(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)

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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

 

 The excitement continues to build with only a few days remaining before the best sprint cars drivers in the world converge on Tucson’s USA Raceway to kickoff the 43^rd Annual KRONIK Energy Drinks Western World Championships.

 
With more than 100 entries from 15 states already filed for the event set for November 18^th-20^th at Tucson’s USA Raceway, The qualifying nights have been determined.
 
The stellar field, including eight former Western World champions and numerous track and series champions from throughout the country, has been split into two nights.  The Lucas Oil National ASCS Sprint Car contenders and the ASCS wingless warriors will be split with half of each field running on Thursday night and the other half on Friday night.  The top eight national finishers from each night’s main events will be locked into Saturday night’s $15k to win championship feature while the top seven from each night’s ASCS Canyon Region features will make up the first seven rows of the $5k to win wingless championship feature.  The balance of Saturday’s feature lineups will be determined by qualifying night finishing positions.

A glance at each night’s qualifying lineups is as follows:

Thursday November 18^th – The Parker Store Qualifying Night

Thursday kicks off the week in grand style as Lucas Oil ASCS National defending champion Shane Stewart and ASCS Canyon Region defending champion “Chargin” Charles Davis Jr. take to the track.  Stewart will be in tough competition with three time and defending Western World Champion Sammy Swindell, and four time World of Outlaw Champion Donny Schatz among the Lucas Oil ASCS National qualifiers. 

Davis will head up the wingless qualifiers with some heavy hitters that include 2-Time Western World Champion Bud Kaeding, USAC National Champion Levi Jones and Indiana’s “The Throttle” Shane Cottle.

Lucas Oil ASCS Wing Sprint Cars

 

1          Sammy Swindell

1 X       JT Imperial

3 X       Michael Dupuy

11         Roger Crockett

15         Bud Goodwin

15 H      Sam Hafertepe Jr.

20         Donny Schatz

21 TX    Brandon Schure

21 C      Justyn Cox

22 J      John Gaston

33 V      Henry Van Dam

50 Z      Zach Chappell

53         Jack Dover

53 X      Andy Gregg

57 X      Steve Stone

57         Shane Stewart

71         Channin Tankersley

77         Dalten Gabbard

77 X      Wayne Johnson

79         Calvin Landis

89         Cody Darrah

94         Danny Wood

95         Matt Covington

97 B      Aaron Berryhill

99         Brady Bacon

98 M     Mitch Olson

ASCS Non Wing Sprint Cars

0          Jimmy Crawford

5          Patrick Krob

6 C       Rex Calderwood

6          Ronnie Clark

8 AZ      Jordan Stetson

8 X       Chris Beal

8 B        Shane Cottle

11         Danny Sheridan

12 T      Gary Taylor

16 B      Bud Kaeding

19         Andy Reinbold

20         Levi Jones

22         Jesse Baker

32 B      Brian Hosford

33         Matt Rossi

45 X      Johnny Herrera

50         Charles Davis Jr

74 X      Joshua Hodges

74         Cobly Copeland

77 M     RJ Johnson

93 X      Dustin Morgan

93         Justin Quinn

94         Tony Elliott

96         Carson Ditsch

 

Friday November 19^th – The Kronik Energy Drinks Qualifying Night

Friday night Jason Johnson, Lucas Oil ASCS Point Leader, will try to gain ground on Brady Bacon as he quests to win his first championship as a car owner/driver.  With only 72 points separating the two drivers, Johnson will have tough work ahead as he takes on Danny Lasoski, Joey Saldana and Southwest Region point leader Rick Ziehl.

Defending non wing champion Brady Bacon will join Oval Nationals Champion Chris Windom and “The King of Indiana” Jon Stanbrough to take on former Western World Champions Jeremy Sherman and Kevin Swindell in wingless action

Lucas Oil ASCS Wing Sprint Cars

1 S       Sean McClelland

2 B        Ben Gregg

3 S       John Carney II

3 G       Darren Long

6          Kyle Hirst

9          Joey Saldana

9 X       Gary Wright

10 A      Ricky Logan

18         Tony Bruce Jr.

20 AZ    George Suprick

20 Z      Rick Ziehl

21         Brian Brown

33         Danny Lasoski

35 G      Shane Golobic

41 W     Joshua Williams

41         Jason Johnson

44 K      Koty McGullam

44 W     Austen Wheatley

45 X      Johnny Herrera

45         Martin Edwards

57 W     Lucas Wolfe

74 X      Joshua Hodges

78         Jody Williams

88         Tim Crawley

90         Lance Norrick

93         Dustin Morgan

ASCS Non Wing Sprint Cars

2          David Cardey

5 X       Jody Wirth

6 S       Tim Beal

7 k        Bruce St. James

8          Bob Ream Jr.

9 B        Robert Ballou

9 X       Johnny Shelton

9          Brandon Lane

11 W     Tim West

11         Chris Windom

12         Josh Pelkey

16         Mike Martin

21 P      Mike Colegrove

21 AZ    Jon Stanbrough

21         Jeremy Sherman

38 Z      Fritz Croy

44         Kevin Swindell

48 T      Thomas Ogle

62         Stevie Sussex

77 MX   Bryan Swinehart

77         Dalten Gabbard

78         Chris Bonneau

79         Kurt Stultz

99         Brady Bacon

Additional Kronik Energy Western World Information:

What:  43^rd Annual Kronik Energy Drinks Western World Championships

Where:  USA Raceway -3/8-mile clay oval in Tucson, Arizona

When:  Thursday, Friday and Saturday, November 18^th-20^th, 2010.  $15,000 to win the Lucas Oil ASCS Sprint Cars Series (Wing)/$5,000 to win ASCS Canyon Refgion Sprint Cars (Non Wing) Finale on November 20^th.  Race time is 7pm each day with gates opening at 3pm.  Test ‘N Tune session on Wednesday November 17^th from 6-9pm.

Parking: RV parking will be available Monday November 15^th.  Pit Parking will begin Monday November 15^th at 8am.

Tickets:Ticket pricing, seating charts and purchasing information can be found online at http://www.usaraceway.net/Uploads/WesternWorldTicketForm.pdf or by calling the USA Raceway office at 520-574-8515

Hotel Information: Hotel Information can be found at www.usaraceway.net/lodging.php or by calling the Tucson Airport Courtyard by Marriott at 520-573-0000

Directions:USA Raceway is located east of Tucson off I-10 exit 268, 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 http://www.usaraceway.net

Entry forms can be found online at http://www.usaraceway.net/Uploads/WesternWorldEntryForm.pdf

Western World Ticket purchasers will also have the opportunity to purchase discounted tickets to one of the most anticipated dirt Modified races in the country. In appreciation of your Western World visit, USA Raceway is offering a Wes Hurst Memorial three day pass for only $25!

The Wes Hurst Memorial which takes place on the weekend following Thanksgiving, just days after the Western World, enters it 6^th year and continues to grow gaining the attention of the entire racing community including NASCAR stars and NFL Pro Bowlers. 

Wes Hurst Memorial Ticket pricing, seating charts and purchasing information can be found online at

http://www.usaraceway.net/Uploads/WesHurstTicketForm.pdf

Tennessee’s Sammy Swindell became the 26th different winner of the Western World by topping the 2009 edition of the event last November marking his third triumph while Oklahoma’s Brady Bacon etched his name in the record books by winning the wingless portion of the event.
Steve Kinser has claimed the most Western World titles with seven triumphs including wingless wins in 1982 and 1983 followed by winged wins in 1985, 1987, 1990, 1992 and 1996.

Ron Shuman is next on the list with five Western World triumphs, all of the wingless variety, with other drivers posting multiple Western World wins including Lealand McSpadden (3), Sammy Swindell (3), Bud Kaeding (2), Mark Kinser (2) and Jan Opperman (2).

Past Western World Championship Winners (Wing / Non-Wing)
2009 – Sammy Swindell (w)

           Brady Bacon (nw)

2008 – Kevin Swindell (nw)
2007 – Jerry Coons, Jr. (nw)
2006 – Josh Wise (nw)
2005 – Dave Darland (nw)
2004 – Bud Kaeding (nw)
2003 – Tony Elliott (nw)
2002 – Bud Kaeding (nw)
2001 – Jeremy Sherman (nw)
2000 – Jay Drake (nw)
1999 – Donny Schatz (w)
1998 – Tyler Walker (w)
1997 – Mark Kinser (w)
1996 – Steve Kinser (w)
1995 – Lealand McSpadden (nw)
1994 – Ron Shuman (nw)
1993 – Lealand McSpadden (nw)
1992 – Steve Kinser (w)
1991 – Danny Lasoski (w)
1990 – Steve Kinser (w)
1989 – Sammy Swindell (w)
1988 – Mark Kinser (w)
1987 – Steve Kinser (w)
1986 – Bobby Davis, Jr. (w)
1985 – Steve Kinser (w)
1984 – Ron Shuman (nw)
1983 – Steve Kinser (nw)
1982 – Steve Kinser (nw)
1981 – Ron Shuman (nw)
1980 – Sammy Swindell (nw)
1979 – Tim Green (nw)
1978 – Lealand McSpadden (nw)
1977 – Ron Shuman (nw)
1976 – Bubby Jones (nw)
1975 – Ron Shuman (nw)
1974 – Rick Ferkel (nw)
1973 – Earl Wagner (nw)
1972 – Jan Opperman (nw)
1971 – Jan Opperman (nw)
1970 – Jerry McClung (nw)
1969 – Bob Huebner (nw)
1968 – Bob Cleberg (nw)

 Information provided Kevin Montgomery, TUCSON, Ariz. (November 12^th, 2010)

Stormy Scott made it back to back wins for New Mexico racers as he captured the 25-Lap Barnett Harley Davidson UMP West Modified feature joining July 10^th winner Jimmy Ray with his second triumph of 2010 at Tucson’s USA Raceway.

Scott trailed early leader Robert Adams as he used a late race slide job to take the point and was able to hold Adams off for the final laps as he garnered the 1^st place trophy and the $1000 cash that comes with it.

Adams, making his 2010 debut, was able to bring home a runner up finish with point leader RC Whitwell, who drove from seventeenth after earlier mechanical problems, filling the final podium position.  Dane Jorgenson held off Paul Banghart rounding out the top five.

Lonnie Foss moved within 6 points of Championship leader Dwayne Hogan by taking his second 20-Lap UniFirst Super Stock victory.  Foss took the point from third place finisher John Buerger and held off Dana Boatwright who settled for second.

Isaac Zaragoza continued his terror as well as his chances to secure a 2010 title.  Zaragoza made it three in a row by beating defending champion Dusty Gauthier and Robert Burchett to the stripe earning him his third 20-Lap Factory Stock win.

Jerry Jones and Stephen Lee took top spots in RWD Hornet and FWD Hornet action respectively.

Full Results: http://usaraceway.net/results.php

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The ASCS Wing Sprint cars return to action this Saturday night July 31^st.  The action heats up as the ASCS Sprint Cars are joined by X-Mods, Factory Stocks, Dwarf Cars and Hornets.  General admission tickets will go on sale at 4pm for only $15, racing will begin promptly at 6:45pm.

The 2010 USA Raceway Schedule can be previewed online at www.usaraceway.net/schedule.php

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