events. The following night, March 6, the ASCS Gulf South moves on to Battleground Speedway in Highlands, TX, for the $3,000 to win Third Annual Gulf Coast Nationals. A new stop on the Gulf South tour, Battleground will host the series on four occasions in 2010.
Baytown’s Houston Raceway Park is also set to host the ASCS Gulf South four times in 2010, with each event offering a $3,000 winner’s share.
The series is also set for a pair of stops at Cleveland’s 105 Motor Speedway and Willis’ Gator Motorplex.
Two stops are on the docket as well for Waco’s Heart O’ Texas Speedway, including a July 23 clash versus the ASCS Lone Star Region with the Gulf South vs. Lone Star Shootout moving on to Mesquite’s Devil’s Bowl Speedway the following night.
The series will also take to Edna’s Texana Raceway Park and Corpus Christi’s South Texas Speedway on a July 4 weekend triple that concludes at 105 Speedway.
Nineteen-year-old Aaron Reutzel of Clute, TX, reeled off an overall ASCS Regional record of 15 top-ten feature finishes in a row en route to becoming the 2009 ASCS Gulf South champion.
In its 19th year of sanctioning Sprint Car racing, the American Sprint Car Series brings the best of Sprint Car racing to approximately 100 different tracks throughout 30 states and Canada. Anchored by the Lucas Oil Sprint Car Series presented by K&N Filters, ASCS also consists of a dozen different Regions throughout the nation.
Additional information regarding the American Sprint Car Series is available at www.ascsracing.com.
2010 ASCS Gulf South Region Schedule:
March 5 – Golden Triangle Raceway Park (Beaumont, TX) - $3,000 to win
March 6 – Battleground Speedway (Highlands, TX) - $3,000 to win
April 2 – Golden Triangle Raceway Park (Beaumont, TX) - $3,000 to win
April 3 – Houston Raceway Park (Baytown, TX) - $3,000 to win
April 16 – Battleground Speedway (Highlands, TX)
April 17 – TBA
May 14 – Heart O’ Texas Speedway (Waco, TX)
May 15 – Battleground Speedway (Highlands, TX)
May 28 – Golden Triangle Raceway Park (Beaumont, TX)
May 29 – Gator Motorplex (Willis, TX)
May 30 – TBA
June 18 – Golden Triangle Raceway Park (Beaumont, TX)
June 19 – Houston Raceway Park (Baytown, TX) - $3,000 to win
July 2 – Texana Raceway Park (Edna, TX)
July 3 – South Texas Speedway (Corpus Christi, TX)
July 4 – 105 Motor Speedway (Cleveland, TX)
July 16 – Golden Triangle Raceway Park (Beaumont, TX)
July 17 – Houston Raceway Park (Baytown, TX) - $3,000 to win
July 23 – Heart O’ Texas Speedway (Waco, TX)
July 24 – Devil’s Bowl Speedway (Mesquite, TX)
August 20 – Golden Triangle Raceway Park (Beaumont, TX)
August 21 – Battleground Speedway (Highlands, TX)
September 3 – 105 Motor Speedway (Cleveland, TX)
September 4 – Gator Motorplex (Willis, TX)
September 5 – TBA
September 17 – Golden Triangle Raceway Park (Beaumont, TX)
September 18 – Houston Raceway Park (Baytown, TX) - $3,000 to win
November 21 – Ninth Annual ASCS Gulf South Banquet (Isle of Capri Casino – Lake Charles, LA)
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