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ASCS Midwest at Crawford County
Speedway on Friday!
BY: Lonnie Wheatley
DENISON, IA (July 18, 2011) – The Speedway Motors ASCS Midwest Region is set
for its annual stop at the 5/8-mile Crawford County Speedway dirt oval in
Denison, IA, this Friday night.
Friday night’s
event marks the sixth annual July event at Crawford County Speedway for the
ASCS Midwest Regional forces.
Missouri’s Brian
Brown has topped two previous ASCS Midwest events at Crawford County
Speedway in July, including last year’s stop. Other July winners in Denison
include Bronson Maeschen in 2009, current Midwest points leader Jack Dover
in 2008 and Wade Nygaard in 2006.
Dover holds the
current Speedway Motors ASCS Midwest points lead with other top Regional
contenders including Colorado’s Bryan Gossel, North Dakota’s Lee Grosz and
Nebraska contenders Jordan Boston, Billy Alley, Gage Dorr and Tyler Drueke
among others.
While Dover sits
atop Midwest points, Brian Brown has collected the most Midwest wins this
season with three triumphs. Wayne Johnson is the only other driver with
multiple wins at two, with single wins claimed by Dover, Shane Stewart,
Danny Lasoski, Chad Humston, Seth Bergman and Brad Loyet.
The semi-banked,
5/8-mile Crawford County Speedway dirt oval is located in Denison, IA, 0.6
miles north of US 30 on US 59, then 0.6 miles northeast on SR 39. For more
information, contact the track at 712-263-5306 or 712-677-9912.
The Speedway Motors
ASCS Midwest Region is slated for 22 nights of competition at a seven
throughout Nebraska and the surrounding areas of Missouri, South Dakota,
Iowa and Minnesota.
Past ASCS Regional
Feature Winners at Crawford County Speedway:
7/21/10 – Brian
Brown
7/31/09 – Bronson
Maeschen
7/18/08 – Jack
Dover
7/20/07 – Brian
Brown
* 6/16/07 – Jason
Johnson
7/21/06 – Wade
Nygaard
6/16/06 – Brian
Brown
* - Denotes events
held in conjunction with Lucas Oil ASCS National series.
The 2011 season
marks the 20th year of sanctioning Sprint Car racing for the
American Sprint Car Series, with approximately 200 nights of competition at
tracks throughout the nation and into Canada. Anchored by the Lucas Oil
Sprint Car Series presented by K&N Filters, ASCS also consists of ten
different Regions throughout the nation.
Additional
information regarding the American Sprint Car Series is available at
www.ascsracing.com.
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