ASCS
Sprints on Dirt Release 2010 Schedule
Lonnie
Wheatley, TULSA, Okla. (January 25, 2010) – Gearing up for another year of
premier Sprint Car racing in the Great Lakes area, the Engine Pro ASCS Sprints
on Dirt presented by ARP has set its slate for 2010.
The
31st year of SOD racing action is currently composed of 27 nights of
competition at 15 different tracks throughout Michigan, Ohio, Indiana and the
Canadian province of Ontario.
The
ASCS Sprints on Dirt will kick off the 2010 racing season on Saturday night, May
1, at Crystal Motor Speedway in Crystal, MI, the first of 17 events within the
state of Michigan with other tracks set to host the series including Hartford
Motor Speedway, Butler Motor Speedway (Quincy), Cherry Speedway (Fife Lake),
I-96 Speedway (Lake Odessa), Owendale Speedway, Winston Motor Speedway
(Rothbury) and the Ionia Fair Speedway.
The
SOD shoes will also take on the NRA forces with the annual Ohio swing with stops
at Limaland, Waynesfield and Eldora over the Memorial Day
weekend.
The
series will also venture into Hoosier territory on a pair of occasions with
events at Gas City on May 21 and then Kokomo Speedway on August
8.
The
ASCS Sprints on Dirt will tangle with the Lucas Oil ASCS Patriots at Ohsweken
Speedway on July 2 before returning to the Ohsweken oval for the Canadian Sprint
Car Nationals in September.Another pair
of appearances across the border are set for South Buxton International Raceway
in Merlin, ONT.
Goshen,
Indiana’s Brett Mann will be gunning for a three-peat after snaring back-to-back
Engine Pro ASCS Sprints on Dirt presented by ARP titles in 2008 and 2009.Mann emerged atop a hotly-contested 2009
points battle by a narrow 18-point margin over Gregg Dalman, with Tim Norman and
Dustin Daggett within another ten points.
After
racking up eleven ASCS SOD wins in 2009 to run his career series total to 65,
Daggett is just six wins shy of matching Hank Lower’s all-time series record of
71 career wins.
In its
19th year of sanctioning Sprint Car racing, the American Sprint Car
Series brings the best of Sprint Car racing to approximately 100 different
tracks throughout 30 states and Canada.Anchored by the Lucas Oil Sprint Car 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.
2010 Engine Pro ASCS Sprints on Dirt
presented by ARP Schedule:
May 1
– Crystal Motor Speedway (Crystal, MI)
May 21
– Gas City I-69 Speedway (Gas City, IN)
May 28
– Limaland Motorsports Park (Lima, OH)
May 29
– Waynesfield Motorsports Park (Waynesfield, OH)
May 30
– Eldora Speedway (Rossburg, OH)
June
11 – Hartford Motor Speedway (Hartford, MI)
June
12 – Butler Motor Speedway (Quincy, MI)
June
18 – Cherry Raceway (Fife Lake, MI)
June
19 – I-96 Speedway (Lake Odessa, MI)
July 2
– Ohsweken Speedway (Ohsweken, ONT) – vs. ASCS Patriots
July 3
– South Buxton International Raceway (Merlin, ONT)
July
10 – Owendale Speedway (Owendale, MI)
July
16 – Winston Motor Speedway (Rothbury, MI)
July
17 – Crystal Motor Speedway (Crystal, MI)
July
23 – Ionia Fair Speedway (Ionia, MI)
August
6 – Cherry Raceway (Fife Lake, MI)
August
7 – I-96 Speedway (Lake Odessa, MI)
August
8 – Kokomo Speedway (Kokomo, IN)
August
14 – Butler Motor Speedway (Quincy, MI)
August
21 – South Buxton International Raceway (Merlin, ONT)
August
28 – Owendale Speedway (Owendale, MI)
September
3 – Winston Motor Speedway (Rothbury, MI)
September
4 – Crystal Motor Speedway (Crystal, MI)
September
10 – Hartford Motor Speedway (Hartford, MI)
September
17 – Ohsweken Speedway (Ohsweken, ONT)
September
18 – Ohsweken Speedway (Ohsweken, ONT)
September
25 – I-96 Speedway (Lake Odessa, MI)
