Post by Webmaster on Dec 11, 2011 16:01:26 GMT -7
Lonnie Wheatley, TULSA, Okla. (December 6, 2011) – Following on the heels of the closest championship battle in the series’ 20-year history, the Lucas Oil ASCS presented by K&N Filters National series unveiled an ambitious preliminary schedule for the 2012 season from the series office today.
The preliminary slate of events includes 63 nights of competition at 36 different tracks throughout 16 different states with one additional night to be announced. It marks the most ambitious slate of ASCS National events under the Lucas Oil banner after 34 nights of competition in 2011, 35 in 2010 and 29 in 2009.
While there will be 11 new venues in 2012, including Texas Motor Speedway, the series will also return to another nine tracks after extended absences.
The increased volume of race dates is largely a result of a revised purse structure that now finds single-night weekend events and the final night of two-night shows at $4,000 to win and $400 to start. A 30% decrease in the one-night purse and 21% decrease in the two-night total is greatly outweighed by a notable increase from 22 nights of competition to 55 nights of action outside of the traditional ASCS Knoxville Nationals, Short Track Nationals and Western World Championships events.
A flat amount of $500 tow money per night for each team among the top ten in points will also prove beneficial for full-time teams pursuing the $60,000 championship share.
The purse revisions, which also included cuts in sanction fees to the series, resulted from extensive meetings between ASCS officials and member teams over the course of the summer in efforts to continue to successfully grow the series.
The Lucas Oil Sprint Cars will kick off the 2012 campaign on new ground with a March 2-3 double at Peoria, Arizona’s Canyon Speedway Park. The following weekend, the series moves on to Yuma, Arizona’s Cocopah Speedway on March 9-10 before shifting to familiar ground with the 39th Annual Devil’s Bowl Spring Nationals in Mesquite, TX, on March 23-24.
Canyon Speedway Park and Cocopah mark the first pair of new venues for the Lucas Oil Sprint Cars in 2012, with other new stops including Battleground Speedway (Highlands, TX), Valley Speedway (Grain Valley, MO), Rapid Speedway (Rock Rapids, IA), Electric City Speedway (Great Falls, MT), Willamette Speedway (Lebanon, OR), Silver Dollar Speedway (Chico, CA), Santa Maria Speedway (Santa Maria, CA), Salina Speedway (Salina, KS) and Texas Motor Speedway (Fort Worth, TX).
Great Falls-Electric City Speedway, Wednesday July 11th
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The preliminary slate of events includes 63 nights of competition at 36 different tracks throughout 16 different states with one additional night to be announced. It marks the most ambitious slate of ASCS National events under the Lucas Oil banner after 34 nights of competition in 2011, 35 in 2010 and 29 in 2009.
While there will be 11 new venues in 2012, including Texas Motor Speedway, the series will also return to another nine tracks after extended absences.
The increased volume of race dates is largely a result of a revised purse structure that now finds single-night weekend events and the final night of two-night shows at $4,000 to win and $400 to start. A 30% decrease in the one-night purse and 21% decrease in the two-night total is greatly outweighed by a notable increase from 22 nights of competition to 55 nights of action outside of the traditional ASCS Knoxville Nationals, Short Track Nationals and Western World Championships events.
A flat amount of $500 tow money per night for each team among the top ten in points will also prove beneficial for full-time teams pursuing the $60,000 championship share.
The purse revisions, which also included cuts in sanction fees to the series, resulted from extensive meetings between ASCS officials and member teams over the course of the summer in efforts to continue to successfully grow the series.
The Lucas Oil Sprint Cars will kick off the 2012 campaign on new ground with a March 2-3 double at Peoria, Arizona’s Canyon Speedway Park. The following weekend, the series moves on to Yuma, Arizona’s Cocopah Speedway on March 9-10 before shifting to familiar ground with the 39th Annual Devil’s Bowl Spring Nationals in Mesquite, TX, on March 23-24.
Canyon Speedway Park and Cocopah mark the first pair of new venues for the Lucas Oil Sprint Cars in 2012, with other new stops including Battleground Speedway (Highlands, TX), Valley Speedway (Grain Valley, MO), Rapid Speedway (Rock Rapids, IA), Electric City Speedway (Great Falls, MT), Willamette Speedway (Lebanon, OR), Silver Dollar Speedway (Chico, CA), Santa Maria Speedway (Santa Maria, CA), Salina Speedway (Salina, KS) and Texas Motor Speedway (Fort Worth, TX).
Great Falls-Electric City Speedway, Wednesday July 11th
Read more...
www.ascsracing.com/news/?i=9882