ASCS Canyon region returns to Manzy

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Sherman Shoots for ASCS Canyon Region Three-Peat on Saturday

 

by Lonnie Wheatley

 

TULSA, Okla. (April 9, 2007) - Defending Arizona state champion Jeremy Sherman will try to make it three American Sprint Car Series Canyon Region feature wins in a row when the series takes to Manzanita Speedway's ½-mile clay oval this Saturday night.

 

Sherman has topped the series opening pair of events, but each win came in entirely different manner. Sherman wired the field in the March 10 opener on the 1/3-mile, then battled forward from the twelfth position to overtake Mike Leslie for the win on the ½-mile on March 31.

 

With the victories in the opening pair of events, Sherman has opened up a 20-point lead over Leslie in the series championship points chase. Sixteen-year-old Michael Colegrove is just points behind Leslie in third, with Josh Pelkey, Shon Deskins and 18-year-old Rookie of the Year contender Jeremy Reagles tied for fourth.

 

R.J. Johnson is currently seventh in points, with the balance of the current top ten including Mike Martin, Bob Ream, Jr., and Seainn Hendricsen.

 

Once again, $50 certificates will be awarded to each of the heat race winners, with Racing Optics sponsoring heat race one, Parker Store sponsoring heat race two, Kenz & Leslie/BG Chemicals sponsoring heat race three and Sunoco sponsoring heat race four. Arizona Race Mart sponsors the Pole Dash, while Sunoco will also award a $50 certificate to each "B" Main winner in ASCS Canyon Region action this year.

 

Saturday's racing action goes green at 7:30 p.m.

 

Manzanita Speedway is located in Phoenix, AZ, off I-10 Exit 141, then four miles south on 35th Avenue to West Broadway. For more information, contact the track at 602-276-7575.

 

The ASCS Canyon Region brings the best in wingless Sprint Car racing to Arizona in 2007 with a slate of 24 events. In addition to Manzanita Speedway, the series will also be in action at Tucson's USA Race Park and Casa Grande's Central Arizona Raceway over the course of the season.

 

The 2007 season marks 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 at least 30 different states and Canada.

 

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