T.J. Buffenbarger, FIFE LAKE, Mich. (June 18, 2010) – Darren Long won Friday night’s Engine Pro ASCS Sprints on Dirt presented by ARP feature Friday night at Cherry Raceway. Long took advantage of the weekend off from the Lucas Oil ASCS National Series to head north and take advantage of starting from the pole and drove away from the rest of the field on the recently revamped ¼-mile layout at Cherry utilizing Gaerte built chassis and engine for JG Motosports.

“We’ve kind of struggled at times on the road, so this win is good for me and the team,” said Long in victory lane. “We’ve had a lot of bad luck this year, so hopefully that is starting to turn around.”

Long and defending ASCS Sprints on Dirt champion Brett Mann started on the front row for the feature event. Long pulled away while Mann lost second position to Joe Bares. While Bares chased after Long for the lead, Mann found himself under pressure from the charge of Dain Naida. Naida arrived late to the track after blowing up a transmission in his tow vehicle. After starting 10th Naida disposed of Mann for third and then ran down Bares for the second spot in slower traffic.

Even with Naida’s charge Long set sail with a perfect line on the bottom of the speedway and cruised to the victory over Naida, Bares, Mann, and Gregg Dalman.

Both heat race events were won on last lap passes courtesy of Bares and Ryan Grubaugh. Dalman won the Fast Car Dash.

Engine Pro ASCS Sprints on Dirt presented by ARP Results
Friday June 18th, 2010
Cherry Raceway – Fife Lake, MI

Heat Races (Top 16 in passing points transfer to the “A” Feature)

Engler Machine and Tool Heat Race #1 (8 Laps): 1. 91 – Joe Bares, 2. 26 – Gary Fast, 3. 3g – Darren Long, 4. Robert Huisken, 5. 23 – Ben Rutan, 6. 14 – Ryan Davis, 7. 21 – Matt Lumbert, 8. 55 – Kirk Cheney

Lane Automotive/Comp Cams Heat Race #2 (8 Laps): 1. 00 – Ryan Grubaugh, 2. 19 – Brett Mann, 3. 49t – Gregg Dalman, 4. 22 – Aaron Shaffer, 5. 6n – Dain Naida, 6. 07 – Jake Stebner, 7. 187 – Gavin Hunyady, 8. 70 – Jim Lingar.

Total Seal Fast Car Dash presented by Gaerte Engines (4 Laps): 1. 49t – Gregg Dalman, 2. 91 – Joe Bares, 3. 3g – Darren Long, 4. 00 – Ryan Grubaugh.

Engine Pro ASCS Sprints on Dirt presented by Victor Reinz “A” Main Event

“A” Feature (25 Laps): 1. 3g – Darren Long, 2. 6n – Dain Naida, 3. 91 – Joe Bares, 4. 19 – Brett Mann, 5. 49t – Gregg Dalman, 6. 23 – Ben Rutan, 7. 00 – Ryan Grubaugh, 8. 22 – Aaron Shaffer, 9. 46 –Robert Huisken, 10. 07 – Jake Stebner, 11. 14 – Ryan Davis, 12. 26 – Gary Fast, 13. 187 – Gavin Hunyady, 14. 70 – Jim Lingar, 15. 21 – Matt Lumbert. DNS: 55 – Kirk Cheney

Hard Charger: Naida (+8)

Engine Pro ASCS Sprints on Dirt presented by ARP Point Standings (Top Ten): 1. Ryan Grubaugh 895, 2. Dain Naida 890, 3. Gregg Dalman 838, 4. Ben Rutan 803, 5. Robert Huisken 778, 6. Gavin Hunyady 759, 7. Dustin Daggett 725, 8. Aaron Shaffer 686, 9. Ryan Ruhl 564, 10. Brett Mann 520.

By T.J. Buffenbarger

TULSA, Okla. (June 14, 2010) – The Engine Pro ASCS Sprints on Dirt presented by ARP teams are busy this week preparing for another two race weekend in Michigan. Friday night the teams will take on the newly reshaped Cherry Raceway before heading south to I-96 Speedway on Saturday.

Friday’s event at Cherry is the first since the race track went under a major overhaul during the off season. The racing surface is now wider with higher banked turns for the 2010 season. Due to a rainout last year this will be the first appearance for the ASCS SOD series at Cherry since 2008. After two strong performances last weekend Ryan Grubaugh leads the point standings going into the Cherry by 28 points over third generation driver Dain Naida.

Saturday’s event is the first of three appearances at I-96 Speedway in Lake Odessa, Michigan during the 2010 season. Dustin Daggett has gone undefeated the past two seasons during ASCS SOD competition at I-96 and looks to continue his streak against a formidable field of ASCS SOD regulars and visiting teams including ASCS Lucas Oil Series driver Darren Long. Long finished second to Daggett at the season opening event at Crystal Motor Speedway, looking to improve upon that finish on Saturday.

The Engine Pro ASCS Sprints on Dirt presented by ARP is in its 31st season of competition. Twenty-seven races are on the calendar scheduled throughout Michigan, Indiana, Ohio, and Ontario.

In its 19th year of sanctioning Sprint Car racing, the American Sprint Car Series brings the best of Sprint Car racing to approximately 100 different tracks throughout 30 states and Canada. Anchored by the Lucas Oil Sprint Car Series presented by K&N Filters, ASCS also consists of ten different Regions throughout the nation.

Additional information regarding the American Sprint Car Series is available at www.ascsracing.com.

Engine Pro ASCS Sprints on Dirt presented by ARP Results

Saturday June 12th, 2010

Butler Motor Speedway Quincy, MI

Heat Races (Top 16 in passing points transfer to the A Feature)

Engler Machine and Tool Heat Race #1 (8 Laps): 1 7K Kyle Sauder, 2. 187 Gavin Hunyady, 3. 35 Ron Blair, 4. 27k Mark Aldrich, 5. 27 Perry McMillan, 6. 46 Robert Huisken, 7. 2T Ralph Brakenberry, 8. 22t Tank Brakenberry, 9. 70 Jim Lingar

Lane Automotive/Comp Cams Heat Race #2 (8 Laps): 1. 19 Brett Mann, 2. 6N Dain Naida, 3. 17 Jared Horstman, 4. 23 Ben Rutan, 5. 49T Gregg Dalman, 6. 38 Aaron Smith, 7. 22 Aaron Shaffer, 8. 55 Kirk Cheney, 9. 29s Marques Huffer

Butlerbuilt Heat Race #3 (8 Laps): 1. 2m Dustin Daggett, 2. 1 Sean Robinson, 3. 00 Ryan Grubaugh, 4. 52 Mark Broughman, 5. 31 Billy Jacoby, 6. 10 Pete Ishi, 7. 11 Trey Smith, 8. 14 Ryan Davis

B-Main (Top four finishers transferred to the A-Main)

Engine Pro B-Main (10 Laps): 1. 38 Aaron Smith, 2. 46 Robert Huisken, 3. 22 Aaron Shaffer, 4. 55 Kirk Cheney, 5. 11 Trey Smith, 6. 14 Ryan Davis, 7. 29s Marques Huffer, 8. 70 Jim Lingar, 9. 22t Tank Brakenberry, 10. 2t Ralph Brakenberry.

Total Seal Fast Car Dash presented by Gaerte Engines (4 Laps): 1. 2m Dustin Daggett, 2. 19 Brett Mann, 3. 7K Kyle Sauder, 4. 35 Ron Blair

Engine Pro ASCS Sprints on Dirt presented by Victor Reinz A Main Event

A Feature (25 Laps): 1. 17 Jared Horstman, 2. 00 Ryan Grubaugh, 3. 19 Brett Mann, 4. 35 Ron Blair, 5. 2m Dustin Daggett, 6. 6n Dain Naida, 7. 49t Gregg Dalman, 8. 23 Ben Rutan, 9. 52 Mark Broughman, 10. 27k Mark Aldrich, 11. 46 Robert Huisken, 12. 38 Aaron Smith, 13. 187 Gavin Hunyady, 14. 22 Aaron Shaffer, 15. 31 Billy Jacoby, 16. 55 Kirk Cheney, 17. 1 Sean Robinson, 18. 10 Pete Ishi, 19. Kyle Sauder, 20. 27 Perry McMillan

Hard Charger: Huisken (+8)

T.J. Buffenbarger, HARTFORD, Mich. (June 11, 2010) – Dustin Daggett won Friday night’s Engine Pro ASCS Sprints on Dirt presented by ARP feature at Hartford Speedway Speedway. Daggett raced up from sixth spot to take the lead from Ryan Grubaugh on lap seven and held off a mid-race challenge from Kyle Sauder to take the 15th ASCS SOD win of his career at Hartford, moving one step closer to the all time lead in feature wins with the series.

Daggett, driving the Mott Motorsports Gaerte powered Maxim Chassis, bided his time early on as Sean Robinson, Gregg Dalman, Aaron Shaffer, and Ryan Grubaugh battled for the top spot at the start of the event. Daggett used a daring move to pass Shaffer and Dalman between turns three and four to move to second on lap six, and disposed of Grubaugh one lap later to take the lead.

Sauder, second on the ASCS SOD win list at Hartford to Daggett, showed his skills were not rusty from not racing the Hartford half-mile in over six years and worked his way up to the second spot. After a spin by Dain Naida on lap nine Daggett utilized the lap car between himself and Sauder to open up a sizeable advantage. Sauder slowly chipped away at the lead, and caught a break when Daggett had to check up for a close encounter in slower traffic. Just as Sauder closed Naida cut a left rear tire that triggered Andy Teunessen into a hard flip in turn one Teunessen emerged from his car shaken, but uninjured.

As the cars pushed off for the restart Sauder’s left rear tire went flat. The Dave Jessup led crew was able to get the tire changed, but knocked Sauder out of contention. This moved Grubaugh up to second position, but he could not keep pace as Daggett motored to victory. Grubaugh, Dalman, defending ASCS SOD Champion Brett Mann, and Robinson rounded out the top five.

Daggett, Grubaugh, and Naida won heat race events. Sauder won the fast car dash.

Engine Pro ASCS Sprints on Dirt presented by ARP Results
Friday June 11th, 2010
Hartford Motor Speedway – Hartford, MI

Heat Races

Engler Machine and Tool Heat Race #1 (8 Laps): 1. 2m – Dustin Daggett, 2. 27 – Ryan Ruhl, 3. 22 – Aaron Shaffer, 4. 19 – Brett Mann, 5. 23 – Ben Rutan, 6. 187 – Gavin Hunyady. DNS: 73 – Dustin Shriver

Lane Automotive/Comp Cams Heat Race #2 (8 Laps): 1. 00 – Ryan Grubaugh, 2. 7K – Kyle Sauder, 3. 49t – Gregg Dalman, 4. 31 – Andy Teunessen, 5. 46 – Robert Huisken. DNS: 70 – Jim Lingar

Butlerbuilt Heat Race #3 (8 Laps): 1. 6n – Dain Naida, 2. 1 – Sean Robinson, 3. 55 – Kirk Cheney, 4. 29s – Marques Huffer, 5. 11 – Trey Smith. DNS: 14 – Ryan Davis.

Total Seal Fast Car Dash presented by Gaerte Engines (4 Laps): 1. 7K – Kyle Sauder, 2. 2m – Dustin Daggett, 3. 00 – Ryan Grubaugh, 4. 6n – Dain Naida

Engine Pro ASCS Sprints on Dirt presented by Victor Reinz “A” Main Event

“A” Feature (25 Laps): 1. 2m – Dustin Daggett, 2. 00 – Ryan Grubaugh, 3. 49t – Gregg Dalman, 4. 19 – Brett Mann, 5. 1 – Sean Robinson, 6. 27 – Ryan Ruhl, 7. 7k – Kyle Sauder, 8. 22 – Aaron Shaffer, 9. 23 – Ben Rutan, 10. 55 – Kirk Cheney, 11. 6N – Dain Naida, 12. 11 – Trey Smith, 13. 46 – Robert Huisken, 14. 29s – Marques Huffer, 15. 187 – Gavin Hunyady, 16. 31 – Andy Teunessen. DNS: 70 – Jim Lingar, 14 – Ryan Davis, 73 – Dustin Shriver

Hard Charger: Mann (+6)

As of 11:00am, all systems are still go for the ASCS SOD show at Hartford tonight! A brief shower moved through and they are now under sunny skies. The National Weather Service said there is a chance of a brief shower late afternoon, but it is expected to weaken, break up, and not have an impact on tonight’s events.