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Covington’s Final Chance at 2024 National Tour Win Coming at Home
Matt Covington has won at least once per season on the American Sprint Car Series National Tour for the last seven years. And with one weekend remaining this season, that streak might be in jeopardy. The Glenpool, OK driver enters the championship weekend in Oklahoma (Nov. 14-16) with a goose egg in the National Tour
Sadly, Mother Nature has intervened for the second year in a row. With a forecast calling for rain all weekend, the decision has been made to cancel the Short Track Nationals at Texarkana 67 Speedway. “We have spent the last few days watching the weather, losing sleep, doing numbers, and
Stay up to date with the chase for the 2024 American Sprint Car Series National Tour championship. LATEST RACES: RPM Speedway (Oct. 25-26) CURRENT POINTS LEADER: Seth Bergman took one large step toward his first National Tour championship in Friday night’s race at RPM Speedway when he won on the
Missing it by one on Friday night, Iowa’s Chris Martin traded in silver for gold Saturday night with his first carer win with the ASCS Hurricane Area Super Sprints at Deep South Speedway in Loxley, Ala. Last winning with the American Sprint Car Series in 2018 with the National Tour
The last two months of Sam Hafertepe Jr.’s season on the American Sprint Car Series National Tour have been a series of one headache after another. Crashes. Tire failures. Engine trouble. Everything that could go wrong did go wrong until Saturday night at RPM Speedway, when Hafertepe finally made his
Describing it as a “slide or die” kind of track, Justin Grant applied that to the limit Saturday night at Red Dirt Raceway as the driver of the NOS Energy No. 4 wheeled to his ninth win of the season with the USAC Amsoil Sprint Car National Champion, and first
With a triple-digit lead atop the American Sprint Car Series National Tour standings, Seth Bergman has admittedly been playing the consistency game in the closing stages of the 2024 season. But there’s no better way to build a points lead than to win, and he did just that on Friday
Collecting the opening night of Halloween Havoc at Alabama’s Deep South Speedway, North Carolina’s Lance Moss tamed the ASCS Hurricane Area Super Sprints for his first career win with the series. Pocketing $2,000 for his efforts, Moss chased Iowa’s Chris Martin through the first three revolutions before taking over on
Bringing the score to 2-0 in the rematch between the USAC Amsoil Sprint Car National Championship at the ASCS Elite Non-Wing Series presented by Abilene Powder Coating in favor of the United States Auto Club, both tours converged on Oklahoma’s Red Dirt Raceway for the first time with Ohio’s Matt
Of the nearly 60 drivers competing to make the 21-car field in the World Short Track Challenge at Riverside International Speedway, several star names found themselves watching from the stands – Seth Bergman, Matt Covington, Terry Gray and more. One name not on that list? Austyn Gossel. “If you were
More than 60 of the biggest names in 360 Sprint Car racing are on the entry list for Arkansas’ World Short Track Challenge, but one is most synonymous with the West Memphis area – Sammy Swindell. He’ll join the full-time drivers from the American Sprint Car Series National Tour, the
Lighting the fuse on the season’s only visit to Rocket Raceway Park, the MYCO Plastics ASCS Elite Outlaw Sprints will invade the Petty, TX oval on Saturday, Oct. 19, for the Rocket Launcher 30. The second running of the $3,000-to-win/$300-to-start showdown at the 3/8-mile oval, last year’s inaugural event was
Arkansas is set to host the newest premier 360 Sprint Car event this weekend for the American Sprint Car Series National Tour – the World Short Track Challenge. The first National Tour race at Riverside International Speedway in three years will be a co-sanctioned event alongside the ASCS Hurricane Area
Reviewing schedules and upcoming events, ASCS and Creek County Speedway officials have made the decision to remove events slated for Saturday, October 19. The ASCS Sooner Region will go head-to-head with the American Sprint Car Series National Tour for three nights in November, when the tours invade Tulsa Speedway on
Stay up to date with the chase for the 2024 American Sprint Car Series National Tour championship. LATEST RACES: Benton Speedway (Oct. 11), Paducah International Raceway (Oct. 12) CURRENT POINTS LEADER: Seth Bergman never found the speed we’ve come to expect from the No. 23 camp Friday night at Benton,
When the American Sprint Car Series National Tour rolls into a high-banked, lightning-fast racetrack, Hank Davis tends to find another gear. The Labor Day weekend visit to Montana’s Electric City Speedway netted him the first two wins of his career with the Series, and six weeks later, he picked up
Friday night’s contest at Benton Speedway was Joe B. Miller’s first race on the American Sprint Car Series National Tour in over a year. He didn’t take long to get reacclimated. The Millersville, MO driver took the checkered flag in the first Series appearance at his home track of Benton
In the months leading up to the 2024 racing season, Bradley Fezard and the No. 938 V&H Fresh Race Team decided it was time for a new challenge. After graduating from the Micro Sprint ranks, the Bonnerdale, AR driver spent 2022 and 2023 bouncing between Midgets, 305 and 360 Sprint
Nearly a month after its last stop at Arrowhead Speedway, the American Sprint Car Series National Tour will get back on track this weekend with the only visits of the season to Missouri and Kentucky. Action gets underway on Friday night at Benton Speedway where the Series will do battle
Last racing his way into Victory Lane with an ASCS-sanctioned tour in 2017, Michael Miller was back to his winning ways Saturday night with his first career triumph with the ASCS Hurricane Area Super Sprints at Mississippi’s Greenville Speedway. Winning last with the former ASCS Southern Outlaw Sprints at Flordia’s
Part of this weekend’s Gumbo Nationals at Mississippi’s Greenville Speedway, the ASCS Hurricane Area Super Sprints will join the action on Saturday, Oct. 5, with a $2,000 to-win showdown. The fourth trip of the season to the 1/4-mile bullring, the last three visits have seen a pair of wins going
American Sprint Car Series officials have issued a fine and year-long suspension to Sprint Car driver Brandon Anderson for his dangerous and unsportsmanlike actions at Arrowhead Speedway on Sept. 14, 2024. During the American Sprint Car Series National Tour Feature at Arrowhead Speedway, Anderson, in the No. 55B car, got
At the dawn of the 2024 season, more than half a dozen drivers were signed up to run the full American Sprint Car Series National Tour for the first time. The quantity and quality of first-timers meant that the Rookie of the Year battle was shaping up to be equally
Taking the final battle, along with the war, Adam Trimble proved triumphant at El Paso County Raceway in Calhan, Colo., on Saturday night to secure the 2024 season title with the ASCS Western Plains Region. Quickest in qualifying at 13.536-seconds, Trimble followed that with a heat Race win. Into the
With the safety of traveling fans and teams in mind, officials from the ASCS, USCS and Riverside International Speedway have agreed to postpone this weekend’s World Short Track Challenge to Friday and Saturday, Oct. 18-19. The decision was made with guidance from Precision Weather Service, who has been tracking Hurricane
Down to one for the ASCS Western Plains Region, the Colorado-based tour will head for El Paso County Raceway on Saturday, Sept. 21. The closest battle of all the ASCS tours in 2024, the final race is a two-point game for Blair Cooper and Adam Trimble; the difference came when
The long-awaited return of the American Sprint Car Series National Tour to Riverside International Speedway is finally here, as “The Ditch” is back on the schedule for the first time in three years. Given the tour’s absence in recent seasons, more than half of the Series full-timers have no prior
The stage for the American Sprint Car Series National Tour’s championship finale will be set during the Series’ debut at RPM Speedway, Oct. 25-26. The two-day event will be the final weekend before the National Tour ventures to Oklahoma in November for its final four races of the 2024 season.
The American Sprint Car Series National Tour is back in Memphis for the first time in three years this weekend for a one-of-a-kind Sprint Car racing spectacle. The Series will join forces with the ASCS Hurricane Area Super Sprints and the United Sprint Car Series for 360 Sprint Car racing’s
Jason Martin’s 2023 season with the American Sprint Car Series National Tour was one for the record books. Nine wins – more than doubling his career total entering the year – and his first ASCS National Tour championship. Entering 2024, Martin saw no reason why he couldn’t go back-to-back. But
When the 2024 American Sprint Car Series National Tour champion is crowned following the Fuzzy’s Fall Fling at Creek County Speedway on Nov. 16, they will have a special piece of hardware waiting for them. Series officials have unveiled the new ASCS Emmett Hahn Championship Trophy, which pays tribute to
Stay up to date with the chase for the 2024 American Sprint Car Series National Tour championship. LATEST RACES: Clay County Fair Speedway (Sept. 10), Arrowhead Speedway (Sept. 13-14) CURRENT POINTS LEADER: Seth Bergman was in need of a rebound after crashing out of the Montana Roundup finale at Electric
Reigning American Sprint Car Series National Tour champion Jason Martin’s title defense has been nothing short of a nightmare – until Saturday night at Arrowhead Speedway. After a season that has included crashes, blown engines, mechanical gremlins and a missed race due to injury, Martin got back in Victory Lane
Landing his second career victory with the ASCS Northern Plains Region on Saturday night, Nick Haygood landed in Victory Lane at Wyoming’s Casper Speedway. The final round of the 2024 season for the ASCS Northern Plains Region, Haygood ended the season third in tour standings. Second on the night, and