The stars of the O’Reilly American Sprint Cars on Tour National series are gearing up for the intense, wheel-to-wheel, breathtaking action reserved for the bullrings of America with a pair of events atop ¼-mile Arkansas clay ovals this weekend.
On Friday night, the ASCS National Tour invades Texarkana’s Sixty-Seven Speedway oval located just a few miles east of the Arkansas-Texas state line. Then on Saturday night, the series migrates a couple of hours up the interstate to Little Rock’s I-30 Speedway.
And with the $50,000 championship points chase beginning to take shape, there’s nothing like a change of pace to shake things up after opening the season with eight events on tracks ranging from 1/3-mile in distance to ½-mile.
But don’t necessarily expect the change in venue size to slow down Hooks, TX, ace Gary Wright, as he has enjoyed his share of success in ASCS action at both Texarkana and Little Rock. Wright has topped three of seven National Tour events at Texarkana’s 67 Speedway, with another nine of his 110 career ASCS National Tour triumphs coming atop I-30 Speedway’s high-banked clay oval.
The three-time and reigning series champion, Wright has broken out of the gates quickly in 2007 by winning four of the opening eight feature events and finishing outside the top three just once to build an early advantage of 49 points over Oklahoma City native Wayne Johnson.
Johnson, hoping to add a second ASCS National championship to his 2000 title, has reached victory lane twice this year. Two of Johnson’s 22 career ASCS National Tour feature wins have come at Little Rock’s I-30 Speedway.
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