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ASCS Lone Star weekend double on tap at Boyd Raceway and Cowtown Speedway

The inaugural season of American Sprint Car Series Lone Star Regional competition continues with a pair of events in North Texas this weekend.

On Friday night, the series makes its lone stop of the year at Boyd Raceway in Boyd, TX. Then on Saturday night, the series moves on to Kennedale’s Cowtown Speedway for a $2,000 to win tilt.

Trying to add to a pair of past ASCS Sooner Region championships, Fort Worth’s Kevin Ramey is out to the early lead in the race for the inaugural ASCS Lone Star crown.

But his lead has been cut to just 30 points after suffering a “DNF” in the series most recent outing at Abilene Speedway on May 30.

Trying to close the gap on Ramey is Princeton, TX, shoe Brad Welborn, an ASCS Sooner Region feature winner at Cowtown last year.

Up to third in Lone Star points is Tulsa’s Brian McClelland, the two-time and defending Sooner Region champion. McClelland, who topped last year’s inaugural ASCS event at Boyd, comes off his first win of the season after topping the Sooner Region this past weekend in Springfield, MO.

Kermit, TX, native Kolt Walker and Flower Mound’s Matt Clevenger round out the current top five in ASCS Lone Star points, with the balance of the top ten including Justin Melton (Flower Mound), Michael Lang (Mesquite), Claud Estes (Godley), J.P. Bailey (Fort Worth) and John Ricketts (Burleson).

While McClelland has topped the lone previous ASCS event at Boyd, there have been nine different winners in the last nine ASCS Regional events atop the high-speed, high-banked Cowtown Speedway dirt oval. Ramey is the series most recent winner at Cowtown with his April 4 triumph.

Last year’s Cowtown ASCS winners included Travis Rilat, Gary Taylor, Brad Welborn, Kolt Walker, Gavin Punch and Brian Brown.

Friday’s action at Boyd Raceway is set to go green at 8:00 p.m., with Saturday’s Cowtown card firing off at 7:00 p.m.

The semi-banked, ¼-mile Boyd Raceway dirt oval is located in Boyd, TX, 2.5 miles south of SR 114 on FM 730, then 1.5 miles west on FM 2048. For more information, contact the track at 940-433-5587 or 817-304-2044.

The high-banked, ¼-mile Cowtown Speedway dirt oval is located in Kennedale, TX, just east of Fort Worth off I-20 Exit 442-A, then 1.7 miles southeast on Mansfield Highway, then 1.4 miles southwest on New Hope Road. For more information, contact the track at 817-478-9952.

The inaugural slate of ASCS Lone Star Region competition consists of 18 events at nine different tracks throughout North Texas in addition to one venture north of the Red River to Oklahoma City’s State Fair Speedway.

Past ASCS Regional Feature Winners at Boyd Raceway:
5/16/08 – Brian McClelland (Sooner)

Past ASCS Regional Feature Winners at Cowtown Speedway:
4/4/09 – Kevin Ramey (Lone Star)
10/11/08 – Brian Brown (National vs. Sooner)
10/10/08 – Gavin Punch (National vs. Sooner)
8/23/08 – Kolt Walker (Gulf South)
7/26/08 – Brad Welborn (Sooner)
5/17/08 – Gary Taylor (Sooner)
4/5/08 – Travis Rilat (Sooner)
9/15/07 - Nick Smith (Sooner)
7/7/07 - Brian McClelland (Sooner)
4/14/07 - Kevin Ramey (Sooner)
9/23/06 - Travis Rilat (Sooner)
6/10/06 - Sam Hafertepe, Jr. (Sooner)
4/8/06 - Sam Hafertepe, Jr. (Sooner)
9/24/05 - Travis Rilat (Sooner)
6/25/05 - Jason Martin (National vs. Sooner)
4/9/05 - Sean McClelland (Sooner)
9/25/04 - Andy Shouse (Sooner)
5/29/04 - Kevin Ramey (Sooner)

The American Sprint Car Series, in its 18th year of sanctioning Sprint Car racing events, brings the best of Sprint Car racing to nearly 100 different tracks throughout 25 states and Canada in 2009. Anchored by the Lucas Oil ASCS Sprint Car Dirt 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.

by Lonnie Wheatley

Ray Allen Kulhanek covers Cleveland for ASCS Gulf South Honors

Ray Allen Kulhanek broke into American Sprint Car Series Gulf South Region victory lane for the first time since September of 2006 by wiring the field in Saturday night’s 25-lap feature at 105 Speedway.

The 2006 series champion gunned into the lead at the outset aboard Jeff Wagner’s Dee Fox Racing Engines Coastal Group Roofing No. 5 Maxim and never looked back en route to his eighth career Gulf South triumph.

Kulhanek took the checkered flag in front of fellow front row starter Kolt Walker, with current series points leader Aaron Reutzel racing from ninth to capture the show position for his ninth consecutive top-ten showing.

Scottie McDonald crossed the stripe fourth, with Greg Rilat making a late move around Skip Wilson to round out the top five. Wilson was sixth, with Chris Sweeney, Jimmy Brooks, Jerry Bell and Channin Tankersley completing the top ten.

Wilson, Brandon Berryman, Brooks and Walker topped heat race action for the 27-car field with Tankersley winning the “B” Main.

ASCS Gulf South Region Results from 105 Speedway:

Heat One (8 Laps): 1. 65-Skip Wilson, 2. 1b-Kent Lewis, Jr., 3. 15T-Travis Elliott, 4. 93-Chris Sweeney, 5. 21T-Tommy Bryant, 6. 30x-Bean Elliott, 7. 22L-Kent Lewis, Jr.

Heat Two (8 Laps): 1. 31-Brandon Berryman, 2. 5-Ray Allen Kulhanek, 3. 3-Gary Watson, 4. 85-Jerry Bell, 5. 71-Channin Tankersley, 6. 70-Anthony Reaves, 7. 74-Brandon Corn.

Heat Three (8 Laps): 1. 51-Jimmy Brooks, 2. 30-Scottie McDonald, 3. 21-Blake Roberts, 4. 35-Greg Rilat, 5. 19-Klint Angelette, 6. 17-Bruce Griffith, Jr., 7. 17c-Greg Coleman.

Heat Four (8 Laps): 1. 45k-Kolt Walker, 2. 87-Aaron Reutzel, 3. 23-Darryl Wills, 4. 69h-Larry Howery, 5. 12-Trey Robb, 6. 17c-Greg Coleman.

“B” Feature (12 Laps): 1. 71-Channin Tankersley, 2. 21T-Tommy Bryant, 3. 19-Klint Angelette, 4. 74-Brandon Corn, 5. 69h-Larry Howery, 6. 70-Anthony Reaves, 7. 22L-Kent Lewis, Sr., 8. 17c-Greg Coleman, 9. 17-Bruce Griffith, Jr., 10. d20-David Noker, 11. 15T-Travis Elliott (Disqualified; failed to report to scales after finishing third), 12. 30x-Bean Elliott (Disqualified; failed to report to scales after finishing fifth). DNS: 12-Trey Robb.

“A” Feature (25 Laps): 1. 5-Ray Allen Kulhanek, 2. 45k-Kolt Walker, 3. 87-Aaron Reutzel, 4. 30-Scottie McDonald, 5. 35-Greg Rilat, 6. 65-Skip Wilson, 7. 93-Chris Sweeney, 8. 51-Jimmy Brooks, 9. 85-Jerry Bell, 10. 71-Channin Tankersley, 11. 21T-Tommy Bryant, 12. 74-Brandon Corn, 13. 70-Anthony Reaves, 14. 21-Blake Roberts, 15. 23-Darryl Wills, 16. 69h-Larry Howery, 17. 1b-Kent Lewis, Jr., 18. 31-Brandon Berryman, 19. 3-Gary Watson, 20. 19-Klint Angelette.

ASCS Gulf South Region Points (Top Ten): 1. Aaron Reutzel 1,386, 2. Ray Allen Kulhanek 1,313, 3. Tommy Bryant 1,306, 4. Brandon Berryman 1,296, 5. Channin Tankersley 1,294, 6. Scottie McDonald 1,208, 7. Jimmy Brooks 1,169, 8. Kent Lewis, Jr. 1,168, 9. Greg Rilat 1,127, 10. Gary Watson 1,090.

by Lonnie Wheatley

Trey Robb robs the ASCS Gulf South Sprint Car loot at Heart O’ Texas

Following his car owner’s lead, Trey Robb broke into American Sprint Car Series victory lane for the first time by topping Friday night’s 25-lap ASCS Gulf South main event at Heart O’ Texas Speedway.

Driving for Jerry Bell, who picked off his first series win the weekend prior in Lone Star action at Abilene, the 17-year-old Robb hailing from Newcastle, OK, raced around Kevin Ramey on a lap eleven restart en route to winning the Gordon Woolley Classic aboard the Eckley-powered Bell’s Custom Conversions No. 12 Maxim.

Robb was chased to the stripe by Ramey, who paced the opening eleven rounds, with Kolt Walker, Channin Tankersley and 17th-starter Tommy Bryant rounding out the top five.

Ray Allen Kulhanek and Gary Watson raced from the eighth row to finish sixth and seventh, respectively, with current series points leader Aaron Reutzel, Greg Rilat and Kent Lewis, Jr., completing the top ten.

Bruce Griffith, Jr., Michael Lang, Robb and Jimmy Brooks topped heat race action, with Kulhanek and Watson winning the “B” Mains.

ASCS Gulf South Region Results from Heart O’ Texas Speedway:

Heat One (8 Laps): 1. 17-Bruce Griffith, Jr., 2. 35-Greg Rilat, 3. 7m-Kevin Ramey, 4. 5-Ray Allen Kulhanek, 5. 19-Klint Angelette, 6. 31-Brandon Berryman, 7. 65-Skip Wilson, 8. 93-Chris Sweeney, 9. 5m-Glenn Martin.

Heat Two (8 Laps): 1. 14-Michael Lang, 2. 15T-Travis Elliott, 3. 45-Martin Edwards, 4. 12z-Shawn Mize, 5. 13-Matt Brooks, 6. 30x-Bean Elliott, 7. 88r-Andy Rea, 8. 69h-Larry Howery.

Heat Three (8 Laps): 1. 12-Trey Robb, 2. 45k-Kolt Walker, 3. 1b-Kent Lewis, Jr., 4. 23-Darryl Wills, 5. 79-Charlie McDonald, 6. 74-Brandon Corn, 7. 3-Gary Watson, 8. 55d-David Doyle.

Heat Four (8 Laps): 1. 51-Jimmy Brooks, 2. 21-Blake Roberts, 3. 87-Aaron Reutzel, 4. 71-Channin Tankersley, 5. 21T-Tommy Bryant, 6. 85-Jerry Bell, 7. 30-Scottie McDonald, 8. 76-John Ricketts.

First “B” Feature (12 Laps): 1. 5-Ray Allen Kulhanek, 2. 21T-Tommy Bryant, 3. 30-Scottie McDonald, 4. 93-Chris Sweeney, 5. 5m-Glenn Martin, 6. 55d-David Doyle, 7. 65-Skip Wilson, 8. 74-Brandon Corn, 9. 13-Matt Brooks, 10. 85-Jerry Bell (Disqualified; failed to report to scales after finishing third).

Second “B” Feature (12 Laps): 1. 3-Gary Watson, 2. 12z-Shawn Mize, 3. 19-Klint Angelette, 4. 79-Charlie McDonald, 5. 88r-Andy Rea, 6. 23-Darryl Wills, 7. 30x-Bean Elliott, 8. 69h-Larry Howery, 9. 76-John Ricketts.

“A” Feature (25 Laps): 1. 12-Trey Robb, 2. 7m-Kevin Ramey, 3. 45k-Kolt Walker, 4. 71-Channin Tankersley, 5. 21T-Tommy Bryant, 6. 5-Ray Allen Kulhanek, 7. 3-Gary Watson, 8. 87-Aaron Reutzel, 9. 35-Greg Rilat, 10. 1b-Kent Lewis, Jr., 11. 31-Brandon Berryman, 12. 15T-Travis Elliott, 13. 21-Blake Roberts, 14. 19-Klint Angelette, 15. 17-Bruce Griffith, Jr., 16. 30-Scottie McDonald, 17. 14-Michael Lang, 18. 12z-Shawn Mize, 19. 45-Martin Edwards, 20. 51-Jimmy Brooks.

ASCS Gulf South Region Points (Top Ten): 1. Aaron Reutzel 1,242, 2. Brandon Berryman 1,182, 3. Tommy Bryant 1,178, 4. Channin Tankersley 1,164, 5. Ray Allen Kulhanek 1,163, 6. Scottie McDonald 1,066, 7. Kent Lewis, Jr. 1,052, 8. Jimmy Brooks 1,035, 9. Greg Rilat 987, 10. Gary Watson 978.

by Lonnie Wheatley

Kevin Ramey prevails for ASCS Lone Star Region Win at Cowtown

Kevin Ramey broke back into American Sprint Car Series victory lane in grand fashion with some last lap heroics to win Saturday night’s 25-lap ASCS Lone Star feature event atop Cowtown Speedway’s high-banked, ¼-mile clay oval.

Ramey took command at the midway point after surging from the 15th starting position and then survived a slugfest for the top spot with Sam Hafertepe, Jr., over the final rounds to post the win aboard the Williams Motorsports Wells-powered City Vending No. 7m Maxim.

After Ramey won the night’s first “B” Main with a last lap pass of Rodney Henderson, he wasted little time moving forward in the night’s finale as pole starter Ryan Hall and Marvin Lough swapped the point over the first half of the race. Hall paced the opening two circuits and then regained the lead on the eighth round after Lough led the way for a handful of laps.

By the time Hall had regained the lead, Ramey had battled his way up to fourth. A lap later, the two-time ASCS Sooner Region champion shot around both Matt Covington and Lough to capture second.

Ramey then raced into the lead on the 13th round and appeared briefly to have the field covered. But Sam Hafertepe, Jr., had other ideas.

Hafertepe had been up to second and pressuring the leader when he bicycled and nearly flipped on the eighth lap, slipping back to fifth in the process. Hafertepe worked back towards the front though and took second away from Covington with just five laps to go.

As Ramey had his hands full with traffic, Hafertepe closed the gap and began challenging for the lead with just two laps to go. After racing down the backstretch in wheel-to-wheel fashion, Hafertepe edged into the lead as the white flag flew.

Ramey fought back through turns one and two and then held off one last Hafertepe bid in the final corner to capture his 33rd career overall ASCS feature win and first since a Sooner Region score at Waco in September 2007.

Hafertepe settled for second, with Covington in the show position. Lough took the checkered flag in fourth, while Brady Bacon raced from 16th to round out the top five.

Brad Welborn climbed from 20th to sixth, with Dustin Morgan, Matt Clevenger, Chad Wilson and Justin Melton completing the top ten.

Covington, Hafertepe, Hall, Eric Baldaccini and Kolt Walker topped heat race action for the 39-car field, with both Ramey and Bacon making last-lap moves to win the twin “B” Mains. After leading during the early portion of the feature, Hall fell to twelfth in the final rundown with a stuck bleeder valve in the right rear.

Baldaccini’s night ended with a turn one flip nine laps into the main event. Baldaccini was just one of several flip victims on the night, with others including J.P. Bailey on the opening lap of the feature, Michael Lang, Colt Treharn, Jerry Bell and Bruce Griffith, Jr., in “B” Main action and Nick Clinkenbeard in heat race competition. There were no injuries.

ASCS Lone Star Region Results from Cowtown Speedway:

Heat One (8 Laps): 1. 95-Matt Covington, 2. 71-Channin Tankersley, 3. 85-Jerry Bell, 4. 1r-Scott Reneau, 5. 69h-Larry Howery, 6. 74-Brandon Corn, 7. 74e-Claud Estes, 8. 88r-Andy Rea.

Heat Two (8 Laps): 1. 15-Sam Hafertepe, Jr., 2. 31m-Matt Clevenger, 3. 11-Justin Melton, 4. 20x-Chad Wilson, 5. 81au-Gavin Punch, 6. 66-Nick Clinkenbeard, 7. 87x-Billy Melton, 8. 25-Robert Sellers (Disqualified; failed to report directly to scales after finishing first).

Heat Three (8 Laps): 1. 79-Ryan Hall, 2. 20-Terry Monroe, 3. 87-Brian McClelland, 4. 14-Michael Lang, 5. 26-Dalton Steed, 6. 11m-Brandon Moseley, 7. 11F-Darrell Fletcher, 8. 65-Skip Wilson.

Heat Four (8 Laps): 1. 4-Eric Baldaccini, 2. 39-Marvin Lough, 3. 45-J.P. Bailey, 4. 93-Dustin Morgan, 5. 17w-Brad Welborn, 6. 17-Bruce Griffith, Jr., 7. 14b-Robert Byrom, 8. 9-Brian Parker.

Heat Five (8 Laps): 1. 45k-Kolt Walker, 2. 5m-Glenn Martin, 3. 67-Rodney Henderson, 4. 99-Brady Bacon, 5. 7m-Kevin Ramey, 6. 76-John Ricketts, 7. 77-Colt Treharn.

First “B” Feature (12 Laps): 1. 7m-Kevin Ramey, 2. 67-Rodney Henderson, 3. 87-Brian McClelland, 4. 65-Skip Wilson, 5. 81au-Gavin Punch, 6. 11m-Brandon Moseley, 7. 9-Brian Parker, 8. 69h-Larry Howery, 9. 77-Colt Treharn, 10. 87x-Billy Melton, 11. 88r-Andy Rea, 12. 14-Michael Lang. DNS: 66-Nick Clinkenbeard.

Second “B” Feature (12 Laps): 1. 99-Brady Bacon, 2. 20x-Chad Wilson, 3. 17w-Brad Welborn, 4. 74-Brandon Corn, 5. 76-John Ricketts, 6. 74e-Claud Estes, 7. 25-Robert Sellers, 8. 14b-Robert Byrom, 9. 11F-Darrell Fletcher, 10. 26-Dalton Steed, 11. 85-Jerry Bell, 12. 17-Bruce Griffith, Jr.

“A” Feature (25 Laps): 1. 7m-Kevin Ramey, 2. 15-Sam Hafertepe, Jr., 3. 95-Matt Covington, 4. 39-Marvin Lough, 5. 99-Brady Bacon, 6. 17w-Brad Welborn, 7. 93-Dustin Morgan, 8. 31m-Matt Clevenger, 9. 20x-Chad Wilson, 10. 11-Justin Melton, 11. 87-Brian McClelland, 12. 79-Ryan Hall, 13. 5m-Glenn Martin, 14. 1r-Scott Reneau, 15. 67-Rodney Henderson, 16. 4-Eric Baldaccini, 17. 71-Channin Tankersley, 18. 45k-Kolt Walker, 19. 45-J.P. Bailey, 20. 20-Terry Monroe.

ASCS Lone Star Region Points (Top Ten): 1. Kevin Ramey 296, 2. Brad Welborn 276, 3. Matt Clevenger 274, 4. Brian McClelland 272, 5. Sam Hafertepe, Jr. 256, 6. Eric Baldaccini 252, 7. Channin Tankersley 248, 8. Justin Melton 244, 9. J.P. Bailey 238, 10. Kolt Walker 230.

by Lonnie Wheatley
Photos courtesy of ASCS

Heart O’ Texas, Cowtown to host inaugural ASCS Lone Star Region events this weekend

The much-anticipated initial pair of events for the all-new American Sprint Car Series Lone Star Region are just two days away as the series is set for its inaugural weekend of competition this Friday and Saturday.

The ASCS Lone Star Region lifts off with Friday night’s card atop Waco’s 1/3-mile Heart O’ Texas Speedway clay oval. Then, on Saturday night, it’s up the road to complete the series’ opening weekend of action atop Cowtown Speedway’s high-banked ¼-mile near Fort Worth.

Both tracks have been regular Regional stops in recent years, with Heart O’ Texas often hosting the ASCS Gulf South Region and Cowtown Speedway a standard ASCS Sooner Region stop. But, with the emergence of the new Lone Star Region, a more fitting pair of ovals couldn’t have been selected for the opening weekend.

Heart O’ Texas Speedway will also host the Gulf South Region on June 5, with a Lone Star vs. Gulf South Shootout to follow on July 31 after both Regional Tours have had a look at the speedway.

The inaugural Lone Star Region championship will virtually run through Cowtown Speedway, as the Kennedale, TX, track will host the Lone Star Region on several more occasions including stops on May 16, June 27 and August 29 before the Cowtown Sprint Nationals on October 9-10 that will feature a triumvirate of Regions including Lone Star, Gulf South and Sooner.

In total, the ASCS Lone Star Region will contest 16 events at eight different tracks throughout North Texas in addition to one venture north of the Red River to Oklahoma City’s State Fair Speedway in May versus the Sooner Region.

Two-time ASCS Sooner Region champion Kevin Ramey of Fort Worth and 2008 ASCS Sooner Region runner-up Kolt Walker are among the nearly two-dozen drivers that have already indicated intentions of pursuing the Lone Star crown, setting up a stout opening weekend of action.

Several invaders from north of the Red River are expected for the weekend’s action, along with several Lucas Oil ASCS National contenders including reigning champion Jason Johnson, Travis Rilat, Eric Baldaccini, Kathryne Minter and Trey Robb. Both features offer up $1,500 to win and $250 to start.

Ramey ranks as the only driver to capture ASCS victories at both the Heart O’ Texas and Cowtown Speedways. Ramey has collected four Waco wins (three Gulf South and one Sooner) along with two Sooner wins at Cowtown.

While Ramey has collected 32 overall career ASCS feature wins, he’ll be trying to snap a series victory drought of 40 race nights dating back to a September 14, 2007, ASCS Sooner score at Heart O’ Texas.

Friday’s racing action at Heart O’ Texas goes green at 8:00 p.m., with Saturday’s NASCAR weekend event at Cowtown Speedway firing off at 7:00 p.m.

The semi-banked, 1/3-mile Heart O’ Texas Speedway clay oval is located in Waco, TX, off I-35 Exit 343, then 0.6 miles north on east frontage road. For more information, contact the track at 254-829-2294.

Cowtown Speedway is located in Kennedale, TX, just east of Fort Worth off I-20 Exit 442-A, then 1.7 miles southeast on Mansfield Highway, then 1.4 miles southwest on New Hope Road. For more information, contact the track at 817-478-9952.

The American Sprint Car Series, in its 18th year of sanctioning Sprint Car racing events, brings the best of Sprint Car racing to nearly 100 different tracks throughout 25 states and Canada in 2009. Anchored by the Lucas Oil ASCS Sprint Car Dirt Series presented by K&N Filters, ASCS also consists of a dozen different Regions throughout the nation.

Past ASCS Regional Feature Winners at Heart O’ Texas Speedway:

8/22/08 – Greg Rilat (Gulf South)
5/25/08 – Ryan Hall (Gulf South)
9/14/07 – Kevin Ramey (Sooner)
8/31/07 – Brandon Berryman (Gulf South vs. Sooner)
9/15/06 – Kevin Ramey (Gulf South)
7/21/06 – Jason Johnson (Gulf South vs. Sooner Region)
10/15/04 – Kevin Ramey (Gulf South)
9/17/04 – Kevin Ramey (Gulf South)
6/18/04 – Claud Estes (Gulf South)

Past ASCS Regional Feature Winners at Cowtown Speedway:

10/11/08 – Brian Brown (National vs. Sooner)
10/10/08 – Gavin Punch (National vs. Sooner)
8/23/08 – Kolt Walker (Gulf South)
7/26/08 – Brad Welborn (Sooner)
5/17/08 – Gary Taylor (Sooner)
4/5/08 – Travis Rilat (Sooner)
9/15/07 - Nick Smith (Sooner)
7/7/07 - Brian McClelland (Sooner)
4/14/07 - Kevin Ramey (Sooner)
9/23/06 - Travis Rilat (Sooner)
6/10/06 - Sam Hafertepe, Jr. (Sooner)
4/8/06 - Sam Hafertepe, Jr. (Sooner)
9/24/05 - Travis Rilat (Sooner)
6/25/05 - Jason Martin (National vs. Sooner)
4/9/05 - Sean McClelland (Sooner)
9/25/04 - Andy Shouse (Sooner)
5/29/04 - Kevin Ramey (Sooner)

Additional information regarding the American Sprint Car Series is available at www.ascsracing.com.

by Lonnie Wheatley

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