After fighting mechanical and motor issues earlier in the season that forced the team to have to sit out several weeks, Kyle and the Smith Racing 86 are back on the track! June 22 Kyle competed with the ASCS National Tour for the 2013 Sizzlin’ Speedweek Finale at Lucas Oil
Ben Deatherage – ELMA, Wash. (June 25, 2013) The American Sprint Car Series-Northwest Region is gearing up for the 2013 Bully Dog Performance Speedweek Northwest presented by Contingency Connection this weekend at Grays Harbor Raceway. This year will mark the sixteenth edition of the popular Speedweek series. The 3/8-mile clay
Bryan Hulbert – TULSA, Okla. (June 24, 2013) The 2013 ASCS Sizzlin’ Summer Speedweek came to a close on Saturday, June 22 at the Lucas Oil Speedway in Wheatland, Mo. with Jeff Swindell adding his name to the list of Speedweek winners. The ninth different champion of the ASCS Speedweek,
Bryan Hulbert – WHEATLAND, Mo. (June 22, 2013) For the second year running, the Lucas Oil American Sprint Car Series presented by MAVTV American Real capped off the Sizzlin’ Summer Speedweek at the Lucas Oil Speedway in Wheatland, Mo. and in just as many years a first time National Tour
Bryan Hulbert – BAYTOWN, Texas (June 22, 2013) Christopher Bell parked the Baytown Ford No. 31b in victory lane Saturday night at the Royal Purple Raceway after trading the lead six times at the line with Aaron Reutzel over the course of 30 laps. Leading the first eight rounds, Reutzel
Bryan Hulbert – BEAUMONT, Texas (June 21, 2013) The Griffith Truck and Equipment Gulf South Region added its ninth winner of 2013 at the Golden Triangle Raceway Park Friday night as Michael McNeil put his No. 25m in victory lane after going side by side with Christopher Bell for the
Bryan Hulbert – SAPULPA, Okla. (June 20, 2013) Stop five of the 2013 Lucas Oil ASCS Sizzlin’ Summer Speedweek brought the chase for the Bob Westphal Memorial Trophy to Creek County Speedway in Sapulpa, Okla. where Jeff Swindell held off a final lap bid for the lead by Tony Bruce,
Bryan Hulbert – LAWTON, Okla. (June 19, 2013) Racing to three podium finishes in as many nights to kick off the 2013 ASCS Sizzlin’ Summer Speedweek, Jeff Swindell added to his record of nights on the podium with his first triumph of 2013 coming at the Lawton Speedway in the
Bryan Hulbert – TULSA, Okla. (June 18, 2013) Returning to competition for a double dip weekend around the Houston area, the Griffith Truck and Equipment Gulf South Region makes its fourth trip to the Golden Triangle Raceway Park in Beaumont, Texas on Friday, June 21 for the John Bankston Memorial
This is in honor of Bob Westphal. Performance is synonymous with the name Westphal. It’s the name behind the potent Wesmar Racing Engines, one that has captured more Lucas Oil ASCS presented by MAVTV American Real, and ASCS regional titles. It is with a heavy heart on this day that
Bryan Hulbert – TULSA, Okla. (June 17, 2013) The 2013 Lucas Oil American Sprint Car Series presented by MAVTV American Real Sizzlin’ Summer Speedweek is three nights complete and has produced just as many winners. The Kennedale Speedway Park opened the nineteenth edition of Speedweek with 42 drivers between the
Bryan Hulbert – VIVIAN, La. (June 16, 2013) A mid-afternoon shower gave way to clear skies on Father’s Day at the Ark-La-Tex Speedway as fans witnessed Washington native, turned Arizona resident, Logan Forler park his Steve Forler Trucking No. 2L in victory lane in the National Tour debut at the
Bryan Hulbert – PEORIA, Ariz. (June 15, 2013) Rick Ziehl notched his second triumph of 2013 with the Hose Advantage Store Southwest Region at the Canyon Speedway Park in Peoria, Ariz. on Saturday night. Leading the first 22 laps, Ziehl surrendered the top spot to non-wing ace R.J. Johnson before
Bryan Hulbert – MESQUITE, Texas (June 15, 2013) Round two of the 2013 Sizzlin’ Summer Speedweek took the Lucas Oil American Sprint Car Series presented by MAVTV American Real to the half-mile Devil’s Bowl Speedway in Mesquite, Texas where Johnny Herrera picked up his third victory of the season, and
Bryan Hulbert – CAMERON, Mo. (June 14, 2013) With a fresh engine in his No. 48, Oklahoma’s Jake Martens powered to victory against the Speedway Motors Warrior Region at the U.S. 36 Raceway in the Budweiser Shootout. Drawing two for the night’s redraw, Martens proceeded to lead every one of
Bryan Hulbert – KENNEDALE, Texas (June 14, 2013) Taking his fourth Lucas Oil ASCS presented by MAVTV American Real victory of 2013, Jason Johnson led the night’s 30 laps at the Kennedale Speedway Park in the series first visit to the quarter-mile oval which attracted 42 drivers for the 2013
Ben Deatherage – ELMA, Wash (June 12, 2013) In just a few short weeks drivers of the American Sprint Car Series-Northwest Region will embark on a seven race stretch in a period of nine days at five different tracks in the states of Washington and Oregon. The Bully Dog Performance
Bryan Hulbert – TULSA, Okla. (June 11, 2013) On down the road for Saturday’s U.S. 36 Raceway appearance for the Speedway Motors Warrior Region as drivers trek nearly an hour away from Kansas City for a high banked rendezvous on Friday, June 14 for the Budweiser Sprint Car Shootout. Marking
Bryan Hulbert – TULSA, Okla. (June 10, 2013) The 19th Lucas Oil ASCS Sizzlin’ Summer Speedweek begins Friday, June 14 at the Kennedale Speedway Park. A staple of the Lucas Oil ASCS presented by MAVTV American Real schedule from 1993-2009, the event ceased for two years before reemerging in 2012.
The racing community has lost a wonderful friend. Bob Westphal has gone to his eternal home. He was 70 years old. Services for the builder behind Wesmar Racing Engines will be as follows: Tuesday, June 18, 2013 New Beginnings Baptist Church 4104 E. 151st Bixby, Okla. 74008 Services will begin
Bryan Hulbert – KILLEEN, Texas (June 8, 2013) The final appearance of the Griffith Truck and Equipment Gulf South Region at the soon to close Texas Thunder Speedway saw Aaron Reutzel park his Momentum Suspensions No. 87 in victory lane. Reutzel grabbed the race lead on the third round from
Bryan Hulbert – TULSA, Okla. (June 9, 2013) The site of the next Hose Advantage Store ASCS Southwest Regional showdown lies just north of Phoenix at the one-third mile Canyon Speedway Park in Peoria, Ariz on Saturday, June 15 for the third annual Father’s Day Classic. The first of two
Bryan Hulbert – WACO, Texas (June 7, 2013) Patience is a virtue, especially on slick race tracks and that is exactly what Kevin Ramey had to contend with on his way to victory at Waco’s Heart O’ Texas Speedway, going back to back in the Gordon Woolley Classic with the
Bryan Hulbert – TULSA, Okla. (June 7, 2013) The 2013 edition of the Lucas Oil American Sprint Car Series presented by MAVTV American Real Sizzlin’ Summer Speedweek begins in a week’s time at the Kennedale Speedway Park in Kennedale, Texas. The six night slate will encompass four states (Texas, Louisiana,
Bryan Hulbert – TULSA, Okla. (June 6, 2013) As the Midwest begins to bake during the month of July, the Lucas Oil American Sprint Car Series presented by MAVTV American Real will set the compass needle to western skies through South Dakota, Montana, Washington, and Oregon. The first of a
Lonnie Wheatley, TULSA, Okla. (June 5, 2013) – The only thing that is constant is change, the latest example of which finds the ASCS Sooner Region under the direction of someone other than Dennis Crow since the Regional series’ inception in 2001. Both Crow and ASCS management agreed to part
Bryan Hulbert – TULSA, Okla. (June 3, 2013) The 2013 ASCS Sizzlin’ Summer Speedweek looms with the kick off at the Kennedale Speedway Park on Friday, June 14 and going through Saturday, June 22 at the Lucas Oil Speedway. Making a series debut at the Ark-La-Tex Speedway in Vivian, La.
Attention racers and tracks of the American Bank of Oklahoma ASCS Sooner Region, Dennis Crow is no longer the acting Regional Director. This is effective immediately. The American Sprint Car Series would like to thank Dennis for his years of service to the American Bank of Oklahoma ASCS Sooner Region.
Diamond Park Speedway in Murfreesboro, Ark. has elected to drop their Lucas Oil ASCS presented by MAVTV American Real event for Friday, June 7. With the track struggling for most of the early stages of the 2013 season, track officials did not feel at this time that they would be
Bryan Hulbert – TULSA, Okla. (June 3, 2013) The Griffith Truck and Equipment Gulf South Region returns to a pair of quarter-mile ovals after a weekend break for their second appearance of the 2013 season at the Heart O’ Texas Speedway in Waco, Texas on Friday, June 7 and only