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Cody Morris, WACO, TEXAS (3-30-2012) - Chalk up another victory for the invaders. Knoxville, Iowa’s Sooner State transplant Wayne Johnson scored his 2nd Griffith Trucking and Equipment ASCS Gulf South Region score of the young 2012 season Friday night at Waco’s Heart O’ Texas Speedway.

Johnson added to his Gulf South season opening score in Beaumont, Texas to become the first repeat winner of the 2012 season in any American Sprint Car Series division.

Beau Smith led the field to the start of the 30 lap main event, but fellow front row starter Brandon Corn stood out long enough to lead the first two laps before contact with Sam Hafertepe Jr. sent Corn flipping out of contention. While visibly dejected, the Gause, Texas native emerged unscathed.

Hafertepe's early and inherited lead quickly surrendered to Johnson's pace on the 5th circuit. The Mustang, Oklahoma native and current Knoxville, Iowa veteran endured several race stoppages, including a hard Larry Howery tumble after contact with a spinning Hafertepe on the 22nd lap.

Johnson immediately resumed his dominant pace and comfortably claimed his second $3,000 ASCS Gulf South score of the season aboard the City Vending and The Oil Medics sponsored no. 77x Maxim.

Liberal, Kansas native and current Owasso, Oklahoma resident Tony Bruce Jr. advanced from his 7th starting spot to claim runner up honors, with Snohomish, Washington’s Seth Bergman earning show position honors and an exclamation point on the podium for the National Tour invaders.

Clute, Texas’ 2009 Gulf South Region Champion Aaron Reutzel advanced 6 spots to finish fourth, with reigning back to back Gulf South champion Ray Allen Kulhanek claiming Hard Charger honors with a phenomenal charge from 17th in the original starting lineup to the fifth position in the final running order.

Seth Bergman, Tony Bruce Jr., George White, and Beau Smith each earned heat race wins over the 31 car field, with Wes Miller and Logan Forler each taking leading transfers in the twin 12-lap B Features.

The Griffith Trucking and Equipment ASCS Gulf South Region campaign continues Saturday with Round 4 of their 26 race season at the highly anticipated 1st Annual Nolan Wren Memorial at the Gator Motorplex in Willis, Texas. Gates open at 5pm with heat races set to begin at 7pm.

Griffith Trucking and Equipment ASCS Gulf South Region
March 30th, 2012 - Round 3 of 26
Heart O’ Texas Speedway - Waco, Texas

A Feature (30 Laps): 1. 77x-Wayne Johnson[3]; 2. 18-Tony Bruce Jr[7]; 3. 23-Seth Bergman[5]; 4. 87-Aaron Reutzel[10]; 5. 21T-Ray Allen Kulhanek[15]; 6. 7m-Kevin Ramey[18]; 7. 10-George White[6]; 8. 25M-Michael McNeil[9]; 9. 5h-Logan Forler[16]; 10. 51s-Beau Smith[1]; 11. 35-Greg Rilat[14]; DNF 15H-Sam Hafertepe Jr[4]; DNF 69-Larry Howery[17]; DNF 79-Ryan Hall[12]; DNF 74E-Claud Estes III[19]; DNF 14-Michael Lang[8]; DNF 11-Justin Melton[11]; DNF 2-Wes Miller[13]; DNF 30-Brandon Corn[2]; DNS 54-Evan Pardo
Lap Leaders: Brandon Corn 1-2; Sam Hafertepe Jr. 3-4; Wayne Johnson 5-30

B Feature 1 (12 Laps): 1. 2-Wes Miller[1]; 2. 21T-Ray Allen Kulhanek[3]; 3. 69-Larry Howery[4]; 4. 31-Brandon Berryman[2]; 5. 17-Bruce Griffith Jr[7]; 6. 15T-Travis Elliott[5]; 7. 52-Roger Oakes[6]; 8. 24-Brandie Jass[8]; 9. 12B-Logan Bledsoe[9]
*top 3 advance to A Feature

B Feature 2 (12 Laps): 1. 5h-Logan Forler[1]; 2. 7m-Kevin Ramey[2]; 3. 74E-Claud Estes III[4]; 4. 19-Klint Angelette[5]; 5. 15-Andrew VanBlarcum[8]; 6. 93-Chris Sweeney[6]; 7. 3-Gary Watson[3]; 8. 02-Harry Yarrington[7]
*top 3 advance to A Feature

Heat 1 (8 Laps): 1. 23-Seth Bergman; 2. 54-Evan Pardo; 3. 14-Michael Lang; 4. 2-Wes Miller; 5. 31-Brandon Berryman; 6. 7m-Kevin Ramey; 7. 17-Bruce Griffith Jr; 8. 15-Andrew VanBlarcum

Heat 2 (8 Laps): 1. 18-Tony Bruce Jr; 2. 30-Brandon Corn; 3. 79-Ryan Hall; 4. 11-Justin Melton; 5. 3-Gary Watson; 6. 21T-Ray Allen Kulhanek; 7. 24-Brandie Jass; 8. 02-Harry Yarrington

Heat 3 (8 Laps): 1. 10-George White; 2. 87-Aaron Reutzel; 3. 77x-Wayne Johnson; 4. 15H-Sam Hafertepe Jr; 5. 15T-Travis Elliott; 6. 74E-Claud Estes III; 7. 93-Chris Sweeney; 8. 12B-Logan Bledsoe

Heat 4 (8 Laps): 1. 51s-Beau Smith; 2. 25M-Michael McNeil; 3. 35-Greg Rilat; 4. 5h-Logan Forler; 5. 69-Larry Howery; 6. 19-Klint Angelette; 7. 52-Roger Oakes

Cody Morris, WILLIS,TEXAS (3-31-2012) - 32 sprints checked into the Gator Motorplex for Griffith Trucking and Equipment ASCS Gulf South region action in the inaugural running of the Nolan Wren Memorial.

Clute, Texas native and 2009 ASCS Gulf South Region champion Aaron Reutzel outlasted Liberal, Kansas native and perennial ASCS National Tour contender Tony Bruce Jr. to pick up his 1st ASCS victory of the 2012 season.

While Texas City native Greg Rilat paced the field to the start of the 30 lap main event, it was reigning back-to-back Gulf South champ Ray Allen Kulhanek taking command after a Brandon Corn motor failure concluded his disastrous weekend following a Friday night flip in Gulf South action at Waco.

Kulhanek set the fast pace until challengers Tony Bruce Jr. and Aaron Reutzel both battled past on the 18th circuit, with Reutzel narrowly gaining advantage before a lap 20 yellow for a stalled Kevin Ramey.

Bruce offered immediate challenge to Reutzel upon the lap 20 restart, but Reutzel turned in a valiant defense, ultimately taking a 3 car length advantage into the history books as the winner of the 1st annual Nolan Wren Memorial aboard Kenny Reutzel‘s Simpson Race Products no. 87 Triple X.

Tony Bruce Jr. settled for his 2nd runner up finish in as many nights, with reigning champion Kulhanek taking show position honors.

Polesitter Greg Rilat crossed the finish line fourth, with Snohomish, Washington’s ASCS National Tour regular Seth Bergman balancing out the top 5 running order.

A victory worth $3,000 and $700 more in contingency bonus for Aaron Reutzel, but with another value of an absolutely priceless nature, as Aaron is a close friend of the Wren family and often competes in the Ralph and Terri Wren Motorsports no. 4w in regional mini sprint action.

On this memorable night, mini sprint veteran and Osceola, Arkansas native Travis Senter piloted the Wren Motorsports no. 4w to an ecstatic and emotional victory lane in EMSA mini sprint action at the 1st Annual Nolan Wren Memorial.

Scotty McDonald, Aaron Reutzel, Tony Bruce Jr., and Greg Rilat each earned heat race honors of the 32 car field, with Kevin Ramey and Brandon Corn taking winning-style transfers in the twin 12 lap B Feature events.

Griffith Trucking and Equipment ASCS Gulf South continues Friday, April 13th at Golden Triangle Raceway Park in Beaumont, Texas with a weekend conclusion Saturday, April 14th at Battleground Speedway in Highlands, Texas. The weekend represents rounds five and six of a 2012 campaign that features an impressive 26 events.

Gator Motorplex - March 31st, 2012 - Round 4 of 26
ASCS Gulf South Region
The Inaugural Nolan Wren Memorial

A Feature (30 Laps): 1. 87-Aaron Reutzel[6]; 2. 18-Tony Bruce Jr[7]; 3. 21T-Ray Allen Kulhanek[2]; 4. 35-Greg Rilat[1]; 5. 23-Seth Bergman[11]; 6. 5h-Logan Forler[5]; 7. 14-Michael Lang[4]; 8. 17-Kent Lewis Jr[8]; 9. 31-Brandon Berryman[13]; 10. 10-George White[12]; 11. 25M-Michael McNeil[18]; 12. 11-Justin Melton[17]; 13. 51s-Beau Smith[10]; 14. 74E-Claud Estes III[14]; 15. 19-Klint Angelette[19]; 16. 7m-Kevin Ramey[15]; 17. 3-Gary Watson[20]; DNF 15T-Travis Elliott[9]; DNF 88-Scottie McDonald[3]; DNF 30-Brandon Corn[16]
Lap Leaders: Kulhanek 1-17, Reutzel 18-30

B Feature 1 (12 Laps): 1. 7m-Kevin Ramey; 2. 11-Justin Melton; 3. 19-Klint Angelette; 4. 93-Chris Sweeney; 5. 2-Wes Miller; 6. 69-Larry Howery; 7. 12B-Logan Bledsoe; 8. 02-Harry Yarrington; 9. 25h-Trey Schmidt
*top 3 advance to A Feature

B Feature 2 (12 Laps): 1. 30-Brandon Corn; 2. 25M-Michael McNeil; 3. 3-Gary Watson; 4. 8-Bruce Crockett; 5. 28-Richard Cooper; 6. 24-Brandie Jass; 7. 15-Andrew VanBlarcum; 8. 52-Roger Oakes; DNS 7W-Dustin Welch
*top 3 advance to A Feature

Heat 1 (8 Laps): 1. 88-Scottie McDonald; 2. 17-Kent Lewis Jr; 3. 14-Michael Lang; 4. 52-Roger Oakes; 5. 19-Klint Angelette; 6. 12B-Logan Bledsoe; 7. 02-Harry Yarrington; 8. 15-Andrew VanBlarcum

Heat 2 (8 Laps): 1. 87-Aaron Reutzel; 2. 15T-Travis Elliott; 3. 23-Seth Bergman; 4. 31-Brandon Berryman; 5. 7m-Kevin Ramey; 6. 2-Wes Miller; 7. 93-Chris Sweeney; 8. 69-Larry Howery

Heat 3 (8 Laps): 1. 18-Tony Bruce Jr; 2. 5h-Logan Forler; 3. 74E-Claud Estes III; 4. 11-Justin Melton; 5. 3-Gary Watson; 6. 25M-Michael McNeil; 7. 24-Brandie Jass; 8. 25h-Trey Schmidt

Heat 4 (8 Laps): 1. 35-Greg Rilat; 2. 21T-Ray Allen Kulhanek; 3. 10-George White; 4. 51s-Beau Smith; 5. 30-Brandon Corn; 6. 28-Richard Cooper; 7. 8-Bruce Crockett; 8. 7W-Dustin Welch

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Cody Morris, TULSA, OKLAHOMA (4-1-2012) - The Oil Medics ASCS Lone Star Region kicks off the 2012 season with a Saturday night outing at Lone Star Speedway in Kilgore, Texas.

The fourth season for the 2012 Oil Medics ASCS Lone Star Region forces currently features 14 night's of competition, with Saturday’s $3,000 to win/$250 to start season opener serving as the sole Lone Star Region visit to the 3/8 mile speedway of the same name.

Saturday night’s 2012 season opener features only the 3rd ASCS regional visit since the track was reconfigured from its’ former ultra fast, high banked half-mile to its’ current 3/8 mile shape. National Sprint Car Hall of Famer Gary Wright took the first Lone Star regional nod to jumpstart the 2011 season, with Michael Lang taking winning honors in the 2nd and final Lone Star appearance of 2011.

The southward ventures and effort of Glenpool, Oklahoma’s Matt Covington paid dividends with a 2011 ASCS Lone Star Region Championship, and the reigning champion will be one of several Sooner State shoes looking to renew the perennial battle against a slew of Red River rivals looking to bring the Oil Medics ASCS Lone Star Region title back to their home state.

Lone Star Speedway grandstands open at 5pm with hot laps at 7pm and racing to begin shortly following.

Lone Star Speedway is located in Kilgore, TX, off I-20 Exit 583, then 0.5 mile north on SR 135, then one mile east on FM 1252, then 0.5 mile south. For more information, contact the track at 903-986-9731 or visit www.lonestarspeedway.com.

Past ASCS Regional Feature Winners at Lone Star Speedway:
6/11/11 - Michael Lang (Lone Star)
3/12/11 - Gary Wright (Lone Star)
9/11/10 – Kolt Walker (Lone Star)
4/9/10 – Matt Covington (Lone Star with National)
5/24/09 – Brandon Berryman (Gulf South)

The 2012 season marks the 21st year of sanctioning Sprint Car racing for the American Sprint Car Series, which brings the best of Sprint Car racing to dozens of different tracks throughout the nation and into Canada. Anchored by the Lucas Oil Sprint Car Series presented by K&N Filters, ASCS also consists of ten different Regions throughout the nation.
Additional information regarding the American Sprint Car Series is available at www.ascsracing.com.

Cody Morris, TULSA, OKLAHOMA (4-1-2012) - The 2012 Speedway Motors ASCS Midwest Region commences with a familiar weekend double at Greenwood, Nebraska’s I-80 Speedway.

The weekend pair atop the 4/10 mile oval will mark the 1st and 2nd rounds of a 2012 slate of events that features 18 events spread across Nebraska, Missouri, Iowa, and South Dakota.

Three years after attaining his first Midwest crown in 2008, Springfield, Nebraska’s Jack Dover dominated the 2011 campaign to earn his 2nd ASCS Midwest Region Championship. The reigning champion is expected to lead a host of contenders into the Speedway Motors ASCS Midwest Region debut.

Both events will feature a complete show, with $2,500 to the winner and $250 to all main event starters. Racing begins Friday night at 7pm, followed by a rather peculiar 5:55pm start time in Saturday’s weekend finale.

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 402-659-3301 or 402-342-3453.

Past ASCS Midwest Regional Winners at I-80 Speedway:
9/16/11 - Jason Johnson
7/1/11 – Brian Brown
5/26/11 – Brian Brown
4/9/11 – Brian Brown
4/8/11 – Seth Bergman
9/24/10 – Billy Alley
9/3/10 – Brian Brown
7/2/10 – Brian Brown
5/27/10 – Shane Stewart
4/17/10 – Jack Dover
4/16/10 – Dustin Morgan
7/2/09 – Brian Brown
5/21/09 – Chad Humston
4/11/09 – Jonathan Cornell
4/10/09 – Billy Alley
8/14/07 – Jack Dover
4/15/07 – Chuck Swenson (Midwest vs. Northern Plains)
4/14/07 – Brian Brown (Midwest vs. Northern Plains)
8/15/06 – Billy Alley
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
4/15/05 – Terry McCarl

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

SCHEDULES

ASCS 2012 Schedule - All Regions

Hoosier Tire MIDWEST SPRINT CAR SERIES 2012 Race Schedule

Hoosier Tire MIDWEST SPRINT CAR SERIES

2012 RACE SCHEDULE

Date Track/Location Event Laps To Win

MAY 05 Sat Lawrenceburg Speedway MSCS Season Opener 25 $ 2,000

Lawrenceburg, IN

MAY 12 Sat Tri-State Speedway MSCS/USAC 30 $ 5,000

Haubstadt, IN Co-sanctioned

MAY 27 Sun Tri-State Speedway KISS & MSCS 30 $ 2,500

Haubstadt, IN

JUN 17 Sun Tri-State Speedway Father’s Day 30 $ 3,000

Haubstadt, IN

JUN 19 Tue Terre Haute Action Track NASCAR Night 25 $ 2,000

Terre Haute, IN

JUN 30 Sat Tri-State Speedway MSCS Summer Blast 30 $ 2,500

Haubstadt, IN

AUG 04 Sat Tri-State Speedway Hoosier Sprint Nationals 40 $ 5,000

Haubstadt, IN

AUG 18 Sat Lincoln Park Speedway Return II Putnamville 30 $ 3,000

Putnamville, IN

SEP 02 Sun Tri-State Speedway Labor Day Weekend 30 $ 3,000

Haubstadt, IN Challenge

SEP 14 Fri Bloomington Speedway Fall Clash 30 $ 5,000

Bloomington, IN

Fall Clash

SEP 15 Sat Tri-State Speedway The Haubstadt Hustler 40 $10,000

Haubstadt, IN MSCS/USAC Co-Sanctioned

SEP 29 Sat Lawrenceburg Speedway City of Lawrenceburg 30 $10,000

Lawrenceburg, IN Fall Nationals

USAC/MSCS Co-sanctioned

OCT 06 Sat Tri-State Speedway The Harvest Cup 30 $ 4,000

Haubstadt, IN

NOTICE: THIS SCHEDULE IS SUBJECT TO REVISION.

Check for schedule updates at www. mscssprints.com.

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