The night air in Mississippi will be filled by the roars of engines from the American Sprint Car Series Coastal Region as the series invades the Magnolia State for a pair of events this weekend.
On Friday night, the series makes its second stop of the season at Southern Speedway in Hattiesburg, MS. Then on Saturday night, it’s the first ever ASCS appearance at Whynot Motorsports Park in Meridian, MS.
And with four feature wins in nine ASCS Coastal Region events thus far, it is Amite, Louisiana’s Michael Dupuy leading the way into the weekend double with a 66-point lead in the series championship points chase.
Dupuy’s closest rival right now is Michael Herrington of Gonzales, LA, with Robert Casada of Petal, MS, ranked third. Timmy Thrash of Gulfport, MS, is currently fourth, with Todd Fayard of Saucier, MS, rounding out the current top five.
Biloxi’s Shane Morgan enters the weekend double ranked sixth, while Denham Springs, LA, shoe Lane Whittington, fresh off his first ASCS Coastal Region win this past weekend, is seventh in points.
The balance of the current top ten includes Chris Sweeney (Channelview, TX), 15-year-old Hunter Phillips (Gulfport, MS) and Terry Vidrine (Slaughter, LA).
Southern Speedway is located south of Hattiesburg, MS, off I-59 Exit 59, then 2.5 miles east on US 98, then 0.7 mile south on US 49.
Whynot Motorsports Park is located in Meridian, MS, off I-59 Exit 157-A, then one mile south, then 11.4 miles southeast on SR 19. For more information, contact the track at 601-644-3010.
The ASCS Coastal Region is slated to contest 21 events at 13 different tracks throughout Mississippi and the surrounding area including portions of Alabama, Florida, Louisiana and Texas.
The 2007 season marks the 16th year of sanctioning Sprint Car racing for the American Sprint Car Series. With 13 different Regions in addition to the O’Reilly American Sprint Cars on Tour National series, ASCS will sanction approximately 240 nights of racing at more than 100 different race tracks throughout at least 30 different states and Canada.
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