The home stretch of the 34th American Sprint Car Series (ASCS) season continues this weekend in its home state of Oklahoma, featuring back-to-back nights of racing at Tulsa Speedway.
The inaugural Double Down in T-Town hits the 1/4-mile dirt oval this Friday–Saturday, Oct. 17–18, racing alongside the Mid-West Drag Racing Association at the adjacent Tulsa Raceway Park dragstrip. Attendees are encouraged to take advantage of the special admission deal and enjoy the area’s newest motorsports extravaganza.
For $25 per carload on each night, fans will be able to walk freely between the dirt track and the dragstrip to take in both types of racing.
Friday features a $4,000-to-win ASCS program, which will be joined by the local Dwarf Car, USRA B-Modified, and USRA Tuner divisions. Saturday’s finale puts $6,000 on the line for the winner of the Sprint Car main event, racing adjacent to the local Factory Stock and USRA Modified classes. Both Sprint Car programs are co-sanctioned by the ASCS Sooner Region.
General admission tickets for both days are free for all ages; fans will be charged by the carload at $25 per vehicle of any size upon arrival. If you can’t make it out to watch in person, stream every lap live on DIRTVision.
Here are the drivers to watch and storylines to follow this weekend:
TOUGH IN TULSA — Sam Hafertepe Jr. was victorious in last year’s national ASCS visit to Tulsa, twice, after winning the opening night of the Dirt Down in T-Town in June and the added program as part of the rainout makeup date in November.
The five-time Series champion from Sunnyvale, TX, has only three recorded appearances at Tulsa, all of which came in last year’s event. In addition to both victories he claimed, Hafertepe finished fourth in the second main event contested following the rainout makeup on Nov. 14.
The current Series points leader maintains a 146-point lead over Matt Covington, coming into the weekend on the heels of a third and fourth-place finish in the two-day event at Salt City Speedway in Kansas last weekend.
SO CLOSE — Matt Covington has come close to breaking through at Tulsa before and has a great chance to do so this weekend.
The 35-year-old from Glenpool, OK, bagged two podiums in the three national Series starts he made there in 2024, running third to Rookie of the Year Hank Davis and eventual champion Hafertepe in June before going runner-up to Seth Bergman in the double-Feature program at the track in November.
Currently, Covington sits second in the national Series points standings, coming off a weekend of third and fourth-place finishes at Salt City.
BIG YELLOW CONTENDER — Blake Hahn has won before at Tulsa Speedway and could potentially be a contender for another win this weekend.
The two-time Series champion from Sapulpa, OK, topped the field in his debut at the track in 2021, driving from 16th on the starting grid to win the ASCS Sprint Week event. Last year, Hahn ran second to Hafertepe in a Dirt Down in T-Town makeup Feature event on Nov. 14.
Last weekend, Hahn bagged a runner-up finish on Friday and a sixth-place result on Saturday, holding his third-place spot in the points standings.
TULSA TIME — Tulsa native Sean McClelland will lead the charge for the Oklahoma locals this weekend against the national stars of the American Sprint Car Series.
The 50-year-old, five-time ASCS Sooner Region champion is the current regional points leader by 48 points over New Mexico racer Caleb Saiz with three top-fives in six races. So far this season, McClelland has one podium against the national Series regulars — a third-place finish at Salina Highbanks Speedway in April — and finished 14th in the main event at Eagle Raceway in September in a field of nearly 60 cars at the Nebraska oval.
McClelland has won at Tulsa before, topping an Oil Capital Racing Series event at the track last July, and has also been strong at the track in 2025, recording two podium finishes in local 305 Sprint Car action.
THIS WEEKEND AT A GLANCE
WHEN AND WHERE
- Friday–Saturday, Oct. 17–18 at Tulsa Speedway in Tulsa, OK
TRACK FACTS
- Semi-banked, 1/4-mile oval
- Track Record — 12.766 set by Seth Bergman on Nov. 14, 2024
ON THE INTERNET
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CURRENT CHAMPIONSHIP STANDINGS (30/34 Races)
- Sam Hafertepe Jr. (3455pts)
- Matt Covington 3309pts (–146)
- Blake Hahn 3262pts (–193)
- Jason Martin 3208pts (–247)
- Kyler Johsnon 2902pts (–553)
- Garrett Benson 2901pts (–552)
- Zach Blurton 2822pts (–633)
- Brady Baker 2771pts (–684)
- Austyn Gossel 2708pts (–747)
- Landon Britt 2618pts (–837)
FEATURE WINNERS (12 Drivers):
- Sam Hafertepe Jr. (10 wins)
- Justin Peck, Matt Covington, Jason Martin (3 wins)
- Rico Abreu, Ryan Timms, Blake Hahn, Whit Gastineau (2 wins)
- Zach Blurton, Austin McCarl, Seth Bergman, Cameron Martin (1 win)
FEATURE LAPS LED (19 Drivers)
- Sam Hafertepe Jr. (226 laps)
- Matt Covington (109 laps)
- Jason Martin (78 laps)
- Justin Peck, Ryan Timms (65 laps)
- Rico Abreu, Cameron Martin (34 laps)
- Blake Hahn (33 laps)
- Whit Gastineau (31 laps)
- Zach Blurton (25 laps)
- Kyler Johnson (21 laps)
- Chase Randall (16 laps)
- Brian Brown (15 laps)
- Seth Bergman (14 laps)
- Austyn Gossel, Jake Bubak (13 laps)
- Brady Baker (9 laps)
- Austin McCarl (4 laps)
- Kyle Larson (2 laps)
QUICK TIME AWARDS (16 Drivers)
- Sam Hafertepe Jr. (8 awards)
- Matt Covington (4 awards)
- Seth Bergman, Blake Hahn, Tony Rost (2 awards)
- Emerson Axsom, Austin McCarl, Kyler Johnson, Roger Crockett, Jason Martin, Carson McCarl, Ryan Timms, Ryder Laplante, Kelly Miller, Whit Gastineau, Garrett Benson (1 award)
HEAT RACE WINNERS (45 Drivers)
- Matt Covington (14 wins)
- Sam Hafertepe Jr. (13 wins)
- Jason Martin (8 wins)
- Garrett Benson (7 wins)
- Blake Hahn (6 wins)
- Seth Bergman (5 wins)
- Justin Peck, Austyn Gossel, Chris Martin, Cameron Martin (3 wins)
- Scotty Thiel, Whit Gastineau, Hank Davis, Sean McClelland, Harli White, Jake Bubak, Kyler Johnson, Ryder McCutcheon (2 wins)
- Cole Macedo, Emerson Axsom, Austin McCarl, Caleb Saiz, Bradley Fezard, Bryan Gossel, Jordon Mallett, Bryant Wiedeman, Sterling Cling, Tucker Boutlon, Landon Britt, Dustin Selvage, Jamie Ball, Matt Juhl, Tony Rost, Jack Dover, Cam Sorrels, Tyler Lee, Chase Dietz, Trever Kirkland, Elijah Gile, Ryan Timms, Brekton Crouch, Roger Crockett, Clint Garner, Brady Baker, Zach Blurton (1 win)
DASH APPEARANCES (55 Drivers)
- Sam Hafertepe Jr. (23 appearances)
- Matt Covington (19 appearances)
- Blake Hahn (13 appearances)
- Garrett Benson (10 appearances)
- Kyler Johnson, Jason Martin (9 appearances)
- Seth Bergman (8 appearances)
- Austyn Gossel, Whit Gastineau (5 appearances)
- Jake Bubak, Cameron Martin, Brady Baker (4 appearances)
- Justin Peck, Chris Martin, Austin McCarl, Zach Blurton (3 appearances)
- Emerson Axsom, Scotty Thiel, Danny Dietrich, Cole Macedo, Brady Bacon, Daison Pursley, Jordon Mallett, Sean McClelland, Bryant Wiedeman, Ryan Timms, Hank Davis, Roger Crockett, Ryder McCutcheon (2 appearances)
- Jordan Thomas, Scotty Thiel, Brian Brown, Caleb Saiz, Chance Morton, Bradley Fezard, Bryan Gossel, Joey Danley, Alex Sewell, Steven Shebester, Harli White, Tucker Boulton, Landon Britt, Sterling Cling, Scotty Milan, Trever Kirkland, Elijah Gile, Garen Linder, Ryder Laplante, Ian Myers, Kelly Miller, Tony Rost, Brekton Crouch, JJ Hickle, Riley Goodno, Carson McCarl, Clint Garner (1 appearance)
SMITH TITANIUM LAST CHANCE SHOWDOWN WINS (19 Drivers)
- Blake Hahn, Emerson Axsom, Tyler Clem, Kyle Clark, Bryant Wiedeman, Jason Martin, Harli White, Connor Lee, Giovanni Scelzi, Tanner Holmes, Daison Pursley, Adam Trimble, Landon Britt, Sam Hafertepe Jr., Zach Blurton, Lane Taylor, Jack Wagner, Sean McClelland, Tony Rost (1 win)
HARD CHARGER AWARDS (22 Drivers)
- Brady Baker (6 awards)
- Ryder Laplante, Kelly Miller, Landon Britt, Zach Blurton (2 awards)
- Austin McCarl, Emerson Axsom, Blake Hahn, Jordon Mallett, Jason Martin, Brad Bowden, Stu Snyder, Tanner Holmes, Tasker Phillips, Giovanni Scelzi, Brogan Carder, Kory Wermling, Matt Covington, Seth Bergman, Kyler Johnson, Cole Vanderheiden, Cody Gardner (1 award)
PODIUM FINISHES (28 Drivers)
- Sam Hafertepe Jr. (17 podiums)
- Jason Martin, Blake Hahn (10 podiums)
- Matt Covington (8 podiums)
- Seth Bergman, Garrett Benson, Kyler Johnson (4 podiums)
- Justin Peck, Ryan Timms, Cameron Martin (3 podiums)
- Brian Brown, Rico Abreu, Parker Price-Miller, Kyle Larson, Austin McCarl, Austyn Gossel, Whit Gastineau, Brady Baker (2 podiums)
- Emerson Axsom, Cole Macedo, Sean McClelland, Zach Blurton, Joey Danley, James McFadden, Jake Bubak, Bryant Wiedeman, Trever Kirkland, Hank Davis, JJ Hickle (1 podium)
2025 SCHEDULE + WINNERS
Race Number. Day, Date / Track / City, State / Winner (Total Wins)
- Thu, Jan. 30 / Volusia Speedway Park / Barberville, FL / Justin Peck (1)
- Fri, Jan. 31 / Volusia Speedway Park / Barberville, FL / Justin Peck (2)
- Sat, Feb. 1 / Volusia Speedway Park / Barberville, FL / Justin Peck (3)
- Sat, April 12 / Salina Highbanks Speedway / Salina, OK / Sam Hafertepe Jr. (1)
- Sat, May 10 / Paducah International Raceway / Paducah, KY / Matt Covington (1)
- Fri, May 30 / Salt City Speedway / Hutchinson, KS / Zach Blurton (1)
- Sat, May 31 / Dodge City Raceway Park / Dodge City, KS / Sam Hafertepe Jr. (2)
- Sat, June 7 / Texarkana 67 Speedway / Texarkana, AR / Sam Hafertepe Jr. (3)
- Sat, June 21 / Batesville Motor Speedway / Locust Grove, AR / Blake Hahn (1)
- Thu, July 3 / Belleville High Banks / Belleville, KS / Sam Hafertepe Jr. (4)
- Fri, July 4 / Belleville High Banks / Belleville, KS / Sam Hafertepe Jr. (5)
- Fri, July 18 / Creek County Speedway / Sapulpa, OK / Sam Hafertepe Jr. (6)
- Fri, July 25 / Windy Hollow Speedway / Owensboro, KY / Sam Hafertepe Jr. (7)
- Sat, July 26 / Benton Speedway / Benton, MO / Sam Hafertepe Jr. (8)
- Thu, July 31 / Knoxville Raceway / Knoxville, IA / Austin McCarl (1)
- Fri, Aug. 1 / Knoxville Raceway / Knoxville, IA / Rico Abreu (1)
- Sat, Aug. 2 / Knoxville Raceway / Knoxville, IA / Rico Abreu (2)
- Fri, Aug. 15 / WaKeeney Speedway / WaKeeney, KS / Sam Hafertepe Jr. (9)
- Sat, Aug. 16 / El Paso County Raceway / Calhan, CO / Jason Martin (1)
- Fri, Aug. 22 / Big Sky Speedway / Billings, MT / Ryan Timms (1)
- Sat, Aug. 23 / Big Sky Speedway / Billings, MT / Ryan Timms (2)
- Fri, Aug. 29 / Electric City Speedway / Great Falls, MT / Jason Martin (2)
- Sat, Aug. 30 / Electric City Speedway / Great Falls, MT / Seth Bergman (1)
- Fri, Sept. 5 / Lakeside Speedway / Kansas City, KS / Matt Covington (2)
- Fri, Sept. 5 / Lakeside Speedway / Kansas City, KS / Blake Hahn (2)
- Sat, Sept. 6 / 81 Speedway / Park City, KS / Sam Hafertepe Jr. (10)
- Sun, Sept. 7 / Eagle Raceway / Eagle, NE / Cameron Martin (1)
- Fri, Sept. 19 / Paducah International Raceway / Paducah, KY / Jason Martin (3)
- Sat, Sept. 20 / I-55 Federated Auto Parts Raceway / Pevely, MO / Matt Covington (3)
- Fri, Oct. 10 / Salt City Speedway / Hutchinson, KS / Whit Gastineau (1)
- Sat, Oct. 11 / Salt City Speedway / Hutchinson, KS / Whit Gastineau (2)
