Category: News

[b Hockett Wins ASCS Northwest Speedweek Opener at Medford] Shawn Miller, MEDFORD, Ore. (July 13, 2009) – He was the second-to-last racer to arrive to the track on Monday, but the first to cross the finish line. Jesse Hockett, who spent the previous 28 hours driving to the Southern Oregon

[b Lucas Oil ASCS Off to Elma for $10,092-to-Win Fred Brownfield Memorial] Lonnie Wheatley, TULSA, Okla. (July 14, 2009) – The Lucas Oil ASCS Sprint Car Dirt Series presented by K&N Filters has covered a lot of ground in its initial 17 years of competition, completing events at over 100

[b Trevor Lewis Dominates Sunday Night ASCS Patriot Special at Cayuga County] Rich Vleck, WEEDSPORT, NY (July 12, 2009) – After a tough break in a “racing deal” on Friday Night, Trevor Lewis and his McClaren Motorsports No. 21L team were on a mission and they proved it Sunday Night

Lonnie Wheatley, ATOMIC CITY, Idaho (July 11, 2009) – Jeremy McCune broke into American Sprint Car Series Rocky Mountain Region victory lane for the first time by winning Saturday night’s 25-lap feature event at Atomic Motor Raceway. The 2008 series runner-up took the lead away from Danielle Ossenfort en route

Lonnie Wheatley, HARTFORD, S.D. (July 11, 2009) – For the first time in 2009 championship points competition, Gary Wright reached Lucas Oil ASCS Sprint Car Dirt Series presented by K&N Filters victory lane by topping Saturday night’s 30-lap feature event at I-90 Speedway. Wright’s 125th National win didn’t come without

Lonnie Wheatley, KENNEDALE, Texas (July 11, 2009) – Eric Baldaccini put a halt to the Joe Wood, Jr. domination of Kennedale Speedway Park by winning Saturday night’s 25-lap ASCS Lone Star Region main event atop the ¼-mile dirt oval. Baldaccini wrestled the lead away from Wood in the final handful

T.J. Buffenbarger, OWENDALE, Mich. (July 11, 2009) – Brett Mann captured his second straight Super Race Day win at Owendale Speedway in Saturday night’s 25-lap Engine Pro ASCS Sprints on Dirt presented by ARP main event. Mann successfully defended his Super Race Day title after starting on the front row

Lonnie Wheatley, WOODSTOCK, Ga. (July 11, 2009) – Ohio’s Gary Edwards made the most of his weekend visit to Georgia by capturing his first career American Sprint Car Series feature win in Saturday night’s 25-lap ASCS Rebel main event at Dixie Speedway. And he did it in dramatic fashion, racing

Lonnie Wheatley, CRANDALL, Texas (July 10, 2009) – Kevin Ramey extended his American Sprint Car Series Lone Star Region points lead by wiring the field in Friday night’s series debut atop the cozy confines the tight, ¼-mile RPM Speedway. Starting from the front row, Ramey gunned into the lead at

Rich Vleck, BREWERTON, NY (July 10, 2009)- After having a win last week basically taken away, Bryan Howland was fine admitting to his crew in Victory Lane: “We Got Lucky!” Howland, the defending Lucas Oil ASCS Patriots Champion from Auburn, NY, scored the win at the tricky Brewerton Speedway for

Lonnie Wheatley, SAVANNAH, Ga. (July 10, 2009) – Matt Kurtz corralled his first career American Sprint Car Series Rebel Region win by topping Friday night’s 25-lap main event at Oglethorpe Speedway Park. Kurtz gunned into the lead from his front row outside starting position and held off the challenges of

Lonnie Wheatley, ATOMIC CITY, Idaho (July 10, 2009) – Brent Kronfuss made the most of the American Sprint Car Series Rocky Mountain Region debut at Idaho’s Atomic Motor Raceway by racing to victory lane in Friday night’s 25-lap preliminary feature event. Kronfuss assumed the lead aboard John Schwartz’ USA-powered Wintergreen

[b Sweeps Series Return to Riverside!] Lonnie Wheatley, WEST MEMPHIS, Ark. (July 4, 2009) – Arkansas ace Tim Crawley completed a weekend sweep of the Lucas Oil ASCS Sprint Car Dirt Series presented by K&N Filters much-anticipated return to Riverside Speedway by winning Saturday night’s Rock ‘N Roll 50 championship

“We’re real excited about Roush Yates’ involvement with the Lucas Oil ASCS Sprint Car Dirt Series at Tucson’s USA Raceway in our season-ending event, the 42nd Annual Western World Sprint Car Championship. Roush Yates’ promotion with the winged and non-winged teams at the Western World speaks loudly about the commitment

Lonnie Wheatley, EDNA, Texas (July 3, 2009) – The American Sprint Car Series Gulf South Region kicked off a two-night Fourth of July weekend spectacular at Texana Raceway Park with George White capturing his first career series win in Friday night’s 25-lap feature event. White became the race’s fourth different

Locks into Saturday’s Rock ‘N Roll 50 Championship Feature! Lonnie Wheatley, WEST MEMPHIS, Ark (July 3, 2009) – The Lucas Oil ASCS Sprint Car Dirt Series presented by K&N Filters made a dramatic return to Riverside Speedway with three-time series champion Tim Crawley charging to victory lane in Friday night’s

Rich Vleck, OHSWEKEN, Ont. (July 3, 2009)- Tom Huppunen has been the top driver at Ohsweken all year long, but with a stout field on hand and a slew of lapped cars between himself and leader Bryan Howland in the waning laps, it seemed as if he would have to

Lonnie Wheatley, GREENWOOD, Neb. (July 2, 2009) – Brian Brown picked off his first American Sprint Car Series feature win of the year by topping Thursday night’s 25-lap ASCS Midwest Region feature event at Nebraska Raceway Park’s I-80 Speedway. Riding the top side of the track, Brown raced around early

Lonnie Wheatley, TULSA, Okla. (July 2, 2009) – Coming off a weekend that featured nine different winners in ten events throughout the country in which 228 different drivers took part in at least one card, another action-packed slate of American Sprint Car Series competition is on tap for this Fourth

Lonnie Wheatley, TULSA, Okla. (July 1, 2009) – He never met a stranger. And he could be counted upon to greet you with a smile and an entertaining story or two of some form, whether it be one of the racing variety or otherwise. But, fate stepped in three years

Rich Vleck, TULSA, Okla. (June 29, 2009)- For the second consecutive year, two of the most prominent regions in ASCS will celebrate the American Independence Holiday North of the Border at one of North America’s finest dirt tracks. The Lucas Oil ASCS Patriot Region and Engine Pro ASCS Sprints on

ASCS Midwest Ready for Nebraska Double Dip Lonnie Wheatley, TULSA, Okla. (June 29, 2009) – There will be plenty of fireworks in Nebraska this weekend as the American Sprint Car Series Midwest Region scatters the clay for two nights on Thursday and Friday. On Thursday night, the series takes to

Lonnie Wheatley, TULSA, Okla. (June 29, 2009) – The American Sprint Car Series Gulf South Region is set for its Eighth Annual Fourth of July Weekend Spectacular with two nights of action atop the high-banked, 5/16-mile Texana Raceway Park dirt oval in Edna, TX, this Friday and Saturday. The pair

Lonnie Wheatley, TULSA, Okla. (June 29, 2009) – After a wild night of wingless ASCS Canyon Region competition at USA Raceway, the winged forces of the ASCS Southwest Region are back in the spotlight at Tucson’s 3/8-mile clay oval this Saturday night. Saturday’s card is also Round Three of the

Lonnie Wheatley, TULSA, Okla. (June 29, 2009) – Fifty laps. It’s a distance that none can recall in any past ASCS National event. But, if all goes according to plan, that’s what is in store as the Lucas Oil ASCS Sprint Car Dirt Series presented by K&N Filters makes its

Shawn Miller, GREAT FALLS, Mont. (June 27, 2009) – It was anything but a routine victory for Roger Crockett in Saturday night’s 30-lap ASCS Rocky Mountain vs. Northwest finale at Electric City Speedway. But, to little surprise, the ASCS Northwest Region’s winningest driver used a late-race pass to claim the