ASCS
Rocky Mountain Region Sets 2010 Slate
Lonnie
Wheatley, TULSA, Okla. (January 31, 2010) – The longest-running American Sprint
Car Series Regional tour is set for another year of action, as the ASCS Rocky
Mountain Region has announced its 2010 schedule.
Going
strong since a trial mini-season in 2000, the ASCS Rocky Mountain Region’s tenth
full season of competition is currently slated for a dozen nights of action at
four tracks throughout New Mexico, Colorado, Wyoming and Kansas, with another
three dates yet to be determined.
The
ASCS Rocky Mountain Region will open the 2010 campaign by breaking new ground
with a first-ever appearance at the Colorado Motorsports Park in Byers, CO, on
May 22, the first of two series stops atop the semi-banked, 1/3-mile dirt
oval.
The
series tackles New Mexico’s Aztec Speedway for three weekend doubles, including
two versus the ASCS Southwest Region and one with the ASCS Canyon Region on July
2-3, which will mark the first wingless events in ASCS Rocky Mountain Region
history.
The
series returns to Rock Springs, Wyoming’s Sweetwater Speedway on a pair of
occasions in 2010 while also taking on the Lucas Oil National Sprint Car Series
in Jetmore, KS, on May 29-30.
Rapid
City, South Dakota’s Jake Ossenfort became the youngest champion in ASCS history
in 2009.The 17-year-old took the ASCS
Rocky Mountain crown by 286 markers over Jeremy McCune, who claimed runner-up
honors for the second year in a row.
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 Rocky Mountain Region
Schedule:
May 22
– Colorado Motorsports Park (Byers, CO)
* May
29 – Jetmore Motorplex (Jetmore, KS)
* May
30 – Jetmore Motorplex (Jetmore, KS)
June 4
– Aztec Speedway (Aztec, NM) – vs. ASCS Southwest
June 5
– Aztec Speedway (Aztec, NM) – vs. ASCS Southwest
June
19 – Sweetwater Speedway (Rock Springs, WY)
July 2
– Aztec Speedway (Aztec, NM) – vs. ASCS Canyon Non-wing
July 3
– Aztec Speedway (Aztec, NM) – vs. ASCS Canyon Non-wing
July
24 – Colorado Motorsports Park (Byers, CO)
August
7 – TBA
August
21 – Sweetwater Speedway (Rock Springs, WY)
September
3 – TBA
September
4 – TBA
September
17 – Aztec Speedway (Aztec, NM) – vs. ASCS Southwest
September
18 – Aztec Speedway (Aztec, NM) – vs. ASCS Southwest
