ASCS WESMAR Challenge update

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ASCS / Wesmar Challenge Leader Board

 

 

Lonnie Wheatley, TULSA, Okla. (May 3, 2007) – Jason Johnson made some inroads on the ASCS / Wesmar Challenge with a sweep of this past weekend's O'Reilly American Sprint Cars on Tour action at Texarkana's Sixty-Seven Speedway and Little Rock's I-30 Speedway.

 

 

 

With the weekend sweep, "The Ragin' Cajun" overtook Wayne Johnson for the crucial second position in the National Challenge points.

 

 

 

Also, Florida's Kenny Adams broke out to the early lead in ASCS Southern Tour challenge points with a win versus the ASCS Mid-Atlantic Region at Virginia Motor Speedway.

 

 

 

The top two drivers in ASCS / Wesmar Challenge points for the National Tour and each of the eleven winged Regions at the September 15 cutoff date will earn invitations to the October 13 ASCS / Wesmar Challenge at the Devil's Bowl Speedway 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 events and be a registered member of the American Sprint Car Series 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) 17

 

2. Jason Johnson (Eunice, LA) 11

 

3. Wayne Johnson (Oklahoma City, OK) 10

 

4. Terry McCarl (Altoona, IA) 4

 

5. Jake Peters (Sioux Falls, SD) 4

 

6. Travis Rilat (Forney, TX) 2

 

7. Danny Smith (Danville, IN) 2

 

8. Natalie Sather (Fargo, ND) 2

 

9. Aaron Berryhill (Broken Arrow, OK) 2

 

10. Tim Crawley (Benton, AR) 2

 

11. Darren Stewart (Bixby, OK) 2

 

12. Chuck Swenson (Watertown, SD) 1

 

13. Foster Landon (Collinsville, OK) 1

 

 

 

ASCS Coastal Region:

 

1. Jason Johnson (Eunice, LA) 5

 

2. Gary Wright (Hooks, TX) 4

 

3. Marshall Skinner (West Memphis, AR) 3

 

4. Michael Dupuy (Amite, LA) 3

 

5. Wayne Johnson (Oklahoma City, OK) 3

 

6. Michael Miller (Ocean Springs, MS) 2

 

7. Travis Rilat (Forney, TX) 2

 

8. Terry Gray (Bartlett, TN) 1

 

9. Chris Sweeney (Channelview, TX) 1

 

 

 

ASCS Gulf South Region:

 

1. Jason Johnson (Eunice, LA) 3

 

2. Terry Gray (Bartlett, TN) 2

 

3. Travis Rilat (Forney, TX) 1

 

 

 

ASCS Mid-Atlantic Region:

 

1. Pat Cannon (Etters, PA) 3

 

2. Kenny Adams (Malabar, FL) 3

 

3. Chad Layton (Harrisburg, PA) 2

 

4. Justin Barger (Montrose, NY) 2

 

5. Dave Ely (West Lawn, PA) 1

 

6. Johnny Bridges (Cherryville, NC) 1

 

 

 

ASCS Midwest Region:

 

1. Chuck Swenson (Watertown, SD) 4

 

2. Brian Brown (Higginsville, MO) 3

 

3. Wayne Johnson (Oklahoma City, OK) 3

 

4. Don Droud, Jr. (Lincoln, NE) 2

 

 

 

ASCS Northern Plains Region:

 

1. Chuck Swenson (Watertown, SD) 4

 

2. Brian Brown (Higginsville, MO) 3

 

3. Wayne Johnson (Oklahoma City, OK) 3

 

4. Don Droud, Jr. (Lincoln, NE) 2

 

 

 

ASCS Rebel Region:

 

1. Marshall Skinner (West Memphis, AR) 3

 

2. Wade Oliver (Southaven, MS) 3

 

3. Wayne Johnson (Oklahoma City, OK) 2

 

4. T.J. Winegardner (Pierson, FL) 2

 

5. Terry Gray (Bartlett, TN) 1

 

6. Shane Morgan (Biloxi, MS) 1

 

 

 

American Bank of Oklahoma ASCS Sooner Region:

 

1. Garry Lee Maier (Cimarron, KS) 6

 

2. Kevin Ramey (Fort Worth, TX) 3

 

3. Travis Rilat (Forney, TX) 2

 

4. Cody Branchcomb (Sapulpa, OK) 2

 

5. Sean McClelland (Collinsville, OK) 2

 

6. Brad Welborn (Allen, TX) 1

 

7. Don Droud, Jr. (Lincoln, NE) 1

 

8. Sherman Davis (Sand Springs, OK) 1

 

 

 

ASCS Southern Tour:

 

1. Kenny Adams (Malabar, FL) 3

 

2. Justin Barger (Montrose, NY) 2

 

3. Johnny Bridges (Cherryville, NC) 1

 

 

 

Each of the ASCS Regions will officially be under way for the 2007 season following this weekend's action, with the ASCS Rocky Mountain Region, ASCS Sprints on Dirt and ASCS Patriots each kicking off the year on Saturday night.

 

 

 

This weekend's season-opening action includes:

 

 

 

Patriots – Fulton Speedway (Saturday); Rolling Wheels Raceway Park (Sunday).

 

Rocky Mountain – Dodge City Raceway Park (Saturday).

 

Sprints on Dirt – Crystal Motor Speedway (Saturday).

 

 

 

Other weekend action towards the ASCS / Wesmar Challenge includes:

 

 

 

Coastal – Pike County Speedway (Saturday)

 

Mid-Atlantic – Susquehanna Speedway Park (Sunday)

 

Southern – Laurens County Speedway (Saturday)

 

 

 

Next up for the balance of the American Sprint Car Series:

 

 

 

ASCoT National – State Fair Speedway (May 11); Devil's Bowl Speedway (May 12)

 

Gulf South – Motorama Speedway, Beaumont, TX (May 18), Houston Raceway Park (May 19)

 

Midwest – Junction Motor Speedway, McCool Junction, NE (May 25)

 

Northern Plains – Crawford County Speedway vs. ASCoT, Denison, IA (June 16)

 

Rebel – Southern Raceway, Milton, FL (May 12)

 

Sooner – Mid-America Speedway (May 26), Creek County Speedway (May 27)

 

 

 

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