News

[i Lonnie Wheatley, SAPULPA, Okla. (September 19, 2009)] Zach Chappell picked off his second overall American Sprint Car Series feature win of the year at the exact same place he posted his first triumph by topping Saturday night's 25-lap American Bank of Oklahoma ASCS Sooner Region main event at Creek County Speedway. Chappell, who also topped the Creek County leg of ASCS Speedweek in June, gunned into the lead at the outset and held off the advances of Sean McClelland atop a heavy ¼-mile...more

Lonnie Wheatley, TULSA, Okla. (April 19, 2010) – The American Bank of Oklahoma ASCS Sooner Region kicks off its 2010 slate of events on Saturday night at the refurbished Creek County Speedway in Sapulpa, OK. Saturday’s card atop the ¼-mile Creek County Speedway clay oval marks the first of 15 nights of competition at nine different tracks throughout Oklahoma and the surrounding area for the ASCS Sooner Region in 2010. Oklahoma City’s Joe Wood, Jr., became the eighth different ASCS Sooner...more

Lonnie Wheatley, SAPULPA, Okla. (April 24, 2010) – Oklahoma City’s Joe Wood, Jr., kicked off the defense of his American Bank of Oklahoma ASCS Sooner Region championship by racing to victory lane in Saturday night’s 25-lap series season opener at Creek County Speedway. Wood caught an early break, raced past Nick Smith for the point on the fifth lap and then held off a late bid from Smith to secure his fourth career ASCS Sooner triumph aboard the Wesmar-powered Bingo City No. 03 entry. Leading...more

TULSA, Okla. (April 26, 2010) – The American Bank of Oklahoma ASCS Sooner Region event originally scheduled for this Saturday night, May 1, at Mid-America Speedway in South Coffeyville, OK, has been rescheduled for September 11 due to scheduling conflicts. The ASCS Sooner Region resumes action with a pair of events on May 7-8, beginning with Outlaw Motor Speedway near Muskogee on May 7 before moving on to Missouri’s Springfield Raceway the following night, May 8. The American Bank of Oklahoma...more

Lonnie Wheatley, TULSA, Okla. (April 27, 2010) – Mother Nature continues to wreak her fair share of havoc but resilient racers keep on racing, providing more fodder for the latest of edition of Tuesday’s Top Ten, chronicling ten random items revolving about the latest American Sprint Car Series happenings. And away we go, it’s TTT… Flying J’s – Saturday night’s set of ASCS Regional action featured the attack of the Flying J’s, with Joe, Jason and John (Wood, Jr., Johnson and Gaston) each...more

Lonnie Wheatley, TULSA, Okla. (May 3, 2010) – The American Bank of Oklahoma ASCS Sooner Region fires back into action this weekend with a pair of events, including one new stop and one that’s still relatively new to the Sooner forces. On Friday night, the ASCS Sooner Region makes its first-ever stop at the 3/8-mile Outlaw Motor Speedway just southwest of Muskogee in Wainwright, OK. Then, on Saturday night, it’s over the border to Missouri’s Springfield Raceway for just the second time in...more

Lonnie Wheatley, MUSKOGEE, Okla. (May 7, 2010) – Louisiana’s Jason Johnson added another notch to the victory column by topping Friday night’s 25-lap American Bank of Oklahoma ASCS Sooner Region debut at Outlaw Motor Speedway. The Lucas Oil ASCS National title contender tuned up for the upcoming June 4 National event atop the 3/8-mile clay oval by racing from four rows deep in just three laps to take his third Regional score of the year aboard the Don Ott-powered Haynes/Pope Transportation No....more

Lonnie Wheatley, SPRINGFIELD, Mo. (May 8, 2010) – Broken Arrow, Oklahoma’s Nick Smith snared his first American Bank of Oklahoma ASCS Sooner Region win of the season by racing to victory lane in Saturday night’s 25-lap feature event at Springfield Raceway. Smith reeled in early pacesetter Donnie Ray Crawford on the seventh round and paced the field the rest of the way aboard the Wesmar-powered Sooner Network Solutions No. 15s Maxim for his 14th career ASCS Sooner triumph, taking over the...more

Lonnie Wheatley, TULSA, Okla. (June 2, 2010) – Coming off a win in the most recent American Bank of Oklahoma ASCS Sooner competition, Broken Arrow, Oklahoma’s Nick Smith leads the way into Saturday night’s Sooner action at Lawton Speedway. Smith’s May 8 triumph at Missouri’s Springfield Raceway, his 14th career Sooner score, moved him atop the ASCS Sooner point charts. And, with Friday’s card at Outlaw Motor Speedway postponed, the next stop is now the site of a Nick Smith ASCS Speedweek...more

Lonnie Wheatley, LAWTON, Okla. (June 5, 2010) – Robert Sellers became the fourth different winner in as many American Bank of Oklahoma ASCS Sooner Region events contested this season by cracking victory lane in Saturday night’s 25-lap main event at Lawton Speedway. Sellers outlasted 2004 ASCS Sooner co-champion Andy Shouse, leading the final nine circuits to secure his third career ASCS Sooner feature win. While Sellers led the opening eleven rounds from the pole position, Shouse worked into...more