USA Fall Classic on Tap for ASCS Southwest Region!

Lonnie Wheatley, TULSA, Okla. (September 30, 2008) – The American Sprint Car Series Southwest Region is set for two full nights of racing action with this weekend's USA Fall Classic at Tucson's USA Race Park on Friday and Saturday.

And, leading the way into the two-night event is current series point leader Rick Ziehl, who is trying to add another championship to his resume.

Hailing from Las Cruces, NM, Ziehl enters the weekend double with just a 20-point advantage over El Paso's Shawn Sander, who will try to prevent Ziehl from adding to  a list of championships that includes top USA Race Park Sprint Car honors in both 2006 and 2007.

Ziehl and Sander are chased in the points race by 19-year-old Tucson rookie contender Cody Cambensy, who is just eight markers ahead of fellow Tucson shoe Ronnie Clark.

Ben Gregg, who picked off his sixth series win of the season this past weekend, rounds out the current top five in points entering this weekend's action with the balance of the top ten including Joshua Williams (Glendale, AZ), Mike Rux, Jr. (Mesa, AZ), Jessica Van Dyke (Tucson, AZ), John Gaston (Peoria, AZ) and Steve Martin (Phoenix, AZ).

ASCS Southwest Region action at Tucson's USA Race Park is set to go green at 7:00 p.m. on both Friday and Saturday night.

The semi-banked, 3/8-mile United Sports Arizona Race Park 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 slated for 11 nights of winged Sprint Car racing throughout Arizona in 2008. 

The nation's most prominent Sprint Car sanctioning body with a dozen different Regions throughout the United States in addition to the O'Reilly American Sprint Cars on Tour National series, the American Sprint Car Series' (ASCS) 17^th year of activity will include approximately 250 nights of racing at more than 100 different race tracks throughout 28 different states and Canada.

Additional information regarding the American Sprint Car Series is available at www.ascsracing.com.

Advance Short Track Nationals Tickets on Sale!

Lonnie Wheatley, LITTLE ROCK, Ark. (October 1, 2008) – Race fans planning on taking in all the action at I-30 Speedway's 21^st Annual O'Reilly Short Track Nationals presented by Hoosier Tires on October 23-25 can save some time and money by purchasing tickets in advance.

All three nights of wild Sprint Car action can be enjoyed with an advance ticket at the cost of just $45, a savings of $10 versus tickets purchased on race day.

Advance tickets will be sold through Wednesday, October 22.  Tickets purchased after that at the event will be $15 on both Thursday and Friday, and then $25 on Saturday night.

Advance tickets may be ordered with a debit/credit card by calling 501-455-4567 or by sending a check or money order to 2900 Old Jacksonville Hwy, North Little Rock, AR 72117.  Tickets ordered in advance will be available for pick up at will call.

Children's tickets will be available at the event for just $2 on both Thursday and Friday and then $5 on Saturday.

I-30 Speedway's 21^st Annual Short Track Nationals, offering up a $15,000 winner's share and $2,100 to start the Saturday night finale, will put the wraps on the 2008 season for the O'Reilly American Sprint Cars on Tour National series.

It also concludes a crucial three weekend of stretch of competition for the ASCS National Tour that also includes the Inaugural Cowtown Sprint Nationals in Kennedale, TX, on October 10-11 and then the 35^th Annual Devil's Bowl Winter Nationals in Mesquite, TX, on October 17-18.

Last year's edition of the Short Track Nationals attracted a record number of 108 competitors from throughout the nation and beyond, with California's Jason Meyers making a dramatic last-lap pass of Shane Stewart to become the 14^th different winner of the prestigious event.

Meyers joined a prestigious list of Short Track Nationals champions, which includes Gary Wright, the only driver to win the STN on more than one occasion since the event became the nation's premier showcase in 1993.  Wright scored his first STN victory in 1995, then followed up with a second win in 1999.  "The Texan" extended his total of STN triumphs to four with back-to-back victory drives in 2003 and 2004.

Other past winners include Jason Johnson (2006), Tim Montgomery (2005), Paul McMahan (2002), Jason Sides (2001), Mike Ward (2000), Tim Crawley (1998), Wayne Johnson (1997), Pete Butler (1996), Terry Gray (1994) and John Gerloff (1993).

Steve Kinser (1988, ’89 and ’91) and Sammy Swindell (1990) claimed early renditions of the Short Track Nationals before the 1992 finale was rained out.

Drivers planning on competing in the 21^st Annual O'Reilly Short Track Nationals presented by Hoosier Tires are encouraged to submit their entries as soon as possible.  Entries postmarked by October 11 are $150, with entries submitted after that $200.  Entry forms are available at http://www.i-30speedway.com/pdfs/STN%20FLYER.pdf or by calling the track at 501-455-4567.