ASCoT Dates Set for HRP & Baton Rouge

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Baton Rouge & HRP Next up for ASCoT

 

 

Lonnie Wheatley, TULSA, Okla. (February 16, 2006) With a successful 2006 season opener logged into the record books for the O'Reilly American Sprint Cars on Tour, the series fires back into a action with a March 10-11 weekend double at Baton Rouge Raceway and Houston Raceway Park.

 

 

The stars of ASCoT take to Louisiana's Baton Rouge Raceway for the first time in series history on Friday night, March 10, before making the trek westward on Interstate 10 for Houston Raceway Park's Leading Edge Lubricants Challenge on Saturday night, March 11. Both events feature a $4,000 winner's share with $500 to all feature starters.

 

 

The double kicks off a crucial stretch of six ASCoT events over three consecutive weekends, a stretch in which the series' leading championship contenders will likely be determined. The Baton Rouge & HRP weekend is followed by Devil's Bowl Speedway's 33rd Annual Winter Nationals near Dallas on March 17-18, with Oklahoma City's State Fair Speedway on tap for March 24-25.

 

 

A stellar field of drivers from throughout the country are expected at Baton Rouge Raceway as well as at Houston Raceway Park's Leading Edge Lubricants Challenge on March 10 and 11 after 83 drivers from 22 different states as well as Canada competed in the series recent opener at East Bay Raceway Park in Tampa, FL. More than 20 different drivers have expressed intent to pursue the ASCoT championship in 2006.

 

 

Among those expected for action are two-time and defending series champion Gary Wright of Hooks, TX, along with other past series champions including Zach Chappell of Talala, OK, and Texas City, TX, native Travis Rilat, who topped the season opening feature at East Bay on January 26.

 

 

Other title contenders expected include '05 series runner-up Darren Stewart (Bixby, OK), two-time Knoxville Raceway champion Jake Peters (Sioux Falls, SD), two-time Sprints on Dirt champion Dustin Daggett (Portland, MI), defending Short Track Nationals champion Tim Montgomery (Fredericktown, MO), '05 series Rookie of the Year Tony Bruce, Jr. (Liberal, KS) and '05 series Most Improved driver Sam Hafertepe, Jr. (Sunnyvale, TX).

 

 

Others expected to chase the ASCoT title include Show-Me-Staters Jerrod Hull (Sikeston), Jesse Hockett (Warsaw), Joey Montgomery (Fredericktown) and Doc Sloan (Imperial), Sooner State shoes Cody Branchcomb (Sapulpa), Abe Sherwood (Drumright), 13-year-old Trey Robb (Newcastle) and past Sooner Region champions Sean McClelland (Collinsville) and Andy Shouse (Oklahoma City), Nebraska's Mike Chadd, Mississippi's Jan Howard, South Dakota's Chuck Swenson and New Mexico's James Mosher.

 

 

The ¼-mile, semi-banked Baton Rouge Raceway clay oval is located off I-110 Exit 6, then one mile east on Louisiana SR 408, then 7.1 miles north on SR 67, then 0.4 mile west.

 

Houston Raceway Park is located in Baytown, TX, east of Houston on I-10 to Exit 798, then three miles south on SR 146, then 0.8 mile southeast on FM 1405, then 1.5 miles northeast on FM 565.

 

 

Tickets for the Baton Rouge Raceway event and Houston Raceway Park's Leading Edge Lubricants Challenge are just $20 per event for adults, with children ages 6-12 just $10 per event. Children under six years of age are admitted free.

 

For additional ticket information, contact Action Sports Promotions at 972-487-6960.

 

In its 15th year of sanctioning Sprint Car racing in the United States, the American Sprint Car Series will present approximately 175 nights of racing in 2006 including the National Tour and its Regional Tours, including Gulf South, Mid-South, Midwest, Northern Plains, Rocky Mountain, Sooner, Southern and Sprints on Dirt.

 

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