On Friday night,
the winged Sunoco Fuel ASCS Southwest Region slings the CSP clay, with the
non-wing Sunoco Fuel ASCS Canyon Region taking to the track on Saturday night.
The second annual
ASCS Canyon-Southwest Championships event marks the final events of the season
for both series before the season-ending 44th Annual Western World
Championships at Tucson’s USA Raceway on November 17-19.
Las Cruces’ Rick
Ziehl and Surprise, Arizona’s Jeremy Sherman lead their respective series into
the weekend as they both look to add to their career title counts.
After a run of five
feature wins over the middle portion of the season, Ziehl holds a 226-point
advantage over Calvin Landis as he seeks a fourth consecutive ASCS Southwest
championship. Dalten Gabbard, Kyle McCutcheon and Lance Norick round out the
current top ten in ASCS Southwest points.
In the wingless
ranks, Jeremy Sherman has finished outside the top five just once in 14 events
as he guns for a third ASCS Canyon Region title. Sherman holds a 66-point
lead over Charles Davis, Jr., with R.J. Johnson, Andrew Reinbold and Ronnie
Clark rounding out the current top five.
The winged
Southwest Region has taken to CSP three times this season with Ziehl, wingless
ace R.J. Johnson and Johnny Herrera each collecting victories.
The wingless Canyon
forces have taken to CSP on five occasions this year, with Charles Davis, Jr.,
and R.J. Johnson topping the last two features after Sherman swept through the
first three.
Racing action goes
green at 7:30 p.m. on both Friday and Saturday.
Peoria’s Canyon
Speedway Park is located 25 miles north of Phoenix on I-17 to Exit 223, then
6.3 miles west. For more information, contact the track at 602-258-7223.
The Sunoco Fuel
ASCS Southwest Region is currently slated for 20 overall nights of competition
in 2011.
The Sunoco Fuel ASCS Canyon
Region brings the best of wingless Sprint Car racing action to fans in Arizona
with 19 scheduled nights of competition at Tucson’s USA Raceway and Peoria’s
Canyon Speedway Park.
Current ASCS Southwest Top Ten
in Points:
1. Rick Ziehl 1,951, 2. Calvin
Landis 1,725, 3. Dalten Gabbard 1,631, 4. Kyle McCutcheon 1,626, 5. Lance
Norick 1,581, 6. Joshua Williams 1,555, 7. Steve Stone 1,436, 8. Joshua Hodges
1,362, 9. Jordan Stetson 1,333, 10. Joey Chester 1,329.
Current ASCS Canyon Top Ten in
Points:
1. Jeremy Sherman 1,958, 2.
Charles Davis, Jr. 1,892, 3. R.J. Johnson 1,665, 4. Andrew Reinbold 1,606, 5.
Ronnie Clark 1,573, 6. Bruce St. James 1,507, 7. Mike Martin 1,473, 8. Josh
Pelkey 1,464, 9. (tie) Ryan Linder 1,375 and Justin Quinn 1,375.
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.