Bio Notes and Stats: The two-time and defending I-30 Speedway Short Track Nationals champion sets his sights on the big prize in 2010, the $60,000 Lucas Oil Sprint Car Series presented by K&N Filters championship.

The 2005 Brodix Rookie of the Year returned to the National scene full-time in 2009 after a couple of years on the Outlaw trail, finishing out the season a solid eighth in points with the ultra-competitive Lucas Oil Sprint Car Series.

While Tony’s lone Lucas Oil score of the year was the $15,000 Short Track Nationals triumph in November, the Liberal, KS, shoe also picked off a Speedweek win at I-30 Speedway as well as September’s Nebraska Cup at Eagle Raceway.

No stranger to the ASCS scene, Tony's first full campaign of ASCS action came in 2004 when he ranked third in Sooner Region points while also mixing in enough National action to rank 12th and earn Newcomer of the Year honors.

A year later, in 2005, Tony earned Brodix Rookie of the Year honors by ranking fourth in National points, the first of two consecutive years among the top ten.

Tony snared the first of his four career National wins during Devil's Bowl Spring Nationals preliminary action in 2008, later adding a win at South Dakota's I-90 Speedway before posting back-to-back STN scores.

In addition to a full slate of competition behind the wheel, Tony will also be the driving force behind several Lucas Oil Sprint Car events in 2010 by promoting Riverside Speedway’s Rock ‘N Roll 50, the Steve King Memorial at the Jetmore Motorplex and Nebraska’s Eagle Nationals.

Career Lucas Oil Sprint Car National Stats (through 2009): 94 Feature Starts; 4 Wins; 24 Top-Fives; 48 Top-Tens

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