April 16 ASCS Gulf South Results Revision; Rilat’s Fuel Deemed Illegal

Lonnie Wheatley, TULSA, Okla. (April 26, 2011) – Analysis of fuel samples collected following the Smiley’s Racing Products ASCS Gulf South Regional main event at Baytown, Texas’ Royal Purple Raceway on Saturday night, April 16, has resulted in a revision of that night’s feature results.

 

Test results revealed that Travis Rilat’s fuel was not pure methanol, resulting in a disqualification.  Rilat had finished second to Michael Dupuy that night.  With the disqualification, Tommy Bryant will now be credited with runner-up honors with the rest of the top five including Brandon Corn, Scottie McDonald and Chris Sweeney.

 

Official results and ASCS Gulf South points have been adjusted to reflect the results revision.

 

Official feature results from the April 15 Smiley’s Racing Products ASCS Gulf South main event at Royal Purple Raceway in Baytown, TX, and updated top ten in points are now as follows:

 

"A" Feature (30 Laps):  1. 3x-Michael Dupuy, 2. 14e-Tommy Bryant, 3. 30-Brandon Corn, 4. 88-Scottie McDonald, 5. 93-Chris Sweeney, 6. 0-Chris Morgan, 7. 85-Jerry Bell, 8. 25m-Michael McNeil, 9. 31-Brandon Berryman, 10. 11-Jeffrey Newell, 11. 10-George White, 12. 19-Klint Angelette, 13. 64j-Johnny Miller, 14. 69-Larry Howery, 15. 51s-Beau Smith, 16. 4-Eric Baldaccini, 17. 15T-Travis Elliott, 18. 2-Wes Miller, 19. 45-Martin Edwards, 20. 5c-Chris Coker, 21. 35-Greg Rilat, 22. 5-Kyle McCutcheon, 23. 54-Evan Pardo, 24. 29-Travis Rilat (Disqualifed; fuel).

 

 

Smiley’s Racing Products ASCS Gulf South Region Points (Top Ten):  1. George White 622, 2. Tommy Bryant 610, 3. Brandon Berryman 529, 4. Chris Sweeney 514, 5. Ray Allen Kulhanek 509, 6. Travis Elliott 496, 7. Chris Coker 471, 8. Michael McNeil 468, 9. Channin Tankersley 467, 10. Greg Rilat 466.

All Star Late Model Series to kick off season with double-header weekend

CAMARGO, IL (4-25-11) By Brian Liskai – The O’Reilly Auto Parts All Star
Late Model Series will kick off its 2011 series with a big double-header
weekend of racing Friday and Saturday, April 29 and 30.

Drivers will face off with a big field of cars and stars at the “Showdown
in Savertown” at Lernerville Speedway on Friday.

With several rain-outs throughout the Ohio, Pennsylvania, West Virginia
area already this year, many late model teams are chomping at the bit to
race. And with the Showdown in Savertown paying $5,000 to win, there should
be no shortage of race teams.

The last time the All Stars invaded “The Action Track”  – Sept. 3, 2010 –
Shane Clanton took home the win over two-time World of Outlaws champion
Josh Richards, Steve Francis, Chub Frank and Clint Smith. All Star regulars
Jared Miley, Gregg Satterlee, Greg Oaks, Blair and Doug Eck rounded out the
top 10.

Admission for the April 29 Showdown in Savertown is $20 for adults, $18 for
seniors; $15 for students (11-17) and kids 10 and under get in free. Pit
passes are $25 for DIRTcar members and $35 for non-members.

Gates will open at 5 p.m. with hot laps set for 7 p.m. followed by
qualifications. The DIRTcar Pro Late Models and UMP Modifieds are also on
the Showdown in Sarvertown card.

The All Star teams then head to the high-banks of KC Raceway in
Chillicothe, Ohio on Saturday, April 30, for the $4,000-to-win Dirt Track
World Cup Classic. It’s the first of three appearances of the O’Reilly Auto
Parts All Star Late Models at KC Raceway in 2011.

KC Raceway always hosts a huge field of late models, as the track runs the
division weekly with some of the most talented drivers in the region. The
last time the All Stars visited the tough 3/8ths mile track in October
2010, 59 teams signed in to compete in the “Topless Trick Or Treat 50.”
Former KC Raceway champion Jason Montgomery took home the feature win over
Steve Casebolt, Jason Feger, Darrell Lanigan and Steve Francis.

Besides the All Star regulars, look for KC’s tough weekly teams like 2010
champion Delmas Conley, Greggie Oliver, Audie Swartz, Mark Frazier, R.J.
Conley, Rod Conley and more from throughout the region.

Joining the All Star Late Models will be the O’Reilly Auto Parts Midwest
All Star Sprints and Hobby Stocks. The total purse for all the divisions is
a hefty $50,000.

General admission is $20 for adults with kids 6-12 $10. Pit passes will be
$30.
For more information go to www.kc-raceway.com or www.lernerville.com .

Chili Bowl Ticket Renewal Deadline Extended

TULSA, Okla. (April 26, 2011) – With ticket renewal flyers just shipped out of the event’s Tulsa offices, the ticket renewal deadline for the 26^th Annual Lucas Oil Chili Bowl Nationals has been extended to May 20.

 

Ticket holders from January’s Silver Anniversary Chili Bowl event have until May 20 to renew tickets for the 26^th edition of the event that will take place at the QuikTrip Center’s Tulsa Expo Raceway on January 10-14, 2012.

 

Tickets for four nights are available for $185 via cash or check, or $189 with Visa, Mastercard or Discover.  All five nights of racing action, Tuesday through Saturday, are just $228 with cash or check or $233 via credit card.

 

Any tickets not renewed by the April 29 deadline will be filled by new orders on a first-come, first-served basis, with new ticket requests accepted at any time.  New orders will be filled based upon availability, increasing the impetus upon placing new orders as early as possible.

 

Tickets are available by calling the Chili Bowl ticket office at 918-838-3777 or online at www.chilibowl.com

Lucas Oil Sprint Cars on Deck – Third Annual Rock ‘N Roll 50!

Lonnie Wheatley, TULSA, Okla. (April 26, 2011) – There’s been a different driver standing in victory lane at the end of the night each and every time the Lucas Oil ASCS presented by K&N Filters National series has fired off thus far in 2011. 

 

If the past two years of competition at West Memphis’ Riverside International Speedway are any indication, the odds are pretty good that next Saturday night’s Third Annual Rock ‘N Roll 50 could produce the series ninth different winner in as many nights of competition.

 

With eight winners in eight races so far, the Lucas Oil Sprint Cars take to Riverside’s storied, ¼-mile black gumbo clay oval Saturday night, May 7, for the only 50-lap feature event of the year.

 

A one-night stand this year rather than the two nights as in the previous two years, Tim Crawley swept both nights of the inaugural event in 2009 and then picked up his second consecutive Rock ‘N Roll 50 triumph last year after event promoter Tony Bruce, Jr., won the preliminary feature event.

 

Neither Crawley nor Bruce, Jr., the only two drivers to score series wins at Riverside in recent times, are among the eight drivers to win a Lucas Oil ASCS National event so far in 2011.  In fact, the most recent series winner at Riverside that has also picked off a win this year is Gary Wright, who last won at Riverside in July of 2003.

 

“The Texan” became the eighth different Lucas Oil Sprint Car winner of 2011 by topping the series most recent event at Little Rock’s I-30 Speedway on April 16, snapping a victory drought that dated back to October of 2009 for the four-time series champion.

 

Wright joined a list of 2011 winners that includes the likes of Tim Kaeding, Kyle Larson, Johnny Herrera, Shane Stewart, Jason Johnson, Sam Hafertepe, Jr., and Jeff Swindell.

 

Among the notables to not yet win a race are Crawley and Bruce, Jr., who both come off season-best finishes in the April 16 I-30 Speedway main event.  After burning his second provisional of the year the night before, Crawley cracked the top five for the first time in 2011 with a third-place showing.  At the same time, Bruce, Jr., used his second provisional and responded by cracking the top-ten for the first time of 2011 with a run from 24^th to ninth.

 

Several other drivers are looking for their first taste of Lucas Oil ASCS victory lane champagne after wins last year, including 2010 series runner-up Brady Bacon, who picked off four series wins last year, and Zach Chappell, a winner of two 2010 main events.

 

While his lone win thus far came in USA Raceway’s Copper on Dirt finale, Shane Stewart’s consistent run of seven top-five finishes and no finish lower than ninth in the opening eight events has allowed him to open a 110-point advantage over Albuquerque’s Johnny Herrera in the driver’s championship point chase with Jeff Swindell just another six points back in third.

 

Despite some struggles, Crawley still ranks fourth with Wright vaulting from ninth to fifth with the recent Little Rock double.  Bacon is sixth, with Washington’s Seth Bergman seventh in his second tour of National duty.  Aaron Reutzel, the leading Brodix Rookie of the Year contender, is eighth with Tony Bruce, Jr., and Chappell rounding out the current top ten.  Rookie shoe Logan Forler is just outside the top ten as is Dustin Morgan.

 

Also outside the top ten but climbing the charts rapidly is defending series champion Jason Johnson, who missed the initial four events of the season to finish off Australian duties.  The JJR No. 41 entry was on hand for those events with Kyle Larson and Jack Dover and is just two points behind Paul Silva’s No. 57, piloted by Stewart, in the owner’s portion of the championship chase.

 

While the Lucas Oil ASCS presented by K&N Filters National series brings a contingent of heavy hitters to Riverside’s West Memphis, AR, oval next Saturday, a stout group of local competitors will be ready to defend their home turf.  A.G. Rains, who has claimed a pair of National wins in the past at Riverside, topped the April 2 weekly event at Riverside over I-30 regular Cody Gardner, Wade Oliver, Dale Howard and Brad Bowden, who led 18 Lucas Oil ASCS laps at I-30 on April 16 before Gary Wright took command.

 

Tickets for next Saturday night’s Third Annual Rock ‘N Roll 50 are available by checking www.tbjpromotions.com.

 

 

The Series: 

 

Lucas Oil ASCS presented by K&N Filters

 

When & Where: 

 

Saturday night, May 7 at 7:30 p.m. – Riverside International Speedway

 

Track Information:

 

Riverside Speedway (West Memphis, AR) - 1/4-mile semi-banked gumbo clay oval located west of Memphis, TN, on I-55 to Exit 4 in Arkansas, then 0.3 miles south, then 0.2 miles east on Broadway, then south on Legion Road.  Event information is available at www.tbjpromotions.com or by calling the track at 901-508-6200.

 

Lucas Oil ASCS Riverside International Speedway History:

 

After taking to the ¼-mile gumbo clay oval on 24 occasions from 1995 to 2005, the Lucas Oil ASCS Sprint Car Dirt Series returned to West Memphis for the first time in nearly five years with Tim Crawley sweeping both nights of the Inaugural Rock ‘N Roll 50 in July 2009.  After being rained out early last year, the event was reset for October with Tim Crawley taking a second consecutive Rock ‘N Roll 50 triumph after Tony Bruce, Jr., won the preliminary feature.

 

Riverside International Speedway ASCS National winners include:  Eddie Gallagher 6, Tim Crawley 4, Terry Gray 3, Gary Wright 3, A.G. Rains 2, Pete Braswell 1, Tony Bruce, Jr. 1, Pete Butler 1, Kenny Coke 1, Chad Jones 1, Travis Rilat 1, Ricky Stenhouse, Jr. 1, Darren Stewart 1, Brooke Tatnell 1, Mike Ward 1.

 

Riverside International Speedway Lucas Oil ASCS Race-by-Race Winners:  Terry Gray (7/8/95), Eddie Gallagher (7/20/96), Pete Braswell (9/14/96), Gary Wright (6/21/97), Brooke Tatnell (9/13/97), Mike Ward (6/20/98), Terry Gray (9/19/98), Chad Jones (6/19/99), Pete Butler (7/24/99), Terry Gray (9/18/99), Kenny Coke (6/24/00), Travis Rilat (7/15/00), Gary Wright (9/16/00), Eddie Gallagher (6/9/01), A.G. Rains (7/14/01), Tim Crawley (9/15/01), Eddie Gallagher (6/1/02), Eddie Gallagher (9/14/02), Eddie Gallagher (5/31/03), Gary Wright (7/19/03), Ricky Stenhouse, Jr. (7/17/04), Eddie Gallagher (9/11/04), Darren Stewart (6/4/05), A.G. Rains (9/10/05), Tim Crawley (7/3/09), Tim Crawley (7/4/09), Tony Bruce, Jr. (10/1/10), Tim Crawley (10/2/10).

 

Current 2011 Points:

 

Top 15 Driver Points:  1. Shane Stewart (Bixby, OK) 1,072, 2. Johnny Herrera (Albuquerque, NM) 962, 3. Jeff Swindell (Bartlett, TN) 956, 4. Tim Crawley (Benton, AR) 890, 5. Gary Wright (Hooks, TX) 881, 6. Brady Bacon (Broken Arrow, OK) 854, 7. Seth Bergman (Snohomish, WA) 844, 8. Aaron Reutzel (Clute, TX) 793, 9. Tony Bruce, Jr. (Liberal, KS) 790, 10. Zach Chappell (Talala, OK) 745, 11. Logan Forler (Eatonville, WA) 707, 12. Dustin Morgan (Tulsa, OK) 690, 13. Sam Hafertepe, Jr. (Sunnyvale, TX) 544, 14. Jason Johnson (Eunice, LA) 518, 15. Danny Wood (Norman, OK) 454.

 

Lucas Oil ASCS Sprint Cars presented by K&N Filters Owner Points (Top 15):  1. Paul Silva #57 – 1,072, 2. Jason Johnson Racing #41 – 1,070, 3. Herrera/Main #45x - 962, 4. Swindell Group #28 – 956, 5. Mike Ward #88 - 890, 6. Bacon/Tel-Star #99 - 854, 7. Petersen Motorsports #23 844, 8. Kenny Reutzel #87 – 793, 9. Bruce Racing #18 – 790, 10. Cooper/Sperry #01/51 - 774, 11. Randy Washburn #0 – 745, 12. Steve Forler #2L – 707, 13. M&M Motorsports #2 – 690 14. Sam Hafertepe #15 – 544, 15. Danny Wood #81 - 454.

 

Brodix Rookie of the Year Points:  1. Aaron Reutzel (Clute, TX) 793, 2. Logan Forler (Eatonville, WA) 707, 3. Justin Carver (Millington, TN) 325.

 

2011 Feature Winners:

 

Lucas Oil ASCS Sprint Car Series: Sam Hafertepe, Jr. 1, Johnny Herrera 1, Jason Johnson 1, Tim Kaeding 1, Kyle Larson 1, Shane Stewart 1, Jeff Swindell 1, Gary Wright 1.

 

Lucas Oil ASCS presented by K&N Filters – A Look Ahead:

 

June 4 – I-30 Speedway (Little Rock, AR)

June 10 – Eagle Raceway (Eagle, NE) – VERSUS

June 11 – Eagle Raceway (Eagle, NE) - VERSUS

 

Lucas Oil ASCS on the Web:

 

Those unable to catch all the action in person can listen to every Lucas Oil Sprint Car Series presented by K&N Filters live at www.racinboys.com.

 

Official results, championship point updates, photos and race notes will be available at www.ascsracing.com.

 

Lucas Oil ASCS on TV:

 

The Lucas Oil Sprint Car Series presented by K&N Filters will be featured in ten one-hour shows broadcast on a tape-delayed basis on the VERSUS Network and MavTV.

 

The full schedule of events to be aired on VERSUS and broadcast dates will be released soon.

 

The events from Thunderbowl Raceway, Kings Speedway and USA Raceway will be aired as follows;

Thunderbowl Raceway (Feb. 9) – 4/23/11 @ 6:00 p.m. ET

Kings Speedway (Feb. 12) – 5/1/11 @ 6:00 p.m. ET

USA Raceway (Feb. 18) – 5/29/11 @ 6:00 p.m. ET

USA Raceway (Feb. 19) – 6/5/11 @ 6:00 p.m. ET

 

The Lucas Oil Sprint Car Series presented by K&N Filters is currently slated for 37 nights of racing action at 15 different tracks throughout the nation, with the country's top Sprint Car drivers set to battle it out for their share of the $250,000 points fund.

 

The 2011 season marks the 20^th year of sanctioning Sprint Car racing for the American Sprint Car Series, with approximately 200 nights of competition at tracks throughout the nation and into Canada.  Anchored by the Lucas Oil Sprint Car Series presented by K&N Filters, ASCS also consists of ten different Regions throughout the nation. 

Additional information regarding the American Sprint Car Series is available at www.ascsracing.com.

Midwest All Stars begin season as part of KC Raceway season opener

CAMARGO, IL. (4-25-11) By Brian Liskai– KC Raceway near Chillicothe, Ohio,
will open its season in a huge way on Saturday, April 30.

The high-banked 3/8th of a mile track host The Classic presented by Dakotas
with the O’Reilly Auto Parts All Star Late Models and O’Reilly Auto Parts
Midwest All Star Sprints in action along with the hobby stocks. The late
model feature winner will take home $4,000 while the sprint car winner will
earn $3,000. The total purse for the night is a hefty $50,000!

The Classic will kick off the season for the revamped Midwest All Stars as
well as the series moves to the Ohio, Pennsylvania, West Virginia region.
The Midwest All Stars will be competing for a $3,000-to-win point fund at
the end of the season.

This is the first ever appearance of the Midwest All Stars at KC Raceway,
though the regular All Star Circuit of Champion Sprints have made competed
many, many times at the fast track over the past few decades.

Look for several regional teams to head to KC to compete against the likes
of 2010 track champion Jim Neir, Danny Smith, Nick Nabor, Keith Baxter,
Jimmy Stinson, Adam Strausser, Kory Crabtree, Cole Duncan and more.

Admission is just $20 for The classic with kids 6-12 getting in for $10.
Pit passes will be $30.

Note to all Participants:

The Midwest All Star Series follows the All Star Circuit of Champions rules
and procedures, except that the Midwest All Star Sprint Cars can run dished
wings with no wickerbill, or a flat wing with a 1-inch wickerbill. At
events co-sanctioned with the All Star Circuit of Champions, the flat wing
rule would apply.

At KC Raceway, the Midwest All Stars will only be doing 1 qualifying lap
for the event.

If more information is needed please call Series Director Kyle Keesy at
217-722-8043.

If you need a place to stay for KC Raceway, check out the Hampton Inn &
Suites of Chillicothe, OH. Visit them at www.hamptoninn.com or call (740)
773-1616.

For more information go to www.kc-raceway.com

ASCS Sprints on Dirt Fire Off Saturday at Crystal!

Lonnie Wheatley, TULSA, Okla. (April 25, 2011) – The Engine Pro ASCS Sprints on Dirt presented by ARP kicks off its 32^nd year of competition on some familiar turf with Saturday night’s season opening event atop the semi-banked, 3/8-mile Crystal Motor Speedway clay oval in Crystal, MI.

 

The site of the first SOD event in 1980, Crystal Motor Speedway hosts the ASCS Sprints on Dirt for the 109^th time this Saturday night.

 

Dustin Daggett has been an unstoppable force in recent years at Crystal Motor Speedway, which hosts the ASCS SOD forces three times over the course of each season.

 

Daggett, who moved to the top of the all-time SOD win charts with a dozen triumphs last year to extend his career total to 76, has topped ten of the last 12 series events contested at Crystal including the last eight in a row.

 

Daggett will by vying for a ninth consecutive Crystal triumph on Saturday night, as the last time someone else reached SOD victory lane at Crystal was May of 2008 when Tim Norman cracked the winner’s circle.

 

While Daggett topped the win charts again in 2010, it was St. Johns, MI, shoe Ryan Grubaugh racing to his first ASCS SOD championship on the strength of eleven top-fives and 14 top-tens.  Grubaugh claimed the crown by a 143-point margin over Gregg Dalman, with Daggett, Ben Rutan and Dain Naida rounding out the top five in points.

 

Others among the top ten in last year’s ASCS SOD points included Gavin Hunyady, Robert Huisken, two-time series champion Brett Mann, Aaron Shaffer and Jim Lingar.

 

Saturday’s action at Crystal Motor Speedway is set to get under way at 7:30 p.m.

 

Crystal Motor Speedway is located in Crystal, MI, 5.5 miles north of SR 57 on Crystal Road, then east on Sidney.  For more information, contact the track at 989-235-5200.

 

The Engine Pro ASCS Sprints on Dirt presented by ARP is in its 32^nd season of competition. Twenty-seven races are on the calendar scheduled at 13 different tracks throughout Michigan, Ohio and Ontario.

 

The 2011 season marks the 20^th year of sanctioning Sprint Car racing for the American Sprint Car Series, with approximately 200 nights of competition at tracks throughout the nation and into Canada.  Anchored by the Lucas Oil Sprint Car Series presented by K&N Filters, ASCS also consists of ten different Regions throughout the nation. 

Additional information regarding the American Sprint Car Series is available at www.ascsracing.com.

ASCS SoCal Region Ready for Thunderbowl!

Lonnie Wheatley, TULSA, Okla. (April 25, 2011) – Tommy Tarlton etched his name into the record books as the winner of the inaugural ASCS Southern California feature event this past Saturday night at Hanford’s Giant Chevrolet Kings Speedway.

 

The Fresno racer won’t have time to rest on his laurels though, as the ASCS Southern California winged forces take to Tulare’s high-banked, 1/3-mile Thunderbowl Raceway clay oval this Saturday night.

 

Saturday’s tilt marks the second ASCS So Cal event of the season after the originally scheduled season opener at Kings was rained out on April 9.  It also marks the first of four stops for the Southern Cal Region atop the racy Thunderbowl clay.

 

Tarlton, who showed his mettle with a run from 22^nd to third versus the Lucas Oil ASCS National forces in February, chased down early leader Steven Tiner before racing on to the first ASCS Southern Cal checkered flag Saturday night.

 

Tarlton was chased to the line by 15-year-old Trey Starks, who made the 15 hour journey from Puyallup, WA, worthwhile with a runner-up finish.  Starks is expected for Saturday’s action at Tulare, where he raced from 17^th to 8^th in February’s Lucas Oil ASCS National season opener.  Tarlton posted a fifth-place finish in that opener.

 

Cory Eliason joined Tarlton and Starks on the podium in this past weekend’s ASCS Southern California debut, with Ronnie Day and Mike Faria rounding out the top five.  The balance of the top ten included Nick Green, Steven Kent, Tiner, Eric Humphries and Jarrod Little.

 

The inaugural slate of ASCS Southern California action includes a dozen nights of winged Sprint Car competition at four tracks including Kings Speedway, Tulare’s Thunderbowl Raceway, Santa Maria Speedway and Bakersfield Speedway.

 

Tulare’s Thunderbowl Raceway is located off SR 99 to Exit 86, then 0.5 miles west on Bardsley Avenue to gate 14.  For more information, contact the track at 559-688-0909.

 

The 2011 season marks the 20^th year of sanctioning Sprint Car racing for the American Sprint Car Series, with approximately 200 nights of competition at tracks throughout the nation and into Canada.  Anchored by the Lucas Oil Sprint Car Series presented by K&N Filters, ASCS also consists of ten different Regions throughout the nation. 

Additional information regarding the American Sprint Car Series is available at www.ascsracing.com.

ASCS Lone Star Regional Roundup at Cowtown Saturday!

Lonnie Wheatley, TULSA, Okla. (April 25, 2011) – Couple a series noted for its variety of different winners with a track that routinely offers up an assortment of victory lane visitors, and you’re certain to have a wild night of racing.

 

That’s exactly what is in store for this Saturday night as The Oil Medics ASCS Lone Star Region takes to the lightning-fast, high-banked, ¼-mile Cowtown Speedway in Kennedale, TX, fort the first time in 2011.

 

Saturday’s card marks round two of the 2011 The Oil Medics ASCS Lone Star championship chase for a series that featured 14 different winners in 15 main events last year.

 

Race fans at Cowtown Speedway, a featured ASCS Regional stop over the past seven years, have enjoyed seven different winners in the most recent seven ASCS events including Tommy Bryant, Gary Taylor, Claud Estes, Brian McClelland, Tony Bruce, Jr., Travis Rilat and Kevin Ramey.  To take it one step further, there have been 11 different winners in the last 12 ASCS events at Cowtown dating back to July of 2008 with Ramey the only one to repeat.

 

The Oil Medics ASCS Lone Star Region kicked off the 2011 season on March 12 at Kilgore’s Lone Star Speedway, with four-time ASCS National champion Gary Wright taking advantage of a late race restart to snatch the win away from defending ASCS Lone Star champion Eric Baldaccini, who slipped back to fifth in the final circuits behind Wright, Oklahoma shoe Matt Covington, Travis Rilat and Sam Hafertepe, Jr.

 

The balance of the current top ten in the opener, as well as current points, included George White, Martin Edwards, Travis Elliott, Beau Smith and Justin Melton, who ranked third in 2010 ASCS Lone Star points.  Claud Estes, who ranked as Lone Star runner-up last year, finished eleventh in the March 12 opener.

 

Estes picked up his first Lone Star feature win in Cowtown action last July, with other series winners at Cowtown last year including Brian McClelland, Gary Taylor and Tommy Bryant.

 

Saturday night’s action at Cowtown Speedway is set to go green at 7:00 p.m.

 

Cowtown Speedway, “The Fastest Lil’ Dirt Track in Texas”, is located in Kennedale, TX, just east of Fort Worth off I-20 Exit 442-A, then 1.7 miles southeast on Mansfield Highway, then 1.4 miles southwest on New Hope Road.  For more information, contact the track at 817-478-9952.

 

The Oil Medics ASCS Lone Star Region is currently slated for 17 nights of competition at nine different tracks throughout Texas and into Oklahoma in 2011.

 

Past ASCS Regional Feature Winners at Cowtown Speedway:

11/13/10 – Tommy Bryant (Lone Star)

11/12/10 – Gary Taylor (Lone Star)

7/17/10 – Claud Estes (Lone Star/Sooner)

6/12/10 – Brian McClelland (Lone Star)

10/10/09 – Tony Bruce, Jr. (Gulf South/Lone Star/Sooner)

8/29/09 – Travis Rilat (Lone Star)

6/27/09 – Kevin Ramey (Lone Star)

4/4/09 – Kevin Ramey (Lone Star)

10/11/08 – Brian Brown (National vs. Sooner)

10/10/08 – Gavin Punch (National vs. Sooner)

8/23/08 – Kolt Walker (Gulf South)

7/26/08 – Brad Welborn (Sooner)

5/17/08 – Gary Taylor (Sooner)

4/5/08 – Travis Rilat (Sooner)

9/15/07 - Nick Smith (Sooner)

7/7/07 - Brian McClelland (Sooner)

4/14/07 - Kevin Ramey (Sooner)

9/23/06 - Travis Rilat (Sooner)

6/10/06 - Sam Hafertepe, Jr. (Sooner)

4/8/06 - Sam Hafertepe, Jr. (Sooner)

9/24/05 - Travis Rilat (Sooner)

6/25/05 - Jason Martin (National vs. Sooner)

4/9/05 - Sean McClelland (Sooner)

9/25/04 - Andy Shouse (Sooner)

5/29/04 - Kevin Ramey (Sooner)

 

 

The 2011 season marks the 20^th year of sanctioning Sprint Car racing for the American Sprint Car Series, with approximately 200 nights of competition at tracks throughout the nation and into Canada.  Anchored by the Lucas Oil Sprint Car Series presented by K&N Filters, ASCS also consists of ten different Regions throughout the nation. 

Additional information regarding the American Sprint Car Series is available at www.ascsracing.com.

ASCS Gulf South Gears Up for Battleground!

Lonnie Wheatley, TULSA, Okla. (April 25, 2011) – The 2011 Smiley’s Racing Products ASCS Gulf South championship points chase continues this weekend as the series takes to the high-banked, 3/8-mile Battleground Speedway clay oval in Highlands, TX, on Saturday night.

 

Saturday’s card marks the first Gulf South stop of the season at Battleground after the event scheduled for March 5 was rained out.

 

A handful of events into the tenth year of ASCS Gulf South action, five different drivers have reached victory lane in as many features including Sam Hafertepe, Jr., 2009 champion Aaron Reutzel, four-time ASCS National champion Gary Wright, two-time and defending Gulf South champion Ray Allen Kulhanek and Michael Dupuy.

 

While not yet among the feature winners, Fort Worth’s George White is out to the early lead in the championship points race with third-place finishes at Waco and Lufkin on April 1 and 2 the best of four top-ten feature runs.

 

White is out to the early lead by 17 points over Tommy Bryant, who has ranked among the top five in Gulf South points over each of the past four years including third in both 2009 and 2010.

 

Two-time ASCS Gulf South champion Brandon Berryman of Missouri City, TX, is 94 points out of the lead in third, with veteran Gulf South contenders Chris Sweeney (Channelview, TX) and Kulhanek (Montgomery, TX) rounding out the current top five.

 

The balance of the current top ten in points includes Travis Elliott (Alvin, TX), Chris Coker (New Braunfels, TX), Channin Tankersley (Highlands, TX), Michael McNeil (Alvin, TX) and Greg Rilat (Texas City, TX), with Jeffrey Newell (Tulsa, OK) and Wes Miller (Santa Fe, TX) among those just outside the top ten.

 

A total of 19 different drivers have competed in each of the five ASCS Gulf South events contested thus far in 2011, with 58 drivers competing in at least one event.

 

Saturday’s green flag at Battleground Speedway flies at 7:00 p.m.

 

Highlands’ high-banked, 3/8-mile Battleground Speedway dirt oval is located east of Houston off I-10 exit 787, then four miles north.  For more information, contact the track at 832-421-7223.

 

The Smiley’s Racing Products ASCS Gulf South Region is slated for 26 nights of racing action at ten different tracks throughout Texas, Louisiana and Mississippi in 2011.

 

Past ASCS Gulf South Region Feature Winners at Battleground Speedway:

8/21/10 – Jason Johnson

3/6/10 – Brian Brown

 

 

The 2011 season marks the 20^th year of sanctioning Sprint Car racing for the American Sprint Car Series, with approximately 200 nights of competition at tracks throughout the nation and into Canada.  Anchored by the Lucas Oil Sprint Car Series presented by K&N Filters, ASCS also consists of ten different Regions throughout the nation. 

Additional information regarding the American Sprint Car Series is available at www.ascsracing.com.

ASCS Canyon Region Set for Canyon Clash!

Lonnie Wheatley, TULSA, Okla. (April 25, 2011) – The wingless wonders of the Sunoco Fuel ASCS Canyon Region are set for two full nights of racing action this weekend as they take to the 3/8-mile Canyon Speedway Park clay oval for the inaugural Canyon Clash presented by Ellis Racing.

 

The Clash gets under way on Friday night with a full card of heats and feature action, then concludes with another full, separate card of heats and feature events on Saturday night.  The Friday portion of the Canyon Clash was added as a makeup date for the April 9 rainout, while the Saturday date was included on the original schedule.

 

While the Sunoco Fuel ASCS Canyon Region has offered up three different feature winners in as many events thus far in 2011, two-time series champion Jeremy Sherman is out to the early lead in the championship points chase by virtue of finishing no worse than second so far.

 

Hailing from Surprise, AZ, Sherman posted his first win under the ASCS Canyon banner at Canyon Speedway Park on March 26 and has recorded runner-up finishes in the two feature events completed at Tucson’s USA Raceway.

 

While Sherman beat Ronnie Clark and Bob Ream, Jr., to the stripe in the only series event at CSP thus far in 2011 for his 29^th career ASCS Canyon win, R.J. Johnson picked off his ninth career series win in the season opener at USA on March 12 and then Josh Pelkey picked off his first career ASCS triumph in the most recent series action at USA on April 16.

 

Sherman carries a 43-point advantage over Phoenix contender Johnson into the weekend double, with two-time and reigning series champion Charles Davis, Jr., of Buckeye, AZ, another dozen points back in third as he looks for his first win of the season.  Davis topped two of five ASCS Canyon events at CSP in 2010, with Johnson winning the other three.

 

Perennial ASCS Canyon contender Andrew Reinbold enters the weekend just 13 points behind Davis in fourth, with Tucson’s Ronnie Clark rounding out the current top five.  The balance of the current top ten in points includes Peoria’s Pelkey, Glendale’s Bob Ream, Jr., Matt Rossi, Waddell’s Thomas Ogle and Peoria’s Dalten Gabberd.

 

Twenty different drives have taken in each of the initial three events of the season with another half-dozen taking in at least two of the three events. 

 

Racing action goes green at Canyon Speedway Park on both Friday and Saturday night.

 

Peoria’s Canyon Speedway Park is located 25 miles north of Phoenix on I-17 to Exit 223, then 6.3 miles west.  For more information, contact the track at 602-258-7223.

 

The Sunoco Fuel ASCS Canyon Region brings the best of wingless Sprint Car racing action to fans in Arizona with 19 scheduled nights of competition at Tucson’s USA Raceway and Peoria’s Canyon Speedway Park.

 

The 2011 season marks the 20^th year of sanctioning Sprint Car racing for the American Sprint Car Series, with approximately 200 nights of competition at tracks throughout the nation and into Canada.  Anchored by the Lucas Oil Sprint Car Series presented by K&N Filters, ASCS also consists of ten different Regions throughout the nation. 

Additional information regarding the American Sprint Car Series is available at www.ascsracing.com.

All Stars set to invade PA Posse Land

CAMARGO, IL. (4-24-11) By Brian Liskai– The new regionalization of the O’Reilly Auto Parts All Star Circuit of Champions is already creating quite the buzz in the sprint car world. And, with the All Stars set to invade Pennsylvania Posse territory, it could get even more interesting.

The All Stars will travel to the famed Williams Grove Speedway in Mechanicsburg, Pa. on Friday, April 29 and the tough Port Royal Speedway on Saturday, April 30.

Currently, hall-of-fame driver Sammy Swindell leads the All Star’s Eastern Region points following the February events in Florida where he picked up a pair of wins. PA Posse member Daryn Pittman sits second in the points with three-time All Star champion Dale Blaney in third, Pennsylvania native Stevie Smith fourth and Connecticut hot shoe David Gravel in fifth. The region points champion will earn $20,000 at the end of the season. Blaney leads the series’ national point standings over two-time and defending All Star champion Tim Shaffer from Aliquippa, Pa., with Gravel, two-time series’ champ Greg Wilson and Swindell rounding out the top five. Following his win in the Ohio region opener at Attica Raceway Park, Blaney leads those points over Shaffer, Pittsburg, Pa. native Danny Holtgraver, and Ohio’s Kyle Sauder and Kevin Lee.

So far in 2011 at “The Grove, Brian Leppo scored a victory on April 15 over Steve Buckwalter, Danny Dietrich, Lance Dewease and Chad Layton. Stevie Smith opened the season with a win on March 18 over Tyler Walker, Doug Esh, Dewease and Cory Haas.

Last June’s All Star event at Williams Grove saw one of the closest finishes in the storied history of the track as Stevie Smith edged his brother-in-law Brian Leppo by .002 seconds for his 16th career victory with the series. In April of 2010, Dewease would take the All Star win at “The Grove.”

Then throw in the likes of Todd Shaffer, Brian Montieth and Fred Rahmer and you have a recipe for exciting racing.

Fans will see a “blast from the past” when they venture to Port Royal Speedway for the Bob Weikert Memorial on April 30.

As part of a conjoined effort between Weikert’s Livestock, the Weikert family and current car owner Jesse Keen, fans will get to see the legendary Weikert’s Livestock #29 circle the track just one more time.

“When Todd Weikert called and asked me to prepare and race a sprint car to look just like the Weikert’s Livestock No. 29, I said ‘yes’ without any hesitation,” said Keen. “I hope we can be as fast as Bob Weikert’s cars.”

Keen’s customary #17 driven by Tyler Walker will carry the Weikert colors and number for the event as a way of paying homage to the always powerful and proud car owner Bob Weikert and his iconic #29 red, white and blue sprint cars.

“Bob Weikert loved racing and fielded the most competitive sprint cars and drivers in the United States for over 40 years and I was very fortunate to race against Bob’s cars in the 1970s and ‘80s,” Keen recalls. “Bob Weikert was ‘Mr. Beef’ and ‘Mr. Sprint Car’ and in the winner’s circle he let us all know it! He was great for the sport.”

Keen’s Weikert car will be schemed after perhaps one of the most identifiable versions of the machine through the years – that of the historic seasons when hall-of-fame driver Doug Wolfgang dominated sprint car racing across the nation in the mid-1980s aboard the terrorizing Weikert #29.

And, the Bob Weikert Memorial carries some pretty good cash as well as it could turn into an $8,500 payday for one lucky driver.

The 30-lap race will not only pay $5,000 to win, but thanks to Weikert’s Livestock and a conglomeration of nationwide sponsors, each of the first 29 circuits will be worth $100 to whoever leads them. And, on top of that, Weikert’s and their family of supporters has posted another $500 for the leader of the most important and final lap. That means at the very least, the winner is guaranteed $5,500 for 30-laps of work. But, if he or she can manage to lead more than the final lap, there’s up to an additional $2,900 up for grabs.

So far at Port Royal, there have been three races and three different winners. Blane Heimbach won his first career victory at the track to open the 2011 season on March 19 over Stevie Smith, Mark Smith, Walker and Dewease. Ryan Taylor picked up his second career victory at the track on April 2 over Mark Smith, Dewease, Rick Lafferty and Buckwalter. On April 9, Buckwalter scored his first career Port Royal win over Taylor, Mike Erdley, Lafferty and Lynton Jeffrey.

The 2010 Weikert Memorial was lost to weather. In 2009, Stevie Smith captured the All Star win.

Gates for the Weikert Memorial will open at 5 p.m. with Kistler Engines Qualifying at 7 p.m. Adult general admission will be $20 with students ages 12-17 admitted for just $10 and kids under 12 are free.

For more information visit www.allstarsprint.com; www.portroyalspeedway.com or www.williamsgrove.com.

Tarlton is Tops in Inaugural ASCS Southern California Feature!

Lonnie Wheatley, HANFORD, Cal. (April 23, 2011) – Fresno’s Tommy Tarlton made his ASCS presence known when he rallied from 22^nd to claim third in the Lucas Oil ASCS National debut at Giant Chevrolet Kings Speedway in February.

 

So, when the ASCS Southern California Region contested its inaugural event on Saturday night atop the 3/8-mile Kings clay oval, it seemed only fitting that Tarlton tally the win in the 25-lapper.

 

While Tarlton gridded the feature field outside the third row, it was pole starter Steven Tiner outgunning fellow front row starter Trey Starks to lead the initial handful of circuits.  But when traffic came into play, Tarlton was there to take quick advantage by racing into a lead he would never relinquish.

 

Tarlton drove the Tarlton & Sons Inc., No. 21 to the checkered flag in front of 15-year-old Washington shoe Starks, with Cory Eliason, Ronnie Day and Mike Faria rounding out the top five.

 

Nick Green was sixth, Steven Kent was seventh and Tiner slipped to eighth on the final circuit with fuel line issues.  Eric Humphries and Jarrod Little completed the top ten.

 

Faria and Tarlton topped Saturday night’s heat race action.

 

ASCS Southern California Region Results from Giant Chevrolet Kings Speedway:

 

Heat One (10 Laps):  1. 4F-Mike Faria, 2. 22-Ronnie Day, 3. 00-Cory Eliason, 4. 94-Steven Tiner, 5. 7-Steven Kent, 6. 25-Jarrod Little, 7. 88k-Koen Shaw, 8. 17-Nick McColloch.

 

Heat Two (10 Laps):  1. 21-Tommy Tarlton, 2. 15-Eric Humphries, 3. 55-Trey Starks, 4. 14-Nick Green, 5. 4j-Andy Ferris, 6. 35-Albert Pombo, 7. 29-Austin Stone.

 

 “A” Feature (25 Laps):  1. 21-Tommy Tarlton, 2. 55-Trey Starks, 3. 00-Cory Eliason, 4. 22-Ronnie Day, 5. 4F-Mike Faria, 6. 14-Nick Green, 7. 7-Steven Kent, 8. 94-Steven Tiner, 9. 15-Eric Humphries, 10. 25-Jarrod Little, 11. 17-Nick McColloch, 12. 4j-Andy Ferris, 13. 88k-Koen Shaw, 14. 29-Austin Stone, 15. 35-Albert Pombo.

 

ASCS Southern California Points (Top 10):  1. Tommy Tarlton 150, 2. Trey Starks 142, 3. Cory Eliason 135, 4. Ronnie Day 130, 5. Mike Faria 125, 6. Nick Green 122, 7. Steven Kent 119, 8. Steven Tiner 116, 9. Eric Humphries 113, 10. Jarrod Little 110.

Herrera Eggcelent in ASCS Southwest Go at USA!

Lonnie Wheatley, TUCSON, Ariz. (April 23, 2011) – Johnny Herrera notched another Sunoco Fuel ASCS Southwest feature win by racing to victory lane in Saturday night’s Third Annual Winged Sprint Eggstravaganza atop the 3/8-mile USA Raceway clay oval.

 

The Lucas Oil Sprint Car National title contender advanced from the sixth starting position to take the lead away from Calvin Landis after 15 laps en route to capturing his 22^nd career ASCS Regional win in the 25-lapper.

 

Herrera took the checkered flag aboard the Wesmar-powered Champion Oil/Butler Built No. 45x Maxim ahead of three-time and reigning series champion Rick Ziehl, who claimed a meager two-point lead in the 2011 title chase over third-place finisher Joshua Hodges.

 

Kyle McCutcheon advanced a half-dozen positions to claim fourth, with John Carney II rounding out the top five.  Joshua Williams was sixth, with Dalten Gabbard, Landis, Steve Stone and Perry McMillan completing the top ten.

 

Wes Wofford and Herrera topped heat race action.

 

Sunoco Fuel ASCS Southwest Region Results from USA Raceway:

 

Heat One (8 Laps):  1. 19-Wes Wofford, 2. 20z-Rick Ziehl, 3. 5az-John Van Horn, 4. 41-Joshua Williams, 5. 44k-Koty McGullam, 6. 57x-Steve Stone, 7. 5-Kyle McCutcheon, 8. 27-Perry McMillan, 9. 78-Jody Williams.

 

Heat Two (8 Laps):  1. 45x-Johnny Herrera, 2. 79-Calvin Landis, 3. 74x-Joshua Hodges, 4. 8-John Carney II, 5. 90-Lance Norick, 6. 74b-Colby Copeland, 7. 77-Dalten Gabbard, 8. 15c-Joey Chester, 9. 55T-Brent McKee.

 

 “A” Feature (25 Laps):  1. 45x-Johnny Herrera, 2. 20z-Rick Ziehl, 3. 74x-Joshua Hodges, 4. 5-Kyle McCutcheon, 5. 8-John Carney II, 6. 41-Joshua Williams, 7. 77-Dalten Gabbard, 8. 79-Calvin Landis, 9. 57x-Steve Stone, 10. 27-Perry McMillan, 11. 44k-Koty McGullam, 12. 78-Jody Williams, 13. 15c-Joey Chester, 14. 90-Lance Norick, 15. 5az-John Van Horn, 16. 74b-Colby Copeland, 17. 55T-Brent McKee, 18. 19-Wes Wofford.

 

Sunoco Fuel ASCS Southwest Points (Top 10):  1. Rick Ziehl 564, 2. Joshua Hodges 562, 3. John Carney II 532, 4. Calvin Landis 503, 5. Joshua Williams 485, 6. Kyle McCutcheon 472, 7. Dalten Gabbard 471, 8. Lance Norick 462, 9. Joey Chester 388, 10. John Van Horn 381.

USA Raceway Ready for ASCS Southwest on Saturday!

Lonnie Wheatley, TULSA, Okla. (April 18, 2011) – Tucson’s USA Raceway shifts back to the winged Sprint Car ranks this weekend as the Sunoco Fuel ASCS Southwest Region resumes action atop the 3/8-mile clay oval this Saturday night.

 

Saturday’s card marks the second winged ASCS Southwest event of the season at USA Raceway after kicking off the 2011 campaign in tandem with the Lucas Oil ASCS National series during February’s Copper on Dirt.

 

While Knoxville, Iowa resident Calvin Landis by way of Arizona won the most recent ASCS Southwest outing at USA on April 2, it’s Tijeras teen Joshua Hodges out to the early lead in the championship points chase.

 

After posting a pair of 14^th place runs versus the National forces in February, the 16-year-old from Tijeras, NM, finished third in the April 2 event behind Landis and three-time series champion Rick Ziehl of Las Cruces, NM.

 

Hodges carries a slim 5-point lead over Ziehl into Saturday’s tilt, with El Paso’s John Carney II, Landis and Joshua Williams of Glendale, AZ, rounding out the current top five in points.  The balance of the current top ten includes Lance Norick (Scottsdale, AZ), Dalten Gabbard (Peoria, AZ), Kyle McCutcheon (Alamogordo, NM), Joey Chester (Phoenix, AZ) and John Van Horn (Tucson, AZ).

 

Eighth-ranked McCutcheon ventured nearly 1,000 miles from his New Mexico home this past weekend to take on the ASCS Gulf South ranks in southeast Texas, finishing 19^th and 23^rd in features at Beaumont and Baytown.

 

Saturday's ASCS Southwest Region action at USA Raceway is slated to go green at 6:45 p.m.

 

The 3/8-mile USA Raceway clay oval 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 currently slated for 20 overall nights of competition in 2011.

 

The 2011 season marks the 20^th year of sanctioning Sprint Car racing for the American Sprint Car Series, with approximately 200 nights of competition at tracks throughout the nation and into Canada.  Anchored by the Lucas Oil Sprint Car Series presented by K&N Filters, ASCS also consists of ten different Regions throughout the nation.

Additional information regarding the American Sprint Car Series is available at www.ascsracing.com.