OKC’s Spring
Nationals on tap for O’Reilly ASCoT at State Fair
Speedway
ASCoT
PR - Mar. 2006
Lonnie Wheatley
Oklahoma Race
Connect
TULSA,
OK. --
Oklahoma
City’s State
Fair Speedway
kicks off its
52nd
consecutive
year of auto
racing action
with the
O’Reilly
American
Sprint Cars on
Tour
headlining the
Spring
Nationals this
Friday and
Saturday.
A stout field
of
approximately
50 of the
nation’s top
Sprint Car
drivers will
battle through
a full card of
heat races,
qualifying
races, “B”
Mains and an
“A” Feature on
Friday night,
with the top
four feature
finishers
locked into
Saturday
night’s Spring
Nationals
finale.
The balance of
the field will
contest
another full
set of heats,
qualifiers and
“B” Mains on
Saturday
night, with
the top two
point earners
in Saturday’s
heats and
qualifiers
joining
Friday’s top
four finishers
in a Dash to
determine the
alignment for
the front
three rows of
the Spring
Nationals
championship
feature event.
Both nights of
racing action
are slated to
go green at
7:30 p.m.
Twenty-three
drivers
representing
ten different
states have
competed in
each of the
series early
2006 events at
Tampa’s East
Bay Raceway
Park, Baton
Rouge Raceway,
Houston
Raceway Park
and Devil’s
Bowl Speedway,
with 2003
series
champion
Travis Rilat
of Forney, TX,
holding a
narrow
six-point lead
over two-time
and defending
series
champion Gary
Wright of
Hooks, TX.
The two Texas
guns are
pursued in the
tight points
race by young
Oklahoma
chargers Nick
Smith of
Broken Arrow
and Darren
Stewart of
Bixby, with
Missouri aces
Tim Montgomery
and Jesse
Hockett in
fifth and
sixth. 2001
ASCS National
champion Zach
Chappell of
Talala, OK, is
currently
ranked
seventh, with
Sikeston, MO,
shoe Jerrod
Hull in
eighth.
Nebraska’s
Mike Chadd and
Houston
Raceway Park
winner Sean
McClelland of
Collinsville,
OK, are tied
for ninth.
Other drivers
that have
competed in
each event
thus far
include Texan
Sam Hafertepe,
Jr., Kansas
racer Tony
Bruce, Jr.,
Sooner state
contenders
Brad Best,
13-year-old
Trey Robb, Abe
Sherwood and
Cody
Branchcomb,
Show-Me-Staters
Joey
Montgomery and
Doc Sloan,
Mississippi’s
Jan Howard,
South Dakota’s
Jake Peters,
Minnesota’s
Dustin
Lindquist,
Michigan’s
Dustin Daggett
and Razorback
Sean Walden.
Other top
contenders
expected for
the weekend’s
racing action
include
Louisiana’s
Jason Johnson
and past
American Bank
of Oklahoma
ASCS Sooner
Region
champions
Danny
Jennings,
Kevin Ramey
and Andy
Shouse.
State Fair
Speedway is
located on the
Oklahoma State
Fair Grounds
near the
intersection
of N.W. 10th
and May
Avenue. 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
180 nights of
racing in 2006
including the
National Tour
and its
Regional
Tours,
including Gulf
South,
Mid-South,
Midwest,
Northern
Plains,
Patriot Sprint
Group, Rocky
Mountain,
Sooner,
Southern and
Sprints on
Dirt.
Additional
information
regarding the
American
Sprint Car
Series is
available at
www.ascsracing.com.
