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Lonnie Wheatley, LA MONTE, Mo. (July 30, 2010) – It was all too fitting that a Rock Star reach victory lane in the Lucas Oil ASCS presented by K&N Filters National debut at LA Raceway, as reigning series champion Shane Stewart snared his second win of the season by topping Friday night’s 30-lap main event.

The Bixby, OK, native took the lead away from fellow Sooner State shoe Zach Chappell on the 24th circuit and paced the final rounds aboard Paul Silva’s Wesmar-powered Rock Star Energy Drink No. 57 A.R.T. for the $6,000 victory.

It proved to be a case of being in the right place at the right time for Stewart, as Chappell suffered wing damage after a tangle in traffic on the 23rd lap.

“I feel sorry for Zach Chappell, I’m not sure what that lapped car was thinking,” Stewart commented in victory lane.

While Stewart originally started the feature event inside the third row, he slid forward one row when pole starter Josh Fisher looped it in the opening pair of corners, somehow escaping further mayhem as the balance of the 25-car feature starting field dodged him without incident.

Brodix Rookie of the Year contenders Matt Covington and Dustin Morgan led the way to the green flag on the second start and battled in wheel-to-wheel fashion for the opening two rounds before Morgan finally edged into the lead.

Stewart moved in to challenge Covington for second and nearly slipped off the top of turn four on the seventh round, allowing seventh-starter Chappell to race by into third. Chappell charged past Covington for second one lap later, with Stewart battling past Covington as well the next time around.

Just as Chappell was moving in on Morgan to challenge for the point, sixth-runner Brian Brown flipped in turn four when a left front torsion stop came off. As Brown climbed from the wreckage uninjured, fifth-running Gary Wright retired pitside with a cut tire.

As action resumed, Chappell slid past Morgan for the lead and paced the field over the ensuing rounds aboard David Chappell’s Wesmar-powered Legend’s Bar-B-Que No. 50z Maxim with Stewart moving past Morgan for second on the 14th lap.

Holding a five car-length advantage over Stewart in his bid for a second series win in as many Missouri appearances thus far in 2010, Chappell’s luck soured on the 23rd lap when Danny Wood slipped off turn two and came back onto the track and into Chappell’s car. Wood spun to a stop to bring out the caution, while Chappell limped away with enough damage to slow him over the final rounds.

“It was a bad deal,” Chappell commented afterward. “We got together with Danny Wood over there and it bent the sideboard in on the wing. It killed all our side bite.”

With eight rounds remaining, the wing-crippled Chappell was no match for Stewart, who motored by on the 24th circuit en route to his 20th career ASCS National triumph.

“It just worked out for us,” Stewart explained. “Zach missed the bottom a little bit in three and four, I’m sure his top wing wasn’t helping that situation.”

After starting 15th, current series points leader Jason Johnson was up to seventh after Brown’s lap ten flip and then third by the time of the Chappell-Wood encounter.

Johnson blasted around Chappell in the final circuits and chased Stewart to the line. “We had a great car, just started too far back,” Johnson commented of a runner-up finish aboard the JJR Don Ott-powered Haynes No. 41 Maxim. ”I wouldn’t have minded one last restart to make a run at it.”

Chappell limped home third, commenting that, “We salvaged a third, we can’t complain.”

After pacing the initial nine circuits, Morgan drove the Wesmar-powered Ark Wrecking Co. of Oklahoma No. 93 entry to an ASCS National career-best finish of fourth.

Transferring from “B” Main action, 20-year-old Nebraska shoe Jack Dover charged through the field from 17th to round out the top five, with Tony Bruce, Jr., hot on his heels with a run from 19th to sixth.

Darren Long posted his best career series finish by rallying from 18th to seventh, with Covington crossing the stripe in eighth. Mark Shirshekan recorded his first career Lucas Oil ASCS National top-ten run by taking the checkered flag in ninth, with leading Rookie contender Kyle Hirst completing the top ten.

Wright, Fisher, Jonathan Cornell, Stewart and Wood topped heat race action for the 44-car field, with Dover and Long winning the “B” Mains.

Heat One (8 Laps): 1. 9x-Gary Wright, 2. 14-Randy Martin, 3. 95-Matt Covington, 4. 3g-Darren Long, 5. 99-Brady Bacon, 6. 48-Ryan Schlender, 7. 5-Jason Schroeder, 8. 75-Tyler Blank, 9. 19-Mitchell Moore.

Heat Two (8 Laps): 1. 86x-Josh Fisher, 2. 21-Brian Brown, 3. 5h-Justyn Cox, 4. 41-Jason Johnson, 5. 53-Jack Dover, 6. 88-Tim Crawley, 7. 18-Tony Bruce, Jr., 8. 14k-Kyle Bellm, 9. 10-Chris Coleman.

Heat Three (8 Laps): 1. 28-Jonathan Cornell, 2. 71-Channin Tankersley, 3. 1-Sean McClelland, 4. 86-Don Droud, Jr., 5. 3p-Rusty Potter, 6. 21T-Eric Todd, 7. 94z-Zach Zimmerly, 8. 10x-Mike Trent. DNS: 44-Jon Corbin.

Heat Four (8 Laps): 1. 57-Shane Stewart, 2. 6-Kyle Hirst, 3. 54-Austin Alumbaugh, 4. 88k-J. Kinder, 5. 15-Jeff Wingate, 6. 72-Curtis Boyer, 7. 19s-Steven Cross, 8. 93w-Taylor Walton, 9. 10a-Ricky Logan.

Heat Five (8 Laps): 1. 94-Danny Wood, 2. 50z-Zach Chappell, 3. 3-Mark Shirshekan, 4. 93-Dustin Morgan, 5. 165-Haley Arnold, 6. 38-Cody Baker, 7. 9c-Tony Crank, 8. 44w-Austen Wheatley.

First "B" Feature (12 Laps): 1. 53-Jack Dover, 2. 18-Tony Bruce, Jr., 3. 3-Mark Shirshekan, 4. 86-Don Droud, Jr., 5. 10a-Ricky Logan, 6. 44w-Austen Wheatley, 7. 72-Curtis Boyer, 8. 165-Haley Arnold, 9. 48-Ryan Schlender, 10. 5-Jason Schroeder, 11. 15-Jeff Wingate, 12. 75-Tyler Blank, 13. 9c-Tony Crank. DNS: 10x-Mike Trent.

Second "B" Feature (12 Laps): 1. 3g-Darren Long, 2. 88-Tim Crawley, 3. 54-Austin Alumbaugh, 4. 3p-Rusty Potter, 5. 94z-Zach Zimmerly, 6. 21T-Eric Todd, 7. 38-Cody Baker, 8. 88-J. Kinder, 9. 14k-Kyle Bellm, 10. 19s-Steven Cross, 11. 10-Chris Coleman, 12. 93w-Taylor Walton. DNS: 19-Mitchell Moore, 44-Jon Corbin.

“A” Feature (30 Laps): 1. 57-Shane Stewart, 2. 41-Jason Johnson, 3. 50z-Zach Chappell, 4. 93-Dustin Morgan, 5. 53-Jack Dover, 6. 18-Tony Bruce, Jr., 7. 3g-Darren Long, 8. 95-Matt Covington, 9. 3-Mark Shirshekan, 10. 6-Kyle Hirst, 11. 88-Tim Crawley, 12. 28-Jonathan Cornell, 13. 99-Brady Bacon, 14. 14-Randy Martin, 15. 71-Channin Tankersley, 16. 10a-Ricky Logan, 17. 54-Austin Alumbaugh, 18. 5h-Justyn Cox, 19. 44w-Austen Wheatley, 20. 88k-J. Kinder, 21. 94-Danny Wood, 22. 86x-Josh Fisher, 23. 9x-Gary Wright, 24. 21-Brian Brown, 25. 1-Sean McClelland.

Note: Ricky Logan and Austen Wheatley both utilized mid-season bonus full-point provisionals to start the main event, while J. Kinder utilized a WOW provisional to start the main event.

Lucas Oil ASCS Sprint Cars presented by K&N Filters Points (Top 20): 1. Jason Johnson 1,933, 2. Shane Stewart 1,866, 3. Brady Bacon 1,842, 4. Jack Dover 1,781, 5. Zach Chappell 1,695, 6. Tony Bruce, Jr. 1,672, 7. Tim Crawley 1,669, 8. Danny Wood 1,622, 9. Kyle Hirst 1,617, 10. Ricky Logan 1,543, 11. Matt Covington 1,506, 12. Darren Long 1,330, 13. Dustin Morgan 1,320, 14. Channin Tankersley 1,317, 15. (tie) Austen Wheatley and Justyn Cox 1,244, 17. Travis Rilat 1,152, 18. Gary Wright 999, 19. Andrew Marshala 823, 20. Sean McClelland 579.

Rich Vleck, TULSA, Okla. (July 27, 2010)- The ASCS Patriots round out a busy month of action this weekend with two more challenge events take on top competitors not normally seen on the Patriot tour. If a Patriot can come out on top though, it will be worth $2,500 weekend.

Three feature races will be contested on the weekend, with 17 drivers eligible for weekend worth nearly $7,000. Friday Night will be the first stop ever for the Patriots at Clinton County Raceway in Lock Haven, PA for the third leg of the Mike Emhof Motorsports King of OH/PA Series while Saturday will showcase another complete show plus the rain delayed feature from May for the third and fourth features in the Insinger Race Fuels King of the Southern Tier Series.

Clinton County Raceway is located in Central Pennsylvania near I-80 and has gone through a resurrection over the last few years because of promoter and ASCS Patriot Regular Vern Wasson. Wasson is likely to take the night off to make sure their biggest show of the year goes off correctly, but a host of weekly Clinton County sprint car shows will be focusing on taking on the Patriots.

Tim Kelly, of Rock Stream, NY, is the only driver in the current top five of Patriot points with a start at Clinton County. Jared Zimbardi, Bryan Howland and Bubba Broderick, the top-five in points will all be travelled to uncharted waters but should fare well on the 1/3-mile oval.

A host of New Yorkers plan on making the trip to Central PA, including Kyle Moffit, Blake and Bobby Breen, Bruce DeWick and Gary Troutman. There will also be New York based teams with Pennsylvania drivers on hand including leading Insinger Race Fuels Rookie of the Year Contender Shayne Ely, Ryan Smith and 2004 Patriot Champion George Suprick.

Suprick is easily the most experienced Patriot at Clinton County. Suprick won the 2006 Championship there despite being underpowered every night and then once again captured the crown in 2008.

Judi Bates has also run Clinton County on a number of occasions with quality results and should be a factor in her No. 121.

Among the plethora of Friday Night regulars that should be in the mix include current point leader Alan Cole, Scott Lutz, Daryl Stimeling, Jamie Bodo and former Patriot competitors John Smith, Kyle Drum and Roger Fickett.

A two hour trip up the road on Saturday will bring the Patriots back to the High Banks of the Woodhull Raceway where two features will be contested along the way. This night could be a major factor in the 2010 Championship picture.

When the make-up feature is run early in the night, Chuck Hebing, of Ontario, NY and Bobby Breen, of Savannah, NY, will lead the field to green. Tim Kelly and Bryan Howland will be in row tow and both should be a major force at a track they always do well at. Howland is still chasing Jared Zimbardi in the point standings and will have a major advantage in starting spots as the No. 35 will start in the back after pulling off in his heat race back in May.

Don Adamczyk, from Williamsville, NY will have two chances to get his first career feature win Saturday at perhaps his best racetrack. Adamczyk has finished in the top-three there twice.

Rookies Dylan Swiernik and Kevin Ward Jr. will travel back to the tour, with Jared Fink, T.J. Newton, Chris Muhleisen and Ray Preston also expected to be on hand.

While the Sprint Express drivers will have the home field advantage on Friday Night at Clinton County, almost every competitor will head in to the tricky 1/3-mile for the first time on Saturday.

The two challenge events with the Sprint Express Series will use the “Patriot Points” format, awarding points only to those entered as Patriots and removing all others.

Hotel accommodations have been arranged for Friday Night near Clinton County at the Comfort Inn located at the Lamar, PA exit off I-80 in Mill Hall, PA. The rate is 80.00 per night using the rate code of ASCS. There is plenty of parking and two truck stops right at the location. If interested, call (570) 726-4901.

Racing begins Friday at 7:00 P.M., with Saturday getting underway at 6:30 P.M. For more information, visit www.ASCSpatriotsprints.com or www.ASCSracing.com.

Lonnie Wheatley, TULSA, Okla. (July 26, 2010) – Following a crowd-pleasing event at Missouri’s Springfield Raceway in May, the American Bank of Oklahoma ASCS Sooner Region makes an encore appearance atop the high-banked, ¼-mile clay oval this Saturday night.

Saturday’s event, co-sanctioned with the Missouri-based Winged Outlaw Warriors, marks the Inaugural running of the track’s Ozark Empire Nationals.

Tulsa’s Sean McClelland currently holds the lead in the American Bank of Oklahoma ASCS Sooner title chase as he vies for a second series championship after taking the top spot in 2005.

After a year in Lucas Oil ASCS National competition, McClelland has rejoined the Sooner ranks and holds a 60-point advantage over defending ASCS Sooner champion Joe Wood, Jr., of Oklahoma City, OK, with Sapulpa’s Kenneth Walker, Oklahoma City’s Andy Shouse and Tulsa’s Donnie Ray Crawford rounding out the current top five in points.

Broken Arrow, Oklahoma’s Nick Smith bested a field of 31 competitors when the ASCS Sooner Region took to the Springfield Raceway in May, with two-time series champion Brian McClelland tops in last year’s series debut at Springfield.

Saturday’s racing action at Springfield Raceway is slate to go green at 7:15 p.m.

Missouri’s Springfield Raceway is located off I-44 Exit 75, then south to Kearney Hwy., then one mile west to Westgate, then 0.3 miles south. For more information, contact the track at 417-863-0097.

The American Bank of Oklahoma ASCS Sooner Region is slated for 13 nights of racing action at eight different tracks throughout Oklahoma, Texas and Missouri in 2010.

Past ASCS Sooner Region Feature Winners at Springfield Raceway: 5/8/10 – Nick Smith 6/20/09 – Brian McClelland

Additional information regarding the American Sprint Car Series is available at www.ascsracing.com.

Lonnie Wheatley, TULSA, Okla. (July 26, 2010) – Following on the heels of a successful North by Northwest Tour, the Lucas Oil ASCS presented by K&N Filters National series invades La Monte, Missouri’s LA Raceway for the first time in series history this Friday night.

And, just when it looked as though defending series champion Shane Stewart and 2008 kingpin Jason Johnson were poised to break away into a two-way battle for the $60,000 Lucas Oil Sprint Car championship, Brady Bacon served notice in the Cottage Grove Nationals finale that he intends to be in that title mix as well.

The 20-year-old from Broken Arrow, OK, matched Eunice, Louisiana’s Johnson in the 2010 win column with Saturday night’s $6,000 score that brought an end to Johnson’s three-race win streak through Washington and Oregon.

Bacon’s fourth win came at an opportune time as well, as both Stewart and Johnson finished outside the top twenty in Saturday’s main event at Cottage Grove.

As a result, Bacon jumped to second in points, just 53 points behind “The Ragin’ Cajun”, with Bixby, OK, native Stewart another 22 points back in fourth.

Twenty-year-old Springfield, NE, shoe Jack Dover, who ranks as the only driver other than Johnson among the top ten in points to not yet use a provisional, is fourth in points, 135 markers off Johnson’s lead pace.

Three-time series champion Tim Crawley of Benton, AR, holds the fifth position by just one point over 2001 champion Zach Chappell of Talala, OK, with Liberal, KS, ace Tony Bruce, Jr., just eleven points behind Crawley in seventh. Veteran shoe Danny Wood of Norman, OK, is another 18 points back in eighth.

Kyle Hirst of Loomis, CA, is the leading Brodix Rookie of the Year contender in ninth, with Little Rock native Ricky Logan rounding out the current top ten in points.

Rookie shoe Matt Covington of Glenpool, OK, is just outside the top ten, with other Lucas Oil ASCS contenders including Ohio’s Darren Long and the remaining rookie crop of 19-year-old Channin Tankersley (Highlands, TX), 21-year-old Dustin Morgan (Tulsa, OK), 17-year-old Austen Wheatley (Lake Stevens, WA) and 16-year-old Justyn Cox (Clarksburg, CA).

Friday’s card atop the 3/8-mile LA Raceway clay oval marks the second of three stops during the 2010 season for the Lucas Oil National Sprint Cars in the Show-Me State. Oklahoma’s Zach Chappell cracked victory lane at Eldon, Missouri’s Lake Ozark Speedway last month, with Wheatland’s Lucas Oil Speedway hosting the series in September.

As is always the case, the Lucas Oil ASCS contenders will face a variety of top challengers in Missouri with the Winged Outlaw Warriors trying to knock off the National invaders. Eric Todd of Falcon, MO, is the current WOW points leader, with Tyler Blank, J. Kinder, Jonathan Cornell and Jon Corbin rounding out the current top five.

Friday’s card marks the final Lucas Oil ASCS event before the $10,000-to-win 20th Annual ASCS Knoxville Nationals in Knoxville, IA, on August 5-7.

LA Raceway (La Monte, MO) – 3/8-mile, slightly banked clay oval located 3.5 miles west of SR 127 on Hwy Y. For more information, contact the track at 660-563-9878 or check http://www.laraceway.com/.

Friday’s card at LA Raceway marks the inaugural event for the Lucas Oil Sprint Cars atop the 3/8-mile clay oval.

Top Twenty: 1. Jason Johnson (Eunice, LA) 1,791, 2. Brady Bacon (Broken Arrow, OK) 1,738, 3. Shane Stewart (Bixby, OK) 1,716, 4. Jack Dover (Springfield, NE) 1,656, 5. Tim Crawley (Benton, AR) 1,561, 6. Zach Chappell (Talala, OK) 1,560, 7. Tony Bruce, Jr. (Liberal, KS) 1,550, 8. Danny Wood (Norman, OK) 1,532, 9. Kyle Hirst (Loomis, CA) 1,507, 10. Ricky Logan (Little Rock, AR) 1,445, 11. Matt Covington (Glenpool, OK) 1,390, 12. Channin Tankersley (Highlands, TX) 1,217, 13. Darren Long (Elida, OH) 1,211, 14. Dustin Morgan (Tulsa, OK) 1,190, 15. (tie) Austen Wheatley (Lake Stevens, WA) and Travis Rilat (Forney, TX) 1,152, 17. Justyn Cox (Clarksburg, CA) 1,150, 18. Gary Wright (Hooks, TX) 911, 19. Andrew Marshala (Shawnee, OK) 823, 20. Johnny Herrera (Albuquerque, NM) 501.

Brodix Rookie of the Year Points: 1. Kyle Hirst (Loomis, CA) 1,507, 2. Matt Covington (Glenpool, OK) 1,390, 3. Channin Tankersley (Highlands, TX) 1,217, 4. Dustin Morgan (Tulsa, OK) 1,190, 5. Austen Wheatley (Lake Stevens, WA) 1,152, 6. Justyn Cox (Clarksburg, CA) 1,1,50, 7. Andrew Marshala (Shawnee, OK) 823.

Brady Bacon 4, Jason Johnson 4, Zach Chappell 2, Matt Covington 1, Shane Stewart 1, Sammy Swindell 1, Danny Wood 1.

August 5-7 – ASCS Knoxville Nationals (Knoxville, IA) August 27 – Tri-City Speedway (Granite City, IL) August 28 – I-30 Speedway (Little Rock, AR)

Those unable to catch all the action in person can listen to every Lucas Oil Sprint Car Series presented by K&N Filters live at www.racinboys.com.

Also, the Lucas Oil ASCS Show airs on www.racinboys.com each Tuesday night at 8:00 p.m. ET, recapping the previous week's events while also previewing upcoming action.

Official results, championship point updates, photos and race notes will be available at www.ascsracing.com.

The Lucas Oil Sprint Car Series presented by K&N Filters will be featured in ten one-hour shows broadcast on a tape-delayed basis on the VERSUS Network and MavTV.

Event Date – Track (Location) – VERSUS Air Date & Time (All Times Eastern & Subject to Change): March 19 – Devil's Bowl Speedway (Mesquite, TX) – 6/6/10 @ 6:00 p.m. March 20 – Devil's Bowl Speedway (Mesquite, TX) – Rained Out June 11 – Eagle Raceway (Eagle, NE) – 11/21/10 @ 4:00 p.m. June 12 – Eagle Raceway (Eagle, NE) – 11/21/10 @ 5:00 p.m. September 25 – Lucas Oil Speedway (Wheatland, MO) – 11/28/10 @ 6:00 p.m. October 1 – Riverside Speedway (W. Memphis, AR) – TBD October 2 – Riverside Speedway (W. Memphis, AR) – TBD October 28 - I-30 Speedway (Little Rock, AR) – 12/5/10 @ 5:00 p.m. October 29 – I-30 Speedway (Little Rock, AR) – 12/5/10 @ 6:00 p.m. October 30 – I-30 Speedway (Little Rock, AR) – 12/19/10 @ 4:00 p.m.

The Lucas Oil Sprint Car Series presented by K&N Filters is currently slated for 36 nights of racing action at 17 different tracks throughout the nation, with the country's top Sprint Car drivers set to battle it out for their share of the $250,000 points fund.

In its 19th year of sanctioning Sprint Car racing, the American Sprint Car Series brings the best of Sprint Car racing to approximately 100 different tracks throughout 30 states and Canada. Anchored by the Lucas Oil Sprint Car Series presented by K&N Filters, ASCS also consists of ten different Regions throughout the nation.

Additional information regarding the American Sprint Car Series is available at www.ascsracing.com.

Lonnie Wheatley, TULSA, Okla. (July 26, 2010) – New Mexico’s Rick Ziehl will try to move one step closer to a third consecutive American Sprint Car Series Southwest Region championship when the series takes to Tucson’s USA Raceway this Saturday night.

After earning the 2008 series crown by 22 markers and then last year’s title by just seven points, the Las Cruces shoe holds a 37-point advantage entering Saturday’s tilt atop the 3/8-mile USA Raceway oval.

With a pair of wins in the initial seven events of the year, Ziehl tries to hold off April 24 feature winner John Gaston of Peoria, AZ, with Knoxville, IA, resident Calvin Landis third in points.

Mesa’s J.T. Imperial and 15-year-old New Mexico contender Joshua Hodges round out the current top five in points, with Steve Stone, Joshua Williams, Koty McGullam, Kaylene Verville and Bud Goodwin the rest of the current top ten.

After Hodges snared his first ASCS Southwest win at Aztec on June 5, Joshua Williams posted his first career series victory when the series returned to action at USA Raceway on July 17.

Saturday's ASCS Southwest Region action at USA Raceway is slated to go green at 6:45 p.m.

The 3/8-mile USA Raceway clay oval is located east of Tucson off I-10 Exit 268, then 1.6 mile south on Craycroft Road, which turns into Los Reales. For more information, contact the track at 520-574-8515.

The ASCS Southwest Region is currently slated for 19 overall nights of competition in 2010, including 13 nights in Arizona and three New Mexico weekend doubles.

Additional information regarding the American Sprint Car Series is available at www.ascsracing.com.

Piloting the #12 RAM Racing Spike/RRE Chevy EcoTec, Chico’s Dillon Silverman continued his stellar 2010 season by winning his third American Sprint Car Series (ASCS) Pacific region Midget race at the legendary ¼-mile Silver Dollar Speedway in Chico, CA on Friday, July 23.

Inching at squeezing under Travis Haugh for several laps, finally making a yeoman’s pass under the rim-riding Haugh on Lap 11, Silverman was showcasing veteran-like prowess. From then on, Haugh tried re-passing Silverman, but Silverman’s poise gave him the edge at the checkers, edging Haugh by a narrow three-tenths of a second – the closest and most exciting ASCS Midget finish of the year!

Following 18-year-old Silverman to the checkers were Haugh in his grandfather Rich’s #5h Maxim/Chevy, Angwin’s Britton Bock in his #67 TCR/Ford, San Jose’s Ryan Shupe in the #40 Bay Muffler Stealth/Ford, Shingle Springs’ Rick Young aboard his #14 RAM Racing “Pink Lady” Spike/RRE Chevy EcoTec with Cameron Park’s Lonny Alton rounding out the finishing order in Lana Alton’s #5a Stealth/Ford. Shupe moved into fourth by passing Young on Lap 14.

Making just his fourth Midget start, June 23 race winner Haugh, of Butte Valley, was seeking his second win after surging from his fifth starting spot to the lead on the opening lap. However, after leading through Lap 10, Silverman made an exciting low-groove pass under the rim-riding Haugh for the lead. 18-year-old Haugh is the eldest of 1987 Silver Dollar Speedway 410 Sprint Car track Champion Rick Haugh’s two sons. Despite the strong run, Haugh’s mount was battling engine gremlins.

Haugh claimed the Heat race from the outside pole in dominating fashion over Young, Shupe, Silverman, Bock and Alton. Alton flipped on Lap 4 of the Heat - returning to action in the feature. Bock also spun in the Heat, also returning for the feature.

Haugh recorded the fastest lap time of the evening during the Heat, clocking a lap at 14.782 seconds on the heavy, well-prepared quarter-mile oval.

Silverman is the only multiple-time ASCS-Pacific region Midget feature winner in 2010, with three victories to his credit. Young, Haugh and Bock have also found the winner’s circle this year. In addition to leading both the ASCS-Pacific region and ASCS Silver Dollar Speedway points, Silverman also sits second in the Bay Cities Racing Association (BCRA) overall Midget points.

The ASCS Midgets are Silver Dollar Speedway’s newest division, calling Silver Dollar Speedway their home track this year. The race was the eighth of nine scheduled visits the ASCS Midgets will make at the Silver Dollar quarter-mile in 2010, returning for their final appearance on Friday, August 20. Two early-season races were rained out.

The ASCS Midgets are designed to one day become to Midget racing what the 360 has become to Sprint Car racing. While it may not be the fastest class of midget racing, the division provides 90 percent of the performance at nearly 50 percent of the cost to the competitor with most teams utilizing the new Chevrolet EcoTec racing engine developed by Southern California’s Revolution Racing Engines (RRE).

“The cost control nature of this class coupled with the regular races at the famed Silver Dollar Speedway will provide a foundation to build the ASCS Midget Division in Northern California,” says ASCS Pacific division Midget Director Young. “There are many outlaw kart and micro drivers in the area that now have an affordable alternative to Sprint Car racing and the best track in California to race at on a Friday night,” adds Young.

For more information on the budget-minded ASCS Midget-Pacific division, contact ASCS Midgets-Pacific region Director Rick Young at (916) 717-3122. For more information on the RRE Chevy EcoTec Midget engine, visit www.revolutionracingengines.com or call (805) 238-3930. For more information on Silver Dollar Speedway, visit the track’s official Web site at www.silverdollarspeedway.com

Summary: Feature (start) 1. Silverman (2), 2. Haugh (5), 3. Bock (6), 4. Shupe (3), 5. Young (4), 6. Alton (1) Lap leaders: 1-10 Haugh, 11-15 Silverman Heat: 1. Haugh, 2. Young, 3. Shupe, 4. Silverman, 5. Bock, 6. Alton

Lonnie Wheatley, MESQUITE, Texas (July 24, 2010) – Kolt Walker prevailed in a last-lap, three-wide scramble for the lead to win Saturday night’s 25-lap American Sprint Car Series Gulf South vs. Lone Star main event atop the storied ½-mile Devil’s Bowl Speedway clay oval.

After starting eighth, the Kermit, TX, native outdueled Gary Wright and Andy Shouse on the final circuit to snare his second career ASCS Regional triumph aboard the ASI-powered Jars Inc./Texas Moon No. 45k Maxim.

While Walker and Wright worked forward from the fourth row, Shouse took the lead away from fellow past ASCS Sooner champion Brian McClelland on the sixth round and led it all the way to the white flag.

Circling the big track with no brakes over the last half of the race, Shouse went high in turns one and two on the final circuit with Walker pulling alongside in the middle of turn two and Wright on the low side.

Shouse slipped off the backstretch, with Walker then beating “The Texan” through the final pair of corners for the win. Shouse settled for the show position, while Kevin Ramey rallied from 19th to fourth.

Current ASCS Lone Star points leader Eric Baldaccini was fifth, with Michael Lang, ASCS Gulf South points leader Ray Allen Kulhanek, Claud Estes, John Ricketts and Travis Elliott completing the top ten.

Estes, Baldaccini, Justin Spoerl, Preston Peebles II and Wright topped heat race action for Saturday night’s 40-car field, with Martin Edwards and Chris Sweeney winning the “B” Mains.

First Heat (8 Laps): 1. 74e-Claud Estes, 2. 45k-Kolt Walker, 3. 45x-Martin Edwards, 4. 25-Brian McClelland, 5. 7m-Kevin Ramey, 6. 74x-Joshua Hodges, 7. 87-Aaron Reutzel, 8. 1r-Scott Reneau.

Second Heat (8 Laps): 1. 4-Eric Baldaccini, 2. 29-Larry Long, 3. 14-Michael Lang, 4. 51s-Beau Smith, 5. 2L-Logan Payne, 6. 88-Scottie McDonald, 7. 30x-Bean Elliott, 8. 77-Colt Treharn.

Third Heat (8 Laps): 1. 6-Justin Spoerl, 2. 76-John Ricketts, 3. 11-Justin Melton, 4. 19-Klint Angelette, 5. 69-Larry Howery, 6. 20-Chad Wilson, 7. 17-Bruce Griffith, Jr., 8. 10-George White.

Fourth Heat (8 Laps): 1. 0c-Preston Peebles II, 2. 21T-Ray Allen Kulhanek, 3. 27-Andy Shouse, 4. 15T-Travis Elliott, 5. 8-Bruce Crockett, 6. 51w-Wes Miller, 7. 31-Brandon Berryman, 8. 12b-Logan Bledsoe.

Fifth Heat (8 Laps): 1. 9x-Gary Wright, 2. 14e-Todd Evans, 3. 93-Chris Sweeney, 4. 45-J.P. Bailey, 5. 30-Brandon Corn, 6. 85-Tommy Bryant, 7. 5c-Chris Coker, 8. 16-Ray Welnack.

First “B” Main (12 Laps): 1. 45x-Martin Edwards, 2. 7m-Kevin Ramey, 3. 19-Klint Angelette, 4. 11-Justin Melton, 5. 85-Tommy Bryant, 6. 87-Aaron Reutzel, 7. 1r-Scott Reneau, 8. 20-Chad Wilson, 9. 30x-Bean Elliott, 10. 8-Bruce Crockett, 11. 10-George White. DNS: 77-Colt Treharn.

Second “B” Main (12 Laps): 1. 93-Chris Sweeney, 2. 51s-Beau Smith, 3. 2L-Logan Payne, 4. 88-Scottie McDonald, 5. 31-Brandon Berryman, 6. 5c-Chris Coker, 7. 74x-Joshua Hodges, 8. 30-Brandon Corn, 9. 16-Ray Welnack, 10. 12b-Logan Bledsoe. DNS: 17-Bruce Griffith, Jr., 51w-Wes Miller.

"A" Feature (25 Laps): 1. 45k-Kolt Walker, 2. 9x-Gary Wright, 3. 27-Andy Shouse, 4. 7m-Kevin Ramey, 5. 4-Eric Baldaccini, 6. 14-Michael Lang, 7. 21T-Ray Allen Kulhanek, 8. 74e-Claud Estes, 9. 76-John Ricketts, 10. 15T-Travis Elliott, 11. 45x-Martin Edwards, 12. 11-Justin Melton, 13. 93-Chris Sweeney, 14. 69-Larry Howery, 15. 19-Klint Angelette, 16. 2L-Logan Payne, 17. 6-Justin Spoerl, 18. 29-Larry Long, 19. 4-J.P. Bailey, 20. 51s-Beau Smith, 21. 0c-Preston Peebles II, 22. 88-Scottie McDonald, 23. 25-Brian McClelland, 24. 14e-Todd Evans.

ASCS Gulf South Region Points (Top Ten): 1. Ray Allen Kulhanek 1,625 2. Tommy Bryant 1,540, 3. Brandon Berryman 1,482, 4. Aaron Reutzel 1,457, 5. Scottie McDonald 1,397, 6. Travis Elliott 1,373, 7. Chris Sweeney 1,330, 8. Wes Miller 1,225, 9. Beau Smith 1,189, 10. Logan Bledsoe 1,163.

ASCS Lone Star Region Points (Top 10): 1. Eric Baldaccini 1,538, 2. Claud Estes 1,448, 3. Justin Melton 1,358, 4. Preston Peebles II 1,333, 5. Martin Edwards 1,317, 6. John Ricketts 1,287, 7. Brandon Corn 1,270, 8. Brian McClelland 1,205, 9. Kolt Walker 1,152, 10. Scott Reneau 1,122.

Lonnie Wheatley, COTTAGE GROVE, Ore. (July 24, 2010) – Oklahoma’s Brady Bacon put a quick stop to Jason Johnson’s three-race winning streak by charging to victory lane in Saturday night’s 35-lap Lucas Oil ASCS presented by K&N Filters main event at Cottage Grove Speedway.

The 20-year-old from Broken Arrow, OK, gunned into the lead at the outset and led the entire distance on the ¼-mile clay oval, taking the $6,000 triumph with a handful of lapped cars and nearly a half-lap between himself and runner-up Seth Bergman at the checkered flag.

“That’s the way I like ‘em,” Bacon commented upon climbing from Mike and Megan Eubanks’ Wesmar-powered Tel-Star Communications No. 99 Triple-X in victory lane for the fourth time this season in Lucas Oil National competition.

Icing on the cake for Bacon was the fact that both Johnson and Shane Stewart, the two drivers who entered the night ahead of him in the $60,000 championship points chase, encountered feature troubles and posted finishes of 24th and 26th, respectively.

“I was about 100 points ahead of Jason at one time and then I got 100 behind him, the way this point system is you can gain a lot of ground or lose a lot in a hurry,” Bacon explained after shaving 62 points off the 115-point advantage Johnson had on him entering the night. Bacon also leap-frogged Stewart for second in points and sits just 53 markers behind Johnson entering next Friday night’s series debut at LA Raceway in La Monte, MO.

“Right now I’ll just take the $6,000 for tonight, there’s still a long way to go to that $60,000 at the end of the year,” Bacon commented.

Starting from the pole position, Bacon outgunned Bergman for the lead at the drop of the green flag and paced the early circuits in front of Bergman, Johnson and Stewart. Johnson slid past Bergman for second in turn two on the fifth lap, with Bacon reaching traffic the next time around.

Bacon worked the low side to perfection, putting five lapped cars between himself and Johnson by the time the caution flew after 13 laps for Matt Covington, who slowed with a cut right rear tire. While Covington rejoined the chase, Stewart ducked pitside with a broken heim in the front end and was unable to make repairs in time to rejoin the action.

While Bacon was blistering the field in the early laps, 10th-starter Jayme Barnes was the man on the move by climbing to third right behind Johnson by the time the caution flew.

With Bacon cruising out front when action resumed, Barnes battled past Johnson for second on the 16th lap only to get loose in turn two a lap later and collect the “Ragin’ Cajun”, who did a quick endo. Barnes retired for the night with front end damage, while Johnson rejoined the field at the tail after cursory repairs.

While the action was slowed another pair of times after 23 and then 30 laps, including a late spin by Johnson after losing a lap to the leader, Bacon was unchallenged as seven to eight lapped cars separated him from the runner-up duel between Bergman and Zach Chappell on each restart.

Bacon took the checkered flag with ample breathing room, while Bergman ranked as the top-finishing ASCS Northwest rep for the second night in a row with a runner-up finish aboard the Wesmar-powered Corridor Electric No. 23 Eagle.

Chappell, the 2001 series champion from Talala, OK, rebounded from a shaky Friday night outing to take show honors aboard the Wesmar-powered Legends Bar-B-Que No. 50z Maxim.

Washington’s Henry Van Dam posted a career best ASCS National finish of fourth after starting ninth in the No. 33v entry, with leading Brodix Rookie of the Year contender Kyle Hirst of Loomis, CA, advancing a half-dozen positions to round out the top five in Gary Perkins’ Shark-powered GP Development No. 6 A.R.T.

Three-time Cottage Grove Speedway track champion Billy Nutter was sixth, with Nebraska’s Jack Dover earning Hard Charger honors by racing from 20th to seventh.

Danny Wood climbed from 14th to eighth, with Jason Solwold and 16th-starting Rookie of the Year contender Dustin Morgan completing the top ten.

After utilizing a promoter’s option to start the main event for money only but no additional points, current ASCS Northwest points leader Roger Crockett was the first car one lap off the lead pace in 15th. Crockett’s night soured when a fuel line came off in heat race action. He was then unable to earn a top-three transfer position from “B” Main competition.

Nutter, Chappell, Barnes and Hirst topped Saturday night’s heat race action, with 14-year-old Trey Starks and Crawley winning the “B” Mains.

Lucas Oil ASCS Sprint Cars presented by K&N Filters Cottage Grove Speedway Saturday Finale Results:

Heat One (10 Laps): 1. 6n-Billy Nutter, 2. 71-Channin Tankersley, 3. 33v-Henry Van Dam, 4. 39c-Jason Solwold, 5. 10a-Ricky Logan, 6. 44w-Austen Wheatley, 7. 5h-Justyn Cox, 8. 2L-Logan Forler.

Heat Two (10 Laps): 1. 50z-Zach Chappell, 2. 08-Steve Vague, 3. 11w-Shane Broers, 4. 55-Trey Starks, 5. 19-T.J. Hartman, 6. 5d-Josh DeWitt, 7. 10-Kyle Miller, 8. 57x-Billy Butler.

Heat Three (10 Laps): 1. 7n-Jayme Barnes, 2. 93-Dustin Morgan, 3. 95-Matt Covington, 4. 88-Tim Crawley, 5. 22-Garen Linder, 6. 96-Mack Brown, 7. 11-Roger Crockett, 8. 3g-Darren Long.

Heat Four (10 Laps): 1. 6-Kyle Hirst, 2. 18-Tony Bruce, Jr., 3. 94-Danny Wood, 4. 94T-Steven Tiner, 5. 53-Jack Dover, 6. 98m-Mitch Olson, 7. 88x-Brent Hoover, 8. 26-Sammy Wright.

First "B" Feature (12 Laps): 1. 55-Trey Starks, 2. 94T-Steven Tiner, 3. 10a-Ricky Logan, 4. 98m-Mitch Olson, 5. 11-Roger Crockett, 6. 10-Kyle Miller, 7. 5d-Josh DeWitt, 8. 88x-Brent Hoover, 9. 22-Garen Linder. DNS: 3g-Darren Long.

Second "B" Feature (12 Laps): 1. 88-Tim Crawley, 2. 53-Jack Dover, 3. 19-T.J. Hartman, 4. 44w-Austen Wheatley, 5. 5h-Justyn Cox, 6. 2L-Logan Forler, 7. 57x-Billy Butler, 8. 96-Mack Brown, 9. 26-Sammy Wright, 10. 11w-Shane Broers.

“A” Feature (35 Laps): 1. 99-Brady Bacon, 2. 23-Seth Bergman, 3. 50z-Zach Chappell, 4. 33v-Henry Van Dam, 5. 6-Kyle Hirst, 6. 6n-Billy Nutter, 7. 53-Jack Dover, 8. 94-Danny Wood, 9. 39c-Jason Solwold, 10. 93-Dustin Morgan, 11. 88-Tim Crawley, 12. 71-Channin Tankersley, 13. 95-Matt Covington, 14. 10a-Ricky Logan, 15. 11-Roger Crockett, 16. 18-Tony Bruce, Jr., 17. 08-Steve Vague, 18. 44w-Austen Wheatley, 19. 94T-Steven Tiner, 20. 5h-Justyn Cox, 21. 55-Trey Starks, 22. 98m-Mitch Olson, 23. 19-T.J. Hartman, 24. 41-Jason Johnson, 25. 7n-Jayme Barnes, 26. 57-Shane Stewart.

Note: Austen Wheatley and Justyn Cox both utilized their first provisionals of the year to start the main event. Roger Crockett and Mitch Olson both utilized Promoter’s Option Provisionals to start the main event for added money only, no additional points.

Lucas Oil ASCS Sprint Cars presented by K&N Filters Points (Top 20): 1. Jason Johnson 1,791, 2. Brady Bacon 1,738, 3. Shane Stewart 1,716, 4. Jack Dover 1,656, 5. Tim Crawley 1,561, 6. Zach Chappell 1,560, 7. Tony Bruce, Jr. 1,550, 8. Danny Wood 1,532, 9. Kyle Hirst 1,507, 10. Ricky Logan 1,445, 11. Matt Covington 1,390, 12. Channin Tankersley 1,217, 13. Darren Long 1,211, 14. Dustin Morgan 1,190, 15. (tie) Austen Wheatley and Travis Rilat 1,152, 17. Justyn Cox 1,150, 18. Gary Wright 911, 19. Andrew Marshala 823, 20. Johnny Herrera 501.

ASCS Northwest Region Points (Top Ten): 1. Roger Crockett 1,550, 2. Jason Solwold 1,530, 3. Mitch Olson 1,440, 4. Seth Bergman 1,437, 5. Jayme Barnes 1,412, 6. Henry Van Dam 1,388, 7. Trey Starks 1,217, 8. Garen Linder 1,162, 9. T.J. Hartman 1,147, 10. Steven Tiner 1,138.

T.J. Buffenbarger, IONIA, Mich. (July 23, 2010) - Dustin Daggett made history Friday night at the Ionia Fairgrounds with the Engine Pro ASCS Sprints on Dirt presented by ARP. Daggett scored the 71st ASCS SOD feature win of his career, tying him with the Hank Lower for the most feature victories in series history. Daggett set the record by completely dominating the Ionia Free Fair program sweeping the heat race, dash, and feature event victories.

“It feels great to tie the record and finally get a win (at Ionia),” said Daggett. “We finished second the first two times here, and I wanted to win in from of my family and friends.”

Joe Bares and started on the front row with Ryan Grubaugh. Bares took the lead and held on through the first three circuits. Daggett immediately got second from Grubaugh and went after Bares for the lead. Daggett held right into Bares back bumper until making the pass on lap four. From there Daggett checked out to what ended up being a half lap lead at the finish

Bares then had to hold off repeated challenges for second from Grubaugh. Eventually Grubaugh made the pass,but Bares passed Grubaugh returned the favor down the backstretch to maintain second spot Another attempt at taking away second position cost Grubaugh third when Gregg Dalman took the position on the final lap.

Daggett dominated the non-stop 25-lap feature. Bars, Dalman, Grubaugh, and Ben Rutan rounded out the top five. Rutan was the only driver other than Daggett to win an event during the evening, winning the second heat race.

Engine Pro ASCS Sprints on Dirt presented by ARP Results Friday July 23rd, 2010 Ionia Fairgrounds – Ionia, Michigan

Engler Machine and Tool Heat Race #1 (8 Laps): 1. 2m - Dustin Daggett, 2. 91 - Joe Bares, 3. 10x - Davey Brown, 4. 8 - Tim Champlin, 5. 187 - Gavin Hunyady, 6. 85 - Mike Dagggett, 7. 46 - Robert Huisken, 8. 29s – Marques Huffer. DNS: 22 – Aaron Shaffer

Lane Automotive/Comp Cams Heat Race #2 (8 Laps): 1. 23 – Ben Rutan, 2. 00 – Ryan Grubaugh, 3. 49t – Gregg Dalman, 4. 19 – Brett Mann, 5. 1r – Sean Robinson, 6. 6n – Dain Naida, 7. 14 – Ryan Davis, 8. 70 – Jim Lingar

Total Seal Fast Car Dash presented by Gaerte Engines (4 Laps): 1. 2m – Dustin Daggett, 2. 49t – Gregg Dalman, 3. 00 – Ryan Grubaugh, 4. Ben Rutan

“A” Feature (25 Laps): 1. 2m – Dustin Daggett, 2. 91 – Joe Bares, 3. 49t – Gregg Dalman, 4. 00 – Ryan Grubaugh, 5. 23 – Ben Rutan, 6. 19 – Brett Mann, 7. 1- Sean Robinson, 8. 6n – Dain Naida, 9. 10x – Davey Brown, 10. 85 – Mike Daggett, 11. 22 – Aaron Shaffer, 12. 46 – Robert Huisken, 13. 14 – Ryan Davis, 14. 187 – Gavin Hunyady, 15. 70 – Jim Lingar, 16. 29s – Marques Huffer, 17. 8 – Tim Champlin.

Engine Pro ASCS Sprints on Dirt presented by ARP Points (Top Ten): 1. Dain Naida 1,793, 2. Ryan Grubaugh 1,780, 3. Gregg Dalman 1,745, 4. Ben Rutan 1,649, 5. Gavin Hunyady 1,521, 6. Dustin Daggett 1,505, 7. Robert Huisken 1,319, 8. Aaron Shaffer 1,108, 9. Brett Mann 1,051, 10. Joe Bares 737.

Lonnie Wheatley, HARTFORD, S.D. (July 23, 2010) – Jake Peters offered up more evidence that trailers don’t win races, as he topped Friday night’s 25-lap American Sprint Car Series Midwest main event at I-90 Speedway.

Working off a rare open trailer in today’s Sprint Car world, Peters gunned into the lead from the pole position at the drop of the green flag and led all the way to post his sixth career overall ASCS feature win.

Peters caught some timely cautions to stay out of traffic, beating eighth-starter Clint Garner to the checkered flag. Current ASCS Midwest points leader Eric Lutz claimed the show position, with 11th-starter Bryan Dobesh and Dusty Ballenger rounding out the top five.

Lane Brenden climbed from 13th to sixth, with 19th-starter Dylan Peterson, Donovan Peterson, Lee Grosz and Ricky Maiolo completing the top ten.

Donovan Peterson, Maiolo and Grosz topped heat race action, with Mitch Runge winning the “B” Main.

First Heat (8 Laps): 1. 3-Donovan Peterson, 2. 5-Eric Lutz, 3. 85-Justin Saathoff, 4. 44-Doug Lovegrove, 5. 54-Bryan Dobesh, 6. 75-Tommy Barber, 7. 1-Justin Glaser, 8. 23-Trent VanMaanen.

Second Heat (8 Laps): 1. 24au-Ricky Maiolo, 2. 2d-Dusty Ballenger, 3. 40-Clint Garner, 4. 13jm-Jordan Martens, 5. 27-Jody Rosenboom, 6. 28-Mitch Runge, 7. 25-Dylan Peterson, 8. 11-Troy Meyer.

Third Heat (8 Laps): 1. 4j-Lee Grosz, 2. 55-Mike Young, 3. 57x-Jake Peters, 4. 8-Lane Brenden, 5. 17-Gage Dorr, 6. 12-Tyler Drueke, 7. 9-Dusty Wasmund, 8. 63-Terry Chester.

B Feature (8 Laps): 1. 28-Mitch Runge, 2. 1-Justin Glaser, 3. 25-Dylan Peterson, 4. 11-Troy Meyer, 5. 9-Dusty Wasmund, 6. 63-Terry Chester, 7. 75-Tommy Barber, 8. 23-Trent VanMaanen.

"A" Feature (25 Laps): 1. 57x-Jake Peters, 2. 40-Clint Garner, 3. 5-Eric Lutz, 4. 54-Bryan Dobesh, 5. 2d-Dusty Ballenger, 6. 8-Lane Brenden, 7. 25-Dylan Peterson, 8. 3-Donovan Peterson, 9. 4j-Lee Grosz, 10. 24au-Ricky Maiolo, 11. 17-Gage Dorr, 12. 1-Justin Glaser, 13. 55-Mike Young, 14. 27-Jody Rosenboom, 15. 44-Doug Lovegrove, 16. 13jm-Jordan Martens, 17. 28-Mitch Runge, 18. 11-Troy Meyer, 19. 85-Justin Saathoff, 20. 12-Tyler Drueke (DNS).

ASCS Midwest Region Points (Top Ten): 1. Eric Lutz 1,780, 2. Doug Lovegrove 1,559, 3. Jack Dover 1,517, 4. Tyler Drueke 1,157, 5. Jason Danley 1,092, 6. Lee Grosz 1,085, 7. Brian Brown 1,064, 8. Gage Dorr 993, 9. Chad Humston 899, 10. Ryan Roberts 812.

Lonnie Wheatley, WACO, Texas (July 23, 2010) – Current American Sprint Car Series Gulf South points leader Ray Allen Kulhanek represented his series well by winning Friday night’s 25-lap ASCS Gulf South vs. ASCS Lone Star main event at Heart O’ Texas Speedway.

The 2005 ASCS Gulf South champ raced from the front row outside starting position to claim his first win of the year and tenth Gulf South score of his career in the opening leg of the Gulf South vs. Lone Star Showdown.

Kulhanek raced to the stripe in David Miller’s 105 Machine & Custom-powered Miller’s RV Park/Smiley’s Racing Products No. 21T J&J ahead of Skip Wilson, with Gary Wright claiming the show position.

Claud Estes crossed the stripe in fourth, with Kolt Walker rounding out the top five. Preston Peebles II was sixth, with Joshua Hodges, 18th-starter Tommy Bryant, 20th-starter Brandon Corn and Martin Edwards completing the top ten.

Hodges, Wright, Edwards, Kulhanek, Walker and Chris Sweeney topped heat race action for the 42-car field, with Justin Melton and Eric Baldaccini winning the “B” Mains.

First Heat (8 Laps): 1. 74x-Joshua Hodges, 2. 79-Charlie McDonald, 3. 27-Andy Shouse, 4. 76-John Ricketts, 5. 69h-Larry Howery, 6. 87-Aaron Reutzel, 7. 7w-Dustin Welch.

Second Heat (8 Laps): 1. 9x-Gary Wright, 2. 51s-Beau Smith, 3. 30-Brandon Corn, 4. 20-Chad Wilson, 5. 25-Brian McClelland, 6. 26-Dalton Steed, 7. 88-Scottie McDonald.

Third Heat (8 Laps): 1. 45x-Martin Edwards, 2. 65-Skip Wilson, 3. 0c-Preston Peebles II, 4. 12b-Logan Bledsoe, 5. 30x-Bean Elliott, 6. 17-Bruce Griffith, Jr., 7. 5c-Chris Coker.

Fourth Heat (8 Laps): 1. 21T-Ray Allen Kulhanek, 2. 74e-Claud Estes, 3. 14-Michael Lang, 4. 1r-Scott Reneau, 5. 67-Rodney Henderson. DNS: 15T-Travis Elliott, 28-James Cooper.

Fifth Heat (8 Laps): 1. 45k-Kolt Walker, 2. 85-Tommy Bryant, 3. 11-Justin Melton, 4. 8-Bruce Crockett, 5. 51w-Wes Miller, 6. 19-Klint Angelette. DNS: 36-John Pate.

Sixth Heat (8 Laps): 1. 93-Chris Sweeney, 2. 3-Gary Watson, 3. 31-Brandon Berryman, 4. 4-Eric Baldaccini, 5. 77-Colt Treharn, 6. 24-Brandie Jass. DNS: 71t-Shane Thompson.

First “B” Main (12 Laps): 1. 11-Justin Melton, 2. 31-Brandon Berryman, 3. 8-Bruce Crockett, 4. 3-Gary Watson, 5. 25-Brian McClelland, 6. 12b-Logan Bledsoe, 7. 69h-Larry Howery, 8. 19-Klint Angelette, 9. 77-Colt Treharn, 10. 87-Aaron Reutzel, 11. 7w-Dusitn Welch. DNS: 17-Bruce Griffith, Jr., 36-John Pate, 71t-Shane Thompson.

Second “B” Main (12 Laps): 1. 4-Eric Baldaccini, 2. 85-Tommy Bryant, 3. 30-Brandon Corn, 4. 76-John Ricketts, 5. 15T-Travis Elliott, 6. 88-Scottie McDonald, 7. 51w-Wes Miller, 8. 5c-Chris Coker, 9. 24-Brandie Jass, 10. 1r-Scott Reneau, 11. 30x-Bean Elliott, 12. 67-Rodney Henderson, 13. 26-Dalton Steed, 14. 28-James Cooper.

"A" Feature (25 Laps): 1. 21T-Ray Allen Kulhanek, 2. 65-Skip Wilson, 3. 9x-Gary Wright, 4. 74e-Claud Estes, 5. 45k-Kolt Walker, 6. 0c-Preston Peebles II, 7. 74x-Joshua Hodges, 8. 85-Tommy Bryant, 9. 30-Brandon Corn, 10. 45x-Martin Edwards, 11. 31-Brandon Berryman, 12. 93-Chris Sweeney, 13. 11-Justin Melton, 14. 51s-Beau Smith, 15. 79-Charlie McDonald, 16. 27-Andy Shouse, 17. 4-Eric Baldaccini, 18. 14-Michael Lang, 19. 20-Chad Wilson, 20. 8-Bruce Crockett.

ASCS Gulf South Region Points (Top Ten): 1. Ray Allen Kulhanek 1,495, 2. Tommy Bryant 1,434, 3. Brandon Berryman 1,376, 4. Aaron Reutzel 1,355, 5. Scottie McDonald 1,289, 6. Travis Elliott 1,251, 7. Chris Sweeney 1,211, 8. Wes Miller 1,160, 9. Beau Smith 1,079, 10. Logan Bledsoe 1,067.

ASCS Lone Star Region Points (Top 10): 1. Eric Baldaccini 1,403, 2. Claud Estes 1,323, 3. Justin Melton 1,242, 4. Preston Peebles II 1,229, 5. Martin Edwards 1,198, 6. Brandon Corn 1,178, 7. John Ricketts 1,165, 8. Brian McClelland 1,103, 9. Scott Reneau 1,026, 10. Kolt Walker 1,002.

Lonnie Wheatley, COTTAGE GROVE, Ore. (July 23, 2010) – Jason Johnson extended his mastery of the Lucas Oil ASCS presented by K&N Filters swing through the Northwest by wiring the field in Friday night’s 30-lap preliminary main event at Cottage Grove Speedway for his third win in a row.

“The Ragin’ Cajun” gunned into the lead at the outset and led all the way aboard the JJR Don Ott-powered Haynes/Pope Transportation No. 41 Maxim for his fourth series win of the year and 47th career ASCS National triumph.

Perhaps more importantly, the Eunice, LA, native extended his lead in the $60,000 championship points race to 73 markers over reigning series champion Shane Stewart, who was shuffled to back to fourth behind Brady Bacon and Seth Bergman in Friday night’s final circuits. Bacon, Bergman and Stewart locked into Saturday night’s $6,000-to-win main event along with Johnson.

“I can’t say enough about these guys,” Johnson commented of his pit crew in victory lane. “They’re giving me such a great car right now, it’s been like driving a Cadillac the last three nights.”

Originally slated to start the feature inside the second row, Johnson moved up to the pole position when originally scheduled pole starter Shane Forte was forced to scratch from the main event with a bent valve.

It made for 30 laps of chasing Johnson for the rest of the feature field, as he outgunned Bergman for the lead at the drop of the green and worked the ¼-mile oval at a pace that nobody else could match.

Johnson weathered a pair of cautions in the opening seven rounds for 17-year-olds Mack Brown and Logan Forler, who both stopped in turn four, and then one last caution with just three laps to go before capturing the checkered flag.

Following Forler’s stop after seven laps, Johnson reached traffic in just four rounds and then spent the next 16 circuits maneuvering through lapped traffic well ahead of the likes of Bergman, Bacon, Shane Stewart and Kyle Hirst, who all engaged in a fierce battle for position.

When the race’s final caution flew with just three laps remaining for current ASCS Northwest points leader Roger Crockett, who cut a tire while battling for fifth and rolled to a stop in turn two, Johnson had a handful of cars between himself and his closest chasers and cruised to the stripe unabated.

After battling for the runner-up position with Stewart over much of the middle portion of the race, 20-year-old Bacon snared the spot on the 24th round and then survived the late scramble in traffic to secure second place in Mike and Megan Eubanks’ Wesmar-powered Tel-Star Communications No. 99 Triple-X.

“Me and Shane and Bergman got kinda bottled up there behind some lapped cars and they weren’t being very courteous with us so we were kinda having to move ‘em a little bit,” Bacon explained of the frantic final laps. “Jason got away and got some lapped cars between us, so we weren’t gonna get him. We’re happy with second and getting locked in for tomorrow night.”

After holding down second place over the opening nine rounds before slipping off the top of turn four and falling back several positions, ASCS Northwest shoe Bergman battled back into the show position over the final circuits aboard the Wesmar-powered Corridor Electric No. 23 Eagle.

“The guys gave me a car to win tonight and I screwed up and drove off the racetrack, I had to get it in high gear there and get back up there,” Bergman explained after bouncing back from a rough Grays Harbor double the previous weekend.

Stewart held on for the fourth and final lock-in position aboard Paul Silva’s Wesmar-powered Rock Star Energy Drink No. 57 A.R.T., with Jason Solwold battling past Hirst in the final rounds to round out the top five aboard the No. 39c.

Tony Bruce, Jr., crossed the stripe in sixth, with Tim Crawley in seventh. Hirst slipped from fifth to eighth in the final three circuits, with 16th-starter Danny Wood and Jack Dover completing the top ten.

Bruce, Jr., Stewart, Channin Tankersley and Forte topped heat race action for the 38-car field, with Matt Covington and Jayme Barnes winning the twin “B” Main.

The Lucas Oil ASCS presented by K&N Filters Second Annual stop at Cottage Grove Speedway concludes with Saturday night’s $6,000-to-win event, which gets under way at 6:45 p.m.

Lucas Oil ASCS Sprint Cars presented by K&N Filters Cottage Grove Speedway Friday Results:

Heat One (10 Laps): 1. 18-Tony Bruce, Jr., 2. 88-Tim Crawley, 3. 53-Jack Dover, 4. 93-Dustin Morgan, 5. 10-Kyle Miller, 6. 94T-Steven Tiner, 7. 50z-Zach Chappell, 8. 57c-Chris Schmelzle, 9. 22-Garen Linder, 10. 44w-Austen Wheatley.

Heat Two (10 Laps): 1. 57-Shane Stewart, 2. 23-Seth Bergman, 3. 2L-Logan Forler, 4. 39c-Jason Solwold, 5. 33v-Henry Van Dam, 6. 19-T.J. Hartman, 7. 10a-Ricky Logan, 8. 88x-Brent Hoover, 9. 5h-Justyn Cox, 10. 26-Sammy Wright.

Heat Three (10 Laps): 1. 71-Channin Tankersley, 2. 41-Jason Johnson, 3. 99-Brady Bacon, 4. 6n-Billy Nutter, 5. 94-Danny Wood, 6. 11w-Shane Broers, 7. 08-Steve Vague, 8. 5d-Josh DeWitt, 9. 98m-Mitch Olson.

Heat Four (10 Laps): 1. 26f-Shane Forte, 2. 96-Mack Brown, 3. 6-Kyle Hirst, 4. 11-Roger Crockett, 5. 7n-Jayme Barnes, 6. 95-Matt Covington, 7. 55-Trey Starks, 8. 3g-Darren Long, 9. 57x-Billy Butler.

First "B" Feature (12 Laps): 1. 95-Matt Covington, 2. 19-T.J. Hartman, 3. 5d-Josh DeWitt, 4. 50z-Zach Chappell, 5. 33v-Henry Van Dam, 6. 10a-Ricky Logan, 7. 3g-Darren Long, 8. 44w-Austen Wheatley, 9. 98m-Mitch Olson, 10. 10-Kyle Miller, 11. 88x-Brent Hoover.

Second "B" Feature (12 Laps): 1. 7n-Jayme Barnes, 2. 94T-Steven Tiner, 3. 6n-Billy Nutter, 4. 55-Trey Starks, 5. 5h-Justyn Cox, 6. 11w-Shane Broers, 7. 26-Sammy Wright, 8. 57c-Chris Schmelzle, 9. 22-Garen Linder, 10. 08-Steve Vague, 11. 57x-Billy Butler.

Cottage Grove Speedway Preliminary “A” Main – Top 4 Locked into Saturday’s $6,000-to-win Finale:

“A” Feature (30 Laps): 1. 41-Jason Johnson, 2. 99-Brady Bacon, 3. 23-Seth Bergman, 4. 57-Shane Stewart, 5. 39c-Jason Solwold, 6. 18-Tony Bruce, Jr., 7. 88-Tim Crawley, 8. 6-Kyle Hirst, 9. 94-Danny Wood, 10. 53-Jack Dover, 11. 93-Dustin Morgan, 12. 94T-Steven Tiner, 13. 11-Roger Crockett, 14. 95-Matt Covington, 15. 71-Channin Tankersley, 16. 10a-Ricky Logan, 17. 50z-Zach Chappell, 18. 7n-Jayme Barnes, 19. 2L-Logan Forler, 20. 6n-Billy Nutter, 21. 19-T.J. Hartman, 22. 5d-Josh DeWitt, 23. 96-Mack Brown, 24. 26f-Shane Forte (DNS).

Note: Zach Chappell and Ricky Logan both utilized provisionals to start the main event. It was the second of the year for both.

Lucas Oil ASCS Sprint Cars presented by K&N Filters Points (Top 20): 1. Jason Johnson 1,703, 2. Shane Stewart 1,630, 3. Brady Bacon 1,588, 4. Jack Dover 1,537, 5. Tim Crawley 1,453, 6. Tony Bruce, Jr. 1,450, 7. Zach Chappell 1,425, 8. Danny Wood 1,416, 9. Kyle Hirst 1,382, 10. Ricky Logan 1,343, 11. Matt Covington 1,286, 12. Travis Rilat 1,152, 13. Darren Long 1,146, 14. Channin Tankersley 1,111, 15. Dustin Morgan 1,080, 16. Justyn Cox 1,058, 17. Austen Wheatley 1,056, 18. Gary Wright 911, 19. Andrew Marshala 823, 20. Johnny Herrera 501.

ASCS Northwest Region Points (Top Ten): 1. Roger Crockett 1,442, 2. Jason Solwold 1,400, 3. Mitch Olson 1,330, 4. Jayme Barnes 1,299, 5. Seth Bergman 1,287, 6. Henry Van Dam 1,246, 7. Trey Starks 1,098, 8. Garen Linder 1,066, 9. T.J. Hartman 1,031, 10. Steven Tiner 1,016.

Lonnie Wheatley, DENISON, Iowa (July 21, 2010) – Brian Brown posted an American Sprint Car Series Midwest Regional best fourth win of the year by wiring the field in Wednesday night’s 25-lap feature atop the 5/8-mile Crawford County Speedway.

Brown gunned into the lead from his second row starting position on the opening circuit and led every lap aboard the FVP No. 21 Maxim for his 15th career ASCS Midwest win and third atop the Crawford County clay.

Brown was chased to the line by Lee Grosz, who took second away from Clint Garner on a lap 12 restart. Bronson Maeschen worked into the show position by the time the checkered flag flew, with Garner and Jon Agan rounding out the top five.

Jake Peters was sixth, with Terry McCarl, Jordan Boston, Jamie Veal and Chad Meyer completing the top ten.

First Heat (8 Laps): 1. 21-Brian Brown, 2. 7k-Robby Wolfgang, 3. 40-Clint Garner, 4. 44-Doug Lovegrove, 5. 20-Casey Friedrichsen, 6. 78-Joe Miller.

Second Heat (8 Laps): 1. 4-Jordan Boston, 2. 57x-Jake Peters, 3. 1-Bronson Maeschen, 4. 12-Tyler Drueke, 5. 24a-Terry McCarl, 6. 35au-Jamie Veal.

Third Heat (8 Laps): 1. 4a-Jon Agan, 2. 4j-Lee Grosz, 3. 9-Rager Phillips, 4. 1w-Chad Meyer, 5. 5-Eric Lutz, 6. 20x-Devin Friedrichsen.

"A" Feature (25 Laps): 1. 21-Brian Brown, 2. 4j-Lee Grosz, 3. 1-Bronson Maeschen, 4. 40-Clint Garner, 5. 4a-Jon Agan, 6. 57x-Jake Peters, 7. 24a-Terry McCarl, 8. 4-Jordan Boston, 9. 35au-Jamie Veal, 10. 1w-Chad Meyer, 11. 20-Casey Friedrichsen, 12. 12-Tyler Drueke, 13. 9-Rager Phillips, 14. 5-Eric Lutz, 15. 78-Joe Miller, 16. 20x-Devin Friedrichsen, 17. 7k-Robby Wolfgang, 18. 44-Doug Lovegrove.

ASCS Midwest Region Points (Top Ten): 1. Eric Lutz 1,645, 2. Jack Dover 1,517, 3. Doug Lovegrove 1,459, 4. Jason Danley 1,092, 5. Tyler Drueke 1,067, 6. Brian Brown 1,064, 7. Lee Grosz 972, 8. Chad Humston 899, 9. Gage Dorr 885, 10. Ryan Roberts 812.

Stacy Verrall, SEATTLE, Wash. (July 21, 2010) - Jack Dilley Logging offered up $5,000 this year for the ASCS Northwest's Mid-Season Point Fund to be distributed among the top five in accumulative points from the July 3-4 weekend in Cottage Grove and all five of the 13th Annual Northwest Speedweek races (1 @Southern Oregon Speedway, 1 @Willamette Speedway, 1 @Sunset Speedway, 2 @Grays Harbor Raceway).

Early on it appeared Roger Crockett was untouchable after sweeping the Cottage Grove event and picking up an additional win at Willamette Speedway during speedweek. However, Crockett wasn't nearly as dominant at Grays Harbor Raceway missing both A-Main features and swinging the door wide open for a new ASCS Northest Mid-Season Champion.

Had Jason Solwold finished third and had Mitch Olson made the A-Main on Saturday at Grays Harbor Raceway, the seemingly unstoppable Crockett would have been dethroned. But Crockett managed to hold on to his lead barely edging out Olson by a mere three points. And right on Olson's tail in a position to have been the mid-season top dog was Chadd Noland, trailing Crockett by only six points in the final point standings.

1st: Roger Crockett with 867 points ($2000) 2nd: Mitch Olson with 864 points ($1000) 3rd: Chadd Noland with 861 points ($800) 4th: (TIE) Jayme Barnes and Henry Van Dam both with 845 points ($600/each)

Additional information regarding the American Sprint Car Series is available at www.ascsracing.com and www.ascsnorthwest.com.

T.J. Buffenbarger, TULSA, Okla. (July 20, 2010) - The World’s Largest Free Fair sets the backdrop for the Engine Pro ASCS Sprints on Dirt presented by ARP. Friday night the series ventures to the Ionia Fairgrounds in Ionia, Michigan as the featured grandstand attraction at the Ionia Free Fair.

Friday will be the third event on the Ionia Fairgrounds ½-mile oval since the track was widened in 2008, each being wildly popular amongst fair patrons and race fans alike. The Ionia event is the only race on the 2010 ASCS SOD calendar taking place at a fairground facility while the actually fair is taking place.

The sights, smells, and sounds surrounding the event are a throwback yesterday with open wheel racing cars racing around Ionia’s blistering fast race track with the lights of carnival rides in the background.

Last weekend Dain Naida broke the tie between himself and Ryan Grubaugh in the point standings highlighted by winning Friday night’s feature at Winston Speedway. Grubaugh, a former winner at the Ionia Free Fair, will look to mount a comeback in the point standings on Friday.

Last Saturday night’s feature winner Dustin Daggett also looks forward to racing in his hometown during the Ionia Free Fair. Daggett has two runner-up finishes during the previous pair of Ionia Free Fair events and looks to better that position by one in front of a large contingent of family and friends.

Gregg Dalman, another driver with family roots in the mid-Michigan area, looks to continue his resurgence in the point standings. Dalman, now just 67 points behind Naida, sits in third position in the standings after a pair of top five finishes last weekend at Winston and Crystal.

The Engine Pro ASCS Sprints on Dirt presented by ARP is in its 31st season of competition. Twenty-seven races are on the calendar scheduled throughout Michigan, Indiana, Ohio, and Ontario.

The American Sprint Car Series, in its 19th year of sanctioning Sprint Car racing events, brings the best of Sprint Car racing to nearly 100 different tracks throughout 25 states and Canada in 2009. Anchored by the Lucas Oil ASCS Sprint Car Dirt Series, ASCS also consists of several different regions throughout the nation.

Additional information regarding the American Sprint Car Series is available at www.ascsracing.com.

ASCS Patriots Prepare for Fast Track Summer Shootout at Rolling Wheels

Rich Vleck, TULSA, Okla. (July 20, 2010)- The ASCS Patriots move from the ¼-mile Cornwall Motor Speedway, the smallest tack on tour, to the 5/8-mile Rolling Wheels Raceway this weekend, the largest track on tour, for two big nights of racing as part of the Fast Track Summer Shootout.

Friday Night’s event will pay $2,000-to-win, while Saturday’s Finale will hand out $3,000 to the leader at the completion of the 25-lap event. With the United Racing Company and Empire Super Sprints also sanctioning the event, just getting in the A-Mains will be a challenge.

Over the years, the Patriots have hosted five stand-alone events at the Elbridge, NY facility, with an additional event in 2006 being run for show-up points.

The July 23 and 24 shows will be part of the 2010 A-Verdi Storage Containers King of Upstate New York Series. Any competitor running either night will be adding 50 points towards their overall championship and King of Upstate NY totals.

Jared Zimbardi, of Little Valley, NY, will enter this challenge event with a 29-point advantage in the standings. Zimbardi’s best career finish at RWR is sixth place, and will be looking to attack the large track for his first top-five.

Bryan Howland can call “The Wheels” his hometown track, residing just miles down the road in Auburn. “Flyin’ Bryan” has been mellifluous in front of his friends and family, winning his first trip there in 2005 and scoring five other top-six finishes against stout competition.

Bubba Broderick, from Brookfield, CT, made his first start at Rolling Wheels in 2007 to test the waters. He also appeared at the track in 2008.

Tim Kelly, from Rock Stream, NY, is the current A-Verdi Storage Containers King of Upstate New York Point Leader. Despite struggling throughout much of June and July, Kelly turned around his luck Sunday at Cornwall with a third-place showing and is set to get back into the swing closer to home.

Don Adamczyk, from Williamsville, NY, returns after taking a week off. “The Williamsville Warrior” is known for his prowess on shorter tracks but has quality power under the hood to make him a formidable opponent at the “Fast Track”.

Bobby Breen currently standings second in the King of Upstate New York Standings. As the defending A-Verdi King of CNY Champion, “Dobbers” has always been strong around his Savannah, NY residence. His older brother, Blake, has an even better track record, with a third in 2007 his best result.

Another Patriot expected to be on hand include Brockville winner and leading Insinger Race Fuels Rookie of the Year contender Shayne Ely, whose grandfather George ran in the first year the speedway was open in 1969.

Keep an eye out for George Suprick, Trevor Lewis, Brandan Warner, Kyle Moffit, Dylan Swiernik and Ray Preston to also be in competition against a loaded field.

At least 50 cars are expected for each night of racing, with Friday’s program kicking off at 7:00 P.M. and Saturday’s card including group time trials, starting at 6:00 P.M.

For more information, visit www.ASCSpatriotsprints.com or www.ASCSracing.com.

ASCS Patriot History at Rolling Wheels:

7/2/2003- Rick Wilson

6/1/2005- Bryan Howland

5/30/2006- Chuck Hebing

10/7/2006- Chuck Hebing

5/6/2007- Chuck Hebing

7/3/2007- Chuck Hebing

A-Verdi Storage Containers King of Upstate New York Standings

Lonnie Wheatley, TULSA, Okla. (July 20, 2010) – With Sioux Falls, South Dakota’s Eric Lutz newly perched atop the American Sprint Car Series Midwest point charts, the series is set for another pair of events this week.

The seventh consecutive week of racing action for the ASCS Midwest Region includes a $2,000-to-win Wednesday night stop at Denison, Iowa’s Crawford County Speedway and then a Friday night outing atop Hartford, South Dakota’s I-90 Speedway.

Wednesday’s card at the Crawford County Fair marks the series only 2010 stop in Denison, with Friday’s event in South Dakota the final ASCS Midwest stop of the season at I-90.

Lutz, who has topped the two most recent stand-along ASCS Midwest Regional events at I-90 Speedway including one on June 25, took over the top spot in the ASCS Midwest title chase this past weekend.

Lutz holds the first position ahead of Springfield, Nebraska’s Jack Dover, with Nebraska racers Doug Lovegrove (Waverly), Jason Danley (Lincoln) and Tyler Drueke (Eagle) rounding out the current top five in points.

Iowa’s Bronson Maeschen, who topped last Friday night’s ASCS Midwest card at Cameron, MO, was victorious in last year’s ASCS Midwest event at Crawford County Speedway.

The semi-banked, 5/8-mile Crawford County Speedway dirt oval is located in Denison, IA, 0.6 miles north of US 30 on US 59, then 0.6 miles northeast on SR 39. For more information, contact the track at 712-263-5306 or 712-677-9912.

I-90 Speedway is located three miles west of Hartford, SD, on SR 38. For more information, contact the track at 605-528-6380.

The ASCS Midwest Region is slated for 23 nights of competition in 2010 at ten different tracks throughout Nebraska and the surrounding areas of Missouri, South Dakota and Iowa.

Past ASCS Regional Feature Winners at Crawford County Speedway: 7/31/09 – Bronson Maeschen 7/18/08 – Jack Dover 7/20/07 – Brian Brown * 6/16/07 – Jason Johnson 7/21/06 – Wade Nygaard 6/16/06 – Brian Brown

Past ASCS Regional Winners at I-90 Speedway: * 7/10/10 – Shane Stewart 6/25/10 – Eric Lutz * 7/11/09 – Gary Wright 6/26/09 – Chad Humston 8/13/08 – Jack Dover 7/25/08 – Jake Peters * 6/24/08 – Tony Bruce, Jr. 8/15/07 – Shane Stewart 7/27/07 – Chuck Swenson * 6/19/07 – Jason Johnson 8/15/06 – Bryan Dobesh 7/18/06 – Chuck Swenson 6/13/06 – Jason Johnson 8/25/05 – Dusty Zomer

Additional information regarding the American Sprint Car Series is available at www.ascsracing.com.

Lonnie Wheatley, TULSA, Okla. (July 20, 2010) – The American Sprint Car Series Gulf South and Lone Star Regional series are set to face off with a pair of events in Texas this coming weekend.

On Friday night, the ASCS Gulf South and Lone Star forces mix it up at Waco’s Heart O’ Texas Speedway. Then, on Saturday night, it’s into the heart of ASCS Lone Star Regional territory as the Gulf South aces try to knock off their north Texas counterparts at Mesquite’s Devil’s Bowl Speedway.

While the ASCS Lone Star Region has squared off for five consecutive events versus the ASCS Sooner Region in the Red River Challenge events, this weekend’s double marks the first Regional rumble of 2010 for the ASCS Gulf South contenders.

Ray Allen Kulhanek and Eric Baldaccini lead their respective Regions into the weekend double.

Kulhanek holds a 46 point edge over Tommy Bryant in the ASCS Gulf South title chase, with Aaron Reutzel, Brandon Berryman and Scottie McDonald rounding out the current top five in points.

Baldaccini is 112 markers ahead of Claud Estes in the ASCS Lone Star title run, with Justin Melton, Preston Peebles II and Martin Edwards rounding out the current top five.

The neutral ground of Waco’s Heart O’ Texas Speedway has featured Wayne Johnson winning an ASCS Lone Star event in April and then Berryman topping an ASCS Gulf South event in May.

Jason Johnson and Kenneth Walker split ASCS Lone Star vs. Sooner honors at Devil’s Bowl Speedway last month.

Both nights of action, which offer up a $2,000 winner’s share, get under way at 8:00 p.m.

The high-banked, 1/4-mile Heart O' Texas Speedway clay oval is located in Waco, TX, off I-35 Exit 343, then 0.6 miles north on east frontage road. For more information, contact the track at 254-829-2294.

Mesquite, Texas’ high-banked, ½-mile Devil's Bowl Speedway clay oval is located six miles east of Dallas' I-635 on I-20, then three miles north on Lawson Road. Lawson Road north of the track (and south off of US 80) has been closed for repair, so fans and racers are urged to use I-20 and then go north on Lawson. For more information, contact the track at 972-222-2421.

The ASCS Gulf South Region is slated for 27 nights of racing action at ten different tracks throughout Texas in 2010.

The 2010 slate of ASCS Lone Star Region competition consists of 17 nights of action at seven different tracks throughout North Texas and one to the north of the Red River in southwest Oklahoma.

Past ASCS Regional Feature Winners at Heart O' Texas Speedway: 5/14/10 – Brandon Berryman (Gulf South) 4/16/10 – Wayne Johnson (Lone Star) 7/31/09 – Tommy Bryant (Gulf South vs. Lone Star) 6/5/09 – Trey Robb (Gulf South) 4/3/09 – Skip Wilson (Lone Star) 8/22/08 – Greg Rilat (Gulf South) 5/25/08 – Ryan Hall (Gulf South) 9/14/07 – Kevin Ramey (Sooner) 8/31/07 – Brandon Berryman (Gulf South vs. Sooner) 9/15/06 – Kevin Ramey (Gulf South) 7/21/06 – Jason Johnson (Gulf South vs. Sooner Region) 10/15/04 – Kevin Ramey (Gulf South) 9/17/04 – Kevin Ramey (Gulf South) 6/18/04 – Claud Estes (Gulf South)

Past ASCS Regional Feature Winners at Devil's Bowl Speedway: 6/19/10 – Kenneth Walker (Lone Star vs. Sooner) 6/18/10 – Jason Johnson (Lone Star vs. Sooner) 9/5/09 – Gary Wright (Gulf South vs. Lone Star) 5/9/09 – Gary Wright (Lone Star vs. Sooner) 9/27/08 – Justin Spoerl (Sooner) 9/1/07 – Jason Johnson (Gulf South vs. Sooner) 7/22/06 – Larry Neighbors (Gulf South vs. Sooner) 7/16/05 – Kevin Ramey (Gulf South vs. Sooner) 10/16/04 – Kevin Ramey (Gulf South vs. Sooner) 7/12/03 – Kevin Ramey (Gulf South vs. Sooner)

ASCS Gulf South Points (Top 10): 1. 21T-Ray Allen Kulhanek 1,345, 2. 85-Tommy Bryant 1,299, 3. 87-Aaron Reutzel 1,261, 4. 31-Brandon Berryman 1,246, 5. 88-Scottie McDonald 1,185, 6. 15T-Travis Elliott 1,145, 7. 93-Chris Sweeney 1,086, 8. 51w-Wes Miller 1,060, 9. 35-Greg Rilat 983, 10. 12b-Logan Bledsoe 963.

ASCS Lone Star Region Points (Top 10): 1. 4-Eric Baldaccini 1,293, 2. 74e-Claud Estes 1,181, 3. 11-Justin Melton 1,126. 4. 0c-Preston Peebles II 1,099, 5. 45x-Martin Edwards 1,079, 6. 67/76-John Ricketts 1,061, 7. 30-Brandon Corn 1,056, 8. 25-Brian McClelland 1,001, 9. 7m-Kevin Ramey 975, 10. 1r-Scott Reneau 930.

Additional information regarding the American Sprint Car Series is available at www.ascsracing.com.

Lonnie Wheatley, TULSA, Okla. (July 20, 2010) – Cottage Grove Speedway, that little action-provoking bullring out on the left coast. It’s where the brewing rivalry between Jason Johnson and Shane Stewart truly intensified in last year’s inaugural event for the Lucas Oil ASCS National Sprint Cars presented by K&N Filters in the state of Oregon.

Now, after that duo dominated the podium at Washington’s Grays Harbor Raceway this past weekend, Johnson and Stewart lead the way into this weekend’s double for the Lucas Oil Sprint Cars with $6,000 on the line for Saturday night’s feature winner following a full slate of competition on Friday night.

Last year, Stewart topped the Friday night preliminary event before an aggressive slider from the “Ragin’ Cajun” led to a Johnson victory on Saturday night with Stewart falling to third behind Cottage Grove ace Roger Crockett.

While Johnson left Oregon in the rear view mirror with a 26-point advantage over Stewart in the championship points race, Stewart ultimately got the last laugh on his rival by scrapping his way back into the $60,000 top spot by season’s end.

The Bixby, OK, shoe once again finds himself in the chasing position in the points chase as the series shifts to Cottage Grove. After picking off his first Lucas Oil ASCS National win of the year at South Dakota’s I-90 Speedway on July 10, Stewart posted finishes of third and second at Grays Harbor as Johnson swept through the weekend to stretch his lead to 53 markers.

Johnson and Stewart will have plenty of competition over the weekend with a full contingent of Lucas Oil ASCS National contenders as well as the ASCS Northwest Regional forces.

Trying to shake off the effect of a couple of bad weekends, Oklahoma’s Brady Bacon still holds down the third position in Lucas Oil National points, with fellow 20-year-old Jack Dover of Nebraska close behind in fourth.

Oklahoma’s Zach Chappell is up to fifth in National points, with the balance of the top ten including three-time series champion Tim Crawley of Benton, AR, Kansas shoe Tony Bruce, Jr., Oklahoma’s Danny Wood, leading Brodix Rookie of the Year contender Kyle Hirst and Little Rock native Ricky Logan.

Twenty-year-old rookie contender Matt Covington of Glenpool, OK, is just outside the top ten, with others vying for their share of the $250,000 points fund that will be distributed among the final top 15 in points including Ohio’s Darren Long and rookie contenders Channin Tankersley (Texas), Justyn Cox (California), Austen Wheatley (Washington), Dustin Morgan (Oklahoma) and Andrew Marshala (Oklahoma).

Despite a dismal weekend in which he made neither Grays Harbor feature, Roger Crockett leads the ASCS Northwest contenders into the weekend. After sweeping to victory lane in a pair of non-stop ASCS Northwest features at Cottage Grove just over two weekends ago, Crockett will try to add to a pair of previous ASCS National triumph.

Crockett’s substantial ASCS Northwest points lead was whittled to 54 markers over Jason Solwold, with other top Northwest contenders including Mitch Olson, Jayme Barnes, Henry Van Dam, Seth Bergman, 14-year-old rookie shoe Trey Starks, Garen Linder, T.J. Hartman and Steven Tiner among others.

An open practice session on Thursday night from 6:00 p.m. to 9:00 p.m. precedes racing action on Friday and Saturday. The $20 pit entry on Thursday includes barbeque, free hamburgers and hot dogs from 9:00 p.m. to 11:00 p.m. Thursday front gate admission of just $5 for all ages includes the free barbeque as well.

Two-day passes are available for just $40. The two-day pass, a $5 saving off individual night tickets of $20 on Friday and $25 on Saturday, also includes free admission to the Thursday night practice and barbeque.

Friday night, July 23 at 6:45 p.m. – Cottage Grove Speedway Saturday night, July 24 at 6:45 p.m. – Cottage Grove Speedway

Cottage Grove Speedway (Cottage Grove, OR) – ¼-mile, semi-banked clay oval located off I-5 Exit 174, one block south on Gateway, then one block south on North 19th Street, then right for 0.3 miles on Ostrander Lane, then 0.4 miles north on Douglas (next to the fairgrounds). For more information, contact the track at 541-942-7561 or 541-510-0757 or check http://www.cottagegrovespeedway.com/.

The Lucas Oil ASCS Sprint Cars debuted at Oregon’s Cottage Grove Speedway last year. And, after Shane Stewart won the preliminary feature event, the series $60,000 championship battle heated up in a major way the next night when Jason Johnson slid past Stewart for the $6,000 triumph in the Cottage Grove finale.

Cottage Grove Speedway Lucas Oil ASCS National winners include: Jason Johnson 1, Shane Stewart 1.

Cottage Grove Speedway Lucas Oil ASCS Race-by-Race Winners: Shane Stewart (7/24/09), Jason Johnson (7/25/09).

Top Twenty: 1. Jason Johnson (Eunice, LA) 1,553, 2. Shane Stewart (Bixby, OK) 1,500, 3. Brady Bacon (Broken Arrow, OK) 1,446, 4. Jack Dover (Springfield, NE) 1,427, 5. Zach Chappell (Talala, OK) 1,342, 6. Tim Crawley (Benton, AR) 1,334, 7. Tony Bruce, Jr. (Liberal, KS) 1,328, 8. Danny Wood (Norman, OK) 1,303, 9. Kyle Hirst (Loomis, CA) 1,266, 10. Ricky Logan (Little Rock, AR) 1,259, 11. Matt Covington (Glenpool, OK) 1,184, 12. Travis Rilat (Forney, TX) 1,152, 13. Darren Long (Elida, OH) 1,081, 14. Channin Tankersley (Highlands, TX) 1,011, 15. Justyn Cox (Clarksburg, CA) 993, 16. Austen Wheatley (Lake Stevens, WA) 991, 17. Dustin Morgan (Tulsa, OK) 972, 18. Gary Wright (Hooks, TX) 911, 19. Andrew Marshala (Shawnee, OK) 823, 20. Johnny Herrera (Albuquerque, NM) 501.

Brodix Rookie of the Year Points: 1. Kyle Hirst (Loomis, CA) 1,266, 2. Matt Covington (Glenpool, OK) 1,184, 3. Channin Tankersley (Highlands, TX) 1,011, 4. Justyn Cox (Clarksburg, CA) 993, 5. Austen Wheatley (Lake Stevens, WA) 991, 6. Dustin Morgan (Tulsa, OK) 973, 7. Andrew Marshala (Shawnee, OK) 823.

Brady Bacon 3, Jason Johnson 3, Zach Chappell 2, Matt Covington 1, Shane Stewart 1, Sammy Swindell 1, Danny Wood 1.

July 30 – LA Raceway (La Monte, MO) August 5-7 – ASCS Knoxville Nationals (Knoxville, IA) August 27 – Tri-City Speedway (Granite City, IL) August 28 – I-30 Speedway (Little Rock, AR)

Those unable to catch all the action in person can listen to every Lucas Oil Sprint Car Series presented by K&N Filters live at www.racinboys.com.

Also, the Lucas Oil ASCS Show airs on www.racinboys.com each Tuesday night at 8:00 p.m. ET, recapping the previous week's events while also previewing upcoming action.

Official results, championship point updates, photos and race notes will be available at www.ascsracing.com.

The Lucas Oil Sprint Car Series presented by K&N Filters will be featured in ten one-hour shows broadcast on a tape-delayed basis on the VERSUS Network and MavTV.

The Lucas Oil Sprint Car Series presented by K&N Filters is currently slated for 36 nights of racing action at 18 different tracks throughout the nation, with the country's top Sprint Car drivers set to battle it out for their share of the $250,000 points fund.

Additional information regarding the American Sprint Car Series is available at www.ascsracing.com.

Rilat and Crew Member Suffer Severe Burns; Wayne Johnson Recovering from Elma Injuries

TULSA, Okla. (July 19, 2010) – Just as positive reports were spreading of successful surgery for Wayne Johnson following a wild ride in Lucas Oil ASCS National action at Grays Harbor Raceway in Elma, WA, on Saturday night, word broke on Sunday evening of a fellow past ASCS National champion and one of his crew members involved in a serious shop accident on Sunday night in Washington.

Travis Rilat, the 2003 ASCS National champion hailing from Forney, TX, and Australian crew member Tyson Perez both suffered severe burns when a methanol barrel exploded on Sunday evening. Rilat and Perez were transported to a Seattle hospital, where they remain in critical condition.

Early indications are that both Rilat and Perez will remain in the Harborview burn unit for at least two to three months.

Tom Lorenz of Smiley’s Racing Products has established a fund for Rilat and Perez. Contributions to the Travis Rilat/Tyson Perez fund may be made by calling the First State Bank in Mesquite, TX, at 972-285-6311.

Less than 24 hours earlier, 2000 ASCS National champion Wayne Johnson was transported to the same Harborview Hospital in Seattle after suffering severe leg injuries in a lap two “A” Main crash at Grays Harbor Raceway’s Fourth Annual Fred Brownfield Memorial.

Johnson, a native of Oklahoma City, OK, currently residing in Knoxville, IA, underwent what was deemed a successful surgery early Sunday and will undergo a second surgery later in the week to finalize cleanup of the wounds. A full recovery is expected for Johnson.

Rich Vleck, CORNWALL, Ont., (July 18, 2010) - Steve Poirier took a solid starting spot, found a ribbon of good clay and used his experience to hold off a hungry competitor to move his sprint car batting average at Cornwall back over .500.

Poirier, of St. Mathieu de Beloeil, Qbc., took the lead from Vern Wasson at the completion of lap five with an impressive three-wide pass to score his second Patriot A-Main win of the season, his fourth career at the Cornwall Motor Speedway.

“I have always liked this track, even when I raced modifieds and tonight the car was comfortable,” noted Poirier in Victory Lane after the third leg in the four race Riverside Bar and Grill King of the St. Lawrence Series.

Poirier won his National Parts Peddler heat and drew the outside pole for the feature. The fifth year sprint car competitor was unsuccessful in capturing the lead at the start of the race, as Vern Wasson pulled away from the bottom in his No. 5v. Things would change though on the first race restart on lap five.

When the field restarted, Jeff Cook made a bid for second on Poirier and appeared he might have Wasson sized up as well with the head of steam he had built up on the top; just as Cook applied pressure to the leader, Poirier found bite on the bottom and surged into the lead.

“I expected the track to be super tacky tonight,” admitted Poirier after the event, alluding to the brief shower that hit the rotund ¼-mile oval as the A-Main was getting fired off. “There was a lot of black on the track, but when I went to the bottom behind (Wasson), the car get a super bite and had a great run off the corner.”

It was not clear sailing for the Fondations 4 Saisons No. 28FM the rest of the way though, as Cook was pressuring him for the lead in search of his first Patriot Win. After locating a mechanical issue that had plagued the team all season and forced him to miss the feature the night before at Brockville, the Antwerp, NY veteran was on a mission at the site of his first career sprint win.

On the lap 12 restart, Cook peaked underneath Poirier coming through turns three and four, but could not complete the pass and had shown the leader his hand with half the race remaining. Cook would close back in with five laps remaining when the top two reeled in a lapped car but when Poirier completed the pass with three to go, he could finally cruise to the win.

Poirier and Cook would walk away satisfied with their efforts at the end of the night, but what they had missed behind them on lap 11 made the evening a miserable one for a half dozen teams.

Just before halfway, Vern Wasson, Alain Bergeron and Michael Parent were engaged in a three-wide battle for third down the frontstretch when slight contact would result in heavy contact. Parent was on the bottom and had to move up to avoid a mound of mud entering turn one; Bergeron, who was in the middle did not expect this and attempting to keep his No. 8B in the mix to gain third, but when Parent’s right rear made contact, it would fold up Bergeron’s front axle and send the defending Cornwall winner helplessly skating across the track.

As Bergeron washed up, Bryan Howland tried to slow to avoid Bergeron, but would get turned as the No. 8B flipped. With the field barring down, Jared Zimbardi spun and made hard contact with Howland with his right rear. When the dust settled, Bubba Broderick, Tyler Rand, Normand Beaudreault, Doug Banks, Paul Pekkonen and Devin Caron had all been collected, making only six cars on track that had missed the incident.

After a lengthy cleanup, the field restarted on lap 12 and would go green the rest of the way, with Tim Kelly darting into third and gaining a much-needed podium finish. After a horrific last two months, the Rock Stream, NY driver caught a break he needed to avoid the big wreck and move forward for his best finish of the year since the season opener at Black Rock.

Lee Ladoceur would finish in fourth for his best career ASCS Patriot finish. The local driver had run sparingly in 2010 but did what he needed to keep his No. 51L clean all night.

Vern Wasson also earned his best career finish, as he rounded out the top-five. The Jersey Shore, PA driver won his first career heat race early in the night and did a solid job leading the field around for the first five circuits.

Shawn Donath would cross in sixth after starting in 20th in his first trip to Cornwall due to a fuel pump issue in his heat race. His fine run, coupled with Zimbardi’s problems, propelled the wheelman of Doug Emery’s No. 33 to the point lead in the Riverside Bar and Grill King of the St. Lawrence Series with one race remaining.

Devin Caron was another driver to earn a career high finish as the teenager scored a seventh place showing at his hometown track. Caron led a foursome of drivers that continued after being involved in the lap 11 wreck to finish in the top-10, as Michael Parent, Bubba Broderick and Doug Banks also made it to the end.

Shayne Ely, fresh of his surprising feature win the night earlier at Brockville, won the Four Laps of Fame Dash. A total of 21 competitors pulled into the pits for the easternmost and northernmost race on the 2010 schedule. Chris Jones was scratched for the feature with a rear end issue.

Riverside A-Main (25 Laps)- 1. Steve Poirier (28FM), 2. Jeff Cook (10), 3. Tim Kelly (12), 4. Lee Ladouceur (51L), 5. Vern Wasson (5v), 6. Shawn Donath (33), 7. Devin Caron (24k), 8. Michael Parent (25), 9. Bubba Broderick (5), 10. Doug Banks (45x), 11. Alain Bergeron (8B), 12. Bryan Howland (51), 13. Jared Zimbardi (35), 14. Shayne Ely (90), 15. Tyler Rand (84), 16. Normand Beaudreault (50), 17. Paul Pekkonen (98), 18. Bobby Podolak (90x), 19. Rick Wilson (42w), 20. Brian McDonald (151kb), 21. Chris Jones (11J).

Four Laps of Fame Dash (4 Laps)- 1. Shayne Ely (90), 2. Devin Caron (24k), 3. Michael Parent (25), 4. Tyler Rand (84), 5. Paul Pekkonen (98), 6. Doug Banks (45x).

Race 1: 1. Vern Wasson (5v), 2. Rick Wilson (42w), 3. Shayne Ely (90), 4. Devin Caron (24k), 5. Paul Pekkonen (98), 6. Normand Beaudreault (50), 7. Bobby Podolak (90x).

Race 2: 1. Jared Zimbardi (35), 2. Lee Ladouceur (51L), 3. Tim Kelly (12), 4. Tyler Rand (84), 5. Doug Banks (45x), 6. Brian McDonald (151kb), 7. Shawn Donath (33).

Race 3: 1. Jeff Cook (10), 2. Steve Poirier (28FM), 3. Michael Parent (25), 4. Alain Bergeron (8B), 5. Chris Jones(11J), 6. Bryan Howland (51), 7. Bubba Broderick (5).

Riverside Bar and Grill King of the St. Lawrence Standings (Top-10)- 1. Shawn Donath 389, 2. Jared Zimbardi 379, 3. Alain Bergeron 365, Tie-4. Shayne Ely and Bubba Broderick 352, 6. Rick Wilson 338, 7. Bryan Howland 330, 8. Chris Jones 327, 9. Tim Kelly 318, 10. Tyler Rand 317.

Gater Racing News Hard Charger of the Season (Top-Five)- 1. Shawn Donath 26, Tie-2. Jared Zimbardi and Bubba Broderick 25, Tie-4. Don Adamczyk, Tim Kelly and Alain Bergeron 24.

ASCS Patriot Points (Top Ten): 1. Jared Zimbardi 1,495, 2. Bryan Howland 1,466, 3. Bubba Broderick 1,400, 4. Tim Kelly 1,351, 5. Don Adamczyk 1,162, 6. Vern Wasson 1,033, 7. Kyle Moffit 696, 8. Shayne Ely 690, 9. Bobby Breen 683, 10. Scott Bonnell 650.

Lonnie Wheatley, PERRIS, Cal. (July 17, 2010) – Jeremy Sherman snapped an American Sprint Car Series Canyon Region victory drought dating back to the latter portion of 2008 by sweeping through Saturday night’s card at Perris Auto Speedway.

The two-time series champion from Surprise, AZ, took his 27th career ASCS Canyon Region from the pole position by winning Saturday night’s 30-lap main event in southern California after winning both his heat and qualifying race earlier in the evening.

Sherman raced to the stripe in front of David Cardey, with current points leader Charles Davis, Jr., Josh Pelkey and Mike Martin rounding out the top five.

Chris Bonneau climbed from 14th to sixth, with Andrew Reinbold, Bruce St. James, Nick Aiuto and 20th-starter Dalten Gabbard completing the top ten.

R.J. Johnson, St. James and Sherman won the heat races, with Sherman, Johnson and Cardey winning the qualifying races. Shon Deskins won the “B” Main.

First Heat (8 Laps): 1. 77m-R.J. Johnson, 2. 37-David Bezio, 3. 9-Brandon Lane, 4. 50-Charles Davis, Jr., 5. 6-Ronnie Clark, 6. 19-Andrew Reinbold, 7. 32b-Brian Hosford, 8. 93-Justin Quinn, 9. 56-Steve Conrad.

Second Heat (8 Laps): 1. 7k-Bruce St. James, 2. 55-Tony Everhart, 3. 77-Dalten Gabbard, 4. 12-Josh Pelkey, 5. 36-Eric Severson, 6. 16-Mike Martin, 7. 71-Harris Brooks, 8. 62x-Adam Firth-Smith, 9. 3x-Jimmy Crawford.

Third Heat (8 Laps): 1. 21-Jeremy Sherman, 2. 27n-Nick Aiuto, 3. 20-Shon Deskins, 4. 62-David Cardey, 5. 78-Chris Bonneau, 6. 33-Matt Rossi, 7. 23-Josh Castro, 8. 20L-Matt Lundy, 9. 19x-Brandon Thomson.

First Qualifier (8 Laps): 1. 21-Jeremy Sherman, 2. 16-Mike Martin, 3. 36-Eric Severson, 4. 50-Charles Davis, Jr., 5. 37-David Bezio, 6. 9-Brandon Lane, 7. 93-Justin Quinn, 8. 62x-Adam Firth-Smith, 9. 19x-Brandon Thomson.

Second Qualifier (8 Laps): 1. 77m-R.J. Johnson, 2. 6-Ronnie Clark, 3. 78-Chris Bonneau, 4. 12-Josh Pelkey, 5. 32b-Brian Hosford, 6. 23-Josh Castro, 7. 55-Tony Everhart, 8. 77-Dalten Gabbard, 9. 3x-Jimmy Crawford.

Third Qualifier (8 Laps): 1. 62-David Cardey, 2. 33-Matt Rossi, 3. 19-Andrew Reinbold, 4. 7k-Bruce St. James, 5. 27n-Nick Aiuto, 6. 56-Steve Conrad, 7. 20L-Matt Lundy, 8. 71-Harris Brooks, 9. 20-Shon Deskins.

“B” Feature (12 Laps): 1. 20-Shon Deskins, 2. 93-Justin Quinn, 3. 71-Harris Brooks, 4. 77-Dalten Gabbard, 5. 56-Steve Conrad, 6. 32b-Brian Hosford, 7. 23-Josh Castro, 8. 20L-Matt Lundy, 9. 62x-Adam Firth-Smith, 10. 19x-Brandon Thomson, 11. 3x-Jimmy Crawford.

"A" Feature (30 Laps): 1. 21-Jeremy Sherman, 2. 62-David Cardey, 3. 50-Charles Davis, Jr., 4. 12-Josh Pelkey, 5. 16-Mike Martin, 6. 78-Chris Bonneau, 7. 19-Andrew Reinbold, 8. 7k-Bruce St. James, 9. 27n-Nick Aiuto, 10. 77-Dalten Gabbard, 11. 6-Ronnie Clark, 12. 93-Justin Quinn, 13. 37-David Bezio, 14. 55-Tony Everhart, 15. 71-Harris Brooks, 16. 77m-R.J. Johnson, 17. 33-Matt Rossi, 18. 36-Eric Severson, 19. 9-Brandon Lane, 20. 20-Shon Deskins.

ASCS Canyon Region Points (Top Ten): 1. Charles Davis, Jr. 1,398, 2. Jeremy Sherman 1,252, 3. Mike Martin 1,242, 4. R.J. Johnson 1,212, 5. Josh Pelkey 1,208, 6. Andrew Reinbold 1,181, 7. Ronnie Clark 1,091, 8. Dalten Gabbard 965, 9. Brian Hosford 936, 10. Justin Quinn 881.

Lonnie Wheatley, TUCSON, Ariz. (July 17, 2010) – Joshua Williams snared his first career American Sprint Car Series feature win by racing to victory lane in Saturday night’s 25-lap ASCS Southwest main event at USA Raceway.

The 21-year-old raced to the checkered flag aboard the Borello-powered Diamond Mechanical No. 41 Ellis in front of J.T. Imperial, with Steve Stone, current series points leader Rick Ziehl and Kyle Sager rounding out the top five.

Joshua Hodges was sixth, with Calvin Landis, John Gaston, Lance Norick and Koty McGullam completing the top ten.

Heat One: 1. 74x-Joshua Hodges, 2. 57x-Steve Stone, 3. 79-Calvin Landis, 4. 41-Joshua Williams, 5. 22j-John Gaston, 6. 11T-Steve Lohn, 7. 44k-Koty McGullam, 8. 22-Mike Rux, Jr., 9. 77-Colt Treharn.

Heat Two: 1. 27-Perry McMillan, 2. 20s-Kyle Sager, 3. 1x-J.T. Imperial, 4. 20z-Rick Ziehl, 5. 20az-Marty Wilcox, 6. 90-Lance Norick, 7. 55-Jesse Stone, 8. 7az-Bobby Collister, 9. 42-Rick Boughan.

"A" Feature (25 Laps): 1. 41-Joshua Williams, 2. 1x-J.T. Imperial, 3. 57x-Steve Stone, 4. 20z-Rick Ziehl, 5. 20s-Kyle Sager, 6. 74x-Joshua Hodges, 7. 79-Calvin Landis, 8. 22j-John Gaston, 9. 90-Lance Norick, 10. 44k-Koty McGullam, 11. 11T-Steve Lohn, 12. 7az-Bobby Collister, 13. 55-Jesse Stone, 14. 22-Mike Rux, Jr., 15. 20az-Marty Wilcox, 16. 27-Perry McMillan. DNS: 77-Colt Treharn, 42-Rick Boughan.

ASCS Southwest Region Points (Top Ten): 1. Rick Ziehl 949, 2. John Gaston 912, 3. Calvin Landis 844, 4. J.T. Imperial 819, 5. Joshua Hodges 804, 6. Steve Stone 756, 7. Joshua Williams 724, 8. Koty McGullam 696, 9. Kaylene Verville 665, 10. Bud Goodwin 560.

Lonnie Wheatley, KENNEDALE, Texas (July 17, 2010) – Claud Estes became the second first-time ASCS Red River Challenge victor in as many nights by topping Saturday night’s 25-lap ASCS Lone Star vs. American Bank of Oklahoma ASCS Sooner Region main event atop the high-banked, ¼-mile Cowtown Speedway dirt oval.

The ASCS Lone Star rep from Godley, TX, fought off past ASCS Sooner champion Andy Shouse over the final rounds for the $2,000 triumph, his first in Lone Star action and first ASCS triumph since a Gulf South score at Waco’s Heart O’ Texas Speedway in June of 2004.

Estes took Saturday night’s checkered flag aboard the Texas United Bank Card/Skyvue Corp. No. 74e ahead of Shouse, with Kevin Ramey, George White and current ASCS Lone Star points leader Eric Baldaccini rounding out the top five.

Brian McClelland was sixth, with Michael Lang, J.P. Bailey, 19th-starter Brandon Corn and Ryan Hall completing the top ten.

Skip Wilson, Estes, Kolt Walker and Kenneth Walker topped heat race action, with Corn flourishing in the “B” Main.

First Heat (8 Laps): 1. 65-Skip Wilson, 2. 55-Donnie Ray Crawford, 3. 0c-Preston Peebles II, 4. 45-J.P. Bailey, 5. 45x-Martin Edwards, 6. 40-Junior Jenkins. DNS: 20-Chad Wilson.

Second Heat (8 Laps): 1. 74e-Claud Estes, 2. 26-Dalton Steed, 3. 10-George White, 4. 79-Ryan Hall, 5. 1-Sean McClelland, 6. 11-Justin Melton, 7. 56-Jarrett Lucito.

Third Heat (8 Laps): 1. 45k-Kolt Walker, 2. 25-Brian McClelland, 3. 27-Andy Shouse, 4. 14-Michael Lang, 5. 15b-Michael Brown, 6. 1r-Scott Reneau, 7. 5c-Chris Coker.

Fourth Heat (8 Laps): 1. 2-Kenneth Walker, 2. 7m-Kevin Ramey, 3. 03-Joe Wood, Jr., 4. 4-Eric Baldaccini, 5. 30-Brandon Corn, 6. 67-John Ricketts.

“B” Main: 1. 30-Brandon Corn, 2. 15b-Michael Brown, 3. 11-Justin Melton, 4. 1r-Scott Reneau, 5. 5c-Chris Coker, 6. 67-John Ricketts, 7. 56-Jarrett Lucito. DNS: 40-Junior Jenkins, 20-Chad Wilson.

"A" Feature (25 Laps): 1. 74e-Claud Estes, 2. 27-Andy Shouse, 3. 7m-Kevin Ramey, 4. 10-George White, 5. 4-Eric Baldaccini, 6. 25-Brian McClelland, 7. 14-Michael Lang, 8. 45-J.P. Bailey, 9. 30-Brandon Corn, 10. 79-Ryan Hall, 11. 15b-Michael Brown, 12. 0c-Preston Peebles II, 13. 11-Justin Melton, 14. 1-Sean McClelland, 15. 45x-Martin Edwards, 16. 67-John Ricketts, 17. 55-Donnie Ray Crawford, 18. 65-Skip Wilson, 19. 1r-Scott Reneau, 20. 03-Joe Wood, Jr., 21. 5c-Chris Coker, 22. 26-Dalton Steed, 23. 45k-Kolt Walker, 24. 2-Kenneth Walker.

ASCS Lone Star Region Points (Top 10): 1. Eric Baldaccini 1,293, 2. Claud Estes 1,181, 3. Justin Melton 1,126, 4. Preston Peebles II 1,099, 5. Martin Edwards 1,079, 6. John Ricketts 1,061, 7. Brandon Corn 1,056, 8. Brian McClelland 1,001, 9. Kevin Ramey 975, 10. Scott Reneau 930.

American Bank of Oklahoma ASCS Sooner Region Points (Top Ten): 1. Sean McClelland 1,210, 2. Joe Wood, Jr. 1,150, 3. Kenneth Walker 1,121, 4. Andy Shouse 1,081, 5. Donnie Ray Crawford 1,077, 6. Brian McClelland 997, 7. Michelle Decker 719, 8. Tony Bruce, Jr. 687, 9. Danny Jennings 555, 10. Joshua Hodges 553.

T.J. Buffenbarger, CRYSTAL, Mich. (July 17, 2010) - Dustin Daggett won Saturday’s Engine Pro ASCS Sprints on Dirt presented by ARP feature at Crystal Motor Speedway. Daggett took off from his outside front row position, held off a mid-race challenge from defending ASCS SOD champion Brett Mann, before pulling away to a sizeable advantage at the finish of the non-stop 25-lap feature.

“I ended up getting a really good start, but figured Brett (Mann) was still back there,” said Daggett in the pit area after the feature. “You can never tell who is back there, so I didn’t want to take it easy through the lapped traffic.”

Daggett and Mann started on the front row with Daggett taking the lead at the start. Mann went immediately to the very bottom of the track and drove a very smooth line to keep pace with Daggett. Midway through the feature Daggett encountered a pack of slower cars and Mann pulled right up on Daggett’s back bumper. Just as it appeared the race for the lead would intensify Daggett made a pair of breathtaking three abreast moves through traffic, once on the front straightaway and again on the backstretch that boxed Mann behind slower traffic while Daggett raced away.

From there Daggett was on cruise control winning his second event of the season at Crystal and fourth overall this season in ASCS SOD competition. Mann held on for the runner up position followed by Gregg Dalman, Gary Fast, and Davey Brown.

Brown, Dalman, and Daggett won heat race events while Mike Daggett won the fast car dash.

Engine Pro ASCS Sprints on Dirt presented by ARP Results Crystal Motor Speedway – Crystal, MI

Engler Machine and Tool Heat Race #1 (8 Laps): 1. 10x – Davey Brown, 2. 26 – Gary Fast, 3. 187 – Gavin Hunyady, 4. 23- Ben Rutan, 5. 22 – Aaron Shaffer, 6. 61x – Don Smith, 7. 22t – Tank Brakenberry

Lane Automotive/Comp Cams Heat Race #2 (8 Laps): 1. 49t – Gregg Dalman, 2. 19x – Joe Bares, 3. 85 – Mike Daggett, 4. 14 – Ryan Davis, 5. 47x – Louie Carfuel, 6. 70 – Jim Lingar, 7. 29s – Marques Huffer

Butlerbuilt Heat Race #3 (8 Laps): 1. 2m – Dustin Daggett, 2. 19 – Brett Mann, 3. 6n – Dain Nadia, 4. 46 – Robert Huisken, 5. 8 – Tim Champlin, 6. 00 – Ryan Grubaugh, 7. 2t – Ralph Brakenberry

Total Seal Fast Car Dash presented by Gaerte Engines (4 Laps): 1. 85 – Mike Daggett, 2. 49t – Gregg Dalman, 3. 26 – Gary Fast, 4. 10x – Davey Brown

“A” Feature (25 Laps): 1. 2m – Dustin Daggett, 2. 19 – Brett Mann, 3. 49t – Gregg Dalman, 4. 26 – Gary Fast, 5. 10x – Davey Brown, 6. 23 – Ben Rutan, 7. 85 – Mike Daggett, 8. 6n – Dain Naida, 9. 8 – Tim Champlin, 10. 19x – Joe Bares, 11. 187 – Gavin Hunyady, 12. 47x – Louie Carufel, 13. 00 - Ryan Grubaugh, 14. 22 – Aaron Shaffer, 15. 46 – Robert Huisken, 16. 61x – Don Smith, 17. 14 – Ryan Davis, 18. 70 – Jim Lingar, 19. 29s – Marques Huffer, 20. 22t – Tank Brakenberry, 21. Ralph Brakenberry

Engine Pro ASCS Sprints on Dirt presented by ARP Points (Top Ten): 1. Dain Naida 1,677, 2. Ryan Grubaugh 1,650, 3. Gregg Dalman 1,610, 4. Ben Rutan 1,524, 5. Gavin Hunyady 1,419, 6. Dustin Daggett 1,355, 7. Robert Huisken 1,213, 8. Aaron Shaffer 1,000, 9. Brett Mann 929, 10. Darren Long 668.

Rich Vleck, BROCKVILLE, Ontario (July 17, 2010)- Entering his rookie season behind the wheel of a sprint car, teenager Shayne Ely had modest goals. On Saturday Night at Brockville, they were easily surpassed.

Ely, a third-generation racer who hails from Factoryville, PA, pulled off one the most surprising wins in series history as he lead a talented field wire-to-wire to claim the second race in the Riverside Bar and Grill King of the St. Lawrence Series for the ASCS Patriots at Brockville Ontario Speedway. Not only was it his first career win, it was his first career top-10 finish.

“At the beginning of this season I was just worried about qualifying for A-Mains,” admitted the curly-haired grandson of veteran racer “Lonesome” George Ely. “I never expected this tonight. This is really great.”

Ely was fortunate to draw the pole position for the 25-lap A-Main, but he earned that opportunity as he charged from eighth to fourth in his heat to qualify for the redraw. Shawn Donath would start on the outside pole and be Ely’s only challenger throughout the feature.

Ely and Donath were nearly dead-even as the pair of sky blue sprinters completed the opening lap on what turned out to be a beautiful evening. Ely would establish himself out in front off the next corner and never let him get that close again.

Donath, driving Doug Emery’s Patterson Motorsports No. 33, appeared to have the better car in the battle throughout the first 10-laps, but a multitude of cautions would not allow his harder tire compound to build up enough heat to complete the pass. Like Donath, Ely was also concerned with the abundance of early race stoppages.

“I was getting pretty nervous with all those restarts,” noted Ely. “I just wanted the race to be over.”

After a caution on lap 12, Ely pulled away from Donath and the rest of the pack during the ensuing six-lap green flag session that would last until lap 18. With the possibility of lapped traffic removed, Ely had clear sailing after what would be the final restart and take his No. 90 to Victory Lane.

Prior to Saturday Night, the best finish for Ely was a 12th place showing in June at Ransomville. He had run decent at Brockville, but nothing like he did on this night.

Donath would be able to hold on for second, making himself 5/5 in top-10 finishes at the “BOS” in a sprint car. Donath noted after the race that his car was just not as strong as Ely on the restarts, in which there were seven.

Alain Bergeron would charge from the Four Laps of Fame Dash that he won to move up six spots to finish in third. The August 2009 Brockville winner had to make some fine maneuvers in the closing laps to earn the podium finish.

Bergeron moved by fellow Quebecois Steve Poirier with two laps remaining to steal away the third spot. Poirier would have his hands full with the top-two in Patriot points on the final circuit to preserve his fourth place showing.

Along with a fourth, Poirier won his National Parts Peddler Heat to go a perfect 9/9 in capturing a heat or feature checkered flag each time he has been to Brockville in a sprint.

Off the final corner, point leader Jared Zimbardi would move by Bryan Howland to round out the top-five. The pass would result in a six-point swing in the standings, which may pay major dividends as the season winds down.

Zimbardi, the winner in June at Brockville, got behind the 8-ball early when his wing tree broke just before his heat race was set to begin. He would make the dash and move from 10th to fifth in the A-Main.

Howland scored his fourth NPP Heat win of the year and tried what he deemed a radical setup to place in sixth.

Chris Jones was upside-down in his heat race, after April Wilson and he got tangled together. Wilson would bed done for the night but “Jonesy” would qualify through the B-Main and rally to finish seventh.

Rick Wilson would cross in eighth after a short time over the banking late in the race. Tyler Rand would have a steady race to place ninth, with Dave Wickham moving up nicely to round out the top-10.

A total of 25 cars were in competition on the night despite threatening skies early in the afternoon. The wind would blow the storms to the south and make for a great night for racing.

April Wilson was a scratch after her heat race flip and Jeff Cook fought an electrical issue all night long and was unable to run more than one lap of his heat or B-Main.

A slew of drivers made their first start of the year with the ASCS Patriots, including Dale Gosselin, who ran with the Patriots for the first time in his short career.

ASCS Patriots Results: 7/17/10, Brockville Ontario Speedway, Brockville, Ontario.

Riverside A-Main (25 Laps)- 1. Shayne Ely (90), 2. Shawn Donath (33), 3. Alain Bergeron (8B) 4. Steve Poirier (28FM), 5. Jared Zimbardi (35), 6. Bryan Howland (51), 7. Chris Jones (11J), 8. Rick Wilson (42w), 9. Tyler Rand (84), 10. Dave Wickham (80), 11. Michael Parent (25), 12. Brandan Warner (10B), 13. Bubba Broderick (5), 14. Paul Pekkonen (98), 15. Travis Cunningham (71), 16. Normand Beaudreault (50), 17. Doug Banks (45x), 18. Vern Wasson (5v), 19. Brian McDonald (151kb), 20. Dale Gosselin (3), 21. Devin Caron (24k), 22. Bobby Podolak (90x), 23. Tim Kelly (12).

B-Mains (Top 7 Transfer to A-Main)- 1. Devin Caron (24k), 2. Travis Cunningham (71), 3. Chris Jones (11J), 4. Michael Parent (25), 5. Normand Beaudreault (50), 6. Dale Gosselin (3), 7. Doug Banks (45x), 8. Jeff Cook (10), 9. April Wilson (15aw).

Four Laps of Fame Dash (4 Laps)- 1. Alain Bergeron (8B), 2. Jared Zimbardi (35), 3. Brandan Warner (10B), 4. Bobby Podolak (90x), 5. Rick Wilson (42w), 6. Vern Wasson (5v).

Race 1: 1. Steve Poirier (28FM), 2. Shawn Donath (33), 3. Alain Bergeron (8B), 4. Jared Zimbardi (35), 5. Dave Wickham (80), 6. Devin Caron (24k), 7. Dale Gosselin (3), 8. Chris Jones (11J), 9. April Wilson (15aw).

Race 2: 1. Bryan Howland (51), 2. Tyler Rand (84), 3. Bobby Podolak (90x), 4. Shayne Ely (90), 5. Paul Pekkonen (98), 6. Brandan Warner (10B), 7. Michael Parent (25), 8. Jeff Cook (10).

Race 3: 1. Brian McDonald (151kb), 2. Tim Kelly (12), 3. Rick Wilson (42w), 4. Bubba Broderick (5), 5. Vern Wasson (5v), 6. Travis Cunningham (71), 7. Doug Banks (45x), 8. Normand Beaudreault (50).

ASCS Patriot Points (Top Ten): 1. Jared Zimbardi 1,391, 2. Bryan Howland 1,360, 3. Bubba Broderick 1,287, 4. Tim Kelly 1,216, 5. Don Adamczyk 1,162, 6. Vern Wasson 908, 7. Kyle Moffit 696, 8. Bobby Breen 683, 9. Scott Bonnell 650, 10. George Suprick 649.

Jason Johnson Banks $10,092 with Fred Brownfield Memorial Triumph; Sweeps Lucas Oil ASCS Weekend!

Lonnie Wheatley, ELMA, Wash. (July 17, 2010) – Louisiana’s Jason Johnson is definitely enjoying the cool Northwest air, as he completed a sweep of the weekend’s Lucas Oil ASCS presented by K&N Filters National action at Grays Harbor Raceway by taking the $10,092 winner’s share in Saturday night’s 35-lap Fourth Annual Fred Brownfield Memorial championship feature event.

The 2008 series champion battled past Ricky Logan on the seventh circuit and checked out for his third Lucas Oil Sprint Car win of the year aboard the JJR Don Ott-powered Haynes/Pope Transportation No. 41 Maxim, besting the stout field that numbered 59 competitors over the weekend.

“I can’t say enough about my team, they gave me a great car all weekend and I was just the beneficiary,” Johnson explained in victory lane after his 46th career ASCS National triumph.

While Johnson added the Brownfield Memorial sweep to an Eagle Nationals victory last month, his advantage in the $60,000 championship points chase grew only minimally as defending series champion Shane Stewart slipped past Logan for runner-up honors in the final rounds to stay within 53 markers of the “Ragin’ Cajun” entering next weekend’s Cottage Grove double.

After finishing fourth in Friday night’s preliminary feature to lock into Saturday’s finale, Logan started from the pole position and gunned into the early lead ahead of Johnson.

After a shaky pair of opening laps that included a pair of red flags, Logan held off the trio of Johnson, Stewart and Jack Dover as a four-way duel for the lead broiled atop the 3/8-mile oval.

But, when Johnson finally slipped around Logan for the point upon the completion of the seventh round, the battle for the top spot was essentially done.

While a caution after 17 laps and then another with just four rounds remaining offered new life to his chasers, Johnson proved untouchable as he raced to the checkered flag with a healthy straightaway advantage.

In Johnson’s wake, Logan successfully fended off Stewart and Dover, at least most of the way. With three lapped cars between Johnson and the battle for runner-up position on the lap 32 restart, Stewart finally got the best of Logan and took the runner-up slot aboard Paul Silva’s Wesmar-powered Rock Star Energy Drink No. 57 A.R.T.

Logan claimed the show position aboard the Lucas Oil No. 10a machine, with Dover crossing the stripe fourth in the Shaver-powered 3D Auto Transport No. 53 Eagle.

Less than a month from his 19th birthday, Oregon’s Chadd Noland represented the ASCS Northwest ranks well by rounding out the top five in the No. 13 entry.

After posting a tenth-place in his first Lucas Oil ASCS National start of the year on Friday night, Gary Taylor drove Nubby Peterson’s No. 23n to sixth on Saturday, with Jayme Barnes edging Tim Crawley at the stripe for seventh. Crawley had rebounded from a lap two fracas in turn two that eliminated Jason Solwold and Glenn Borden.

Unable to fire for his heat race and then missing the feature cut by one position in “B” Main action, Brady Bacon used his first provisional of the year and rallied from 23rd to ninth.

Taylor, Solwold, Danny Wood, Jay Cole, Noland and Garen Linder topped Saturday night’s heat race action, with Billy Nutter, Justyn Cox and Crawley winning the “B” Mains.

After racing his way into the feature redraw, Wayne Johnson took a nasty ride down the backstretch on the second lap of the feature event. Johnson was transported to a local hospital with leg injuries, but is expected to recover after undergoing surgery.

The Lucas Oil ASCS presented by K&N Filters National Series concludes the 2010 North by Northwest Swing with two nights of action along with the ASCS Northwest Region at Oregon’s Cottage Grove Speedway next Friday and Saturday, July 23-24.

Lucas Oil ASCS Sprint Cars presented by K&N Filters Fourth Annual Fred Brownfield Memorial Championship Finale Grays Harbor Raceway Saturday Results:

Heat One (8 Laps): 1. 23n-Gary Taylor, 2. 44-Kyle Miller, 3. 57c-Chris Schmelzle, 4. 6n-Billy Nutter, 5. 11-Roger Crockett, 6. 11w-Shane Broers, 7. 95-Matt Covington, 8. 08-Steve Vague. DNS: 99-Brady Bacon.

Heat Two (8 Laps): 1. 39c-Jason Solwold, 2. 88-Tim Crawley, 3. 98m-Mitch Olson, 4. 5h-Justyn Cox, 5. 99v-Randy VanAagten, 6. 6-Kyle Hirst, 7. 93-Dustin Morgan, 8. 9j-J.J. Dishneau, 9. 96-Mack Brown.

Heat Three (8 Laps): 1. 94-Danny Wood, 2. 55-Trey Starks, 3. 35a-Wayne Johnson, 4. 50z-Zach Chappell, 5. 8r-Travis Jacobson, 6. 18-Tony Bruce, Jr., 7. 31-Colton Akerstrom, 8. 26-Sammy Wright, 9. 27dd-David Hoiness.

Heat Four (8 Laps): 1. 0j-Jay Cole, 2. 9p-Jared Peterson, 3. 2L-Logan Forler, 4. 73-Danielle Huson, 5. 5d-Josh DeWitt, 6. 15-Dan Dunlap, 7. 19-T.J. Hartman. DNS: 10j-Jake Waddell.

Heat Five (8 Laps): 1. 13-Chadd Noland, 2. 33v-Henry Van Dam, 3. 7a-J.J. Hickle, 4. 29-Travis Rilat, 5. 71-Channin Tankersley, 6. 23-Seth Bergman, 7. 3g-Darren Long, 8. 26f-Shane Forte.

Heat Six (8 Laps): 1. 22-Garen Linder, 2. 53-Jack Dover, 3. 72-Glenn Borden, 4. 25c-Chad Groves, 5. 87a-Andrew Marshala, 6. 38-Jake Mann, 7. 94T-Steven Tiner, 8. 44w-Austen Wheatley.

First "B" Feature (15 Laps): 1. 6n-Billy Nutter, 2. 55-Trey Starks, 3. 29-Travis Rilat, 4. 71-Channin Tankersley, 5. 98m-Mitch Olson, 6. 93-Dustin Morgan, 7. 73-Danielle Huson, 8. 9j-J.J. Dishneau, 9. 31-Colton Akerstrom, 10. 11w-Shane Broers, 11. 18-Tony Bruce, Jr. DNS: 44w-Austen Wheatley, 27dd-David Hoiness.

Second "B" Feature (15 Laps): 1. 5h-Justyn Cox, 2. 94T-Steven Tiner, 3. 99-Brady Bacon, 4. 23-Seth Bergman, 5. 3g-Darren Long, 6. 38-Jake Mann, 7. 15-Dan Dunlap, 8. 96-Mack Brown, 9. 25c-Chad Groves, 10. 44-Kelly Miller, 11. 7a-J.J. Hickle, 12. 11-Roger Crockett. DNS: 87a-Andrew Marshala.

Third “B” Feature (15 Laps): 1. 88-Tim Crawley, 2. 50z-Zach Chappell, 3. 5d-Josh DeWitt, 4. 8r-Travis Jacobson, 5. 6-Kyle Hirst, 6. 57c-Chris Schmelzle, 7. 95-Matt Covington, 8. 99v-Randy VanAagten, 9. 26f-Shane Forte, 10. 19-T.J. Hartman, 11. 26-Sammy Wright. DNS: 08-Steve Vague, 10j-Jake Waddell.

Grays Harbor Raceway “A” Main Event - $10,092 to win Fourth Annual Fred Brownfield Memorial:

“A” Feature (35 Laps): 1. 41-Jason Johnson, 2. 57-Shane Stewart, 3. 10a-Ricky Logan, 4. 53-Jack Dover, 5. 13-Chadd Noland, 6. 23n-Gary Taylor, 7. 7n-Jayme Barnes, 8. 88-Tim Crawley, 9. 99-Brady Bacon, 10. 9p-Jared Peterson, 11. 94-Danny Wood, 12. 18-Tony Bruce, Jr., 13. 94T-Steven Tiner, 14. 5h-Justyn Cox, 15. 55-Trey Starks, 16. 50z-Zach Chappell, 17. 6n-Billy Nutter, 18. 0j-Jay Cole, 19. 22-Garen Linder, 20. 33v-Henry Van Dam, 21. 2L-Logan Forler, 22. 72-Glenn Borden, 23. 39c-Jason Solwold, 24. 35a-Wayne Johnson.

Note: Brady Bacon and Tony Bruce, Jr., both utilized provisionals to start the main event. It was Bacon’s first provisional and Bruce’s third.

Lucas Oil ASCS Sprint Cars presented by K&N Filters Points (Top 20): 1. Jason Johnson 1,553, 2. Shane Stewart 1,500, 3. Brady Bacon 1,446, 4. Jack Dover 1,427, 5. Zach Chappell 1,342, 6. Tim Crawley 1,334, 7. Tony Bruce, Jr. 1,328, 8. Danny Wood 1,303, 9. Kyle Hirst 1,266, 10. Ricky Logan 1,259, 11. Matt Covington 1,184, 12. Travis Rilat 1,152, 13. Darren Long 1,081, 14. Channin Tankersley 1,011, 15. Justyn Cox 993, 16. Austen Wheatley 991, 17. Dustin Morgan 972, 18. Gary Wright 911, 19. Andrew Marshala 823, 20. Johnny Herrera 501.

ASCS Northwest Region Points (Top Ten): 1. Roger Crockett 1,312, 2. Jason Solwold 1,258, 3. Mitch Olson 1,234, 4. Jayme Barnes 1,174, 5. Henry Van Dam 1,142, 6. Seth Bergman 1,137, 7. Trey Starks 992, 8. Garen Linder 970, 9. T.J. Hartman 915, 10. Steven Tiner 881.

T.J. Buffenbarger, ROTHBURY, Mich. (July 16, 2010) - People in motor sports often say if you can’t win, be spectacular. Dain Naida managed to do both on the way to his second Engine Pro ASCS Sprints on Dirt feature win in as many weeks Friday at the Winston Speedway.

Naida took the lead with a last lap pass of 2008 ASCS SOD champion Brett Mann and then slammed into a loose wheel off another competitors car with his top wing while crossing the finish line.

“I didn’t even see the wheel,” said Naida after the feature in the pit area. “I got out of the car in victory lane and wondered what the heck happened to my wing.”

Mann and Naida started on the front row for the 25-lap feature. Mann too the lead at the start with Naida pulling up to challenge going down the backstretch when Ben Rutan and Dustin Daggett made contact in turn two. Daggett spun and Rutan made contact after suffering front end damage. While under caution one of Daggett’s crewmembers came onto the racing surface, disqualifying him from the remainder of the feature event. Rutan’s crew was unable to make repairs.

The second restart attempt saw Mann take the lead with Naida and Grubaugh in tow when the red flag appeared on lap three for a two car flip involving Ryan Davis and Joe Bares in turn four. Both drivers emerged from their cars uninjured.

Mann pull away again after the restart, but Naida closed the gap as the race went on. Just as the lead duo was approached slower traffic Louie Carufel spun in turn two and in the ensuing craziness Trey Smith took a wild tumble off the track in turn one to bring out another red flag. Smith was uninjured in the incident. Carufel was able to restart.

After the restart Mann opened up his largest lead of the feature, but Naida kept hanging as close to the infield marker tires as possible and began to makeup ground. Coming to the white flag Mann left just enough room on the bottom for Naida to slide under. Mann and Naida made contact coming off turn two, with Naida going into the lead.

Just as it appeared Naida would have smooth sailing to the checkered flag Aaron Smith encountered problems right in front of Naida and lost the left front wheel off his car. Naida slammed into the wheel with his top wing while crossing the finish line to take the checkered flag ahead of Mann, Grubaugh, Gregg Dalman, and Davey Brown.

Rutan, Dalman, and Gary Fast won heat race events, Daggett while won the fast car dash.

Engine Pro ASCS Sprints on Dirt presented by ARP Results Friday July 16th, 2010 Winston Speedway – Rothbury, MI

Engler Machine and Tool Heat Race #1 (8 Laps): 1. 23 – Ben Rutan, 2. 10x – Davey Brown, 3. 22s – Aaron Shaffer, 4. 187 – Gavin Hunyady, 5. 55 – Kirk Cheney, 6. 61x – Don Smith, 7. 29s – Marques Huffer

Lane Automotive/Comp Cams Heat Race #2 (8 Laps): 1. 49t – Gregg Dalman, 2. 00 – Ryan Grubaugh, 3. 6n – Dain Naida, 4. 19 – Brett Mann, 5. 91 – Joe Bares, 6. 70 – Jim Lingar, 7. 46 – Robert Huisken

Butlerbuilt Heat Race #3 (8 Laps): 1. 26 – Gary Fast, 2. 47x – Louie Carufel, 3. 2m – Dustin Daggett, 4. 11 – Trey Smith, 5. 14 – Ryan Davis, 6. 06 – Don Bostrum

Total Seal Fast Car Dash presented by Gaerte Engines (4 Laps): 1. 2m – Dustin Daggett, .23 – Ben Rutan, 3. 49t – Gregg Dalman, 4. 10x – Davey Brown.

“A” Feature (25 Laps): 1. 6n – Dain Naida, 2. 19 – Brett Mann, 3. 00 – Ryan Grubaugh, 4. 49t – Gregg Dalman, 5. 10x – Davey Brown, 6. 26 – Gary Fast, 7. 55 – Kirk Cheney, 8. 47x – Louie Carufel, 9. 46 – Robert Huisken, 10. 187 – Gavin Hunyady, 11. 22 – Aaron Shaffer, 12. 70 – Jim Lingar, 13. 61x – Don Smith, 14. 29s – Marques Huffer, 15. 11 – Trey Smith, 16. 14 – Ryan Davis, 17. 91 – Joe Bares, 18. 23 – Ben Rutan, 19. 06 – Don Bostrum, 20. 2m – Dustin Daggett

Engine Pro ASCS Sprints on Dirt presented by ARP Points (Top Ten): 1. Dain Naida 1,561, 2. Ryan Grubaugh 1,546, 3. Gregg Dalman 1,475, 4. Ben Rutan 1,402, 5. Gavin Hunyady 1,311, 6. Dustin Daggett 1,205, 7. Robert Huisken 1,113, 8. Aaron Shaffer 898, 9. Brett Mann 787, 10. Darren Long 668.

Lonnie Wheatley, CAMERON, Mo. (July 16, 2010) – Bronson Maeschen snared his second career American Sprint Car Series Midwest feature win by topping Friday night’s 25-lap main event at U.S. 36 Raceway.

Maeschen assumed the lead when Jonathan Cornell suffered a broken shifter on a lap 22 restart and paced the final rounds to secure his first series win of the year.

Maeschen took the checkered flag in front of Eric Lutz, who took over the ASCS Midwest Region points lead with the runner-up finish.

After leading the initial 18 rounds before Cornell squeezed by for the lead, Jon Corbin settled for the show position with Aussie Jamie Veal taking fourth after starting 13th.

Chris Morgan rallied from 17th to round out the top five, with Jordan Boston, Tyler Blank, Frank Brown, Kim Kennedy and Doug Lovegrove completing the top ten.

First Heat (8 Laps): 1. 28-Jonathan Cornell, 2. 44-Doug Lovegrove, 3. 1-Bronson Maeschen, 4. 21T-Eric Todd, 5. 43-Frank Brown, 6. 11c-Dakota Carroll, 7. 21-Ryan Kitchen.

Second Heat (8 Laps): 1. 9m-Jon Corbin, 2. 10-Mike Trent, 3. 76-Jay Russell, 4. 4-Jordan Boston, 5. 35au-Jamie Veal, 6. 88-J. Kinder, 7. 48-David Brown.

Third Heat (8 Laps): 1. 5-Eric Lutz, 2. 2d-Kim Kennedy, 3. 17-Gage Dorr, 4. 82-Jason Danley, 5. 75-Tyler Blank, 6. 7c-Chris Morgan.

"A" Feature (25 Laps): 1. 1-Bronson Maeschen, 2. 5-Eric Lutz, 3. 9m-Jon Corbin, 4. 35au-Jamie Veal, 5. 7c-Chris Morgan, 6. 4-Jordan Boston, 7. 75-Tyler Blank, 8. 43-Frank Brown, 9. 2d-Kim Kennedy, 10. 44-Doug Lovegrove, 11. 21T-Eric Todd, 12. 17-Gage Dorr, 13. 21-Ryan Kitchen, 14. 48-David Brown, 15. 10-Mike Trent, 16. 28-Jonathan Cornell, 17. 82-Jason Danley, 18. 88-J. Kinder, 19. 76-Jay Russell. DNS: 11c-Dakota Carroll.

ASCS Midwest Region Points (Top Ten): 1. Eric Lutz 1,543, 2. Jack Dover 1,517, 3. Doug Lovegrove 1,365, 4. Jason Danley 1,092, 5. Tyler Drueke 961, 6. Brian Brown 914, 7. Chad Humston 899, 8. Gage Dorr 885, 9. Lee Grosz 830, 10. Ryan Roberts 812.

Lonnie Wheatley, CRANDALL, Texas (July 16, 2010) – Justin Melton captured his first career American Sprint Car Series feature win by cracking victory lane in Friday night’s 25-lap ASCS Red River Regional Challenge main event at RPM Speedway.

In the fourth round of Red River Challenge action, Melton became the first ASCS Lone Star shoe to knock off the American Bank of Oklahoma ASCS Sooner Region forces by taking the checkered flag aboard the Wells-powered Pro-Tech Service Co. No. 11 Triple-X.

The 23-year-old crossed the stripe in front of current ASCS Sooner Region points leader Sean McClelland and current ASCS Lone Star points leader Eric Baldaccini, with defending Sooner champ Joe Wood, Jr., and Kolt Walker rounding out the top five.

Skip Wilson was sixth, with Michael Lang, Kenneth Walker, 22nd-starter Brian McClelland and Dalton Steed completing the top ten.

Wood, Jr., Sean McClelland, J.P. Bailey and Andy Shouse topped heat race action, with Scott Reneau winning the “B” Main.

First Heat (8 Laps): 1. 03-Joe Wood, Jr., 2. 55-Donnie Ray Crawford, 3. 14-Michael Lang, 4. 29-Larry Long, 5. 6-Justin Spoerl, 6. 30-Brandon Corn, 7. 59-Chris Stafford, 8. 40-Junior Jenkins.

Second Heat (8 Laps): 1. 1-Sean McClelland, 2. 45k-Kolt Walker, 3. 4-Eric Baldaccini, 4. 17w-Brad Welborn, 5. 25-Brian McClelland, 6. 5c-Chris Coker, 7. 0c-Preston Peebles II.

Third Heat (8 Laps): 1. 45-J.P. Bailey, 2. 2-Kenneth Walker, 3. 26-Dalton Steed, 4. 74e-Claud Estes, 5. 67-Rodney Henderson, 6. 12-Dale Wester, 7. 45x-Martin Edwards.

Fourth Heat (8 Laps): 1. 27-Andy Shouse, 2. 11-Justin Melton, 3. 65-Skip Wilson, 4. 1r-Scott Reneau, 5. 21$-Michelle Decker, 6. 76-John Ricketts, 7. 79-Charlie McDonald.

“B” Main: 1. 1r-Scott Reneau, 2. 21$-Michelle Decker, 3. 12-Dale Wester, 4. 0c-Preston Peebles II, 5. 59-Chris Stafford, 6. 25-Brian McClelland, 7. 5c-Chris Coker, 8. 45x-Martin Edwards, 9. 30-Brandon Corn, 10. 76-John Ricketts, 11. 40-Junior Jenkins, 12. 79-Charlie McDonald, 13. 67-Rodney Henderson.

"A" Feature (25 Laps): 1. 11-Justin Melton, 2. 1-Sean McClelland, 3. 4-Eric Baldaccini, 4. 03-Joe Wood, Jr., 5. 45k-Kolt Walker, 6. 65-Skip Wilson, 7. 14-Michael Lang, 8. 2-Kenneth Walker, 9. 25-Brian McClelland, 10. 26-Dalton Steed, 11. 74e-Claud Estes, 12. 6-Justin Spoerl, 13. 17w-Brad Welborn, 14. 45x-Martin Edwards, 15. 5c-Chris Coker, 16. 45-J.P. Bailey, 17. 12-Dale Wester, 18. 0c-Preston Peebles II, 19. 27-Andy Shouse, 20. 55-Donnie Ray Crawford, 21. 29-Larry Long, 22. 59-Chris Stafford, 23. 21$-Michelle Decker, 24. 1r-Scott Reneau.

ASCS Lone Star Region Points (Top 10): 1. Eric Baldaccini 1,163, 2. Claud Estes 1,031, 3. Justin Melton 1,018, 4. Preston Peebles II 989, 5. Martin Edwards 973, 6. John Ricketts 957, 7. Brandon Corn 940, 8. Brian McClelland 876, 9. Kevin Ramey 833, 10. Scott Reneau 830.

American Bank of Oklahoma ASCS Sooner Region Points (Top Ten): 1. Sean McClelland 1,080, 2. Joe Wood, Jr. 1,028, 3. Kenneth Walker 1,002, 4. Donnie Ray Crawford 952, 5. Andy Shouse 931, 6. Brian McClelland 855, 7. Michelle Decker 719, 8. Tony Bruce, Jr. 687, 9. Danny Jennings 555, 10. Joshua Hodges 553.

Lonnie Wheatley, BEAUMONT, Texas (July 16, 2010) – Gary Wright picked off his third American Sprint Car Series Regional win of the year by topping Friday night’s 25-lap ASCS Gulf South main event at the Golden Triangle Raceway Park.

Wright took the lead away from Tommy Bryant on the tenth round en route to victory lane aboard Scott Brown’s ASI-powered Lubbock Wrecker Service No. 9x Maxim.

Wright took the checkered flag in front of Bryant, with early leader Aaron Reutzel, current ASCS Gulf South points leader Ray Allen Kulhanek and Travis Elliott rounding out the top five.

Chris Sweeney was sixth, with Beau Smith, Wes Miller, Larry Howery and Brandon Berryman completing the top ten.

Smith, Elliott and Wright topped heat race action, with Scottie McDonald winning the “B” Main.

Heat One (8 Laps): 1. 51s-Beau Smith, 2. 87-Aaron Reutzel, 3. 30x-Bean Elliott, 4. 12b-Logan Bledsoe, 5. 19-Klint Angelette, 6. 17-Bruce Griffith, Jr., 7. 2-Dustin Welch, 8. 51-Jimmy Brooks, 9. 23-Darryl Wills.

Heat Two (8 Laps): 1. 15T-Travis Elliott, 2. 21T-Ray Allen Kulhanek, 3. 85x-Jerry Bell, 4. 85-Tommy Bryant, 5. 51w-Wes Miller, 6. 88-Scottie McDonald, 7. 31-Brandon Berryman, 8. 3-Gary Watson.

Heat Three (8 Laps): 1. 9x-Gary Wright, 2. 93-Chris Sweeney, 3. 69-Larry Howery, 4. 8b-Bruce Crockett, 5. 22L-Kent Lewis, Sr., 6. 52-Roger Oakes, 7. 35-Greg Rilat. DNS: 25c-Steve Hubbard.

"B" Feature (12 Laps): 1. 88-Scottie McDonald, 2. 31-Brandon Berryman, 3. 22L-Kent Lewis, Sr., 4. 3-Gary Watson, 5. 23-Darryl Wills, 6. 17-Bruce Griffith, Jr., 7. 2-Dustin Welch, 8. 52-Roger Oakes. DNS: 35-Greg Rilat, 51-Jimmy Brooks, 25c-Steve Hubbard.

"A" Feature (25 Laps): 1. 9x-Gary Wright, 2. 85-Tommy Bryant, 3. 87-Aaron Reutzel, 4. 21T-Ray Allen Kulhanek, 5. 15T-Travis Elliott, 6. 93-Chris Sweeney, 7. 51s-Beau Smith, 8. 51w-Wes Miller, 9. 69-Larry Howery, 10. 31-Brandon Berryman, 11. 30x-Bean Elliott, 12. 88-Scottie McDonald, 13. 23-Darryl Wills, 14. 3-Gary Watson, 15. 8b-Bruce Crockett, 16. 17-Bruce Griffith, Jr., 17. 22L-Kent Lewis, Sr., 18. 19-Klint Angelette, 19. 85x-Jerry Bell, 20. 12b-Logan Bledsoe.

ASCS Gulf South Region Points (Top Ten): 1. Ray Allen Kulhanek 1,345, 2. Tommy Bryant 1,299, 3. Aaron Reutzel 1,261, 4. Brandon Berryman 1,246, 5. Scottie McDonald 1,185, 6. Travis Elliott 1,145, 7. Chris Sweeney 1,086, 8. Wes Miller 1,060, 9. Greg Rilat 983, 10. Logan Bledsoe 963.

The Cajun Rages in Brownfield Memorial Prelim; Johnson Takes Second Lucas Oil Sprint Car Win of the Year!

Lonnie Wheatley, ELMA, Wash. (July 16, 2010) – Jason Johnson opened up the slightest bit of breathing room in the $60,000 Lucas Oil ASCS presented by K&N Filters National championship race by picking off his second series win of the year in Friday night’s 30-lap preliminary feature event at Grays Harbor Raceway.

“The Ragin’ Cajun” survived an early skirmish with defending event winner Travis Rilat and Zach Chappell before taking the lead away from Ricky Logan on the 17th round en route to victory lane atop the high-banked, 3/8-mile oval aboard the JJR Don Ott-powered Haynes/Pope Transportation No. 41 Maxim.

Johnson took his 45th career ASCS National win ahead of the battling duo of Jayme Barnes and Shane Stewart, with Logan taking the fourth and final lock-in position to Saturday night’s $10,092-to-win Fourth Annual Fred Brownfield Memorial championship main event.

“This is a high-speed joint, that’s kinda what I like,” Johnson explained of the semi-banked, 3/8-mile oval. “It’s something you can drive real straight and real fast.”

While Johnson gridded the feature field outside row two, it was pole starter Logan outgunning fellow front row starter Austen Wheatley for the lead at the outset and pacing the opening half of the race.

Behind Logan, the battle for position between Chappell, Rilat and Johnson heated up in short order. Chappell held down second until Rilat raced into the runner-up slot following a lap six restart after a Matt Covington spin in turn two.

Johnson followed soon after and then slid Rilat in turns one and two on the eleventh circuit, with the defending Brownfield Memorial winner looping it and collecting Chappell. Chappell turned over and was done for the night, while Rilat returned after quick repairs.

“I slid him first in three and four and I know I cleared him there,” Johnson explained afterward. “I don’t think I ever touched him there in one or two, I don’t know if I just took the wind off him or messed him up. I don’t think there was any contact though.”

Back under way, Johnson chased Logan for several rounds until traffic came into play. When Logan looked low, Johnson charged by on the high side exiting turn four on the 17th round and never looked back, not even letting one final caution with ten laps remaining deter his pace.

While Johnson cruised to the stripe on the top side of the track, the battle for position behind him was a wild one. Logan held the runner-up slot until Washington state native Barnes and two-time Brownfield Memorial winner Stewart of Bixby, OK, slid past in the final circuits.

Barnes slid past Logan for second on the 28th circuit and then held off a pair of Stewart sliders to secure runner-up honors aboard Roger Henderson’s Bailey Brothers-powered Island Mufflers & Brake No. 7n KPC.

While he knew he was in a lock-in position, Barnes explained of the battle with Stewart that, “I thought if I lifted, I might go back to fifth so we stuck in there.”

Stewart claimed the show position from the 12th starting position in Paul Silva’s Wesmar-powered Rock Star Energy Drink No. 57 A.R.T. to stay within 45 points of Johnson in the Lucas Oil title chase, explaining that, “The thing with ASCS is you learn to race every lap as hard as you can whether you’re locked in or not.”

Logan put the clamps on the fourth and final lock-in position aboard the Lucas Oil No. 10a, with Brodix Rookie of the Year contender Channin Tankersley turning in his top run of the year by charging from 14th to round out the top five aboard the Harris-powered Griffith Truck & Equipment No. 71 Maxim.

Mitch Olson was the second ASCS Northwest contender among the top ten with a sixth-place run, while Kyle Hirst made the most of his second provisional start of the year by racing from 23rd to seventh.

Jason Solwold was eighth, with 16th-starter Jack Dover and 19th-starter Gary Taylor completing the top ten.

Logan, Johnson, Barnes, Solwold, Garen Linder, Chadd Noland and Darren Long topped heat race action for the 58-car field, with Tony Bruce, Jr., Henry Van Dam and Taylor winning the 15-lap “B” Mains.

Mike Melwicks crossed the stripe first in the night’s fifth heat race but destroyed his machine when he crashed into the turn two wall and flipped after a parts failure. Seth Bergman got upside down in turn one on the opening lap of the first “B” Main, while Shane Broers flipped in turn three in the second “B” Main. There were no injuries.

Lucas Oil ASCS Sprint Cars presented by K&N Filters Fourth Annual Fred Brownfield Memorial Grays Harbor Raceway Friday Preliminary Results:

Heat One (8 Laps): 1. 10a-Ricky Logan, 2. 53-Jack Dover, 3. 23n-Gary Taylor, 4. 57-Shane Stewart, 5. 6n-Billy Nutter, 6. 0j-Jay Cole, 7. 55-Trey Starks, 8. 27dd-David Holiness, 9. 87a-Andrew Marshal.

Heat Two (8 Laps): 1. 11-Roger Crockett, 2. 72-Glenn Borden, 3. 94-Danny Wood, 4. 93-Dustin Morgan, 5. 73-Danielle Hudson, 6. 95-Matt Covington, 7. 57c-Chris Schmelzle, 8. 2L-Logan Forler, 9. 26-Sammy Wright.

Heat Three (8 Laps): 1. 7n-Jayme Barnes, 2. 99-Brady Bacon, 3. 25c-Chad Groves, 4. 08-Steve Vague, 5. 94T-Steven Tiner, 6. 76-Shawn Rice, 7. 35a-Wayne Johnson, 8. 23-Seth Bergman.

Heat Four (8 Laps): 1. 39c-Jason Solwold, 2. 44w-Austen Wheatley, 3. 50z-Zach Chappell, 4. 99v-Randy VanAagten, 5. 38-Jake Mann, 6. 5d-Josh DeWitt, 7. 11-Roger Crockett, 8. 5h-Justyn Cox.

Heat Five (8 Laps): 1. 22-Garen Linder, 2. 98m-Mitch Olson, 3. 9p-Jared Peterson, 4. 71-Channin Tankersley, 5. 11w-Shane Broers, 6. 44-Kelly Miller, 7. 15-Dan Dunlap, 8. 2m-Mike Melwicks (failed to report to scales after taking the checkered flag in first).

Heat Six (8 Laps): 1. 13-Chadd Noland, 2. 29-Travis Rilat, 3. 33v-Henry Van Dam, 4. 7a-J.J. Hickle, 5. 21w-Vern Wheeler, 6. 31-Colton Akerstrom, 7. 96-Mack Brown, 8. 54-Mike Gable.

Heat Seven (8 Laps): 1. 3g-Darren Long, 2. 18-Tony Bruce, Jr., 3. 8r-Travis Jacobson, 4. 88-Tim Crawley, 5. 19-T.J. Hartman, 6. 6-Kyle Hirst, 7. 9j-J.J. Dishneau, 8. 10j-Jake Waddell.

First "B" Feature (15 Laps): 1. 18-Tony Bruce, Jr., 2. 94-Danny Wood, 3. 9p-Jared Peterson, 4. 55-Trey Starks, 5. 08-Steve Vague, 6. 0j-Jay Cole, 7. 57c-Chris Schmelzle, 8. 7a-J.J. Hickle, 9. 73-Danielle Huson, 10. 87a-Andrew Marshala, 11. 38-Jake Mann, 12. 31-Colton Akerstrom, 13. 54-Mike Gable, 14. 23-Seth Bergman.

Second "B" Feature (15 Laps): 1. 33v-Henry Van Dam, 2. 94T-Steven Tiner, 3. 95-Matt Covington, 4. 35a-Wayne Johnson, 5. 93-Dustin Morgan, 6. 2L-Logan Forler, 7. 6-Kyle Hirst, 8. 72-Glenn Borden, 9. 76-Shawn Rice, 10. 10j-Jake Waddell, 11. 26-Sammy Wright, 12. 25c-Chad Groves, 13. 11w-Shane Broers. DNS: 15-Dan Dunlap.

Third “B” Feature (15 Laps): 1. 23n-Gary Taylor, 2. 8r-Travis Jacobson, 3. 11-Roger Crockett, 4. 5h-Justyn Cox, 5. 6n-Billy Nutter, 6. 5d-Josh DeWitt, 7. 9j-J.J. Dishneau, 8. 19-T.J. Hartman, 9. 44-Kelly Miller, 10. 27dd-David Hoiness, 11. 96-Mack Brown, 12. 99v-Randy VanAagten, 13. 21w-Vern Wheeler. DNS: 2m-Mike Melwicks.

Grays Harbor Raceway Preliminary “A” Main Event (Top 4 Locked into Saturday’s $10,092-to-win Fred Brownfield Memorial Championship Main Event):

“A” Feature (30 Laps): 1. 41-Jason Johnson, 2. 7n-Jayme Barnes, 3. 57-Shane Stewart, 4. 10a-Ricky Logan, 5. 71-Channin Tankersley, 6. 98m-Mitch Olson, 7. 6-Kyle Hirst, 8. 39c-Jason Solwold, 9. 53-Jack Dover, 10. 23n-Gary Taylor, 11. 99-Brady Bacon, 12. 13-Chadd Noland, 13. 33v-Henry Van Dam, 14. 22-Garen Linder, 15. 3g-Darren Long, 16. 8r-Travis Jacobson, 17. 88-Tim Crawley, 18. 94T-Steven Tiner, 19. 44w-Austen Wheatley, 20. 18-Tony Bruce, Jr., 21. 29-Travis Rilat, 22. 94-Danny Wood, 23. 95-Matt Covington, 24. 50z-Zach Chappell.

Note: Kyle Hirst and Matt Covington both utilized their second provisionals of the year to start the main event.

Lucas Oil ASCS Sprint Cars presented by K&N Filters Points (Top 20): 1. Jason Johnson 1,403, 2. Shane Stewart 1,358, 3. Brady Bacon 1,333, 4. Jack Dover 1,297, 5. Tony Bruce, Jr. 1,249, 6. Zach Chappell 1,244, 7. Tim Crawley 1,218, 8. Kyle Hirst 1,201, 9. Danny Wood 1,195, 10. Ricky Logan 1,124, 11. Matt Covington 1,119, 12. Travis Rilat 1,087, 13. Darren Long 1,016, 14. Channin Tankersley 946, 15. Austen Wheatley 926, 16. Gary Wright 911, 17. Dustin Morgan 907, 18. Justyn Cox 891, 19. Andrew Marshala 758, 20. Johnny Herrera 501.

ASCS Northwest Region Points (Top Ten): 1. Roger Crockett 1,229, 2. Jason Solwold 1,154, 3. Mitch Olson 1,136, 4. Jayme Barnes 1,039, 5. Seth Bergman 1,037, 6. Henry Van Dam 1,032, 7. Trey Starks 870, 8. Garen Linder 857, 9. T.J. Hartman 829, 10. Steven Tiner 756.

Lonnie Wheatley, BANKS, Ore. (July 14, 2010) – Kyle Hirst notched his first career American Sprint Car Series feature triumph by winning Wednesday night’s 30-lap ASCS Northwest Speedweek main event at Sunset Speedway.

After finishes of third and second in the initial two rounds of ASCS Northwest Speedweek, Hirst stepped to the top of the podium by becoming the third different winner in as many nights of Speedweek competition in Oregon.

The 22-year-old Lucas Oil ASCS presented by K&N Filters National Rookie of the Year contender hailing from Loomis, CA, took Wednesday night’s checkered flag aboard Gary Perkins’ Shark-powered GP Development No. 6 A.R.T. ahead of Henry Van Dam with Jason Solwold, Seth Bergman and Mitch Olson rounding out the top five.

Rookie shoe Trey Starks was sixth, with Roger Crockett, Jason Johnson, Jayme Barnes and Steven Tiner completing the top ten.

Van Dam, Hirst, Olson and Logan Forler topped heat race action for Wednesday night’s 30-car field, with Johnson and Jay Cole winning the “B” Mains.

The ASCS Northwest Speedweek concludes with the Fourth Annual Fred Brownfield Memorial at Elma, Washington’s Grays Harbor Raceway on Friday and Saturday as the ASCS Northwest forces tangle with the Lucas Oil ASCS presented by K&N Filters National contenders for the $10,092 winner’s share.

Heat One: 1. 33v-Henry Van Dam, 2. 55-Trey Starks, 3. 23-Seth Bergman, 4. 0j-Jay Cole, 5. 26f-Shane Forte, 6. 12p-Randy Pierce, 7. 24-Theo McCarty, 8. 29-Travis Rilat.

Heat Two: 1. 6-Kyle Hirst, 2. 08-Steve Vague, 3. 39c-Jason Solwold, 4. 11-Roger Crockett, 5. 31-Colton Akerstrom, 6. 11w-Shane Broers, 7. 5d-Josh DeWitt, 8. 87a-Andrew Marshala.

Heat Three: 1. 98m-Mitch Olson, 2. 94-Steven Tiner, 3. 7n-Jayme Barnes, 4. 13-Chadd Noland, 5. 41-Jason Johnson, 6. 2m-Mike Melwicks, 7. 73-Danielle Huson.

Heat Four: 1. 2L-Logan Forler, 2. 10-Kyle Miller, 3. 22-Garen Linder, 4. 19-T.J. Hartman, 5. 27dd-David Hoiness, 6. 96-Mack Brown, 7. 21w-Vern Wheeler.

First “B” Feature: 1. 41-Jason Johnson, 2. 13-Chadd Noland, 3. 2m-Mike Melwicks, 4. 27dd-David Hoiness, 5. 21w-Vern Wheeler, 6. 12p-Randy Pierce, 7. 24-Theo McCarty, 8. 87a-Andrew Marshala.

Second “B” Feature: 1. 0j-Jay Cole, 2. 31-Colton Akerstrom, 3. 96-Mack Brown, 4. 73-Danielle Huson, 5. 26f-Shane Forte, 6. 11w-Shane Broers, 7. 5d-Josh DeWitt. DNS: 29-Travis Rilat.

"A" Feature (30 Laps): 1. 6-Kyle Hirst, 2. 33v-Henry Van Dam, 3. 39c-Jason Solwold, 4. 23-Seth Bergman, 5. 98m-Mitch Olson, 6. 55-Trey Starks, 7. 11-Roger Crockett, 8. 41-Jason Johnson, 9. 7n-Jayme Barnes, 10. 94-Steven Tiner, 11. 08-Steve Vague, 12. 19-T.J. Hartman, 13. 10-Kyle Miller, 14. 22-Garen Linder, 15. 2L-Logan Forler, 16. 2m-Mike Melwicks, 17. 13-Chadd Noland, 18. 96-Mack Brown, 19. 31-Colton Akerstrom, 20. 0j-Jay Cole.

ASCS Northwest Region Points (Top Ten): 1. Roger Crockett 1,116, 2. Jason Solwold 1,019, 3. Mitch Olson 994, 4. Seth Bergman 958, 5. Henry Van Dam 910, 6 Jayme Barnes 889, 7. Trey Starks 762, 8. Garen Linder 738, 9. T.J. Hartman 735, 10. Steven Tiner 640.

Lonnie LEBANON, Ore. (July 13, 2010) – Roger Crockett topped the second round of the American Sprint Car Series Northwest Speedweek by wiring the field in Tuesday night’s 30-lap feature at Willamette Speedway.

The reigning ASCS Northwest champion gunned into the lead from the pole position at the drop of the green flag and never looked back en route to his fourth series win of the year Wheatley, aboard the Omlid & Swinney Fire Protection & Security No. 11 entry.

Crockett was chased to the stripe by Lucas Oil ASCS National Rookie of the Year contender Kyle Hirst, who rallied from the 18th starting position to snare runner-up honors.

Steven Tiner claimed the show position, while Jason Johnson rebounded from a mid-race spin to snare fourth after starting 15th.

Monday night’s opening round winner Travis Rilat rounded out the top five, with 16th-starter Mitch Olson, Henry Van Dam, Chadd Noland, Kyle Miller and Josh DeWitt completing the top ten.

Brady Bacon, Crockett, Logan Forler and Jayme Barnes topped heat race action for the 35-car field, with Johnson and Olson winning the twin “B” Mains.

Piloting a second Andrew Marshala entry, Bacon was forced pitside after an opening lap melee that also eliminated Seth Bergman and Randy Pierce. Jay Cole held down the runner-up position until flipping with 21 laps in the books. There were no injuries.

Round Three of the ASCS Northwest Speedweek takes place Wednesday night at Sunset Speedway in Banks, OR, before concluding with the Lucas Oil ASCS presented by K&N Filters National series at Grays Harbor Raceway’s $10,092-to-win Fourth Annual Fred Brownfield Memorial in Elma, WA, on Friday and Saturday.

Heat One: 1. 99-Brady Bacon, 2. 29-Travis Rilat, 3. 13-Chadd Noland, 4. 23-Seth Bergman, 5. 41-Jason Johnson, 6. 21w-Vern Wheeler, 7. 25c-Chad Groves, 8. 87a-Andrew Marshala, 9. 27dd-David Hoiness.

Heat Two: 1. 11-Roger Crockett, 2. 08-Steve Vague, 3. 94-Steven Tiner, 4. 98m-Mitch Olson, 5. 33v-Henry Van Dam, 6. 6-Kyle Hirst, 7. 26f-Shane Forte, 8. 23b-Colin Baker, 9. 72-Glenn Borden, Jr.

Heat Three: 1. 2L-Logan Forler, 2. 10-Kyle Miller, 3. 6n-Billy Nutter, 4. 96-Mack Brown, 5. 22-Garen Linder, 6. 19-T.J. Hartman, 7. 73-Danielle Huson, 8. 11w-Shane Broers, 9. 2m-Mike Melwicks.

Heat Four: 1. 7n-Jayme Barnes, 2. 12p-Randy Pierce, 3. 0j-Jay Cole, 4. 39c-Jason Solwold, 5. 55-Trey Starks, 6. 5d-Josh DeWitt, 7. 5n-Seth Nunes, 8. 55x-Ryan Gomes.

First “B” Feature: 1. 41-Jason Johnson, 2. 33v-Henry Van Dam, 3. 19-T.J. Hartman, 4. 22-Garen Linder, 5. 23b-Colin Baker, 6. 73-Danielle Huson, 7. 55-Trey Starks, 8. 11w-Shane Broers, 9. 55x-Ryan Gomes, 10. 5n-Seth Nunes, 11. 72-Glenn Borden, Jr.

Second “B” Feature: 1. 98m-Mitch Olson, 2. 6-Kyle Hirst, 3. 5d-Josh DeWitt, 4. 27dd-David Hoiness, 5. 2m-Mike Melwicks, 6. 26f-Shane Forte, 7. 96-Mack Brown, 8. 87a-Andrew Marshala, 9. 25c-Chad Groves, 10. 21w-Vern Wheeler.

"A" Feature (30 Laps): 1. 11-Roger Crockett, 2. 6-Kyle Hirst, 3. 94-Steven Tiner, 4. 41-Jason Johnson, 5. 29-Travis Rilat, 6. 98m-Mitch Olson, 7. 33v-Henry Van Dam, 8. 13-Chadd Noland, 9. 10-Kyle Miller, 10. 5d-Josh DeWitt, 11. 2L-Logan Forler, 12. 19-T.J. Hartman, 13. 08-Steve Vague, 14. 0j-Jay Cole, 15. 39c-Jason Solwold, 16. 6n-Billy Nutter, 17. 7n-Jayme Barnes, 18. 23-Seth Bergman, 19. 12p-Randy Pierce, 20. 99-Brady Bacon.

ASCS Northwest Region Points (Top Ten): 1. Roger Crockett 997, 2. Jason Solwold 884, 3. Mitch Olson 869, 4. Seth Bergman 828, 5. Jayme Barnes 776, 6. Henry Van Dam 768, 7. Trey Starks 640, 8. Garen Linder 636, 9. T.J. Hartman 629, 10. Brock Lemley 608.

Lonnie Wheatley, MEDFORD, Ore. (July 12, 2010) – Travis Rilat made the nearly 1,800 mile haul from Saturday night’s Lucas Oil ASCS presented by K&N Filters National event in Hartford, SD, to Oregon pay off with a $2,000 win in Monday night’s ASCS Northwest Speedweek opener at Southern Oregon Speedway.

The Forney, TX, shoe kicked off ASCS Northwest festivities with his first ASCS win of the year aboard the Shark-powered F&J Construction No. 29 Triple-X.

Rilat took the checkered flag in the 30-lapper ahead of Mitch Olson, with leading National Rookie contender Kyle Hirst of Loomis, CA, claiming the show position.

Vern Wheeler crossed the stripe fourth, with current ASCS Northwest points leader Roger Crockett rounding out the top five. Seth Bergman was sixth, with 16th-starter Chadd Noland, 15th-starter Jayme Barnes, Steven Tiner and dan Menne completing the top ten.

Hirst, Steve Vague, Rilat and Olson topped heat race action for the 36-car field, with Barnes and Noland winning the twin “B” Main.

Round Two of the ASCS Northwest Speedweek is set for Tuesday night at Lebanon Speedway in Willamette, OR, before moving on to Sunset Speedway in Banks, OR, on Wednesday and then concluding with the Lucas Oil ASCS National Series at Washington’s Grays Harbor Raceway with the Fourth Annual Fred Brownfield Memorial on Friday and Saturday.

Heat One: 1. 6-Kyle Hirst, 2. 6n-Billy Nutter, 3. 21v-Vern Wheeler, 4. 22-Garen Linder, 5. 7n-Jayme Barnes, 6. 0j-Jay Cole, 7. 55x-Ryan Gomes, 8. 33v-Henry Van Dam, 9. 23b-Colin Baker.

Heat Two: 1. 08-Steve Vague, 2. 11-Roger Crockett, 3. 39c-Jason Solwold, 4. 13-Chadd Noland, 5. 2z-Todd Zeitler, 6. 5n-Seth Nunes, 7. 12p-Randy Pierce, 8. 11w-Shane Broers, 9. 2L-Logan Forler.

Heat Three: 1. 29-Travis Rilat, 2. 26f-Shane Forte, 3. 75-Dan Menne, 4. 73-Danielle Huson, 5. 55-Trey Starks, 6. 96-Mack Brown, 7. 94-Steven Tiner, 8. 19-T.J. Hartman, 9. 27dd-David Hoiness.

Heat Four: 1. 98m-Mitch Olson, 2. 10-Kyle Miller, 3. 33v-Henry Van Dam, 4. 23-Seth Bergman, 5. 4c-Charlie Cash, 6. 88-Brent Hoover, 7. 25c-Chad Groves, 8. 93-Marissa Earle, 9. 87a-Andrew Marshala.

First “B” Feature: 1. 7n-Jayme Barnes, 2. 55-Trey Starks, 3. 11w-Shane Broers, 4. 55x-Ryan Gomes, 5. 5n-Seth Nunes, 6. 5d-Josh DeWitt, 7. 19-T.J. Hartman, 8. 25c-Chad Groves, 9. 2L-Logan Forler, 10. 88-Brent Hoover, 11. 2z-Todd Zeitler.

Second “B” Feature: 1. 13-Chadd Noland, 2. 94-Steven Tiner, 3. 33v-Henry Van Dam, 4. 4c-Charlie Cash, 5. 0j-Jay Cole, 6. 27dd-David Hoiness, 7. 12p-Randy Pierce, 8. 23b-Colin Baker, 9. 96-Mack Brown, 10. 93-Marissa Earle, 11. 87a-Andrew Marshala.

"A" Feature (30 Laps): 1. 29-Travis Rilat, 2. 98m-Mitch Olson, 3. 6-Kyle Hirst, 4. 21v-Vern Wheeler, 5. 11-Roger Crockett, 6. 23-Seth Bergman, 7. 13-Chadd Noland, 8. 7n-Jayme Barnes, 9. 94-Steven Tiner, 10. 75-Dan Menne, 11. 22-Garen Linder, 12. 10-Kyle Miller, 13. 39c-Jason Solwold, 14. 33v-Henry Van Dam, 15. 55-Trey Starks, 16. 26f-Shane Forte, 17. 11w-Shane Broers, 18. 08-Steve Vague, 19. 73-Danielle Huson, 20. 6n-Billy Nutter.

ASCS Northwest Region Points (Top Ten): 1. Roger Crockett 847, 2. Jason Solwold 784, 3. Mitch Olson 747, 4. Seth Bergman 734, 5. Jayme Barnes 680, 6. Henry Van Dam 649, 7. Brock Lemley 608, 8. Trey Starks 575, 9. Garen Linder 571, 10. T.J. Hartman 523.

Lonnie Wheatley, TULSA, Okla. (July 12, 2010) – The lightning fast winged Sprint Cars of the ASCS Southwest Region return to action at Tucson’s USA Raceway for the first time in several weeks this Saturday night.

Saturday’s card at USA Raceway marks the first ASCS Southwest event atop the Tucson clay oval since April 24 and the first Southwest action at all since an Aztec double on the opening weekend of June.

With the initial six ASCS Southwest events of the season in the books, reigning series champion Rick Ziehl of Las Cruces, NM, is out to the lead in the championship chase on the strength of a pair of wins.

Ziehl holds a 23-point advantage over Peoria shoe John Gaston, with Knoxville-by-way-of-Arizona racer Calvin Landis, New Mexico teen Joshua Hodges and Mesa’s J.T. Imperial rounding out the current top five in points.

The balance of the current top ten in ASCS Southwest points includes Kaylene Verville, Steve Stone, Koty McGullam, Joshua Williams and Bud Goodwin.

Saturday's ASCS Southwest Region action at USA Raceway is slated to go green at 6:45 p.m.

The ASCS Southwest Region is currently slated for 19 overall nights of competition in 2010, including 13 nights in Arizona and three New Mexico weekend doubles.

Additional information regarding the American Sprint Car Series is available at www.ascsracing.com.

Rich Vleck, TULSA, Okla. (July 12, 2010) - After a weekend off following an event at the largest track on the tour, the ASCS Patriot Sprints head to a pair of tracks that combined do not equal the size of Little Valley.

This Saturday and Sunday, the ASCS Patriots run a pair of Riverside Bar and Grill King of the St. Lawrence Series events at a pair of ¼-mile Eastern Ontario Ovals. Saturday will be another stop at Brockville Ontario Speedway, the first track to host a second event this year. On Sunday, the wild winged things travel up the 401 for the only stop in 2010 at the Cornwall Motor Speedway.

Jared Zimbardi, of Little Valley, NY, enters the two-race weekend with a slim 28 point advantage in the pursuit of his first ever series championship. Zimbardi scored his only win of the year last month at Brockville, a speedway where he has finished inside the top-10 in every event since 2007. At the inaugural ASCS Patriot event at Cornwall last season, “The Juice” broke the track record with a 10.91 second lap and finished second in the feature.

Bryan Howland, of Auburn, NY, won at Brockville last season and also won the inaugural Riverside Bar and Grill King of the St. Lawrence Series race in 2009. Howland is a three-time Patriot Champion, as well as the most recent winner on tour after his impressive performance at Little Valley.

Bubba Broderick, from Brookfield, CT, is drooling at the thought of running a pair of high-banked bull-rings this weekend. Broderick has been strong on these types of ovals this season, with two wins on tracks 1/3-mile or shorter in distance. The 20-year-old has never finished out of the top-10 at Brockville in four starts, including placing third there earlier this season. Last season at Cornwall, Broderick was fast but crashed hard on the opening lap of the feature.

Tim Kelly, of Rock Stream, NY is the most experienced of the Patriot regulars at Brockville and Cornwall. Kelly did not attend the Cornwall event last season, but finished fourth in both of the sprint shows at the Sunday Night Staple in 2008. He is hoping to turn around his string of bad luck in June and early July.

A host of Canadian competitors expect to be in competition this weekend, including Alain Bergeron, of St. Pie, Quebec, who picked up a win at both tracks last season.

Steve Poirier and Michael Parent are among some of the other competitors from Quebec that will stop in at the ¼-mile speedways. Both have fared very well at both tracks, with Poirier scoring five wins between the two tracks.

Rick Wilson, along with his daughter April are sure to be fan favorites this weekend as they run in front of their long-time supporters. Both of the Wilsons finished in the top-10 at Brockville earlier this season and will contend for the win.

Brian McDonald is from Cornwall and lives within a stones throw of the speedway. McDonald was in control of the June Brockville event when he tangled with a lapped car.

Tyler Rand, Chris Jones, Brockville’s Paul Pekkonen, Kyle Fraser, Doug Banks, Lee Ladouceur and defending Patriot Rookie of the Year Devin Caron are amongst the many Eastern Ontario drivers that will be in contention this weekend.

Look for more invaders such as Shawn Donath, rookie Shayne Ely, Travis Cunningham, Kevin Job and Doug Bowman to make this weekend a thrilling one just north of the 1000 Islands Region.

Racing action at Brockville gets underway at 7:00 P.M., with Cornwall getting started at 6:00 P.M. For more information, visit www.ASCSpatriotsprints.com or www.ASCSracing.com.

ASCS Patriot History at Brockville: Races: 8 8/20/2004- Rick Wilson 10/22/2005- Kyle Drum 7/15/2006- Rick Wilson 6/2/2007- Jessica Zemken 7/18/2009- Bryan Howland 8/22/2009- Alain Bergeron 10/17/2009- Glenn Styres (Non-Points) 6/12/2010- Jared Zimbardi

Lonnie Wheatley, TULSA, Okla. (July 12, 2010) – The American Sprint Car Series Midwest Region takes to the ultra-fast high banks of Cameron, Missouri’s U.S. 36 Raceway this Friday night for the second time this season.

And it will be Eric Lutz, a recent series winner at I-90 Speedway in June, trying to take over the ASCS Midwest Region championship points lead during Friday night’s card.

With current ASCS Midwest points leader Jack Dover in the northwest with the Lucas Oil ASCS National forces, three-time ASCS Northern Plains points runner-up Lutz of Sioux Falls, SD, can take over the series points lead with a finish of seventh or better on Friday night.

Even if Lutz falls short of the lead on Friday, ensuing events at Iowa’s Crawford County Speedway on July 21 and then South Dakota’s I-90 Speedway on July 23 will still allow time for Lutz to race into the points lead.

Also looking to climb a notch over the next several events, including Friday’s action at U.S 36 Raceway, is Waverly, Nebraska’s Doug Lovegrove.

Reigning series champion Jason Danley of Lincoln, NE, is currently ranked fourth in points, with rookie shoe Tyler Drueke of Eagle, NE, rounding out the current top five in points.

Brian Brown is up to sixth in ASCS Midwest points after snaring his second series win of the year Sunday night in Albion, NE.

The ASCS Midwest Regional forces will take on the Winged Outlaw Warriors in Friday night's U.S. 36 Raceway event.

Friday's racing action atop the high-banked, 3/8-mile U.S. 36 Raceway clay oval is set to fire off at 8:00 p.m.

U.S. 36 Raceway is located 50 miles northeast of Kansas City on I-35 to Exit 54, then 6.3 miles west on U.S. 36, then 0.1 mile north on SR 33. For more information, contact the track at 816-675-2279.

The ASCS Midwest Region is slated for 23 nights of competition in 2010 at ten different tracks throughout Nebraska and the surrounding areas of Missouri, South Dakota and Iowa.

Past ASCS Midwest Winners at U.S. 36 Raceway: 6/18/10 – Jack Dover 6/19/09 – Jesse Hockett 7/11/08 – Jack Dover 9/7/07 – Jesse Hockett 9/8/06 – Chris Morgan 6/23/06 – Toby Chapman 9/9/05 – Johnny Anderson

Additional information regarding the American Sprint Car Series is available at www.ascsracing.com.

Lonnie Wheatley, TULSA, Okla. (July 12, 2010) – The ASCS Lone Star and ASCS Sooner Regions square off for the final time of 2010 with a pair of events south of the Red River this coming weekend.

Crandall, Texas’ RPM Speedway hosts the fourth round of the ASCS Red River Challenge on Friday night, with Kennedale’s Cowtown Speedway hosting the fifth and final round on Saturday night. Both events offer up a $2,000 winner’s share with a minimum of $300 to start.

After Lucas Oil National invader Jason Johnson topped the opening leg of the Red River Challenge at Devil’s Bowl Speedway on June 18, American Bank of Oklahoma ASCS Sooner Region title contenders Kenneth Walker and Sean McClelland have topped the ensuing two rounds at Devil’s Bowl (June 19) and Lawton Speedway (July 10).

Riding the momentum of Saturday night’s Red River Challenge triumph at Lawton Speedway, Tulsa’s Sean McClelland carries the ASCS Sooner Region points lead into the weekend as he vies for a second series title.

McClelland holds a 44-point advantage over reigning series champion Joe Wood, Jr., of Oklahoma City, with Sapulpa’s Walker, Tulsa’s Donnie Ray Crawford and Oklahoma City’s Andy Shouse rounding out the current top five.

Eric Baldaccini of Keller, TX, will lead the ASCS Lone Star forces in an effort to balance out the win charts. Baldaccini holds a 106-point edge over Godley’s Claud Estes in the ASCS Lone Star title chase with Lubbock’s Preston Peebles II, Flower Mound’s Justin Melton and Burleson’s John Ricketts rounding out the current top five.

Defending ASCS Lone Star champion and two-time ASCS Sooner champ Kevin Ramey of Fort Worth, TX topped both Regional events at RPM Speedway last year, while two-time ASCS Sooner champion Brian McClelland bested the Lone Star forces at Cowtown last month.

Friday’s action at RPM Speedway goes green at 8:00 p.m., with Saturday’s Cowtown card firing off at 7:00 p.m.

The semi-banked, ¼-mile RPM Speedway dirt oval is located southeast of Crandall, TX, on US 175 to CR 4106 (Bud Story Road exit) to the intersection of CR 4104. For more information, contact the track at 972-427-6822.

Cowtown Speedway, “The Fastest Lil’ Dirt Track in Texas”, is located in Kennedale, TX, just east of Fort Worth off I-20 Exit 442-A, then 1.7 miles southeast on Mansfield Highway, then 1.4 miles southwest on New Hope Road. For more information, contact the track at 817-478-9952.

The 2010 slate of ASCS Lone Star Region competition consists of 17 nights of action at seven different tracks throughout North Texas and one to the north of the Red River in southwest Oklahoma.

The American Bank of Oklahoma ASCS Sooner Region is slated for 15 nights of racing action at nine different tracks throughout Oklahoma, Texas and Missouri in 2010.

Past ASCS Regional Feature Winners at RPM Speedway:
9/4/09 – Kevin Ramey (Gulf South vs. Lone Star)
7/10/09 – Kevin Ramey (Lone Star)

Past ASCS Regional Feature Winners at Cowtown Speedway:
6/12/10 – Brian McClelland (Lone Star)
10/10/09 – Tony Bruce, Jr. (Gulf South/Lone Star/Sooner)
8/29/09 – Travis Rilat (Lone Star)
6/27/09 – Kevin Ramey (Lone Star)
4/4/09 – Kevin Ramey (Lone Star)
10/11/08 – Brian Brown (National vs. Sooner)
10/10/08 – Gavin Punch (National vs. Sooner)
8/23/08 – Kolt Walker (Gulf South)
7/26/08 – Brad Welborn (Sooner)
5/17/08 – Gary Taylor (Sooner)
4/5/08 – Travis Rilat (Sooner)
9/15/07 - Nick Smith (Sooner)
7/7/07 - Brian McClelland (Sooner)
4/14/07 - Kevin Ramey (Sooner)
9/23/06 - Travis Rilat (Sooner)
6/10/06 - Sam Hafertepe, Jr. (Sooner)
4/8/06 - Sam Hafertepe, Jr. (Sooner)
9/24/05 - Travis Rilat (Sooner)
6/25/05 - Jason Martin (National vs. Sooner)
4/9/05 - Sean McClelland (Sooner)
9/25/04 - Andy Shouse (Sooner)
5/29/04 - Kevin Ramey (Sooner)

ASCS Lone Star Region Points (Top 10): 1. 4-Eric Baldaccini 1,021, 2. 74e-Claud Estes 915, 3. 0c-Preston Peebles II 889, 4. 11-Justin Melton 868, 5. 76-John Ricketts 867, 6. 45-Martin Edwards 865, 7. 30-Brandon Corn 848, 8. 7m-Kevin Ramey 833, 9. 74x-Joshua Hodges 798, 10. 25-Brian McClelland 754.

American Bank of Oklahoma ASCS Sooner Region Points (Top Ten): 1. 1-Sean McClelland 930, 2. 03-Joe Wood, Jr. 886, 3. 2-Kenneth Walker 867, 4. 55-Donnie Ray Crawford 830, 5. 27-Andy Shouse 806, 6. 25-Brian McClelland 725, 7. 18-Tony Bruce, Jr. 687, 8. 21$-Michelle Decker 600, 9. 1j-Danny Jennings 555, 10. 74x-Joshua Hodges 553.

Additional information regarding the American Sprint Car Series is available at www.ascsracing.com.

Lonnie Wheatley, TULSA, Okla. (July 12, 2010) – Following a complete washout of all three events scheduled for the recent Fourth of July weekend, an antsy group of American Sprint Car Series Gulf South Region competitors fire back into action with a pair of events this weekend.

The series embarks upon the third of four scheduled Golden Triangle Raceway Park-Houston Raceway Park doubles of the season, with $2,000 to win Friday’s GTRP card in Beaumont, TX, and then $3,000 to win for Saturday’s event at Baytown’s HRP.

Still looking for his first series win of the year, 2005 ASCS Gulf South champ Ray Allen Kulhanek of Montgomery, TX, carries a 58-point lead into the weekend on the strength of seven consecutive top-ten feature runs.

Conroe’s Tommy Bryant has climbed to second in points with two wins in the last three events, with two-time series champ Brandon Berryman (Missouri City), defending champion Aaron Reutzel (Clute) and Scottie McDonald (New Caney) rounding out the current top five.

The balance of the current top ten in ASCS Gulf South points includes Travis Elliott (Alvin), Chris Sweeney (Channelview), Wes Miller (Santa Fe), Greg Rilat (Texas City) and 17-year-old Logan Bledsoe (Richmond).

Bryant topped the most recent event at Golden Triangle Raceway Park after Gary Wright and Chris Morgan claimed earlier GTRP wins.

A new 2010 winner at Houston Raceway Park is assured on Saturday night, as Jason Johnson, who has topped both previous events, will be in Lucas Oil ASCS National action in Washington.

Friday’s racing action at Golden Triangle Raceway Park goes green at 8:00 p.m., while Saturday’s card at Houston Raceway Park fires off at 7:00 p.m.

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.

Houston Raceway Park is located east of Houston on I-10 to Exit 798, then three miles south on State Road 146, then 0.8 miles southeast on FM 1405, then 1.5 miles northeast on FM 565. For more information, contact the track at 281-383-7223.

The ASCS Gulf South Region is slated for 27 nights of racing action at ten different tracks throughout Texas in 2010.

Past ASCS Gulf South Region Feature Winners at Golden Triangle Raceway Park: 6/18/10 – Tommy Bryant 5/28/10 – Chris Morgan 3/5/10 – Gary Wright 10/2/09 – Channin Tankersley 9/18/09 – Jason Johnson 7/17/09 – Aaron Reutzel 6/19/09 – Travis Rilat 5/16/09 - Gary Wright 5/16/09 - Tommy Bryant (4/24 Makeup Feature) 3/6/09 - Gary Wright 8/15/08 - Channin Tankersley 7/18/08 - Gary Watson 5/9/08 - Channin Tankersley 2/29/08 - Jason Johnson 9/28/07 - Jason Johnson 6/22/07 - Michael Dupuy 5/18/07 - Brandon Berryman 4/6/07 - Jason Johnson 9/29/06 - Kevin Ramey 8/18/06 - Jason Johnson 6/23/06 - Gary Watson 8/19/05 - Ray Allen Kulhanek 6/17/05 - Ray Allen Kulhanek 4/15/05 - Travis Rilat 9/18/04 - Kelly Angelette 7/9/04 - Stephen Chevallier * 9/28/02 - Michael Dupuy * 9/27/02 - Tim Crawley 7/5/02 - Buddy Bodden 5/24/02 - Jason Johnson * 4/5/02 - Zach Chappell

Past ASCS Gulf South Region Feature Winners at Houston Raceway Park: 6/19/10 – Jason Johnson 4/3/10 – Jason Johnson 9/19/09 – Gary Wright 7/18/09 – Kevin Ramey 6/20/09 – Ray Allen Kulhanek 5/16/09 - Eric Baldaccini 9/27/08 - Jason Johnson 6/21/08 - Michael Dupuy 5/10/08 - Brandon Berryman 3/1/08 - Jack Dover 9/29/07 - Brandon Berryman 8/18/07 - Travis Rilat 5/19/07 - Johnny Miller 9/30/06 - Ray Allen Kulhanek 8/19/06 - Brad Best 6/24/06 - Ray Allen Kulhanek 4/8/06 - Travis Rilat 8/20/05 - Lane Whittington 6/18/05 - Ray Allen Kulhanek 7/10/04 - Kevin Ramey

Additional information regarding the American Sprint Car Series is available at www.ascsracing.com.

Lonnie Wheatley, TULSA, Okla. (July 12, 2010) – After breaking ground less than two months ago with the first ASCS-sanctioned event in the State of California, the wingless forces of the American Sprint Car Series Canyon Region make a return engagement at southern California’s Perris Auto Speedway this Saturday night.

While Yuma, Arizona’s Mike Martin inked his name into the record books as the first ASCS feature winner in California with his May 22 triumph at the PAS, it is reigning series champion Charles Davis, Jr., of Buckeye, AZ, leading the way into Saturday’s card.

Piling up five wins through the opening nine events of the season with no finish lower than ninth, “Chargin’ Charles” has amassed a 146-point lead over Martin in the series title chase.

The battle for second is a tight one though, with Martin just three points ahead of R.J. Johnson, who added his second series win of the year with a Fourth of July weekend triumph at New Mexico’s Aztec Speedway.

Two-time series champion Jeremy Sherman of Surprise, AZ, is just 15 points behind Martin in fourth, with Peoria’s Josh Pelkey slipping to fifth in points after a rough Fourth of July weekend double.

The balance of the current top ten in ASCS Canyon Region points includes Andrew Reinbold, Ronnie Clark, Brian Hosford, Dalten Gabbard and Stevie Sussex.

Perris Auto Speedway is located southeast of Riverside, CA, on I-215 to SR 215, then south to Ramona Expressway (Cajalco Road turn-off), then 2.6 miles east to Lake Perris Drive, then 0.2 miles north to Gate C. The pit gate 0.2 miles east of Lake Perris Drive. For more information, contact the track at 951-940-0134.

The ASCS Canyon Region is currently slated for 17 overall nights of competition in 2010, including 13 nights in Arizona, a two-night Fourth of July weekend in New Mexico and pair of trips to California’s Perris Auto Speedway.

Additional information regarding the American Sprint Car Series is available at www.ascsracing.com.

Lonnie Wheatley, TULSA, Okla. (July 12, 2010) – After a quick Saturday night outing in South Dakota, the Lucas Oil ASCS Sprint Cars presented by K&N Filters National series moves on to the Northwest for the second year in a row with this weekend’s Fourth Annual Fred Brownfield Memorial at Grays Harbor Raceway in Elma, WA.

Following a full card of racing action on Friday night, a whopping $10,092 awaits the winner of Saturday night’s Brownfield Memorial championship main event atop the 3/8-mile Grays Harbor dirt oval.

The middle portion of the North by Northwest Swing, which is followed by Oregon’s Cottage Grove Double on July 23-24, marks the first of four Lucas Oil ASCS National events that will feature a winner’s share of $10,000 or more in 2010.

After Saturday’s $10,092 to win title, other five-figure events include the $10,000-to-win ASCS Knoxville Nationals finale in Iowa on August 7, Little Rock’s 23rd Annual Short Track Nationals $15,000 to-win-finale on October 30 and USA Raceways’ $15,000-to-win 43rd Annual Western World Championships finale in Tucson on November 20.

The question is, will this weekend’s winner’s share stay in the northwest or will one of the invading forces take the big money, as has been the case in the first three editions of the Brownfield Memorial.

Reigning Lucas Oil ASCS National champion Shane Stewart of Bixby, OK, topped the initial two editions of the Fred Brownfield Memorial, while Travis Rilat of Forney, TX, topped the first Memorial event under the ASCS banner last year after Oregon’s Roger Crockett rolled across the scales seven pounds below the required minimum.

Louisiana’s Jason Johnson, the 2008 ASCS National champion, leads a full contingent of 18 Lucas Oil ASCS title contenders to the Northwest after taking over the top spot on the point charts on Saturday night when Broken Arrow, Oklahoma’s Brady Bacon was collected in Austen Wheatley’s flip while running fourth.

Johnson posted a fifth-place finish to jump to 28-point lead over the 20-year-old Bacon, who escaped the night just two points ahead of third-ranked Stewart, who collected his first Lucas Oil ASCS National win of the year.

Lanky 20-year-old Nebraska shoe Jack Dover has climbed to fourth in points on the strength of three consecutive runner-up feature finishes, with Kansan Tony Bruce, Jr., just one point ahead of Oklahoma’s Zach Chappell in fifth.

Collected in the Wheatley crash as well, three-time ASCS National champion Tim Crawley of Benton, AR, slipped to seventh in points, with veteran Oklahoma shoe Danny Wood in eighth.

California’s Kyle Hirst leads the Brodix Rookie of the Year contenders with a ranking of ninth, just 63 points ahead of fellow rookie contender Matt Covington of Glenpool, OK.

Past ASCS National champ and defending Fred Brownfield Memorial winner Travis Rilat is just outside the top ten in points, with other Lucas Oil National contenders including the likes of Little Rock native Ricky Logan and Ohio’s Darren Long along with the rest of the rookie crop that includes Dustin Morgan (Tulsa, OK), 17-year-old Austen Wheatley (Lake Stevens, WA), 16-year-old Justyn Cox (Clarksburg, CA), 19-year-old Channin Tankersley (Highlands, TX) and Andrew Marshala (Shawnee, OK).

Coming off a recent Cottage Grove sweep of ASCS Northwest action, Roger Crockett leads the Northwest forces into Grays Harbor. Crockett currently holds a 42-point lead over Jason Solwold in Northwest points, with Seth Bergman, Brock Lemley and Mitch Olson rounding out the current top five. The ASCS Northwest Region is in action this week with the initial three rounds of ASCS Northwest Speedweek in Oregon leading into the Fred Brownfield Memorial.

Friday night, July 16 at 6:30 p.m. – Grays Harbor Raceway
Saturday night, July 17 at 6:30 p.m. – Grays Harbor Raceway

Grays Harbor Raceway (Elma, WA) – 3/8-mile, high-banked clay oval located 21 miles west of US 101 on SR 8 to the junction of US 12, then 0.2miles north, then 0.6 miles east on Elma-McCleary Road. For more information, contact the track at 360-482-4374 or check http://www.graysharborraceway.net/.

The Lucas Oil Sprint Cars made a Washington debut last year and after Oregon’s Roger Crockett topped the preliminary event, it was Texas shoe Travis Rilat pocketing $10,092 in the Third Annual Fred Brownfield Memorial.

Grays Harbor Raceway Lucas Oil ASCS National winners include: Roger Crockett 1, Travis Rilat 1.

Grays Harbor Raceway Lucas Oil ASCS Race-by-Race Winners: Roger Crockett (7/17/09), Travis Rilat (7/18/09).

Top Twenty: 1. Jason Johnson (Eunice, LA) 1,253, 2. Brady Bacon (Broken Arrow, OK) 1,225, 3. Shane Stewart (Bixby, OK) 1,223, 4. Jack Dover (Springfield, NE) 1,184, 5. Tony Bruce, Jr. (Liberal, KS) 1,159, 6. Zach Chappell (Talala, OK) 1,158, 7. Tim Crawley (Benton, AR) 1,122, 8. Danny Wood (Norman, OK) 1,107, 9. Kyle Hirst (Loomis, CA) 1,105, 10. Matt Covington (Glenpool, OK) 1,042, 11. Travis Rilat (Forney, TX) 998, 12. Ricky Logan (Little Rock, AR) 994, 13. Darren Long (Elida, OH) 916, 14. Gary Wright (Hooks, TX) 911, 15. Dustin Morgan (Tulsa, OK) 841, 16. Austen Wheatley (Lake Stevens, WA) 834, 17. Justyn Cox (Clarksburg, CA) 826, 18. Channin Tankersley (Highlands, TX) 821, 19. Andrew Marshala (Shawnee, OK) 693, 20. Johnny Herrera (Albuquerque, NM) 501.

Brodix Rookie of the Year Points: 1. Kyle Hirst (Loomis, CA) 1,105, 2. Matt Covington (Glenpool, OK) 1,042, 3. Dustin Morgan (Tulsa, OK) 841, 4. Austen Wheatley (Lake Stevens, WA) 834, 5. Justyn Cox (Clarksburg, CA) 826, 6. Channin Tankersley (Highlands, TX) 821, 7. Andrew Marshala (Shawnee, OK) 693.

Brady Bacon 3, Zach Chappell 2, Matt Covington 1, Jason Johnson 1, Shane Stewart 1, Sammy Swindell 1, Danny Wood 1.

July 23-24 – Cottage Grove Speedway (Cottage Grove, OR)
July 30 – LA Raceway (La Monte, MO)
August 5-7 – ASCS Knoxville Nationals (Knoxville, IA)

Those unable to catch all the action in person can listen to every Lucas Oil Sprint Car Series presented by K&N Filters live at www.racinboys.com.

Also, the Lucas Oil ASCS Show airs on www.racinboys.com each Tuesday night at 8:00 p.m. ET, recapping the previous week's events while also previewing upcoming action.

Official results, championship point updates, photos and race notes will be available at www.ascsracing.com.

The Lucas Oil Sprint Car Series presented by K&N Filters will be featured in ten one-hour shows broadcast on a tape-delayed basis on the VERSUS Network and MavTV.

Event Date – Track (Location) – VERSUS Air Date & Time (All Times Eastern & Subject to Change):
March 19 – Devil's Bowl Speedway (Mesquite, TX) – 6/6/10 @ 6:00 p.m.
March 20 – Devil's Bowl Speedway (Mesquite, TX) – Rained Out
June 11 – Eagle Raceway (Eagle, NE) – 11/21/10 @ 4:00 p.m.
June 12 – Eagle Raceway (Eagle, NE) – 11/21/10 @ 5:00 p.m.
September 25 – Lucas Oil Speedway (Wheatland, MO) – 11/28/10 @ 6:00 p.m.
October 1 – Riverside Speedway (W. Memphis, AR) – TBD
October 2 – Riverside Speedway (W. Memphis, AR) – TBD
October 28 - I-30 Speedway (Little Rock, AR) – 12/5/10 @ 5:00 p.m.
October 29 – I-30 Speedway (Little Rock, AR) – 12/5/10 @ 6:00 p.m.
October 30 – I-30 Speedway (Little Rock, AR) – 12/19/10 @ 4:00 p.m.

Additional information regarding the American Sprint Car Series is available at www.ascsracing.com.

Lonnie Wheatley, ALBION, Neb. (July 11, 2010) – Brian Brown raced from the eighth starting position to pick up the $3,000 winner’s share in Sunday night’s American Sprint Car Series Midwest Region debut at Boone County Raceway.

Brown took command at the midway point of the 25-lapper en route to his 14th career ASCS Midwest score aboard the FVP No. 21 Maxim, beating 11th-starter Chad Humston, Doug Lovegrove, Tyler Drueke and Jason Danley to the stripe.

Eric Lutz paced the initial seven rounds of the feature event before retiring pitside with engine issues. Lovegrove assumed the point and held on until Brown raced into the lead on lap 13 restart that followed a Ryan Roberts turn four tumble.

Brown and Danley topped heat race action, with Brodie Tulloch and Lutz winning the qualifying races. ASCS Midwest points leader Jack Dover scratched from the main event with engine problems in the Swenson No. 24a entry.

First Heat (8 Laps): 1. 21-Brian Brown, 2. 32-Toby Chapman, 3. 44-Doug Lovegrove, 4. 71-Channin Tankersley, 5. 18-Ryan Roberts, 6. 44k-David Kubart. DNS: 17-Gage Dorr.

Second Heat (8 Laps): 1. 82-Jason Danley, 2. 12-Tyler Drueke, 3. 5-Eric Lutz, 4. 53-Brodie Tulloch, 5. 17T-Bruce Griffith, Jr., 6. 1m-Chad Humston, 7. 24a-Jack Dover.

First Qualifier (8 Laps): 1. 53-Brodie Tulloch, 2. 21-Brian Brown, 3. 71-Channin Tankersley, 4. 82-Jason Danley, 5. 18-Ryan Roberts, 6. 1m-Chad Humston. DNS: 24a-Jack Dover.

Second Qualifier (8 Laps): 1. 5-Eric Lutz, 2. 44-Doug Lovegrove, 3. 32-Toby Chapman, 4. 12-Tyler Drueke, 5. 17T-Bruce Griffith, Jr., 6. 44k-David Kubart. DNS: 17-Gage Dorr.

"A" Feature (25 Laps): 1. 21-Brian Brown, 2. 1m-Chad Humston, 3. 44-Doug Lovegrove, 4. 12-Tyler Drueke, 5. 82-Jason Danley, 6. 53-Brodie Tulloch, 7. 17T-Bruce Griffith, Jr., 8. 44k-David Kubart, 9. 71-Channin Tankersley, 10. 18-Ryan Roberts, 11. 32-Toby Chapman, 12. 5-Eric Lutz, 13. 24a-Jack Dover (DNS), 14. 17-Gage Dorr (DNS).

ASCS Midwest Region Points (Top Ten): 1. Jack Dover 1,517, 2. Eric Lutz 1,401, 3. Doug Lovegrove 1,255, 4. Jason Danley 996, 5. Tyler Drueke 961, 6. Brian Brown 914, 7. Chad Humston 899, 8. Lee Grosz 830, 9. Ryan Roberts 812, 10. Gage Dorr 779.

Lonnie Wheatley, LAWTON, Okla. (July 10, 2010) – Sean McClelland struck a blow for the American Bank of Oklahoma ASCS Sooner Regional forces by topping the third round of the ASCS Red River Challenge at Lawton Speedway on Saturday night.

The past ASCS Sooner Region champion led all 25 rounds of the ASCS Sooner vs. Lone Star main event en route to his 13th career overall ASCS feature win and first since a Sooner score in Oklahoma City in August of 2008.

McClelland held off defending ASCS Sooner champ Joe Wood, Jr., in the final rounds for the win, with Wood, Jr., settling for runner-up honors after starting 18th.

Kolt Walker led the ASCS Lone Star forces with a third place finish, with fellow Texas shoes Scot Reneau and Martin Edwards rounding out the top five.

Sooner shoe Chris Lloyd, two-time Sooner champ Brian McClelland, current Lone Star points leader Eric Baldaccini, past Sooner champion Danny Jennings and Lone Star rep John Ricketts completed the top ten.

Edwards, Kevin Ramey, Baldaccini and Robert Sellers topped heat race action for the 28-car field, with Ricketts winning the “B” Main. Sellers was unable to fire for the main event, while Ramey turned over while running among the top five.

First Heat (8 Laps): 1. 45-Martin Edwards, 2. 45k-Kolt Walker, 3. 25-Brian McClelland, 4. 20s-Sheldon Barksdale, 5. 11-Justin Melton, 6. 67-John Ricketts, 7. 91x-Taylor Milton.

Second Heat (8 Laps): 1. 7m-Kevin Ramey, 2. 1-Sean McClelland, 3. 2-Kenneth Walker, 4. 74x-Joshua Hodges, 5. 03-Joe Wood, Jr., 6. 28-Chris Lloyd, 7. 15b-Michael Brown.

Third Heat (8 Laps): 1. 4-Eric Baldaccini, 2. 5c-Chris Coker, 3. 1r-Scott Reneau, 4. 74e-Claud Estes, 5. 55-Donnie Ray Crawford, 6. 31L-Lee Little. DNS: 22-Bud Johnson.

Fourth Heat (8 Laps): 1. 7s-Robert Sellers, 2. 1j-Danny Jennings, 3. 27-Andy Shouse, 4. 30-Brandon Corn, 5. 21$-Michelle Decker, 6. 0c-Preston Peebles II, 7. 22a-Dan Adkins.

“B” Main (8 Laps): 1. 67-John Ricketts, 2. 28-Chris Lloyd, 3. 0c-Preston Peebles II, 4. 15b-Michael Brown, 5. 31L-Lee Little, 6. 91x-Taylor Milton, 7. 22a-Dan Adkins. DNS: 22-Bud Johnson.

"A" Feature (25 Laps): 1. 1-Sean McClelland, 2. 03-Joe Wood, Jr., 3. 45k-Kolt Walker, 4. 1r-Scott Reneau, 5. 45-Martin Edwards, 6. 28-Chris Lloyd, 7. 25-Brian McClelland, 8. 4-Eric Baldaccini, 9. 1j-Danny Jennings, 10. 67-John Ricketts, 11. 2-Kenneth Walker, 12. 55-Donnie Ray Crawford, 13. 74e-Claud Estes, 14. 15b-Michael Brown, 15. 20s-Sheldon Barksdale, 16. 0c-Preston Peebles II, 17. 11-Justin Melton, 18. 5c-Chris Coker, 19. 30-Brandon Corn, 20. 21$-Michelle Decker, 21. 27-Andy Shouse, 22. 7m-Kevin Ramey, 23. 74x-Joshua Hodges, 24. 7s-Robert Sellers.

ASCS Lone Star Region Points (Top 10): 1. Eric Baldaccini 1,021, 2. Claud Estes 915, 3. Preston Peebles II 889, 4. Justin Melton 868, 5. John Ricketts 867, 6. Martin Edwards 865, 7. Brandon Corn 848, 8. Kevin Ramey 833, 9. Joshua Hodges 798, 10. Brian McClelland 754.

American Bank of Oklahoma ASCS Sooner Region Points (Top Ten): 1. Sean McClelland 930, 2. Joe Wood, Jr. 886, 3. Kenneth Walker 867, 4. Donnie Ray Crawford 830, 5. Andy Shouse 806, 6. Brian McClelland 725, 7. Tony Bruce, Jr. 687, 8. Michelle Decker 600, 9. Danny Jennings 555, 10. Joshua Hodges 553.

T.J. Buffenbarger, OWENDALE, Mich. (July 10, 2010) - Dain Naida won Saturday night’s Engine Pro ASCS Sprints on Dirt presented by ARP feature at Owendale Speedway during Super Race Day. Naida started on the outside of the front row and held onto the lead through several late race restarts for the victory. The win was Naida’s first of the season in ASCS SOD competition this season and second during his 2010 campaign.

“This is the first time my son has ever been at the track when I won a race,” said Naida while holding four year old son Darren. “My crew chief Dan McCarron made all of the right calls and the car was really hooked up in the feature.”

Jim Goetgeluck and Naida shared the front row for the 25-lap feature. Naida jumped into the lead early while Ryan Grubaugh and Louie Carufel swapped second place back several times during the first half of the feature.

While the first fourteen laps clicked off with no interruption, Naida had to wait through multiple cautions during the second half of the feature, including a multiple car accident involved Robert Huisken, Gavin Hunyady, Ben Rutan, Tank Brakenberry, and others.

Naida was able to pull away during each restart and held off a last lap challenge from Ryan Grubaugh, in which Grubaugh slid out of the groove and lost several positions. Carufel claimed the runner up spot with Davey Brown, Huisken, and Tim Champlin rounding out the top five.

Grubaugh and Hunyady won heat race events while Naida also won the fast car dash.

Engine Pro ASCS Sprints on Dirt presented by ARP Results Saturday July 11th, 2010 Owendale Speedway – Owendale, MI Heat Races (Top 16 in passing points transfer to the “A” Feature)

Engler Machine and Tool Heat Race #1 (8 Laps): 1. 00 – Ryan Grubaugh, 2. 6n - Dain Naida, 3. 14 – Ryan Davis, 4. 23 – Ben Rutan, 5. 8 – Tim Champlin, 6. 29s – Marques Huffer, 7. 22t – Tank Brakenberry, 8. 49t – Gregg Dalman

Lane Automotive/Comp Cams Heat Race #2 (8 Laps): 1. 187 – Gavin Hunyady, 2. 47x – Louie Carufel, 3. 10x – Davey Brown, 4. 41 – Jim Goetgeluck, 5. 46 – Robert Huisken, 6. 70 – Jim Lingar, 7. 2t – Ralph Brakenberry. DNS: 89 – Chris Pobanz.

Total Seal Fast Car Dash presented by Gaerte Engines (4 Laps): 1. 6n – Dain Naida, 2. 00 – Ryan Grubaugh, 3. 23 – Ben Rutan, 4. 187 – Gavin Hunyady

“A” Feature (25 Laps): 1. 6n – Dain Naida, 2. 47x – Louie Carufel, 3. 10x – Davey Brown, 4. 46 – Robert Huisken, 5. 8 – Tim Champlin, 6. 00 – Ryan Grubaugh, 7. 41 – Jim Goetgeluck, 8. 187 – Gavin Hunyady, 9. 23 – Ben Rutan, 10. 22t – Tank Brakenberry, 11. 70 – Jim Lingar, 12. 89 – Chris Pobanz, 13. 14 – Ryan Davis, 14. 29s – Marques Huffer, 15. 49t – Gregg Dalman, 16. 2T – Ralph Brakenberry

Engine Pro ASCS Sprints on Dirt presented by ARP Points (Top Ten): 1. (tie) Ryan Grubaugh and Dain Naida 1,411, 3. Gregg Dalman 1,345, 4. Ben Rutan 1,308, 5. Gavin Hunyady 1,201, 6. Dustin Daggett 1,115, 7. Robert Huisken 1,000, 8. Aaron Shaffer 790, 9. Darren Long 668, 10. Brett Mann 645.

Lonnie Wheatley, HARTFORD, S.D. (July 10, 2010) – Reigning Lucas Oil ASCS presented by K&N Filters National Champion Shane Stewart of Bixby, OK, was just fast enough on Saturday night to capture his first series win of the year atop I-90 Speedway’s high-banked, 3/8-mile dirt oval.

Stewart bested not only a rugged field of 51 competitors, but also got the nod over Mother Nature even though the scheduled 30-lapper was declared complete after eleven rounds when the skies opened up with severe thunderstorm activity and drenched the Hartford clay in short order.

After starting sixth, Stewart took the point away from early pacesetter Austen Wheatley on the seventh round as lightning flashed and strong winds blew across the track.

When Wheatley flipped in turn two on the twelfth lap, collecting fourth and ninth runners Brady Bacon and Tim Crawley in the melee, Stewart was in the right position for the $6,000 victory aboard Paul Silva’s Wesmar-powered Rock Star Energy Drink No. 57 A.R.T. as the skies opened up to bring an early end to the night at just 9:20 p.m. after a 7:45 p.m. heat race start.

With inclement weather fast approaching through the night, the Lucas Oil Sprint Car portion of the card was moved up in the order of events with heat races run first, followed by stock car heats, Lucas Oil ASCS “B” Mains, modified heats and then the Lucas Oil ASCS “A” Main.

After escaping an early heat race skirmish, 17-year-old Brodix Rookie of the Year contender Austen Wheatley of Lake Stevens, WA, ranked eighth in passing points and drew the pole position for the main event in the redraw.

Wheatley outgunned fellow front row starter Ricky Logan, who ranked first in passing points after heat race action, for the lead at the drop of the green with third-starter Jack Dover and Stewart quickly moving in to apply pressure.

Stewart worked past Dover for second on the fifth round and then slipped around Wheatley for the lead in turns one and two on the seventh circuit for the lead.

As the leaders worked traffic soon after, Dover raced past Wheatley entering turn one on the tenth lap and pulled alongside Stewart to challenge for the lead only to have the move negated for a Lee Grosz spin in turn two.

Stewart led the way on the restart and when Wheatley flipped out of second place just three laps later, Stewart’s 19th career ASCS National triumph became official when the inevitable storms finally let loose.

Dover settled for runner-up honors for the third time in a row aboard the Shaver-powered 3D Auto Transport No. 53 Eagle, with leading Brodix Rookie of the Year contender Kyle Hirst claiming the show position in Gary Perkins’ Shark-powered GP Development No. 6 A.R.T.

Ricky Logan claimed fourth in the Lucas Oil No. 10a, with Jason Johnson taking over the Lucas Oil ASCS National points lead with a fifth place finish in the Jason Johnson Racing Don Ott-powered Haynes/Pope Transportation No. 41 Maxim.

Easily the biggest mover in the shortened feature event was 2001 series champion Zach Chappell, who rallied from 22nd to sixth in just eleven circuits. Dusty Ballenger was seventh, with Jody Rosenboom, 24th-starter Travis Rilat and 18th-starter Darren Long completing the top ten.

Johnson, Bacon, Jake Ossenfort, Stewart, Logan and Rosenboom topped heat race action, with Tony Bruce, Jr., Long and Jake Peters winning the “B” Mains.

After entering the night ten points ahead of Johnson in the series $60,000 championship points race, Bacon ran fourth until being collected in the Wheatley incident along with Crawley. Bacon was credited with 23rd on the night and now trails Johnson by 28 markers with Stewart just another two points back in third.

The Lucas Oil ASCS National series moves on to Elma, Washington’s Grays Harbor Raceway for next weekend’s $10,092-to-win Fourth Annual Fred Brownfield Memorial.

Heat One (8 Laps): 1. 41-Jason Johnson, 2. 71-Channin Tankersley, 3. 88-Tim Crawley, 4. 21-D.J. Brink, 5. 11x-Gregg Bakker, 6. 23w-Scott Winters, 7. 0x-Jess Beckett, 8. 17-Bruce Griffith, Jr., 9. 12-Tyler Drueke.

Heat Two (8 Laps): 1. 99-Brady Bacon, 2. 95-Matt Covington, 3. 12s-Brock Dump, 4. 29-Travis Rilat, 5. 57x-Jake Peters, 6. 93-Dustin Morgan, 7. 5-Eric Lutz, 8. 24-Randy Droescher, 9. 63-Terry Chester.

Heat Three (8 Laps): 1. 99j-Jake Ossenfort, 2. 2d-Dusty Ballenger, 3. 53-Jack Dover, 4. 0-Ned Powers, 5. 17v-Casey Abbas, 6. 75-Tommy Barber, 7. 17d-Gage Dorr, 8. 7-Daryl Reverts, 9. 25-Dylan Peterson.

Heat Four (8 Laps): 1. 57-Shane Stewart, 2. 6-Kyle Hirst, 3. 44w-Austen Wheatley, 4. 1w-Chad Meyer, 5. 8-Lane Brenden, 6. 2k-Kevin Ingle, 7. 87a-Andrew Marshala. DNS: 5h-Justyn Cox.

Heat Five (8 Laps): 1. 10a-Ricky Logan, 2. 3g-Darren Long, 3. 28-Mitch Runge, 4. 3-Donovan Peterson, 5. 5x-Dave Glennon, 6. 1-Justin Glaser, 7. 19-John Lambertz, 8. 50z-Zach Chappell.

Heat Six (8 Laps): 1. 27-Jody Rosenboom, 2. 18-Tony Bruce, Jr., 3. 4j-Lee Grosz, 4. 22-Matt Heinzerling, 5. 44-Doug Lovegrove, 6. 9m-Marlon Jones, 7. 94-Danny Wood. DNS: 85-Justin Saathoff.

First "B" Feature (12 Laps): 1. 18-Tony Bruce, Jr., 2. 5h-Justyn Cox, 3. 94-Danny Wood, 4. 21-D.J. Brink, 5. 17v-Casey Abbas, 6. 5x-Dave Glennon, 7. 12-Tyler Drueke, 8. 2k-Kevin Ingle, 9. 9m-Marlon Jones, 10. 24-Randy Droescher, 11. 12s-Brock Dump, 12. 44-Doug Lovegrove.

Second "B" Feature (12 Laps): 1. 3g-Darren Long, 2. 1w-Chad Meyer, 3. 23w-Scott Winters, 4. 11x-Gregg Bakker, 5. 19-John Lambertz, 6. 75-Tommy Barber, 7. 7-Daryl Reverts, 8. 87a-Andrew Marshala, 9. 63-Terry Chester, 10. 29-Travis Rilat, 11. 0x-Jess Beckett. DNS: 85-Justin Saathoff.

Third “B” Feature (12 Laps): 1. 57x-Jake Peters, 2. 50z-Zach Chappell, 3. 93-Dustin Morgan, 4. 22-Matt Heinzerling, 5. 8-Lane Brenden, 6. 1-Justin Glaser, 7. 17-Bruce Griffith, Jr., 8. 5-Eric Lutz, 9. 17d-Gage Dorr. DNS: 28-Mitch Runge, 25-Dylan Peterson.

“A” Feature (30 Laps – Shortened to 11 Laps due to Severe Thunderstorms): 1. 57-Shane Stewart, 2. 53-Jack Dover, 3. 6-Kyle Hirst, 4. 10a-Ricky Logan, 5. 41-Jason Johnson, 6. 50z-Zach Chappell, 7. 2d-Dusty Ballenger, 8. 27-Jody Rosenboom, 9. 29-Travis Rilat, 10. 3g-Darren Long, 11. 95-Matt Covington, 12. 18-Tony Bruce, Jr., 13. 3-Donovan Peterson, 14. 71-Channin Tankersley, 15. 99j-Jake Ossenfort, 16. 57x-Jake Peters, 17. 0-Ned Powers, 18. 5h-Justyn Cox, 19. 4j-Lee Grosz, 20. 94-Danny Wood, 21. 1w-Chad Meyer, 22. 44w-Austen Wheatley, 23. 99-Brady Bacon, 24. 88-Tim Crawley.

Note: Danny Wood utilized his second provisional and Travis Rilat utilized his third provisional of the year to start the main event.

Lucas Oil ASCS Sprint Cars presented by K&N Filters Points (Top 20): 1. Jason Johnson 1,253, 2. Brady Bacon 1,225, 3. Shane Stewart 1,223, 4. Jack Dover 1,184, 5. Tony Bruce, Jr. 1,159, 6. Zach Chappell 1,158, 7. Tim Crawley 1,122, 8. Danny Wood 1,107, 9. Kyle Hirst 1,105, 10. Matt Covington 1,042, 11. Travis Rilat 998, 12. Ricky Logan 994, 13. Darren Long 916, 14. Gary Wright 911, 15. Dustin Morgan 841, 16. Austen Wheatley 834, 17. Justyn Cox 826, 18. Channin Tankersley 821, 19. Andrew Marshala 693, 20. Johnny Herrera 501.

ASCS Midwest Region Points (Top Ten): 1. Jack Dover 1,452, 2. Eric Lutz 1,295, 3. Doug Lovegrove 1,120, 4. Jason Danley 871, 5. Tyler Drueke 831, 6. Lee Grosz 830, 7. Brian Brown 764, 8. Chad Humston 757, 9. Billy Alley 750, 10. Gage Dorr 729.

Rich Vleck, ROCHESTER, N.Y. (July 9, 2010) - Scott Bonnell is on the road to the recovery after a serious crash that occurred at Little Valley Speedway Saturday Night.

Bonnell, a veteran sprint car driver from Girard, PA, is currently in great spirits at an Erie, PA hospital, but is still in pain as the healing process begins in his back.

X-rays have determined that Scott has fractures in his T3 and T4 Vertebrae. These are vertebrae are located in the upper thoracic region just below the cervical (neck) region. For reference, Tim McCreadie fractured his T3 Vertebra in his crash in 2009 Chili Bowl.

The positive thing is that this is the extent of his injuries. All other tests did not indicate any additional trauma, including no broken ribs or head issues.

Scott has been fitted for a full back brace that spans from the neck to the waist. He will be in the brace for up to 12 weeks and will be undergoing physical therapy during that time. His doctors are optimistic that the vertebrae can heal on their own. He will have x-rays taken once again in four weeks to evaluate the healing process. If the bones can not heal on their own, surgery would be required. Scott will be heading home from the hospital in the next few days.

Scott wants to personally thank all of the ASCS Patriot Staff, EMT, Little Valley Safety Crew and Mercy Flight for the terrific treatment he received from the accident site all the way to the hospital. Bonnell individually recognized Patriot Official Greg Hixson for his immediate response and care in turn one.

The accident occurred in the first corner on the first lap of the ASCS Patriot A-Main. After winning his heat, Scott was excited to go for his first Patriot win of the year. Before reaching the first turn, the track was blocked and Scott’s No. 3B slammed into the side of Doug Bowman’s No. 57. Bonnell flipped four times, before landing on the rear of his car and causing the injury.

In the moments following the crash, Scott was in immense pain, but knew he had to stay alert. He fought through the pain for the following hour while he was carefully extracted from his car so that problems did not escalate.

After the night of racing was over, the drivers, teams and officials of the ASCS Patriots gathered for a prayer for Scott; even though he had already arrived in Erie, he “felt the prayer” around that time on Saturday Night.

In speaking with Scott’s Wife, Patty, they both wanted to reiterate their immense appreciation for all of the prayers and words of encouragement they have received to date. Please keep Scott and the entire Bonnell Family in your thoughts and prayers as he goes forward in the healing process.

If you would like to send cards of well wishes to the Bonnell family, they may be sent to his home:

Stacy Verrall, TULSA, Okla. (July 9, 2010) - It’s summer. It’s super. It’s sizzlin’. It’s the ASCS Northwest’s Super Sizzlin’ Summer Speedweek. An army of the best sprint car racers on the west coast will participate in a five night battle starting with Southern Oregon Speedway on July 12th, Willamette Speedway on July 13th, Sunset Speedway on July 14th and ending with an epic two day clash against Lucas Oil ASCS National drivers for the 4th Annual Fred Brownfield Memorial Sprint Challenge at Grays Harbor Raceway on July 16th and 17th. It’s going to be a heat wave of racing excitement, so don’t be left out in the cold. Be there!

With defending ASCS Northwest Champion Roger Crockett currently in first place, former NST Champion Jason Solwold in second, and Seth Bergman who’s dominated this year’s sprint car racing at Grays Harbor Raceway owning third; things are going to get very interesting, especially with racers like Jayme Barnes, Mitch Olson, Henry Van Dam and a slew of new & experienced talent also in the mix.

Interesting is exactly what those present at Cottage Grove Speedway on the July 4th weekend witnessed for themselves. Breath taking three wide exchanges for the lead between Crockett, Solwold and Bergman electrified the non-stop feature race. It was a display verifying the quality and talent brought to the races every time the ASCS Northwest boys (and girl) roll onto the track. Practice holding your breath, because that’s exactly what you’ll be doing when the green flag drops till the checkered flag flies.

And just when you might think the racing action couldn’t possibly get any better, the ASCS National boys will roll into Elma for the final chapter of Speedweek. And what an excellent read it is sure to be. As mentioned earlier, Bergman has dominated the Grays Harbor 3/8 mile this season winning all but one weekly feature. However, ASCS National driver Shane Stewart is no stranger to Grays Harbor Raceway being he’s already claimed a pair of winning trophies from two of three Fred Brownfield Memorial Sprint Challenge events. The one that got away went to fellow ASCS National driver Travis Rilat who will be back to defend his reign as winner of the $10,092.00 prize along with at least 16 other national drivers eager to score a win.

The best in the west will be putting the best to the test. Say that five times fast. Better yet, see what fast looks like five times by joining us for a thrilling week of fun and racing during the ASCS Northwest’s Super Sizzlin’ Summer Speedweek.

For more information on the ASCS National series and drivers, check out www.ascsracing.com.

For more information on the ASCS Northwest Regional series and drivers, check out www.ascsnorthwest.com.

********** First Fiery Hot Stop: July 12th Southern Oregon Speedway Map it: 6900 Kershaw Rd, White City, OR *At Jackson County SportsPark http://www.sospeedway.com

Quick Tips & Information: ~Pit gate opens at 1:00pm. Front gate opens at 4:00pm. Racing starts at 6:00pm. ~Pit pass: $35. Pit pass for car and driver: $45. ~ Ticket Prices. General admission: $20. $17 if you are 7-12, a senior (62+) or a veteran (Show ID). ~Camping available at the track. No hookups. ~Hotel that caters to the racers and fans: Rogue Regency Inn, 2300 Biddle Road, Medford, OR 97504, 1-800-535-5805. ~Places to grab a munch that support local racing are The Old Farmhouse Restaurant and the McDonald’s in White City.

********** Second Sweltering Hot Stop: July 13th Willamette Speedway Map it: 36606 Airport Dr, Lebanon, OR http://www.trophymotorsports.com/willamettespeedway.htm

Quick Tips & Information: ~Times: Pit gate opens at 2:00pm. Front gate opens at 3:00pm. Racing starts at 7:00pm. ~Pit pass: $30 for ASCS Members. $35 for non ASCS Members. ~Ticket Prices. General admission: $16. Seniors & Military (with card): $14. Kids 12yrs & under: $7. ~Camping is available at the Speedway at no cost! There are spaces adjacent to the parking area or in back by the ponds and under the trees. (There are no hook-ups.) ~Willamette Speedway recommends Phoenix Inn Suites, 3410 Spicer Drive SE, Albany, 541-926-5696, (approx 8 miles from Speedway). Just mention that you are coming to Willamette Speedway, or mention our code "WSPD", and receive a special "racers rate", even good on weekends!!!

********** Third Thermogenic Hot Stop: July 14th Sunset Speedway Map it: 485 South Main Street, Banks, OR http://www.sunsetspeedwaypark.com

Quick Tips & Information: ~Times: Front gate opens at 5:00pm. Racing starts at 7:00pm. ~Ticket Prices. General admission: $18. Seniors: $15. Kids: $9.

********** Fourth Flaming Hot Stop: July 16th & 17th (ASCS Regional & National) Grays Harbor Raceway Map it: 32 Elma McCleary Rd, Elma, WA http://www.graysharborraceway.net

Quick Tips & Information: ~Pit gate opens at 2:30pm. Front gate opens at 3:30pm. Racing starts at 6:30pm. ~Pit pass: $30. ~ Ticket Prices. General admission: $25. Youth 6-14: $8. Premium Seats: $35. Tickets can be purchased online at www.graysharborraceway.net. ~For information on tent and trailer camping and motor home parking, please call the Grays Harbor County Fairgrounds at (360) 482-2651. $20 per night. ~Hotels nearby that support local racing are: Little Creek Casino Resort, 91 Washington 108, Shelton, WA, 1-800-667-7711 Microtel Inn & Suites, 800 E. Main Street, Elma, WA, 360-482-6868 ~Places to grab a much that support local racing are Elma Lanes and ShuJacks Bar & Grill. ~Support classes: Friday-Late Models. Saturday-Ford Focus Midgets.

ASCS Information: Additional information regarding the American Sprint Car Series is available at www.ascsracing.com and www.ascsnorthwest.com

Lonnie Wheatley, TULSA, Okla. (July 6, 2010) – After tangling with the Lucas Oil ASCS National ranks at South Dakota’s I-90 Speedway this Saturday night, the ASCS Midwest Region moves on to Albion, Nebraska’s Boone County Raceway on Sunday evening.

Sunday’s ASCS Midwest debut atop the semi-banked, 3/8-mile Boone County Raceway dirt oval, the sixth of ten different tracks the series is scheduled to be in action at this year, offers up a $3,000 winner’s share.

With the initial ten events of the season in the books for the ASCS Midwest Region, 20-year-old Lucas Oil National title contender Jack Dover of Springfield, NE, sits atop the point charts with a pair of wins to his credit.

Dover is pursued in the points race by Sioux Falls shoe Eric Lutz, with Waverly, Nebraska’s Doug Lovegrove, reigning series champion Jason Danley of Lincoln, NE, and Missouri’s Brian Brown rounding out the current top five in points.

Dover is the only driver to post multiple ASCS Midwest wins thus far in 2010, as nine different drivers have collected victories in the initial ten events. Others collecting wins include Lutz, Brown, Chad Humston, Ryan Roberts, Shane Stewart, Dustin Morgan, Danny Wood and Jason Johnson.

Boone County Raceway is located in Albion, NE, 0.5 mile south of SR 91 on SR 14, then 0.9 miles west on Fairview. For more information, contact the track at 402-395-5171.

The ASCS Midwest Region is slated for 23 nights of competition in 2010 at ten different tracks throughout Nebraska and the surrounding areas of Missouri, South Dakota and Iowa.

Past ASCS Midwest Region Winners at Boone County Raceway: None – First event at Boone County Raceway

Additional information regarding the American Sprint Car Series is available at www.ascsracing.com.

T.J. Buffenbarger, TULSA, Okla. (July 6, 2010) - The Engine Pro ASCS Sprints on Dirt presented by ARP continues its tradition of mini-series during the season with Saturday’s second leg of the MAHLE / Clevite Short Track Challenge at Owendale Speedway.

The event is also Owendale’s “Super Race Day” featuring a beer and brat tent, golf car rides, and live entertainment following the racing events. The proceeds from “Super Race Day” benefit the Pigeon, Michigan area Lions Club and Relay for Life.

Baring interference by Mother Nature, Lucas Oil ASCS National series presented by K&N Filters competitor Darren Long will give up the point lead in the Short Track Challenge. After the two-night Canadian tour over Independence Day weekend Ryan Grubaugh continues to lead the point standings by eight markers over Dain Naida. Naida is also second in the Short Track Challenge standings after charge through the pack during round one at Cherry Raceway.

Last season defending ASCS SOD point champions Brett Mann is the defending feature winner during Super Race Day at Owendale.

Engine Pro ASCS Sprints on Dirt presented by ARP Point Standings: 1. Ryan Grubaugh – 1289, 2. Dain Naida – 1261, 3. Gregg Dalman – 1245, 4. Ben Rutan – 1195, 5. Dustin Daggett – 1115, 6. Gavin Hunyady – 1085, 7. Robert Huisken – 870, 8. Aaron Shafer – 790, 9. Darren Long – 668, 10. Brett Mann – 645.

MAHLE / Clevite Short Track Challenge: 1. Darren Long - 150, 2. Dain Naida - 142, 3. Joe Bares - 135, 4. Brett Mann - 130, 5. Gregg Dalman - 125, 6. Ben Rutan - 122, 7. Ryan Gruabaugh - 119, 8. Aaron Shaffer 116, 9. Robert Huisken - 113, 10. Jake Stebner - 110

Lonnie Wheatley, TULSA, Okla. (July 6, 2010) – The storied red clay of Lawton Speedway’s ¼-mile oval has been the site of numerous American Bank of Oklahoma ASCS Sooner Region battles over the years.

The stakes will be upped this Saturday night though, as the Red River Challenge shifts north of the border with the ASCS Sooner Region and ASCS Lone Star Regional forces squaring off at Lawton Speedway for the $2,000 winner’s share with $300 assured to start the feature event.

While Jason Johnson and Kenneth Walker topped the initial two rounds of the Red River Challenge at Devil’s Bowl Speedway in Mesquite, TX, on June 18-19, it is Sean McClelland and Eric Baldaccini that lead their respective Regional forces into the weekend.

Tulsa’s McClelland holds a 35-point lead over Sapulpa’s Walker in the American Bank of Oklahoma ASCS Sooner title chase with reigning champion Joe Wood, Jr., of Oklahoma City another point back in third, while 22-year-old Baldaccini of Keller, TX, holds a 100-point advantage over Godley’s Claud Estes in the Lone Star championship chase.

The capital of the ASCS Sooner Region, Lawton Speedway has hosted 25 Sooner events since 2001 with 14 drivers collecting at least one win.

Fort Worth’s Kevin Ramey has enjoyed the most ASCS Regional success at Lawton Speedway with five wins, although Mustang, Oklahoma’s Robert Sellers has topped two of the most recent four events at Lawton including the June 5 feature event. Sellers win last month snapped a string of six winners in the previous six events at Lawton.

After Ramey’s five wins, Sellers, Danny Jennings and Sean McClelland have each claimed three victories apiece. McCelland last won at Lawton in 2006, while Jennings’ most recent Lawton ASCS glory came in 2002.

Lawton Speedway is located in Lawton, OK, off I-44 Exit 36, then 2.5 miles west on Lee Boulevard, then 1.4 miles south on Sheridan Road. For more information, contact the track at 580-355-6417.

The 2010 slate of ASCS Lone Star Region competition consists of 17 nights of action at seven different tracks throughout North Texas and one to the north of the Red River in southwest Oklahoma.

The American Bank of Oklahoma ASCS Sooner Region is slated for 15 nights of racing action at nine different tracks throughout Oklahoma, Texas and Missouri in 2010.

Past ASCS Sooner Region Feature Winners at Lawton Speedway: 6/5/10 – Robert Sellers 8/22/09 – Jason Johnson 7/18/09 – Brady Bacon 8/16/08 – Robert Sellers 6/14/08 – Joe Wood, Jr. 4/12/08 – Gary Taylor 9/8/07 – Kevin Ramey 8/19/06 – Kevin Ramey 4/22/06 – Sean McClelland 9/17/05 – Kevin Ramey 7/2/05 – Sean McClelland 4/30/05 – Sean McClelland 9/11/04 – Danny Wood 7/3/04 – Danny Wood 5/1/04 – Travis Rilat 9/20/03 – Kevin Ramey 7/5/03 – Nick Smith 5/3/03 – Kevin Ramey 9/14/02 – Danny Jennings 8/3/02 – Zach Chappell 7/6/02 – Foster Landon 8/18/01 – Danny Jennings 8/4/01 – Danny Jennings 7/7/01 – Robert Sellers 6/2/01 – Travis Scott

ASCS Lone Star Region Points (Top 10): 1. 4-Eric Baldaccini 896, 2. 74e-Claud Estes 796, 3. 0c-Preston Peebles II 773, 4. 11-Justin Melton 755, 5. 76-John Ricketts 745, 6. 30-Brandon Corn 740, 7. 45-Martin Edwards 730, 8. 7m-Kevin Ramey 727, 9. 74x-Joshua Hodges 694, 10. 25-Brian McClelland 624.

American Bank of Oklahoma ASCS Sooner Region Points (Top Ten): 1. 1-Sean McClelland 780, 2. 2-Kenneth Walker 745, 3. 03-Joe Wood, Jr. 744, 4. 55-Donnie Ray Crawford 711, 5. 27-Andy Shouse 698, 6. 18-Tony Bruce, Jr. 687, 7. 25-Brian McClelland 595, 8. 15s-Nick Smith 509, 9. 21$-Michelle Decker 490, 10. 74x-Joshua Hodges 447.

Additional information regarding the American Sprint Car Series is available at www.ascsracing.com.

Lonnie Wheatley, TULSA, Okla. (July 6, 2010) – The Lucas Oil ASCS Sprint Cars presented by K&N Filters kick off the North by Northwest Swing with Saturday night’s annual event at Hartford, South Dakota’s high-banked, 3/8-mile I-90 Speedway dirt oval.

Saturday’s $6,000 to win tilt, the fourth annual series stop at I-90 Speedway, marks the tenth round of competition in the Lucas Oil Sprint Car $60,000 title chase with 18 full-time travelers battling it out for their cut of the $250,000 points fund.

After taking the lead away from local ace Chad Meyer in last year’s I-90 feature event, Gary Wright went on to capture his first Lucas Oil win of the year over a field of 52 entries. Tony Bruce, Jr., bested 39 entries at I-90 for his second career series win in 2008 and Jason Johnson topped a field of 34 in the series inaugural stop at I-90 in 2007.

Twenty-year-old Brady Bacon of Broken Arrow, OK, leads the Lucas Oil National forces into Saturday’s card, maintaining a ten-point lead over Johnson on the strength of three consecutive feature wins earlier in the season.

Bacon, making his first full run at the Lucas Oil title after taking in three-fourths of last year’s schedule, will be getting his first look at I-90 Speedway on Saturday night as well as Washington’s Grays Harbor Raceway and Oregon’s Cottage Grove Speedway over the following two weekends.

“The Ragin’ Cajun”, on the other hand, has enjoyed a pair of victories at I-90 Speedway with a 2006 Regional score preceding his National glory in 2007.

Looking to close ground in his Lucas Oil ASCS title defense is Bixby, OK, native Shane Stewart, who picked off a Regional win at I-90 in 2007. Stewart is just 65 points off of Bacon’s lead pace.

Liberal, KS, shoe Tony Bruce, Jr., is just another ten points back in fourth, just ahead of a tightly-bunched group of top contenders that includes 20-year-old Jack Dover of Springfield, NE, three-time ASCS National champion Tim Crawley of Benton, AR, 2001 ASCS National champ Zach Chappell of Talala, OK, and Norman, OK, veteran shoe Danny Wood.

Chappell guns for two wins in a row and his third on the season after topping the recent Daniel McMillin / Jesse Hockett Memorial at Missouri’s Lake Ozark Speedway.

A pair of Brodix Rookie of the Year contenders round out the current top ten, with Loomis, California’s Kyle Hirst just 36 markers ahead of Glenpool, Oklahoma’s Matt Covington, a Lucas Oil National winner at Lone Star Speedway earlier this year.

Past ASCS National champ Travis Rilat of Forney, TX, is just outside the top ten, with other Lucas Oil National contenders including the likes of Little Rock native Ricky Logan and Ohio’s Darren Long along with the rest of the rookie crop that includes Dustin Morgan (Tulsa, OK), 17-year-old Austen Wheatley (Lake Stevens, WA), 16-year-old Justyn Cox (Clarksburg, CA), 19-year-old Channin Tankersley (Highlands, TX) and Andrew Marshala (Shawnee, OK).

Saturday’s card also awards ASCS Midwest points. Dover currently sits atop the Midwest point charts with the edge over Sioux Falls shoe Eric Lutz and Nebraska’s Doug Lovegrove.

A strong contingent of local forces will likely be on hand as well to defend their home turf. Harrisburg, South Dakota’s Dusty Ballenger is the current I-90 Speedway points leader with Justin Glaser, Lane Brenden, John Lambertz and Justin Saathoff rounding out the top five.

Through the opening nine events of the 2010 season, the Lucas Oil ASCS National Series presented by K&N Filters has averaged 48.6 competitors per race night.

I-90 Speedway (Hartford, SD) – 3/8-mile, high-banked dirt oval located three miles west of Hartford on SR 38. For more information, contact the track at 605-528-6380 or check http://www.i90speedway.com/.

The Lucas Oil Sprint Car Series took to the I-90 Speedway oval last for the first time in 2007 and it was Jason Johnson awarded the victory after apparent winner Sam Hafertepe, Jr., came up light at the scales. Tony Bruce, Jr., held off Gary Wright for his second career series win in 2008, with Wright then denying local ace Chad Meyer top honors in last year’s I-90 event.

I-90 Speedway Lucas Oil ASCS National winners include: Tony Bruce, Jr. 1, Jason Johnson 1, Gary Wright 1.

I-90 Speedway Lucas Oil ASCS Race-by-Race Winners: Jason Johnson (6/19/07), Tony Bruce, Jr. (6/24/08), Gary Wright (7/11/09).

Top Twenty: 1. Brady Bacon (Broken Arrow, OK) 1,138, 2. Jason Johnson (Eunice, LA) 1,128, 3. Shane Stewart (Bixby, OK) 1,073, 4. Tony Bruce, Jr. (Liberal, KS) 1,053, 5. Jack Dover (Springfield, NE) 1,042, 6. (tie) Tim Crawley (Benton, AR) and Zach Chappell (Talala, OK) 1,036, 8. Danny Wood (Norman, OK) 1,027, 9. Kyle Hirst (Loomis, CA) 970, 10. Matt Covington (Glenpool, OK) 934, 11. Travis Rilat (Forney, TX) 916, 12. Gary Wright (Hooks, TX) 911, 13. Ricky Logan (Little Rock, AR) 864, 14. Darren Long (Elida, OH) 806, 15. Dustin Morgan (Tulsa, OK) 776, 16. Austen Wheatley (Lake Stevens, WA) 746, 17. Justyn Cox (Clarksburg, CA) 732, 18. Channin Tankersley (Highlands, TX) 719, 19. Andrew Marshala (Shawnee, OK) 628, 20. Johnny Herrera (Albuquerque, NM) 501.

Brodix Rookie of the Year Points: 1. Kyle Hirst (Loomis, CA) 970, 2. Matt Covington (Glenpool, OK) 934, 3. Dustin Morgan (Tulsa, OK) 776, 4. Austen Wheatley (Lake Stevens, WA) 746, 5. Justyn Cox (Clarksburg, CA) 732, 6. Channin Tankersley (Highlands, TX) 719, 7. Andrew Marshala (Shawnee, OK) 628.

Brady Bacon 3, Zach Chappell 2, Matt Covington 1, Jason Johnson 1, Sammy Swindell 1, Danny Wood 1.

July 16-17 – Grays Harbor Raceway (Elma, WA) July 23-24 – Cottage Grove Speedway (Cottage Grove, OR) July 30 – LA Raceway (La Monte, MO) August 5-7 – ASCS Knoxville Nationals (Knoxville, IA)

Those unable to catch all the action in person can listen to every Lucas Oil Sprint Car Series presented by K&N Filters live at www.racinboys.com.

Also, the Lucas Oil ASCS Show airs on www.racinboys.com each Tuesday night at 8:00 p.m. ET, recapping the previous week's events while also previewing upcoming action.

Official results, championship point updates, photos and race notes will be available at www.ascsracing.com.

The Lucas Oil Sprint Car Series presented by K&N Filters will be featured in ten one-hour shows broadcast on a tape-delayed basis on the VERSUS Network and MavTV.

Additional information regarding the American Sprint Car Series is available at www.ascsracing.com.

Lonnie Wheatley, COTTAGE GROVE, Ore. (July 4, 2010) – Roger Crockett tuned up for the upcoming Lucas Oil ASCS National Sprint Car invasion of the Northwest in top form by completing a sweep of the American Sprint Car Series Northwest Region weekend double at Cottage Grove Speedway with a win in Sunday night’s 30-lap feature event.

After lapping all but the runner-up finisher on Saturday night, the reigning ASCS Northwest champion notched his second win in a row and third series score of the year to celebrate the Fourth of July festivities.

Crockett took Sunday night’s checkered flag ahead of Seth Bergman, with Jason Solwold, Chadd Noland and Kyle Miller rounding out the top five. Jayme Barnes was sixth, with Steven Tiner, Willie Croft, Nate Morelock and Logan Forler completing the top ten.

Noland, Crockett, Morelock, Barnes and Bergman topped heat race action for the 40-car field, with Mitch Olson and Andy Gregg best in the twin “B” Mains.

Heat One: 1. 13-Chadd Noland, 2. 40-Brock Lemley, 3. 53-Andy Gregg, 4. 98m-Mitch Olson, 5. 5d-Josh DeWitt, 6. 21-Colby Wiesz, 7. 25c-Chad Groves, 8. 15-Brad Groves.

Heat Two: 1. 11-Roger Crockett, 2. 94-Steven Tiner, 3. 6m-Phillip Del Rosa, 4. 26f-Shane Forte, 5. 08-Steve Vague, 6. 19-T.J. Hartman, 7. 57x-Steve Stone, 8. 38-Jake Mann.

Heat Three: 1. 33-Nate Morelock, 2. 29-Willie Croft, 3. 10-Kyle Miller, 4. 76-Shawn Rice, 5. 17-Cam Smith, 6. 5n-Seth Nunes, 7. 88-Brent Hoover, 8. 73-Danielle Huson.

Heat Four: 1. 7n-Jayme Barnes, 2. 55-Trey Starks, 3. 2L-Logan Forler, 4. 96-Mack Brown, 5. 10j-Jake Waddell, 6. 2m-Mike Melwicks, 7. 11w-Shane Broers, 8. 57c-Chris Schmelzle.

Heat Five: 1. 23-Seth Bergman, 2. 33v-Henry Van Dam, 3. 22-Garen Linder, 4. 9p-Jared Peterson, 5. 23b-Colin Baker, 6. 39c-Jason Solwold, 7. 12p-Randy Pierce, 8. 2z-Todd Zeitler.

First "B" Feature (12 Laps): 1. 98m-Mitch Olson, 2. 22-Garen Linder, 3. 23b-Colin Baker, 4. 5d-Josh DeWitt, 5. 19-T.J. Hartman, 6. 21-Colby Wiesz, 7. 6m-Phillip Del Rosa, 8. 57c-Chris Schmelzle, 9. 25c-Chad Groves, 10. 11w-Shane Broers, 11. 9p-Jared Peterson, 12. 12p-Randy Pierce.

Second “B” Feature (12 Laps): 1. 53-Andy Gregg, 2. 5n-Seth Nunes, 3. 76-Shawn Rice, 4. 2m-Mike Melwicks, 5. 10j-Jake Waddell, 6. 73-Danielle Huson, 7. 26f-Shane Forte, 8. 15-Brad Groves, 9. 2z-Todd Zeitler, 10. 57x-Steve Stone, 11. 88-Brent Hoover, 12. 38-Jake Mann.

"A" Feature (30 Laps): 1. 11-Roger Crockett, 2. 23-Seth Bergman, 3. 39c-Jason Solwold, 4. 13-Chadd Noland, 5. 10-Kyle Miller, 6. 7n-Jayme Barnes, 7. 94-Steven Tiner, 8. 29-Willie Croft, 9. 33-Nate Morelock, 10. 2L-Logan Forler, 11. 33v-Henry Van Dam, 12. 55-Trey Starks, 13. 98m-Mitch Olson, 14. 53-Andy Gregg, 15. 40-Brock Lemley, 16. 22-Garen Linder, 17. 08-Steve Vague, 18. 96-Mack Brown, 19. 17-Cam Smith, 20. 5n-Seth Nunes.

ASCS Northwest Region Points (Top Ten): 1. Roger Crockett 722, 2. Jason Solwold 680, 3. Seth Bergman 612, 4. Brock Lemley 608, 5. Mitch Olson 605, 6. Jayme Barnes 564, 7. Henry Van Dam 547, 8. Trey Starks 475, 9. Garen Linder 463, 10. T.J. Hartman 458.

Tommy Goudge, MERLIN, Ont. (July 3, 2010) - Dustin Daggett's weekend in Canada couldn't have gone any better. Daggett won the 25 lap ASCS Sprints on Dirt feature on Saturday night at South Buxton Raceway after taking the lead from Gregg Dalman with less than 10 laps to go. It was the Portland, Michigan driver's second consecutive victory, as he claimed the win at Ohsweken Speedway on Friday.

Dalman and Justin Martin started on the front row of the feature, and Dalman quickly took command out front. The first caution flag flew before five laps were in the books, as Mitchell Brown spun to a stop in turn four after contact with Gavin Hunyady. Darren Long dropped out of the race during the caution period, forfeiting his spot in the top three.

Dalman, Daggett, and Martin broke away from the field when the green came back out, but only a handful of laps were completed before Dain Naida brought out the caution on lap eight. Naida was done for the night with broken parts in the front end.

Dalman continued to hold the lead as the race went green for a longer period, but Daggett was making up ground in the outside groove. Daggett was patient and made the winning move on the outside in turn 4 on lap 17.

One final caution for debris with 3 laps left gave the rest of the field on last shot, but Daggett was not to be denied. Dalman finished second, followed by Martin, Grubaugh, and Ben Rutan. Heat races were claimed by Kyle Patrick and Rutan.

Engine Pro ASCS Sprints on Dirt presented by ARP Results Saturday, July 3rd, 2010 South Buxton Raceway – Merlin, ONT.

Engler Machine and Tool Heat Race #1 (8 Laps): 1. 33k – Kyle Patrick, 2. 3g – Darren Long, 3. 7m – Justin Martin, 4. 2m – Dustin Daggett, 5. 6n – Dain Naida, 6. 1a – John Riegling, 7. 67 – Chris Durand.

Lane Automotive/Comp Cams Heat Race #2 (8 Laps): 1. 23r – Ben Rutan, 2. 00 – Ryan Grubaugh, 3. 49t – Gregg Dalman, 4. 5 – Keith Dempster, 5. 10 – Mitchell Brown, 6. 187 – Gavin Hunyady, 7. 77x – Jamie Collard.

Total Seal Fast Car Dash presented by Gaerte Engines (4 Laps): 1. 3g – Darren Long, 2. 00 – Ryan Grubaugh, 3. 49t – Gregg Dalman, 4. 33k – Kyle Patrick.

“A” Feature (25 Laps): 1. 2m – Dustin Daggett, 2. 49t – Gregg Dalman, 3. 7m – Justin Martin, 4. 00 – Ryan Grubaugh, 5. 23r – Ben Rutan, 6. 5 – Keith Dempster, 7. 33k – Kyle Patrick, 8. 77x – Jamie Collard, 9. 1a – John Riegling, 10. 187 – Gavin Hunyady, 11. 67 – Chris Durand, 12. 6n – Dain Naida, 13. 3g – Darren Long, 14. 10 – Mitchell Brown.

Engine Pro ASCS Sprints on Dirt presented by ARP Points (Top Ten): 1. Ryan Grubaugh 1,289, 2. Dain Naida 1,261, 3. Gregg Dalman 1,245, 4. Ben Rutan 1,195, 5. Dustin Daggett 1,115, 6. Gavin Hunyady 1,085, 7. Robert Huisken 870, 8. Aaron Shaffer 790, 9. Darren Long 668, 10. Brett Mann 645.

Rich Vleck, LITTLE VALLEY, N.Y. (July 3, 2010)- Bryan Howland’s Holiday dominance continued on Saturday as the three-time ASCS Patriot Champion dominated on a Patriotic Holiday Weekend at Little Valley.

Howland, of Auburn, NY, dominated the 20-lap A-Main in the Inaugural trip for the ASCS Patriots to the Little Valley Speedway. It was also the first trip to the track for the 23-year-old, who admitted during the middle of the night that it intimidated him.

Using the outside of the front row, Howland would move around polesitter Kyle Moffit in turn four coming to complete the opening circuit. A caution flag would fall after the lap was completed and after the ensuing restart, Howland would check out from the pack and never have to worry about another competitor or another yellow flag.

“I didn’t have any idea I was that far out in front until about two to go, when I could a little bit safer and check it down a few times in lapped traffic,” admitted Howland after the event, referring to the approximately three second lead he was unaware he commanded much of the event.

Despite never laying eyes on the track before what turned out to be a picture perfect Saturday, The Filtrec Corporation No. 51 team was on their game as Howland was fastest in hot laps, heats and feature.

“The guys nailed the setup, as they always do,” Howland would say after the event. “They are always right there and they have to be commended.”

Unfortunately, the second win of the year of Howland and 16th of his Patriot Career would be overshadowed by a first lap incident that resulted in significant injury for Scott Bonnell.

Doug Bowman got put sideways in front of much of the pack before the field hit turn one, sending the No. 57, along with Bonnell’s No. 3B and Tim Kelly’s No. 12 flipping down the straightaway. Kelly walked away unharmed, Bowman was dinged up physically and his car was destroyed, but Bonnell required further medical attention after complaining of significant back and neck pain.

Bonnell, of Fairview, PA, was carefully extracted from his car by medical personnel and was flown by helicopter to an Erie, PA hospital for further evaluation.

For the rest of the competitors, a full race was still to be run and the thought of Bonnell’s injury weighed heavy on the drivers.

When asked afterwards how he refocused for the task at hand, Bryan Howland admitted, “I don’t know if I really did. It was there in the back of my mind.”

A lap after the second original start, Vern Wasson spun and collected Todd Hoddick and Mike Lauterborn.

On the lap one restart, Howland pulled away and for the next 19 laps, held a healthy lead around the massive flat ½-mile. As the No. 51 was on cruise control, a spirited battle raged on for second between three young competitors.

Kyle Moffit held on to second place for most of the event in his Kill Buck Outlet No. 7. Bubba Broderick had quickly reeled him in after starting back in eighth but Moffit held strong once he found the high groove. Halfway through the event, Broderick made a bid for the runner-up spot but Moffit was able to prevail for the time being.

With two laps remaining, Moffit blew a brake caliper and surrendered second to Broderick and third place on the final corner to local favorite Jared Zimbardi.

Broderick’s was the driver to watch early in the feature as he moved from seventh to fourth within two laps of the restart and into third just a few circuits later. He continuously ran the top lane and put on quite a performance.

Zimbardi’s third helped to keep his point lead loss to Howland to a minimum. “The Juice” started in fourth and was solid for his seventh straight top-five in ASCS Patriot single-sanctioned events.

Moffit was still please with his fourth place effort on a style of track that he is not usually best on. It was also a fine showing a night after significant damage at Ohsweken and scrambling to prepare for his closest race to his South Dayton, NY home.

Don Adamczyk picked up his first Four Laps of Fame Dash, sponsored by his sponsor Pro-Syn Oil Technology. He would move up to round out the top-five to stay perfect on top-10 finishes in single-sanction ASCS Patriot events for 2010.

Kyle Drum made his first Patriot start of the year count as he drove Jared Zimbardi’s backup car to sixth. George Suprick was seventh, with Bob Reis crossing in eighth. Canadian Travis Cunningham and Brad Knab completed the top-10.

A completely full grandstand greeted the first Patriot event to be held at the Cattaragus County Fairgrounds. Scott Bonnell and Bryan Howland scored the heat wins.

Insinger Fuels/ Kill Buck Outlet A-Main (20 Laps)- 1. Bryan Howland (51), 2. Bubba Broderick (5), 3. Jared Zimbardi (35), 4. Kyle Moffit (7), 5. Don Adamczyk (21), 6. Kyle Drum (35k), 7. George Suprick (87), 8. Bob Reis (4), 9. Travis Cunningham (71), 10. Brad Knab (38), 11. Derek Jonathan (81), 12. Mike Lauterborn (57), 13. Vern Wasson (5v), 14. Todd Hoddick (49), 15. Doug Bowman (57x), 16. Scott Bonnell (3B), 17. Tim Kelly (12).

Pro/Syn Oil Technologies Four Laps of Fame Dash (4 Laps)- 1. Don Adamczyk (21), 2. Tim Kelly (12), 3. George Suprick (87), 4. Mike Lauterborn (57), 5. Todd Hoddick (49), 6. Derek Jonathan (81).

National Parts Peddler Heats (8 Laps Each)- Race 1: 1. Scott Bonnell (3B), 2. Jared Zimbardi (35), 3. Bubba Broderick (5), 4. Mike Lauterborn (57), 5. Don Adamczyk (21), 6. George Suprick (87), 7. Tim Kelly (12), 8. Travis Cunningham (71), 9. Brad Knab (38).

Race 2: 1. Bryan Howland (51), 2. Kyle Moffit (7), 3. Kyle Drum (35k), 4. Vern Wasson (5v), 5. Doug Bowman (57x), 6. Derek Jonathan (81), 7. Todd Hoddick (49), 8. Bob Reis (4).

Insinger Race Fuels King of the Southern Tier Standings (Top-10)- Tie 1. Bryan Howland and Bubba Broderick 357, 3. Jared Zimbardi 335, 4. George Suprick 314, 5. Don Adamczyk 312, 6. Tim Kelly 286, 7. Vern Wasson 279, 8. Kyle Moffit 243, 9. Brad Knab 226, 10. Derek Jonathan 216.

Gater Racing News Hard Charger of Season Standings (Top-Five)- 1. Don Adamczyk 24, 2. Jared Zimbardi 20, 3. Tim Kelly 19, 4. Alain Bergeron 18, 5. Bubba Broderick 17.

ASCS Patriot Points (Top Ten): 1. Jared Zimbardi 1,266, 2. Bryan Howland 1,238, 3. Bubba Broderick 1,183, 4. Don Adamczyk 1,162, 5. Tim Kelly 1,128, 6. Vern Wasson 812, 7. Kyle Moffit 696, 8. Bobby Breen 683, 9. Scott Bonnell 650, 10. George Suprick 649.

Tommy Goudge, OHSWEKEN, Ont. (July 2, 2010) - Dustin Daggett and his crew brought a brand new car to Ohsweken Speedway on Friday night in search of the $3,000 Northern Summer Nationals winner's cheque.

When the dust settled, Daggett was indeed standing in Engine Pro Racing victory lane after winning both his heat race and qualifying race, and leading every lap of the twenty-five lap feature.

Dustin Daggett and Glenn Styres started the twenty-five lap feature on the front row, and Daggett was on a mission right from the beginning. Tom Huppunen moved up from fifth to second on the first lap, and held the runner-up spot behind Daggett for the first ten laps until the caution flew for Kyle Moffit's spin in turn two.

The green flag came back out with five lapped machines between leader Daggett and the rest of the field. Glenn Styres moved back to second after falling to fourth behind Ryan Grubaugh earlier in the race, while Huppunen was starting to have problems under the hood of his #12c.

Daggett was out front by a substantial margin as the race wound down to its conclusion, while the rest of the top ten spots were up for grabs. Only five laps were left to complete when twenty-third starter Bryan Howland made it into the top ten. Howland was up to seventh when the caution and then red flew for Moffit in turn four after contact with Daggett. Moffit emerged from his damaged machine uninjured, but was done for the night. Tom Huppunen also took the #12c to the pit area, ending his bid for a repeat Summer Nationals triumph.

All eyes were on Daggett, whose right rear tire had made contact with Moffit. Daggett was not to be denied his seventh career feature win at Ohsweken though, and got the win by almost four and a half seconds over Styres, Grubaugh, Dave Dykstra, and Bobby Breen. Hard charger Howland got sixth, followed by Mike Ling, Jared Zimbardi, Dain Naida, and Jim Huppunen.

"I was kind of wondering if that right rear was going to stay up," said Daggett in victory lane. "It did get a little low on that red (flag), and the car was really tight those last couple laps, but it held up long enough."

"I just gotta say thanks to my whole crew," continued Daggett. "This is a brand new car. We put it together last week, and first night out on it, it seems to be a really good one."

The track was much more slick and dry than it has been for other Daggett wins, and he commented on it after the race:

"Last year's Canadian Nationals really made me mad, because we just went backwards in that and the car was junk," said Daggett. "We got a different shock package for here this year, and it seems to be working out really well - the car was fast tonight."

Heat races for the fifty-one car field were claimed by Kyle Moffit, Dain Naida, Glenn Styres, Dustin Daggett, Mike Ling, and Gregg Dalman. Qualifying race wins went to Daggett, Bobby Breen, Kevin Job, and Ryan Grubaugh, while Bryan Howland and Bubba Broderick got “B” MAIN race victories.

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BS&B RADIATOR HEAT RACE #1 1. 7 Kyle Moffit (South Dayton, NY), 2. 12c Tom Huppunen (Fenwick), 3. 84 Tyler Rand (Consecon), 4. 5b Bubba Broderick (Brookfield, CT), 5. 30 Adam West (Ridgetown), 6. 3 Wayne Ashton (Kitchener), 7. 66 Frank Baranowski (Mount Hope), 8. 57 Doug Bowman (London), 9. 9j Jim Munsie (Pickering). Time - 1:52.971.

BEST WESTERN CAIRN CROFT HOTEL HEAT RACE #2 1. 6n Dain Naida (Tecumseh, MI), 2. 51 Bryan Howland (Auburn, NY), 3. 12 Tim Kelly (Rockstream, NY), 4. 5m Brad Malloy (Niagara Falls), 5. 5 Keith Dempster (Alton), 6. 49 Todd Hoddick (Cheektowaga, NY), 7. 1a John Riegling (Chatham), 8. 96 Shane Butler (London), 9. 67 Chris Durand (Port Stanley). No Time.

GRISDALE RACING PRODUCTS HEAT RACE #3 1. 0 Glenn Styres (Ohsweken), 2. 71 Travis Cunningham (Grimsby), 3. 9 Bobby Breen (Savannah, NY), 4. 21 Don Adamczyk (Williamsville, NY), 5. 10 Mitchell Brown (Brantford), 6. 187 Gavin Hunyady (Fenton, MI), 7. 94 Stan Zanchin (Fort Erie), 8. 30g Stevin Goldner (Aylmer), 9. 2 Brad Lodge (Stouffville). No Time.

AWESOME RACEWEAR HEAT RACE #4 1. 2m Dustin Daggett (Portland, MI), 2. 7m Justin Martin (Shedden), 3. 90 James Evans (Beamsville), 4. 3g Darren Long (Elida, OH), 5. 81 Derek Jonathan (Lewiston, NY), 6. 11 Jamie Turner (Caistor Centre), 7. 31 John Burbridge, Jr. (St. Williams), 8. 10c Bob Crawford (Sutton) DNS. Time - 1:57.737.

ENGINE PRO HEAT RACE #5 1. 7x Mike Ling (Mount Brydges), 2. 77x Jamie Collard (Burford), 3. 21x Kevin Job (Campbellville), 4. 01 Mikey Kruchka (Hamilton), 5. 14h Jim Huppunen (Fenwick), 6. 80 Chris Steele (Vineland), 7. 23 Steve Garry (Dundas), 8. 45x Doug Banks (Inverary). No Time.

TRIPLE “X” HEAT RACE #6 1. 49t Gregg Dalman (Bellvue, MI), 2. 5d Dave Dykstra (Port Colborne), 3. 8 Blake Breen (Savannah, NY), 4. 00 Ryan Grubaugh (St. Johns, MI), 5. 35 Jared Zimbardi (Salamanca, NY), 6. 23r Ben Rutan (Jerome, MI), 7. 33k Kyle Patrick (Tilbury), 8. 79 Dick Mahoney (Newmarket) DNF. Time - 1:58.974.

(10 laps - Top 22 in combined heat/qualifier passing points transfer to A-Main, Top 8 redraw for feature starting spots)

HOOSIER QUALIFIER #1 1. 2m Dustin Daggett, 2. 7x Mike Ling, 3. 3g Darren Long, 4. 49t Gregg Dalman, 5. 7m Justin Martin, 6. 21 Don Adamczyk, 7. 81 Derek Jonathan, 8. 49 Todd Hoddick, 9. 94 Stan Zanchin, 10. 77x Jamie Collard, 11. 79 Dick Mahoney, 12. 80 Chris Steele DNF, 13. 10c Bob Crawford DNS. Time - 2:29.704.

CORR/PAK QUALIFIER #2 1. 9 Bobby Breen, 2. 5b Bubba Broderick, 3. 8 Blake Breen, 4. 14h Jim Huppunen, 5. 23r Ben Rutan, 6. 90 James Evans, 7. 23 Steve Garry, 8. 5b Bubba Broderick, 9. 9j Jim Munsie, 10. 30 Adam West, 11. 31 John Burbridge, Jr., 12. 66 Frank Baranowski DNF, 13. 51 Bryan Howland DNF. No Time.

OUTHOUSE IMAGE AND DESIGN QUALIFIER #3 1. 21x Kevin Job, 2. 12c Tom Huppunen, 3. 35 Jared Zimbardi, 4. 7 Kyle Moffit, 5. 84 Tyler Rand, 6. 33k Kyle Patrick, 7. 5 Keith Dempster, 8. 01 Mikey Kruchka, 9. 11 Jamie Turner, 10. 187 Gavin Hunyady, 11. 57 Doug Bowman, 12. 67 Chris Durand, 13. 45x Doug Banks. No Time.

ARROW EXPRESS QUALIFIER #4 1. 00 Ryan Grubaugh, 2. 0 Glenn Styres, 3. 71 Travis Cunningham, 4. 6n Dain Naida, 5. 12 Tim Kelly, 6. 10 Mitchell Brown, 7. 5m Brad Malloy, 8. 1a John Riegling, 9. 96 Shane Butler, 10. 3 Wayne Ashton, 11. 2 Brad Lodge, 12. 30g Stevin Goldner DNF. No Time.

VILLAGE PIZZA “B” MAIN #1 (10 laps - Top 2 transfer to A-Feature) 1. 51 Bryan Howland, 2. 5m Brad Malloy, 3. 10 Mitchell Brown, 4. 30 Adam West, 5. 49 Todd Hoddick, 6. 33k Kyle Patrick, 7. 187 Gavin Hunyady, 8. 57 Doug Bowman, 9. 3 Wayne Ashton, 10. 96 Shane Butler, 11. 45x Doug Banks, 12. 30g Stevin Goldner, 13. 01 Mikey Kruchka DNS, 14. 66 Frank Baranowski DNS, 15. 10c Bob Crawford DNS, . No Time.

VILLAGE CAFÉ’ “B” MAIN #2 (10 laps - Top 2 transfer to A-Feature) 1. 5b Bubba Broderick, 2. 11 Jamie Turner, 3. 5 Keith Dempster, 4. 23 Steve Garry, 5. 9j Jim Munsie, 6. 81 Derek Jonathan, 7. 79 Dick Mahoney, 8. 94 Stan Zanchin, 9. 2 Brad Lodge, 10. 67 Chris Durand, 11. 1a John Riegling DNF, 12. 77x Jamie Collard DNF, 13. 31 John Burbridge, Jr. DNF, 14. 80 Chris Steele DNS. No Time.

Position. # Name (Starting Position) 1. 2m Dustin Daggett (1) 2. 0 Glenn Styres (2) 3. 00 Ryan Grubaugh (6) 4. 5d Dave Dykstra (8) 5. 9 Bobby Breen (4) 6. 51 Bryan Howland (23) 7. 7x Mike Ling (3) 8. 35 Jared Zimbardi (13) 9. 6n Dain Naida (9) 10. 14h Jim Huppunen (16) 11. 71 Travis Cunningham (15) 12. 8 Blake Breen (12) 13. 49t Gregg Dalman (10) 14. 23r Ben Rutan (21) 15. 21x Kevin Job (7) 16. 12 Tim Kelly (19) 17. 21 Don Adamczyk (22) 18. 5b Bubba Broderick (24) 19. 7m Justin Martin (17) 20. 90 James Evans (20) 21. 5m Brad Malloy (25) 22. 84 Tyler Rand (18) 23. 11 Jamie Turner (26) 24. 12c Tom Huppunen DNF (5) 25. 7 Kyle Moffit DNF (14) 26. 3g Darren Long DNF (11) No Time

ASCS Patriot Points (Top Ten): 1. Jared Zimbardi 1,131, 2. Bryan Howland 1,088, 3. Bubba Broderick 1,041, 4. Don Adamczyk 1,037, 5. Tim Kelly 1,032, 6. Vern Wasson 708, 7. Bobby Breen 683, 8. Kyle Moffit 566, 9. Scott Bonnell 552, 10. Gary Troutman 546.

Engine Pro ASCS Sprints on Dirt presented by ARP Points (Top Ten): 1. Ryan Grubaugh 1,159, 2. Dain Naida 1,155, 3. Gregg Dalman 1,103, 4. Ben Rutan 1,070, 5. Gavin Hunyady 975, 6. Dustin Daggett 965, 7. Robert Huisken 870, 8. Aaron Shaffer 790, 9. Brett Mann 645, 10. (tie) Darren Long and Ryan Ruhl 564.

Lonnie Wheatley, COTTAGE GROVE, Ore. (July 3, 2010) – Roger Crockett defended his home turf in convincing fashion by charging to American Sprint Car Series Northwest victory lane at Cottage Grove Speedway on Saturday night.

Crockett raced into the lead in the early portion and lapped much of the field in the opening night of the two-night stand at Cottage Grove for his second series win of the year and 12th career ASCS Northwest victory.

Crockett took the checkered flag ahead of Henry Van Dam, with Mitch Olson, 20th-starter Jason Solwold and Chadd Noland rounding out the top five.

Seth Bergman was sixth, with Brock Lemley, Shane Forte, Jayme Barnes and Jared Peterson completing the top ten.

Van Dam, Olson, Lemley, Steven Tiner and Crockett topped heat race action for Saturday night’s 40-car field, with Logan Forler and Colin Baker winning the twin “B” Mains.

Heat One: 1. 33v-Henry Van Dam, 2. 22-Garen Linder, 3. 26f-Shane Forte, 4. 2z-Todd Zeitler, 5. 6m-Phillip Del Rosa, 6. 2m-Mike Melwicks, 7. 11w-Shane Broers, 8. 39c-Jason Solwold.

Heat Two: 1. 98m-Mitch Olson, 2. 08-Steve Vague, 3. 23b-Colin Baker, 4. 96-Mack Brown, 5. 15-Brad Groves, 6. 38-Jake Mann, 7. 5n-Seth Nunes, 8. 17-Cam Smith.

Heat Three: 1. 40-Brock Lemley, 2. 29-Willie Croft, 3. 9p-Jared Peterson, 4. 33-Nate Morelock, 5. 10-Kyle Miller, 6. 21-Colby Wiesz, 7. 19-T.J. Hartman, 8. 57x-Steve Stone.

Heat Four: 1. 94-Steven Tiner, 2. 7n-Jayme Barnes, 3. 57c-Chris Schmelzle, 4. 88-Brent Hoover, 5. 2L-Logan Forler, 6. 5d-Josh DeWitt, 7. 10j-Jake Waddell, 8. 73-Danielle Huson.

Heat Five: 1. 11-Roger Crockett, 2. 13-Chadd Noland, 3. 23-Seth Bergman, 4. 55-Trey Starks, 5. 53-Andy Gregg, 6. 76-Shawn Rice, 7. 25c-Chad Groves, 8. 12p-Randy Pierce.

First "B" Feature (12 Laps): 1. 2L-Logan Forler, 2. 33-Nate Morelock, 3. 53-Andy Gregg, 4. 21-Colby Wiesz, 5. 19-T.J. Hartman, 6. 76-Shawn Rice, 7. 11w-Shane Broers, 8. 96-Mack Brown, 9. 10j-Jake Waddell, 10. 12p-Randy Pierce, 11. 88-Brent Hoover, 12. 57x-Steve Stone.

Second “B” Feature (12 Laps): 1. 23b-Colin Baker, 2. 39c-Jason Solwold, 3. 10-Kyle Miller, 4. 5d-Josh DeWitt, 5. 2z-Todd Zeitler, 6. 25c-Chad Groves, 7. 2m-Mike Melwicks, 8. 6m-Phillip Del Rosa, 9. 5n-Seth Nunes, 10. 73-Danielle Huson, 11. 17-Cam Smith, 12. 38-Jake Mann.

"A" Feature (30 Laps): 1. 11-Roger Crockett, 2. 33v-Henry Van Dam, 3. 98m-Mitch Olson, 4. 39c-Jason Solwold, 5. 13-Chadd Noland, 6. 23-Seth Bergman, 7. 40-Brock Lemley, 8. 26f-Shane Forte, 9. 7n-Jayme Barnes, 10. 9p-Jared Peterson, 11. 29-Willie Croft, 12. 22-Garen Linder, 13. 23b-Colin Baker, 14. 2L-Logan Forler, 15. 33-Nate Morelock, 16. 94-Steven Tiner, 17. 57c-Chris Schmelzle, 18. 55-Trey Starks, 19. 15-Brad Groves, 20. 08-Steve Vague.

ASCS Northwest Region Points (Top Ten): 1. Roger Crockett 572, 2. Jason Solwold 545, 3. Brock Lemley 508, 4. Mitch Olson 501, 5. Seth Bergman 470, 6. Jayme Barnes 442, 7. Henry Van Dam 439, 8. T.J. Hartman 393, 9. Colin Baker 390, 10. Shawn Rice 371.

Lonnie Wheatley, AZTEC, N.M. (July 3, 2010) – Phoenix shoe R.J. Johnson turned the tables on reigning series champion Charles Davis, Jr., by racing to victory lane in Saturday night’s 30-lap American Sprint Car Series Canyon Region main event at Aztec Speedway.

After chasing Davis, Jr., to the stripe on Friday night, Johnson took the top spot on Saturday night for the second time this year in the Mountain Valley Performance Ford-powered Michael Brothers No. 77m Sherman-chassis.

Johnson’s fourth career ASCS Canyon Region triumph came in dramatic style as well, as he charged past both Davis, Jr., and Johnny Herrera on the white flag lap to snare the win from the eleventh starting position.

Davis settled for runner-up honors with early leader Herrera taking the show position. Mike Martin was fourth, while Rick Ziehl climbed from 15th to round out the top five.

Pole starter Jason Grady crossed the stripe sixth, with fellow front row starter Bruce St. James, Ronnie Clark, Andrew Reinbold and 18th-starter Bob Ream, Jr., completing the top ten.

First Heat (8 Laps): 1. 21-Jeremy Sherman, 2. 45x-Johnny Herrera, 3. 15-Bud Goodwin, 4. 6-Ronnie Clark, 5. 75-Rickey Hood, 6. 78-Bob Ream, Jr., 7. 77-Dalten Gabbard, 8. 7b-Steve Tellas.

Second Heat (8 Laps): 1. 16-Mike Martin, 2. 45-Jason Grady, 3. 24-Jordan Mattson, 4. 77m-R.J. Johnson, 5. 32b-Brian Hosford, 6. 9-Chuck Jackson, 7. 12x-Josh Grady.

Third Heat (8 Laps): 1. 12-Josh Pelkey, 2. 7k-Bruce St. James, 3. 19-Andrew Reinbold, 4. 50-Charles Davis, Jr., 5. 20z-Rick Ziehl, 6. 73-Nick Rael. DNS: 93-Justin Quinn.

"A" Feature (30 Laps): 1. 77m-R.J. Johnson, 2. 50-Charles Davis, Jr., 3. 45x-Johnny Herrera, 4. 16-Mike Martin, 5. 20z-Rick Ziehl, 6. 45-Jason Grady, 7. 7k-Bruce St. James, 8. 6-Ronnie Clark, 9. 19-Andrew Reinbold, 10. 78-Bob Ream, Jr., 11. 12x-Josh Grady, 12. 75-Rickey Hood, 13. 77-Dalten Gabbard, 14. 21-Jeremy Sherman, 15. 32b-Brian Hosford, 16. 73-Nick Rael, 17. 12-Josh Pelkey, 18. 15-Bud Goodwin, 19. 24-Jordan Mattson, 20. 9-Chuck Jackson, 21. 7b-Steve Tellas. DNS: 93-Justin Quinn.

ASCS Canyon Region Points (Top Ten): 1. Charles Davis, Jr. 1,263, 2. Mike Martin 1,117, 3. R.J. Johnson 1,114, 4. Jeremy Sherman 1,102, 5. Josh Pelkey 1,078, 6. Andrew Reinbold 1,062, 7. Ronnie Clark 983, 8. Brian Hosford 871, 9. Dalten Gabbard 855, 10. Stevie Sussex 826.

When the dust settled, Daggett was indeed standing in Engine Pro Racing victory lane after winning both his heat race and qualifying race, and leading every lap of the twenty-five lap feature.

"I just gotta say thanks to my whole crew," continued Daggett. "This is a brand new car. We put it together last week, and first night out on it, it seems to be a really good one."

The track was much more slick and dry than it has been for other Daggett wins, and he commented on it after the race:

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Lonnie Wheatley, AZTEC, N.M. (July 2, 2010) – A new venue for the American Sprint Car Series Canyon Region netted a familiar result with reigning series champion Charles Davis, Jr., topping Friday night’s 30-lap feature event at Aztec Speedway.

Davis took advantage of his pole starting position aboard the Roush Yates Ford-powered Massey Motorsports No. 50, racing to his fifth series win of the year in the opening night of the two-night wingless ASCS Canyon debut at Aztec.

Davis was chased to the stripe by tenth-starter R.J. Johnson, with Johnny Herrera, Rick Ziehl and Jeremy Sherman rounding out the top five.

Ronnie Clark was sixth, with Mike Martin, Rickey Hood, Andrew Reinbold and Bob Ream, Jr., completing the top ten.

First Heat (8 Laps): 1. 7k-Bruce St. James, 2. 21-Jeremy Sherman, 3. 15-Bud Goodwin, 4. 75-Rickey Hood, 5. 78-Bob Ream, Jr., 6. 12x-Josh Grady, 7. 45-Jason Grady, 8. 7b-Steve Tellas.

Second Heat (8 Laps): 1. 20z-Rick Ziehl, 2. 12-Josh Pelkey, 3. 77m-R.J. Johnson, 4. 93-Justin Quinn, 5. 19-Andrew Reinbold, 6. 32b-Brian Hosford, 7. 73-Nick Rael.

Third Heat (8 Laps): 1. 50-Charles Davis, Jr., 2. 16-Mike Martin, 3. 45x-Johnny Herrera, 4. 6-Ronnie Clark, 5. 77-Dalten Gabbard, 6. 11w-Tim West, 7. 24-Jordan Mattson.

"A" Feature (30 Laps): 1. 50-Charles Davis, Jr., 2. 77m-R.J. Johnson, 3. 45x-Johnny Herrera, 4. 20z-Rick Ziehl, 5. 21-Jeremy Sherman, 6. 6-Ronnie Clark, 7. 16-Mike Martin, 8. 75-Rickey Hood, 9. 19-Andrew Reinbold, 10. 78-Bob Ream, Jr., 11. 15-Bud Goodwin, 12. 32b-Brian Hosford, 13. 77-Dalten Gabbard, 14. 12x-Josh Grady, 15. 93-Justin Quinn, 16. 7k-Bruce St. James, 17. 24-Jordan Mattson, 18. 45-Jason Grady, 19. 73-Nick Rael, 20. 12-Josh Pelkey. DNS: 11w-Tim West, 7b-Steve Tellas.

ASCS Canyon Region Points (Top Ten): 1. Charles Davis, Jr. 1,121, 2. Jeremy Sherman 1,000, 3. Mike Martin 987, 4. Josh Pelkey 982, 5. R.J. Johnson 964, 6. Andrew Reinbold 949, 7. Ronnie Clark 867, 8. Stevie Sussex 826, 9. Brian Hosford 771, 10. Dalten Gabbard 751.

Lonnie Wheatley, GREENWOOD, Neb. (July 2, 2010) – Missouri’s Brian Brown bagged his first American Sprint Car Series Midwest win of the year by racing to victory lane in Friday night’s 25-lap feature atop Nebraska Raceway Park’s 4/10-mile I-80 Speedway dirt oval.

Brown raced into the lead on the top side of turns one and two on the fifth round and lapped up to sixth place by the time the checkered flag flew upon the FVP No. 21 Maxim with nearly a half lap advantage over runner-up Bronson Maeschen.

While it took until the fifth circuit for Brown to take the lead away from Patrick Bourke after starting fifth, the pre-race decision made from the infield pit area to run the top-side of the track proved to be the night’s race winning move.

“I think I was the only one up there,” Brown commented afterward. “I missed the entry into one a time or two and that messed me up getting off of two, the cushion piled up there and I got into it pretty hard and nearly into the wall.”

Aside from that, Brown’s 13th career ASCS Midwest triumph and sixth at I-80 Speedway came with little difficulty.

“We were racing with heavy hearts tonight, we lost a good friend in Judy Wignall this week so I’m glad we could win this one for her.”

The feature event got under way with past ASCS Rocky Mountain champion Bourke gunning into the lead from the pole position. While the likes of Maeschen, Eric Lutz, Don Droud, Jr., and Jordan Boston gave chase on the low side, Brown went to the upper shelf immediately and took the top spot on the fifth round.

Following the race’s only interruption a lap later when Toby Chapman turned over in turn two after getting out of shape and collecting Bryan Gossel, Brown went to work and checked out on the field.

Brown sliced through lapped traffic over the final portion of the race, putting a lap on seventh-runner and current ASCS Midwest points leader Jack Dover in the final pair of corners.

Maeschen took the runner-up slot away from Lutz at the midway point and held it to the line, while Chad Humston made some late moves through the middle of the track to claim the show position.

Lutz crossed the stripe fourth, with Jordan Boston rounding out the top five. Jason Danley was the final car on the lead lap in sixth, with 17th-starter Dover, 14th-starter Lee Grosz, Droud, Jr., and Bourke completing the top ten.

Humston, Brown and Ryan Roberts topped heat race action. Roberts was unable to fire for the green flag in the main event.

First Heat (8 Laps): 1. 1m-Chad Humston, 2. 93-Patrick Bourke, 3. 1-Bronson Maeschen, 4. 12-Tyler Drueke, 5. 82-Jason Danley, 6. 32-Toby Chapman, 7. 17-Gage Dorr.

Second Heat (8 Laps): 1. 21-Brian Brown, 2. 2-Don Droud, Jr., 3. 5h-Justyn Cox, 4. 4j-Lee Grosz, 5. 11x-Gregg Bakker, 6. 24a-Jack Dover, 7. 32k-Greg Valentine.

Third Heat (8 Laps): 1. 18-Ryan Roberts, 2. 4-Jordan Boston, 3. 5-Eric Lutz, 4. 71-Bob Schaeffer, 5. 44-Doug Lovegrove, 6. 6g-Bryan Gossel.

"A" Feature (25 Laps): 1. 21-Brian Brown, 2. 1-Bronson Maeschen, 3. 1m-Chad Humston, 4. 5-Eric Lutz, 5. 4-Jordan Boston, 6. 82-Jason Danley, 7. 24a-Jack Dover, 8. 4j-Lee Grosz, 9. 2-Don Droud, Jr., 10. 93-Patrick Bourke, 11. 11x-Gregg Bakker, 12. 5h-Justyn Cox, 13. 44-Doug Lovegrove, 14. 71-Bob Schaeffer, 15. 12-Tyler Drueke, 16. 17-Gage Dorr, 17. 32k-Greg Valentine, 18. 32-Toby Chapman, 19. 6g-Bryan Gossel, 20. 18-Ryan Roberts (DNS).

ASCS Midwest Region Points (Top Ten): 1. Jack Dover 1,302, 2. Eric Lutz 1,179, 3. Doug Lovegrove 1,010, 4. Jason Danley 871, 5. Brian Brown 764, 6. Chad Humston 757, 7. Billy Alley 750, 8. Tyler Drueke 712, 9. Lee Grosz 705, 10. Ryan Roberts 702.

Lonnie Wheatley, McCOOL JUNCTION, Neb. (July 1, 2010) – Chad Humston kicked off the ASCS Midwest Region’s Fourth of July holiday weekend double header by racing to his first series win of the year in Thursday night’s 25-lap main event at Junction Motor Speedway.

Humston assumed the point on a mid-race restart when Jack Dover retired with engine woes and then beat a closing Ryan Roberts to the stripe to secure his fourth career ASCS Midwest win aboard Mark Burch’s Engler Machine & Tool No. 1m Wolfweld.

“We had this car set up for about the last four laps of that race, and we needed every bit of it,” the 23-year-old Giltner, NE, shoe commented in victory lane. “I wasn’t sure if we were quite as fast as we needed to be the last couple of laps, but it was enough.”

While Humston gridded the feature field outside row three, it was rookie shoe Tyler Drueke outgunning front row outside starter Dover for the lead at the drop of the green flag with Humston up to third on the opening round before the caution flew for Eric Lutz, who got turned around entering turn one.

Dover slid past Drueke for the lead on the restart, but the young shoe fired right back into the lead and held the top spot until the race’s second caution flew with five laps in the books for defending series champion Jason Danley, who slowed in turn four with engine issues.

Dover successfully slid past Drueke for the point on the ensuing restart, with Humston following suit. Dover led the way in front of Humston until a caution flew at the midway point when Bronson Maeschen cut a left rear tire. The caution proved to be the end of Dover’s run up front as well, as an ailing powerplant forced the Springfield, NE, racer to retire Gary Swenson’s No. 24a machine to the pit area.

With Humston suddenly out front upon Dover’s departure, tenth-starter Ryan Roberts was up to third behind Humston and Don Droud, Jr., in pursuit of a second consecutive McCool Junction win after taking his first series win at JMS in May.

And, after breaking free of the three-way scrum for position that included Droud, Jr., and Brian Brown, Roberts closed the gap on Humston and tried to mount a challenge in the closing circuits as traffic came into play.

While Roberts closed to within two car-lengths on the white flag lap, Humston slipped away on the final circuit to secure the win, forcing Roberts to settle for runner-up honors.

Droud claimed the show position, with 11th-starter Brown and 13th-starter Lee Grosz rounding out the top five.

Gregg Bakker was sixth, with early leader Drueke crossing the stripe seventh. With Dover in Swenson’s mount for the night, Aussie crew member Brodie Tulloch took the wheel of the Dover No. 53 and claimed eighth with Lutz and Maeschen rebounding from early issues to complete the top ten.

First Heat (8 Laps): 1. 5h-Justyn Cox, 2. 11x-Gregg Bakker, 3. 5-Eric Lutz, 4. 18-Ryan Roberts, 5. 6-Kyle Hirst, 6. 1-Bronson Maeschen, 7. 82-Jason Danley.

Second Heat (8 Laps): 1. 2-Don Droud, Jr., 2. 44-Doug Lovegrove, 3. 1m-Chad Humston, 4. 21-Brian Brown, 5. 4j-Lee Grosz, 6. 6g-Bryan Gossel.

Third Heat (8 Laps): 1. 12-Tyler Drueke, 2. 24a-Jack Dover, 3. 93-Patrick Bourke, 4. 53-Brodie Tulloch, 5. 71-Bob Schaeffer, 6. 17-Gage Dorr.

"A" Feature (25 Laps): 1. 1m-Chad Humston, 2. 18-Ryan Roberts, 3. 2-Don Droud, Jr., 4. 21-Brian Brown, 5. 4j-Lee Grosz, 6. 11x-Gregg Bakker, 7. 12-Tyler Drueke, 8. 53-Brodie Tulloch, 9. 5-Eric Lutz, 10. 1-Bronson Maeschen, 11. 93-Patrick Bourke, 12. 6g-Bryan Gossel, 13. 44-Doug Lovegrove, 14. 17-Gage Dorr, 15. 71-Bob Schaeffer, 16. 5h-Justyn Cox, 17. 24a-Jack Dover, 18. 6-Kyle Hirst, 19. 82-Jason Danley.

ASCS Midwest Region Points (Top Ten): 1. Jack Dover 1,183, 2. Eric Lutz 1,049, 3. Doug Lovegrove 906, 4. Billy Alley 750, 5. Jason Danley 749, 6. Chad Humston 622, 7. Brian Brown 614, 8. (tie) Ryan Roberts and Tyler Drueke 612, 10. Lee Grosz 589.

Lonnie Wheatley, TULSA, Okla. (June 29, 2010) – As the summer heat starts kicking in, the Lucas Oil ASCS National series presented by K&N Filters is set to go north to South Dakota and then northwest for the second annual swing through Washington and Oregon over the upcoming weekends.

And, after taking 17 full-time teams to the left coast in last year’s inaugural journey, at least 18 full-time Lucas Oil ASCS teams have confirmed intentions to make the entire trek to South Dakota and then on to Washington and Oregon.

With the series $60,000 championship battle taking shape, a total of 19 teams have competed in all nine events completed thus far as they battle for their portion of the $250,000 Lucas Oil Sprint Car points fund that will be distributed at year’s end.

The upcoming handful of events at I-90 Speedway, Grays Harbor Raceway and Cottage Grove Speedway will undoubtedly play a role in perhaps the most hard fought championship battle in series history.

The journey North kicks off Saturday night, July 10, with the Lucas Oil Sprint Cars making a fourth annual stop at Hartford, South Dakota’s I-90 Speedway, where Jason Johnson, Tony Bruce, Jr., and Gary Wright have each enjoyed victory lane in the past three visits.

From there, at least 18 of the 19 top-ranked Lucas Oil ASCS Sprint Car teams will make the 1,500 mile journey to Elma, Washington’s Grays Harbor Raceway on July 16-17 for the Fourth Annual Fred Brownfield Memorial, an event in which Texas shoe Travis Rilat pocketed $10,092 last year after Oregon’s Roger Crockett topped the prelim. This year’s Fred Brownfield Memorial once again boasts a $10,092 winner’s take.

The following weekend, July 23-24, the Lucas Oil Sprint Cars travel south to Oregon’s Cottage Grove Speedway where last year’s title tilt between Shane Stewart and Jason Johnson reached the boiling point following a “Ragin’ Cajun” triumph in the finale after Stewart topped the opening night.

Leading the way into this year’s Lucas Oil ASCS trek North and Northwest is 20-year-old Broken Arrow, OK, shoe Brady Bacon, who will be visiting all three tracks for the first time.

After becoming just the sixth driver in ASCS National history to reel off three wins in a row, Bacon holds a slim 10-point lead over 2008 series champion Jason Johnson of Eunice, LA.

Reigning Lucas Oil ASCS champion Shane Stewart of Bixby, OK, is just 65 points out of the lead, with a tightly-grouped handful of drivers next on the point charts including Tony Bruce, Jr. (Liberal, KS), 20-year-old Jack Dover (Springfield, NE), three-time ASCS National champion Tim Crawley (Benton, AR), 2001 ASCS National champ Zach Chappell (Talala, OK) and Danny Wood (Norman, OK).

Twenty-two-year-old Kyle Hirst of Loomis, CA, leads a strong group of Brodix Rookie of the Year contenders with a ranking of ninth, just 36 points ahead of fellow rookie shoe Matt Covington, a 20-year-old out of Glenpool, OK.

Defending Brownfield Memorial winner Travis Rilat of Forney, TX, is just outside the top ten in eleventh, with last year’s I-90 Speedway victor Gary Wright of Hooks, TX, in twelfth.

Little Rock native Ricky Logan and Elida, OH, shoe Darren Long are both set for a second trip north and northwest, with Rookie contenders Dustin Morgan (Tulsa, OK), Austen Wheatley (Lake Stevens, WA), Justyn Cox (Clarksburg, CA), Channin Tankersley (Highlands, TX) and Andrew Marshala (Shawnee, OK) rounding out the full-time roster of the nation’s most competitive touring Sprint Car series.

The Lucas Oil ASCS traveling forces will take on all variety of top contenders along the way. Each track boasts its own local aces, such as Chad Meyer (who nearly knocked off the National forces at I-90 last year), Glenn Borden, Jr. (four-time and reigning Grays Harbor Raceway champion) and Dale Smith (multi-time Cottage Grove Speedway champ that ran fourth with the Lucas Oil ASCS National series last year).

Also adding to the mix will be top Midwest contenders at I-90 Speedway and the stout ASCS Northwest forces at both Grays Harbor and Cottage Grove.

Through the opening nine events of the 2010 season, the Lucas Oil ASCS National Series presented by K&N Filters has averaged 48.6 competitors per race night.

Saturday night, July 10 at 7:30 p.m. – I-90 Speedway
Friday night, July 16 at 7:00 p.m. – Grays Harbor Raceway
Saturday night, July 17 at 7:00 p.m. – Grays Harbor Raceway
Friday night, July 23 at 6:45 p.m. – Cottage Grove Speedway
Saturday night, July 24 at 6:45 p.m. – Cottage Grove Speedway

I-90 Speedway Lucas Oil ASCS National winners include: Tony Bruce, Jr. 1, Jason Johnson 1, Gary Wright 1.

I-90 Speedway Lucas Oil ASCS Race-by-Race Winners: Jason Johnson (6/19/07), Tony Bruce, Jr. (6/24/08), Gary Wright (7/11/09).

Grays Harbor Raceway Lucas Oil ASCS National winners include: Roger Crockett 1, Travis Rilat 1.

Grays Harbor Raceway Lucas Oil ASCS Race-by-Race Winners: Roger Crockett (7/17/09), Travis Rilat (7/18/09).

Cottage Grove Speedway Lucas Oil ASCS National winners include: Jason Johnson 1, Shane Stewart 1.

Cottage Grove Speedway Lucas Oil ASCS Race-by-Race Winners: Shane Stewart (7/24/09), Jason Johnson (7/25/09).

Brady Bacon 3, Zach Chappell 2, Matt Covington 1, Jason Johnson 1, Sammy Swindell 1, Danny Wood 1.

July 30 – LA Raceway (La Monte, MO)
August 5-7 – ASCS Knoxville Nationals (Knoxville, IA)

Those unable to catch all the action in person can listen to every Lucas Oil Sprint Car Series presented by K&N Filters live at www.racinboys.com.

Also, the Lucas Oil ASCS Show airs on www.racinboys.com each Tuesday night at 8:00 p.m. ET, recapping the previous week's events while also previewing upcoming action.

Official results, championship point updates, photos and race notes will be available at www.ascsracing.com.

The Lucas Oil Sprint Car Series presented by K&N Filters will be featured in ten one-hour shows broadcast on a tape-delayed basis on the VERSUS Network and MavTV.

Event Date – Track (Location) – VERSUS Air Date & Time (All Times Eastern & Subject to Change):
March 19 – Devil's Bowl Speedway (Mesquite, TX) – 6/6/10 @ 6:00 p.m.
March 20 – Devil's Bowl Speedway (Mesquite, TX) – Rained Out
June 11 – Eagle Raceway (Eagle, NE) – 11/21/10 @ 4:00 p.m.
June 12 – Eagle Raceway (Eagle, NE) – 11/21/10 @ 5:00 p.m.
September 25 – Lucas Oil Speedway (Wheatland, MO) – 11/28/10 @ 6:00 p.m.
October 1 – Riverside Speedway (W. Memphis, AR) – TBD
October 2 – Riverside Speedway (W. Memphis, AR) – TBD
October 28 - I-30 Speedway (Little Rock, AR) – 12/5/10 @ 5:00 p.m.
October 29 – I-30 Speedway (Little Rock, AR) – 12/5/10 @ 6:00 p.m.
October 30 – I-30 Speedway (Little Rock, AR) – 12/19/10 @ 4:00 p.m.

Additional information regarding the American Sprint Car Series is available at www.ascsracing.com.

Rich Vleck, TULSA, Okla. (June 28, 2010)- After eight years of sanctioning sprint car competition, there are not many dirt tracks the ASCS Patriots have not visited in the Northeast; this Saturday though, for the only time this season, this will be the case.

The Little Valley Speedway will host a special Patriotic Holiday Weekend event featuring the Patriots as a major part of the program. For many of the teams, it will be their first chance to lay eyes on the Cattaraugus County Fairgrounds.

One competitor that has been highly anticipating the first Patriot event at the flat ½-mile is point leader Jared Zimbardi. Zimbardi lives just three minutes from the Fairgrounds and will have countless supporters on hand to see him continue his pursuit for his first career Patriot Championship.

“The Juice” has three prior starts at the Little Valley, including during the last sprint race contested at the Southern New York paperclip in 2006. He is one of the few competitors that will be in the field on Saturday that has been on the ½-mile.

The drivers second through fourth in Patriot points, Bryan Howland, Bubba Broderick and Don Adamczyk, will all be making their first trip to the Cattaraugus County Fairgrounds this weekend. This will be a true test for these competitors if they want to claim this year’s title.

Tim Kelly and George Suprick have each run the unique oval a number of times. Kelly has four top-five finishes in seven starts at LVS, including a win in 1999.

Scott Bonnell, Gary Troutman and Kyle Moffit have also been to Little Valley. Kyle Drum will also be part of the mix this weekend, competing in a second Zimbardi entry.

Racing action will get underway at 7:00 p.m. for this second feature in the Insinger Race Fuels King of the Southern Tier event. For more information, visit www.ASCSpatriotsprints.com or www.ASCSracing.com.

Rich Vleck, TULSA, Okla. (June 28, 2010)- For the third straight year, the ASCS Patriots and ASCS Sprints on Dirt will meet at Ohsweken Speedway, the midway point of the two regions, at the midway point of the season; this year the competition is likely to be the toughest ever for this event.

The New York and Michigan Based ASCS Regions, along with the Southern Ontario Sprints, will add their sanctioning to the weekly Corr/Pak Sprint action at Ohsweken for a $3,000-to-win event.

The third running of this mid-season Holiday Weekend event will feature the same qualifying format as it did last year. All competitors will once again be competing in a heat race, as well as a qualifier to set the field for the A and B features. This format was positively accepted by competitors last year and should attract many top names again this season.

The Patriots will use the “Patriots Point” format for this event towards the championship total. Only competitors that have already competed in a Patriot race this season will be tallied in the final running order. Five competitors currently are in hot pursuit of the 2010 Championship and will all be looking to continue their success at the “Big O”.

Jared Zimbardi is second in Patriot Points after scoring three straight runner-up finishes. The Little Valley, NY driver has run three of the events at Ohsweken this year, with a pair of top-five finishes. He has to be regarded as a favorite this weekend.

Bryan Howland has a pair of wins in his career at Ohsweken, including the Inaugural Northern Summer Nationals. Howland would have had a third win at the high-banked 3/8-mile had his nose wing not obstructed his view with three laps left to go in last year’s Northern Summer Nationals.

Tim Kelly led the first seven laps of the Canadian Sprint Car Nationals last year and could be a major factor this time around. Don Adamzcyk and Bubba Broderick have also had highlights of their career come at Ohsweken during the Canadian Nationals.

The Sprints on Dirt will also have some favorites in the mix entering the pristine 3/8-mile track on Friday. Dain Naida, who currently leads the SOD points, notched the win this past Friday night at Ohsweken in Corr/Pak competition. Naida holds just a three point advantage over Ryan Grubaugh, who has a driving style that is well suited for the high-banked oval in Southern Ontario.

Naida and Grubaugh have both finished in the top-five in the Canadian Sprint Car Nationals and will look to claim the first Northern Summer Nationals Championship for SOD.

Gregg Dalman and Ben Rutan are currently third and fourth in SOD points, respectively, and have each put together plenty of elite runs at Ohsweken as well.

Dustin Daggett is strong at many tracks, but is perhaps best at Ohsweken, where he has six wins over the years. Daggett has finished second in the prior two Northern Summer Nationals, and also won the preliminary event held in 2008.

The Ohsweken contingent should be very strong, including Dave Dykstra, who currently has two wins thus far in 2010 and leads the point standings. Defending Track Champion Tom Huppunen is also a consummate front runner and is the defending winner of the Northern Summer Nationals.

Keith Dempster, the 2008 Track Champion is second in points, followed by Kyle Moffit, who has made the weekly trips from New York to Canada this season.

Racing action will get underway at 7:45 p.m. For more information, visit www.ASCSpatriotsprints.com, www.SprintsonDirt.com, or www.ASCSracing.com.

ASCS Patriot History at Ohsweken: Races: 5 9/25/2004- Rick Wilson 5/6/2005- Kyle Wilson 7/14/2006- Bryan Howland 7/6/2007- Bobby Breen 8/14/2009- Trevor Lewis

Engine Pro ASCS Sprints on Dirt presented by ARP History at Ohsweken: Races: 7 6/20/2003- Darren Long 9/27/2003- Keith Dempster 6/18/2004- Dustin Daggett 8/27/2004- Dustin Daggett 8/26/2005- Dustin Daggett 8/25/2006- Dustin Daggett 6/12/2009- Glenn Styres

ASCS Patriot History at Ohsweken with Multiple Sanction: Races: 8 9/17/2005- Kenny Jacobs (Canadian Sprint Car Nationals) 9/16/2006- Steve Poirier (Canadian Sprint Car Nationals) 9/15/2007- Steve Poirier (Canadian Sprint Car Nationals) 7/3/2008- Dustin Daggett (ASCS Northern Summer Nationals) 7/4/2008- Bryan Howland (ASCS Northern Summer Nationals) 9/27/2008- Wayne Johnson (Canadian Sprint Car Nationals) 7/3/2009- Tom Huppunen (Northern Summer Nationals) 9/19/2009- Shane Stewart (Canadian Sprint Car Nationals)

Lonnie Wheatley, TULSA, Okla. (June 28, 2010) – The American Sprint Car Series Canyon Region embarks upon new territory this Fourth of July weekend with a wingless double at New Mexico’s Aztec Speedway on Friday and Saturday.

This weekend’s action marks the first time for the wingless forces of the ASCS Canyon Region to tackle the 1/3-mile Aztec Speedway clay oval and just the second series’ venture into the Land of Enchantment.

Reigning series champion Charles Davis, Jr., of Buckeye, AZ, leads the way into the weekend after snaring his fourth win of the season this past weekend, extending his championship points lead to 79 markers over Peoria’s Josh Pelkey.

Pelkey is just 17 markers ahead of two-time ASCS Canyon Region champ Jeremy Sherman of Surprise, AZ, with Yuma’s Mike Martin just another seven points back in fourth.

Gilbert’s Andrew Reinbold has cracked the top five, with the balance of the current top ten in ASCS Canyon Region points including Stevie Sussex (Laveen), R.J. Johnson (Phoenix), Ronnie Clark (Tucson), Brian Hosford (Gilbert) and Dalten Gabbard (Peoria).

Action fires off at 7:00 p.m. on both Friday and Saturday night at Aztec Speedway.

Aztec Speedway is located in Aztec, NM, 1.2 miles south of US 550 on SR 544, then 0.2 miles east on Legion. For more information, contact the track at 505-334-2023.

Additional information regarding the American Sprint Car Series is available at www.ascsracing.com.

T.J. Buffenbarger, TULSA, Okla. (June 28, 2010) - After a weekend off the Engine Pro ASCS Sprints on Dirt presented by ARP season continues with the first of three trips to Canada during the 2010 season. Friday the tour visits Ohsweken Speedway and Saturday the series ventures west to the South Buxton Raceway.

The Friday event at Ohsweken features a $3,000 to win feature co-sanctioned with the ASCS Patriots and the weekly sprint car program at Ohsweken while Saturday’s event at South Buxton be a standalone Sprints on Dirt affair.

Current ASCS SOD point leader Dain Naida took advantage of having last weekend off to venture to a weekly program at Ohsweken Speedway to tune up for the weekend, winning Friday night’s feature event. Not to be outdone Ryan Grubaugh, second in points, won a non-sanctioned event at the Butler Motor Speedway tuning up for a future ASCS SOD event coming up in August. Naida holds a slim three point advantage over Grubaugh going into the Canada swing.

Last season Ohsweken Speedway owner Glenn Styres won a wild feature where his top wing came loose on the last lap while Dustin Daggett won last season’s ASCS SOD feature at South Buxton.

The Engine Pro ASCS Sprints on Dirt presented by ARP is in its 31st season of competition. Twenty-seven races are on the calendar scheduled throughout Michigan, Indiana, Ohio, and Ontario.

Additional information regarding the American Sprint Car Series is available at www.ascsracing.com.

Lonnie Wheatley, TULSA, Okla. (June 28, 2010) – The American Sprint Car Series Midwest Region kicks off the Fourth of July weekend racing festivities with a pair of events in Cornhusker Territory this Thursday and Friday.

The Holiday weekend officially gets under way when the ASCS Midwest Regional forces take to Junction Motor Speedway in McCool Junction, NE, on Thursday night, before then moving on to Nebraska Raceway Park’s I-80 Speedway between Lincoln and Omaha on Friday night.

This weekend’s events mark Rounds Nine and Ten in pursuit of the ASCS Midwest crown, with Lucas Oil ASCS National title contender Jack Dover of Springfield, NE, holding the current edge over Sioux Falls racer Eric Lutz.

Through the opening eight events of the season, only Dover has been able to post a pair of wins with six other drivers each capturing one victory. Lutz snared his first series win of the season last year to close to within 151 points of Dover.

Thursday’s card marks the final ASCS Midwest stop of the season at Junction Motor Speedway, where Aurora, Nebraska’s Ryan Roberts picked off his first career ASCS win by holding off Shane Stewart in Midwest action on May 28.

After Dustin Morgan and Dover opened the season with I-80 victories in April, Shane Stewart broke into I-80 Speedway victory lane on May 27.

Thursday’s card at Junction Motor Speedway goes green at 7:00 p.m., with Friday’s action at I-80 Speedway firing off at 7:00 p.m. as well.

Junction Motor Speedway is located 5.6 miles south of York, NE, off I-80 Exit 353 on US 81, then 0.3 miles west on CR 4. For more information, contact the track at 402-773-5538.

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 402-944-2233.

The ASCS Midwest Region is slated for 23 nights of competition in 2010 at ten different tracks throughout Nebraska and the surrounding areas of Missouri, South Dakota and Iowa.

Past ASCS Midwest Region Winners at Junction Motor Speedway:
5/28/10 – Ryan Roberts
5/22/09 – Shane Stewart
6/27/08 – Brian Brown
6/29/07 – Brian Brown
5/25/07 – Garry Lee Maier
6/30/06 – Brian Brown
5/26/06 – Jake Peters
5/27/05 – Jason Danley

Past ASCS Regional Winners at I-80 Speedway:
5/27/10 – Shane Stewart (Midwest)
4/17/10 – Jack Dover (Midwest)
4/16/10 – Dustin Morgan (Midwest)
7/2/09 – Brian Brown (Midwest)
5/21/09 – Chad Humston (Midwest)
4/11/09 – Jonathan Cornell (Midwest)
4/10/09 – Billy Alley (Midwest)
8/14/07 – Jack Dover (Midwest)
4/15/07 – Chuck Swenson (Midwest vs. Northern Plains)
4/14/07 – Brian Brown (Midwest vs. Northern Plains)
8/15/06 – Billy Alley (Midwest)
7/3/06 – Jake Peters (Midwest vs. Northern Plains)
4/8/06 – Brian Brown (Midwest vs. Northern Plains)
8/3/05 – Brian Brown (Midwest vs. National)
7/8/05 – Brian Brown (Midwest)
4/15/05 – Terry McCarl (Midwest)

Additional information regarding the American Sprint Car Series is available at www.ascsracing.com.

Lonnie Wheatley, TULSA, Okla. (June 28, 2010) – The American Sprint Car Series Gulf South Region is set for its second three-day racing weekend of the season with a Fourth of July Weekend of Speed triple header along Texas’ Gulf Coast.

And there is some extra money up for grabs for the events slated for Edna, Beaumont and Cleveland.

While each night offers up a $2,000 winner’s share, a $500 bonus is in place for any driver that can win of three events with a $1,000 bonus available for the driver that can win all three feature events, making it possible for one driver to collect $7,000 over the course of the weekend.

The bonus money is made available by Griffith Truck & Equipment, Smith/Petty Trophies, Night Moves Racing and Mississippi Bob.

The Fourth of July Weekend of Speed kicks off Friday night at Texana Raceway Park in Edna, TX, moves on to Beaumont’s Golden Triangle Raceway Park on Saturday night and then concludes at 105 Motor Speedway in Cleveland, TX, on Sunday night.

While the Golden Triangle Raceway Park is a familiar Gulf South stop with three events already completed this year, Texana Raceway Park and 105 Motor Speedway both host the series for the first time this year.

Tommy Bryant and George White split last year’s Fourth of July weekend wins at Texana Raceway Park, Bryant, Chris Morgan and Gary Wright have topped Gulf South features at Golden Triangle this year and Jason Johnson, current Gulf South points leader Ray Allen Kulhanek and Wright took wins at 105 Motor Speedway last year.

This weekend marks the series second triple header of the weekend, as Chris Morgan, Kent Lewis, Jr., and Bryant each posted wins over Memorial Day weekend.

Friday’s racing action at Texana Raceway Park fires off at 7:45 p.m., Saturday’s card at Golden Triangle Raceway Park goes green at 8:00 p.m., with Sunday’s event getting under way at 7:00 p.m.

The high-banked, 5/16-mile Texana Raceway Park dirt oval is located two miles east of Edna, TX, on SR 111, then left on Haines Road. For more information, contact the track at 361-781-0411.

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.

Cleveland, Texas' ¼-mile, semi-banked 105 Motor Speedway clay oval is located six miles west of US 59 on SR 105, then 0.3 miles north on Fostoria. For more information, contact the track at 281-592-7223.

The ASCS Gulf South Region is slated for 27 nights of racing action at ten different tracks throughout Texas in 2010.

Past ASCS Gulf South Region Feature Winners at Texana Raceway Park:
7/4/09 – Tommy Bryant
7/3/09 – George White
8/30/08 – Jason Johnson

Past ASCS Gulf South Region Feature Winners at Golden Triangle Raceway Park:
6/18/10 – Tommy Bryant
5/28/10 – Chris Morgan
3/5/10 – Gary Wright
10/2/09 – Channin Tankersley
9/18/09 – Jason Johnson
7/17/09 – Aaron Reutzel
6/19/09 – Travis Rilat
5/16/09 - Gary Wright
5/16/09 - Tommy Bryant (4/24 Makeup Feature)
3/6/09 - Gary Wright
8/15/08 - Channin Tankersley
7/18/08 - Gary Watson
5/9/08 - Channin Tankersley
2/29/08 - Jason Johnson
9/28/07 - Jason Johnson
6/22/07 - Michael Dupuy
5/18/07 - Brandon Berryman
4/6/07 - Jason Johnson
9/29/06 - Kevin Ramey
8/18/06 - Jason Johnson
6/23/06 - Gary Watson
8/19/05 - Ray Allen Kulhanek
6/17/05 - Ray Allen Kulhanek
4/15/05 - Travis Rilat
9/18/04 - Kelly Angelette
7/9/04 - Stephen Chevallier
* 9/28/02 - Michael Dupuy
* 9/27/02 - Tim Crawley
7/5/02 - Buddy Bodden
5/24/02 - Jason Johnson
* 4/5/02 - Zach Chappell

Past ASCS Gulf South Region Feature Winners at 105 Speedway:
8/29/09 – Jason Johnson
6/6/09 – Ray Allen Kulhanek
3/7/09 - Gary Wright
7/5/08 - Bryn Gohn
6/7/08 - Brandon Berryman
4/5/08 - Jason Johnson
9/2/07 - Jason Johnson
7/28/07 - Scottie McDonald

Additional information regarding the American Sprint Car Series is available at www.ascsracing.com.

Stacy Verrall, COTTAGE GROVE, Ore. (June 26, 2010) – There’s going to be fireworks on land and in the air this weekend as the ASCS winged sprints rocket around the fastest ¼ mile dirt track in the northwest at Cottage Grove Speedway this July 3rd and 4th. Current ASCS Northwest point’s leader Roger Crockett will be battling for the victory on his home turf against some of the best 360 sprint car racers the west coast has to offer. With Jason Solwold, former World of Outlaw, trailing by merely 7 points in the point standings and former ASCS Northwest champion, Jayme Barnes, propelled into the weekend off an impressive podium finish at Dirt Cup; it’s going to be anything but easy for Crockett to maintain his spot as king of the Cottage Grove Hill. Throw into the mix several west coast series and track champions with enough talent to score the top prize, and you have yourself an exciting 4th of July weekend battle with an ending that has yet to be written. Be there to watch it unfold!

And to add to the weekend’s excitement, there’ll be a $5,000 mid-season point fund sponsored by Jack Dilley Logging which will be distributed among the top five in accumulated points from the July 3rd and 4th races at Cottage Grove and all five races of the ASCS Northwest’s Super Summer Sizzlin’ Speedweek. Hot, hot, hot! Does it get any hotter than a summer evening with stunning fireworks, great friends, action-packed racing, cold beverages and extra cash on the line? I didn’t think so.

Other Drivers Planning to Attend (include but not limited to): ~ Former NST Champion, Billy Nutter ~ Former NST Rookie of the Year, Seth Bergman

~ Defending/Two Time Placerville Speedway Champion, Colby Weisz ~ 2009 ASCS Northwest Hard Charger, Henry Van Dam

~ Cottage Grove’s 2008 360 Sprint Champion, Kyle Miller ~ Also Steven Tiner, Mitch Olson, Colin Baker, Andy Gregg, Danielle Huson, Willie Croft, Jake Waddell*, Trey Starks*, Chad Groves, Randy Pierce, Mack Brown*, Shane Broers, Josh DeWitt, Phillip Del Rosa, Mike Melwicks, Garen Linder, Shawn Rice, Cam Smith* and more!

~ A live internet broadcast of The Passing Point, an ASCS Northwest pre-race show hosted by series announcer Fred Rannard, will air at 4:00pm (Pacific Time). Tune in by going to: www.thepassingpoint.com.

~ Camping available at the track (no hook-ups, but it’s free) or for $20 you can camp at the fairgrounds.

~ The hot concession items for the holiday weekend are Dirt Dogs (hot dog w/ chili and cheese), BBQ Meatballs and Chicken fingers.

~ Support Classes: July 3rd - Limited Sprints and Mini Sprint, July 4th - Modifieds and All American Street Stocks

From the north take I-5 to exit 174, go straight through the light and turn right on Oswald wy. At the stop sign take another right on Ostrander Lane. Take Ostrander to Douglas and turn right under the overpass, Douglas will take you to the track.

From the south take I-5 to exit 174, make a right at the light. Then at the next light which will be Gateway blvd. take a left, turn right on Oswald wy. At the stop sign take another right on Ostrander Lane. Take Ostrander to Douglas and turn right under the overpass, Douglas will take you to the track.

For more information on Cottage Grove Speedway, go to www.cottagegrovespeedway.com.

ASCS Information: Additional information regarding the American Sprint Car Series is available at www.ascsracing.com and www.ascsnorthwest.com

Lonnie Wheatley, TUCSON, Ariz. (June 26, 2010) – Charles Davis, Jr., bolstered his American Sprint Car Series Canyon Region points lead by snaring his fourth series victory of the season in Saturday night’s 30-lap main event at USA Raceway.

After assuming command in the final rounds, Davis, Jr., held off two-time series champ Jeremy Sherman in traffic to secure the win aboard the Roush Yates Ford-powered Massey Motorsports No. 50 entry.

Leading the way from the pole position, Josh Pelkey was within ten circuits of his first ASCS win until clipping an infield tire and collecting second-runner Rick Ziehl in the process.

Davis, Jr., assumed the point and beat Sherman to the stripe, with Stevie Sussex, 14th-starter Andrew Reinbold and Ronnie Clark rounding out the top five.

Chris Bonneau was sixth, with “B” Main winner Bruce St. James, J.T. Imperial, Brian Hosford and Bob Ream, Jr., completing the top ten.

Pelkey, Ziehl and Ream, Jr., topped Saturday night’s heat race action before St. James won the “B” Main.

First Heat (8 Laps): 1. 12-Josh Pelkey, 2. 6-Ronnie Clark, 3. 78-Chris Bonneau, 4. 16-Mike Martin, 5. 8az-Jordan Stetson, 6. 77-Dalten Gabbard, 7. 6c-Rex Calderwood, 8. 90-Lance Norick. DNS: 61-Jeff Slinkard.

Second Heat (8 Laps): 1. 20z-Rick Ziehl, 2. 50z-Charles Davis, Jr., 3. 11-J.T. Imperial, 4. 9-Brandon Lane, 5. 0-Shon Deskins, 6. 93-Justin Quinn, 7. 5x-Jody Wirth, 8. 96-Carson Ditsch, 9. 77m-R.J. Johnson.

Third Heat (8 Laps): 1. 8-Bob Ream, Jr., 2. 32b-Brian Hosford, 3. 62-Stevie Sussex, 4. 19-Andrew Reinbold, 5. 21-Jeremy Sherman, 6. 7k-Bruce St. James, 7. 14-Coleman Gulick, 8. 57-Steve Stone. DNS: 27h-Jeremy Huebner.

"B" Feature (12 Laps): 1. 7k-Bruce St. James, 2. 14-Coleman Gulick, 3. 57-Steve Stone, 4. 96-Carson Ditsch, 5. 93-Justin Quinn, 6. 90-Lance Norick, 7. 6c-Rex Calderwood, 8. 77-Dalten Gabbard. DNS: 77m-R.J. Johnson, 61-Jeff Slinkard, 27h-Jeremy Huebner.

"A" Feature (30 Laps): 1. 50-Charles Davis, Jr., 2. 21-Jeremy Sherman, 3. 62-Stevie Sussex, 4. 19-Andrew Reinbold, 5. 6-Ronnie Clark, 6. 78-Chris Bonneau, 7. 7k-Bruce St. James, 8. 11-J.T. Imperial, 9. 32b-Brian Hosford, 10. 8-Bob Ream, Jr., 11. 9-Brandon Lane, 12. 0-Shon Deskins, 13. 96-Carson Ditsch, 14. 8az-Jordan Stetson, 15. 5x-Jody Wirth, 16. 12-Josh Pelkey, 17. 20z-Rick Ziehl, 18. 16-Mike Martin, 19. 14-Coleman Gulick, 20. 57-Steve Stone.

ASCS Canyon Region Points (Top Ten): 1. Charles Davis, Jr. 971, 2. Josh Pelkey 892, 3. Jeremy Sherman 875, 4. Mike Martin 868, 5. Andrew Reinbold 836, 6. Stevie Sussex 826, 7. R.J. Johnson 822, 8. Ronnie Clark 745, 9. Brian Hosford 665, 10. Dalten Gabbard 647.

Chappell Back in Lucas Oil ASCS Victory Lane with McMillin/Hockett Memorial Win!

Lonnie Wheatley, ELDON, Mo. (June 26, 2010) – Zach Chappell picked off his second Lucas Oil ASCS presented by K&N Filters triumph of the season by racing to victory lane in Saturday night’s Daniel McMillin / Jesse Hockett Memorial atop the 1/3-mile Lake Ozark Speedway dirt oval.

Chappell charged into the lead just past the midway point in the 30-lapper and held off a host of challengers over the remaining distance for the $6,000 victory aboard David Chappell’s Wesmar-powered Legends Bar-B-Que No. 50z Maxim.

“I got excited there at the end and didn’t know how hard to go, so I just went a hundred percent all the way,” the Talala, OK, racer commented after his ninth career ASCS National victory.

He needed every bit of it, as the likes of Jack Dover, Shane Stewart and Brady Bacon, all from deep in the field, along with Tim Crawley were hot on his heels in the race’s closing stages.

A final caution that set up a six-lap dash to the stripe gave Chappell clear track and he took full advantage, blasting the cushion in turns one and two and working the low side of three and four to secure the victory by a pair of car-lengths over sixth-row starter Dover.

“I just held it flat down to the floor down there (in one and two), that’s the best way to do it with a tall cushion, I learned that from our very good friend,” Chappell explained. “We had a good car at the bottom down here (turns three and four), it was just our night.”

Chappell, the 2001 ASCS National champion, gridded the feature field inside the third row and was up to third on the opening circuit behind pole starter Ricky Logan and third-starter Danny Wood after the first start was waved off for Cody Baker’s turn four flip.

With Logan pacing the opening circuits, Chappell took second from Wood by the time the caution flew after six rounds for Sherman Davis’ disabled mount in turn two.

Chappell slipped to third soon after though, as ninth-starter Sean McClelland raced into second. Chappell battled back into second on the eleventh round with McClelland’s strong run ending early when he pulled to the infield a few laps later.

As traffic came into play, Chappell turned up the heat on Logan and edged into the lead as the pair raced off turn four to complete the 17th round.

The action was just picking up at that stage, as 13th-starter Brady Bacon moved into a challenging second position on the 20th round with eleventh-starter Dover and 17th-starter Shane Stewart joining the lead mix along with Tim Crawley, who rebounded from nearly dumping his mount in turns three and four in the early rounds.

With Chappell holding a tenuous lead over that frothing pack of challengers, the red lights flickered with 23 laps in the books for Dustin Morgan’s turn one tumble.

After one last caution a lap later, Chappell led the way in front of Stewart, Dover, Bacon and Crawley.

Chappell hit his marks over the final half-dozen laps to stay out front, with Dover taking quick advantage of a Stewart miscue in turns one and two on the lap 25 restart to snare the runner-up position aboard the Shaver-powered 3D Auto Transport No. 53 Eagle.

Stewart earned Hard Charger honors by advancing 14 positions to claim third aboard Paul Silva’s Wesmar-powered Rock Star Energy Drink No. 57 A.R.T., with Crawley crossing the stripe fourth in Mike Ward’s McCarver-powered Boater Sports No. 88 Maxim.

After surging from 13th to second in Mike and Megan Eubanks’ Wesmar-powered Tel-Star Communications No. 99 Triple-X, Bacon slipped to fifth in the final circuits but still escaped the night with a ten-point advantage over Jason Johnson in the $60,000 Lucas Oil ASCS National championship chase.

Gary Wright rallied from 18th to sixth in the frenzied feature event, with three-time McMillin Memorial winner Jason Johnson in seventh.

Tony Bruce, Jr., was eighth, with Danny Wood and leading Brodix Rookie of the Year contender Kyle Hirst completing the top ten. After leading the initial 16 rounds, Logan slipped to 15th at the finish.

Logan, Crawley, Chappell, McClelland, Travis Rilat and Dover topped heat race action for the 52-car field, with Stewart, Wright and Matt Covington winning the 12-lap “B” Mains.

Lucas Oil ASCS Sprint Cars presented by K&N Filters Daniel McMillin / Jesse Hockett Memorial Lake Ozark Speedway Results:

Heat One (8 Laps): 1. 10a-Ricky Logan, 2. 94-Danny Wood, 3. 1m-Jim Moughan, 4. 17-Channin Tankersley, 5. 9-Jon Corbin, 6. 3p-Rusty Potter, 7. 1x-Brad Ryun, 8. 4-Evan Martin, 9. 165-Haley Arnold.

Heat Two (8 Laps): 1. 88-Tim Crawley, 2. 41-Jason Johnson, 3. 19-Mitchell Moore, 4. 21T-Eric Todd, 5. 85-Forrest Sutherland, 6. 27-Mark Finnell, 7. 15-Jeff Wingate, 8. 93w-Taylor Walton, 9. 65m-T.J. Muths.

Heat Three (8 Laps): 1. 50z-Zach Chappell, 2. 99-Brady Bacon, 3. 88k-J. Kinder, 4. 44w-Austen Wheatley, 5. 9x-Gary Wright, 6. 29x-Rusty Quick, 7. 3g-Darren Long, 8. 72x-Curtis Boyer, 9. 11c-Dakota Carroll.

Heat Four (8 Laps): 1. 1-Sean McClelland, 2. 14k-Kyle Bellm, 3. 72-Sherman Davis, 4. 1a-Adam Jones, 5. 95-Matt Covington, 6. 10-Mike Trent, 7. A12-Tommy Worley, Jr., 8. 22-Dustin Barks, 9. 17k-Kyle Carpenter.

Heat Five (8 Laps): 1. 29-Travis Rilat, 2. 6-Kyle Hirst, 3. 86-Josh Fisher, 4. 33-Austin Alumbaugh, 5. 57-Shane Stewart, 6. 3-Mark Shirshekan, 7. 14-Randy Martin, 8. 38-Cody Baker.

Heat Six (8 Laps): 1. 53-Jack Dover, 2. 93-Dustin Morgan, 3. 18-Tony Bruce, Jr., 4. 28-Jonathan Cornell, 5. 75-Tyler Blank, 6. 5h-Justyn Cox, 7. 04-Kirby Hagans, 8. 87a-Andrew Marshala.

First "B" Feature (12 Laps): 1. 57-Shane Stewart, 2. 86-Josh Fisher, 3. 6-Kyle Hirst, 4. 88k-J. Kinder, 5. 33-Austin Alumbaugh, 6. 72x-Curtis Boyer, 7. 22-Dustin Barks, 8. 04-Kirby Hagans, 9. 29x-Rusty Quick, 10. 15-Jeff Wingate, 11. 165-Haley Arnold, 12. 3-Mark Shirshekan.

Second "B" Feature (12 Laps): 1. 9x-Gary Wright, 2. 28-Jonathan Cornell, 3. 75-Tyler Blank, 4. 38-Cody Baker, 5. A12-Tommy Worley, Jr., 6. 3p-Rusty Potter, 7. 1x-Brad Ryun, 8. 27-Mark Finnell, 9. 85-Forrest Sutherland, 10. 11c-Dakota Carroll, 11. 87a-Andrew Marshala, 12. 10-Mike Trent.

Third “B” Feature (12 Laps): 1. 95-Matt Covington, 2. 9-Jon Corbin, 3. 3g-Darren Long, 4. 17-Channin Tankersley, 5. 5h-Justyn Cox, 6. 1a-Adam Jones, 7. 17k-Kyle Carpenter, 8. 65m-T.J. Muths, 9. 93w-Taylor Walton, 10. 44w-Austen Wheatley, 11. 14-Randy Martin, 12. 4-Evan Martin.

“A” Feature (30 Laps): 1. 50z-Zach Chappell, 2. 53-Jack Dover, 3. 57-Shane Stewart, 4. 88-Tim Crawley, 5. 99-Brady Bacon, 6. 9x-Gary Wright, 7. 41-Jason Johnson, 8. 18-Tony Bruce, Jr., 9. 94-Danny Wood, 10. 6-Kyle Hirst, 11. 95-Matt Covington, 12. 86-Josh Fisher, 13. 28-Jonathan Cornell, 14. 29-Travis Rilat, 15. 10a-Ricky Logan, 16. 3g-Darren Long, 17. 1m-Jim Moughan, 18. 21T-Eric Todd, 19. 14k-Kyle Bellm, 20. 75-Tyler Blank, 21. 93-Dustin Morgan, 22. 9-Jon Corbin, 23. 19-Mitchell Moore, 24. 1-Sean McClelland, 25. 72-Sherman Davis, 26. 38-Cody Baker.

Note: Kyle Hirst and Darren Long both utilized their first provisional of the year to start the “A” Main. Tyler Blank utilized a Winged Outlaw Warriors provisional, while Cody Baker used a promoter’s option to start the main event.

Lucas Oil ASCS Sprint Cars presented by K&N Filters Points (Top 20): 1. Brady Bacon 1,138, 2. Jason Johnson 1,128, 3. Shane Stewart 1,073, 4. Tony Bruce, Jr. 1,053, 5. Jack Dover 1,042, 6. (tie) Tim Crawley and Zach Chappell 1,036, 8. Danny Wood 1,027, 9. Kyle Hirst 970, 10. Matt Covington 934, 11. Travis Rilat 916, 12. Gary Wright 911, 13. Ricky Logan 864, 14. Darren Long 806, 15. Dustin Morgan 776, 16. Austen Wheatley 746, 17. Justyn Cox 732, 18. Channin Tankersley 719, 19. Andrew Marshala 628, 20. Johnny Herrera 501.

Lonnie Wheatley, HARTFORD, S.D. (June 25, 2010) – Eric Lutz knows the fast way around I-90 Speedway as he picked up another American Sprint Car Series feature win atop the high-banked, 3/8-mile clay oval with Friday night’s ASCS Midwest triumph.

Lutz gunned into the lead at the outset and led throughout, withstanding a late challenge from Chad Meyer for his fourth career ASCS Regional triumph and second in a row at I-90 Speedway after a July win last year.

Lutz took the checkered flag aboard Monte Lutz’ Bruns-powered Dell Rapids Chevrolet/Ahrens Chimney Technique No. 5 Maxim, with Meyer settling for runner-up honors.

Lee Grosz rallied from eleventh to claim the show position, Lane Brenden was fourth and current ASCS Midwest points leader Jack Dover made a last move around Jake Peters to round out the top five after starting 14th.

Peters was sixth, with Gregg Bakker, Dusty Wasmund, Kevin Ingle and Dale Furby completing the top ten.

Bryan Dobesh, Lutz, Wasmund and Mitch Runge topped heat race action for the 27-car field, with Casey Heser winning the “B” Main. Dobesh held second until lap 20 of the main event when he ran afoul of a lapped car, with third-runner Runge climbing a tire on the restart and launching over the turn four fence without injury.

First Heat (8 Laps): 1. 54-Bryan Dobesh, 2. 8-Lane Brenden, 3. 57x-Jake Peters, 4. 12-Tyler Drueke, 5. 75c-Casey Heser, 6. 99j-Jake Ossenfort, 7. 7-Daryl Reverts.

Second Heat (8 Laps): 1. 5-Eric Lutz, 2. 2k-Kevin Ingle, 3. 1w-Chad Meyer, 4. 24a-Jack Dover, 5. 9m-Marlon Jones, 6. 12s-Brock Dump, 7. 32-Greg Valentine.

Third Heat (8 Laps): 1. 9-Dusty Wasmund, 2. 24-Randy Droescher, 3. 25-Dylan Peterson, 4. 11x-Gregg Bakker, 5. 44-Doug Lovegrove, 6. 13-Jordan Martens, 7. 15-Joe Riedel.

Fourth Heat (8 Laps): 1. 28-Mitch Runge, 2. 14-Jody Rosenboom, 3. 4j-Lee Grosz, 4. 2d-Dale Furby, 5. 21-Dustin Beenken, 6. 75-Tommy Barber.

“B” Feature (10 Laps): 1. 75c-Casey Heser, 2. 44-Doug Lovegrove, 3. 99j-Jake Ossenfort, 4. 12s-Brock Dump, 5. 21-Dustin Beenken, 6. 7-Daryl Reverts, 7. 32-Greg Valentine, 8. 75-Tommy Barber. DNS: 9m-Marlon Jones, 13-Jordan Martens, 15-Joe Riedel.

"A" Feature (25 Laps): 1. 5-Eric Lutz, 2. 1w-Chad Meyer, 3. 4j-Lee Grosz, 4. 8-Lane Brenden, 5. 24a-Jack Dover, 6. 57x-Jake Peters, 7. 11x-Gregg Bakker, 8. 9-Dusty Wasmund, 9. 2k-Kevin Ingle, 10. 2d-Dale Furby, 11. 12-Tyler Drueke, 12. 25-Dylan Peterson, 13. 99j-Jake Ossenfort, 14. 24-Randy Droescher, 15. 28-Mitch Runge, 16. 54-Bryan Dobesh, 17. 75c-Casey Heser, 18. 44-Doug Lovegrove, 19. 12s-Brock Dump, 20. 14-Jody Rosenboom.

ASCS Midwest Region Points (Top Ten): 1. Jack Dover 1,087, 2. Eric Lutz 936, 3. Doug Lovegrove 802, 4. Billy Alley 750, 5. Jason Danley 657, 6. John Klabunde 499, 7. Tyler Drueke 493, 8. Brian Brown 484, 9. Chad Humston 472, 10. Ryan Roberts 470.

Lonnie Wheatley, TULSA, Okla. (June 23, 2010) – Easily ranking as the most expansive Regional market under the American Sprint Car Series umbrella, ASCS Rocky Mountain Region operations have been discontinued due to deteriorating market conditions.

The ASCS Rocky Mountain Region had ranked as the series longest-running Region with nine seasons completed through 2009 after testing the waters with a handful of events over the latter portion of 2000.

However, with no true “home” track in the base state of Colorado over the past several seasons, the elevating cost of travel to tracks in Wyoming, Montana, Idaho, New Mexico, western South Dakota and western Kansas has led to declining car counts and fewer teams able to follow the full series.

Through the five events completed thus far in 2010, not a single driver had competed in all five events, thus accelerating the decision to discontinue the series.

Events at New Mexico’s Aztec Speedway will go on as scheduled, with the July 2-3 non-wing event an ASCS Canyon Region double and the September 17-18 Floyd Reynolds Memorial an ASCS Southwest event.

This past Saturday’s feature at Sweetwater Speedway in Rock Springs, WY, marked the 161st ASCS Rocky Mountain main event completed since 2001, with Utah’s Dustin Hall becoming the 48th different driver to reach victory lane under the ASCS Rocky Mountain Region sanction.

Additional information regarding the American Sprint Car Series is available at www.ascsracing.com.

Lonnie Wheatley, TULSA, Okla. (June 23, 2010) – With the initial handful of events logged into the record books, the battle for the 2010 Lucas Oil Sprint Bandits Tour ‘N Topless championship couldn’t be much closer.

And with Robert Ballou just four points ahead of Travis Rilat in the title chase with Brady Bacon and Casey Shuman both within striking distance as well, the stage is set for the annual slate of TNT events in August.

Eight teams have competed in all five events contested thus far in 2010, with a total of 69 drivers taking in at least one of the hotly-contested events. In addition to Ballou, Rilat, Bacon and Shuman, others taking in all five events include J.C. Bland, Anthony Nicholson, Matt Sherrell and the Jack Yeley entry that has featured both Wayne Johnson and Gary Taylor at the wheel.

After the initial scheduled event of the year at Golden Triangle Raceway Park in Beaumont, TX, fell victim to Mother Nature, Ballou rallied from the tail of the field to nip both Jesse Hockett and Bacon at the line as wingless Sprint Cars christened the Houston Raceway Park clay.

The following weekend, Rilat picked off his first career TNT win in the first non-wing Sprint Car outing at Devil’s Bowl Speedway in Mesquite, TX, since 1988, with Tim Crawley utilizing his 360-ci powerplant to knock off his 410-ci counterparts the following night at Little Rock’s I-30 Speedway.

After mid-pack runs of ninth and 14th at Devil’s Bowl and I-30 set him back, Ballou bounced back to sweep this past weekend’s pair of events at Creek County Speedway near Tulsa, OK, on Friday and then Wheatland, Missouri’s Lucas Oil Speedway on Saturday night.

Next up for the Lucas Oil Sprint Bandits Tour ‘N Topless series is the annual Midwest Swing of events in August, which features six races in seven nights, capped off with Lakeside Speedway’s $10,000-to-win Ron Shuman Classic on August 21.

While a pair of August venues are familiar TNT stops, including the Monday leg at Nebraska Raceway Park’s I-80 Speedway and then the Friday-Saturday finale at Lakeside, three new venues await the series in August.

The week will kick off on Sunday night, August 15, at Rapid Speedway in Rock Rapids, IA, where last year’s scheduled opener was rained out.

Following the I-80 stop on Monday night, it’s on the ½-mile Missouri State Fair Speedway in Sedalia on Tuesday night for the first time. Following an off night on Wednesday, TNT shifts to the Sooner State for a first-time appearance at Outlaw Motor Speedway near Muskogee before finishing out the week at Kansas City’s Lakeside Speedway.

The 2010 Lucas Oil Sprint Bandits TNT Midwest Swing slate of events is as follows:

August 15 – Rapid Speedway (Rock Rapids, IA) August 16 – I-80 Speedway (Greenwood, NE) August 17 – Missouri State Fair Speedway (Sedalia, MO) August 19 – Outlaw Motor Speedway (Muskogee, OK) August 20 – Lakeside Speedway (Kansas City, KS) August 21 – Lakeside Speedway (Kansas City, KS)

1. Robert Ballou (Rocklin, CA) 665, 2 Travis Rilat (Forney, TX) 661, 3. Brady Bacon (Broken Arrow, OK) 647, 4. Casey Shuman (Tempe, AZ) 627, 5. J.C. Bland (Springfield, IL) 566, 6. Anthony Nicholson (Memphis, TN) 559, 7. Matt Sherrell (Owasso, OK) 507, 8. Jesse Hockett (Warsaw, MO) 412, 9. Gary Taylor (Snohomish, WA) 382, 10. Ray Allen Kulhanek (Montgomery, TX) 377.

2005 – Levi Jones 2006 – Jesse Hockett 2007 – Robert Ballou and Tim Kaeding 2008 – Dave Darland 2009 – Brady Bacon

Robert Ballou 9, Brady Bacon 6, Levi Jones 5, Cory Kruseman 3, Dave Darland 2, Jesse Hockett 2, Brady Short 2, Jerry Coons, Jr. 1, Tim Crawley 1, Dickie Gaines 1, Darren Hagen 1, Bud Kaeding 1, Travis Rilat 1, Brad Sweet 1, Chris Windom 1.

Those unable to catch all the action in person can listen to every Lucas Oil Sprint Bandits TNT event live at www.racinboys.com.

Official results, championship point updates, photos and race notes will be available at www.sprintbandits.com.

Additional information regarding the Lucas Oil Sprint Bandits Tour ‘N Topless series is available at www.sprintbandits.com.

Lonnie Wheatley, TULSA, Okla. (June 23, 2010) – That summer sun is beating down upon you. Temperatures are soaring, yet you’re really craving that whiff of methanol in the air and the sight of clay flying off the churning right rear of some edge-of-control Sprint Cars.

What better fix than Eldon, Missouri’s Lake Ozark Speedway on Saturday night for the Daniel McMillin / Jesse Hockett Memorial featuring the Lucas Oil ASCS National Series presented by K&N Filters.

A prime stop on the Lucas Oil ASCS National trail, Saturday’s McMillin / Hockett main event offers up a $6,000 winner’s share. And along with it go those valuable points towards the series championship chase, with a $250,000 point fund to be distributed among the top 15 in points following the ASCS National Championship Finals at Las Vegas Motor Speedway on November 26-27.

The Lucas Oil ASCS National Series presented by K&N Filters has averaged 48.1 cars per night through the opening eight events of the season, with 150 different drivers taking in at least one night of action.

Nineteen drivers have taken in all eight nights of action thus far, with six different drivers cracking victory lane.

Only Broken Arrow, Oklahoma’s Brady Bacon has broken into victory lane more than once. After capturing his first career Lucas Oil ASCS National triumph in the May 29 Steve King Memorial preliminary event at the Jetmore (KS) Motorplex, Bacon added a second win in the King finale the next night before making it three in a row with a Little Rock score the following weekend.

Bacon was unable to become just the second driver in series history to reel off four wins in a row however, as Norman, Oklahoma’s Danny Wood topped the Eagle Nationals preliminary on June 11 before Louisiana’s Jason Johnson finally broke through for his first National win of the season the following night in the Eagle Nationals finale.

In addition to Wood and Johnson, single wins have also been claimed by Sammy Swindell, Matt Covington and Zach Chappell.

With his Eagle glory, “The Ragin’ Cajun” climbed to within four points of Bacon in the series $60,000 championship points race.

After adding another pair of ASCS Regional wins this past weekend, including a Lone Star vs. Sooner score at Devil’s Bowl and a Gulf South victory at Houston Raceway Park, Johnson vies for a fourth consecutive Daniel McMillin Memorial victory.

Johnson topped the inaugural McMillin Memorial at Double X Raceway in California, MO, in 2007 before winning the last two editions of the event at Lake Ozark Speedway. Johnson had to work for it last year, battling much of the way with Tommy Bryant before ultimately beating Shane Stewart and Brady Bacon to the stripe.

A number of top contenders will try to crack Lucas Oil ASCS victory lane for the first time of the year in Saturday’s McMillin / Hockett main event, including reigning series champion Shane Stewart, Tony Bruce, Jr., Tim Crawley, Jack Dover, leading Brodix Rookie of the Year contender Kyle Hirst, Travis Rilat, Gary Wright, Ricky Logan, Darren Long and the balance of the Rookie crop that includes Dustin Morgan, Austen Wheatley, Justyn Cox, Channin Tankersley and Andrew Marshala.

Saturday’s stacked field of competitors will be bolstered by the Winged Outlaw Warriors ranks, led by Eric Todd and Tyler Blank, as well as the Lake Ozark Speedway regular contingent of competitors led by Josh Fisher and Randy Martin.

Saturday’s Daniel McMillin / Jesse Hockett Memorial racing action at Lake Ozark Speedway gets under way at 7:00 p.m.

Lake Ozark Speedway (Eldon, MO) – 1/3-mile semi-banked dirt oval located south of Eldon on US 54 to SR 52, then 0.1 miles east on SR 52, then 0.5 miles north on Twiggy Lane (frontage road). For more information, contact the track at 573-392-9977 or check www.lakeozarkspeedway.com.

After Shane Stewart and Jesse Hockett swept early editions of the Lake Ozark Speedway Nationals in 2004 and 2005, the Lucas Oil Sprint Cars returned in 2008 with Aaron Berryhill making a last-lap pass of Jason Johnson to win the May event. Johnson got some Lake Ozark redemption in July with a win in the Second Annual McMillin, then outlasted upstart Tommy Bryant to win the Third McMillin last year.

Lake Ozark Speedway ASCS National winners include: Jesse Hockett 2, Jason Johnson 2, Shane Stewart 2, Aaron Berryhill 1.

Lake Ozark Speedway Lucas Oil ASCS Race-by-Race Winners: Shane Stewart (9/4/04), Shane Stewart (9/5/04), Jesse Hockett (9/3/05), Jesse Hockett (9/4/05), Aaron Berryhill (5/3/08), Jason Johnson (7/5/08), Jason Johnson (6/27/09).

Top Twenty: 1. Brady Bacon (Broken Arrow, OK) 1,013, 2. Jason Johnson (Eunice, LA) 1,009, 3. Shane Stewart (Bixby, OK) 938, 4. Tony Bruce, Jr. (Liberal, KS) 937, 5. Danny Wood (Norman, OK) 914, 6. Tim Crawley (Benton, AR) 906, 7. Jack Dover (Springfield, NE), 900, 8. Zach Chappell (Talala, OK) 886, 9. Kyle Hirst (Loomis, CA) 860, 10. Matt Covington (Glenpool, OK) 826, 11. Travis Rilat (Forney, TX) 814, 12. Gary Wright (Hooks, TX) 789, 13. Ricky Logan (Little Rock, AR) 764, 14. Darren Long (Elida, OH) 708, 15. Dustin Morgan (Tulsa, OK) 687, 16. Austen Wheatley (Lake Stevens, WA) 681, 17. Justyn Cox (Clarksburg, CA) 667, 18. Channin Tankersley (Highlands, TX) 654, 19. Andrew Marshala (Shawnee, OK) 563, 20. Johnny Herrera (Albuquerque, NM) 501.

Brodix Rookie of the Year Points: 1. Kyle Hirst (Loomis, CA) 860, 2. Matt Covington (Glenpool, OK) 826, 3. Dustin Morgan (Tulsa, OK) 687, 4. Austen Wheatley (Lake Stevens, WA) 681, 5. Justyn Cox (Clarksburg, CA) 667, 6. Channin Tankersley (Highlands, TX) 654, 7. Andrew Marshala (Shawnee, OK) 563.

Brady Bacon 3, Zach Chappell 1, Matt Covington 1, Jason Johnson 1, Sammy Swindell 1, Danny Wood 1.

July 10 – I-90 Speedway (Hartford, SD) July 16/17 – Grays Harbor Raceway (Elma, WA) July 23/24 – Cottage Grove Speedway (Cottage Grove, OR) July 30 – LA Raceway (La Monte, MO)

Those unable to catch all the action in person can listen to every Lucas Oil Sprint Car Series presented by K&N Filters live at www.racinboys.com.

Also, the Lucas Oil ASCS Show airs on www.racinboys.com each Tuesday night at 8:00 p.m. ET, recapping the previous week's events while also previewing upcoming action.

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Lonnie Wheatley, TULSA, Okla. (June 21, 2010) – Jason Johnson has enjoyed his fair share of success, if not more, in the initial three editions of the Daniel McMillin Memorial.

This time he rides a wave of Lucas Oil ASCS presented by K&N Filters momentum into Saturday night’s Daniel McMillin / Jesse Hockett Memorial event atop the semi-banked, 1/3-mile Lake Ozark Speedway dirt oval near Eldon, MO.

Prior to the June 11-12 Lucas Oil ASCS event at Eagle Raceway’s Eagle Nationals in Nebraska, “The Ragin’ Cajun” was 63 points behind Broken Arrow, Oklahoma’s Brady Bacon in the series $60,000 championship points chase.

But, with the 20-year-old Bacon unable to extend his win streak to four or more with Nebraska finishes of ninth and eleventh coupled with Johnson’s runs of fourth and first, Bacon’s advantage in the title chase dwindled to a mere four points over Johnson.

Fresh off his first Lucas Oil ASCS National win of 2010 in the Eagle Nationals finale and another pair of ASCS Regional wins this past weekend, Johnson is three-for-three in previous editions of the Daniel McMillin Memorial, an event that honors McMillin’s cousin, Jesse Hockett, this year as well.

Johnson won the inaugural McMillin Memorial at Double X Raceway in 2007, before capturing the top spot on “The Wrench” podium each of the past two years at Lake Ozark Speedway.

While Johnson and Bacon, the only driver to capture more than one Lucas Oil ASCS National feature win thus far in 2010, are positioned to battle it out for the top spot in points, a number of other drivers will try to gain some ground before the series moves on north to South Dakota and then Northwest to Washington and Oregon in July.

Reigning series champion Shane Stewart of Bixby, OK, enters the weekend third in points, 75 markers off Bacon’s lead pace and just one point ahead of fourth-ranked Tony Bruce, Jr., of Liberal, KS, with Eagle Nationals preliminary winner Danny Wood of Norman, OK, rounding out the current top five.

Arkansas ace Tim Crawley is currently sixth after a pair of Eagle flips, with 20-year-old Nebraska shoe Jack Dover, 2001 ASCS National champ Zach Chappell, California’s Kyle Hirst and 20-year-old Okie Matt Covington rounding out the current top ten in points.

Past series champ Travis Rilat of Forney, TX, and four-time ASCS National champ Gary Wright of Hooks, TX, are just outside the top ten in points, with other Lucas Oil National contenders trying to crack the top ten including Arkansas’ Ricky Logan, Ohio’s Darren Long, Oklahoma’s Dustin Morgan, Washington’s Austen Wheatley, California’s Justyn Cox, Texas’ Channin Tankersley and Oklahoma’s Andrew Marshala.

Hirst, the 22-year-old out of Loomis, CA, holds the early edge in the Brodix Rookie of the Year chase with a 34-point edge over Covington. Others among the stout rookie crop include Morgan, Wheatley, Cox, Tankersley and Marshala.