ASCS
Canyon and Southwest Schedules Revealed
Lonnie
Wheatley, TULSA, Okla. (January 26, 2010) – Race fans in and around Arizona will
be treated to the best of both ASCS worlds in 2010, as both the winged American
Sprint Car Series Southwest Region and wingless Discount Tire Co. ASCS Canyon
Region have announced 15-race schedules for the upcoming
season.
The
winged ASCS Southwest forces will tackle a handful of tracks in Arizona and New
Mexico, while the topless ASCS Canyon contingent ventures to three tracks in the
same states.
Tucson’s
USA Raceway will once again host the heaviest slate of events with seven winged
Southwest nights and ten topless nights.Both series will open and close the season at USA Raceway, with the March
13 ASCS Canyon Region opener followed by the ASCS Southwest lidlifter seven
nights later.
Following
Manzanita Speedway’s 2009 closure, both the ASCS Southwest and Canyon Regions
will return to the Phoenix area in 2010 with events at Peoria’s Canyon Speedway
Park.The winged cars will take to the
semi-banked, 3/8-mile oval on May 22, while the wingless aces toss the CSP clay
on three separate occasions.
New
Mexico’s Aztec Speedway will host a pair of two-day winged weekends, including
the annual Floyd Reynolds Memorial in September, as well as the non-winged Hank
Arnold Memorial on the Fourth of July weekend.
The
ASCS Southwest Region will join up with the Lucas Oil Sprint Car Series
presented by K&N Filters at Las Cruces’ Southern New Mexico Speedway on
November 12-13, while also making a return to Prescott Valley Speedway in
August.
Both
series will finish off the 2010 season at USA Raceway’s 43rd Annual
Western World Championships on November 18-20.
Charles
Davis, Jr., delivered car owner Jim Massey his first series championship by
taking the 2009 ASCS Canyon Region title while Las Cruces shoe Rick Ziehl pulled
down his second consecutive ASCS Southwest Region title in
2009.
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
Discount Tire Co. ASCS Canyon Region Schedule
(Non-Wing):
March
13 – USA Raceway (Tucson, AZ)
March
27 – Canyon Speedway Park (Peoria, AZ)
April
17 – USA Raceway (Tucson, AZ)
May 15
– USA Raceway (Tucson, AZ)
June
12 – Canyon Speedway Park (Peoria, AZ)
June
26 – USA Raceway (Tucson, AZ)
July 2
– Aztec Speedway (Aztec, NM) – Hank Arnold Memorial
July 3
– Aztec Speedway (Aztec, NM) – Hank Arnold Memorial
September
4 – USA Raceway (Tucson, AZ)
September
5 – USA Raceway (Tucson, AZ)
October
9 – Canyon Speedway Park (Peoria, AZ)
October
23 – USA Raceway (Tucson, AZ) – Hall of Fame Classic
November
18 – USA Raceway (Tucson, AZ) – 43rd Annual Western World
Championships
November
19 – USA Raceway (Tucson, AZ) – 43rd Annual Western World
Championships
November
20 – USA Raceway (Tucson, AZ) – 43rd Annual Western World
Championships
2010
ASCS Southwest Region Schedule (Winged):
March
20 – USA Raceway (Tucson, AZ)
April
24 – USA Raceway (Tucson, AZ)
May 22
– Canyon Speedway Park (Peoria, AZ)
June 4
– Aztec Speedway (Aztec, NM)
June 5
– Aztec Speedway (Aztec, NM)
July
17 – USA Raceway (Tucson, AZ)
August
21 – Prescott Valley Raceway (Prescott Valley, AZ)
September
17 – Aztec Speedway (Aztec, NM) – Floyd Reynolds
Memorial
September
18 – Aztec Speedway (Aztec, NM) – Floyd Reynolds
Memorial
October
2 – USA Raceway (Tucson, AZ)
*
November 12 – Southern New Mexico Speedway (Las Cruces,
NM)
*
November 13 – Southern New Mexico Speedway (Las Cruces,
NM)
*
November 18 – USA Raceway (Tucson, AZ) – 43rd Annual Western World
Championships
*
November 19 – USA Raceway (Tucson, AZ) – 43rd Annual Western World
Championships
*
November 20 – USA Raceway (Tucson, AZ) – 43rd Annual Western World
Championships
* -
Indicates events run in conjunction with Lucas Oil Sprint Car Series presented
by K&N Filters.