ASCS Canyon series back at Manzy

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ASCS Canyon Region Action Resumes Saturday at Manzanita

 

 

Lonnie Wheatley, TULSA, Okla. (July 30, 2007) – After a month off for teams to regroup, the wingless troops of the American Sprint Car Series Canyon Region return to action atop Manzanita Speedway's ½-mile clay oval this Saturday night in Phoenix, AZ.

 

 

 

As the series returns to action, Jeremy Sherman of Surprise, AZ, will try to continue the form that he has carried through the opening eleven events of the season to amass 135 point lead in the championship points chase.

 

 

 

Sherman has racked up nine wins in eleven events, including seven triumphs in as many events at Manzanita Speedway. Three of those victories have come atop the ½-mile oval, with the other four on the 1/3-mile.

 

 

 

While Sherman holds a commanding lead, the battle for position behind him is an intense one with Bob Ream, Jr., just one point ahead of Mike Leslie in the battle for second. Also in the tightly-packed points race are Josh Pelkey, Bernie Smith, Charles Davis, Jr., Seainn Hendricsen and Andrew Reinbold, with only 36 markers separating second from eighth.

 

 

 

Mike Martin enters Saturday's event ninth in points, just another 21 points back, with Shon Deskins rounding out the current top ten.

 

 

 

Just outside the top ten are Michael Colegrove, Jeremy Reagles, Chris Bonneau, Bobby Taylor, Nick Aiuto, Justin Fisher and Bruce St. James.

 

 

 

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 8:00 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.