Lonnie Wheatley, MESQUITE, Texas (October 16, 2010) – The lanky 20-year-old from Springfield, NE, had been tantalizingly close to Lucas Oil ASCS presented by K&N Filters victory lane on several occasions in 2010, only to be denied before the checkered flag flew. Jack Dover changed that on Saturday night though, rallying into the lead on the 14th round in heavy traffic and then fending off a late charge from Jason Johnson in the 30-lapper to etch his name into the record books as the winner of...more

Lonnie Wheatley, MESQUITE, Texas (October 15, 2010) – Starting six rows deep did nothing to deter Jason Johnson from extending his Lucas Oil ASCS presented by K&N Filters National championship points lead as he captured his fifth series win of the year in Friday night’s 37th Annual Devil’s Bowl Winter Nationals 25-lap preliminary feature event. After race-long leader Zach Chappell popped an engine on the 16th circuit, the “Ragin’ Cajun” rallied past New Mexico’s Johnny Herrera on the restart...more

Lonnie Wheatley, TULSA, Okla. (October 11, 2010) – Opperman, Wolfgang, Swindell and Kinser are just a sampling of the legendary names on the list of past Devil’s Bowl Winter Nationals champions. This Friday and Saturday, Sprint Car racing fans in the state of Texas have one final opportunity to catch all the stars of the Lucas Oil ASCS presented by K&N Filters National series as teams from throughout the nation converge upon Mesquite, TX, for the 37th Annual Devil’s Bowl Winter Nationals. And,...more

Lonnie Wheatley, PEORIA, Ariz. (October 9, 2010) – R.J. Johnson snared his fourth American Sprint Car Series Canyon Region win of the year by reaching victory lane in Saturday night’s 30-lap main event at Canyon Speedway Park. The Phoenix, AZ, racer climbed from the sixth starting position to take his second CSP series win of the year aboard the Mountain Valley Performance Ford-powered Michael Brothers No. 77m Sherman chassis. Johnson took the checkered flag ahead of current series points...more

Lonnie Wheatley, TUCSON, Ariz. (October 2, 2010) – Johnny Herrera snared his fourth American Sprint Car Series Southwest Regional win of the year by taking top honors in Saturday night’s 25-lap main event at USA Raceway. After starting third, Herrera beat Calvin Landis to the stripe with John Carney II, Kyle McCutcheon and current series points leader Rick Ziehl rounding out the top five. Joshua Hodges was sixth, with John Gaston, 17th-starter Kyle Sager, Joshua Williams and Marty Wilcox...more

Lonnie Wheatley, LAWTON, Okla. (October 2, 2010) – Andy Shouse picked off his first American Bank of Oklahoma ASCS Sooner Region win of the year by reaching victory lane in Saturday night’s 25-lap feature event at the 21st Annual Lawton Speedway Winter Nationals. The past series champion paced the final three rounds to secure his third career ASCS Sooner win and second overall ASCS Regional win of 2010 aboard the Bishop Racing Components No. 27. Current ASCS Lone Star points leader Eric...more

Lonnie Wheatley, WEST MEMPHIS, Ark. (October 2, 2010) – When Tim Crawley missed the cut in Friday night’s Lucas Oil ASCS presented by K&N Filters preliminary feature at Riverside International Speedway, the likelihood of repeating his inaugural Rock ‘N Roll 50 triumph of 2009 seemed remote. But, the three-time ASCS National champion from Benton, AR, bounced back in top form and led all 50 laps atop the storied ¼-mile, gumbo clay Riverside clay oval on Saturday night to take his second...more

Lonnie Wheatley, WEST MEMPHIS, Ark. (October 1, 2010) – Tony Bruce, Jr., shook the monkey off his back by racing to victory lane in Friday night’s 30-lap Lucas Oil ASCS presented by K&N Filters preliminary event at the fabled Riverside International Speedway. The Liberal, KS, racer/promoter battled past early leader Brian Brown on the tenth round in heavy traffic atop the ¼-mile gumbo clay oval and held the top spot the rest of the way to snare his first ASCS National win of the year aboard...more

Lonnie Wheatley, TULSA, Okla. (September 29, 2010) – A new event title sponsor and all three nights of action to be taped for later broadcast on VERSUS and MavTV is the first hint that the 23rd edition of I-30 Speedway’s Short Track Nationals in Little Rock, AR, will be bigger and better than ever. And, when a hundred or so of the nation’s top Sprint Car competitors from throughout the nation battle it atop the high-banked, ¼-mile clay oval out before a packed grandstand for three nights at...more

Lonnie Wheatley, TULSA, Okla. (September 27, 2010) – The American Sprint Car Series Southwest Region wraps up three consecutive weekends of winged Sprint Car racing action in Arizona with Saturday night’s return to Tucson’s USA Raceway. Following this past weekend’s lone stop of the year at Show Low’s Thunder Raceway, this coming weekend’s card marks the eleventh night of ASCS Southwest competition thus far in 2010. While Albuquerque’s Johnny Herrera tops the series win charts after collecting...more