Lonnie Wheatley, TULSA, Okla. (January 6, 2011) – The American Bank of Oklahoma ASCS Sooner Region has been bringing the best of Sprint Car racing to the Sooner State and surrounding areas for the past ten years and 2011 will be no exception. The ASCS Sooner Region is currently set
Lonnie Wheatley, TULSA, Okla. (January 6, 2011) – The coming 2011 season will mark the seventh year of competition for the American Sprint Car Series Midwest Region. And, the ASCS Midwest Region has been set with 21 nights of competition at seven different tracks throughout Nebraska and surrounding portions of
Shawn Miller, TULSA, Okla. (January 6, 2011) – The spotlight will be on the American Sprint Car Series Northwest Region in 2011. All four of the ASCS National Tour events in the Northwest – July 15-16 at Grays Harbor Raceway in Elma, Wash., and July 22-23 at Cottage Grove Speedway
Lonnie Wheatley, TULSA, Okla. (January 5, 2011) – For a solid week each January, the entire racing world finds itself living on Tulsa time. Race fans and teams from throughout the nation and beyond flock to the birthplace of Route 66 by the thousands, with those unable to make the
Lonnie Wheatley, TULSA, Okla. (January 3, 2011) – With another epic edition of the Tulsa Shootout logged into the record books this past weekend, the rumbling sound of Midgets will fill the Tulsa Fairgrounds QuikTrip Center in another short week. Next Monday’s practice session will set the stage for the
Lonnie Wheatley, TULSA, Okla. (December 15, 2010) – A Chili Bowl Nationals record of 281 competitors was established less than two short years ago at the 23rd running of the prestigious auto racing event. Could that record be in jeopardy when top racers from around the nation and beyond converge
Lonnie Wheatley, TULSA, Okla. (December 14, 2010) – Just 18 years old, he’s already been crowned the King of California. Now, Kyle Larson is set to make a run at becoming the youngest Chili Bowl king. Larson is among the latest additions to the entry list for the 25th Annual
Lonnie Wheatley, TULSA, Okla. (December 13, 2010) – With the December 15 pre-entry deadline for the 25th Annual Lucas Oil Chili Bowl Nationals just two days away, the entry count for the prestigious Midget racing event that takes place each January at the QuikTrip Center’s Tulsa Expo Raceway just keeps
[i Baldaccini & McClelland Honored as Well for ASCS Regional Titles] Lonnie Wheatley, TULSA, Okla. (December 12, 2010) – While he’s already busy racing “Down Under”, Jason Johnson and his Jason Johnson Racing team was the top honoree as a healthy $250,000 point fund plus contingencies and other prizes were
Lonnie Wheatley, TULSA, Okla. (December 9, 2010) – It’s the Bowl season once again, and it’s imperative to know the players when the big one comes around. Race fans gearing up for the biggest bowl of the season, the 25th Annual Lucas Oil Chili Bowl Nationals, get a first glance
Lonnie Wheatley, TULSA, Okla. (December 7, 2010) – With the 2010 season concluded just over a week ago and the 19th Annual ASCS Awards Banquet still on tap for this coming weekend, the Lucas Oil ASCS presented by K&N Filters National series has already unveiled a preliminary version of the
Lonnie Wheatley, LAS VEGAS, Nev. (November 26, 2010) – Just because he makes his living on Sundays in NASCAR’s premier circuit doesn’t mean that Tony Stewart has forgotten his way round a dirt track in a Sprint Car. “Smoke” proved that on Friday night by racing to his first career
The 2010 racing season has come to an end with Kyle running awesome and looking forward to next season already. We feel like we gave away the first part of the season by making too many changes to the car and not really getting a race package together that worked
Lonnie Wheatley, TUCSON, Ariz. (November 20, 2010) – Donny Schatz and Brady Bacon both bagged second career Western World titles with victories in Saturday night’s 43rd Annual Kronik Energy Drink Western World Championships at USA Raceway. Schatz wired the field in the 30-lap Lucas Oil ASCS presented by K&N Filters
Lucas Oil ASCS presented by K&N Filters (Winged Cars): Heat Races (Top 16 in Passing Points to “A” Main; Balance to “B” Main): Heat One (8 Laps): 1. 33-Danny Lasoski, 2. 77x-Wayne Johnson, 3. 41-Jason Johnson, 4. 83-Tim Kaeding, 5. 21-Brian Brown, 6. 41w-Joshua Williams, 7. 3g-Darren Long, 8. 77T-Colt
Lonnie Wheatley, TUCSON, Ariz. (November 18, 2010) – North Dakota’s Donny Schatz and Phoenix shoe R.J. Johnson took center stage as the 43rd Annual Kronik Energy Drink Western World Championships kicked off Thursday night atop the 3/8-mile USA Raceway clay oval. Schatz raced into the lead on the fifth round
Lonnie Wheatley, TULSA, Okla. (November 16, 2010) – Tickets for the 19th Annual ASCS Awards Banquet presented by Brodix, set for Sunday, December 12, at 2:00 p.m. at the Hard Rock Casino in Tulsa, OK, are now available. A total of $250,000 in cash plus contingencies and other prizes will
Lonnie Wheatley, TULSA, Okla. (November 15, 2010) – With the 2010 racing season winding down to the final pair of weekends, all eyes shift to Tucson for this coming weekend’s 43rd Annual Kronik Energy Drink Western World Championships at USA Raceway. Race fans get the best of the winged and
Lonnie Wheatley, LAS CRUCES, N.M. (November 12, 2010) – “Dancin’” Jack Dover logged into the record books as the winner of the 600th feature event in Lucas Oil ASCS presented by K&N Filters National history by wiring the field in Friday night’s 25-lap preliminary feature atop the high-banked, 5/16-mile Southern
Lonnie Wheatley, LAS CRUCES, N.M. (November 13, 2010) – There’s a reason they call him “The King”. And, Steve Kinser showed exactly why on Saturday night, prevailing over Jason Johnson in a classic, non-stop 30-lap duel atop the 5/16-mile Southern New Mexico Speedway clay oval for his first triumph in
Lonnie Wheatley, KENNEDALE, Texas (November 12, 2010) – A late move netted Gary Taylor his second American Sprint Car Series Regional win of the year in Friday’s opening leg of Cowtown Speedway’s Fourth Annual November Sprint Shootout. The Snohomish, WA, native made a late move around Aaron Reutzel to add
Lonnie Wheatley, TULSA, Okla. (November 10, 2010) – Not only will the Lucas Oil ASCS presented by K&N Filters National series break a stretch of six-plus years minus a New Mexico event, the series will also reach another landmark in this weekend’s double at Las Cruces’ Southern New Mexico Speedway.
[i Lucas Oil ASCS National Series Makes Only Arizona Appearance of 2010!] Lonnie Wheatley, TULSA, Okla. (November 9, 2010) – For more than four decades, the Western World Championships have been a prime date on any racer or race fan’s calendar. And, 2010 is no exception, as well over 100
Lonnie Wheatley, TULSA, Okla. (November 7, 2010) – It’s been more than six years since the ASCS National Tour has invaded the Land of Enchantment. And, it’s been even longer, more than 13 years, since the series has seen action in Las Cruces. That changes this weekend, as the Lucas
Lonnie Wheatley, TULSA, Okla. (November 7, 2010) – The American Sprint Car Series Lone Star Region puts the wraps on the 2010 season with this weekend’s Fourth Annual November Sprint Shootout at Cowtown Speedway in Kennedale, TX, on Friday and Saturday. Friday’s card atop the high-banked, ¼-mile Cowtown clay oval
Lonnie Wheatley, MUSKOGEE, Okla. (November 6, 2010) – Sean McClelland put an exclamation point on his second career American Bank of Oklahoma ASCS Sooner Region championship by winning Saturday night’s season-ending 25-lap feature event at Thunderbird Speedway. McClelland outlasted Zach Chappell to take his third ASCS Sooner win of the
Lonnie Wheatley, TULSA, Okla. (November 1, 2010) – The American Bank of Oklahoma ASCS Sooner Region will try to finish off the 2010 season once again with Saturday night’s return to Muskogee’s historic ½-mile Thunderbird Speedway clay oval. Postponed by rain from the originally scheduled date of October 23, Saturday
Lonnie Wheatley, LITTLE ROCK, Ark. (October 30, 2010) – I-30 Speedway’s Short Track Nationals is never short on drama. Saturday night’s 23rd Annual COMP Cams Short Track Nationals presented by Hoosier Tires championship finale certainly was no exception, as Brad Sweet added yet another prestigious feather to his cap by
Lonnie Wheatley, LITTLE ROCK, Ark. (October 28, 2010) – Sam Hafertepe, Jr., picked an opportune time to capture his first career Lucas Oil ASCS presented by K&N Filters National win by topping the opening night of I-30 Speedway’s 23rd Annual COMP Cams Short Track Nationals presented by Hoosier Tires. Less
Lonnie Wheatley, TULSA, Okla. (October 26, 2010) – Ol’ 108 will be only a memory, as the previous Short Track Nationals record number of competitors will in all likelihood be blown to smithereens this weekend. With Wednesday night’s Test ‘N Tune session at Little Rock’s I-30 Speedway little more than