Lonnie Wheatley, TULSA, Okla. (March 7, 2011) – Unpredictable. That’s the word, as The Oil Medics ASCS Lone Star Region has been all kinds of unpredictable over the past couple of years. Throw a newly reconfigured Lone Star Speedway into the mix for Saturday night’s season opener and the unexpected is all that can truly be expected. Kilgore, TX, will be the site of all the lid-lifting action, as The Oil Medics ASCS Lone Star Region kicks off its 2011 season this Saturday night at Lone Star...more

Lonnie Wheatley, TULSA, Okla. (March 7, 2011) – Three-peat is what Buckeye, Arizona’s Charles Davis, Jr., will have in mind when the American Sprint Car Series Canyon Region kicks off its 2011 season Saturday night atop Tucson’s 3/8-mile USA Raceway clay oval. A legion of challengers including the likes of R.J. Johnson, Mike Martin, Josh Pelkey, Andrew Reinbold and more have other ideas in mind though as they look to unseat the two-time and reigning ASCS Canyon Region champion. Saturday’s card...more

Lonnie Wheatley, TULSA, Okla. (February 28, 2011) – The American Sprint Car Series Gulf South Region kicks off its tenth year of competition with a pair of $3,000-to-win events atop two different southeast Texas clay ovals this weekend. On Friday night, the ASCS Gulf South Region takes to Beaumont’s Golden Triangle Raceway Park for the Prelude to the Gulf Coast Nationals, with the Fourth Annual Gulf Coast Nationals following on Saturday night at Highlands’ Battleground Speedway. Friday’s card...more

Lonnie Wheatley, TULSA, Okla. (February 24, 2011) – Way back in the 1930’s, drought and the ensuing “Dust Bowl” sent Okies westward to California in search of greener pastures and a brighter future. Now, in 2011, it was snow and icy conditions that sent Okies along with Arkies, Kansans, Texans and more back to California, this time in pursuit of some palatable weather along with the initial pair of Lucas Oil ASCS presented by K&N Filters National events in the Golden State. Teams and fans...more

Lonnie Wheatley, TUCSON, Ariz. (February 19, 2011) – Shane Stewart escaped the opening two weekends of 2011 competition with the early Lucas Oil ASCS presented by K&N Filters National points lead by racing to victory lane in Saturday night’s 30-lap Fifth Annual Copper on Dirt championship finale at USA Raceway, a triumph worth $6,000. The 2009 series champion from Bixby, OK, chased down race-long leader Jack Dover on the 23rd circuit en route to his first win of the season aboard Paul Silva’s...more

Lonnie Wheatley, TUCSON, Ariz. (February 18, 2011) – Albuquerque’s Johnny Herrera emerged from a spirited duel with 2009 series champion Shane Stewart to snare his first Lucas Oil ASCS presented by K&N Filters National win of the year in Friday night’s 25-lap Copper on Dirt preliminary feature event at USA Raceway. Herrera and Stewart exchanged sliders, and some slight contact, over the middle third of the race before the New Mexico shoe asserted his presence for the $60,000 series...more

Lonnie Wheatley, TULSA, Okla. (February 14, 2011) – With the initial pair of California events inked into the record books over the past week, the Lucas Oil ASCS presented by K&N Filters National series moves on to Tucson, Arizona’s USA Raceway for this weekend’s Fifth Annual Copper on Dirt. An open practice on Thursday night will precede two full nights of Lucas Oil Sprint Car action atop the 3/8-mile USA Raceway clay oval on Friday and Saturday, with Saturday night’s Copper on Dirt champion...more

Mike Strevel, TULSA, Okla. (February 12, 2011) – The 32nd season of exciting sprint car racing for the Engine Pro ASCS Sprints on Dirt presented by ARP series will begin at Crystal Motor Speedway on April 30. An incredible variety of events are on the calendar at speedways in Michigan, Ohio and Ontario. A total of 23 races are currently on the schedule with one event to be announced and the very special three day Canadian Sprint Car Nationals among the much anticipated 2011...more

Lonnie Wheatley, HANFORD, Cal. (February 12, 2011) – Eighteen-year-old Kyle Larson lived up to his “King of California” moniker by wiring the field in Saturday night’s 30-lap Lucas Oil ASCS presented by K&N Filters main event at Giant Chevrolet Kings Speedway for his first career ASCS triumph. The Elk Grove, CA, shoe gunned into the lead at the outset on a choppy 3/8-mile clay oval and completed a home-grown driver’s sweep of the inaugural pair of Lucas Oil Sprint Car events in California with...more

Lonnie Wheatley, TULSA, Okla. (February 11, 2011) – San Jose’s Tim Kaeding proved too hot to handle in Wednesday night’s Lucas Oil ASCS presented by K&N Filters National debut in the state of California, as TK knocked off the series regulars at Tulare’s Thunderbowl Raceway. “This is my playground and if anybody’s gonna beat me, they better get up on the fence and do it,” Kaeding commented afterward. Now, the question is, will the California contingent go two-for-two with another win in...more