Exciting 2008 ASCS  Patriot Schedule Released
Rich  Vleck, TULSA, Okla. (February 20, 2008)- In what will arguably be the
most  exciting year on the ASCS Patriot Tour, out comes a schedule that fits
for both  racers and fans alike.
While  still not finished, the American Sprint Car Series Patriot Region
schedule was  released, with new venues, new states, and new big money races sure
to bring out  teams and fans in droves.
Currently,  18 full-point races are placed on the schedule, with up to four
events still to  be finalized.  This puts the Patriot  Schedule right where
Regional Director Mike Emhof feels it has to  be.
“This  schedule minimizes travel and maximizes excitement,” noted Emhof.  “
To be able to shrink our travel radius  and add many more bonus-paying races,
everyone wins from a schedule like  this.”
For the  second straight year, the Patriot schedule will kick off on the
first weekend in  May at the Fulton Speedway.  This  will also again be the start
to the A-Verdi Storage Containers King of Central  New York Series Within a
Series.
The  high-banked action continues with a stop at the Woodhull Raceway before
a  two-race Memorial Weekend Swing in Pennsylvania.  While the May 24 race is
yet to be  released, the Sunday event will be held at the thrilling Eriez 
Speedway.
The  Patriots make a return to the award-winning Merrittville Speedway in
2008 in  Southern Ontario the following week, with the “Land of Legends”, the
Canandaigua  Speedway, continuing the stretch of efficient Saturday shows to
kick off the  season.
A week  off sets the stage for another Western Weekend at a speedway to be
named and a  return to Eriez.  The month rounds  out with the traditional
late-June event at Western New York’s Famed Ransomville  Speedway.
July  kicks off with a bang as the Ohsweken Speedway plays host to the ASCS
Northern  Summer Nationals with the Engine Pro ASCS Sprints on Dirt.  This two
night event will pay over  $30,000 in purse on the weekend and with it being a
holiday on Friday, will  allow teams time to travel to “The Big O”.
The  following Friday, the Brewerton Speedway will host their first ASCS
Patriot  event, and the first sprint car race at the track in 12 years for an
event teams  and fans have been dreaming about for years.  The month winds out
with the  1st Annual Bill Alhart Memorial at Genesee Speedway, followed by a 
trip down the NYS Thruway for the A-Verdi Sprint Show at Cayuga County the 
following night.
After  select teams travel out to Knoxville to kick off August, the 10th 
Annual NY Nationals, this year presented by Insinger Race Fuels and S.P. Wilson 
Gas, will take place at Black Rock Speedway for a $5,000 top  prize.
Humberstone  Speedway hosts their final sprint event of the season with the
Patriots on  August 24, while the Fulton Speedway tentatively will once again
host the early  September event that last year had the season-high car  count.
After a  weekend for the $8,000-to-win Arrow Express Canadian Sprint Car
Nationals at  Ohsweken, the Patriots travel to a new track and a new state, as
they run two  dates at the Sharon Speedway in Hartford, Ohio.  The Saturday night
portion of the Apple  Festival Nationals will be in conjunction with the
World of Outlaws while the  Sunday event will be run in the afternoon and pay 
$2,000-to-win.
The  2008 point season concludes with the new and exciting event at the
Cayuga County  Fair Speedway on Friday, October 10, as part of Super DIRT Week. 
This is sure to have plenty of energy,  as well as top teams, surrounding this
event.  On Saturday Night, the checkered flag on  the season will win with the
annual $3,000-to-win Super DIRT Week Sprint Car  Challenge at the Rolling
Wheels Raceway.
Many  races could still be added before the first race.  
2008 ASCS Patriots  Schedule
May 3  Fulton Speedway (Fulton, NY) – King of CNY Event
May 17  Woodhull Raceway (Woodhull, NY)
May 24  TBA
May 25  Eriez Speedway (Erie, PA)
May 31  Merrittville Speedway (Thorold, ONT)
June 7  Canandaigua Speedway (Canandaigua, NY) – King of CNY Event
June 21  TBA
June 22  Eriez Speedway (Erie, PA)
June 27  Ransomville Speedway (Ransomville, NY)
July 4  Ohsweken Speedway (Ohsweken, ONT) – ASCS Northern Nationals vs. ASCS 
SOD
July 5  Ohsweken Speedway (Ohsweken, ONT) - $3,000 to win ASCS Northern
Nationals vs.  ASCS SOD
July 11  Brewerton Speedway (Brewerton, NY) – King of CNY Event
July 26  Genesee Speedway (Batavia, NY) – Bill Alhart Memorial
July 27  Cayuga County Fair Speedway (Weedsport, NY) – King of CNY  Event
Aug. 3  Brodix Tournament of Champions (Knoxville, IA) – No points
Aug. 8  Black Rock Speedway (Dundee, NY) - $5,000 to win Insinger New York 
Nationals
Aug. 24  Humberstone Speedway (Port Colborne, ONT)
Sept. 6  Fulton Speedway (Fulton, NY) – King of CNY Event  (Tentative)
Sept.  12 Ohsweken Speedway (Ohsweken, ONT) – Canadian Sprint Car Nationals
(no  points)
Sept.  13 Ohsweken Speedway (Ohsweken, ONT) - $8,000 to win Canadian Sprint
Car  Nationals (Show Up points)
Sept.  20 Sharon Speedway (Hartford, OH) – Apple Festival  Nationals
Sept.  21 Sharon Speedway (Hartford, OH) - $2,000 to win
Oct. 10  Cayuga County Fair Speedway (Weedsport, NY) – King of CNY  Event
Oct. 11  Rolling Wheels Raceway (Elbridge, NY) - $3,000 to win Super DIRT
Week Challenge  (no points)
The American  Sprint Car Series is the nation's most prominent Sprint Car
sanctioning body,  with the series sanctioning 189 nights of racing at 90
different tracks  throughout 25 different states and Canada in 2007.  A total of 866
different drivers  competed in at least one ASCS event in 2007.
Additional  information regarding the American Sprint Car Series is available
at _www.ascsracing.com_ (http://www.ascsracing.com/) .