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Cody Morris, Tulsa,OK (10-4-2011) - This coming weekend will see the Lone Star state on center stage as a rowdy group of sooner invaders set their sights on Kennedale, Texas' Cowtown Speedway. With a perfect noontime Saturday backdrop in the form of the annual Oklahoma vs. Texas Red River Rivalry, race fans will have their own rivalry play out in primetime this Friday and Saturday night.
This coming weekend will launch the first of two fall season weekends of the highly anticipated Cowtown Crown featuring the Lucas Oil ASCS2 Outlaw, Non Wing, and Restricted divisions. And it's not just loot on the line, but a major step toward crowning a trio of Lucas Oil American Small Car Series Champions.
After exploding onto the open wheel racing scene with a hard fought 2010 Lucas Oil ASCS2 Outlaw Championship over fellow talent Christopher Bell, as well as an Outlaw class sweep at the 2011 Tulsa Shootout, Sapulpa, Oklahoma's Blake Hahn returns to Cowtown Speedway clay with a series' best four victories and a huge point advantage in his bid for second consecutive Lucas Oil ASCS2 Outlaw Title.
A pair of Sooner state talents will look to keep their title chances alive with Coweta, Oklahoma's Kade Morton traling Hahn by 229 points and Sand Springs, Oklahoma native Dalton Wiseley another 43 markers behind Morton.
A winner in 2011 season opening Outlaw action at Cowtown Speedway, Lindsay, Oklahoma's Harli White straddles 4th in the 2011 Outlaw campaign on the strength of a trio of victories. A recent addition to the Shanon McQueen Webster Racing team for the 2012 Chili Bowl, White will be among the heavy favorites on hand for round one of the 2011 Cowtown Crown.
In what has turned out to be a ferocious campaign to the 2011 Lucas Oil ASCS2 Non Wing title, Pauls Valley, Oklahoma's Steven Shebester takes a 70 point advantage into Cowtown action in his bid to better his Non Wing runner up finish a season ago.
Oklahoma City's Trey Marcham sits 70 points behind Shebester's leading pace. A two time winner with a series' best 8 top 10 finishes, Marcham's pace would be supreme if not for an absence in the first night of a weekend of Independence Day action at Fort Cobb's Duttons Speedway. Perenially a strong contender on Cowtown clay, Marcham will be on a mission to trim that margin this weekend.
A disastrous Labor Day Weekend could not have ended soon enough for Glenpool, Oklahoma's Matt Ward. A Creek County tumble and early exit would ultimately lead to a failure to launch the following night at Mid America Speedway. Ward trails Shebester by 77 points with four point events remaining in the 2011 campaign. all at the high banked Cowtown 1/4 mile.
Coweta, Oklahoma native Chance Morton has been dominant over an extremely talented field of Lucas Oil ASCS2 Restricted pilots. With a series' best four 2011 triumps, Morton brings an 88 point advantage into Cowtown Crown action over Atoka's Austin Shores.
It's a deficit Shores' has fought tooth and nail to keep reasonable. Shores' joins Morton as the two sole Restricted drivers to finish in the top 10 in each of the 11 events contestes thus far in the 2011 Lucas Oil ASCS2 Restricted campaign.
Cyril, Oklahoma's Cord Dodson trails Morton by 150 markers entering the Cowtown Crown and will be a dual threat as the versatile talent will take on the best of both Restricted and Non Wing talents this weekend.
Hometown favorite Christian Kinnison enters the Cowtown double 4th in Restricted points, nine markers ahead of El Reno, Oklahoma's Kyle Keeler.
The 2011 Cowtown Crown will feature a popular change for Lucas Oil American Small Car Series race teams and regional racing fans, with a complete set of heat races and main events planned for both Friday and Saturday, historically opposed to the heat race action on friday and features on saturday.
The ASCS2 Outlaw and Non Wing divisions will be racing for $500 to win and 50$ to start on Friday night, with $1,000 to win and $100 to start on the line in the saturday night finale. The ASCS2 Restricted division will be racing for $250 to win and $50 to start Friday night, with $500 going to Saturday night's winner and $75 to start the main event.
The 2011 Cowtown Crown kicks off this Friday night, October 7th with a weekend finale Saturday night, October 8th. The second edition of the 2011 Cowtown Crown is scheduled for the November 11-12 weekend.
For further Lucas Oil American Small Car Series inquiry, please contact ASCS headquarters at 918.838.3777
For further Cowtown Speedway information, including start times, ticket pricing, and directions, please visit www.cowtownspeedway.com or contact Jeff Martinez at 817.917.8562
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