Lonnie Wheatley, KENNEDALE, Texas (July 11, 2009) – Eric Baldaccini put a halt to the Joe Wood, Jr. domination of Kennedale Speedway Park by winning Saturday night's 25-lap ASCS Lone Star Region main event atop the ¼-mile dirt oval. Baldaccini wrestled the lead away from Wood in the final handful of circuits to post his second Lone Star win of the season aboard his father's Smiley's Racing Products No. 4 Maxim. Kolt Walker paced the opening nine laps of the feature before Wood, who topped both...more

Lonnie Wheatley, HARTFORD, S.D. (July 11, 2009) – For the first time in 2009 championship points competition, Gary Wright reached Lucas Oil ASCS Sprint Car Dirt Series presented by K&N Filters victory lane by topping Saturday night's 30-lap feature event at I-90 Speedway. Wright's 125th National win didn't come without a stiff challenge from local ace Chad Meyer though, with Tim Crawley then closing in on "The Texan's" tailtank as the checkered flag flew on the fast-paced affair atop the...more

Rich Vleck, BREWERTON, NY (July 10, 2009)- After having a win last week basically taken away, Bryan Howland was fine admitting to his crew in Victory Lane: “We Got Lucky!” Howland, the defending Lucas Oil ASCS Patriots Champion from Auburn, NY, scored the win at the tricky Brewerton Speedway for the second straight year on Friday Night in a thrilling 25-lap feature. The two-time champion found himself in a four-car scramble for much of the A-Main with current Patriot point leader Jared...more

Lonnie Wheatley, ATOMIC CITY, Idaho (July 10, 2009) – Brent Kronfuss made the most of the American Sprint Car Series Rocky Mountain Region debut at Idaho's Atomic Motor Raceway by racing to victory lane in Friday night's 25-lap preliminary feature event. Kronfuss assumed the lead aboard John Schwartz' USA-powered Wintergreen Construction No. 93 Maxim after Jake Ossenfort and David Hoiness tangled while battling for the lead on the 17th round. Kronfuss went on to take his second series win of...more

Lonnie Wheatley, CRANDALL, Texas (July 10, 2009) – Kevin Ramey extended his American Sprint Car Series Lone Star Region points lead by wiring the field in Friday night's series debut atop the cozy confines the tight, ¼-mile RPM Speedway. Starting from the front row, Ramey gunned into the lead at the outset aboard the Wells-powered City Vending/Melray Oil & Gas No. 7m and led all the way in the 25-lapper to secure his third series triumph of the season. The two-time ASCS Sooner Region champion...more

Lonnie Wheatley, SAVANNAH, Ga. (July 10, 2009) – Matt Kurtz corralled his first career American Sprint Car Series Rebel Region win by topping Friday night's 25-lap main event at Oglethorpe Speedway Park. Kurtz gunned into the lead from his front row outside starting position and held off the challenges of series points leader Danny Martin, Jr., to secure the victory. Martin settled for runner-up honors, with Matt Linder, Bryn Gohn and Tim Perry rounding out the top five. Lance Moss and Linder...more

[b Sweeps Series Return to Riverside!] Lonnie Wheatley, WEST MEMPHIS, Ark. (July 4, 2009) – Arkansas ace Tim Crawley completed a weekend sweep of the Lucas Oil ASCS Sprint Car Dirt Series presented by K&N Filters much-anticipated return to Riverside Speedway by winning Saturday night's Rock 'N Roll 50 championship feature event atop the storied ¼-mile gumbo clay oval. The three-time Lucas Oil ASCS National champion wrestled the lead away from Justin Sturch on the 31st round en route to topping...more

from Roush Yates Engines, MOORESVILLE, N.C. (July 7, 2009) —Roush Yates Engines, engine builders extraordinaire and winners of this year’s Daytona 500, has just announced an amazing Sprint Car contest: winners powered by a Roush Yates engine at this year’s 42nd Western World Championships in Tucson, AZ, on Nov. 19-21 will also WIN A NEW ROUSH YATES ENGINE. This contest extends to the winners of both winged and non-winged categories. "We're real excited about Roush Yates’ involvement with the...more

Lonnie Wheatley, TULSA, Okla. (July 6, 2009) – The American Sprint Car Series Rebel Region fires back into action with a pair of events in Georgia this coming weekend. On Friday night, the series takes to the ½-mile slightly-banked Oglethorpe Speedway Park dirt oval in Savannah. Then, on Saturday night, it's on to Woodstock's semi-banked, 3/8-mile Dixie Speedway clay oval. Sarasota, Florida's Danny Martin, Jr., is out to the early ASCS Rebel Region points lead with the initial three events of...more

Lonnie Wheatley, TULSA, Okla. (July 6, 2009) – The North Texas Sprint Car racing scene fires back to life this weekend as the American Sprint Car Series Lone Star Region takes to a pair of DFW Metroplex ovals. On Friday night, the series breaks new ground at Crandall's RPM Speedway. Then, on Saturday night, the series travels west to Kennedale Speedway Park near Fort Worth. Friday's card atop the cozy confines of RPM Speedway marks the series debut atop the newly-built oval in its first year...more