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

Sammy Swindell photo by Dennis Brownfield

Kevin Montgomery, TUCSON, Ariz. (October 5^th, 2010) – After nearly a decade absence from the Western World Championships, Sammy Swindell returned and swept the 2009 edition as he picked up a $15,000 check and again added his name to the long list of prestigious event winners. One of only two drivers to ever win the event in both winged and non winged action, Swindell will return to Tucson and defend his title aboard the Big Game Tree Stands/Parker Performance/Maxim as he looks to take home the $15k and a fourth Western World title.

Sammy’s unrivaled career includes World of Outlaws titles, stints in the upper ranks of both Indy Car and NASCAR racing, more than 600 career feature wins, victories in virtually anything worth winning and most recently winning the Williams Grove National Open.
 
With 32 WWC preliminary and final night features under his belt, Swindell has finished in the top five 24 times with a total of 9 feature wins.  Fresh off the National Open victory and an unforgettable performance at the Knoxville Nations, Swindell continues to build momentum for the 43^rd Annual KRONIK Energy Western World repeat.

Brady Bacon joined Sammy Swindell as they topped more than 130 drivers in 2009 as they became Champions of the Western World’s 42^nd edition.  Bacon, one of 12 to compete in both Wing and Wingless competition, picked up $5000 by winning the Non Wing portion and joined Sammy Swindell as he collected the $15,000 check and etched his name onto the winners list for a third time by winning the ASCS National Western World Championship. 

As we approach the fall and most of the country succumbs to the cold and snow, racing action will again heat up with the much anticipated 43^rd running of the Western World Championships.  Close to one hundred and fifty top Sprint Car teams from around the country are expected to migrate to warmer climates for their final chance at a big payday and another opportunity to add their name to prestigious list of winners.

Both the winged and wingless forces will tackle USA Raceway’s 3/8-mile clay oval for three nights on November 18^th, 19^th and 20^th, with more than $100,000 in “A” Feature money alone distributed over the course of the blockbuster event. A $15,000 share awaits the winner of the Lucas Oil ASCS Western World Champion, while the ASCS Canyon Region conqueror will pocket $5,000.

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

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

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

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

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

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 – Jeff 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)

 R.J. Johnson collected his third American Sprint Car Series Canyon Region feature win of the year by topping Saturday’s opening night of the annual Hank Arnold Memorial at USA Raceway.The Phoenix shoe advanced from fourth to take top honors in the 30-lapper aboard the Mountain Valley Performance Ford-powered Michael Brothers No. 77m Sherman chassis.

Johnson was chased to the stripe by 13th-starter Stevie Sussex, with defending series champion and current points leader Charles Davis, Jr., Mike Martin and Chris Bonneau rounding out the top five.

Josh Pelkey rebounded from a heat race flip to race from 17th to sixth after winning the “B” Main, with Ronnie Clark, Jeff Slinkard, Mike Rux, Jr., and Nick Aiuto completing the top ten.

Martin, Brandon Lane and Jeremy Sherman won Saturday night’s heat races.

Isaac “The Great” Zaragoza won his sixth consecutive Factory Stock feature and vaulted into the championship lead while New Mexico’s Dickie Gorham captured his first USA Raceway X-Mod feature.

Dennis Carrier and Andy Eatwell took the top spot for Modified Midget and Modlite action.

Submitted by Lonnie Wheatley, TUCSON, Ariz. (September 4, 2010) -

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The Hank Arnold Memorial wraps up with another full night of racing action at Tucson’s USA Raceway on Sunday night, with the green flag set to fly at 6:45 p.m.  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

Kenny Wallace

Kevin Montgomery, Promoter at USA Raceway reports that with the first half of the 4th Annual Wild West Shootout in the books and the grand finally starting tomorrow it is anyone’s guess of who the winner will be on Sunday’s championship night. There is only one guarantee for race fans, the racing action will be intense as the stars lay it all on the line for the final three nights!

Six different features have produced six different winners from five different states leaving races fans at odds of who will take the next one!

New Richmond, Wisconsin’s Pat Doar opened the shootout with a victory in the 25-lap Modified feature last Saturday. One of many drivers pulling double duty, Doar has finished in the top ten 5 out 6 races and is surely a contender
for a repeat Modifed feature win and could very well be the 4th winner to stand tall on the podium in Late Model action.

Las Cruces, New Mexico’s Bumper Jones took his Riley Hatfield tuned McDonalds ride to victory in night 2 of WWS Modified action. Jones fiercely battled Derek Ramirez for the entire 25-lap feature landing him a spot in victory lane and denying the Oklahoma shoe Ramirez a WWS win.

Ramirez answered back on day 3 with a 25-lap wire to wire feature capturing his first WWS victory holding off charges from Stormy Scott and Adam Crippen.

Picking up right where he left off the 2009 season, Jimmy Mars of Menomonie, WI wheeled his BSB Manufacturing / Chevytown / Deppe Enterprises / Wiles Driveshafts / Baileigh Industries / Pro Power Racing Engines / MB Customs Chassis to the opening night feature win of the 2010 Wild West Shootout. Mars has failed to finish out of the top 3 in three races and will be expected to return to victory lane at some point this weekend.

National Dirt Late Model Hall of Famer Billy Moyer responded to the 1st night dominance of Mars by leading all 30-laps of night 2 WWS Late Model feature action as he held off Mars for the win and picked up the $5000 check.

Terry Phillips, Wild West Shootout legend and all time feature win leader, thrilled the crowd with a late race battle between him and Moyer that ended with a spectacular pass on the last lap to retake the lead. Phillips now sits one
victory shy of double digit wins in his 4th appearance of the WWS.

The Wild West Shootout will again fire up this Friday night for the conclusion of the must see event. The best of the best in Super Late Models and Modifieds will tackle USA Raceway’s 3/8-mile clay oval for six days on January 9, 10, 13, 15, 16 and 17, with more than $150,000 in prize money to be distributed over the course of the blockbuster event. A $10,000 top prize awaits the shootout event finale, The Bill Cheesebourg Memorial, on January 17.

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

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

Terry Phillips leads the Wild West Shootout win list capturing 8 out of 33 total events with Steve Francis in second with 4 total feature wins. John Anderson sits third for all time WWS victories with 3 wins.

Multiple winners have graced victory circle at the Wild West Shootout including Ken Schrader, Wendell Wallace, Billy Moyer, Jimmy Mars and Jack Sullivan.

More than 100 of the top cars and drivers will take to the track over the nine day event that begins on Saturday January 9th with the $3k to win Wild West Shootout opener and will conclude with the $10k to win Wild West Shootout “Bill Cheesbourg Memorial”.

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 www.usaraceway.net

As reported by Ryan Neuharth Tucson, Ariz (January 9, 2010) Picking up right where he left off the 2009 season, Jimmy Mars of Menomonie, WI wheeled his BSB Manufacturing / Chevytown / Deppe Enterprises / Wiles Driveshafts / Baileigh Industries / Pro Power Racing Engines / MB Customs Chassis to the opening night feature win of the 2010 Wild West Shootout.

Mars would earn the pole for the night’s 30-lap, $3000 to win main event after starting last and winning his heat race, gathering the most passing points of the 52 competitors who filled the USA Raceway pit area. Mars would grab the lead at the drop of the green with six time SWDRA Champion Lonnie Parker, Jr taking second from his outside front row starting spot. John Anderson would slot third followed by Matt Aukland, and Randy Korte rounding out the top five.

Korte would jump from fifth to third on lap two as Kelly Boen swapped sixth with Rob Mayea and Billy Moyer made his way into the top 10 from twelfth. With five down Mars was quickly stretching his advantage as Parker, Jr and Korte battled high and low for the runner-up position while Heckenast, Jr now having cracked the top five. The races first caution would appear on lap six when Winnipeg, Manitoba driver Mike Balcean erupted in a cloud of smoke on the front stretch and ended his evening.

Mars lead the field back to green on the Delaware double file restart as Parker, Jr continued to hold off the charge of Korte. John Anderson still had a hold of the fourth position as Kelly Boen jumped from seventh to fifth and the series all-time winningest driver Terry Phillips was now 10th from 18th. The yellow would appear for the second time for a spinning Jeremy Payne on lap eight. On the restart, Korte made the move to second on lap nine as Boen now took the forth spot from Anderson and set his sights on the top three.

Terry Phillips was on the man on the move as the Springfield, MO pilot dispatched Matt Aukland on lap eight, Billy Moyer on lap nine and Heckenast, Jr on lap 10 to now find himself in seventh. That trio would race two and three wide for position as Boen now began to put serious heat on Parker, Jr for the number three spot. Boen would grab that spot on lap 13. Half way home Mars continued to lead followed by Korte, Boen, Parker, Jr, and Anderson rounding out the top five. A great four car battle for the sixth spot, now occupied by Phillips, was ragging as Moyer, Rob Mayea and Heckenast, Jr swapped seventh through ninth lap after lap.

Anderson and Parker, Jr would swap fourth twice on lap 16 and race side by side until Anderson finally secured that spot two circuits later, and Phillips moved Parker, Jr back another spot on lap 19 to now find his way into the top five with 10 to go. The battle was now on for sixth as both Moyer also found their way past Parker, Jr on lap 19 while Mayea and Heckenast, Jr staged their own personal battle to stay locked in the top ten with just ten laps remaining.

Mars began to encounter the back of the field as Boen moved ever closer to Korte and the two raced side by side to finish off the 20th circuit and begin lap 21. Boen would make the high side work to his advantage and was now in the lead chase position, slowly reeling in Mars as the top two picked their way through the slower lapped traffic. With just five to go Mars again stretched the advantage as Korte moved back in on Boen. Anderson, Phillips, Moyer, Heckenast, Jr, Parker, Jr and now Pat Doar from his 19th starting spot was ninth with Mayea rounding out the top ten.

Caution would appear once again on lap 28 for a slowing Lance Matthees, and again on the restart as Brad Looney and John Lowry founded themselves making contact and spinning in turn two. Moyer and Korte would jump to the outside on the restart and find it beneficial as Korte snagged second from Boen and Moyer jumped from sixth to fourth in a three wide fight with Anderson and Phillips. Up front it was all Jimmy Mars as he cruised to his first feature win of 2010 and his third career Wild West Shootout checker flag.

Former Wild West Shootout Late Model champion Pat Doar from New Richmond, Wisconsin survived several early event wrecks and then went on to dominate the Open Wheel Modified 25-lap feature event for his first career Wild West Shootout Modified win.

Veteran Sherman Barnett from El Paso, Texas ran away with the Super Stock main event.

Round 2 of the Wild West Shootout will fire up today at 4pm with the second night of full racing action. The best of the best in Super Late Models and Modifieds will tackle USA Raceway’s 3/8-mile clay oval for six days on January 9, 10, 13, 15, 16 and 17, with more than $150,000 in prize money to be distributed over the course of the blockbuster event. A $10,000 top prize awaits the shootout event finale, The Bill Cheesebourg Memorial, on January 17.

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 www.usaraceway.net

Full Results:
A-Main: Mars, Korte, Boen, Moyer, Anderson, Phillips, Heckenast, Jr, Parker, Jr, Doar, Mayea, Turner, Aukland, Shannon, Daly, Williams, Shaw, Lowry, Looney, Mathees, McKay, Moriarty, Payne, Balcean, Kirby

Heat 1: Mike Balcaen, Chris Shannon, Terry Phillips, Jeremy Payne, Brad Seng, Bo Doard, Adam Crippen, Grant Junghans, Paul Mueller

Heat 2: Jimmy Mars, Clay Daly, Billy Moyer, Jr, Pat Doar, Will Vaught, Mark Carroll, Dan Henrickson, Logan Drake, Jeff Biffle

Heat 3: Rob Mayea, John Anderson, Matt Aukland, Joey Moriarty, Andrew McKay, Brad Williams, Art Lacy, Darrell Nelson, Blaine Doppler

Heat 4: Randy Korte, Billy Moyer, Lonnie Parker, Jr, Lance Matthees, Ronnie Rihn, Bucky Andrews, Jimmy Jelvik, Jack Sullivan, Rylan Long

Heat 5: Frank Heckenast Jr, , Don Shaw, Eric Turner, Mike Kirby, Cory Hemphill, Dean Moore, Rob Sanders, David Vennard

Heat 6: Kelly Boen, Brad Looney, Steve Drake, John Lowry, Jeremy Thornton, Bill Bartells, Tommy Hussek, Jamie Throckmorton

B-Main 1: McKay, Doar, Matthees, Payne, Moyer, Jr, Seng, Moore, Rihn, Crippen, Throckmorton, Hussek, Biffle, Vaught, Andrews, Lacy, Nelson, Sullivan, Long

B-Main 2: Phillips, Shaw, Lowry, Williams, Carroll, Thornton, Junghans, Mueller, Drake, Hemphill, Henrickson, Sanders, L. Drake, Bartells, Jelvig, Dord, Doppler, Vennard

Modified Event Results:

A-Main: Doar, Thomas, Jones, Ramirez, Jegtvig, Gallardo, Whitwell, Thornton Jr., N. O’Neal, J. O’Neal, Campbell, Scott, G. Junghans, Edginton, Wampole, Kokot, Ward, C. Junghans, A. Turnbull, Jorgenson, Seidler, Nelson, Crippen, Georges

Heat 1: Corky Thomas, Stormy Scott, Adam Crippen, Ron Kokot, Carl Trimmer, Marlyn Seidler, Mike Money, Terry Haven, Tim Ward

Heat 2: Grant Junghans, Dane Jorgenson, Shane Edginton, Jake O’Neal, Fito Gallardo, Tim Thomas, Dennis Haven, Cody Alvarez, Clay Daly, Jake Bitker

Heat 3: Darrell Nelson, Pat Doar, Blake Jegtvig, RC Whitwell, Aaron Turnbull, Shayne Laske, Scott Ward, Jeff Sires, Christy Georges, Jeff Schmate

Heat 4: Derek Ramirez, Bumper Jones, Brad Campbell, Jesse Williamson, Ricky Thornton Jr., Nick O’Neal, Dennis Gates, Hugh Hagerstrand, Ed Turnbull, Chase Junghans, Josh Wampole

B-Main 1: Gallardo, N. O’Neal, C. Junghans, Thornton Jr., T. Thomas, Sires, Hagerstrand, D. Haven, Williamson, Ward, Schmate, E. Turnbull

B-Main 2: Whitwell, Georges, Ward, Wampole, Laske, Alvarez, Daly, Trimmer, Gates, Money, T. Haven, Bitker

Super Stock Event Results:

A-Main: Sherman Barnett, Marty Hussak, Dana Boatwright, Josh Wampole, Lonnie Foss, Bryan Brown, Rod Heistand, David Nekula, Scott Steger, Larry Brigner, Tim Harris, Harland Morehart, Dwayne Hogan, John Buerger, Doug Porter

Heat 1: Brown, Hiestand, Foss, Brigner, Nekula, Hogan, Harris, Morehart

Heat 2: Barnett, Hussak, Wampole, Boatwright, Buerger, Brown, Steger

Darland, who participated in the Western World Championships piloting The

Parker Store car, experienced engine troubles on his qualifying night. Starting deep in the field for Saturday’s B-Main, Darland put on a driving clinic as he made his way to the A-Feature and ultimately into the top five behind ASCS Canyon Region Champion Charles Davis Jr.

The Roger McCluskey Classic which takes place the first weekend of the New Year enters its 6th year and has grown into a must see event. Top traditional sprint car drivers will tackle USA Raceway’s 3/8-mile clay oval for two days on January 2nd and 3rd as they look to capture the inaugural 2010 victory and add their name to past champions that include Josh Pelkey, Jesse Hockett, Jerry Coons Jr., and Johnny Herrera.

While top sprint car drivers will be competing for $2k on the preliminary night and a $3k on the championship night, both X-Mods and Modlites will join the field for an unprecedented $1k winners share of the event. All three divisions will compete in full shows for both days and the champions will be crowned on Sunday evening.

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!

USA Raceway

USA Raceway Trick-or Treat
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

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.