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NEWS & NOTES

U.S. Army Reserve has signed on as the primary sponsor for Jeff Fultz and the C&C Motorsports team in 2008.

BCII Racing has announced their plans for the 2008 season. Stacy Puryear will once again return, but will have primary sponsorship from Gatorade. Mike Swaim Jr. has decided to return to the #21 after Coventry Health Assurance has signed on as the primary sponsor for the full season. Clark Dwyer will race in a third car at Daytona and will then hang up his helmet on his long ASCA career.

HOMESTEAD RECAP: Rookie of the Year Ryan Lawler captured his second career win in the final race of the 2007 ASCA season, which was good enough to move him up to eighth in the final standings. Jason Hogan's crew worked on his car the entire race and quietly scored a ninth place, good enough for the series championship. Hogan is the first driver in ASCA history to win the championship without a single victory. J.R. Norris struggled all race long and finished 17th. Robert Huffman finished second followed by Ben Rowe, Wayne Anderson, and Wade Day. The series will begin their 2008 season at Daytona in February.

Second generation ASCA racer Travis Cope will drive his father Mike's Mark III Vans Chevrolet #85 this weekend at Homestead. The team is trying to secure additional sponsorship to run more races in 2008.

Leilani Munter will run full time for rookie of the year in 2008 in the #06 sponsored by Weight Watchers. KonicaMinolta and RatDog have signed on as associate sponsors. RatDog is a band formed by Munter's brother-in-law, Grateful Dead co-founder Bob Weir. Tim Schendel will drive the Weight Watchers #06 Dodge for Levy Racing for the final time at Homestead.

ASCA has reached an agreement with CBS to nationally broadcast 11 of the 32 races in 2008, starting with the season opener at Daytona. Further details will be announced shortly.

Highlands Motorsports has announced their plans for 2008. Associate sponsor Lopez Wealth Management will step up to primary sponsor and the team will switch to Fords. Wade Day will return to the driver seat.

Chris Turner has purchased the Helton racing team and will field the #86 in 2008. However, driver Gary Helton and sponsor and engine supplier Volunteer Performance will return to the team full time. Swaggerty Sausage has signed on as an associate sponsor and will be primary sponsor for a few races. The team, now known as Turner Motorsports, will also field a second car part time for Texas driver Chris Davidson. They have purchased the #84 from Benning Motorsports and are looking for a sponsor.

TEXAS RECAP: Justin Wakefield took his second win of 2007 at Texas Motor Speedway. It was his third career victory. Eric Wilson came close to winning once again with another runner up finish, and moved into third position in the points. Tim Nooner had a great run finishing third. Jason Hogan and Robert Huffman rounded out the top five. Hogan now leads J.R. Norris, who finished 11th, by 122 points and needs to finish 34th or better in the final race at Homestead. Hogan's worst finish in 2007 has been 21st. Three drivers still have a shot at cracking into the top ten as Ryan Lawler, Brandon Ward, and Jake Hobgood are less than 60 points out of the tenth spot which is currently held by former champion Johnny Chapman. The series will take next week off before going to Homestead for the final race of the 2007 season.

The 2008 schedule has been released. The series will once again open up the schedule at Daytona and end with the 32nd race at Homestead. Sebring has been moved to the weekend of the 12 hours of Sebring along with a few other minor moves. Tucson and Mansfield are off the schedule, while the series welcomes Thompson Speedway in Connecticut for the first time and welcomes back Orange County Speedway in Rougemont, North Carolina after a several year hiatus.

Chapman Racing has announced that their team and driver Cassius Clark will run the full schedule in 2008. E.J. Prescott will be the primary sponsor as Clark will contend for the Rookie of the Year title.

Roush Racing has announced their 2008 driver and sponsor lineup. Dusty Williams and Pennzoil will return to the #9, while Justin Wakefield will return with new sponsor K&N Filters.

The Racer's Group has purchased the second Michael Waltrip Racing team for the 2008 season. Texas will be Michael Foy's final race, and The Racer's Group will then take over on a limited schedule with Canadian driver Pierre Bourque and second generation road racer Scott Schroeder driving their #64 Toyota.

ATLANTA RECAP: Robert Huffman scored his fourth win of 2007 and moved back into the top five in points during the Chase Credit Cards 250 at Atlanta Motor Speedway. Eric Wilson had another runner up finish and has closed within 20 points to Danny Bagwell who sat on the pole, was caught up in an accident early in the race, and came home a disappointing 30th. Preston Peltier turned in another impressive run with a third place finish, with Brandon Ward and J.R. Norris rounding out the top five. Points leader Jason Hogan came from deep in the field to salvage an eighth place finish. Hogan now holds a 92 point lead over Norris with just two races remaining. Next weekend's race will be the Great American 250 at Texas Motor Speedway.

For the last three races of the season Jimmy Blewett will drive the QVC Mazda #41 for Charles Racing. Morty Buckles will drive a third car sponsored by USBC and Casey Smith will drive a third unsponsored car at Texas and Homestead.

Buster Bennett will return to the ASCA series for the Atlanta race driving the Levy Racing Weight Watchers Dodge #06.

IRWINDALE RECAP: Billy Bigley took the checkers for the first time in over three years Saturday at Irwindale Speedway. It was also Crenshaw Racing's first win in over five years. Jason Hogan once again came close to winning, but had to settle for second. However, the win expanded his points lead to 105 points over J.R. Norris who finished fifth with three races remaining. Johnny Chapman finished third and polesitter Freddie Query finished fourth in his final ASCA start. Danny Bagwell was forced behind the wall with a water pump problem and is the only other driver with an outside shot at the title, 388 points back. Next weekend's race will be Atlanta Motor Speedway for the running of the Chase Credit Cards 250.

Mazda Motorsports has made their announcement for their 2008 plans. Moses Smith will drive for rookie of the year in the #4 Air Force Reserve Mazda. Smith is also entered in the #04 for this weekend's race at Irwindale. The #04 will run more races, possibly up to half of the races, with road racer Jeff Altenburg driving and sponsorship from MazdaSpeed.

Ron Esau will pilot the BCII Racing #21 Dodge at Irwindale Speedway this weekend. It will be Esau's second start of 2007 and the car will be sponsored by Esau Supply. The team has also announced that Stacy Puryear will return once again to the #7 for the 2008 season.

Jamie Aube will make his long awaiting start in the Levy Racing #06 Dodge this weekend at Irwindale. The team will announce their 2008 plans following the final race of the season.

Despite rumors about the team's car make and driver's plans for 2008, Jeff Fultz, C&C Motorsports, and Ford will return in 2008. However, it is unknown whether sponsor KonicaMinolta will return. Associate sponsor O'Reilly Auto Parts will definitely not return in 2008.

In the latest rumor mill with Wauters Racing, it appears that they may possibly join with Toyota due to their relationship with Nextel Cup Series driver Kyle Busch and his new ride with Joe Gibbs Racing in 2008.

Mazda Motorsports will announced their 2008 plans prior to the Irwindale race next weekend. Rumor is that Chip Herr will not be returning with the team.

The Children’s Place and Cam Strader will return in 2008. 2008 may be Strader’s last season due to his off track duties as a fabricator for Hendrick Motorsports, although he has been rumored to leave the series each of the past few years.

ABC Services has announced that AlarmSouth will be moving over to the #91 driven by Johnny Chapman as primary sponsor. The #09 team driven by Chris Chapman is currently searching for a sponsor for 2008.

Charles Racing has announced their driver, sponsor, and crew chief lineups for 2008. Jason Small will occupy the seat of the #14 sponsored by RR Donnelley with crew chief Bryan George. Jimmy Blewett will take over the reins of the #41 with primary sponsorship coming over from the #40, as QVC is leaving at the end of the 2007 season. United States Bowling Conference (USBC) has agreed to sponsor the #41 for most if not the entire season. Crew chief duties go to Norm Myers. Blewett will also be running for Rookie of the Year. Lastly, the #40 team will be running full time in 2008, with Casey Smith sitting behind the wheel after piloting the #41 in 2007. Sponsorship may hinder the teams efforts as they are only committed to the first six races without sponsorship. Butch Leitzinger will still assume road course responsibilities for the #40. Lind Heidig will be making the calls atop the pit box. Mazda has also extended their partnership with Charles Racing through the 2010 season.

TALLADEGA RECAP: Toyotas once again dominated at the Talladega Superspeedway with Justin Hobgood edging Robert Huffman for his season high 4th win of 2007. It was another competitive but accident filled race with many top drivers seeing their day end early, including Johnny Chapman, Jake Hobgood, and Cam Strader. Points leader Jason Hogan had another consistent finish in sixth, but J.R. Norris was able to gain 15 points on Hogan with a third place finish, the only non-Toyota top five finisher. Daytona winner Wade Day finished 4th, followed by a career best 5th by rookie Randy Humphrey. The series will take next weekend off before heading out west to Irwindale Speedway for the Toyota Irwindale 200.

Second generation racer Adam Crawford will run at least a limited schedule in ASCA starting in 2008. Crawford will driver his father's, NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series and former ASCA driver Rick Crawford, Circle Bar RV Park Ford with a car number yet to be named.

Car owner Richie Wauters' son Spencer will run a limited schedule in 2008. It will be a third team car with car number and car make still yet to be named.

MARTINSVILLE RECAP: Brandon Ward came from deep in the field to win his second race of 2007. Ward saluted longtime team and Martinsville race sponsor White House Foods after the race. Ted Christopher and Davin Scites looked to have the cars to beat and the track position, and it looked like one of those two drivers would claim their first career victory. However, Ward march through the field and passed Christopher for the lead with 25 laps to go. Billy Bigley also had an excellent run in third. Scites started from the pole in his first career start and finished an impressive 4th. Jake Hobgood ran in the top five most of the race, but came up short once again finishing in fifth. Jason Hogan now holds over a 100 point lead after a consistent ninth place finish. Norris struggled all day and ran mid-pack in 20th place. The drivers and teams will head to Talladega Superspeedway next weekend for the Air Force Reserve Talladega 250.

DOVER RECAP: Robert Huffman finally broke out of his slump to take his third win of 2007. Huffman had finished 20th or worse in nine of the last ten races, but zoomed to the front from his 15th starting spot by halfway. The race was plagued with cautions. There were nine total, with six of them in the first 50 laps. Included in one of the wrecks was points leader J.R. Norris who was forced to go behind the wall only 29 laps into the race. He would finish 30th and lose the point lead. Jason Hogan started deep in the field, but stayed out of trouble and quietly finished 6th. Hogan now leads Norris by 70 points with six races remaining. Preston Peltier had an incredible debut qualifying third. While he did not lead a lap, he stayed in the top five the entire race and finished a stellar second behind Huffman. Eric Wilson, Freddie Query, and Stanley Smith rounded out the top five. The ASCA teams will head to Martinsville Speedway next weekend for the White House Foods Martinsville 250, the final race that White House Foods will sponsor.

1997 ASCA champion Will Hobgood has announced that he will once again come out of retirement to drive a limited schedule in a Shamrock Racing team car to his son Jake during the 2008 season.

Preston Peltier will make his ASCA debut at Dover driving for SS Racing. It will be the first of three races for the remainder of the 2007 season. Rumor is that Peltier may be in line to replace J.R. Norris if he leaves the series at the end of the season, and if the Wauters Racing team combines forces with Ballew Motorsports and Hendrick Motorsports.

NEW HAMPSHIRE RECAP: Ben Rowe shocked the ASCA world with his first career win in only his 4th start at New Hampshire. Rowe started in the middle of the field but appeared to have the fastest car throughout the race. Jeff Fultz started from the pole and led the first 45 laps until Jake Hobgood overtook him for the lead. Modified ace Donny Lia, with a one race deal with Bill Davis Racing, also took a short turn in the lead. Rowe charged through the field and passed Hobgood for the lead on lap 98 and began to pull away. However, his lead would never become very large as there were six cautions that slowed the field during the 150 lap race. The final green flag with six laps to go saw an incredible four car battle for the lead between Rowe, Hobgood, Lia, and Fultz with Rowe barely holding off Hobgood in the end. Hobgood who continues to search for his first win of 2007 had to settle for second followed by a best career run for Lia. Fultz and Ryan Crane turned in an excellent run to round out the top five. Jason Hogan finished ninth, but was only able to gain four points on J.R. Norris as Norris finished right behind him in tenth. Hogan continues to chip away at the points lead and now finds himself only seven points behind. The series will visit Dover International Speedway next weekend for the R.R. Donnelley 200.

EAC Motorsports co-drivers Brian Scott and Freddie Query will move on to the NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series in 2008. Scott will drive while Query will be the general manager. The team is searching for a new driver of the #22 for 2008, while Scott pilot the car this weekend.

White House Foods made an announcement that they will not return to the ASCA series following the 2007 season. White House Racing will sell their team to current series rookie Randy Humphrey.

Rumor has it that despite the excellent season that Wauters Racing is having with their Fords; they may switch to Chevrolet in 2008. The team has ties with the Ballew Motorsports Craftsman Truck Series team and Hendrick Motorsports and may announce the switch and 2008 driver and sponsor lineup soon.

Justin Hobgood and sponsor Chase Credit Cards have re-signed with Ingram Racing for the 2008 season. The team will field two cars full time with Scott Krehling driving the #10 Toyota.

CALIFORNIA RECAP: 2005 series champ Johnny Chapman won for the second time in 2007 and the win catapulted him from 11th to 7th in points. Chapman ran in the top three the entire race and had the lead during five different occasions. The car to beat was Tim Schendel, who was making a rare series start in a second Levy Racing Dodge. The #06 led the most laps, but succumb to Chapman's pressures with 12 laps to go. Schendel would finish a career best second followed by Eric Wilson, Freddie Query, and Stacy Puryear. Danny Bagwell gained some ground in the points chase finishing in sixth, but still finds himself 256 points out of the lead. Points leaders J.R. Norris and Jason Hogan struggled the entire race with Norris finishing a mediocre 17th and Hogan in 13th. Norris now finds himself only 11 points ahead of Hogan, who is still winless in 2007. Charles Racing drivers Jason Small and Casey Smith had their best runs of the season, finishing 7th and 14th respectively. Defending champion Robert Huffman struggled once again, and his day finally ended near the end of the race when he was caught up in a multi-car wreck. Huffman is still tenth in points, only one point ahead of 11th place Ryan Lawler. The series will take next weekend off before going to Loudon, New Hampshire for the Whelen Engineering New Hampshire 150.

Cam Strader dominated the Pennzoil Bristol 250 for his third win of 2007, which moved him up to fifth in points. Rookie Ryan Lawler had another excellent run finishing in 2nd and launching him into the top ten in points for the first time in his short ASCA career. Johnny Chapman, Randy MacDonald, and Brandon Ward rounded out the top five. Jason Hogan gained four more points on points leader J.R. Norris as he finished sixth, one spot ahead of Norris. Norris now leads by only 23 points. Many points leaders ran into problems during the race including Jeff Fultz, Stacy Puryear, and Eric Wilson who were all taken out in a first lap multi-car accident. With the DNF, Wilson falls to fourth in points and Danny Bagwell moves up to third after finishing eighth. Defending champ Robert Huffman's slump continued as he was forced to retire with rear end problems and has now fallen to tenth in the points standings. The series travels to California Speedway next weekend for the Audivox California 250.

Jason Small and R.R. Donnelley have re-signed to the #14 for 2008, but contract negotiations are at a stand still currently with both sponsor and driver Casey Smith of the #41 Charles Racing Mazda.

A new team will begin racing at Bristol Motor Speedway and for at least the next three races. Moss Motorsports and driver Gary Young will team up in their #69 Chevrolet in hopes to find a primary sponsor for the 2008 season.

During the off weekend many top teams and drivers and announced their continuing plans for the 2008 season. Former champions Johnny Chapman and Jake Hobgood, and top 2007 drivers Jason Hogan and Eric Wilson have all re-signed with their teams for next season.

Aj's Racing has re-signed Danny Bagwell and Todd Peck and sponsors World Series of Poker and American Red Cross for the 2008 season. Matt Hirschman will drive a limited schedule in a third car in 2008 and will make his debut at the 2007 season finale at Homestead.

Ingram Racing has announced that Scott Krehling will drive the #10 Germain Automotive Toyota full time in 2008.

WATKINS GLEN RECAP: Justin Hobgood dominated at Watkins Glen to take his second straight win of 2007 and his second straight at Watkins Glen from the pole. Rookie Ryan Lawler and road course ringers Randy Pobst and Simon Gregg could not do anything with Hobgood during the 45 lap race. Lawler finished second while Pobst recorded the best finish for Mazda in ASCA history in third. Former champion Johnny Chapman turned in a great run with a fourth place finish and inches closer to the top ten in points. Gregg, in his first career start, ran towards the front all day and finished fifth. The top four in points failed to finish in the top five as Jason Hogan continued to reel in J.R. Norris for the points lead and is now only 27 points behind. The series will take next weekend off and then return to Bristol Motor Speedway the following weekend.

Zach Brewer has been released from MacDonald Motorsports. Tim Nooner will replace him as the driver of the #02 Beer.com Dodge for the remainder of this season and will run the full schedule in 2008.

Tommy Archer will drive the BCII Racing #21 Dodge at Watkins Glen. Clark Dwyer is scheduled to drive the car in four more races, but it is unknown who will drive the car in the remaining races as Mike Swaim Jr. has been let go from the team.

POCONO RECAP: Danny Bagwell edged Justin Hobgood to the line for his third win of 2007 Saturday at the American Red Cross 250 at Pocono International Raceway. Justin Hobgood won the pole and led most of the race, but a hard charging Bagwell came from ninth starting position to catch and pass the leader with less than ten laps to go. Justin Wakefield and rookie Ryan Lawler ran in the top five most of the day and finished third and fourth. Eric Wilson rounded out the top five. Points leader J.R. Norris fought an ill-handling car and finished 14th, while second in points Jason Hogan finished sixth shortening the points margin between the two to 36 points.

BCII Racing has announced that Turbine Airfoils will be the primary sponsor for Stacy Puryear for the remainder of the season. The team continues to search for sponsorship for their second team, which will be driven by Clark Dwyer this weekend.

ORP RECAP: Justin Hobgood edged Eric Wilson to the finish line for his second win of 2007 Saturday at O'Reilly Raceway Park during the O'Reilly Auto Parts 200. Wilson came up .01 seconds short of his first career victory with J.R. Norris, Cam Strader, and Danny Bagwell following him to the finish. Jason Hogan finished 10th and now trails Norris by 65 points. Wilson is 262 back in third and Bagwell and Jeff Fultz round out the top five in points. Robert Huffman wrecked with only ten laps to go and finished a disappointing 20th. Huffman drops back to sixth in points 395 behind Norris. The series will be at Pocono Raceway next weekend for the American Red Cross 250.

GATEWAY RECAP: Stacy Puryear used pit strategy to come through the back of the pack to take his second win of 2007. Puryear was one of the fastest cars in practice, but had a problem in qualifying and was forced to take a provisional. Despite that, Puryear rocketed through half of the field in the first 30 laps and short pitted to become a front runner. Ted Christopher qualified second and finished second, his best race of the season. Randy MacDonald also came from the back to finish third while Jason Hogan took home fourth and polesitter Robert Huffman finished fifth. J.R. Norris continues to lead the points after finishing seventh. A large field is expected for next weekend's race at O'Reilly Raceway Park in Clermont, Indiana for the O'Reilly Auto Parts 200.

Charles Racing has announced that World Publications has backed out of sponsoring Butch Leitzinger at Watkins Glen. American Bowling Conference (now known as the United States Bowling Conference) has agreed to sponsor the team at the race if a sponsor is not found in time.

Essex Racing was one of the top ASCA teams for several years throughout the 1990's. The team was forced to disband after lack of sponsorship in 2001, but will be back in August and full time in 2008. The team has signed Ben Rowe to run for rookie of the year and has their goals set high, trying to give Rowe the chance to become the first rookie and driver from Maine to win an ASCA championship. The team has also signed former ASCA driver Gary Moore as crew chief.

KENTUCKY RECAP: Cam Strader captured his second win of 2007 during the Sony Kentucky 150. Robert Huffman won the pole, but struggled the entire race and finished a disappointing 20th one lap down. Huffman falls to sixth in points. Points leader J.R. Norris continued his 2007 hot streak with a second place finish and increased his points lead to 48 points over Jason Hogan who finished in fifth. Jeff Fultz finished third and Stacy Puryear finished 4th. The race saw a lot of attrition with only 25 cars finishing the race and 15 cars finishing on the lead lap. One victim was Eric Wilson who blew an engine shortly after halfway the race. Wilson continues to hold third place in points while Fultz and Danny Bagwell move up to fourth and fifth. The series moves on to Gateway International Raceway next weekend for the Weight Watchers Gateway 200.

MOTORDROME RECAP: Justin Wakefield used pit strategy to come from the back of the pack to the front to take his first win of 2007. Billy Bigley had a season best 2nd place finish followed by points leaders Eric Wilson and J.R. Norris. Ryan Crane claimed his best career finish of 5th. Due to the large amount of cautions, 23 cars finished on the lead lap. 6 cars failed to finish and were all victims of wrecks. Norris continues to lead the points by 33 over Jason Hogan who finished 7th. Wilson continues to hold 3rd place 177 points back, while defending champion Robert Huffman continues to have his work cut out for him during the remainder of the season as he sits 275 points back after suffering a disappointing 22nd. Jeff Fultz continues to hold fifth in points as he finished 11th after winning the past two races. The series will head to Kentucky Speedway next weekend for the Sony Kentucky 150.

Levy Racing's changes have been abundant over the past two weeks. Jayme Beck was originally scheduled to drive the #06 Weight Watchers Dodge at Motordrome, but the deal fell through. The team considered putting Jimmy Horton back in the drivers seat, but then announced that former NASCAR Busch North Series champion Jamie Aube would drive the car. However, this deal was tentative as well and Tim Nooner, their driver in the past few races, will pilot the car at Motordrome. The team is still working out deals for the remainder of 2007, which may include more races with Nooner, Horton, and/or Aube in the car. Also, their 2006 rookie driver Ryan Seaman will return to the driver seat beginning at New Hampshire in September at the latest.

MILWAUKEE RECAP: Jeff Fultz struggled with an ill handling race car all weekend, but the crew found the problem and Fultz marched through the pack to claim his second straight and third win of 2007. Tim Schendel started on the pole and led early in the race, but faded near the end to a tenth place finish. Teammates Ryan Lawler and J.R. Norris took turns in the lead before giving way to Eric Wilson near halfway. Wilson finished 2nd, his best career ASCA finish. Lawler and Norris finished third and fourth. Buster Bennett quietly moved up through the field and took a best career fifth place finish. Jason Hogan ran in the top ten throughout the race, but faded to 13th and lost the points lead to Norris. Norris now leads by 19 points over Hogan. Wilson now finds himself in third in points less than 200 points back. Huffman and Bagwell struggled and slipped back to fourth and sixth in points. Fultz catapulted himself to fifth in points. The ASCA series will take next weekend off before going to Motordrome Speedway in Western Pennsylvania.

MICHIGAN RECAP: Jeff Fultz won his second race from the pole this weekend at Michigan International Speedway during the Victor Ford Michigan 200. Fultz led 150 of the 200 laps, and was the class of the field along with top five starters and finishers Ryan Lawler and Wade Day. Lawler and Day finished 2nd and 4th respectively. Johnny Chapman had a strong run, finished in 3rd. Jason Hogan was one of the very few point leaders to have a successful day, finishing in 5th. Point leader J.R. Norris struggled throughout the weekend and was parked near halfway for being too slow. It was a very uncharacteristic 35th place finish for Norris, and cost him the point lead as Hogan has pulled ahead by 17 points. Robert Huffman struggled but salvaged an 18th place finish and now sits under 200 points back in 3rd in points. Danny Bagwell is now 4th in points, while Eric Wilson slips to 5th in the points after struggling during the race finishing in 27th, 2 laps down. The series will race at the Milwaukee Mile next weekend before taking a weekend off.

99 Racing and driver Lonnie Rush Jr. will make their 2007 debut this weekend at Michigan. It will be the first of 5 starts for the team and will begin with sponsor 99 Apples, followed by 4 more races yet to be announced, which will include promotion of their sponsor's new products 99 Oranges and 99 Cherries.

NASHVILLE RECAP: Wade Day finally won at a track other than Daytona as he won the Fender Guitars 150 at Nashville Superspeedway. Day made a late race charge at polesitter Brandon Ward who appeared to have the fastest car during the majority of the race. Ward would have to settle for third as Ryan Lawler was able to get by for second place. Johnny Chapman and Justin Hobgood rounded out the top five. J.R. Norris finished sixth and extended his point lead to 86 points over Jason Hogan, who finished eleventh. Robert Huffman has moved back into third in points after a ninth place run, but still sits more than 200 points back. Eric Wilson struggled and was the last car on the lead lap in 22nd. Wilson fell to fourth in points while Danny Bagwell continues to sit fifth in points. The series will go to Michigan International Speedway next weekend for the Victor Ford Michigan 200.

Crew School Racing owners Chuck and Jim Bown have announced that they have struck a deal to field a car for former pro basketball player Derek Strong for select races later in the season.

EAC Motorsports has announced that Korg Triton, a manufacturer of keyboards, will sponsor Ryan Crane's #2 Chevrolet for the remainder of the season. The team has also announced that they will field a third car later in the season with a sponsor and driver to be announced.

IOWA RECAP: Danny Bagwell took his second checkered flag of the year at the Germain Automotive Iowa 200. Rick Carelli appeared to have the dominant car, but a late adjustment to Bagwell's car allowed him to get around Carelli during the final green flag run. Carelli took home second followed by Justin Wakefield, Cam Strader, and Eric Wilson. Points leader J.R. Norris only had a mid-pack car this weekend and finished 16th. Second in points Jason Hogan finished 7th and gained some ground on the points leader. Norris leads the points by 66 over Hogan, Wilson, Robert Huffman, and Bagwell.

LOWE'S RECAP: Defending series champion Robert Huffman became the first repeat winner on Sunday during the Lowe's 300. Huffman and rookie Ryan Lawler only pitted for two tires and held off hard charging Randy MacDonald, Eric Wilson, and Stacy Puryear to take the top two spots. J.R. Norris finished sixth and extended the points lead over Jason Hogan and Wilson. Lawler extended his rookie points lead over Ricky Turner with his second place finish. The series will travel to Iowa Speedway next weekend for there second visit ever to the track.

DARLINGTON RECAP: Justin Hobgood not only captured his first top five of 2007, but it was a dominating performance that led to the win. Hobgood led a majority of the laps without being challenged most of the race, and became the eleventh different winner in eleven races in 2007. Hobgood's biggest challenger was Justin Wakefield, who led some laps after a fast pit stop but Hobgood was able to take the lead back with 30 laps remaining and pulled away for the victory. Wakefield had his second runner up finish of the season followed by Stacy Puryear, who also took a short turn in the lead. Eric Wilson continued his breakthrough season with a fourth place finish and moved up to third in the points. Randy MacDonald rounded out the top five. Points leader J.R. Norris was never a factor in the race and limped home to a 14th place finish. Norris still leads the points by 68 over Jason Hogan, who finished 7th. The rookie of the year battle tightened up, as Ryan Lawler's inconsistent season continued with another DNF. Ricky Turner finished 12th and now is only 51 points out of the rookie lead. The series takes a week off before heading to Lowe's Motor Speedway for the Lowe's 300 on Memorial Day weekend.

RICHMOND RECAP: Jeff Fultz started in the last row but claimed his first win of 2007 and became the 10th winner in 10 races. It was Fultz's first win in a Ford, and was Ford's 3rd straight win of 2007 as they continue to pull away in the manufacturer standings. Robert Huffman started on the pole for the second straight race and dominated the early portion of the race, but his night ended abruptly on lap 64 when he cut a tire and slammed the wall. This left the race wide open as Justin Hobgood, Billy Bigley, Jason Hogan led the race for the next 80 laps while Fultz and points leader J.R. Norris moved up from the back of the pack. The last caution of the day came out when Justin Wakefield lost control of his car on lap 163. At the green flag Fultz and Norris rocketed to the front and never looked back. Ted Christopher came from mid-pack to get 3rd, his best finish of 2007. Hogan and Danny Bagwell rounded out the top five. Ricky Turner had his third top ten of the season and was the top finishing rookie. Norris continues to lead the point standings over Hogan by 93 points. Huffman is third in points, but is 239 points back. With the win, Fultz leaps up to 4th in points and Eric Wilson rounds out the top five after a dismal run at Richmond. Next weekend's race will be at Darlington Raceway.

KANSAS RECAP: Pit strategy was the key in Saturday night's KonicaMinolta 200 at Kansas Speedway as rookie Ryan Lawler held off several hard chargers and captured his first career ASCA victory. The 134 lap race was plagued with several engine gremlins that caused three of the six cautions during the race. Robert Huffman led most of the race, but pitted for fresh tires and fuel during the fifth caution on lap 100. This gave the lead to Ford drivers Ryan Lawler and Justin Wakefield who were running in the top ten most of the race. Lawler was one of 11 drivers that stayed out on the race track with his only pit stop coming at lap 68. Hard charging Stacy Puryear, Huffman, and Jake Hobgood moved into the top ten with less than 20 laps to go. The final caution came out with only 12 laps to go when Jason Hogan, Zach Brewer, and Justin Hobgood got together while they were moving through the pack on fresh tires. Despite still being on old tires Lawler, Wakefield, Eric Wilson, and Tim Nooner stayed out during the caution period and went back to green in the top four spots with just seven laps to go. Lawler held them off for the win followed by Wakefield and another stellar run for Wilson. Stacy Puryear appeared to have the fastest car at the end of the race, but was only able to move up to 4th at the end. Tim Nooner had a great 5th place finish after an 18 year lay-off from the series. Huffman, Jake Hobgood, Jeff Fultz, J.R. Norris, and Johnny Chapman rounded out the top ten. Norris continues to lead the points over Jason Hogan and Ford continues to have a great 2007 season leading the manufacturer standings. Next weekend's race will be at Richmond International Raceway.

World Publication will sponsor Charles Racing and driver Butch Leitzinger at Watkins Glen in the #40. The remainder of the team's scheduled races will be sponsored by ABC (American Bowling Confrence) with Morty Buckles racing at Atlanta, and Jimmy Blewett at Motordrome, Pocono, and Dover.

PHOENIX RECAP: J.R. Norris became the 8th winner in eight races and extended his point lead Saturday during the Checker Auto Parts 250 at Phoenix International Raceway. Tim Schendel was the surprise pole sitter, but lost the lead after only five laps to outside polesitter Robert Huffman. The race was slowed by only four cautions; however, attrition was a problem as many fought mechanical woes and only 25 finished the race. Huffman led for the rest of the first half before a hard charging Norris drove by on lap 81 and never looked back. Huffman faded near the end and gave way to Cam Strader, Justin Wakefield, and Eric Wilson who finished 2nd, 3rd, and 4th respectively. Huffman finished 5th. Norris now holds a 45 point lead on Jason Hogan who finished 6th. The rookie of the race was Buster Bennett, who had a stellar run in 7th place. Stanley Smith, Stacy Puryear, and Gary Helton rounded out the top ten. The series will visit Kansas Speedway next weekend.

MANSFIELD RECAP: Johnny Chapman became the 8th winner in 8 races during the 2007 ASCA season at Monday's QVC Ohio 200 at Mansfield Motorsports Speedway in Mansfield, Ohio. Cam Strader began the race from the pole, but was passed after two laps by outside polesitter Danny Bagwell. Chapman was coming quickly from the 7th starting spot and was hounding Bagwell's back bumper by lap 23, and lap 29 took the lead. The first of a series of major cautions came out on lap 37 when Stanley Smith and Freddie Query got together. The next caution came out only three laps after the green flag when front runners Justin Hobgood, Zach Brewer, Ted Christopher wreck in turn four. Then another caution involving Jason Small, Chris Chapman, and Chip Herr came out seven laps after that caution. When the race began a longer green flag run Chapman jumped out into a lead, but was caught by J.R. Norris and Jake Hobgood. Finally on lap 102, both drivers were able to get by. The next caution came out when Eric Wilson looped his Toyota around. On the restart Jake Hobgood shot into the lead, but the caution would come out once again when Mike Watts spun out. During this caution all of the lead lap teams pitted and Hobgood was able to keep the lead and shot to decent margin on the restart over Chapman. On lap 147 another caution came out for debris and on the restart Chapman's car appeared to be a rocketship before the field slowed once again for Mike Swaim Jr.'s wreck in turn four. The race resumed again on lap 160 and six laps later Chapman took the lead from Hobgood for good. Two more cautions slowed the field for a total of ten cautions. Chapman would win the race over Norris, Jeff Fultz, Jake Hobgood, and polesitter Cam Strader. Gary Helton, Robert Huffman, Todd Peck, Danny Bagwell, and Wade Day rounded out the top ten. Points leader Jason Hogan was never a factor during the race and had his worst finish of the season, 11th. Norris now leads the point standings by 15 Hogan. Huffman, Fultz, and Bagwell round out the top five in points; more than 100 points back from the leader. Next weekend's race will be the Checker Auto Parts 250 at Phoenix International Raceway.

TUCSON RECAP: Danny Bagwell took his first checkered flag of 2007, winning the NAPA Filters 200 on Easter Sunday at Tucson Raceway Park. Jake Hobgood won the pole and continued to look for his first victory of the season, but he would lose the lead on lap five when third place starter Johnny Chapman passed him on the inside when the green flag flew following the first caution which sent Justin Wakefield into the garage after hitting the wall. Second place starter Ryan Lawler saw his day end early, as a steering problem sent him behind the wall for the third time this season. Hobgood continued to challenge Chapman for the lead, and finally was able to get around him on lap 95. Hobgood began to pull away, but a caution on lap 103 when Randy Humphrey spun out tightened the field up once again. Hobgood led Chapman, Eric Wilson, and Jason Hogan to the green flag and Chapman was able to get under Hobgood and led one lap, but Hobgood was too strong and took the lead back. Bagwell ran quietly in the top ten throughout the race but began to make his charge. Chapman and Wilson made contact allowing Bagwell to get under them and assume the third spot. He would next set his sights for Hogan and would take that spot five laps later. The biggest caution of the night came out on lap 143 for a multi-car wreck involving Cam Strader, Stacy Puryear, Brandon Ward, and Chip Herr. After pitstops, Chapman took the lead back on the restart with Hobgood, Bagwell, Wilson, and Hogan following closely. Hobgood would fight a loose car to the finish and would slip back to 7th in the end. Bagwell caught Chapman with just twelve laps to go and made the final pass for the lead. The final caution would come out with only ten laps to go when Mike Watts spun his car, setting up a five lap dash to the finish with Bagwell leading Wilson, Chapman, Hogan, and J.R. Norris. On the last restart, Wilson spun his tires and Hogan was able to move to the inside to take the second spot. Bagwell cruised to the checkered flag followed by Hogan, Wilson, Norris, and Chapman. Gary Helton, Jake Hobgood, rookies Ricky Turner and Chris Chapman, and Stanley Smith rounded out the top ten. Hogan continues to hold the point lead over Norris. The series heads to Mansfield Motorsports Speedway for the first time ever for the QVC Ohio 200 next weekend.

LAKELAND RECAP: Defending series champion Robert Huffman captured his first win of 2007 on Saturday during the Mark III Vans 200 at USA International Speedway in Lakeland, Florida. Rookie Ryan Lawler won his first pole, but his day would end shortly after as he wrecked on lap 16. Some other top series drivers would struggle such as Jake Hobgood who would only ten laps before going behind the wall with a track bar problem. The 200 lap race was filled with six cautions and several lead changes. Drivers looking for their first career wins including Jay Middleton, Butch Miller, Wayne Anderson, and Eric Wilson all took turns leading during the first half of the race before giving way to Huffman's fast Toyota. J.R. Norris and Butch Miller were still fast during the second half of the race and challenged Huffman for the lead, but in the end it was Huffman holding them off for the win. Butch Miller who was making his first ASCA start in several years never was worse than fifth in the race and had a great second place run. J.R. Norris finished third and now sits only fifteen points behind point leader Jason Hogan who had another quiet strong showing in fifth. Eric Wilson had another great run in Michael Waltrip's Toyota finishing fourth and now moves into the top ten in points despite failing to qualify for a race. Brandon Ward, Danny Bagwell, Cam Strader, Charlie Menard, and Ricky Turner rounded out the top ten. The ASCA series will have off next weekend, and then will travel out west to Tucson Raceway Park in Tucson, Arizona for the NAPA Filters 200.

LANIER RECAP: Cam Strader picked up his first win of 2007 during the ASCA first visit to a short track this year at the Lanier National Speedway. Some of the series top drivers struggled early in the event, including Johnny Chapman who was out of the race after wrecking in the third turn of the first lap. Other notables with problems included Daytona winner Wade Day and fastest in practice Wayne Anderson. Justin Hobgood and Gary Helton took turns with the lead during the first 15 laps before Jason Hogan rocketed from 8th starting position up to the front. Hogan appeared to be the car to beat, leading laps 16 through 150. Rookie Ryan Lawler had another strong showing as he flanked Hogan most of those laps with Cam Strader lurking behind him. With just 50 to go Strader was able to get by the untouchable Hogan for the lead and would never look back. Hogan would settle for second followed by Justin Wakefield who had a great run in the top five and top ten the entire race. Robert Huffman started all the way back in 29th, but was able to move up to 4th in the end and Lawler would finish fifth. Eric Wilson, Justin Hobgood, Chuck Barnes Jr, Jake Hobgood, and Gary Helton rounded out the top ten. Fifteen cars finished on the lead lap, with point leader going into the race J.R. Norris in 15th. With his second place finish Hogan now holds the point lead, only 25 behind Norris. Brandon Ward, Jeff Fultz, and Robert Huffman round out the top five less than 100 points behind the leader. Ryan Lawler was the only rookie to qualify for the race and now holds an 83 point lead in the rookie points over Ricky Turner.

LAS VEGAS RECAP: For the second straight year Stacy Puryear captured the win in the Trump Casino World Series of Poker 200 at Las Vegas Motor Speedway. Jeff Fultz started from the pole for the first time with his revamped team. Fultz shot to the lead with Cam Strader and Puryear following him into the first turn. Three of the those cautions were multi-car accidents, ruining the days of Jimmy Horton, Tom Hubert, Chris Chapman, Stanley Smith, Wade Day, and Justin Wakefield. Jake Hobgood soared to the front from his sixth starting spot on lap 53, but would be forced to make an unscheduled pitstop after tire smoke was evident from his Toyota. Hobgood would not be able to rebound and would finish 19th, one lap down. Danny Bagwell, Gary Helton, J.R. Norris, and Mike Watts all used pit strategy to move up from mid-pack and take turns with the lead around the halfway point, with Norris being the halfway leader. On lap 99 Watts hunted down Norris and Bagwell and appeared to be the car to beat, until he spun going for the lead position. Watts would have to pit and would finish a disappointing 28th. Norris and Bagwell had dominated the second half, but early leaders Puryear, Strader, and Fultz would pit during the last caution for fresh tires. That ended up being the winning move as all three would be able to pass Norris and Bagwell with less than ten laps to go and would never look back. Puryear, Strader, Fultz, Norris, and Bagwell finished in that order with Helton, Zach Brewer, Brandon Ward, Jason Hogan, and Billy Bigley rounding out the top ten. There were 17 cars on the lead lap. The rookie of the race was Ryan Lawler finishing right ahead of Randy Humphrey in 13th. Ricky Turner currently leads the rookie standings and is eighth overall in points. Jason Small was the top finishing Mazda in 12th. Toyota struggled the entire weekend with Ward being the only one in the top ten. J.R. Norris currently leads the points by only three over Ward. Jason Hogan is 27 behind in third and Jeff Fultz and Billy Bigley round out the top five. Next weekend the drivers will head to Lanier National Speedway for ASCA's first short track race of the season. The race will be a difficult one for many drivers as many will need to qualify on time for the only 28 spots up for grabs. The other four spots will still be decided by last year's points.

SEBRING RECAP: Brandon Ward captured his first win of 2007 and gained the series point lead Saturday at the Inaugural Roehrig Engineering 200 at Sebring International Raceway. Ward's teammate Robert Huffman started from the pole and looked to have the car to beat. Two early cautions slowed the field at the beginning of the race. The first coming out on the first lap as Jimmy Horton, Buster Bennett, and Casey Smith were involved in a skirmish in the back of the field. Horton and Bennett were not able to continue and didn't even a complete a single lap. Smith was in the pits for several laps and finished 37th several laps down. Immediately when the green flag came out Justin Wakefield and Stacy Puryear wrecked bringing out the second caution. The race would remain green for the next 80 laps and the teams were forced to take green flag pitstops. Huffman and Ward would continue to lead the way while Johnny Chapman, Danny Bagwell, Jake Hobgood, Jason Hogan, J.R. Norris, Eric Wilson, and road racer Jeff Emery would follow close by. Rookie Ryan Lawler was impressive in practice and qualifying, but succumbed to steering problems on lap 38 and was forced behind the wall. Fellow rookie Chris Chapman had an impressive qualifying run, but fell back through the field and went out with transmission troubles. The third caution would come out after the wounded car of Casey Smith stalled on the track. A few laps after the green flag, Huffman lost control of his car and spun off course. Huffman would race back to 23rd place. Ward would inherit the lead and would never look back. Road racer Tom Hubert quietly ran up in the top ten the entire race and would finish in second. Jason Hogan was third, while Jeff Emery finished an impressive fourth in his first career ASCA start. Eric Wilson finished in fifth; his second consecutive top five of the season. J.R. Norris, Billy Bigley, Jake Hobgood, Gary Helton, and Justin Hobgood rounded out the top ten. The rookie of the race was Ricky Turner; finishing in 11th. Chip Herr was the top finishing Mazda in 13th, and Cam Strader was the top finishing Dodge in 24th. Brandon Ward holds a 15 point lead on Eric Wilson and J.R. Norris after two races. Jason Hogan and Billy Bigley round out the top five in points. Ricky Turner leads the rookie points standings by 81 points over Buster Bennett and is currently sixth overall in points. The ASCA series will take next weekend off before going to Las Vegas Motor Speedway the following weekend for the Trump Casino World Series of Poker 200.

DAYTONA RECAP: Wade Day repeated as the ASCA Daytona 250 champion on Saturday, leading 58 of the 100 laps from the pole. Day pulled out to an early lead as outside polesitter Danny Bagwell struggled and fell back to around tenth place. Justin Wakefield, Johnny Chapman, and Robert Huffman followed Day fast car around the 2.5 mile oval. The first caution came out when Greg Pope was tagged by Ryan Lawler and hit the turn 2 wall. On the restart Day and Chapman pulled ahead of the field. Bagwell's day got much worse on lap 17 when Randy Humphrey lost control of his car in the corner and collected Bagwell as he came down the track. Both cars were able to continue, but Bagwell lost several laps and was only able to limp around to a 35th place finish. On the restart Day received one of his only challenges while leading as Huffman and Chapman took turns leading, and Chapman took over for good on lap 30. Rookie Humphrey's day ended abruptly when his already damaged car was involved in a wreck with another rookie Brandon Bernstein. Both would be done for the day. Chapman continued to lead for a green flag lap before his car slowed and was pushed behind the wall with rear end problems. The former champion would finish 40th. The 4th caution involving Tom Hubert, Cam Strader, Stacy Puryear, and Randy MacDonald gave the leaders a chance to make pit stops. Eric Wilson, J.R. Norris, Mike Watts started the race in the back and short-pitted, giving them the top three spots when the green flag came out. Day couldn't do anything with Wilson and Norris as they ran single file in the top three spots. Watts continued his strong run in fifth, but lost control of his car and looped it around bringing out the fifth caution. The sixth caution was the biggest one of the day when Wakefield who ran in the top ten all day lost an engine and spun around collecting Jason Small, Watts, Josh Hamner, Tim Schendel, Zach Brewer, Ryan Crane, Gary Helton, and Pope. This gave the opportunity for leaders to pit. Day was able to beat Norris and Wilson out of the pits. Ted Christopher pitted for only two tires and worked his way into the top ten for the first time. Christopher was moving up fast up to fourth place until with seven laps to go he cut a tire. Christopher would finish 21st, one lap down. Norris and Wilson would not be able to do anything with Day and followed him across the start finish line for the checkered flag. Huffman and teammate Brandon Ward made a late charge to finish fourth and fifth. Jason Hogan was sixth while Daytona first timers Mike Fritts, Buster Bennett, Brian Scott, and Donny Lia turned in impressive runs rounding out the top ten. Jake Hobgood had a top ten run going all day, but lost a cylinder with just two laps to go. Hobgood would finish 20th, the last car on the lead lap. Buster Bennett was the rookie of the race. Toyota swept four of the top five spots, while Ford took four of the top ten spots. Chevrolet only had one top ten finisher. The top finishing Mazda was Casey Smith in 23rd, one lap down. The top finishing Dodge was Tim Schendel in 27th, five laps down. The series will make their inaugural appearance at the Sebring International Road Course next weekend.