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
Lonnie Wheatley, TULSA, Okla. (October 25, 2010) – Well over 100 of the nation’s top Sprint Car teams, the VERSUS Network cameras and the nation’s most intensively competitive Sprint Car touring circuit can mean only one thing; it’s time for I-30 Speedway’s 23rd Annual COMP Cams Short Track Nationals presented
Lonnie Wheatley, PEORIA, Ariz. (October 23, 2010) – R.J. Johnson finished off Canyon Speedway Park’s Hall of Fame Classic weekend by racing to his fifth wingless American Sprint Car Series Canyon Region feature win of the season. The Phoenix shoe raced from the pole position to take his seventh career
Lonnie Wheatley, TULSA, Okla. (October 22, 2010) – The Short Track Nationals record of 108 competitors established in 2007 is in serious jeopardy of falling by the wayside next weekend if the past several days are any indication. Nine more entries, including those of past STN winner Jason Sides, Golden
Lonnie Wheatley, TULSA, Okla. (October 21, 2010) – Another day equaled another handful of entries filed for I-30 Speedway’s 23rd Annual COMP Cams Short Track Nationals presented by Hoosier Tires, which takes place next weekend on October 28-30. The current count stands at 97, with entries from 20 different states
Lonnie Wheatley, TULSA, Okla. (October 20, 2010) – Rabid race fans have been waiting with baited breath. And, who can blame ‘em? After all, I-30 Speedway’s Short Track Nationals only rolls around once a year. With the 23rd Annual COMP Cams Short Track Nationals presented by Hoosier Tires just one
Lonnie Wheatley, TULSA, Okla. (October 18, 2010) – Canyon Speedway Park in Peoria, AZ, is set for a big Hall of Fame Classic weekend of Sprint Car racing action with winged and then non-winged American Sprint Car Series competition on consecutive nights. On Friday night, the winged ranks of the
Lonnie Wheatley, TULSA, Okla. (October 18, 2010) – The American Sprint Car Series makes a much awaited return to Muskogee’s historic Thunderbird Speedway as the American Bank of Oklahoma ASCS Sooner Region puts the wraps on its 2010 season this Saturday night. It will mark the first ASCS event in
Rich Vleck, BROCKVILLE, Ont. (October 16, 2010)- Just a night before what was scheduled to be their final race of the season, the Zimbardi team received a call while on the way to Brockville Ontario Speedway informing them one of their business’ buildings was under fire. They thought their season
Lonnie Wheatley, MESQUITE, Texas (October 16, 2010) – The lanky 20-year-old from Springfield, NE, had been tantalizingly close to Lucas Oil ASCS presented by K&N Filters victory lane on several occasions in 2010, only to be denied before the checkered flag flew. Jack Dover changed that on Saturday night though,
Lonnie Wheatley, MESQUITE, Texas (October 15, 2010) – Starting six rows deep did nothing to deter Jason Johnson from extending his Lucas Oil ASCS presented by K&N Filters National championship points lead as he captured his fifth series win of the year in Friday night’s 37th Annual Devil’s Bowl Winter
Lonnie Wheatley, TULSA, Okla. (October 11, 2010) – Opperman, Wolfgang, Swindell and Kinser are just a sampling of the legendary names on the list of past Devil’s Bowl Winter Nationals champions. This Friday and Saturday, Sprint Car racing fans in the state of Texas have one final opportunity to catch
Lonnie Wheatley, PEORIA, Ariz. (October 9, 2010) – R.J. Johnson snared his fourth American Sprint Car Series Canyon Region win of the year by reaching victory lane in Saturday night’s 30-lap main event at Canyon Speedway Park. The Phoenix, AZ, racer climbed from the sixth starting position to take his
Lonnie Wheatley, TUCSON, Ariz. (October 2, 2010) – Johnny Herrera snared his fourth American Sprint Car Series Southwest Regional win of the year by taking top honors in Saturday night’s 25-lap main event at USA Raceway. After starting third, Herrera beat Calvin Landis to the stripe with John Carney II,
Lonnie Wheatley, WEST MEMPHIS, Ark. (October 2, 2010) – When Tim Crawley missed the cut in Friday night’s Lucas Oil ASCS presented by K&N Filters preliminary feature at Riverside International Speedway, the likelihood of repeating his inaugural Rock ‘N Roll 50 triumph of 2009 seemed remote. But, the three-time ASCS
Lonnie Wheatley, LAWTON, Okla. (October 2, 2010) – Andy Shouse picked off his first American Bank of Oklahoma ASCS Sooner Region win of the year by reaching victory lane in Saturday night’s 25-lap feature event at the 21st Annual Lawton Speedway Winter Nationals. The past series champion paced the final
Lonnie Wheatley, WEST MEMPHIS, Ark. (October 1, 2010) – Tony Bruce, Jr., shook the monkey off his back by racing to victory lane in Friday night’s 30-lap Lucas Oil ASCS presented by K&N Filters preliminary event at the fabled Riverside International Speedway. The Liberal, KS, racer/promoter battled past early leader
Lonnie Wheatley, TULSA, Okla. (September 29, 2010) – A new event title sponsor and all three nights of action to be taped for later broadcast on VERSUS and MavTV is the first hint that the 23rd edition of I-30 Speedway’s Short Track Nationals in Little Rock, AR, will be bigger
Lonnie Wheatley, TULSA, Okla. (September 27, 2010) – After an August rainout, the American Bank of Oklahoma ASCS Sooner Region will make one more appearance at Lawton Speedway to spice up this Saturday night’s 21st Annual Lawton Speedway Winter Nationals. Saturday’s event will mark the third ASCS Sooner stop of
Lonnie Wheatley, TULSA, Okla. (September 27, 2010) – Fifty laps! It’s a distance that the Lucas Oil ASCS presented by K&N Filters National series will traverse just once during the 2010 campaign. And, that time has come, as the Lucas Oil Sprint Cars will take to the fabled ¼-mile Riverside
Lonnie Wheatley, TULSA, Okla. (September 27, 2010) – The American Sprint Car Series Southwest Region wraps up three consecutive weekends of winged Sprint Car racing action in Arizona with Saturday night’s return to Tucson’s USA Raceway. Following this past weekend’s lone stop of the year at Show Low’s Thunder Raceway,
Stacy Verrall, YAKIMA, Wash. (September 25, 2010) – Fiction would pale in comparison to the suspense-filled reality that spectators witnessed during the final race of the ASCS Northwest’s 2010 season at the Central Washington State Fair Raceway on Saturday night. Jason Solwold came into the evening with a 42 point
Lonnie Wheatley, WHEATLAND, Mo. (September 25, 2010) – Tim Crawley took quick advantage of a late race restart at Lucas Oil Speedway to notch his second Lucas Oil ASCS presented by K&N Filters main event win in a row by topping Saturday night’s 30-lap feature. After challenging for the point
T.J. Buffenbarger, LAKE ODESSA, Mich. (September 25, 2010) – Dustin Daggett won Saturday night’s Engine Pro ASCS Sprints on Dirt presented by ARP feature at I-96 Speedway on the newly revamped 3/8-mile oval. Daggett started seventh and took the lead from Brett Mann on lap eight and never looked back.
Lonnie Wheatley, GREENWOOD, Neb. (September 24, 2010) – Billy Alley broke back into American Sprint Car Series victory lane by winning Friday night’s season-ending 25-lap ASCS Midwest feature event at I-80 Speedway. While Alley added his ninth career ASCS feature win and first since topping the 2009 ASCS Midwest season