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Nov 07, 2009 – Whitwell Wins The First Leg Of the Carl Trimmer Classic

Tucson, Arizona (November 6th, 2009) – Tucson’s RC Whitwell wraps up the first night of the Carl Trimmer Classic. Whitwell took home the $1k by grabbing the 25-Lap preliminary night feature and setting himself up as the one to beat for the $2k finale tomorrow night.

32 late models were on hand for the opening night racing action that saw the USA Modified Ace, RC Whitwell win in the traveling SWDRA Late Model Division. Teams from Colorado, California, Canada and Arizona and I was told by Jill Anderson with SWDRA that 3-4 teams are expected tonight to join the 32 car field.

It will be a great night if you are a race fan to make your way to USA Raceway where you will pay for the whole seat, but you will only need the edge!

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TUCSON, Arizona (November 1st, 2009) – RC Whitwell won the USA Halloween points finale to put a secure wrap on the 2009 Barnett Harley Davidson UMP West Modified Championship at USA Raceway. Whitwell not only captured the championship but his victory will give him some momentum going into the 5th Annual Barnett Harley Davidson Wes Hurst Memorial.

Chad Ayres, Robert Adams, Paul Banghart and Don Earven made up the top five of the 25-lap feature with Adams and Jorgenson making it to the podium for the 2009 Championships standings.

Marty Hussak also put the clamps on his 2009 USA Super Stock Championship by capturing the 20-lap Halloween feature event.

Dusty Gauthier, 2009 USA Factory Stock Champion, took second place honors as Kalvin Catlin held off the continued harassment of the Factory Stock field. Catlin returned to victory lane showing he is a force to be reckoned with going into the month of money starting this Friday with The Carl Trimmer Classic.

Kurt Stults took top honors in the Modified Midget feature edging out Daniel Doherty at the line.

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

The 1st Annual Carl Trimmer Classic, presented by T-Mac Pipe Constructors and Total Seal Piston Rings, will feature the stars of the Super Late Models from all over the Southwest. The SWDRA Super Late Models will be joined by Super Stocks and SCRA Factory Stocks. General admission tickets will go on sale at 5pm for only $15, racing will begin promptly at 7pm.

USA Raceway, Arizona’s premier short track, 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 www.usaraceway.net

The American Sprint Car Series Southwest Region championship battle heats back up with Saturday’s night card at Tucson’s USA Raceway.

Saturday’s action is also the sixth round of the Discount Tire Co. ASCS Challenge, a select slate of eight events including both winged Southwest events and wingless Canyon Region events.

Although shut out of victory lane thus far in 2009 after posting eight ASCS Southwest wins last year, Ben Gregg of Peoria, AZ, holds the edge in the ASCS Southwest championship points race.

Gregg’s lead is a slight one though, as defending series champion Rick Ziehl of Las Cruces, NM, is just six points off of Gregg’s lead pace.

In fact, the bunched-up points race has only fifty points separating the top seven drivers, with John Gaston (Peoria, AZ), Mike Martin (Yuma, AZ), Joshua Hodges (Tijeras, NM), Charles Davis, Jr. (Buckeye, AZ) and Ronnie Clark (Tucson, AZ) all still within reach of first place.

A pair of racy ladies, Kaylene Verville of Avondale, AZ, and Tucson’s Jessica Van Dyke, are eighth and ninth in points, with Tucson’s John Van Horn completing the current top ten.

While Ziehl tries to overtake Gregg for the top spot in Southwest points, he currently holds a 20-point advantage in the Discount Tire Co. ASCS Challenge Series over Charles Davis, Jr., with Ronnie Clark, Mike Martin and Joshua Hodges rounding out the current top five.

Saturday’s ASCS Southwest Region event at USA Raceway goes green at 7:00 p.m.

The X-Mods, a new division at USA Raceway, is developing into a very popular division as the class continues to grow in numbers with each race.

The always exciting and and extremely competitive Factory Stocks are also on the race event card tonight! Dusty Gauthier
is leading the points standings. Terry Churchwell is currently in second followed by Johnny McCarty Jr, Sy Monroe, Larry Leetch, Johnny McCarty Sr. Josh Partain and Trevor Hidalgo. There is always great racing action throughout the entire field of Factory Stock cars.

Both the front wheel drive and the rear wheel drive Hornets will be in action. This is an entry level class that is very affordable and a great fan favorite!

The 3/8-mile USA Raceway clay oval is located east of Tucson off I-10 Exit 268, then 1.6 mile south on Craycroft Road, which turns into Los Reales. For more information, contact the track at 520-574-8515.

The ASCS Southwest Region is currently scheduled for eleven nights of competition, with ten of those events at USA Raceway.

The American Sprint Car Series, in its 18th year of sanctioning Sprint Car racing events, brings the best of Sprint Car racing to nearly 100 different tracks throughout 25 states and Canada in 2009. Anchored by the Lucas Oil ASCS Sprint Car Dirt Series presented by K&N Filters, ASCS also consists of a dozen different Regions throughout the nation.