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By Lance Jennings SANTA MARIA, CA – SEPTEMBER 7, 2010… This Saturday, September 11th, Hanford's Giant Chevrolet Kings Speedway will host the "Jim Turner Memorial" featuring the USAC West Coast 360 Sprint Car Series. The event will be the season finale for the Southwest Contractors 360 Clash...

USAC West Coast 360 Sprint Car point leader Craig Stidham of Fresno, Calif. has just a one-point lead over Davey Pombo of Kerman, Calif. entering this Saturday’s Southwest Contractors 360 Clash finale at Giant Speedway in Hanford, Calif. The two drivers have posted “top-10” finishes in all five...

Lonnie Wheatley, TULSA, Okla. (September 7, 2010) – Twelve different winners in twelve races is the story thus far in 2010 for the American Sprint Car Series Lone Star Region. Which begs the question; will one of those 12 become the first repeat ASCS Lone Star winner of 2010 when the series...

Lonnie Wheatley, TULSA, Okla. (September 7, 2010) – A big weekend looms for the American Sprint Car Series Midwest Region with a first-time Missouri venue on Friday night leading into a pair of Nebraska events on Saturday and Sunday. The weekend kicks off with a $1,500 to win event at...

Rich Vleck, TULSA, Okla. (September 7, 2010) - The ASCS Patriots have completed the full-point races for the 2010 season and now the teams are able to not worry about points and focus on challenging a slew of top competitors from around the Northeast, which starts this weekend. The ASCS...

Lonnie Wheatley, TULSA, Okla. (September 7, 2010) – The American Bank of Oklahoma ASCS Sooner Region makes a much-anticipated return to the 3/10-mile, semi-banked Mid-America Speedway dirt oval in South Coffeyville, OK, this Saturday night. Saturday’s event just one mile south of the...

T.J. Buffenbarger, TULSA, Okla. (September 7, 2010) - With the season winding down the Engine Pro ASCS Sprints on Dirt presented by ARP championship race is close with Ryan Grubaugh holding a 13 point advantage over second place Gregg Dalman going into the 11th annual King of Michigan event at...

Rome, Georgia - September 5, 2010 - Defending United Sprint Car Series presented by Goodyear, National Champion, Terry Gray from Bartlett, Tennessee closed out the USCS presented by Goodyear "Red Dirt Rumble" almost Speedweek, five race mini-series with a win in the 30-lap Rome Boss Sprint Car...

Elma, WA-September 6, 2010- Persistent rain has forced the postponement of the World of Outlaws event at Grays Harbor Raceway in Elma, Washington originally scheduled for Monday, September 6 to Tuesday, September 7. A full racing program is in store on Tuesday beginning with time trials, heat...

Jayme Barnes captures his first ASCS Northwest win of the season at Grays Harbor Raceway for Elma, Washington's Big "E" Race Weekend. (Stacy Verrall photo) Stacy Verrall, ELMA, Wash. (September 5, 2010) – You know you’re a hard core racer when you look down at your watch minutes after the birth...

Rich Vleck, ERIE, Penn. (September 5, 2010) - Tim Kelly had not won a feature since 2003, a drought which became ever more frustrated with each near-miss. In the final full-points race of the year though, the veteran capitalized on a great opportunity and never looked back. Kelly, from Rock...

Oklahoma City's Andy Shouse snared his first American Sprint Car Series Regional triumph in nearly six years by topping Sunday night's 25-lap ASCS Gulf South feature at Speedarama Raceway in Lufkin, TX. (Lonnie Wheatley photo) Lonnie Wheatley, LUFKIN, Texas (September 5, 2010) – Oklahoma invader...

By Larry Hol Tim Crawley, of Benton AR, made his mark to be a top contender in the 7th Annual Lake Ozark Speedway 360 Nationals by leading all 25 laps around Kevin and Tammy Gundaker's 3/8 oval. Crawley was on cruise throughout most of the race with no serious threats. A battle was being waged...

Jeremy Sherman and crew enjoy ASCS Canyon Region victory lane after topping the Hank Arnold Memorial finale at Tucson's USA Raceway. (ASCS Canyon Region photo) Lonnie Wheatley, TUCSON, Ariz. (September 5, 2010) – Two-time American Sprint Car Series Canyon Region champion Jeremy Sherman picked...

Concord, NC-September 5, 2010- The World of Outlaws championship standings got even tighter following the two-day event at Skagit Speedway in Washington this weekend, as Joey Saldana's lead over 20-time series champion Steve Kinser is down to just six points, with Jason Meyers third, only 25...

Lavonia, Georgia - September 4, 2010 - Young gun Danny Martin, Jr. from Sarasota, Florida passed defending series Champion, Terry gray from Bartlett, Tennessee on lap 24 of the 30-lap United Sprint Car Series presented by Goodyear main event for the lead at Lavonia Speedway on Saturday night to...

Jason Johnson and the JJR No. 41 crew reached ASCS Gulf South victory lane for the second time in as many nights by winning Saturday night's 25-lap main event at the Gator Motorplex in Willis, TX. (Lonnie Wheatley photo) Lonnie Wheatley, WILLIS, Texas (September 4, 2010) – Louisiana’s Jason...

R.J. Johnson topped the opening night of the Hank Arnold Memorial by racing to victory lane in Saturday night's 30-lap ASCS Canyon Region feature event at Tucson's USA Raceway. (Dennis Brownfield photo) Lonnie Wheatley, TUCSON, Ariz. (September 4, 2010) – R.J. Johnson collected his third...

Rich Vleck, HARTFORD, Ohio (September 4, 2010) - After narrowly winning his heat race, Bubba Broderick drew the outside pole during the redraw. Despite his good spot he knew the track surface was going to be a challenge for him; that is, until Mother Nature intervened. Broderick, from...

T.J. Buffenbarger, CRYSTAL, Mich. (September 4, 2010) - Dustin Daggett likely has never been happier to start on the pole position than he was for Saturday night’s Engine Pro ASCS Sprints on Dirt presented by ARP feature event at Crystal Motor Speedway. Daggett’s starting position helped him avoid...

ATTICA, Ohio (9-4-10)By Brian Liskai Tim Shaffer put the lights out on the O Reilly Auto Parts All Star Circuit of Champions and AtticaRacewayPark Saturday, Sept. 4 figuratively and literally. The Aliquippa, Pa. driver continues to be the hottest sprint car driver in the nation as he...

SARVER, PA (9-3-10) By Brian Liskai Tim Shaffer picked right up where he left off winning sprint car races. After having won sprint car racing s biggest jewel the Knoxville Nationals the Aliquippa, Pa. resident took a few weeks off from racing. But it didn t show Friday, Sept. 3, as he...

Ringgold, Georgia - September 3, 2010 - Former series Champion, Marshall Skinner from West Memphis, Arkansas passed team-mate Derek Hagar from Marion, Arkansas on lap 24 of the 30-lap United Sprint Car Series presented by Goodyear for the lead in the main event at Boyd's Speedway on Friday night to...

Alger, WA-September 3, 2010- Jac Haudenschild and Tim Kaeding are certainly two of the most exciting drivers to ever climb into a sprint car, and on Friday night at Skagit Speedway in Washington, the pair lived up to this moniker, as they battled tooth and nail in heavy traffic in the opener of the...

Brian Brown bagged his fifth ASCS Midwest feature win of the season by topping Friday night's 25-lap main event at Nebraska Raceway Park's I-80 Speedway. (Brandon Anderson photo) Lonnie Wheatley, GREENWOOD, Neb. (September 3, 2010) – Missouri’s Brian Brown bagged his fifth American Sprint Car...