ASCS Sooner Region set for Okla. doubleheader

[rebelracewriter]

Lonnie Wheatley, TULSA, Okla. (May 21, 2007) – The American Bank of

Oklahoma ASCS Sooner Region fires back to action with a pair of Memorial Day weekend

events in the Sooner State.

 

The series takes to Mid-America Speedway in South Coffeyville, OK, on

Saturday night, then moves on to Creek County Speedway near Tulsa on Sunday night.

With the opening three events of a scheduled 18 cars in the books,

21-year-old Cody Branchcomb of Sapulpa, OK, leads the way into the weekend that

culminates at the ¼-mile Creek County Speedway clay oval located just several miles

from the team's shop.

 

With finishes of fifth, second and sixth thus far, Branchcomb enters this

weekend's action with a 26-point lead over Danbury, TX, racer Ray Allen

Kulhanek, a past ASCS Gulf South Region champion.

Another dozen points back in Sand Springs, OK, shoe Sherman Davis, with

Tulsa's Brian McClelland and two-time Sooner Region champion Kevin Ramey of Fort

Worth rounding out the current top five.

 

Ramey won the series season opener at Cowtown Speedway on April 14 to run

his series' best career win total to 15, while Kansan Garry Lee Maier swept the

two-night double at Mid-America Speedway on April 20-21.

 

Others among the top ten entering this weekend include the Collinsville, OK,

duo of Gavin Punch and 2005 ASCS Sooner Region champion Sean McClelland,

Broken Arrow's Nick Smith (who won a pair of events at Mid-America last year),

Tulsa's Brad Best and 2001 ASCS Sooner Region king J.P. Bailey of Fort Worth.

Both nights of racing action are set to fire off at 7:00 p.m.

 

The semi-banked, 3/10-mile Mid-America Speedway clay oval is located one

mile south of the Oklahoma-Kansas state line on US 169, then 0.7 miles west.

For more information, contact the track at 918-255-6698.

 

The semi-banked, ¼-mile Creek County Speedway clay oval is located southwest

of Tulsa off I-44 Exit 211, then 0.3 mile south on SR 33, then one mile west

on SR 66. For more information, contact the track at 918-247-6675.

The 2007 schedule for the American Bank of Oklahoma ASCS Sooner Region

consists of 18 events at eight different tracks throughout Oklahoma, Texas and

Arkansas.

 

The 2007 season marks the 16th year of sanctioning Sprint Car racing for the

American Sprint Car Series. With a dozen different Regions in addition to

the O'Reilly American Sprint Cars on Tour National series, ASCS will 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_ (http://www.ascsracing.com/)