Tuesday, August 31, 2010

ASCS Midwest at I-80 Speedway on Friday

Lonnie Wheatley, TULSA, Okla. (August 30, 2010) - This coming Labor Day
Holiday weekend kicks off with the American Sprint Car Series Midwest Region
taking to Nebraska Raceway Park's I-80 Speedway on Friday night.

Friday's card atop the 4/10-mile dirt oval marks one last tune up
opportunity prior to the Nebraska Cup weekend on September 10-12 that
includes events at Warrensburg, MO, McCool Junction, NE, and then Eagle, NE.

Friday's card marks the fifth night of ASCS Midwest action at I-80 Speedway,
where the series will finish off the 2010 season with championship night on
September 24.

Thus far, four different drivers have reached ASCS Midwest victory lane in
as many events at I-80 in 2010, with Dustin Morgan, Jack Dover, Shane
Stewart and Brian Brown each collecting Greenwood cash.

Eric Lutz of Sioux Falls, SD, leads the way in the ASCS Midwest title chase
entering Friday's action with a 221-point edge over Waverly, Nebraska's Doug
Lovegrove. Jack Dover, Tyler Drueke and defending ASCS Midwest champ Jason
Danley round out the current top five in points, with the rest of the top
ten including Lee Grosz, Brian Brown, Gage Dorr, Chad Humston and Ryan
Roberts.

Friday's action at I-80 Speedway fires off at 7:00 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 402-944-2233.

The ASCS Midwest Region has completed 15 nights of competition in 2010 at
seven different tracks throughout Nebraska and the surrounding areas of
Missouri, South Dakota and Iowa, with just five nights of competition
remaining.

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 ten different
Regions throughout the nation.

Past ASCS Regional Winners at I-80 Speedway:
7/2/10 - Brian Brown (Midwest)
5/27/10 - Shane Stewart (Midwest)
4/17/10 - Jack Dover (Midwest)
4/16/10 - Dustin Morgan (Midwest)
7/2/09 - Brian Brown (Midwest)
5/21/09 - Chad Humston (Midwest)
4/11/09 - Jonathan Cornell (Midwest)
4/10/09 - Billy Alley (Midwest)
8/14/07 - Jack Dover (Midwest)
4/15/07 - Chuck Swenson (Midwest vs. Northern Plains)
4/14/07 - Brian Brown (Midwest vs. Northern Plains)
8/15/06 - Billy Alley (Midwest)
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 (Midwest)
4/15/05 - Terry McCarl (Midwest)


Additional information regarding the American Sprint Car Series is available
at www.ascsracing.com .

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