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WHAT TO WATCH FOR: National Tour Wrapping Up 2024 at Tulsa, Creek County

The 2024 American Sprint Car Series National Tour season has taken the best 360 Sprint Car teams in the nation from Louisiana to Montana and everywhere in between, but the 34-race journey comes to an end this weekend in Oklahoma. Action starts Thursday night at Tulsa Speedway with a pair

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Covington’s Final Chance at 2024 National Tour Win Coming at Home

Matt Covington has won at least once per season on the American Sprint Car Series National Tour for the last seven years. And with one weekend remaining this season, that streak might be in jeopardy. The Glenpool, OK driver enters the championship weekend in Oklahoma (Nov. 14-16) with a goose

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Davis Racing for Owners Title, Job in Closing Stretch of 2024

When Hank Davis found himself knocking on the door of his first American Sprint Car Series National Tour victory night after night in July, TwoC Racing crew chief Wayne Johnson made the following prediction: “Keep learning and doing what you’re doing, the wins will start coming. And when they do,

Continued Wet Forecast Cancels The Short Track Nationals

Sadly, Mother Nature has intervened for the second year in a row. With a forecast calling for rain all weekend, the decision has been made to cancel the Short Track Nationals at Texarkana 67 Speedway. “We have spent the last few days watching the weather, losing sleep, doing numbers, and

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POINTS UPDATE: Martin Enters Top Five, Davis Closing In On Top Three

Stay up to date with the chase for the 2024 American Sprint Car Series National Tour championship. LATEST RACES: RPM Speedway (Oct. 25-26) CURRENT POINTS LEADER: Seth Bergman took one large step toward his first National Tour championship in Friday night’s race at RPM Speedway when he won on the

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Hafertepe Jr. Snaps Winless Streak at Home in RPM Finale

The last two months of Sam Hafertepe Jr.’s season on the American Sprint Car Series National Tour have been a series of one headache after another. Crashes. Tire failures. Engine trouble. Everything that could go wrong did go wrong until Saturday night at RPM Speedway, when Hafertepe finally made his

Season Finale Showdown At Red Dirt Raceway Goes To Justin Grant

Describing it as a “slide or die” kind of track, Justin Grant applied that to the limit Saturday night at Red Dirt Raceway as the driver of the NOS Energy No. 4 wheeled to his ninth win of the season with the USAC Amsoil Sprint Car National Champion, and first

Derek Hagar celebrated after climbing from his car
Hagar Completes Weekend Sweep of World Short Track Challenge

Some driver-track combinations in Sprint Car racing seem to go together like bread and butter. Donny Schatz at Knoxville. David Gravel at Williams Grove. And of course, Derek Hagar at Riverside International Speedway. The Marion, AR driver took the checkered flag at “The Ditch” for the fourth time in eight

Gass Lands ASCS Elite Outlaw Victory At Rocket Raceway Park

For the second time in 2024, Oklahoma’s Noah Gass was the class of the field with the MYCO Plastics ASCS Elite Outlaw Sprint Series, with his latest triumph coming Saturday night at Rocket Raceway Park in Petty, Texas. Leading start to finish for the $3,000 score, Gass pulled the field

Derek Hagar with his trophy on top of the wing
Hagar Takes Home Friday Prelim at World Short Track Challenge

Few Sprint Car drivers can say they’ve won three Features at the same track in the span of seven days, but Derek Hagar added his name to that short list Friday night at Riverside International Speedway. Last weekend in the Flip Flop 50 for the United Sprint Car Series, he

ASCS Elite Outlaw Flying Into Rocket Raceway Park This Saturday

Lighting the fuse on the season’s only visit to Rocket Raceway Park, the MYCO Plastics ASCS Elite Outlaw Sprints will invade the Petty, TX oval on Saturday, Oct. 19, for the Rocket Launcher 30. The second running of the $3,000-to-win/$300-to-start showdown at the 3/8-mile oval, last year’s inaugural event was

SCHEDULE UPDATE: ASCS Sooner At Creek County Speedway On October 19 Removed

Reviewing schedules and upcoming events, ASCS and Creek County Speedway officials have made the decision to remove events slated for Saturday, October 19. The ASCS Sooner Region will go head-to-head with the American Sprint Car Series National Tour for three nights in November, when the tours invade Tulsa Speedway on

Seth Bergman in stride
POINTS UPDATE: Bergman Gets One Step Closer to First Series Title

Stay up to date with the chase for the 2024 American Sprint Car Series National Tour championship. LATEST RACES: Benton Speedway (Oct. 11), Paducah International Raceway (Oct. 12) CURRENT POINTS LEADER: Seth Bergman never found the speed we’ve come to expect from the No. 23 camp Friday night at Benton,

Hank Davis in Victory Lane at Paducah
Davis Holds Off Hafertepe at Paducah for Third National Tour Triumph

When the American Sprint Car Series National Tour rolls into a high-banked, lightning-fast racetrack, Hank Davis tends to find another gear. The Labor Day weekend visit to Montana’s Electric City Speedway netted him the first two wins of his career with the Series, and six weeks later, he picked up

Joe B. Miller in Victory Lane at Benton
Joe B. Miller Wins Benton in First National Tour Start of 2024

Friday night’s contest at Benton Speedway was Joe B. Miller’s first race on the American Sprint Car Series National Tour in over a year. He didn’t take long to get reacclimated. The Millersville, MO driver took the checkered flag in the first Series appearance at his home track of Benton

Miller Masters ASCS Hurricane Area Super Sprints At Greenville

Last racing his way into Victory Lane with an ASCS-sanctioned tour in 2017, Michael Miller was back to his winning ways Saturday night with his first career triumph with the ASCS Hurricane Area Super Sprints at Mississippi’s Greenville Speedway. Winning last with the former ASCS Southern Outlaw Sprints at Flordia’s

Greenville Speedway On Deck Saturday For ASCS Hurricane Area Super Sprints

Part of this weekend’s Gumbo Nationals at Mississippi’s Greenville Speedway, the ASCS Hurricane Area Super Sprints will join the action on Saturday, Oct. 5, with a $2,000 to-win showdown. The fourth trip of the season to the 1/4-mile bullring, the last three visits have seen a pair of wins going

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Brandon Anderson Suspended After Actions at Arrowhead

American Sprint Car Series officials have issued a fine and year-long suspension to Sprint Car driver Brandon Anderson for his dangerous and unsportsmanlike actions at Arrowhead Speedway on Sept. 14, 2024. During the American Sprint Car Series National Tour Feature at Arrowhead Speedway, Anderson, in the No. 55B car, got

National Tour Rookie of the Year Award Comes Down to Davis vs. Deal

At the dawn of the 2024 season, more than half a dozen drivers were signed up to run the full American Sprint Car Series National Tour for the first time. The quantity and quality of first-timers meant that the Rookie of the Year battle was shaping up to be equally

Hurricane Helene Postpones World Short Track Challenge to Oct. 18-19

With the safety of traveling fans and teams in mind, officials from the ASCS, USCS and Riverside International Speedway have agreed to postpone this weekend’s World Short Track Challenge to Friday and Saturday, Oct. 18-19. The decision was made with guidance from Precision Weather Service, who has been tracking Hurricane

Landon Britt qualifying at Arrowhead Speedway
Riverside Locals Ready to Defend the Ditch in World Short Track Challenge

The long-awaited return of the American Sprint Car Series National Tour to Riverside International Speedway is finally here, as “The Ditch” is back on the schedule for the first time in three years. Given the tour’s absence in recent seasons, more than half of the Series full-timers have no prior

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1 MONTH ALERT: ASCS National Tour to Debut at RPM Speedway in October

The stage for the American Sprint Car Series National Tour’s championship finale will be set during the Series’ debut at RPM Speedway, Oct. 25-26. The two-day event will be the final weekend before the National Tour ventures to Oklahoma in November for its final four races of the 2024 season.

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Arrowhead Triumph Marks a Turnaround for Jason Martin Following Trying Season

Jason Martin’s 2023 season with the American Sprint Car Series National Tour was one for the record books. Nine wins – more than doubling his career total entering the year – and his first ASCS National Tour championship. Entering 2024, Martin saw no reason why he couldn’t go back-to-back. But