Lonnie Wheatley, TULSA, Okla. (April 18, 2011) – The newly-formed American Sprint Car Series Southern California Region was slated to kick off its inaugural season of competition a couple of weekends ago, but Mother Nature had other ideas by nixing the April 9 card with excessive rain. Now, the ASCS Southern California Region will try it again this Saturday night atop the 3/8-mile, high-banked Giant Chevrolet Kings Speedway clay oval in Hanford, CA, with racing action set to go green at 6:30...more

Lonnie Wheatley, TUCSON, Ariz. (April 16, 2011) – A past Arizona state Sprint Car champion, Josh Pelkey finally captured his first career feature win under the American Sprint Car Series banner by topping Saturday night’s 30-lap Sunoco Fuel ASCS Canyon Region main event at USA Raceway. So close to previous ASCS accolades with 18 podium finishes in 64 previous ASCS Canyon Region feature starts, Pelkey finally reached the top step of the podium by racing from the sixth starting position to take...more

Lonnie Wheatley, TULSA, Okla. (April 11, 2011) – The Smiley’s Racing Products ASCS Gulf South Region is ready to sling some clay this coming weekend with a pair of $3,000-to-win feature events on tap along Texas’ Gulf Coast. On Friday night, the series makes its second stop of the year at Beaumont’s Golden Triangle Raceway Park. Then, on Saturday night, it’s time for the first ASCS Gulf South tilt of the season at Baytown’s Royal Purple Raceway, previously known as Houston Raceway Park. With...more

TULSA, Okla. (April 11, 2011) – The Sunoco Fuel ASCS Canyon Region event that was rained out Saturday night, April 9, at Canyon Speedway Park in Peoria, AZ, has been rescheduled for Friday night, April 29. The raindate of April 29 will now make for two full nights of wingless Sunoco Fuel ASCS Canyon Region competition at Canyon Speedway Park, as the series was already slated to be there the following night, April 30. The Sunoco Fuel ASCS Canyon Region lifted the lid on the 2011 season with...more

TULSA, Okla. (April 11, 2011) – With a number of track improvements in progress at the Tri-City Speedway in Pontoon Beach, IL, the decision has been made to postpone the Lucas Oil ASCS presented by K&N Filters National event originally slated for Friday, May 6. Tri-City Speedway management and ASCS are exploring possible alternatives to reschedule the event atop the semi-banked, 3/8-mile dirt oval near St. Louis. The Lucas Oil Sprint Cars took to Tri-City Speedway last August for the first...more

Lonnie Wheatley, TULSA, Okla. (April 11, 2011) – After getting washed out this past weekend, the Sunoco Fuel ASCS Canyon Region fires right back to action this Saturday night by shifting southward to Tucson’s USA Raceway. Saturday’s card will mark the second stop of the year for the wingless forces of the ASCS Canyon Region atop the 3/8-mile USA Raceway clay oval after R.J. Johnson won the March 12 season opener. While Johnson won the opener, two-time series champion Jeremy Sherman moved atop...more

Lonnie Wheatley, LA MONTE, Mo. (April 9, 2011) – Danny Lasoski left little room for doubt by wiring the field to win Saturday night’s inaugural Warrior feature event under the ASCS banner atop the 3/8-mile LA Raceway clay oval. After a convincing heat race win, “The Dude” pulled the one pill in the redraw. That was all the help he needed, as he gunned into the lead at the outset and paced all 25 circuits to secure the season-opening Speedway Motors ASCS Warrior Region win on his son’s...more

Lonnie Wheatley, GREENWOOD, Neb. (April 8, 2011) – Snohomish, Washington’s Seth Bergman captured his second career American Sprint Car Series Regional feature win by charging to victory lane in Friday night’s season-opening 25-lap Speedway Motors ASCS Midwest Region main event at I-80 Speedway. Bergman, who picked up his first win during the initial weekend of Northwest action under the ASCS banner in 2008, battled into the lead on the second round and, after some early pressure in traffic...more

Lonnie Wheatley, TUCSON, Ariz. (April 2, 2011) – Calvin Landis nabbed his first career American Sprint Car Series feature win by topping Saturday night’s 25-lap Sunoco Fuel ASCS Southwest Region main event atop the 3/8-mile USA Raceway clay oval. The Knoxville, IA, resident by way of native Arizona advanced from the fifth starting position to take his first series win aboard Gary Williams’ Borello-powered Diamond Mechanical/Bandit Racing No. 79 Maxim. Landis beat three-time and defending ASCS...more

Lonnie Wheatley, LUFKIN, Texas (April 2, 2011) – Gary Wright picked up his second overall American Sprint Car Series Regional feature win of the year by limping to the checkered flag in Saturday night’s 25-lap Smiley’s Racing Products ASCS Gulf South Region main event at the Speedarama Raceway. Working forward from the ninth starting position in his familiar No. 9, Wright raced into the lead on the 15th circuit and then slipped across the finish line in command moments after a piston failure...more