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ASCS Warriors Set for Lake Ozark
Speedway Nationals!
by: Lonnie Wheatley
ELDON, MO (August 29, 2011) - The Speedway Motors ASCS Warrior Region is set
for two nights of action at the lake with this weekend’s Ninth Annual Lake
Ozark Speedway Nationals near Eldon, MO.
The ASCS Warriors
will take to the semi-banked, 1/3-mile Lake Ozark Speedway clay oval for two
full nights of competition with Saturday night’s winner taking $2,000 and
then Sunday night’s LOS Nationals champion pocketing $4,000.
With only three
nights of competition remaining on the Warrior schedule after this weekend,
Midget grad and Sprint Car rookie contender Brad Loyet of Sunset Hills, MO,
is closing in on the Speedway Motors ASCS Warrior title.
With a dozen
top-tens in as many Warrior feature events including a pair of wins, Loyet
has opened up a 138-point advantage over four-time Warrior champion Randy
Martin of California, MO.
Nixa’s Kyle Bellm
is third, with Sedalia’s Jonathan Cornell and Farmington’s Mark Shirshekan
rounding out the current top five. The balance of the current top ten in
Warrior points includes Cody Baker (Lone Jack), Josh Stephens (Buckner),
Tyler Blank (California), Austin Alumbaugh (Higginsville) and Chad Corken
(Highlands Ranch, CO).
With $6,000
possible for a weekend sweep, the Warriors will face a host of invading
forces over both nights of action.
Both nights of
racing action at Lake Ozark Speedway are set to go green at 7:00 p.m.
Lake Ozark Speedway
is located south of Eldon, MO, on US 54 to SR 52, then 0.1 mile east on SR
52, then 0.5 mile north on Twiggy Lane (Frontage road). For more
information, contact the track at 573-392-5452.
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.
The inaugural
season of Speedway Motors Warrior Region action under the ASCS banner
currently consists of 17 nights of competition at nine different tracks
throughout Missouri and into Kansas.
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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