[i Takes First Lucas Oil ASCS Win of the Year at I-30] Lonnie Wheatley, LITTLE ROCK, Ark. (August 28, 2010) – “Home field advantage” is a term generally reserved for the stick-and-ball sorts, but Tim Crawley offered up some solid evidence that home-track advantage can definitely come into play in Saturday night’s 35-lap Lucas Oil ASCS presented by K&N Filters main event at I-30 Speedway. Racing just a few short miles from his Benton, AR, home, the three-time ASCS National champion read some...more

Rich Vleck, JAMESTOWN, N.Y. (August 28, 2010) - In baseball, Reggie Jackson was dubbed “Mr. October” for his late-season performances. In the Patriot Region, Bryan Howland’s late-season excellence could earn him the title “Mr. August.” Howland, of Auburn, NY, capitalized on a slight bobble by Tim Kelly on lap 18 to take the lead and drive away to score his fourth ASCS Patriot win of the season to capture the Insinger Race Fuels King of the Southern Tier Crown while strengthening his...more

TULSA, Okla. (August 23, 2010) – A review of Saturday night’s American Sprint Car Series Northwest Region main event at Coos Bay Speedway has revealed errors that impacted the final reported finishing order. While the top three finishers (Henry Van Dam, Mitch Olson and Jason Solwold) remain the same, there were several changes throughout the balance of the field. With the corrected and revised finishing order, Roger Crockett retains the ASCS Northwest points lead by 23 points over Solwold with...more

Lonnie Wheatley, TULSA, Okla. (August 23, 2010) – The second half of the 2010 Lucas Oil ASCS National presented by K&N Filters championship chase officially kicks off this weekend with a pair of unique ovals on the docket, including a new track to the series and a familiar one. The weekend kicks off with the Lucas Oil ASCS National forces invading Tri-City Speedway in Pontoon Beach, IL, for the first time in series history. It will also mark the first series event in the State of Illinois...more

Lonnie Wheatley, TUCSON, Ariz. (August 21, 2010) – Dalten Gabbard made the most of his winged Sprint Car debut by racing to victory lane in Saturday night’s 25-lap American Sprint Car Series Southwest Region feature event at USA Raceway. A rookie contender with the wingless ASCS Canyon Region, the 17-year-old donned wings for the first time and charged past R.J. Johnson for the lead on the ninth circuit en route to victory lane aboard the Arizona Heat Trucking No. 77d. Gabbard beat Johnson to...more

Lonnie Wheatley, COOS BAY, Ore. (August 21, 2010) – Henry Van Dam captured his first career American Sprint Car Series feature win by winning Saturday night’s 30-lap ASCS Northwest main event at Coos Bay Speedway. The Enumclaw, WA, shoe raced into the lead in the early going and went on to take the checkered flag in front of Mitch Olswon, while Jason Solwold moved atop the ASCS Northwest point charts with a third-place showing. Seth Bergman was fourth, while Randy Van Aagten rounded out the...more

Lonnie Wheatley, HIGHLANDS, Texas (August 21, 2010) – Jason Johnson completed a sweep of the weekend’s American Sprint Car Series Gulf South Region action by racing to victory lane in Saturday night’s 25-lap feature at Battleground Speedway. After starting fourth, Johnson chased down early leader Michael Dupuy on the 15th round en route to his fifth ASCS Gulf South win and eleventh overall ASCS triumph of the season aboard the JJR Don Ott-powered Haynes No. 41 Maxim. Johnson was chased to the...more

Tommy Goudge, OHSWEKEN, Ont. (August 20, 2010) - Dustin Daggett once again dominated at Ohsweken Speedway on Friday night, claiming the ASCS vs. Corr/Pak Sprint Car Challenge feature by more than five seconds over second place Travis Cunningham. Travis Cunningham and Bubba Broderick shared the front row for the twenty-five lap feature, and Travis Cunningham got out to the early lead while Dustin Daggett moved from fifth to third on the first lap. Daggett moved by Broderick on lap four and set...more

Lonnie Wheatley, KANSAS CITY, Kan. (August 21, 2010) – Lincoln, Indiana’s Dave Darland became the fourth different winner in as many nights of Sixth Annual Lucas Oil Sprint Bandits Tour ‘N Topless Midwest Swing action by taking the $10,000 winner’s share in Saturday night’s Ron Shuman Classic atop the ½-mile Lakeside Speedway clay oval. Darland gunned into the lead from the front row outside at the outset in the Goodnight Racing Pallet Builder No. 39 DRC and then withstood a late charge from...more

Lonnie Wheatley, KANSAS CITY, Kan. (August 20, 2010) – It’s all on the line at Lakeside Speedway this weekend. Not only is $10,000 and that coveted pedal car trophy up for grabs for the winner of the annual Ron Shuman Classic atop the ½-mile clay oval, but the Lucas Oil Sprint Bandits Tour ‘N Topless championship hangs in the balance as well. Entering Friday’s preliminary event at Lakeside Speedway, reigning Sprint Bandits TNT champ Brady Bacon and 2007 co-champion Robert Ballou are knotted...more