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ASCS Sprints on Dirt Set for Short Track Double This Weekend
Lonnie Wheatley, TULSA, Okla. (July 21, 2008) – Following on the heels of this past weekend's Mid-Season Championship double, the Engine Pro ASCS Sprints on Dirt presented by Victor Reinz are ready to take it to a pair of tight Michigan tracks this weekend.
On Friday night, the series makes it second and final stop of the season at Cherry Speedway in Fife Lake, MI. Then on Saturday night, it's off to Merritt, MI, for the series first visit of the year to Merritt Speedway.
Both events are not only critical to the season championship points race, but also both count towards the ASCS Sprints on Dirt MAHLE Clevite Short Track Challenge title.
Chasing a first series crown, Brett Mann of Goshen, IN, carries a 40-point advantage over Jerome, Michigan's Ben Rutan into the weekend, with Dain Naida (Belleville, MI), three-time series champion Tim Norman (Warsaw, IN) and Ryan Grubaugh (St. Johns, MI) rounding out the current top five in points.
With four of eight Short Track Challenge events in the books, it is virtually a three-way tie atop the point charts with Grand Ledge, MI, shoe Gregg Dalman just two points ahead of Mann and Norman, who are tied for second.
Both nights of racing action are slated to fire off at 7:30 p.m.
The semi-banked, 3/8-mile Cherry Speedway clay oval is located in Fife Lake, MI, 3.1 miles northwest of US 131 on SR 113. For more information, contact the track at 231-218-0558.
Merritt Speedway is located in Merritt, MI, ten miles west of US 27 on SR 55. For more information, contact the track at 231-328-4351.
In its 29th year of sanctioning Sprint Car racing, the Engine Pro ASCS Sprints On Dirt presented by Victor Reinz will sanction 26 nights of action at 14 different tracks throughout Michigan, Ohio and Ontario.
The ASCS Sprints on Dirt MAHLE Clevite Short Track Challenge is comprised of eight series events on tracks of 3/8-mile or less.
Current Engine Pro ASCS Sprints on Dirt presented by Victor Reinz points (Top Ten):
1. Brett Mann 1,632
2. Ben Rutan 1,592
3. Dain Naida 1,560
4. Tim Norman 1,520
5. Ryan Grubaugh 1,487
6. Gregg Dalman 1,350
7. Gary Fast 1,277
8. Joe Bares 1,243
9. Dustin Daggett 1,224
10. Louie Carufel 1,116
ASCS Sprints on Dirt MAHLE Clevite Challenge Points (Top Ten):
1. Gregg Dalman 576
2. Brett Mann 574
Tim Norman 574
4. Dain Naida 556
5. Ryan Grubaugh 554
Ben Rutan 554
7. Gary Fast 522
8. Aaron Shaffer 516
9. Joe Bares 410
10. John Gall 388
The nation's most prominent Sprint Car sanctioning body with a dozen 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.
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