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ASCS
Canyon Region Takes on Manzy's Half-Mile This Saturday! by Lonnie Wheatley |
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TULSA,
Okla. (March 26, 2007) – After a wet weekend washed out this past
weekend's American Sprint Car Series Canyon Region's scheduled 50-lapper, the
series returns to Manzanita Speedway in Phoenix, AZ, with it's first event of
the season atop the ½-mile clay oval. The
series opened the 2007 season in top form with Jeremy Sherman topping a field of
29 entries on the 1/3-mile oval on March 10.
Saturday's go on the ½-mile marks the first of three consecutive events
on the big track for the ASCS Canyon Region with April 14 and April 28 events to
follow. Piloting
Fred Bryan's No. 77 Maxim, Sherman holds the early advantage in the series
championship points race over past fellow champions Charles Davis, Jr., Josh
Pelkey and Bob Ream, Jr. Rookie
contender Jeremy Reagles is fifth, with the balance of the current top ten
including Ronnie Clark, Michael Colegrove, Mike Leslie, R.J. Johnson and Shon
Deskins. 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. 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. |
