By Lonnie Wheatley
TULSA, Okla. (May 10, 2010) – Reigning American Sprint Car Series Canyon Region champion Charles Davis, Jr., of Buckeye, AZ, shoots for a three-peat when the series returns to action atop Tucson’s 3/8-mile USA Raceway clay oval this Saturday night.
After opening the season sixth behind Dave Darland and company on March 13, “Chargin’ Charles” has since reeled off back-to-back series wins at Canyon Speedway Park on March 27 and then USA Raceway on April 17.
Davis tries for a third consecutive ASCS Canyon win on Saturday aboard the Roush Yates Ford-powered Massey Motorspors No. 50 DRC and 17th series triumph of his career.
Davis has moved back atop the point charts with his pair of wins, just 20 points ahead of Peoria’s Josh Pelkey, who has finished among the top five in all three feature events thus far in 2010.
Two-time series champ Jeremy Sherman of Surprise, AZ, is another dozen points back in third, with Phoenix shoe R.J. Johnson and Gilbert’s Andrew Reinbold rounding out the current top five.
The balance of the current top ten in ASCS Canyon points includes Mike Martin (Yuma), Thomas Ogle (Waddell), Seainn Hendricsen (Scottsdale), Stevie Sussex (Laveen) and Ronnie Clark (Tucson).
Saturday’s ASCS Canyon Region action at USA Raceway is slated to go green at 6:45 p.m.
The 3/8-mile USA Raceway clay oval is located east of Tucson off I-10 Exit 268, then 1.6 mile south on Craycroft Road, which turns into Los Reales. For more information, contact the track at 520-574-8515.
The ASCS Canyon Region is currently slated for 17 overall nights of competition in 2010, including 13 nights in Arizona, a two-night Fourth of July weekend in New Mexico and pair of trips to California’s Perris Auto Speedway.
In its 19th year of sanctioning Sprint Car racing, the American Sprint Car Series brings the best of Sprint Car racing to approximately 100 different tracks throughout 30 states and Canada. Anchored by the Lucas Oil Sprint Car Series presented by K&N Filters, ASCS also consists of eleven different Regions throughout the nation.
Additional information regarding the American Sprint Car Series is available at www.ascsracing.com.