ASCS/Wesmar Challenge update

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ASCS / Wesmar Challenge Leader Board

 

by Lonnie Wheatley

 

TULSA, Okla. (March 21, 2007) - While Jake Peters and Wayne Johnson split O'Reilly American Sprint Cars on Tour honors in this past weekend's 34th Annual Devil's Bowl Spring Nationals in Mesquite, TX, it is still Gary Wright who sits atop the National charts in the ASCS / Wesmar Racing Engines Challenge.

 

With points toward the ASCS / Wesmar Racing Engines Challenge earned by posting podium finishes, Wright has now finished among the top three in four of five ASCS National Tour feature events to accumulate nine points.

 

Wayne Johnson has moved into the crucial second position with five points, just one marker ahead of Terry McCarl and Jake Peters, who are tied for third.

 

The top two drivers in ASCS / Wesmar Challenge points for the National Tour and each of the dozen winged Regions at the September 15 cutoff date will earn invitations to the October 13 ASCS / Wesmar Challenge at the Devil's Bowl Speedways Winter Nationals in Mesquite, TX.

 

The ASCS / Wesmar Challenge will be run in two 15-lap segments, with an inversion following the first segment. Passing and finishing points will be in effect for both segments, with the top points earner coming away with a new Wesmar Racing Engine.

 

Drivers earn points towards the Wesmar Racing Engines Challenge by earning three points for a feature win, two points for a runner-up finish and one point for each third-place feature finish. A driver must compete in at least 60% of a respective Region's event to represent that Region in the ASCS / Wesmar Racing Engines Challenge.

 

Current ASCS / Wesmar Racing Engines Challenge Points:

 

O'Reilly American Sprint Cars on Tour National:

 

1. Gary Wright (Hooks, TX) 9

2. Wayne Johnson (Oklahoma City, OK) 5

3. Terry McCarl (Altoona, IA) 4

4. Jake Peters (Sioux Falls, SD) 4

5. Jason Johnson (Eunice, LA) 3

6. Travis Rilat (Forney, TX) 2

7. Danny Smith (Danville, IN) 2

8. Chuck Swenson (Watertown, SD) 1

 

 

ASCS Coastal Region:

 

1. Marshall Skinner (West Memphis, AR) 3

2. Wayne Johnson (Oklahoma City, OK) 2

3. Terry Gray (Bartlett, TN) 1

 

ASCS Rebel Region:

 

1. Marshall Skinner (West Memphis, AR) 3

2. Wayne Johnson (Oklahoma City, OK) 2

3. Terry Gray (Bartlett, TN) 1

 

The 2007 season is the 16th year of sanctioning Sprint Car racing for the American Sprint Car Series, with the series set to sanction approximately 240 nights of racing at more than 100 different race tracks throughout nearly 30 different states and Canada.

 

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