ASCS Midwest Region Update

From Chuck Zitterich, ASCS Midwest Region Coordinator

SIOUX FALLS, SD (August 22, 2007) Rain…rain…and more rain…Holy flood
waters, Batman!

Over (5) inches of rain fell on the Jackson Speedway last Friday/Saturday
canceling the second night of one of the biggest paying races on our ASCS
Northern Plains 2007 schedule. We'll try again next year.

First, let's look at the upcoming schedule for the ASCS Northern Plains and
Midwest regions.

Up next for the ASCS Northern Plains race teams will be the (2) day
extravaganza in Brainerd, MN., the Mighty Axe Nationals, Saturday and Sunday
September 1st and 2nd. Last year over (200) total race cars checked in at
the back gate for each night which set car count records for the speedway in
Northern Minnesota.

North Central Speedway did suffer some grandstand damage over a week ago but
word is they're nicely getting things put back together and the (2) huge
year ending events are still a "go" so we hope to see a good car count for
this event. It will be one of the most fun events race fans and competitors
will have this season. Trust me. You have to be there.

We then head South to US36 Raceway in Cameron, MO on Friday September 7th
for the 2007 ASCS Midwest Region Championship race. Natalie Sather has all
but wrapped up the ASCS Midwest crown and I believe all she needs to do is
start the A feature and the title is hers. But I'm sure last seasons Midwest
Champion, Toby Chapman, will give it everything he's got and will fight
right down to the end.

We then head back north to Casino Speedway in Watertown, SD for an ASCS
Northern Points race on Saturday September 8th. Last years winner and
hometown favorite Chuck Swenson, will not be in competition as of the result
of his suspension which occurred at last weeks Jackson Nationals.

Which brings me to an important segment of this ASCS update.

There are quite a few rumors going around about what happened at Jackson and
surprisingly enough, most of these rumors come from people who weren't even
in attendance at the Jackson Nationals. Here's the facts:

We teched the top (4) cars from the A feature after the completion of Friday
night's race. When we teched the number X car, I found his cylinder heads
were in violation of the rules. After discussing this matter with the car
owner/driver, he declined the offer to pull the injection unit off for
further investigation and accepted his disqualification as it stood. The car
owner/driver has been suspended from all ASCS sanctioned events until
January 1, 2008. End of story as far as that incident is concerned.

The subject that I want to focus everybody's attention on here is this.
Racing today is a lot different from the olden days where all race teams
would build their own engines in their garage and have the local machine
shop down the street do all of their machine work. Most race teams today
simply order up their engine from a professional engine builder, and
sometimes, that engine builder is hundreds of miles from their race shop.
They buy these engines complete, dynoed and ready to simply drop in and
race.

It is your responsibility to make sure you are purchasing a legal engine for
whatever sanctioning body you plan on competing with. It is your
responsibility to make sure that your race car meets all the rules set forth
by the organization that you are competing with. We have stepped up our
teching procedures and will continue to do so.

Here's a preview of a few items that will be forth coming for the 2008 ASCS
race season:

**Changes**

As of January 1, 2008, all competitors using either FORD or MOPAR engines in
ASCS competition, must utilize the ASCS Spec Aluminum cylinder head in all
ASCS National and Regional events.

**Non Changes**

(Note – We have heard that the World of Outlaws have mandated the use of a
flat top wing with a (1) inch maximum wickerbill for the 2008 season. It
sounds like a few other 410 tracks might do the same.)

ASCS will not mandate a flat top wing with a (1) inch wickerbill for the
2008 season. It was an option in 2007 and will continue to be an option in
2008.

That's about it for this update. Hope to see everybody up in Brainerd for
the popular Mighty Axe Nationals September 1st and 2nd…CZ