Lonnie Wheatley, TULSA, Okla. (August 30, 2010) \u2013 The American Sprint Car Series Gulf South Region will be in full force action with a complete set of three events in southeast Texas over this Labor Day holiday weekend.<\/p>\n
The weekend kicks off at Beaumont\u2019s Golden Triangle Raceway Park on Friday night, shifts to the Gator Motorplex in Willis on Saturday night and then wraps up at Lufkin\u2019s Speedarama Raceway on Sunday night.<\/p>\n
The triple could prove crucial in Ray Allen Kulhanek\u2019s drive for a second ASCS Gulf South title, as the Montgomery, TX, shoe carries a 120-point advantage over Conroe\u2019s Tommy Bryant into the weekend. Only a pair of events on September 17-18 remains after this weekend\u2019s action.<\/p>\n
Kulhanek, the 2005 ASCS Gulf South champion, has reached victory lane on just one occasion thus far in 2010, a Gulf South vs. Lone Star tilt at Waco\u2019s Heart O\u2019 Texas Speedway on July 23. However, ten top-five feature finishes in 15 events, more than double the number of top-fives recorded by any of his title challengers, has proved to be the difference at the top of the point charts.<\/p>\n
Bryant, who picked off back-to-back wins at Lufkin (May 30) and Beaumont (June 18), holds down second in points by just 43 points over two-time series champion Brandon Berryman of Missouri City, TX, with defending ASCS Gulf South champion Aaron Reutzel a close fourth.<\/p>\n
Travis Elliott of Alvin, TX, rounds out the current top five in points, with Chris Sweeney (Channelview), Scottie McDonald (New Caney), Wes Miller (Santa Fe), Beau Smith (Texas City) and Logan Bledsoe (Richmond, TX) the balance of the top ten.<\/p>\n
Friday\u2019s card marks the sixth ASCS Gulf South stop of the year at the Golden Triangle Raceway Park. Gary Wright has topped two of five previous Beaumont features, with Chris Morgan, Bryant and Jason Johnson each posting single wins.<\/p>\n
Saturday marks the second stop of the year at the Gator Motorplex, where Kent Lewis, Jr., used a 23-year-old Gambler Chassis to knock off the Gulf South forces over Memorial Day weekend.<\/p>\n
Sunday\u2019s weekend finale marks the third series stop of the year at the Speedarama Raceway, where Jason Johnson and Bryant have bagged Lufkin wins in 2010.<\/p>\n
Friday\u2019s action at Golden Triangle Raceway Park fires off at 8:00 p.m., Saturday\u2019s green flag at Gator flies at 7:30 p.m. and Sunday\u2019s action at Speedarama gets under way at 7:00 p.m.<\/p>\n
Golden Triangle Raceway Park is located 9.5 miles west of I-10 on US 90 near Beaumont, TX. For more information, contact the track at 409-752-7200.<\/p>\n
The Gator Motorplex is located in Willis, TX, off I-45 Exit 98 (Shepherd Hill exit), then east, then 1.4 miles south on SR 75. For more information, contact the track at 936-588-6127.<\/p>\n
Speedarama Raceway is located east of Lufkin, TX, on SR 103, just one mile east of Loop 287. For more information, contact the track at 936-328-7571.<\/p>\n
The ASCS Gulf South Region has completed 15 nights of racing action at seven different tracks throughout Texas in 2010 with just five nights of action remaining. Another seven nights have been lost to rain.<\/p>\n
Past ASCS Gulf South Region Feature Winners at Golden Triangle Raceway Park:
\n8\/20\/10 \u2013 Jason Johnson
\n7\/16\/10 \u2013 Gary Wright
\n6\/18\/10 \u2013 Tommy Bryant
\n5\/28\/10 \u2013 Chris Morgan
\n3\/5\/10 \u2013 Gary Wright
\n10\/2\/09 \u2013 Channin Tankersley
\n9\/18\/09 \u2013 Jason Johnson
\n7\/17\/09 \u2013 Aaron Reutzel
\n6\/19\/09 \u2013 Travis Rilat
\n5\/16\/09 – Gary Wright
\n5\/16\/09 – Tommy Bryant (4\/24 Makeup Feature)
\n3\/6\/09 – Gary Wright
\n8\/15\/08 – Channin Tankersley
\n7\/18\/08 – Gary Watson
\n5\/9\/08 – Channin Tankersley
\n2\/29\/08 – Jason Johnson
\n9\/28\/07 – Jason Johnson
\n6\/22\/07 – Michael Dupuy
\n5\/18\/07 – Brandon Berryman
\n4\/6\/07 – Jason Johnson
\n9\/29\/06 – Kevin Ramey
\n8\/18\/06 – Jason Johnson
\n6\/23\/06 – Gary Watson
\n8\/19\/05 – Ray Allen Kulhanek
\n6\/17\/05 – Ray Allen Kulhanek
\n4\/15\/05 – Travis Rilat
\n9\/18\/04 – Kelly Angelette
\n7\/9\/04 – Stephen Chevallier<\/p>\n
Past ASCS Gulf South Region Feature Winners at Gator Motorplex:
\n5\/29\/10 \u2013 Kent Lewis, Jr.
\n5\/23\/09 \u2013 Skip Wilson
\n3\/28\/09 \u2013 Jason Johnson
\n7\/19\/08 \u2013 Tommy Bryant
\n5\/24\/08 \u2013 Chris Sweeney
\n9\/16\/06 \u2013 Brad Best
\n5\/27\/06 \u2013 Chris Sweeney
\n10\/8\/05 \u2013 Travis Rilat
\n4\/16\/05 \u2013 Scottie McDonald<\/p>\n
Past ASCS Gulf South Region Feature Winners at Speedarama Raceway:
\n5\/30\/10 \u2013 Tommy Bryant
\n4\/24\/10 \u2013 Jason Johnson<\/p>\n
Additional information regarding the American Sprint Car Series is available at www.ascsracing.com.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"