American Sprint Cars
on Tour: Devil's Bowl, OKC preview
ASCS
Press Release -
Mar. 2006
Oklahoma Race
Connect
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TULSA, Okla.
-- After this
weekend's
O'Reilly
American
Sprint Cars on
Tour action at
Baton Rouge
Raceway and
Houston
Raceway Park,
the series
opens the
curtains on
the 2006
season for
both the
Devil's Bowl
Speedway and
State Fair
Speedway over
the next two
weekends.
The famed
Devil's Bowl
Speedway in
Mesquite, TX,
kicks off the
season with
ASCoT
headlining the
33rd Annual
Devil's Bowl
Spring
Nationals on
March 17-18.
The following
weekend,
Oklahoma
City's State
Fair Speedway
kicks off its
52nd
consecutive
year of racing
with the
American
Sprint Cars on
Tour taking
center stage
on March
24-25.
The rugged
three weekend
stretch of
action, with
approximately
50 cars
expected for
each night of
racing, will
play a big
role in
determining
the series top
championship
contenders for
the 2006
season.
Hooks, TX, ace
Gary Wright
heads an
impressive
cast of
drivers
chasing the
O'Reilly ASCoT
crown that
includes other
past ASCS
National
champions Zach
Chappell of
Talala, OK,
and Travis
Rilat of
Forney,
TX.JOther top
shoes expected
to vie for the
title include
2005 series
runner-up
Darren Stewart
(Bixby, OK),
2005 Rookie of
the Year Tony
Bruce, Jr.
(Liberal, KS),
2005 Most
Improved
Driver Sam
Hafertepe, Jr.
(Sunnyvale,
TX), Jan
Howard
(Byhalia, MS)
and Cody
Branchcomb
(Sapulpa, OK).
The list of
Rookie of the
Year
contenders is
an impressive
one with
two-time
Sprints on
Dirt champion
Dustin Daggett
(Portland,
MI), two-time
Knoxville
Raceway
champion Jake
Peters (Sioux
Falls, SD),
Tim Montgomery
(Fredericktown,
MO), Nick
Smith (Broken
Arrow, OK),
defending ASCS
Sooner Region
champion Sean
McClelland
(Collinsville,
OK), Jesse
Hockett
(Warsaw, MO),
Jerrod Hull
(Sikeston,
MO),
three-time
Wissota
champion Chuck
Swenson
(Watertown,
SD), Mike
Chadd
(Lincoln, NE),
Abe Sherwood
(Drumright,
OK) and
13-year-old
Trey Robb
(Newcastle,
OK)
Devil's Bowl
Speedway is
located six
miles east of
Dallas' Loop
I-635 on US
80, then three
miles south on
Lawson Road.
For more
information,
contact the
track at
972-222-2421.
State Fair
Speedway is
located on the
Oklahoma State
Fair Grounds
near the
intersection
of N.W. 10th
and May
Avenue. Both
nights of
racing action
are slated to
go green at
7:30 p.m. For
more
information,
contact the
track at
405-948-6796.
In its 15th
year of
sanctioning
Sprint Car
racing in the
United States,
the American
Sprint Car
Series will
present
approximately
175 nights of
racing in 2006
including the
National Tour
and its
Regional
Tours,
including Gulf
South,
Mid-South,
Midwest,
Northern
Plains, Rocky
Mountain,
Sooner,
Southern and
Sprints on
Dirt.
Additional
information
regarding the
American
Sprint Car
Series is
available at
www.ascsracing.com.
