Chargin' Charles Davis Jr on the Move!

Some of the “Seasoned Citizen” Race fans like myself may remember the Doublemint Chewing gum commercial jingle ” Double Your Pleaseure, Double Your Fun “ !  But if you don’t remember that popular jingle, it doesn’t matter because the Sunoco Fuel ASCS Canyon Region Non-Wing Sprint Cars will be running two main events this week at Tucson’s USA Raceway.   The Sprint Car Stars will double your pleasure as they will be doing double duty with the two features.

The Sprint Cars will also have the featured main event that was cut short by a down pour on July 3rd.   15 cars that were scheduled in the July 3rd feature are eligible for the makeup main scheduled at the beginning of the race program. 

Sherman in Victory Lane

Two-time ASCS Canyon Region champion Jeremy Sherman carries a 106-point advantage over defending series champion Charles Davis, Jr., into the night on the strength of five wins and ten top-fives in as many feature events thus far.

While shut out of victory lane so far, Davis, Jr., still holds second by 52 points over R.J. Johnson.  Andrew Reinbold and Ronnie Clark round out the current top five in points, with the rest of the top ten including Bruce St. James, Mike Martin, Josh Pelkey, Justin Quinn and Ryan Linder, with Brian Hosford just 18 points outside the top ten.

X-Mods, ASCS2 Mini Sprints and SW Modlites will also be racing this Saturday.

General admission tickets will go on sale when the gates open at 4pm for only $15 for Adults, $12 for Seniors, Students and Military, and all kids 11 and under are FREE. The VIP Suite will also be available by a first come, first serve basis at an unbelievable upgrade price of just $5 this weekend only!

Racing action will begin promptly at 6:45pm.

Halfway Home Season Passes will allow race fans to get all the action of the remaining 2011 scheduled events at an unheard of low price. Season Passes are on sale for only just $99 for a limited time Suite Access Passes will allow race fans the opportunity to enjoy the races from USA Raceway’s VIP Suite. Enjoy the races in luxury! Suite Access Passes are now on sale for only $149. Get em while you can!! These limited season passes are also available by calling the USA Raceway office at 520-574-8515.

The entire 2011 USA Raceway Schedule can be previewed online at http://www.usaraceway.net/schedule

USA Raceway is located east of Tucson off I-10 exit 265, then 1.6 miles south on Craycroft Road, which turns into Los Reales. For more information please, contact the track at 520-574-8515 or additional information regarding USA Raceway can be found at www.usaraceway.net

Stormy Scott Passing Chad Ayers to take the Lead

This Saturday evening exciting Family Entertainment is waiting for you at USA Raceway.  The USRA Western Modifieds, the Unifirst Super Stocks, Factory Stocks and Hornets will be racing this weekend.

Heading the racing program this week at USA Raceway is the USRA Sanctioned Western Modifieds.  The track promoter has beefed up the purse with $ 1000 to Win and $ 100 to start in an effort to attract more cars for tonights race and a chance for the modified teams to weigh in with concerns through a questionaire prepared by the track.  The answers and opinions will help guide the track in terms of rules and sanctioning body in the 2112 season. 

Chad Ayers, the points leader, has a slim 25 point margin over Cody Alvarez.   Tucson racing legend Carl Trimmer is third in points with a 29 point lead above Rick Spencer.  Dana Fite rounds out the top five. 

Daniel Stricker streaking down the Back Stretch

Action is really heating up in the Unifirst Super Stock Points Championship as Daniel Stricker pictured above had a strong second place finish behind Marty Hussak last Saturday night.  With his finish last week he is tied with Terry Hill  for 1st in the championship chase.  Brian Brown is a mere 19 points behind the point leaders and he is followed by Dana Boatwright always a threat to win.   Consistent and steady racer Rod Hiestand rounds out the top five in the Unifirst Super Stock division.

This week Terry Churchwell will try to extend his lead in the race to the Factory Stock championship.  Robert Burchett, a past champion is in second with only 13 points separating him and Dylan Newberg.  George Lein is in 4th with fan favorite and seasoned veteran Ron Bishop rounding out the top five.  Expect a full field of cars again in this class.

The always exciting Hornets will begin racing action at 6:45pm.  Rear wheel points leader is Jerry McCollum with September Rhoads running second in points.  Stephen Lee leads the points in the front wheel drive with Ricky Whitwell, Beckie Grube and PJ Haro rounding out the top four.

Rick Ziehl Flying on the Wings of Rick Sipes

(Keith Ames)  Rick Ziehl completed a personal first by winning the third of three consecutive ASCS races this past Saturday at USA Raceway in Tucson.   It was a special evening as the Ziehl team paid a tribute to Rick Sipes who unexpectantly passed away early Friday morning.  Ziehl chose to remove his top wing and replaced it with the wing from Sipes # 1 “Green Machine” in honor of the accomplished Tucson Racer who would run the wheels off any race car he drove.  He rode to victory on the Wing of his good friend Rick Sipes in the Sunoco Fuel ASCS Southwest Region this Saturday at the 3/8-mile USA Raceway clay oval.   The Ziehls’ are a class act.

Ziehl was followed to the checkers by Calvin Landis who has moved within 50 points of John Carney II who finished in the 6th slot.  Joshua Hodges, Dalten Gabbard and Perry McMillan rounding out the top five.  Sunoco Fuel ASCS Southwest Region Feature Results from USA Raceway:

“A” Feature (25 Laps): 1. 20z-Rick Ziehl, 2. 79-Calvin Landis, 3. 74x-Joshua Hodges, 4. 77-Dalten Gabbard, 5. 27-Perry McMillan, 6. 8-John Carney II, 7. 22-Mike Rux, Jr., 8. 78-Jody Williams, 9. 57x-Steve Stone, 10. 44k-Koty McGullam, 11. 8az-Jordan Stetson, 12. 76-Jesse Stone, 13. 55T-Brent McKee, 14. 5-Kyle McCutcheon, 15. 1x-J.T. Imperial, 16. 43-Rick Eckert, 17. 41w-Joshua Williams, 18. 90-Lance Norick, 19. 15c-Joey Chester.

Chad Ayers recorded back to back wins with the victory in the USRA Modified this past Saturday.  Ayers was followed to the checkers by Cody Alvarez, Brian Clark, Mike Brandon and Dane Jorgenson.

Dustin Jones was a convincing winner as he posted his 1st win in the exciting and competitive Factory Stock Division.  Terry Churchwell has extended his points lead with a very strong 2nd place finish.  Dylan Newberry, Jason Pugliese and Kevin Souligne finished 3rd, 4th and 5th.

This week Dwarf Cars as always, put on a very competitive and exciting race and came to USA Raceway with a full field of cars.  This week Brian Stehr grabbed the 1st place trophy.  He was followed to the stripe by Ryan Irish in second, Ryan Henesey, Eddie O’Neill and Daniel Lamm were all in the hunt for the win and finished third, fourth and fifth.

July 2nd and July 3rd will Feature the Sunoco Fuel ASCS Canyon Region Non Wing Sprint Cars billed as the Firecracker 40.  Both Saturday and Sunday the traveling Western States Stock Car Series, the X-Mods and the Southwest Mod Lites will join the sprint cars for two exciting nights of competitive racing.

General admission tickets will go on sale for only $15 for Adults, $12 for Seniors, Students and Military and racing will begin promptly at 6:45pm. Race fans for an additional $5 you my upgrade your ticket to the great indoors and enjoy the races from USA Raceway’s VIP Suite. First come, first serve basis to the first 80 customers)

To keep up on all the latest news and happenings please sign up for USA Raceway E-News.  The track update registration can be found at the top of the home page www.usaraceway.net

The 2011 USA Raceway Schedule can be previewed online at http://www.usaraceway.net/schedule

USA Raceway is located east of Tucson off I-10 exit 265, then 1.6 miles south on Craycroft Road, which turns into Los Reales.  For more information please, contact the track at 520-574-8515 or additional information regarding USA Raceway can be found at www.usaraceway.net