From Mike Strevel / Bryan Hulbert

Auburn, MI — (August 3, 2012) — In front of a standing room only crowd in Auburn, Michigan driver Ryan Grubaugh of St. Johns, Michigan captured his first checkered flag of the 2012 season in the Engine Pro ASCS Sprints on Dirt Presented by ARP.

Bringing twenty-five cars to the debut event, tenth starting Grubaugh took advantage of a wide surface; making use of the high side of the oval to make the pass for the lead and eventual victory on lap eighteen.

The 2010 SOD Champion took the lead from Ryan Ruhl who six laps earlier had captured the top spot from Chris Jones.

“We had the car set up for the high side all night and it obviously paid off, I have to thank my family, crew and fine sponsors for making this all possible.”

Ryan Ruhl crossed second with, Gregg Dalman, Brett Mann, and Robert Huisken who started 17th making up the top five..

Engine Pro ASCS Sprints on Dirt Presented by ARP
Tri City Motor Speedway–Auburn, MI
August 3, 2012

Car Count: 25

Heat 1 (8 Laps): 1. 49t-Gregg Dalman; 2. 3w-Chris Jones; 3. 31-Andy Teunessen; 4. 21t-Troy Chehowski; 5. 21-Matt Lumbert; 6. 89-Chris Pobanz; 7. 81-Keith Love; 8. 29s-Marques Huffer; DNF 22t-Tank Brakenberry

Heat 2 (8 Laps): 1. 10-Steve Irwin; 2. 8-Tim Champlin; 3. 6-Nate Bostrum; 4. 2g-Joe Geibe; 5. 2t-Ralph Brakenberry; 6. 46-Robert Huisken; 7. 4s-Eric Smith; 8. 81-John Gall

Heat 3 (8 Laps): 1. 16c-Greg Wheeler; 2. 16-Ryan Ruhl; 3. 14-Brett Mann; 4. 00-Ryan Grubaugh; 5. 20A-Andy Chehowski; 6. 10s-Jay Steinbach; 7. 10-Tracy Rice; 8. 18-D.J. Lamance

Dash (4 Laps): 1. 21t-Troy Chehowski; 2. 00-Ryan Grubaugh; 3. 14-Brett Mann; 4. 2g-Joe Geibe

B Feature (10 Laps): 1. 46-Robert Huisken; 2. 10s-Jay Steinbach; 3. 81-Keith Love; 4. 29s-Marques Huffer; 5. 4s-Eric Smith; 6. 10-Tracy Rice; 7. 18-D.J. Lamance; DNS 81-John Gall

A Feature (25 Laps): 1. 00-Ryan Grubaugh; 2. 16-Ryan Ruhl; 3. 49t-Gregg Dalman; 4. 14-Brett Mann; 5. 46-Robert Huisken; 6. 3w-Chris Jones; 7. 8-Tim Champlin; 8. 16c-Greg Wheeler; 9. 31-Andy Teunessen; 10. 81-Keith Love; 11. 10-Steve Irwin; 12. 6-Nate Bostrum; 13. 20A-Andy Chehowski; 14. 21t-Troy Chehowski; 15. 10s-Jay Steinbach; 16. 21-Matt Lumbert; 17. 29s-Marques Huffer; 18. 89-Chris Pobanz; 19. 2t-Ralph Brakenberry; 20. 2g-Joe Geibe

To keep up with all the happenings of the American Sprint Car Series log onto www.ascsracing.com.

As part of the Friday night program at Tri-City Speedway the Engine Pro ASCS Sprints on Dirt presented by ARP  will have a chance to  “Race to Beat the Track Record” at 7:30. ($150 to Record Setter, $100 to Runner-UP, $50 to 3rd Fastest).  This is completely separate from the regular racing program.

By Bob Buffenbarger

Crystal,Mi. – (Saturday, July 21,2012) –

Randy Hannagan is on a roll again. Saturday night at Crystal Motor Speedway he picked up the 33 lap Engine Pro ASCS Sprints on Dirt presented by ARP feature that was co sanctioned with the Ohio based NRA. Hannagan had won four straight features early in the season but had cooled off some as of late. The 33 lap challenge was a celebration of the 33rd year of Sprints on Dirt competition and Crystal has been part of that with at least one or more SOD events all 33 years. The huge crowd was on their feet showing appreciation of the four wide parade lap with a rousing cheer prior to the green flag.

Hannagans teammate , Dennis Yoakam started on the pole along side of Beau Stewart. Yoakam lead the initial two circuits but the 11x of Tim Allison stopped in turn four bringing out a early caution. On the restart Hannagan(who started 3rd) charged into the lead with Yoakam trailing and a very fast Gregg Dalman 3rd, Stewart and Dustin Daggett following.

At the 10 lap mark Hannagan was leading a still strong Dalman, Dustin Daggett, Yoakam and Stewart. Kyle Sauder now was moving up as was Ryan Grubaugh and Ryan Ruhl. Lap 19 saw the yellow fly for Beau Stewart in turn two. Just as the green was about to appear, Gregg Dalman dropped out, thus ending his great run. Now Daggett was 2nd with Grubaugh, Yoakam and Ruhl the top five. Hannagan was masterful negotiating lapped traffic throughout the feature.

The top five cars remained the same and on lap 32 cauton flew once again this time for Joe Geibe. The green and white came out but Hannagan was not going to be caught on this night as Dustin Daggett, Grubaugh, Yoakam and Ruhl rounded out the top five.

A great field of 36 sprint cars filled the pits with heats going to Hannagan, Yoakam, Tim Allison, Gregg Dalman and Beau Stewart, Two B Mains were needed and went to Steve Irwin and Hud Horton. Kyle Sauder won the dash.

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 July, 21 2012

Crystal Motor Speedway – Crystal,Mi

Heat Races (Top # Finishers Transfer to the “A” Feature)

Engler Machine and Tool Heat Race #1 (# Laps): 1. 22h-Randy Hannagan, 2. 7k-Kyle Sauder, 3. 3w-Chris Jones, 4. 81-John Gall, 5. 31-Andy Tuenessen

Eric Smith and Todd Heuerman tangled at the start and did not finish

Allstar Performance & Comp Cams Heat Race #2 (# Laps): 1.22d- Dennis Yoakam, 2. 16-Ryan Ruhl,3. 00-Ryan Grubaugh, 4. 16c-Greg Wheeler, 5. 10s-Jay Steinebach, 6. 21-Matt Lumbert, 7. 6 Don Bostrom

Butlerbuilt Seats Heat Race #3 (# Laps): 1. 11x-Tim Allison, 2. 2m-Dustin Daggett, 3. 14- Steve Irwin, 4. 28-Hud Horton, 5. 17-Jared Horstman, 6. 20a-Andy Chehowski, 7. 70-Jim Lingar

Hoosier Racing Tire Heat Race #4 (8 Laps): 1. 49t-Gregg Dalman, 2. 21t-Troy Chehowski, 3. 88-Mike Daggett, 4. 5m-Max Stambaugh, 5. 46-Robert Huisken, 6. 11-Trey Smith

Brodix Heads Heat Race #5 (8 laps): 1. 27-Beau Stewart, 2. 35-Ron Blair, 3. 8-Tim Champlin, 4. 2g-Joe Geibe, 5. 36- Nate Bostrom, 6. 81-Keith Love, 7. 22t- Tank Brackenberry

Engine Pro “B” Feature #1-10 laps (Top 2 Finishers Transfer to the “A” Feature): 1.14-Steve Irwin, 2. 46-Robert Huisken, 3. 31-Andy Tuenessen, 4. 10s-Jay Steinebach, 5. 11-Trey Smith, 6. 20a-Andy Chehowski, 7. 81-John Gall, 8-70-Jim Lingar, 9. 4-Eric Smith

Engine Pro “B” Feature #2-10 laps (Top 2 Finishers Transfer to the “A” Feature): 1. 28-Hud Horton, 2. 16c-Greg Wheeler, 3. 17-Jared Horstman, 4. 18-Todd Heuerman, 5. 36-Nate Bostrom, 6. 6-Don Bostrom, 7. 21-Matt Lumbert, 8. 22t- Tank Brackenberry, 9.81-Keith Love

Brodix Heads Fast Car Dash 1. 7k-Kyle Sauder, 2. 16-Ryan Ruhl, 3. 21t-Troy Chehowski, 4. 35-Ron Blair

MAHLE & Clevite Short Track Challenge

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

“A” Feature (33 Laps): 1. 22h-Randy Hannagan, 2. 2m-Dustin Daggett, 3. 00-Ryan Grubaugh, 4. 22d-Dennis Yoakam, 5. 16-Ryan Ruhl, 6. 7k-Kyle Sauder, 7. 35-Ron Blair, 8. 14-Steve Irwin, 9. 28h-Hud Horton, 10. 3w-Chris Jones, 11. 88-Mike Daggett, 12. 16c-Greg Wheeler, 13. 46-Robert Huisken, 14. 8-Tim Champlin, 15. 2g-Joe Geibe, 16. 5m-Max Stambaugh, 17. 11x-Tim Allison, 18. 49t-Gregg Dalman, 19. 21t-Troy Chehowski, 20. 27-Beau Stewart