(attached photo courtesy of Lonnie Wheatley, ASCS)

Jason Meyers Teams Up with Jeff McCall to Win ASCS Short Track Nationals

The Countdown Clock to the World Finals at Lowe's Motor Speedway is Ready to Explode!

CLOVIS, Calif. (October 28, 2007) – Jason Meyers and Elite Racing teamed up with veteran American Sprint Car Series (ASCS) owner Jeff McCall, who supplied a Charlie Garrett 360 power plant to pick up his first-ever ASCS Short Track Nationals victory at I-30 Speedway in Little Rock, Ark., en route to the World of Outlaws (WoO) World Finals at Lowe's Motor Speedway.

MEYERS DRAWS FRIDAY FOR STN QUALIFIER NIGHT

With a completely different format than Meyers has seen with the over eighty races that he has ran in 2007 with the WoO, the STN is run without giving the teams a pair of single-car qualifying laps.Rather, they run a heat race and based upon the amount of passing points earned, are slotted into a second set of heat races, or qualifiers, and then are placed into the feature events for that night.All races earn points to slot drivers into the Saturday night races.

Struggling a bit in the heat, Meyers would finish fourth, already contemplating changes that needed to be made to the car on his way into the pits.Conferring with crew chief D.J. Lindsey, the Elite Racing Team worked hard to put Meyers in victory lane after his qualifier race.

Lining up seventh in the twenty-five lap preliminary A-Main event, Meyers was confident in the way that his car and the track both progressively improved throughout the evening.With third place being the magic number, Meyers knew that he would have to finish third or better to be locked in to Saturday's 40-lap A-Main event and to also have a chance to run the Dash, which determined the top six starting positions.Working his way forward, Meyers would snag that coveted third place position, locking him into Saturday's Dash event.

"Our car was off a bit in the first heat, but the guys got it where we needed it to be," commented Meyers after his performance on Friday night."The track was great – real racy and a whole lot of fun to drive on."

TIME TO BATTLE – MAIN EVENT DAY AT STN

Since Meyers was locked into the Dash event, he would have to wait through several races before he lined up on the front stretch with his five competitors to draw for their starting positions.Being the last person to draw, he was relegated to the last pill, which placed him on the outside of the second row of the event..

A fourth place starting position served Meyers well, as by turn two of the first lap, he had taken the lead.Setting sail, Meyers would win the Dash, giving him a chance at the Comp Cams Challenge, a $25,000 bonus to start at the tail of the field and win, adding to the $20,000 winner's share of the purse.After much deliberating, Meyers turned the Challenge down, as did the outside pole sitter, good friend, Shane Stewart.

Slipping into second place on the start behind Stewart, that's where Meyers would stay for the majority of the event.With a fantastic mid-race battle with fellow WoO competitor Tim Shaffer, Meyers saw Stewart open up almost a straightaway lead in front of him.While Stewart was battling lapped traffic, Meyers made up ground and would take the lead coming off of turn four to take the white flag.Not giving up, Stewart waged a battle with Meyers, taking the lead back, but Meyers would get him for the final time going into turn three on the last lap of the event.

"We had so much fun here last year that we made the decision to come back this year, helped out by Jeff McCall teaming up with us and supplying us with the 360 version ofthe Charlie Garrett motors that we have been running all season on the Outlaw tour," said an elated Meyers after the event."Our car continually got better through the course of the two nights of racing, not to mention that Shane and Tim are both guys that I know I can race with and they will race me cleanly, which makes the races that much more fun!"

UP NEXT FOR ELITE RACING

For the final weekend of World of Outlaws competition culminating with the Championship Banquet on Monday, the Elite Racing Team and Jason Meyers head to Charlotte for the World of Outlaws World Finals at the Dirt Track at Lowe's Motor Speedway.

Tickets for the World Finals are still available at www.lowesmotorspeedway.com.

"It seems like we were just starting the season off in Florida, and now it's almost over," said Meyers."We have gone through so much this year, from getting our Tahoe stolen in Canada to the birth of my daughter, it has been a great year for us and we are looking forward to redeeming ourselves at Lowe's (after flipping during the May WoO event) now that we have some great momentum built up."

IN THE MEDIA

The final scheduled broadcast for the World of Outlaws on SPEED will be Saturday, November 3, with the LIVE broadcast from the World of Outlaws World Finals at the Dirt Track at Lowe's Motor Speedway, with coverage beginning at 8:00 pm EST.

You can also listen live to all of this week's race broadcasts at www.dirtvision.com.

OUR SUPPORTERS:

Jason Meyers and the Elite Racing team travel full-time on the WoO sprint car tour with support from Elite Landscaping, Primerica Financial, GLR Investments, Team Worldwide, Carbon Raptor DLC, Ridgeline Framing, Lucas Oil Products, Motorsports Designs, Maxim Chassis and Garrett Racing Engines, among many other supporters.

Geringer, Luck and Rode Investments has been a great supporter of the Elite Racing Team and Jason Meyers for multiple seasons on the WoO tour.Specializing in a broad range of financial services, including investments, insurance and tax services, GLR Investments can be found on the internet at www.geringerluckrode.com.
For more information on Jason Meyers and the Elite Racing team, please visit www.jasonmeyers.com or www.worldofoutlaws.com