ASCS
Lone Star Region Set for 2010
Lonnie
Wheatley, TULSA, Okla. (January 26, 2010) – After a successful inaugural season
in 2009, the American Sprint Car Series Lone Star Region returns with another
strong schedule of events for the upcoming 2010
campaign.
The
ASCS Lone Star Region is currently slated for 17 nights of competition at eight
different tracks.While 16 of those
nights will take place within the Lone Star state, the series will venture north
of the Red River on one occasion to tangle with the American Bank of Oklahoma
ASCS Sooner Region.
The
series will kick off the 2010 season by taking on the Lucas Oil Sprint Car
forces at Kilgore’s Lone Star Speedway on April 9.Lone Star is also set to host the season
finale on September 11.
Between
the Lone Star Speedway’s ASCS Lone Star Region bookends, the series will take to
Cowtown Speedway’s high-banked, ¼-mile oval on four occasions, Crandall’s RPM
Speedway and Mesquite’s Devil’s Bowl Speedway three times each, Waco’s Heart O’
Texas Speedway a pair of times and Abilene Speedway and Boyd Raceway once
apiece.
The
ASCS Lone Star contenders will take on both the ASCS Sooner and Gulf South
Regions over the course of the 2010 season.
Lone
Star vs. Sooner Red River standoffs include a two-night stand at Devil’s Bowl
Speedway in Mesquite, TX, on June 18-19, a Lawton Speedway stop on July 10 and
then an RPM Speedway-Cowtown Speedway weekend on July 16-17, while Lone Star vs.
Gulf South showdowns consists of a July 23-24 weekend at Heart O’ Texas Speedway
and Devil’s Bowl Speedway.
Already
a two-time ASCS Sooner Region champion, Fort Worth’s Kevin Ramey captured the
inaugural ASCS Lone Star title in 2009 by a 193-point margin over Brad
Welborn.
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 ASCS Lone Star Region
Schedule:
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April 9 – Lone Star Speedway (Kilgore, TX)
April
16 – Heart O’ Texas Speedway (Waco, TX)
April
17 – Cowtown Speedway (Kennedale, TX)
May 14
– RPM Speedway (Crandall, TX)
May 15
– Abilene Speedway (Abilene, TX)
June
11 – Boyd Raceway (Boyd, TX)
June
12 – Cowtown Speedway (Kennedale, TX)
June
18 – Devil’s Bowl Speedway (Mesquite, TX) – vs. ASCS
Sooner
June
19 – Devil’s Bowl Speedway (Mesquite, TX) – vs. ASCS
Sooner
July
10 – Lawton Speedway (Lawton, OK) – vs. ASCS Sooner
July
16 – RPM Speedway (Crandall, TX) – vs. ASCS Sooner
July
17 – Cowtown Speedway (Kennedale, TX) – vs. ASCS Sooner
July
23 – Heart O’ Texas Speedway (Waco, TX) – vs. ASCS Gulf
South
July
24 – Devil’s Bowl Speedway (Mesquite, TX) – vs. ASCS Gulf
South
August
27 – RPM Speedway (Crandall, TX)
August
28 – Cowtown Speedway (Kennedale, TX)
September
11 – Lone Star Speedway (Kilgore, TX)
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Indicates events run in conjunction with Lucas Oil Sprint Car Series presented
by K&N Filters.
