Lonnie Wheatley, TULSA, Okla. (January 31, 2012) – The 2012 schedule of events for the Speedway Motors ASCS Warrior Region has been released as the Missouri-based Regional tour gears up for its second year of action under the American Sprint Car Series banner.
The ASCS Warrior Region is currently slated for 24 nights of competition at nine different tracks throughout the Missouri area with several other dates yet to be determined.
Valley Speedway in Grain Valley, MO, near Kansas City will bookend the tour, hosting the series season opener on April 13 and the season finale on October 19.
Other tracks already set to host the ASCS Warrior Region in 2012 include U.S. 36 Raceway (Cameron, MO), LA Raceway (La Monte, MO), Lucas Oil Speedway (Wheatland, MO), Springfield Raceway (Springfield, MO), Lakeside Speedway (Kansas City, KS), Lake Ozark Speedway (Eldon, MO), Double X Speedway (California, MO) and the historic Missouri State Fair Speedway (Sedalia, MO).
Along the way, the ASCS Warriors will mix it up with the Lucas Oil ASCS presented by K&N Filters National series on a handful of occasions while also tangling with the Speedway Motors ASCS Midwest Region on three additional occasions at U.S. 36 and the American Bank of Oklahoma ASCS Sooner Region once at Springfield.
2012 Speedway Motors ASCS Warrior Region Schedule
April 13 – Valley Speedway (Grain Valley, MO)
April 14 – LA Raceway (La Monte, MO)
May 5 – Lucas Oil Speedway (Wheatland, MO)
*May 23 – Valley Speedway (Grain Valley, MO)
May 26 – LA Raceway (La Monte, MO)
May 27 – Double X Speedway (California, MO) – T
June 15 – U.S. 36 Raceway (Cameron, MO) – vs. ASCS Midwest Region
June 16 – L.A. Raceway (La Monte, MO)
*June 23 – Lucas Oil Speedway (Wheatland, MO)
*July 3 – U.S. 36 Raceway (Cameron, MO)
July 13 – U.S. 36 Raceway (Cameron, MO) – vs. ASCS Midwest Region
July 21 – LA Raceway (La Monte, MO)
July 22 – Double X Speedway (California, MO) – T
August 17 – Lakeside Speedway (Kansas City, KS)
August 18 – Lakeside Speedway (Kansas City, KS)
August 19 – Missouri State Fair Speedway (Sedalia, MO)
August 31 – U.S. 36 Raceway (Cameron, MO) – vs. ASCS Midwest Region
September 1 – Lake Ozark Speedway (Eldon, MO)
September 2 – Lake Ozark Speedway (Eldon, MO)
September 7 – Valley Speedway (Grain Valley, MO)
*September 28 – Lucas Oil Speedway (Wheatland, MO)
*September 29 – Lucas Oil Speedway (Wheatland, MO)
October 6 – Springfield Raceway (Springfield, MO) – vs. Sooner Region
October 19 – Valley Speedway (Grain Valley, MO)
* – Indicates events held in conjunction with Lucas Oil ASCS presented by K&N Filters National series.
The 2012 season marks the 21st year of sanctioning Sprint Car racing for the American Sprint Car Series, which brings the best of Sprint Car racing to dozens of different tracks throughout the nation and into Canada. Anchored by the Lucas Oil Sprint Car Series presented by K&N Filters, ASCS also consists of ten different Regions throughout the nation.
Additional information regarding the American Sprint Car Series is available at www.ascsracing.com.