As the 2007 season for the American Sprint Car Series begins to heat up with another handful of events logged into the books over the past weekend, the ASCS / Wesmar Challenge Leader Board begins to liven up as well. Gary Wright maintained his Challenge lead in the National ranks with another win in the series’ first visit to Magnolia Motor Speedway this past weekend, with Etters, PA, racer Pat Cannon breaking into the early lead with the ASCS Mid-Atlantic Region.
Garry Lee Maier swept the weekend’s ASCS Sooner Region double to rocket atop the early-season point charts, with Jason Johnson climbing atop the Coastal Region’s early Challenge points via a Hattiesburg score. The top two drivers in ASCS / Wesmar Challenge points for the National Tour and each of the eleven winged Regions at the September 15 cutoff date will earn invitations to the October 13 ASCS / Wesmar Challenge at the Devil’s Bowl Speedway Winter Nationals in Mesquite, TX.
The ASCS / Wesmar Challenge will be run in two 15-lap segments, with an inversion following the first segment. Passing and finishing points will be in effect for both segments, with the top points earner coming away with a new Wesmar Racing Engine. Drivers earn points towards the Wesmar Racing Engines Challenge by earning three points for a feature win, two points for a runner-up finish and one point for each third-place feature finish. A driver must compete in at least 60% of a respective Region’s events and be a registered member of the American Sprint Car Series to represent that Region in the ASCS / Wesmar Racing Engines Challenge.
Current ASCS / Wesmar Racing Engines Challenge Points:
O’Reilly American Sprint Cars on Tour National:
1. Gary Wright (Hooks, TX) 16
2. Wayne Johnson (Oklahoma City, OK) 9
3. Jason Johnson (Eunice, LA) 7
4. Terry McCarl (Altoona, IA) 4
5. Jake Peters (Sioux Falls, SD) 4
6. Travis Rilat (Forney, TX) 2
7. Danny Smith (Danville, IN) 2
8. Natalie Sather (Fargo, ND) 2
9. Aaron Berryhill (Broken Arrow, OK) 2
10. Chuck Swenson (Watertown, SD) 1
11. Foster Landon (Collinsville, OK) 1
ASCS Coastal Region:
1. Jason Johnson (Eunice, LA) 5
2. Gary Wright (Hooks, TX) 4
3. Marshall Skinner (West Memphis, AR) 3
4. Michael Dupuy (Amite, LA) 3
5. Wayne Johnson (Oklahoma City, OK) 3
6. Michael Miller (Ocean Springs, MS) 2
7. Travis Rilat (Forney, TX) 2
8. Terry Gray (Bartlett, TN) 1
9. Chris Sweeney (Channelview, TX) 1
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