Wright Back on Top as Lucas Oil ASCS Returns to I-90 Speedway

Lonnie Wheatley, TULSA, Okla. (July 6, 2009) – The Lucas Oil ASCS Sprint Car
Dirt Series presented by K&N Filters continues a five-weekend spate of
activity with its third annual stop at Hartford, South Dakota's I-90
Speedway this Saturday night.

And, with the series en route to the Northwest for its inaugural events in
Washington and Oregon over the ensuing two weekends, it's a familiar face
atop the championship point charts as four-time series champion Gary Wright
of Hooks, TX, has climbed to the top spot following this past weekend's Rock
'N Roll 50.

While denied victory lane in the seven points-paying events thus far, "The
Texan" has finished no lower than sixth and claimed a slim points lead after
recording finishes of fifth and fourth this past weekend.

Wright, who finished second to Tony Bruce, Jr., at I-90 Speedway last year,
carries a slim six-point lead over Louisiana's Jason Johnson and Oklahoma
native Shane Stewart into Saturday's tilt atop the high-banked, 3/8-mile
Hartford, SD, dirt oval. Johnson topped the series stop at I-90 in 2007
after taking a Regional win a year earlier, while Shane Stewart earned a
Regional win at I-90 in 2007.

The lead trio of Wright, Johnson and Stewart has established themselves as
the early favorites for the $60,000 Lucas Oil Sprint Car championship as
$250,000 will be distributed to the top 15 in final points as season's end.

While the battle for the top spot is an intense one with just six points
separating the top three, every position among the top ten is being heavily
contested. While 97 points out of the lead, Travis Rilat of Forney, TX, is
just seven points ahead of California native Paul McMahan, with Arkansas
shoe Tim Crawley one more point back after sweeping the weekend's Rock 'N
Roll 50 in West Memphis.

Just nine points behind Crawley in seventh is Oklahoma's Danny Wood with
single-point increments between each driver from seventh to tenth including
Jack Dover (Springfield, NE), Nick Smith (Broken Arrow, OK) and Tony Bruce,
Jr. (Liberal, KS).

Missouri's Jesse Hockett is just outside the top ten, with other series
contenders expected to make the trip to South Dakota and then to the
Northwest including Sean McClelland (Tulsa, OK), Gary Taylor (Snohomish,
WA), Kenneth Walker (Sapulpa, OK), Aaron Berryhill (Broken Arrow, OK),
Darren Long (Elida, OH), Gavin Punch (Collinsville, OK), Chad Corken
(Highlands Ranch, CO), Seth Bergman (Snohomish, WA), Ricky Logan (Little
Rock, AR) and Kathyrne Minter (Bedford, TX).

In addition to being a critical step to the Lucas Oil title, Saturday's card
at I-90 Speedway will also award ASCS Midwest and ASCS Northern Plains
points. Chad Humston holds the current Midwest lead over Jason Danley and
Mike Boston, while Danley holds the edge over Humston and Jody Rosenboom in
Northern Plains points.

Averaging 53.1 cars per event thus far in 2009, this weekend marks the third
of five consecutive weekends of series competition. Following Saturday's
stop at I-90 Speedway, the Lucas Oil ASCS Sprint Car Dirt Series presented
by K&N Filters moves on Washington's Grays Harbor Raceway Park on July 17-18
and then Oregon's Cottage Grove Speedway on July 24-25.

The Series:

Lucas Oil ASCS Sprint Car Dirt Series presented by K&N Filters

When & Where:

Saturday night, July 11 at 8:00 p.m. – I-90 Speedway

Track Information:

I-90 Speedway (Hartford, SD) – 3/8-mile, high-banked dirt oval located three
miles west of Hartford on SR 38. For more information, contact the track at
605-528-6380.

Lucas Oil ASCS I-90 Speedway History:

The Lucas Oil Sprint Car Series took to the I-90 Speedway oval last for the
first time in 2007 and it was Jason Johnson awarded the victory after
apparent winner Sam Hafertepe, Jr., came up light at the scales. Last year,
Tony Bruce, Jr., held off Gary Wright for his second career series win.

I-90 Speedway ASCS National winners include: Tony Bruce, Jr. 1, Jason
Johnson 1.

I-90 Speedway Lucas Oil ASCS Race-by-Race Winners: Jason Johnson (6/19/07),
Tony Bruce, Jr. (6/24/08).

Current Lucas Oil ASCS Sprint Car Dirt Series presented by K&N Filters
Points:

Top Twenty: 1. Gary Wright (Hooks, TX) 996, 2. (tie) Shane Stewart (Bixby,
OK) and Jason Johnson (Eunice, LA) 990, 4. Travis Rilat (Forney, TX) 899, 5.
Paul McMahan (Hendersonville, TN) 882, 6. Tim Crawley (Benton, AR) 881, 7.
Danny Wood (Norman, OK) 872, 8. Jack Dover (Springfield, NE) 871, 9. Nick
Smith (Broken Arrow, OK) 870, 10. Tony Bruce, Jr. (Liberal, KS) 869, 11.
Jesse Hockett (Warsaw, MO) 785, 12. Brady Bacon (Broken Arrow, OK) 752, 13.
Sean McClelland (Tulsa, OK) 728, 14. Gary Taylor (Snohomish, WA) 666, 15.
Kenneth Walker (Sapulpa, OK) 644, 16. Trey Robb (Newcastle, OK) 632, 17.
(tie) Aaron Berryhill (Broken Arrow, OK) and Matt Covington (Glenpool, OK)
625, 19. Darren Long (Elida, OH) 607, 20. Gavin Punch (Collinsville, OK)
599.