COTTAGE GROVE, Oregon — This week the American Sprint Car Series-Northwest Region has a new series director with the talent of Travis Brearty taking the helm. Brearty took over the duties of race director for the series last season and enters his sixteenth year of involvement as an official. Travis is notable for his tenure as the longtime flagger for the Northern Sprint Tour as well as the ASCS-Northwest Region.
The American Sprint Car Series-Northwest Region anticipates opening the 2012 campaign at the Grays Harbor Raceway in Elma, Washington for the Spring Showdown. The American Sprint Car Series-National Tour will make their first ever appearances, alongside the Northwest region, at the Willamette Speedway in Lebanon, Oregon on July 13th and 14th to start Speedweek Northwest while the Sunset Speedway Park in Banks, Oregon hosts the group on Thursday July 19th. As has been the tradition as of late Speedweek will conclude at Gray Harbor Raceway with National Tour in a double header on July 20th and 21st.
The American Sprint Car Series-Northwest Region is the westernmost arm of the American Sprint Car Series sanctioning body located in the Pacific Northwest the series hosts 360 Sprint Car racing on dirt tracks throughout Oregon and Washington from May to September. For more information on the latest news and stories about the series log onto their website at www.ascsnorthwest.com or www.ascsracing.com.
2012 ASCS-Northwest Region (Tentative) Schedule
5/26 Grays Harbor Raceway Elma, WA (Spring Showdown)
5/27 Grays Harbor Raceway Elma, WA (Spring Showdown)
6/22 Cottage Grove Speedway Cottage Grove, OR
6/23 Cottage Grove Speedway Cottage Grove, OR
7/13* Willamette Speedway Lebanon, OR (Speedweek)
7/14* Willamette Speedway Lebanon, OR (Speedweek)
7/16 Southern Oregon Speedway White City, OR (Speedweek)
7/17 Coos Bay Speedway Coos Bay, OR (Speedweek)
7/18 Cottage Grove Speedway Cottage Grove, OR (Speedweek)
7/19* Sunset Speedway Park Banks, OR (Speedweek)
7/20* Grays Harbor Raceway Elma, WA (Speedweek)
7/21* Grays Harbor Raceway Elma, WA (Speedweek)
9/2 Willamette Speedway Lebanon, OR
9/21 Yakima Dirt Track Yakima, WA
9/22 Yakima Dirt Track Yakima, WA
*- Denote ASCS-National Tour vs. Northwest Region events
