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ASCS Midwest Kicks Off with I-80
Double!
Lonnie Wheatley
GREENWOOD, NE (April 4, 2011) - The American Sprint Car Series Midwest
Region kicks off a strong slate of 2011 events with a two-night stand atop
the 4/10-mile, semi-banked I-80 Speedway dirt oval in Greenwood, NE, this
Friday and Saturday.
With I-80 Speedway
hosting the scheduled series season opener for the seventh time in as many
years of ASCS Midwest Region competition, a full card of heats and feature
events that culminate with a $3,000 to win main event is on tap for both
nights.
Sioux Falls, South
Dakota’s Eric Lutz enters the weekend as the reigning ASCS Midwest champion
after taking the 2010 title by a healthy margin over Springfield, Nebraska’s
Jack Dover, who missed several events along the way while chasing the
National circuit.
A series feature
winner at South Dakota’s I-90 Speedway last year, Lutz finished among the
top ten in four of six ASCS Midwest events last year at I-80 Speedway
including a pair of fourth-place runs.
Oklahoma’s Dustin
Morgan claimed his first career ASCS feature win by topping the first night
of last year’s Midwest opener at I-80 Speedway, with Dover acing the second
night for the first of two Midwest wins on the year.
Morgan and Dover
were two of five drivers to enjoy I-80 Speedway victory lane in 2010 along
with Shane Stewart, Brian Brown and Billy Alley. Brown was the only one
able to repeat with victories on Fourth of July weekend and Labor Day
weekend, extending his total of ASCS Midwest wins at I-80 Speedway to
seven.
While Missouri’s
Brown has collected the most I-80 wins, Billy Alley and Dover are the only
other drivers to pick off multiple wins. Lincoln’s Alley has topped three
series events at I-80, including last September’s season finale, with Dover
taking two.
With $3,000 to win
up for grabs on both nights, a health field of cars is expected for the
weekend’s racing action.
Friday’s action at
I-80 Speedway fires off at 7:00 p.m., with Saturday’s green flag flying at
6:00 p.m.
Nebraska Raceway
Park's I-80 Speedway is located in Greenwood, NE, between Lincoln and Omaha
off I-80 Exit 420, then 0.4 mile north on SR 63 then west. For more
information, contact the track at 402-659-3301 or 402-342-3453.
The ASCS Midwest
Region is slated for 20 nights of competition at a half dozen tracks
throughout Nebraska and the surrounding areas of Missouri, South Dakota and
Iowa.
<a
class="bold">Past ASCS Midwest Regional Winners at I-80 Speedway</a>:
9/24/10 – Billy
Alley
9/3/10 – Brian
Brown
7/2/10 – Brian
Brown
5/27/10 – Shane
Stewart
4/17/10 – Jack
Dover
4/16/10 – Dustin
Morgan
7/2/09 – Brian
Brown
5/21/09 – Chad
Humston
4/11/09 – Jonathan
Cornell
4/10/09 – Billy
Alley
8/14/07 – Jack
Dover
4/15/07 – Chuck
Swenson (Midwest vs. Northern Plains)
4/14/07 – Brian
Brown (Midwest vs. Northern Plains)
8/15/06 – Billy
Alley
7/3/06 – Jake
Peters (Midwest vs. Northern Plains)
4/8/06 – Brian
Brown (Midwest vs. Northern Plains)
8/3/05 – Brian
Brown (Midwest vs. National)
7/8/05 – Brian
Brown
4/15/05 – Terry
McCarl
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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