ASCS Midwest Sprint Cars open at I-80

From I-80 Speedway

The ASCS Midwest Sprint Car Series will open their 2012 racing at the I-80 Speedway on April 6 & 7 during the Spring Meltdown. The series has 18 races scheduled throughout the Midwest in 2012 including four races at I-80 Speedway. The ASCS will be running complete shows on both April 6 & 7 with the features paying $2,500 to win and $250 to start each night.

Springfield, Nebraska's Jack Dover is the defending champion of the ASCS Midwest Sprint Car Series. Dover also won the Series Championship in 2008. Other drivers who are expected to be at I-80 Speedway are Brian Brown of Grain Valley, Missouri, a frequent winner at I-80, Jordan Boston of Lincoln last year's ASCS Midwest runner-up, Bryan Gossel of Fort Collins, Colorado, Lee Grosz of Harwood, North Dakota, Billy Alley of Lincoln, the 2005 series champion and a host of ASCS drivers.

Also racing will be the SLMR and A Mods racing for $1,000 to win on Friday, April 6 and then on April 7, B Mods will be racing for $600 to win and the CBC/MLRA Late Models will be battling for $3,000 to win.

Racing starts at 7pm on Friday and 5:55pm on Saturday. Adult tickets are $20 both nights with Kids (6-12) $5 and 5 and under free. For more information call (402)-342-3453.

Night two Spring Nationals checkers fly for Grabouski

From IMCA

BEATRICE, Neb. (March 17) - Jordan Grabouski added another Spring Nationals victory to his resume, on the second night of the season-opening special at Beatrice Speedway.

Grabouski's drive to the national IMCA Modified championship started with a sweep at the 2011 event. He'd run third on Friday but led all 30 laps to win Saturday's Fast Shafts All-Star Invitational ballot qualifier and earn $1,500.

A caution with three laps left produced some late race drama as David Murray Jr. made his move to the inside on the restart, caught an infield tire and then the wall, where he got tangled with Jeremy Frenier.

Opening night winner Jay Noteboom, Dylan Smith, Brian Mullen and David Karst completed the top five.

The IMCA car count for Saturday shot to 234 for another standing room only crowd. Damon Murty was the IMCA Sunoco Stock Car winner, Mike Pruitt was first in the Karl Chevrolet Northern SportMod main, Shaun Slezak ruled the IMCA Sunoco Hobby Stocks and Aaron Betz was best in the Mach-1 Sport Compact feature.

Murty notched IMCA Stock Car career win number 115 with a flag-to-flag run of his own. His $400 checkers came in front of Andrew Altenburg, Tyler Phelps, Casey Werkmeister and Jesse Taylor.

Another $400 prize went to Pruitt, who had a comfortable advantage over Jesse Sobbing at the finish. Jeremy Leiting, Kyle Prauner and Racer Hulin rounded out the top five. Friday winner Tyler Frye was challenging toward the front but got caught up in a multi-car mixup with three to go.

After enjoying a long run at the front, Slezak was side-by-side with Friday winner Adam Armstrong going into the final turn to take the white flag. Contact with another car, however, took Armstrong out of contention. Mike Hansen, Brendon Stigge, Blain Petersen and Armstrong were scored second through fifth, respectively, in the $300 to win feature.

Picking up right where he left off following a 21-win campaign last season, Betz beat Tyler Whalen, Ole Olsen, Brock McDougall and Scott Spellmeier to the $200 Sport Compact checkers.

Saturday entries at Beatrice included 64 Modifieds, 59 Northern SportMods, 44 Stock Cars, 38 Sport Compacts and 29 Hobby Stocks.

Modifieds -
1. Jordan Grabouski, Beatrice; 2. Jay Noteboom, Hinton, Iowa; 3. Dylan Smith, Osceola; 4. Brian Mullen, Seymour, Wis.; 5. David Karst, Mills, Wyo.; 6. Brian Foote, Essex, Iowa; 7. Lyle Shepard, Manhattan, Kan.; 8. Jon Snyder, Ames, Iowa; 9. Troy Cordes, Dunkerton, Iowa; 10. Cole LaMontagne, Bismarck, N.D.; 11. David Murray Jr., Oberlin, Kan.; 12. Jeremy Frenier, Fort Morgan, Colo.; 13. Chris Abelson, Sioux City, Iowa; 14. Mike Hansen, Alton, Iowa; 15. Bob Zoubek, Dorchester; 16. Mike Densberger, Malcolm; 17. Clayton Christensen, Spencer, Iowa; 18. Robert Hellebust, Minot, N.D.; 19. Adam Larson, Ames, Iowa; 20. Kyle Krampe, Baxter, Iowa; 21. Jason Schoenberger, Russell, Kan.; 22. Johnny Saathoff, Beatrice; 23. Benji LaCrosse, Green Bay, Wis.; 24. Tim Czarneski, Denmark, Wis.

Stock Cars -
1. Damon Murty, Chelsea, Iowa; 2. Andrew Altenburg, Truman, Minn.; 3. Tyler Phelps, Beatrice; 4. Casey Werkmeister, North Platte; 5. Jesse Taylor, Fort Morgan. Colo.; 6. Michael Murphy, Jefferson, Iowa; 7. Kyle Vanover, Beatrice; 8. Michael Jaennette, Newton, Iowa; 9. Tony Arnold, Sloan, Iowa; 10. Elijah Zevenbergen, Ocheyedan, Iowa; 11. Don Killen, Des Moines, Iowa; 12. Trent Murphy, Jefferson, Iowa; 13. Wes Baier, Max Bass, N.D.; 14. Shane Stutzman, Milford; 15. Tommy Killen, Des Moines; 16. Cody Clark, Yorktown, Iowa; 17. Jedrek Williams, Deshler; 18. Eric Weyer, Centralia, Kan.; 19. Keith Riley, Larned, Kan.; 20. Perry Misner, Garden City, Kan.; 21. Brandon Clough, Wallace; 22. Austin Curtin, Waukon, Iowa; 23. Bill Wood, Mahaska, Kan.; 24 Jay Schmidt, Tama, Iowa.

Hobby Stocks -
1. Shaun Slezak, Milligan; 2. Mike Hansen, Weeping Water; 3. Brendon Stigge, Fairbury; 4. Blain Petersen, Essex, Iowa; 5. Adam Armstrong, Beatrice; 6. Colby Langenberg, Norfolk; 7. Keith Dragoo, Lincoln; 8. Jim Hall, Jackson; 9. John Cain, Homer; 10. Brandon Johnson, DeWitt; 11. Brian Stich, Topeka, Kan.; 12. Mark Saathoff, Beatrice; 13. Brent VanDiest, Columbus; 14. Scott Pippert, Elberon, Iowa; 15. Jacob Harms, Beatrice; 16. Mike Johnston, Des Moines, Iowa; 17. Ryan Gilland, Beatrice; 18. Ed DeLong, Cleghorn, Iowa; 19. Cory Adams, Des Moines, Iowa; 20. Shane Slezak, Lincoln; 21. Brandon Pruitt, Dexter, Iowa; 22. Thom Marsh, Lincoln; 23. Kent Husted, Sioux City, Iowa; 24. Brent Schlake, Beatrice.

Northern SportMods -
1. Mike Pruitt, Redfield, Iowa; 2. Jesse Sobbing, Glenwood, Iowa; 3. Jeremy Leiting, Valpariso; 4. Kyle Prauner, Norfolk; 5. Racer Hulin, Laurel, Iowa; 6. Max Harder, Blue Springs; 7. Nelson Vollbrecht, Stanton; 8. Greg Metz, Washington, Kan.; 9. D.J. Doebelin, Council Bluffs, Iowa; 10. Clinton Luellen, Minburn, Iowa; 11. Ben Schultz, Algona, Iowa; 12. Clay Sellard, Bucklin, Kan.; 13. Terry Richards, Denton; 14. Tad Reutzel, Burt, Iowa; 15. Tyler Frye, Belleville, Kan.; 16. Shawn Harker, Nebraska City; 17. Dustin Schmidt, Fairbury; 18. Doug Smith, Lake City, Iowa; 19. Todd Holliman, Beaver Lake; 20. Brett Lowry, Montezuma, Iowa; 21. Josh Pruitt, Dexter, Iowa; 22. Josh Modde, Des Moines, Iowa; 23. Blain Petersen, Essex, Iowa; 24. Cody King, McDonough, Ga.

Sport Compacts -
1. Aaron Betz, Avoca, Minn.; 2. Tyler Whalen, Riverside, Iowa; 3. Ole Olsen, Carter Lake, Iowa; 4. Brock McDougall, DeWitt; 5. Scott Spellmeier, Marysville, Kan.; 6. Kevin Fearing, Lincoln; 7. Justice Colson, Grand Island; 8. David Knoell, Mead; 9. Chad Bassinger, Nebraska City; 10. Derek Lamberson, Grand Island; 11. Cameron Meyer, Pierce; 12. Nick Lindblad, Beatrice; 13. Barry Kinnersley, LaVista; 14. Cody Thompson, Sioux City, Iowa; 15. Matt Moyer, Gretna; 16. Jordan Uehling, Norfolk; 17. Kenneth Roberts, Lincoln; 18. Josh Johnson, Lincoln; 19. Caine Mahlberg, Dunlap, Iowa; 20. Alex Davis, Denison, Iowa; 21. Jason Kroeger, Manilla, Iowa; 22. Tyler Fralin, Beatrice; 23. Brandon Lobdell, Salina, Kan.; 24. Nathan Scribner, Crete.

Beatrice Spring Nationals This Weekend

BEATRICE, Neb. (March 14) - IMCA's version of March Madness is on track this weekend at Beatrice Speedway.

Basketball takes a back seat to dirt track racing as nearly 150 entries are already in hand for the 19th annual Spring Nationals. Drivers representing eight states hit the highway enroute to Beatrice for the season-opening special.

Feature events are on Friday and Saturday, March 16-17 race programs for IMCA Modifieds, IMCA Sunoco Stock Cars, Karl Chevrolet Northern SportMods and IMCA Sunoco Hobby Stocks.

Mach-1 Sport Compacts vie in a single main event on Saturday.

The updated list of pre-entered Spring Nationals drivers, as of Wednesday morning, included:

IMCA Modifieds -

Mike Albertsen of Audubon, Iowa; Bubba Alvarado of Kersey, Colo.; Brent Alverson of Oskaloosa, Kan.; Chad Andersen of Fort Calhoon; Dustin Anderson, Bill Bader II and Larry Goertz, all of Omaha; Lance Arneson and Kyle Lentz, both of Green Bay, Wis.; Bob Aspenleiter and Zach Schultz, both of North Platte; Clayton Christensen of Spencer, Iowa; Troy Cordes of Dunkerton, Iowa; Brian Cudly and Mike Densberger, both of Lincoln; Brian Foote of Essex, Iowa; Jeremy Frenier and Brett Smith, both of Fort Morgan, Colo.; Jordan Grabouski, Dan Nelson and Johnny Saathoff, all of Beatrice; Andrew Hille of Hickman; Kyle Krampe of Baxter, Iowa; Jim Krupicka of Denton; Cole LaMontagne of Bismarck, N.D.; Jim Lynch of Bloomfield, Iowa; Darren Meinke of Crete; Chris Mills of Sioux City, Iowa; Jordy Nelson of Marysville, Kan.; Steve Reynolds of Springfield, S.D.; Randy Sandvick of Killdeer, N.D.; Scott Smith of Davenport; Jon Snyder of Ames, Iowa; Rick Speck of Garwin, Iowa; Ricky Stephan of South Sioux City; Mike Van Genderen of Newton, Iowa; Jeff Welsh of Abilene, Kan.; Andy Wilkinson of York; and Bob Zoubek of Dorchester.

Stock Cars -
Andrew Altenburg of Truman, Minn.; Tony Arnold of Sloan, Iowa; Wes Baier of Max Bass, N.D.; Cody Clark of Yorktown, Iowa; Greg Deters, Eric Weyer and Leif Weyer, all of Centralia, Kan.; Michael Jaennette of Newton, Iowa; Trent Jeanes of Chariton, Iowa; Michael Murphy and Trent Murphy, both of Jefferson, Iowa; Darin Racek of Lexington; Ernie Reiss, Kyle Vanover and Lisa Wagner, all of Beatrice; Todd Reitzler of Grinnell, Iowa; Jay Schmidt of Tama, Iowa; Jesse Taylor of Fort Morgan, Colo.; Dustin Wannarka of Winnebago, Minn.; Jedrek Williams of Deshler; Bill Wood of Mahaska, Kan.; and Elijah Zevenbergen of Ocheyedan, Iowa.

Hobby Stocks -
Adam Armstrong, Roy Armstrong, Travis Blythe, Ryan Gillard, Jacob Harms, Mark Saathoff and Brent Schlake, all of Beatrice; Benjamin Arvdal and Brendon Stigge, both of Fairbury; Brandon Baker of Omaha; David Carter of Fremont; Keith Dragoo, Thom Marsh and Shane Slezak, all of Lincoln; Roy Eakins of Grinnell, Iowa; Mike Hansen of Weeping Water; Jeremy Hoskinson of Norfolk; Scott Husted of Sioux City, Iowa; Mike Johnston of Des Moines, Iowa; Austin Luellen of Minburn, Iowa; Jason McIntyre of Colby, Kan.; Blain Petersen of Essex, Iowa; Scott Pippert of Elberon, Iowa; Brandon Pruitt of Dexter, Iowa; and Brandon Wergin of Milford.

Northern SportMods -
Shelly Anderson, Derek Hall, Trevor Noonan, Jeremy Noonan, Jeremy Peckham, Don Rinke and Joe Schidler, all of Lincoln;
Denny Berghahn of Plattsmouth; Alvie Christofferson of St. Joseph, Mo.; Jayme Duinink of Pella, Iowa; Scott Eaton of York; Tyler Frye of Belleville, Kan.; Ethyn Hafner of Abilene, Kan.; Max Harder of Blue Springs; Tyler Heetland of Bancroft, Iowa; Nick Hermsen of Omaha; Cody Hillgartner of Harlan, Iowa; Todd Holliman of Beaver Lake; Racer Hulin of Laurel, Iowa; Daniel Jackson of Crete; Logan Jessen of Blair; Jeff Jones, Sean Tyson and Glenn Tyson, all of Council Bluffs, Iowa; Randy Krampe of Baxter, Iowa; Brian Langdale of Beatrice; Mary Lenz of Elmwood; Jerad Little of Malcolm; Brett Lowry of Montezuma, Iowa; Ty Luellen and Clinton Luellen, both of Minburn, Iowa; Greg Metz of Washington, Kan.; Kyle Olberding of Seneca, Kan.; Blain Petersen of Essex, Iowa; Kyle Prauner of Norfolk; Mike Pruitt of Redfield, Iowa; Josh Pruitt of Dexter, Iowa; Kevin Schmidt and Dustin Schmidt, both of Fairbury; Ben Schlutze of Algona, Iowa; Jesse Sobbing of Glenwood, Iowa; and Nelson Vollbrecht of Stanton.

Sport Compacts -
Chad Bassinger of Nebraska City; Aaron Betz of Avoca, Minn.; Justice Colson of Grand Island; Jeff Davis, Kevin Fearing, Josh Johnson, Kenneth Roberts and Travis Wray, all of Lincoln; Cory Flanigan of Lakeside, Iowa; Tyler Fralin and Nick Lindblad, both of Beatrice; Jason Kroeger of Manilla, Iowa; Brandon Lobdell of Salina, Kan.; Cameron Meyer of Pierce; Matt Moyer of Gretna; Dustin O'Brien of Carroll, Iowa; Allen Rice of Minneapolis, Kan.; Scott Spellmeier of Marysville, Kan.; Jordan Uehling of Norfolk; and Kevin Zeitner of Bellevue.

Modifieds features pay $1,500 to win and are Fast Shafts All-Star Invitational ballot qualifying events. Stock Cars and Northern SportMods both race for $400 to win, Hobby Stocks for $300 and Sport Compacts for a $200 top prize.

IMCA Speedway Motors Weekly Racing national, regional and Allstar Performance State points will be given both nights.

An open practice for all divisions runs from 6-9 p.m. on Thursday, March 15. Pit passes are $10 for that session and $25 for Friday and Saturday shows.

Pit gates open at 4:30 p.m. Friday, with hot laps at 6 p.m. and racing at 7 p.m. On Saturday, gates open at 2:30 p.m., hot laps are at 5 p.m. and racing is at 6 p.m.

Grandstand admission each race night is $14 for adults and $5 for kids 6 - 10 5 & Under FREE.

More information about Spring Nationals is available from promoter Toby Kruse at 515 231-5444 or Beatrice Speedway Business Office 402-223-3158

Rain date is Sunday, March 18.

ASCS Midwest Series Updates

From Chuck Zitterich, ASCS Midwest Director

Hey gang, spring is here!!!

Opening night for the ASCS Midwest Region is only (25) nights away.

**Important Notes**

ASCS 305 Sprints

ASCS will be sanctioning a 305 CI sprint car division for 2012. I have had a few racers contact me about building an ASCS legal 305 and wanting to compete with the ASCS 360 Midwest region. The answer to that question is "no". The ASCS 305 engine must run the "Racesaver" cylinder head and that cylinder head IS NOT legal for any ASCS 360 event.

ASCS Membership

Any race team that wants to compete for the ASCS Midwest regional point fund needs to get their membership forms in to the ASCS office as soon as possible. (see www.ascsracing.com)

Only ASCS members will receive ASCS Midwest points for the events that they participate in. Only (1) ASCS membership is required to be eligible for the regional point fund. If you are an ASCS National member, or a member of another region, and run the minimum required events in the Midwest region, you will be eligible for the ASCS Midwest regional point fund. Call or e-mail me if you have any questions.

(605-212-2408 or czascs@aol.com)

ASCS Midwest Regional Schedule

We have made a few changes to the ASCS Midwest Regional schedule in the last few months. Please see attachment #1 for the "current" ASCS Midwest Regional schedule.

Eagle Raceway Ice Breaker Challenge

Race #3 & 4 will be the Ice Breaker Challenge held at Eagle Raceway, Eagle, NE on April 20th and 21st. To pre-enter please go to www.eaglerraceway.com and fill out the pre-entry form or call the office @ 1-402-238-2595 to pre-enter. If you pre-enter BEFORE April 18th, there is NO ENTRY FEE. If you pre-enter AFTER APRIL 18TH, entree fee will be $25 per night. No exceptions.

ASCS Midwest Region Update #1
See attachment #2 for more info on our first (4) ASCS Midwest Regional events.

Good luck to everyone and hope to see you all April 6th to kick off the 2012 ASCS Midwest Regional schedule