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ASCS Takes on Tucson – Western World Championships

ASCS Takes on Tucson – Western World Championships...

11/15/2010
Lonnie Wheatley, TULSA, Okla. (November 15, 2010) – With the 2010 racing season winding down to the final pair of weekends, all eyes shift to Tucson for this coming weekend’s 43rd Annual Kronik Energy Drink Western World Championships at USA Raceway. Race fans get the best of the winged and wingless worlds, as the winged ranks of the Lucas Oil ASCS presented by K&N Filters National series battle it out for a $15,000 winner’s share and the wingless forces of the ASCS Canyon Region mix it up for...more
Kinser Prevails in Classic Lucas Oil ASCS Duel at

Kinser Prevails in Classic Lucas Oil ASCS Duel at...

11/13/2010
Lonnie Wheatley, LAS CRUCES, N.M. (November 13, 2010) – There’s a reason they call him “The King”. And, Steve Kinser showed exactly why on Saturday night, prevailing over Jason Johnson in a classic, non-stop 30-lap duel atop the 5/16-mile Southern New Mexico Speedway clay oval for his first triumph in Lucas Oil ASCS presented by K&N Filters National action. “That was a heck of a race right there!” a pleased Kinser exclaimed after the $6,000 victory to put the wraps on the much anticipated...more
Taylor Takes ASCS Lone Star Honors in Cowtown’s NS

Taylor Takes ASCS Lone Star Honors in Cowtown’s NS...

11/13/2010
Lonnie Wheatley, KENNEDALE, Texas (November 12, 2010) – A late move netted Gary Taylor his second American Sprint Car Series Regional win of the year in Friday’s opening leg of Cowtown Speedway’s Fourth Annual November Sprint Shootout. The Snohomish, WA, native made a late move around Aaron Reutzel to add his first ASCS Lone Star win of the year to a June ASCS Northwest triumph in Montana, taking the top position in Friday’s 30-lapper aboard the Little Rock-based Ronnie Pitts No. 1x...more
600th Lucas Oil ASCS National Feature is All Dover

600th Lucas Oil ASCS National Feature is All Dover...

11/13/2010
Lonnie Wheatley, LAS CRUCES, N.M. (November 12, 2010) – “Dancin’” Jack Dover logged into the record books as the winner of the 600th feature event in Lucas Oil ASCS presented by K&N Filters National history by wiring the field in Friday night’s 25-lap preliminary feature atop the high-banked, 5/16-mile Southern New Mexico Speedway clay oval. The 20-year-old from Springfield, NE, served early notice in the first series event in the state of New Mexico since 2004 and first at Las Cruces in more...more
Lucas Oil ASCS National Series to Reach 600 Mark a

Lucas Oil ASCS National Series to Reach 600 Mark a...

11/10/2010
Lonnie Wheatley, TULSA, Okla. (November 10, 2010) – Not only will the Lucas Oil ASCS presented by K&N Filters National series break a stretch of six-plus years minus a New Mexico event, the series will also reach another landmark in this weekend’s double at Las Cruces’ Southern New Mexico Speedway. Friday night’s preliminary event atop the high-banked, 5/16-mile clay oval, which will lock the top four finishers into Saturday night’s $6,000-to-win main event, will mark the 600th feature event...more
Western World Championships Next Weekend!

Western World Championships Next Weekend!

11/9/2010
[i Lucas Oil ASCS National Series Makes Only Arizona Appearance of 2010!] Lonnie Wheatley, TULSA, Okla. (November 9, 2010) – For more than four decades, the Western World Championships have been a prime date on any racer or race fan’s calendar. And, 2010 is no exception, as well over 100 Sprint Car teams from throughout the nation will converge upon Tucson’s USA Raceway for the 43rd Annual Kronik Energy Drink Western World Championships. Set for next weekend, including three full nights of...more
ASCS Lone Star Season Finale this Weekend at Cowto

ASCS Lone Star Season Finale this Weekend at Cowto...

11/8/2010
Lonnie Wheatley, TULSA, Okla. (November 7, 2010) – The American Sprint Car Series Lone Star Region puts the wraps on the 2010 season with this weekend’s Fourth Annual November Sprint Shootout at Cowtown Speedway in Kennedale, TX, on Friday and Saturday. Friday’s card atop the high-banked, ¼-mile Cowtown clay oval offers up $2,000 to win, with Saturday’s series season finale worth $3,000 to the winner. Both nights will be conducted as single, one-night shows. And, looking to finish off his...more
This Series Stops in Las Cruces; Lucas Oil ASCS Se

This Series Stops in Las Cruces; Lucas Oil ASCS Se...

11/8/2010
Lonnie Wheatley, TULSA, Okla. (November 7, 2010) – It’s been more than six years since the ASCS National Tour has invaded the Land of Enchantment. And, it's been even longer, more than 13 years, since the series has seen action in Las Cruces. That changes this weekend, as the Lucas Oil ASCS presented by K&N Filters National series takes to the high-banked, 5/16-mile Southern New Mexico Speedway in Las Cruces for two full nights of competition on Friday and Saturday. And, what a grand return...more
McClelland Finishes Off ASCS Sooner Title with Thu

McClelland Finishes Off ASCS Sooner Title with Thu...

11/7/2010
Lonnie Wheatley, MUSKOGEE, Okla. (November 6, 2010) – Sean McClelland put an exclamation point on his second career American Bank of Oklahoma ASCS Sooner Region championship by winning Saturday night’s season-ending 25-lap feature event at Thunderbird Speedway. McClelland outlasted Zach Chappell to take his third ASCS Sooner win of the season aboard the Maxwell Oil No. 1 in the first ASCS event atop the ½-mile Thunderbird Speedway clay oval in more than ten years. After pacing the initial nine...more
ASCS Sooner Region Tries Thunderbird Again on Satu

ASCS Sooner Region Tries Thunderbird Again on Satu...

11/2/2010
Lonnie Wheatley, TULSA, Okla. (November 1, 2010) – The American Bank of Oklahoma ASCS Sooner Region will try to finish off the 2010 season once again with Saturday night’s return to Muskogee’s historic ½-mile Thunderbird Speedway clay oval. Postponed by rain from the originally scheduled date of October 23, Saturday night’s ASCS Sooner Region season finale will mark the first American Sprint Car Series event at Thunderbird Speedway since Wayne Johnson claimed a National win on the half-mile in...more