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ASCS Canyon Region Action Continues at Manzanita! |
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Lonnie Wheatley, TULSA, Okla. (April 28, 2008) – The action continues to intensify for the Discount Tire Co. American Sprint Car Series Canyon Region as the series takes to Manzanita Speedway's 1/3-mile in Phoenix, AZ, this Saturday night. Saturday's "Tribute to Cole Kaskey Night" at Manzanita Speedway marks the seventh night of competition for the ASCS Canyon Region thus far in 2008 and the fifth time on the 1/3-mile. R.J. Johnson topped this past Saturday night's ASCS Canyon Region feature event, joining Casey Shuman as the second series first-time winner of 2008. Jeremy Sherman and Charles Davis, Jr., have each claimed two feature wins. Pursuing a second consecutive ASCS Canyon Region championship, Sherman holds a 34-point advantage over Davis, with Nathan High just eight points behind Davis in third. Johnson jumped from eighth to fourth in points with his feature win, while Mike Martin rounds out the current top five. The balance of the current top ten includes Josh Pelkey, Jeremy Reagles, Thomas Ogle and Mike Leslie, with Justin Fisher and Andrew Reinbold tied for tenth. Certificates will be awarded to each of the heat race winners, with Racing Optics sponsoring heat race one, MPD Race Products sponsoring heat race two, Winters Performance sponsoring heat race three and Sunoco sponsoring heat race four. Arizona Race Mart sponsors the Trophy Dash, while Sunoco will also award a certificate to each "B" Main winner in ASCS Canyon Region action this year. Parker Store sponsors the Roll for Inversion. Saturday's Discount Tire Co. ASCS Canyon Region action at Manzanita Speedway is set to go green at 7:30 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 Discount Tire Co. ASCS Canyon Region brings the best in non-wing Sprint Car racing to Arizona with a full slate of 29 nights of racing in 2008. In addition to events atop both the ½-mile and 1/3-mile ovals at Manzanita Speedway in Phoenix, 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 nation's most prominent Sprint Car sanctioning body with 14 different Regions throughout the United States in addition to the O'Reilly American Sprint Cars on Tour National series, the American Sprint Car Series' (ASCS) 17th year of activity will include approximately 250 nights of racing at more than 100 different race tracks throughout 28 different states and Canada. Additional information regarding the American Sprint Car Series is available at www.ascsracing.com. |
