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GREENWOOD, Neb. (September 17, 2011) – Rain forced the cancellation of Saturday night’s scheduled season-ending Speedway Motors ASCS Midwest event at the 4/10-mile I-80 Speedway. Saturday’s washout marked the fourth rainout of the season over the course of 22 scheduled ASCS Midwest events. With 18 events successfully completed, Springfield, Nebraska’s

Lonnie Wheatley, COTTAGE GROVE, Ore. (September 17, 2011) – Henry Van Dam made the most of the ASCS Northwest’s final Oregon event of the season by racing from six rows deep to capture his second win of the season in Saturday night’s 30-lap feature at Cottage Grove Speedway. After starting

Lonnie Wheatley, McCOOL JUNCTION, Neb. (September 10, 2011) – Gregg Bakker picked off his first American Sprint Car Series feature win since August of 2007 by wiring the field in Saturday night’s 25-lap Speedway Motors ASCS Midwest main event at Junction Motor Speedway. Starting from the pole position, Bakker gunned

Lonnie Wheatley, TULSA, Okla. (September 12, 2011) – The Smiley’s Racing Products ASCS Gulf South Region fires back into action Saturday night at Royal Purple Raceway in Baytown, TX, with Tommy Bryant clinging to a one-point lead over two-time and defending series champion Ray Allen Kulhanek. All that remains after

Lonnie Wheatley, TULSA, Okla. (September 12, 2011) – The Engine Pro ASCS Sprints on Dirt presented by ARP venture across the border one last time in 2011 for this weekend’s 7th Annual Canadian Sprint Car Nationals at Ontario’s Ohsweken Speedway. The three-night event culminates with Saturday night’s $11,000-to-win Canadian Sprint

Lonnie Wheatley, TULSA, Okla. (September 12, 2011) – The Speedway Motors ASCS Midwest Region puts the wraps on the 2011 season with two full nights of racing action at Greenwood, Nebraska’s I-80 Speedway this Friday and Saturday. Both nights of competition culminate with $3,000-to-win feature events, with $400 to start

Lonnie Wheatley, EAGLE, Neb. (September 11, 2011) – Jason Johnson earned his second consecutive Nebraska Cup victory by topping Sunday night’s 25-lap Speedway Motors ASCS Midwest Regional feature event at Eagle Raceway. The reigning Lucas Oil Sprint Car champion made a late move around Danny Lasoski to snare the $5,000

Lonnie Wheatley, PEORIA, Ariz. (September 10, 2011) – Lucas Oil Sprint Car National championship contender Johnny Herrera took advantage of an idle weekend to win Saturday night’s 25-lap Sunoco Fuel ASCS Southwest main event at Canyon Speedway Park. The Albuquerque shoe raced forward from the seventh starting position to capture

HANFORD, Cal. (September 10, 2011) – Tommy Tarlton rebounded from an opening-lap incident to win Saturday night’s ASCS Southern California main event at Giant Chevrolet Kings Speedway. After being forced tailback after the opening-lap fracas, Tarlton raced back through the field and ultimately took the lead from Craig Stidham on

Lonnie Wheatley, TULSA, Okla. (September 6, 2011) – The Engine Pro ASCS Sprints on Dirt presented by ARP takes to Michigan’s high-banked, ½-mile Hartford Motor Speedway on Friday night for the track’s annual “King of Michigan” event. While current ASCS SOD points leader Dustin Daggett has been dominant in recent

Lonnie Wheatley, TULSA, Okla. (September 6, 2011) – Action continues for the ASCS Southern California Region this Saturday night as the series takes to the 3/8-mile Giant Chevrolet Kings Speedway clay oval in Hanford, CA. Following Saturday’s Kings card, only the October 8 event at Tulare’s Thunderbowl Raceway remains on

Lonnie Wheatley, TULSA, Okla. (September 6, 2011) – The Speedway Motors ASCS Warrior Region kicks off a full weekend set of racing action by taking to Grain Valley, Missouri’s Valley Speedway on Friday night with a 2,000-to-win tilt. Friday’s card leads into a pair of Speedway Motors ASCS Midwest events

Lonnie Wheatley, ELDON, Mo. (September 4, 2011) – Springfield, Nebraska’s Jack Dover nabbed his fourth overall American Sprint Car Series feature win of the year and second in Speedway Motors ASCS Warrior action by taking the top spot in Saturday night’s Ninth Annual Lake Ozark Nationals championship finale. The 21-year-old

LITTLE ROCK, Ark. (August 27, 2011) – Tim Crawley picked up the $3,000 winner’s share in Saturday night’s American Bank of Oklahoma ASCS Sooner Region special non-point event atop the high-banked, ¼-mile I-30 Speedway. After starting from the second row inside, Crawley raced on to victory lane in front of

Lonnie Wheatley, ELMA, Wash. (August 27, 2011) – Roger Crockett completed a sweep of the ASCS Northwest double by racing to victory lane in Saturday night’s 30-lap feature event in the Grays Harbor Raceway Big E Weekend finale. Crockett battled into the lead in traffic at the midway point and

Lonnie Wheatley, BAYTOWN, Texas (August 20, 2011) – Kolt Walker captured his first American Sprint Car Series feature win of the year by taking the $3,000 winner’s share in Saturday night’s 30-lap Smiley’s Racing Products ASCS Gulf South main event at Royal Purple Raceway. The Kermit, TX, native took the

Lonnie Wheatley, KENNEDALE, Texas (August 19, 2011) – Koby Barksdale captured his first career American Sprint Car Series feature win by cracking victory lane in Friday night’s 25-lap The Oil Medics ASCS Lone Star main event at Cowtown Speedway. And, the 20-year-old from Norman, OK, did it in dramatic style,

Mike Strevel, ROTHBURY, Mich. (July 29, 2011) – In front of a capacity crowd at Winston Speedway, Dustin Daggett of Grand Ledge, MI, picked up his sixth feature win of the 2011 ASCS Engine Pro Sprints on Dirt Presented by ARP season. The Renegade Race Fuels sponsored feature event went

Lonnie Wheatley, WACO, Texas (July 29, 2011) – Glenpool, Oklahoma’s Matt Covington scored one for The Oil Medics ASCS Lone Star ranks by topping Friday night’s 25-lap main event pitting the Lone Star Region versus the Smiley’s Racing Products ASCS Gulf South Region at Heart O’ Texas Speedway. The current

Lonnie Wheatley, PLACERVILLE, Cal. (July 29, 2011) – It had been more than 20 years since a premier National touring Sprint Car series had taken to Placerville Speedway at California’s El Dorado County Fairgrounds. That changed when the Lucas Oil ASCS presented by K&N Filters National series took to the

Lonnie Wheatley, ABILENE, Texas (July 23, 2011) – Reigning The Oil Medics ASCS Lone Star Region champion Eric Baldaccini broke into victory lane for the first time this season with an impressive victory in Saturday night’s 25-lap main event at Abilene Speedway. Baldaccini gunned into the lead at the outset

Lonnie Wheatley, COTTAGE GROVE, Ore. (July 22, 2011) – A few mere inches is all that separated Jason Johnson from Roger Crockett as the checkered flag flew upon Friday night’s 30-lap Lucas Oil ASCS presented by K&N Filters preliminary feature event at the Cottage Grove Sprint Car Nationals. After battling

Lonnie Wheatley, BOYD, Texas (July 22, 2011) – Brian McClelland snared his second ASCS Regional win of the year with a late move to take the checkered flag in Friday night’s 25-lap The Oil Medics ASCS Lone Star main event at Boyd Raceway. Piloting the Ronnie Davis No. 25 entry,

Lonnie Wheatley, PEORIA, Ariz. (July 23, 2011) – Phoenix shoe R.J. Johnson has made a habit of visiting ASCS Regional victory lane over the past couple of years with 11 Canyon Region triumphs. But, those have all been without a wing overhead. Saturday night, the 24-year-old notched his first winged

Lonnie Wheatley, DENISON, Iowa (July 22, 2011) – Racing just 20 minutes from his Charter Oak, IA, home, Ryan Anderson picked off his first career American Sprint Car Series win by topping Friday night’s 25-lap Speedway Motors ASCS Midwest main event at Crawford County Speedway. Anderson assumed the point on

Lonnie Wheatley, COTTAGE GROVE, Ore. (July 23, 2011) – Louisiana native Jason Johnson completed a sweep of the weekend’s Cottage Grove Sprint Car Nationals with a late move around Wayne Johnson to win Saturday night’s 35-lap Lucas Oil ASCS presented by K&N Filters main event atop the ¼-mile Cottage Grove

Lonnie Wheatley, COTTAGE GROVE, Ore. (July 22, 2011) – A few mere inches is all that separated Jason Johnson from Roger Crockett as the checkered flag flew upon Friday night’s 30-lap Lucas Oil ASCS presented by K&N Filters preliminary feature event at the Cottage Grove Sprint Car Nationals. After battling

By Bill Sullivan/ Handy Racing Promotions Media Relations PLACERVILLE, CA (7-23-11) – It’s becoming quite the buzz in El Dorado County, the upcoming Lucas Oil American Sprint Car Series Bullring Nationals presented by K&N Filters at Placerville Speedway on July 29, 30th. While this event will bring racing of the

Lonnie Wheatley, TUCSON, Ariz. (July 16, 2011) – Rick Ziehl continues to stay as hot as the Arizona summer heat as he reeled off his fourth consecutive Sunoco Fuel ASCS Southwest feature win in a row in Saturday night’s 25-lap feature at USA Raceway. Ziehl took the win after starting