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Lonnie Wheatley, SEDALIA, Mo. (August 17, 2010) – In a torrid seesaw battle for the 2010 Lucas Oil Sprint Bandits Tour ‘N Topless championship, Robert Ballou recaptured the TNT points lead by winning Tuesday night’s 25-lap feature at the Missouri State Fair Speedway. Ballou battled past race-long leader Daron Clayton

Lonnie Wheatley, GREENWOOD, Neb. (August 16, 2010) – The Sixth Annual TNT Husker Nationals championship feature event will have to wait another 72 hours, as Monday night’s Lucas Oil Sprint Bandits Tour ‘N Topless card at I-80 Speedway was halted by rain as the feature event hit the track. After

Bob Buffenbarger, QUINCY, Mich. (August 14, 2010) – Ryan Grubaugh drove his Ford powered sprint car to victory at Butler Motor Speedway Saturday night in the Engine Pro ASCS Sprints on Dirt feature. Ben Rutan started the 25 lap main from the pole and shot out to the lead at

Lonnie Wheatley, ROCK RAPIDS, Iowa (August 15, 2010) – Daron Clayton broke back into victory lane in impressive style by sweeping through the opening night of the Sixth Annual Lucas Oil Sprint Bandits Tour ‘N Topless Midwest Swing on Sunday night at Rapid Speedway. After convincing wins in both heat

Lonnie Wheatley, KNOXVILLE, Iowa (August 7, 2010) – Bixby, Oklahoma’s Shane Stewart showed exactly why he is the reigning Lucas Oil ASCS presented by K&N Filters National champion by coming away with the top spot over the 102-car field at the 20th Annual ASCS Knoxville Nationals. Stewart assumed the point

Lonnie Wheatley, TULSA, Okla. (July 26, 2010) – New Mexico’s Rick Ziehl will try to move one step closer to a third consecutive American Sprint Car Series Southwest Region championship when the series takes to Tucson’s USA Raceway this Saturday night. After earning the 2008 series crown by 22 markers

Lonnie Wheatley, TULSA, Okla. (July 26, 2010) – Following a crowd-pleasing event at Missouri’s Springfield Raceway in May, the American Bank of Oklahoma ASCS Sooner Region makes an encore appearance atop the high-banked, ¼-mile clay oval this Saturday night. Saturday’s event, co-sanctioned with the Missouri-based Winged Outlaw Warriors, marks the

Lonnie Wheatley, TULSA, Okla. (July 26, 2010) – Following on the heels of a successful North by Northwest Tour, the Lucas Oil ASCS presented by K&N Filters National series invades La Monte, Missouri’s LA Raceway for the first time in series history this Friday night. And, just when it looked

Lonnie Wheatley, DENISON, Iowa (July 21, 2010) – Brian Brown posted an American Sprint Car Series Midwest Regional best fourth win of the year by wiring the field in Wednesday night’s 25-lap feature atop the 5/8-mile Crawford County Speedway. Brown gunned into the lead from his second row starting position

Stacy Verrall, SEATTLE, Wash. (July 21, 2010) – Jack Dilley Logging offered up $5,000 this year for the ASCS Northwest’s Mid-Season Point Fund to be distributed among the top five in accumulative points from the July 3-4 weekend in Cottage Grove and all five of the 13th Annual Northwest Speedweek

Lonnie Wheatley, TULSA, Okla. (July 20, 2010) – Cottage Grove Speedway, that little action-provoking bullring out on the left coast. It’s where the brewing rivalry between Jason Johnson and Shane Stewart truly intensified in last year’s inaugural event for the Lucas Oil ASCS National Sprint Cars presented by K&N Filters

Lonnie Wheatley, TULSA, Okla. (July 20, 2010) – The American Sprint Car Series Gulf South and Lone Star Regional series are set to face off with a pair of events in Texas this coming weekend. On Friday night, the ASCS Gulf South and Lone Star forces mix it up at

Lonnie Wheatley, TULSA, Okla. (July 20, 2010) – With Sioux Falls, South Dakota’s Eric Lutz newly perched atop the American Sprint Car Series Midwest point charts, the series is set for another pair of events this week. The seventh consecutive week of racing action for the ASCS Midwest Region includes

Rich Vleck, TULSA, Okla. (July 20, 2010)- The ASCS Patriots move from the ¼-mile Cornwall Motor Speedway, the smallest tack on tour, to the 5/8-mile Rolling Wheels Raceway this weekend, the largest track on tour, for two big nights of racing as part of the Fast Track Summer Shootout. Friday

TULSA, Okla. (July 19, 2010) – Just as positive reports were spreading of successful surgery for Wayne Johnson following a wild ride in Lucas Oil ASCS National action at Grays Harbor Raceway in Elma, WA, on Saturday night, word broke on Sunday evening of a fellow past ASCS National champion

Rich Vleck, CORNWALL, Ont., (July 18, 2010) – Steve Poirier took a solid starting spot, found a ribbon of good clay and used his experience to hold off a hungry competitor to move his sprint car batting average at Cornwall back over .500. Poirier, of St. Mathieu de Beloeil, Qbc.,

Lonnie Wheatley, KENNEDALE, Texas (July 17, 2010) – Claud Estes became the second first-time ASCS Red River Challenge victor in as many nights by topping Saturday night’s 25-lap ASCS Lone Star vs. American Bank of Oklahoma ASCS Sooner Region main event atop the high-banked, ¼-mile Cowtown Speedway dirt oval. The

Lonnie Wheatley, ELMA, Wash. (July 17, 2010) – Louisiana’s Jason Johnson is definitely enjoying the cool Northwest air, as he completed a sweep of the weekend’s Lucas Oil ASCS presented by K&N Filters National action at Grays Harbor Raceway by taking the $10,092 winner’s share in Saturday night’s 35-lap Fourth

T.J. Buffenbarger, CRYSTAL, Mich. (July 17, 2010) – Dustin Daggett won Saturday’s Engine Pro ASCS Sprints on Dirt presented by ARP feature at Crystal Motor Speedway. Daggett took off from his outside front row position, held off a mid-race challenge from defending ASCS SOD champion Brett Mann, before pulling away

Rich Vleck, BROCKVILLE, Ontario (July 17, 2010)- Entering his rookie season behind the wheel of a sprint car, teenager Shayne Ely had modest goals. On Saturday Night at Brockville, they were easily surpassed. Ely, a third-generation racer who hails from Factoryville, PA, pulled off one the most surprising wins in

Lonnie Wheatley, ELMA, Wash. (July 16, 2010) – Jason Johnson opened up the slightest bit of breathing room in the $60,000 Lucas Oil ASCS presented by K&N Filters National championship race by picking off his second series win of the year in Friday night’s 30-lap preliminary feature event at Grays

Lonnie Wheatley, CAMERON, Mo. (July 16, 2010) – Bronson Maeschen snared his second career American Sprint Car Series Midwest feature win by topping Friday night’s 25-lap main event at U.S. 36 Raceway. Maeschen assumed the lead when Jonathan Cornell suffered a broken shifter on a lap 22 restart and paced

Lonnie Wheatley, CRANDALL, Texas (July 16, 2010) – Justin Melton captured his first career American Sprint Car Series feature win by cracking victory lane in Friday night’s 25-lap ASCS Red River Regional Challenge main event at RPM Speedway. In the fourth round of Red River Challenge action, Melton became the