Lucas Oil Sprint Cars Going to
LA!
Lonnie
Wheatley, TULSA, Okla. (January 25, 2010) – The Lucas Oil Sprint Car Series
presented by K&N Filters is going to LA.LA Raceway in LaMonte, MO, that is, as the series has added another date
to an already strong schedule of 2010 events.
The
series will make its first ever stop at the 3/8-mile, semi-banked LA Raceway
dirt oval on Friday night, July 30, the weekend in between the second annual
visit to Oregon’s Cottage Grove Speedway on July 23-24 and Iowa’s
20th Annual ASCS Knoxville Nationals on August
5-7.
The
July 30 card at LA Raceway will be the second of three scheduled Lucas Oil
Sprint Car events in the Show Me State in 2010, with others including a June 26
event Eldon’s Lake Ozark Speedway and then a September 25 card at Wheatland’s
Lucas Oil Speedway.
LA
Raceway will be one of several tracks to host the Lucas Oil Sprint Cars for the
first time in 2010, with others including Nebraska’s Eagle Raceway, Illinois’
Tri-City Speedway and Nevada’s Las Vegas Motor Speedway.
Louisiana’s
Jason Johnson, the 2008 Lucas Oil Sprint Car National champion, has topped three
of the past five Lucas Oil Sprint Car feature events contested in Missouri,
although reigning champion Shane Stewart reached victory lane in the most recent
event, a September run at Lucas Oil Speedway.
The
Lucas Oil Sprint Car Series presented by K&N Filters is currently slated for
37 nights of competition at 18 different tracks throughout 14 different
states.The originally scheduled dates
of March 26-27 at Oklahoma City’s State Fair Speedway have been removed from the
schedule due to apparent closure of the facility by city
officials.
The
Lucas Oil Sprint Cars presented by K&N Filters contenders will once again
vie for a staggering $250,000 point fund with $60,000 earmarked for the series
champion.The standard purse for
one-night events and the final night of two-night stands includes a $6,000
winner’s share and $500 minimum to start the main event, with a healthy tow
money package in effect for the top 15 in series points.
Bixby,
Oklahoma’s Shane Stewart captured his first Lucas Oil National Sprint Car
championship in 2009 aboard California car owner Paul Silva’s Wesmar-powered No.
57 A.R.T. Chassis, edging 2008 champ Jason Johnson by just 25 markers for the
crown.
Stewart
kicks off his title defense at the 37th Annual Devil’s Bowl Speedway
Spring Nationals on March 19-20, taking on a full assemblage of full-time Lucas
Oil Sprint Car competitors along with a strong contingent of invaders atop the
famed Mesquite, TX, clay oval and each ensuing stop along the
way.
Additional
information regarding the Lucas Oil Sprint Car Series presented by K&N
Filters is available at www.ascsracing.com.
