FINAL WEEKEND FOR COMPETITORS TO COMPETE FOR THE JOE GIBBS DRIVEN RACING ASA MEMBER TRACK NATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIP

Source: ASA Racing/Kevin Ramsell
Date: 09/25/2008

DAYTONA BEACH, Florida — Just like in baseball, well in fact it was Yogi Berra who said “It ain’t over, until it’s over,” the battle for the Joe Gibbs Driven Racing Oil ASA Member Track National Championship will have its final swing this weekend. And for now, it’s too close to call.

Cary Stapp did what he had to do last weekend as he captured his seventh feature win of the season at Thunderhill Raceway in Kyle, TX. Stapp has the lead in West Region as well as the overall lead for the National Championship over Orange Show Speedway’s Linny White.

Stapp’s win was enough to wrap up the track championship at Thunderhill.

Winning the championship is important because that is one of the requirements needed in order to have a shot at the ASA Member Track National Championship. He currently has a 330-point lead over Duane Toyne.

He is very aware of what is on the line and as he stated in Thunderhill’

s press release from last Saturday night, he knows what needs to happen.

“I was concerned about the car count on Saturday,” Stapp stated in their release. “I know that Linny White from Orange Show Speedway (San Bernardino, CA) is close behind me in both the regional and national rankings. And he’s been doing well while running in bigger (car) fields.

I just hope my win on Saturday will help me stay on top.”

White also realizes what he needs to do as well. The one thing that has helped him this season is each week he has been starting near the back of every feature and worked his way to the front to give him a high point average. He realizes that he needs to do this in order to have a shot at the ASA Member Track National Championship.

“If I didn’t have the points lead and with so much wasn’t on the line for the National Championship, I wouldn’t want to do this if I had the option not to.” White stated in a recent Orange Show Speedway press release. “I haven’t been points racing in awhile. I usually have nothing but the win in mind. We are just too close not to try. I don’t want to second guess and feel like I didn’t give it everything I had.”

White from Colton, CA currently has a 124-point lead over Rick Chavez of Lakeside, CA going into this weekend.

Thunderhill Raceway will have their 12th Annual Allstate Texas Stock Car Spectacular this weekend on September 26 & 27th. More information can be found at www.thunderhillraceway.com .

Orange Show Speedway will have its Race to Read Celebration this Saturday night. More information can be found at:

http://www.nationalorangeshow.com/speedway.htm.

If you live near either of these facilities or near an ASA Member Track, make your plans now to visit your local track this weekend.

Joe Gibbs Driven Racing Oil, sponsor of the American Speed Association National Short Track National Championship, is the same oil developed and used by Joe Gibbs Racing. The team sells the oil so racers across the country can have access to the latest technology in racing lubricants.

Joe Gibbs Racing is one of the premier organizations in NASCAR, currently fielding three NASCAR Sprint Cup Series teams, two NASCAR Nationwide Series teams and a driver development program. Its driver lineup consists of Tony Stewart, Denny Hamlin and Kyle Busch in the Sprint Cup Series; Stewart, Hamlin, and Busch in the Nationwide Series; and Joey Logano and Marc Davis in the NASCAR Camping World Series East.

Based in Huntersville, N.C., and owned by Joe Gibbs - a three-time Super Bowl winner as head coach of the Washington Redskins and a member of the Pro Football Hall of Fame - JGR has competed in NASCAR since 1992, winning three Cup Series championships and more than 80 NASCAR races, including three Brickyard 400s and the 1993 Daytona 500.

The American Speed Association Short Track National Championship is another step by the industry leader in creating new and innovative programs. This follows the recent announcement about extending the insurance coverage for ASA members traveling to, from, and during an ASA-sanctioned event. For updated ASA National Points, just click on the "Points" link at www.asa-racing.com.

The American Speed Association Member Track program is comprised of a network of short tracks around the United States, as well as a variety of regional and national touring series. For more information, call

(386) 258-2221 or send an e-mail to info@asa-racing.com. For news and information from all the racetracks and tours involved in the ASA, visit www.ASA-Racing.com.

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