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ASCS Gulf South Season Finale Satu

ASCS Gulf South Season Finale Satu...

9/6/2010
Lonnie Wheatley, TULSA, Okla. (September 13, 2010) – The American Sprint Car Series Gulf South Region puts the wraps on the 2010 season with Saturday night’s $3,000-to-win championship season finale at Baytown’s Houston Raceway Park. The ASCS Gulf South event originally scheduled for Friday night at Beaumont’s Golden Triangle Raceway Park has been cancelled and will not be rescheduled after the track took the Friday night portion of the recent Labor Day weekend triple...more
Lonnie Wheatley
  • Lonnie Wheatley on Sep 13, 2010
  • Article Date: 9/6/2010
Tags: Royal Purple Raceway, ASCS Gulf South Region, Winged Sprints
ASCS Gulf South Set for GTRP-HRP D

ASCS Gulf South Set for GTRP-HRP D...

7/12/2010
Lonnie Wheatley, TULSA, Okla. (July 12, 2010) – Following a complete washout of all three events scheduled for the recent Fourth of July weekend, an antsy group of American Sprint Car Series Gulf South Region competitors fire back into action with a pair of events this weekend. The series embarks upon the third of four scheduled Golden Triangle Raceway Park-Houston Raceway Park doubles of the season, with $2,000 to win Friday’s GTRP card in Beaumont, TX, and then...more
Lonnie Wheatley
  • Lonnie Wheatley on Jul 13, 2010
  • Article Date: 7/12/2010
Tags: Golden Triangle Raceway, Royal Purple Raceway, ASCS Gulf South Region
Jason Johnson Takes Another ASCS W

Jason Johnson Takes Another ASCS W...

6/20/2010
Lonnie Wheatley, BAYTOWN, Texas (June 19, 2010) – Jason Johnson picked off his second American Sprint Car Series Regional feature win in as many nights by racing to victory lane in Saturday night’s 25-lap ASCS Gulf South main event at Houston Raceway Park. After topping the opening leg of the ASCS Red River Challenge featuring the Lone Star and Sooner Regions, “The Ragin’ Cajun” made his way to south Texas for Saturday night’s Gulf South romp, his second in as many...more
Lonnie Wheatley
  • Lonnie Wheatley on Jun 20, 2010
  • Article Date: 6/20/2010
Tags: Jason Johnson, Royal Purple Raceway, ASCS Gulf South Region
ASCS Gulf South Set for GTRP-HRP D

ASCS Gulf South Set for GTRP-HRP D...

6/15/2010
Lonnie Wheatley, TULSA, Okla. (June 14, 2010) – After a pair of idle weekend to regroup after a Memorial Day triple, the ASCS Gulf South Region fires back to action with the second of three scheduled Golden Triangle Raceway Park – Houston Raceway Park weekend doubles. On Friday night, the series makes its third stop of the year at Beaumont’s Golden Triangle Raceway Park before moving on to Baytown’s Houston Raceway Park on Saturday night for a $3,000 to win...more
Lonnie Wheatley
  • Lonnie Wheatley on Jun 15, 2010
  • Article Date: 6/15/2010
Tags: Golden Triangle Raceway Park, Royal Purple Raceway, ASCS Gulf South Region
Rocket Hockett - Photo Finish!

Rocket Hockett - Photo Finish!

5/5/2010
(Bill W) May 5, 2010 – Jesse “The Rocket” Hockett is no stranger to photo finishes. So when it came down to the wire at Houston Raceway Park Saturday night with the Sprint Bandits Tour ‘N Topless series, no one should have been surprised. At the checkers, the Warsaw, Missouri driver was edged out by Robert Ballou, after charging all the way through the pack. This weekend, the series travels to the Devil’s Bowl Speedway and I-30 Speedway. Last weekend was to feature...more
Bill Wright
  • Bill Wright on May 05, 2010
  • Article Date: 5/5/2010
Tags: Jesse Hockett, Royal Purple Raceway, Sprint Bandits TNT
Wednesdays with Wayne - Tour 'N To

Wednesdays with Wayne - Tour 'N To...

5/5/2010
(Bill W) May 5, 2010 – A rainout and motor problems put the damper on Wayne Johnson, who was racing a “traditional” sprint car in the opening weekend with the Sprint Bandits Tour ‘N Topless Series in south Texas. After a rainout at Golden Triangle Raceway Park in Beaumont, they tried it again on Saturday at Houston Raceway Park near Baylands, but the Knoxville, Iowa driver suffered motor problems in Jack Yeley’s #2. They will be back at it this weekend at Devil’s...more
Bill Wright
  • Bill Wright on May 05, 2010
  • Article Date: 5/5/2010
Tags: Wayne Johnson, Royal Purple Raceway, Sprint Bandits TNT
Ballou by a Nose in Explosive Spri

Ballou by a Nose in Explosive Spri...

5/2/2010
Lonnie Wheatley, BAYTOWN, Texas (May 1, 2010) – Race fans in the Lone Star State hadn’t been exposed to the thrills of traditional Sprint Cars in over two decades. They won’t forget what they witnessed in the return of 410-ci wingless Sprint Cars to Texas any time soon, as Robert Ballou edged Jesse Hockett and Brady Bacon in a thrilling three-wide charge to the checkered flag in Saturday night’s season-opening 30-lap Lucas Oil Sprint Bandits Tour ‘N Topless main event...more
Lonnie Wheatley
  • Lonnie Wheatley on May 02, 2010
  • Article Date: 5/2/2010
Tags: Robert Ballou, Royal Purple Raceway, Sprint Bandits TNT
Wednesdays with Wayne – Never Say

Wednesdays with Wayne – Never Say...

4/28/2010
(Bill W) April 28, 2010 – When Wayne Johnson emerged from the Gorby #G1 in last August’s Ultimate Challenge in Oskaloosa, Iowa, he claimed he would never drive another such machine. The sprint car driver has had a change of heart, however, and the true racer will campaign “Cactus” Jack Yeley’s mount this weekend in the openers for the Sprint Bandits Tour ‘N Topless series in South Texas. The series will race at Golden Triangle Raceway Park in Beaumont, Texas on Friday...more
Bill Wright
  • Bill Wright on Apr 28, 2010
  • Article Date: 4/28/2010
Tags: Wayne Johnson, Golden Triangle Raceway Park, Royal Purple Raceway
It’s Time for Some Texas TNT!

It’s Time for Some Texas TNT!

4/26/2010
Lonnie Wheatley, TULSA, Okla. (April 26, 2010) – Bust open those record books, as some history is about to be made in the southern portion of Texas this coming weekend. A pair of tracks will host traditional Sprint Cars for the first time ever as the Lucas Oil Sprint Bandits Tour ‘N Topless Series launches the 2010 championship chase along the Gulf coast of Texas. On Friday night, wingless 410-ci Sprint Cars take to the sticky, high-banked, ¼-mile Golden Triangle...more
Lonnie Wheatley
  • Lonnie Wheatley on Apr 26, 2010
  • Article Date: 4/26/2010
Tags: Bret Mellenberndt, Dave Darland, Brady Bacon
Sprint Bandits TNT Coming to Texas

Sprint Bandits TNT Coming to Texas...

4/15/2010
Lonnie Wheatley, TULSA, Okla. (April 14, 2010) – It’s been more than two decades since the unbridled form of wingless 410-ci Sprint Cars have slung the clay in either the Lone Star or Razorback states. That’s fixin’ to change though, as folks around those parts are prone to say, as the Lucas Oil Sprint Bandits Tour ‘N Topless series brings traditional Sprint Car racing back to Texas and Arkansas in the next couple of weeks. A pair of tracks will be hosting wingless,...more
Lonnie Wheatley
  • Lonnie Wheatley on Apr 15, 2010
  • Article Date: 4/15/2010
Tags: Bret Mellenberndt, Jesse Hockett, Brady Bacon
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