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ASCS Sooner Region vs. Gulf South Shootout Double
Lonnie Wheatley, TULSA, Okla. (July 17, 2006) – The American Bank of
Oklahoma ASCS Sooner Region and the American Sprint Car Series Gulf
South
Region
have squared off once a year over each of the past three seasons.
This
year,
the stakes have been upped with a pair of Shootout events on tap this
Friday
and Saturday night.
Friday night, the Gulf South forces take on the Sooner Region shoes
for the
first time atop the semi-banked, ¼-mile Heart O' Texas Speedway dirt
oval
in
Waco, TX. Then, on Saturday night, it's up to the famed half-mile
Devil's
Bowl Speedway clay oval in Mesquite, TX, for the Fourth Annual ASCS
Gulf
South
vs. Sooner Region Shootout. Both Shootout events feature a $2,000
winner's
share.
Coming off his third ASCS National Tour win of the season this past
Saturday
night in the ASCS Speedweek finale at Lawton Speedway, Fort Worth's
Kevin
Ramey looks to be a top contender in both events.
Ramey has swept the opening three editions of the Gulf South vs.
Sooner
Region Shootout at Devil's Bowl Speedway and has claimed victory
honors in
two of
three ASCS Gulf South Region events contested at Heart O' Texas
Speedway.
A two-time ASCS Sooner Region champion, Ramey sits atop both the
Sooner and
Gulf South Regional win lists with 13 career Sooner Region wins and
eleven
career Gulf South triumphs, including a July 1 score at Fast Trax
Speedway
in
Chatham, LA.
Vying for a third ASCS Sooner Region title, Ramey enters the weekend
third
in points behind a pair of drivers that are splitting time between the
ASCS
National Tour and the Sooner Region: Sean McClelland of Collinsville,
OK,
and
Sam Hafertepe, Jr., of Sunnyvale, TX.
A mere 50 points separate the top three in Sooner Region points, with
McClelland 26 markers ahead of Hafertepe and Ramey just 24 more points
back
in
third. Tulsa's Brian McClelland enters the weekend ranked fourth,
with
former
ASCS Sooner Region champion J.P. Bailey of Fort Worth by way of
Collinsville
rounding out the current top five.
Johnny Miller (Burleson, TX), Jimmy Taylor (Oklahoma City, OK), Dex
Eaton
(Owasso, OK), Justin Melton (Flower Mound, TX) and Derek Cottrell
(Fletcher,
OK) round out the current top ten.
In the ASCS Gulf South Region championship points race, Texas City,
TX,
veteran Greg Rilat leads the way as he chases down his first series
title.
Rilat
holds a 40-point lead over Beaumont, TX, shoe Gary Watson, with
defending
series champion Ray Allen Kulhanek of Conroe, TX, just 41 more points
back
in
third after a pair of recent triumphs. Lane Whittington of Denham
Springs,
LA, and Chris Sweeney of Channelview, TX, round out the current top
five in
ASCS Gulf South points.
The balance of the current top ten in Gulf South points includes Larry
Hartwell (Pasadena, TX), Richard Holt (McLeod, TX), Channin Tankersley
(Highlands,
TX), Stephen Chevallier (Downsville, LA) and Kent Lewis, Jr. (Willis,
TX).
Both nights of racing action are slated to get under way at 8:00 p.m.
Heart O' Texas Speedway is located in Waco, TX, off I-35 Exit 343,
then 0.6
miles north on east frontage road. For more information, contact the
track
at 254-829-2294 or 254-776-1576.
Devil’s Bowl Speedway is located six miles east of Dallas’ Loop
I-635
on US
80, then three miles south on Lawson Road. For more information,
contact
the track at 972-222-2421.
The 2006 ASCS Gulf South Regional schedule consists of 22 events at
ten
different tracks throughout Texas, Louisiana, Mississippi and
Arkansas.
The 2006 American Bank of Oklahoma ASCS Sooner Region slate consists
of 16
events at nine different tracks throughout Oklahoma, northern Texas
and
Arkansas.
In its 15th year of sanctioning Sprint Car racing in the United
States, the
American Sprint Car Series will present approximately 180 nights of
racing
in
2006 including the National Tour and its Regional Tours (Gulf South,
Mid-South, Midwest, Northern Plains, Patriot Sprint Group, Rocky
Mountain,
Sooner,
Southern and Sprints on Dirt).
Additional information regarding the American Sprint Car Series is
available
at _www.ascsracing.com_ (http://www.ascsracing.com/) .
ASCS Sooner Region vs. Gulf South Shootout Double
Lonnie Wheatley, TULSA, Okla. (July 17, 2006) – The American Bank of
Oklahoma ASCS Sooner Region and the American Sprint Car Series Gulf
South
Region
have squared off once a year over each of the past three seasons.
This
year,
the stakes have been upped with a pair of Shootout events on tap this
Friday
and Saturday night.
Friday night, the Gulf South forces take on the Sooner Region shoes
for the
first time atop the semi-banked, ¼-mile Heart O' Texas Speedway dirt
oval
in
Waco, TX. Then, on Saturday night, it's up to the famed half-mile
Devil's
Bowl Speedway clay oval in Mesquite, TX, for the Fourth Annual ASCS
Gulf
South
vs. Sooner Region Shootout. Both Shootout events feature a $2,000
winner's
share.
Coming off his third ASCS National Tour win of the season this past
Saturday
night in the ASCS Speedweek finale at Lawton Speedway, Fort Worth's
Kevin
Ramey looks to be a top contender in both events.
Ramey has swept the opening three editions of the Gulf South vs.
Sooner
Region Shootout at Devil's Bowl Speedway and has claimed victory
honors in
two of
three ASCS Gulf South Region events contested at Heart O' Texas
Speedway.
A two-time ASCS Sooner Region champion, Ramey sits atop both the
Sooner and
Gulf South Regional win lists with 13 career Sooner Region wins and
eleven
career Gulf South triumphs, including a July 1 score at Fast Trax
Speedway
in
Chatham, LA.
Vying for a third ASCS Sooner Region title, Ramey enters the weekend
third
in points behind a pair of drivers that are splitting time between the
ASCS
National Tour and the Sooner Region: Sean McClelland of Collinsville,
OK,
and
Sam Hafertepe, Jr., of Sunnyvale, TX.
A mere 50 points separate the top three in Sooner Region points, with
McClelland 26 markers ahead of Hafertepe and Ramey just 24 more points
back
in
third. Tulsa's Brian McClelland enters the weekend ranked fourth,
with
former
ASCS Sooner Region champion J.P. Bailey of Fort Worth by way of
Collinsville
rounding out the current top five.
Johnny Miller (Burleson, TX), Jimmy Taylor (Oklahoma City, OK), Dex
Eaton
(Owasso, OK), Justin Melton (Flower Mound, TX) and Derek Cottrell
(Fletcher,
OK) round out the current top ten.
In the ASCS Gulf South Region championship points race, Texas City,
TX,
veteran Greg Rilat leads the way as he chases down his first series
title.
Rilat
holds a 40-point lead over Beaumont, TX, shoe Gary Watson, with
defending
series champion Ray Allen Kulhanek of Conroe, TX, just 41 more points
back
in
third after a pair of recent triumphs. Lane Whittington of Denham
Springs,
LA, and Chris Sweeney of Channelview, TX, round out the current top
five in
ASCS Gulf South points.
The balance of the current top ten in Gulf South points includes Larry
Hartwell (Pasadena, TX), Richard Holt (McLeod, TX), Channin Tankersley
(Highlands,
TX), Stephen Chevallier (Downsville, LA) and Kent Lewis, Jr. (Willis,
TX).
Both nights of racing action are slated to get under way at 8:00 p.m.
Heart O' Texas Speedway is located in Waco, TX, off I-35 Exit 343,
then 0.6
miles north on east frontage road. For more information, contact the
track
at 254-829-2294 or 254-776-1576.
Devil’s Bowl Speedway is located six miles east of Dallas’ Loop
I-635
on US
80, then three miles south on Lawson Road. For more information,
contact
the track at 972-222-2421.
The 2006 ASCS Gulf South Regional schedule consists of 22 events at
ten
different tracks throughout Texas, Louisiana, Mississippi and
Arkansas.
The 2006 American Bank of Oklahoma ASCS Sooner Region slate consists
of 16
events at nine different tracks throughout Oklahoma, northern Texas
and
Arkansas.
In its 15th year of sanctioning Sprint Car racing in the United
States, the
American Sprint Car Series will present approximately 180 nights of
racing
in
2006 including the National Tour and its Regional Tours (Gulf South,
Mid-South, Midwest, Northern Plains, Patriot Sprint Group, Rocky
Mountain,
Sooner,
Southern and Sprints on Dirt).
Additional information regarding the American Sprint Car Series is
available
at _www.ascsracing.com_ (http://www.ascsracing.com/) .