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ASCS Canyon Region Fires Off Saturday at Manzanita!
by Lonnie Wheatley |
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TULSA,
Okla. (March 5, 2007) –
The American Sprint Car Series Canyon Region fires to life this Saturday night
with a $1,500 winner's share up for grabs in the series' season-opening wingless
Sprint Car event atop Manzanita Speedway's 1/3-mile clay oval in Phoenix, AZ. A
stout field of competitors, including past champions Jeremy Sherman, Bob Ream,
Jr., and Josh Pelkey, will vie for the honors of capturing the inaugural ASCS
Canyon Region event, with an extra $1,000 included in the feature purse courtesy
of Maxum 2L Custom Trucks. That
trio of past champions will face plenty of stout competition, with Mike Leslie,
Jeff Henry, Bernie Smith and Andy Reinbold among those that will contend for the
crown. After
earning Rookie of the Year honors last year, 16-year-old Michael Colegrove leads
a talented set of young guns that also includes 15-year-old Chad Boat and
16-year-old rookie contender Nick Aiuto. Other
drivers that have already registered include Chris Edwards, Jody Wirth, Adam
Wirth, Ryan Linder, Seainn Hendricsen, Bobby Taylor, Josh Foster, Matt Lundy,
Kevin Wolfe, Chris McArthur and Derek Williams. In
addition to adding $1,000 to the feature purse, Maxum 2L Custom Trucks will also
award each heat race winner an extra $200, thus boosting the $50 certificate
that will be awarded to each heat race winner over the course of the year.
Racing Optics sponsors heat race one, with 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. 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. |
