Lonnie Wheatley, TULSA, Okla. (September 12, 2011) \u2013 The Speedway Motors ASCS Midwest Region puts the wraps on the 2011 season with two full nights of racing action at Greenwood, Nebraska\u2019s I-80 Speedway this Friday and Saturday.<\/p>\n
Both nights of competition culminate with $3,000-to-win feature events, with $400 to start in each night\u2019s feature.<\/p>\n
With 17 nights of competition logged into the books, Springfield, Nebraska\u2019s Jack Dover has locked up his second ASCS Midwest championship as he carries a 463-point lead over Jordon Boston into the weekend.<\/p>\n
Colorado\u2019s Bryan Gossel holds down third in points, with North Dakota\u2019s Lee Grosz and Missouri\u2019s Brian Brown rounding out the top five. The rest of the top ten includes Wayne Johnson, Billy Alley, Gregg Bakker, Jeff Osborn and Danny Lasoski.<\/p>\n
Brian Brown has topped the last three ASCS Midwest events at I-80 Speedway and five of the last seven. Ten of Brown\u2019s ASCS Midwest series\u2019 best 20 career wins have taken place atop the 4\/10-mile I-80 Speedway clay oval.<\/p>\n
Both Friday and Saturday action at I-80 Speedway are set to fire off at 7:00 p.m.<\/p>\n
Nebraska Raceway Park’s I-80 Speedway is located in Greenwood, NE, between Lincoln and Omaha off I-80 Exit 420, then 0.4 mile north on SR 63 then west. For more information, contact the track at 402-659-3301 or 402-342-3453.<\/p>\n
The Speedway Motors ASCS Midwest Region is slated for 21 nights of competition at seven different tracks throughout Nebraska and the surrounding areas of Missouri, South Dakota, Iowa and Minnesota.<\/p>\n
Past ASCS Midwest Regional Winners at I-80 Speedway:
\n7\/1\/11 \u2013 Brian Brown
\n5\/26\/11 \u2013 Brian Brown
\n4\/9\/11 \u2013 Brian Brown
\n4\/8\/11 \u2013 Seth Bergman
\n9\/24\/10 \u2013 Billy Alley
\n9\/3\/10 \u2013 Brian Brown
\n7\/2\/10 \u2013 Brian Brown
\n5\/27\/10 \u2013 Shane Stewart
\n4\/17\/10 \u2013 Jack Dover
\n4\/16\/10 \u2013 Dustin Morgan
\n7\/2\/09 \u2013 Brian Brown
\n5\/21\/09 \u2013 Chad Humston
\n4\/11\/09 \u2013 Jonathan Cornell
\n4\/10\/09 \u2013 Billy Alley
\n8\/14\/07 \u2013 Jack Dover
\n4\/15\/07 \u2013 Chuck Swenson (Midwest vs. Northern Plains)
\n4\/14\/07 \u2013 Brian Brown (Midwest vs. Northern Plains)
\n8\/15\/06 \u2013 Billy Alley
\n7\/3\/06 \u2013 Jake Peters (Midwest vs. Northern Plains)
\n4\/8\/06 \u2013 Brian Brown (Midwest vs. Northern Plains)
\n8\/3\/05 \u2013 Brian Brown (Midwest vs. National)
\n7\/8\/05 \u2013 Brian Brown
\n4\/15\/05 \u2013 Terry McCarl<\/p>\n
The 2011 season marks the 20th year of sanctioning Sprint Car racing for the American Sprint Car Series, with approximately 200 nights of competition at tracks throughout the nation and into Canada. Anchored by the Lucas Oil Sprint Car Series presented by K&N Filters, ASCS also consists of ten different Regions throughout the nation.<\/p>\n
Additional information regarding the American Sprint Car Series is available at www.ascsracing.com.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"