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Creek County Speedway in Kellyville, OK will be the site of an OCRS 360 two barrel double header this Saturday night, May 10, 2008. Fans will see two complete shows with added money and double points on the line.. The drivers will run a complete set of heats and features with wings on. Then they will head to the pits and remove the wings for the second half of the show. When all is said and done at the end of the evening the driver with the most accumulated points from the two programs will take home $1,700 and the race will pay $400 to start. Non-qualifiers will also receive $125.00. Should be plenty of cars on hand for the extra money. Racing starts at 7:00PM. FWD, Mini and Super stocks will also be on the program.

Congratulations to Skip Wilson, Mesquite, TX who surprised the ASCoT field at Paris Motor Speedway, Paris, TX with his first ever ASCS feature win. Skip is one of a few drivers who still tow there racer on an open trailer. Here is hoping you get many more Skip.

Catoosa, Oklahoma’s, Dara Morrow who has put her racing aside to finish her Nursing education which she will do next week will marry another racer, Chris Bereth who drives the #16 Multi-Micro-Sprint on June 20, 2008. Good luck to both of you. After the wedding and honeymoon you will see Dara back in her micro for some local racing. She still also has her 360 chassis which she ran on the ASCS circuit. If they obtain some sponsorship you may see her back in action at ASCS Sooner Region races. If you are in the Tulsa area and need your vehicle serviced, be sure to take it to her Dad’s, business, Dee’s Auto Service on Admiral between Sheridan and Yale.

John Stewart’s Southern Midget Racing Series opened up the 2008 season a couple of weeks ago at Outlaw Motor Speedway in Oktaha, OK with fifteen cars, however, there were two scratches for the main event, when Indianapolis, Indiana racer, Russ Harper and Robby Ross of St. Joseph’s MO could not start. Tulsa racer, Matt Sherrell took the win in a rented Dustin Morgan midget, over Donnie Ray Crawford driving the Megan & Mike Eubanks Tel-Star Communications entry. With Gary Taylor at the ASCoT show in Paris, TX, veteran racer, Leon Bacon drove the Eubanks 5*, finished 2^nd in his heat, won the pole dash and then everything went downhill in the feature as he went backwards from pole on the green to second or third and then dived into turn three and slid up in the marbles, hitting the wall suffering enough damage to end his night. “Smokin Joe” Cleveland took the show position. I guess the price of fuel is really keeping many drivers home. Thought there may be some Texas racers up but no one showed from the Lone Star State. Texan, Doug McCune did run the W. Siloam show. Broken Arrow’s Jonathan Beason also on hand got mixed up when Bacon hit the wall, plus he has been having some motor problems. Saturday night at West Siloam Springs Speedway, Oklahoma’s Eddie Martin took the win in a back up Chad McDaniel midget and micro sprint driver, Frank Flud making his first midget start in the Beason back up car finished second.

At OMS got to visit with two midget drivers, Russ Harper who towed all the way in from Indianapolis, IN. and Bennington, KS driver “Smokin” Joe Cleveland. Joe said his Granddad started calling him “Smokin Joe” when he was five years old and when I first got in racing I blew a lot of motors so the name just kind of stuck with me. Joe started his racing career in pro-stocks in Kansas, moved up to modifieds before jumping into the midgets last year. He ran for points four times in his career and finished second in points, said he ran out of money every time. Plans for 2008 include running the midget as much as possible and when the midgets are off run his modified at Minneapolis Raceway in Minneapolis, KS. Joe runs a TCR midget with Fontana power for Skip and Diane Madison.

Russ Harper has been racing for twelve years, starting off in quarter midgets in 1997 where he won several track championships and was second in the grand nationals one time. He has raced the midget four years. Born and bred in Colorado, Russ moved to the hotbed of racing in Indianapolis a year ago. He also runs a Fontana powered TRC Chassis. Plans for 2008 are still not finalized. They plan to race in Indiana, Poweri and SMRS series shows.

Congratulations to Mike & Megan Eubanks Tel-Star Communications racing team who had three winners last weekend with Donnie Ray Crawford winning the SMRS midget feature at Minneapolis Raceway in Minneapolis, KS and Gary Taylor who drove the 5* ASCS sprinter to a convincing victory at Mid America Speedway, in S. Coffeyville, OK in ASCS Sooner action. Gary praised the new promoter, Jason Foster for a great track, he said it was nice and smooth and tacky. Gary said the team chose not to go to Lake Ozark Speedway to fuel costs and it was successful for them as Gary headed to 81 Speedway Sunday for the SMRS and won the Midget feature after Donnie Ray Crawford who was way out in front looking for two in a row when a u joint broke sending him to the pits. Everyone going to the ASCoT races this weekend at State Fair Speedway in Oklahoma City Friday night and Devils Bowl Mesquite, TX Saturday night will get a chance to see Donnie Ray in his first ride in Bobby Spark’s #91 ASCS national sprinter. With Don Droud Jr. winning for the Och’s Brothers last weekend in Dodge City, KS in the NCRA 360 sprint opener, Sparks substituted with Tim Montgomery at LOS.

Keep your eye on the #45X of Kolt Walker, Graham, TX who just took over the ASCS Sooner Region point lead, now that National boys are back in there own park. He wants to be the 2008 Sooner Region Champion. Kolt is twenty-five years old and started off in go karts at seven years old for a short stay and jumped into 1100cc mini sprints in the western Texas area, Midland-Odessa winning nine out of twelve races. During a six year stint in IMCA Modifieds where he won fourteen races the first year, won Regional Rookie of the Year and finished 2^nd in nationals points and moved up to sprint cars in 2003. The plan for this year is to run ASCS and if back comes up, move up to All Stars in 2009 and hopefully someday to World of Outlaws. He runs a Maxim with ASI power and also motors built by Russ Fletcher out of Abilene, Texas.

Also congratulations to Broken Arrow, Oklahoma’s, Aaron Berryhill who topped a forty-seven car field for the victory in ASCoT action at Lake Ozark Speedway. Berryhill has the expertise help of Sean McClelland who I understand works for him three days and then Jim Bailey’s, Lightning Wings the other three days of the week

ASCS will have an internet broadcast each week soon on Racinboys.com, more information as to dates and times as I receive them.

ASCS Patriots Sanction Ollie’s 360 Challenge Race

Sharon Speedway in Ohio will host the first leg of the Ollie’s 360 challenge race, which will pay $6.000 to win $500 to start on Tuesday, June 17^th. This race will also feature NASCAR stars Tony Stewart, Kasey Kahne and Dave Blaney who is part owner of the Sharon Speedway. The winner of this event will also be eligible to pick up a $50,000 bonus if they can win one of the other two races in the series at Eldora or Williams Grove.

Good to see Kansas racer Mike Woodruff back in victory lane with his recent win in the URSS sprint season opener at Jetmore motorplex. Also Newcastle, Oklahoma’s, youngster, Trey Robb got a win at Cowtown Speedway recently in the Swofford sprinter. Trey will be heading to Indiana soon to run some non-wing 410 races on the dirt.

Mississippi’s, Josh Howard is doing better, however he needs extended therapy which requires more money and his insurance has run out. Any donations will be greatly appreciated. A recent update on the caring bridge website said that the therapist is happy with his progress. He was hooked up to a E-stem machine with his right leg and while he was hooked up his left leg moved with his right leg and visa versa, which means the brain is getting messages sent to his spinal cord, telling it what to do. Keep him in your prayers.

Will Rogers Raceway suffers Tornado Damage

In last weeks storms that trekked through Oklahoma, Joe and Tami Beam’s, Will Rogers Raceway, Claremore, OK, home of the micro-sprints, suffered some tornado damage as it passed through the speedway grounds and headed into Mayes County. Fortunately it only damaged fencing, knocked the windows out of some equipment and uprooted trees, but no buildings or light poles were damaged and Friday’s show went on as planned.

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