Series Midwest and Northern Plains Regions kick off the 2007 season in
spectacular fashion this weekend, squaring off for two full nights of
racing action at Nebraska Raceway Park's I-80 Speedway in Greenwood, NE.
The lidlifter for both Regional series, last year's edition of this
event attracted an ASCS Regional record of 69 entries. And that's a
record that could be in jeopardy when the Midwest and Northern Plains
Regions converge upon I-80 Speedway's semi-banked, 4/10-mile dirt oval
this Friday and Saturday.
The two-day showdown marks the beginning of a pair of title defenses.
Lincoln, Nebraska's Toby Chapman will make a bid for a second
consecutive ASCS Midwest Region crown, while Watertown, South Dakota's
Chuck Swenson vies for back-to-back ASCS Northern Plains titles.
A third 2006 season champion will be in action as well when the NCRA
joins Saturday night's card. But it is unlikely that Garry Lee Maier of
Cimarron, KS, will try for another NCRA championship as he has rejoined
the O'Reilly American Sprint Cars on Tour National series.
Maier, currently ranked eighth in ASCS National points, is one of five
drivers ranked among the top-ten expected for the weekend. Others
include Swenson, who is third after several strong early runs, along
with second-ranked Wayne Johnson of Oklahoma City, sixth-ranked Jason
Johnson of Eunice, LA and ninth-ranked Rookie of the Year contender Andy
Shouse, also of Oklahoma City.
Both the Midwest and Northern Plains Regions will be well represented
over the weekend. Along with Chapman, other top ASCS Midwest Region
shoes expected include Jack Dover, Mike Chadd, Rick Ideus, Jason Danley,
Chad Humston and Mark Pace.
Swenson leads the ASCS Northern Plains Region forces, with others top
contenders expected to include Eric Lutz, Curt Lund, Lee Grosz, Scott
Winters and Mike Sitzmann, Jr.
Also expected for the weekend are South Dakota's Jake Peters, who won
the recent Devil's Bowl Speedway Spring Nationals in O'Reilly American
Sprint Cars on Tour action, and defending race winner Brian Brown of
Missouri, who declared after last year's triumph, "Man, I love this
place. I-80 may be favorite track in the whole wide world. I might just
have to move to Nebraska." Brown has been victorious in three of four
ASCS starts at I-80 over the past two years.
Friday's racing action goes green at 7:00 p.m., with Saturday's card
kicking off at 6:30 p.m.
Nebraska Raceway Park's I-80 Speedway is located between Lincoln and
Omaha off I-80 Exit 420, then 0.4 miles north on State Road 63, then
west. For more information, contact the track at 402-944-2233.
In its third year of competition, the ASCS Midwest Region 2007 slate
consists of ten events at a half dozen tracks throughout and Nebraska
and the surrounding area.
Geared up for a second year of action, the ASCS Northern Plains Region
2007 season includes 21 events at a dozen different tracks throughout
Minnesota, South Dakota, Nebraska, Iowa and Wisconsin.
The 2007 season marks the 16th year of sanctioning Sprint Car racing for
the American Sprint Car Series. With a dozen different Regions in
addition to the O'Reilly American Sprint Cars on Tour National series,
ASCS will sanction approximately 240 nights of racing at more than 100
different race tracks throughout at least 30 different states and Canada.
Additional information regarding the American Sprint Car Series is
available at www.ascsracing.com.
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