ASCS Midwest Kicks Off with I-80 Double!

2010 ascs American Sprint Car Series

By Lonnie Wheatley

TULSA, Okla. (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.

Past ASCS Midwest Regional Winners at I-80 Speedway:
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.