ASCS Season Wraps Up in Style with Western World Championships!
Lucas Oil Sprint Car Champion Among Titles to be Determined
TULSA, Okla. (November 16, 2009) -- It's difficult to
fathom a better way to wrap up the 2009 Sprint Car racing season. With
an anticipated total of 130 or so cars, perhaps more, and of both the
winged and wingless variety, it's an open wheel racing fan's dream.
And, that's exactly how the American Sprint Car Series will conclude its
18th season of competition with this weekend's 42nd Annual Kronik Energy
Western World Championships presented by Old Tucson Studios at Tucson's
USA Raceway, with three full nights of wild racing action (Thursday,
Friday and Saturday) to follow Wednesday night's practice session.
Approximately 80 cars from throughout the nation are expected to vie for
the $15,000 Lucas Oil Sprint Car presented by K&N Filters winner's share,
with another 50 or so shooting it out for the $5,000-to-win Discount Tire
Co. ASCS Canyon Region winner's share in the wingless portion of the
weekend's action.
The final three ASCS championships will be determined over the course of
the weekend as well, including the lucrative Lucas Oil Sprint Car title
that Shane Stewart nearly has within his grasp. Stewart carries a
24-point advantage over 2008 series champion Jason Johnson into the
weekend.
Also to be determined will be winged ASCS Southwest Region title and the
wingless Discount Tire Co. ASCS Canyon Region championships. Rick Ziehl
holds a slim 12-point edge over Ben Gregg in the Southwest championship
chase, while "Chargin'" Charles Davis, Jr., is 40 points ahead of R.J.
Johnson in the Canyon points battle.
The blockbuster weekend event will conclude on Sunday afternoon with the
18th Annual ASCS Awards Banquet presented by Brodix at Old Tucson
Studios.
This weekend's Western World will put an exclamation point on what has
already ranked as a banner season for the American Sprint Car Series,
which has featured a total of 893 different competitors over the course
of the season, a total that is sure to top the 900 mark over the weekend.
With 78 different drivers posting at least one feature win in the 168
ASCS-sanctioned main events completed thus far in 2009, only Mother
Nature has been able to slow the series with more than 30 nights falling
victim to inclement weather.
The Series:Lucas Oil Sprint Car Series presented by K&N Filters ($15,000-to-win
winged portion)
Discount Tire Co. ASCS Canyon Region ($5,000-to-win non-wing portion)
When & Where -- USA Raceway's Western World Championships:Wednesday, November 18, 6:00 p.m. to 9:00 p.m. -- Practice at USA
Raceway
Thursday, November 19 at 7:00 p.m. -- 42nd Annual Western World
Championships Old Tucson Studios Qualifying Night
Friday, November 20 at 7:00 p.m. -- 42nd Annual Western World
Championships Kronik Energy Qualifying Night
Saturday, November 21 at 7:00 p.m. -- 42nd Annual Kronik Energy
Western World Championships presented by Old Tucson Studios championship
features
Sunday, November 22 at 12:00 p.m. -- 18th Annual ASCS Awards Banquet
presented by Brodix at Old Tucson Studios
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.
Additional information regarding the American Sprint Car Series is
available at www.ascsracing.com.
-credit: ascs
