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(Image Credit: Jones Motorsports Photography) LITTLE ROCK, Ark. (September 30, 2017) Taking the Smith Racing No. 86 to I-30 Speedway for a Short Track Nationals tune-up, Tony Bruce, Jr. was firing on all eight-cylinders with Saturday’s $2,046 winner’s check going to the Kansas native with his win in the 10th annual Ralph Henson Memorial. Rolling from fourth, Bruce was the third and final lap leader in Saturday’s 25 lap ASCS Mid-South A-Feature, as pole sitter, Ernie Ainsworth, surrendered the...more

Lonnie Wheatley, LITTLE ROCK, Ark. (October 5, 2017) – For more than a decade, Hooks, TX, National Sprint Car Hall of Famer Gary Wright stood alone as the only four-time winner of I-30 Speedway’s Short Track Nationals. That changed last year though, as Sammy Swindell added his fourth event triumph to match the fourth STN crown that “The Texan” captured a dozen years earlier in 2004. Next week, Slammin’ Sammy will try to become the first five-time winner of the $15,000-to-win ASCS Mid-South...more

Lonnie Wheatley, LITTLE ROCK, Ark. (October 6, 2017) – It all unfolds next weekend as top Sprint Car drivers from throughout the nation and beyond converge upon Little Rock’s I-30 Speedway for the 30th Annual ASCS Mid-South COMP Cams Short Track Nationals presented by Hoosier Tires. And with racing action for the premier event set to fire off Thursday night after a Wednesday Test ‘N Tune session from 7:30 p.m. to 10:0 p.m., the entry list has been revealed at 51 and counting with more entries...more

(Image Credit: Jimmy Jones) Lonnie Wheatley, LITTLE ROCK, Ark. (October 9, 2017) – Let’s face it. This is a week that has been circled on the calendar for quite some time now. And now it’s finally here, as Little Rock’s I-30 Speedway is poised to dish out more than $100,000 over the course of the 30th edition of the ASCS Mid-South COMP Cams Short Track Nationals presented by Hoosier Tires. With many already en route to Arkansas’ capital city, the on-track festivities get underway with a...more

Lonnie Wheatley, LITTLE ROCK, Ark. (October 12, 2017) – Sammy Swindell kicked off his pursuit of an unprecedented fifth Short Track Nationals crown in strong fashion by wiring the field in Thursday night’s 25-lap feature that kicked off I-30 Speedway’s 30th Annual COMP Cams Short Track Nationals presented by Hoosier Tires. Though he led the entire distance aboard the Rains Motorsports No. 3s, it wasn’t without some strong mid-race pressure from “North Pole Nightmare” Bill Balog. Swindell...more

Lonnie Wheatley, LITTLE ROCK, Ark. (October 13, 2017) – Sam Hafertepe, Jr., continued his winning ways by racing to victory lane in Friday night’s 25-lap preliminary feature at the 30th Annual COMP Cams Short Track Nationals presented by Hoosier Tires atop the high-banked ¼-mile I-30 Speedway clay oval. After outdueling Aaron Reutzel for the point in the early going, Hafertepe, Jr., slipped away to a near straightaway advantage over the latter half of the race to secure a prime starting...more

Lonnie Wheatley, LITTLE ROCK, Ark. (October 14, 2017) – Sammy Swindell continues to dole out lessons to the younger generation of racers as he charged to an unprecedented fifth Short Track Nationals victory in Saturday night’s 40-lap event finale atop the high-banked, ¼-mile I-30 Speedway clay oval. The Memphis area racer surged into the lead on the opening lap from his second row starting position and led all the way aboard the Rains Motorsports No. 3s JR1-chassis to capture the $15,000...more

(Image Credit: Woody Hampton) LEDUC, Alb. (October 18, 2017) Skylar Gee’s first trip to the COMP Cams ASCS Mid-South Short Track Nationals was a successful one with the Carlan Services No. 99 rolling to a 10th place finish in Saturday’s $15,000 to win feature event. “It was a great weekend for us. We unloaded and were fast right out of the gate so it definitely showed us we are getting better,” said Gee who is the leading Rookie with the Lucas Oil ASCS National Tour. Coming out of Thursday’s...more

(Image Credit: Lonnie Wheatley) Bryan Hulbert - TULSA, Okla. (January 5, 2018) The 2018 season for the ASCS Mid-South Region is just around the corner, and a lineup of 17 events has been released across Arkansas, Mississippi, and Tennessee. New to the ASCS Mid-South lineup in 2018, Tennessee National Raceway in Hohenwald, Tenn. will kick things off on April 7 with the following week seeing the ASCS Mid-South Region replacing the former Southern Outlaw Sprints at Mississippi’s Jackson Motor...more

Bryan Hulbert – TULSA, Okla. (January 22, 2018) The 2018 season for the American Sprint Car Series is approaching, and so, the paperwork as has begun on ASCS Memberships. The membership carries a supplemental insurance that helps to cover incidents that may occur at an ASCS sanctioned event. Driver’s looking to be eligible for point fund and contingencies must be a member in good standing. Memberships will be accepted through June 1, 2018. The membership also guarantees that a member cannot be...more