Cody Morris, HUMBOLDT, KANSAS (8-19-2011) - The Lucas Oil ASCS EcoTec Midgets made their first foray into the Sunflower State with a Friday night showing at Humboldt Speedway.

Advancing from his outside 2nd row starting spot, Sapulpa, Oklahoma's reigning 2010 Lucas Oil ASCS2 Outlaw Champion and 2011 Tulsa Shootout Outlaw Sweeper,  Blake Hahn shot by Bixby, Oklahoma's polesitter Kevin Bayer at the midway point of the 20 lap affair.

Hahn would survive a late caution flag and take his 1st Lucas Oil ASCS triumph of the 2011 campaign aboard the Speedway Vending, Metric Cycles, XXX Race Co., Hoosier Tire, LaJoie Seating, and Tel Star Communications sponsored no. 52. It would be Hahn's second career Lucas Oil ASCS Midget score following a Cowtown Speedway victory last November.

Also a Lucas Oil ASCS2 Outlaw Champion (2009), Kevin Bayer would take runner up honors aboard Eric and Jessica Fenton's Southside Mowers, Maruyama Power Equipment, Revolition Racing Engines, and Fenton Graphics sponsored no. 72k.

Broken Arrow, Oklahoma native and proud owner of a slew of Tulsa Shootout Golden Drillers, Donnie Ray Crawford continues to show his well proven versatility, taking show position honors in the Hahn Racing no. 29 XXX machine.

Fellow Broken Arrow native Colton Brewer crossed the stripe fourth aboard the no. 77 Hampton KustomWorks entry, with Collinsville, Oklahoma's Layne Heimbaugh completing the tip 5 running order aboard the Tom Lorenz owned Smiley's no. 84 entry.

Bayer topped heat race action over the 8 car field, while Hahn outlasted Collinsville, Oklahoma's accomplished sprint car veteran Brian McClelland in qualifier action.

In a slight hint of irony, Blake Hahn will shift from Lucas Oil ASCS EcoTec Midget action to pilot Mike McClelland's no. 87 ASCS sprint car, normally driven by Brian McClelland, for Saturday night's American Bank of Oklahoma ASCS Sooner Region outing at Lawton Speedway. Brian McClelland will be piloting the Ronnie Davis' familiar Wichita Falls, Texas based no. 25 for the winged ASCS sprint car event.

The Lucas Oil ASCS EcoTec Midgets will finish out the weekend with a Saturday night stop at South Coffeyville, Oklahoma's Mid America Speedway. The event marks the first Lucas Oil ASCS EcoTec Midget event at the slightly banked 1/3 mile oval.

 

Cody Morris, Tulsa, OK (6-1-2011) - Fresh off a Lawton jumpstart to their 2nd full season of competition, the Lucas Oil ASCS EcoTec Midgets will make their Razorback debut at Little Rock, Arkansas' highly acclaimed l-30 Speedway.

Broken Arrow, Oklahoma's Chett Gehrke picked up his 1st career EcoTec Midget victory in the 2011 season opener at Lawton Speedway. At the conclusion of a high speed interstate mad dash that transported Gehrke from southwestern Illinois to southwestern Oklahoma after heat race competiton, Gehrke charged to the front in his qualifier to gain a 4th row starting spot in the feature finale.

Gehrke immediately shot to the front and completed a daring lap 18 pass of race long leader Kevin Bayer to validate his long highway haul. As such, Gehrke will lead the Lucas Oil ASCS Midgets into their first ever performance at I-30 Speedway confines.

Gehrke will be joined by a highly accomplised field including Sapulpa, Oklahoma's sensational open wheel standout Blake Hahn. A sweeper of Tulsa Shootout Outlaw competition and reigning 2010 Lucas Oil ASCS2 Outlaw mini sprint champion, Hahn eyes the I-30 oval with hopes of a second Lucas Oil ASCS Midget victory after taking late season Midget honors at Cowtown Speedway's 2010 November Sprint Shootout.

Blake will head a four car stable of family talent, accompanied by a trio of cousins including Tulsa, Oklahoma native and fellow Lucas Oil ASCS2 Outlaw competitor Brandon Hahn. 

Glenpool, Oklahoma's Lucas Oil ASCS National Tour Director of Competition Matt Ward will pilot a third Hahn racing mount with brother and 2011 Tulsa Shootout Ecotec Midget winner Mike Ward wheeling the fourth Hahn Racing ride. 

13 years young and hailing from Broken Arrow, Oklahoma; Colton Brewer will pilot the Hampton's Kustomworks 77 looking for the first Midget victory of his young career.

Jenks, Oklahoma's Eric Fenton will lead a two car team into I-30 action, with Bixby, Oklahoma's  2009 Lucas Oil ASCS2 Outlaw Champion Kevin Bayer piloting a second 72 entry.

El Reno, Oklahoma's Blake Dewberry looks to further his rookie season of Midget competition while leading several fellow EcoTec Midget rookies onto I-30 Speedway clay.

Saturday night's I-30 Speedway staging will mark the first joint venue for the Lucas Oil ASCS EcoTec Midgets and the nation's premier 360 touring series, the Lucas Oil ASCS National Tour.

The inaugural running of the Lucas Oil ASCS EcoTec Midgets at I-30 Speedway's racy 1/4 mile will begin at 730pm.

For further information regarding the Lucas Oil ASCS EcoTec Midgets, contact ASCS Headquarters at 918.838.3777

For further information regarding I-30 Speedway, please visit www.i-30speedway.com or contact the track at 501.455.4567
 

Cody Morris, Lawton, OK (5-14-2011) - The Lucas Oil ASCS Midgets invaded historic Lawton Speedway for the third time in series history and the 1st time of the 2011 campaign. Also joining their fellow winged ASCS sprint car counterparts for the first time in series history, the Lucas Oil ASCS EcoTec Midgets dazzled regional racing fans yet again, this time with a suprising twist.

Before the suprise can be unveiled, Sapulpa, Oklahoma's sensational open wheel ace and 2010 Lucas Oil ASCS2 Outlaw Champion Blake Hahn would lead the field to the green flag of the 20 lap Lucas Oil ASCS Midget main event by virtue of topping heat race action and punishing the 3/8ths mile red clay oval in a highlight filled blitz from 11th to 3rd in qualifier action.

The opening lap would see a change of pace with Broken Arrow, Oklahoma native Colton Brewer powering into the lead from his inside second row starting spot. However, Brewer's first ASCS Midget lead would be a short one, as Bixby, Oklahoma's 2009 Lucas Oil ASCS2 Outlaw Champion and winner of inaugural EcoTec Midget action at the 2010 Tulsa Shootout Kevin Bayer would grab the lap 2 lead, firing up from his outside third row starting spot.

While Bayer led the pack over the initial stages of the 20 lap main event, Hahn and Broken Arrow native Chett Gehrke dueled for the 2nd spot, trading the spot several times before Gehrke set his sights on Bayer near the midway stage of the race.

As the top 5 of Bayer, Gehrke, Blake Hahn, Brewer, and Fenton would spread out as the battle for raged behind them. With the Lawton Speedway flagstand signaling 5 laps remaining, Bayer began to encounter lapped traffic.

The lapped traffic would prove a headache for Bayer and allow Gehrke to quickly cut into a half straightaway deficit. By lap 17 Gehrke had nullified Bayer's advantage.

Near the conclusion of the 17th lap, Bayer would be slowed by a lapped car in the turn 4 approach, allowing Gehrke room to execute a lightning fast and daring move underneath Bayer. Gehrke would take a narrow lead with two laps remaining.

Gehrke's move would prove final, as he comfortably took his first Lucas Oil ASCS EcoTec Midget victory of his career aboard the Bishop's Racing Components and Skip's Catering sponsored black no. 9.

Making the sequence of events all the more suprising, Gehrke was still 50 miles away from Lawton Speedway during heat race action. After a friday night midget outing in Illinois, a saturday night rainout at that venue would not deny Gehrke, as he loaded up and left Belleville, Illinois at noon for a 600 mile, 9 hour Interstate blitz through the plains to Lawton, Oklahoma.

Gehrke arrived for qualifier action, and a 2nd place finish in that race would lead to a inside fourth row starting spot in the 12 car field. Belleville, Illinois to Lawton, Oklahoma. approximately 602 miles, and 9 hour high speed Interstate burn, and a daring and impressive late race pass for his first ASCS Midget victory.

Legendary.

Bixby, Oklahoma's Kevin Bayer would fend off a late charge from Blake Hahn to retain runner up honors aboard the Jessica Fenton owned and Southside Mower, Fenton Graphics, Maruyama Power Equipment, and Revolution Racing Engines sponsored no. 72k.

While a bobble on the initial start would send Blake Hahn back to the far reached of the top 5, Hahn would regain his composure to claim show positions honors at the final stripe aboard the Speedway Vending, Tel Star Communications, Metric Cycles, XXX Racing Chassis, Le Joie Seating, and Hoosier Tire sponsored no. 52.

Leading the initial lap of the Lucas Oil ASCS Midget main event, Broken Arrow, Oklahoma's 13 year old up-and-comer Colton Brewer would engage in several battled throughout the non-stop 20 lap feature event before a hard fought 4th place finish aboard the Hampton Kustom Works, 918 Wraps, Engler Machine & Tool, and Penske Racing Shocks sponsored orange no. 77 Twister Chassis machine.

Falling from an outside front row starting spot at the beginning of the main event, Jenks, Oklahoma's Eric Fenton stopped the slide to round out the final top 5 running order aboard the Southside Mower, Maruyama Power Equipment, Revolution Racing Engine, and Fenton Graphics sponsored. no 72, to add a 5th place finish to fellow Fenton Racing teammate Kevin Bayer's runner up finish.

El Reno, Oklahoma's Blake Dewberry would claim 6th in the first midget start of his young career, followed by Tulsa, Oklahoma cousins Matt Ward and Brandon Hahn. Tuttle, Oklahoma native Jeff Autry would cross the final stripe 9th in his midget racing debut, with 2011 Tulsa Shootout EcoTec Midget Champion Mike Ward rounding out the top 10.

Blanchard, Oklahoma native and I-44 Speedway promoter Kirk Berkly settled for 11th and final racing position after a mechanical failure forced him to the infield with 6 laps remaining.

Reigning Lucas Oil ASCS2 Outlaw Champion Blake Hahn took heat race honors over the 12 car field while also making his sprint car debut. Hahn's sprint car debut with the ASCS Sooner Region would net a B Feature victory before an impressive charge from 18th to 8th in the 25 lap American Bank of Oklahoma ASCS Sooner Region main event.

Bixby, Oklahoma's 2009 Lucas Oil ASCS2 Outlaw Champion Kevin Bayer claimed victory in the 8 lap Lucas Oil ASCS Midget qualifier.

Lucas Oil ASCS Midget action resumes Saturday, June 4th for the first Lucas Oil ASCS Midget invasion of Little Rock, Arkansas' highly reknowned I-30 Speedway.

Lucas Oil ASCS2 Outlaw, Non Wing, and Restricted action will reignite their fierce 2011 campaign with a Memorial Day Weekend spectacular at the famed highbanks of Tulsa, Oklahoma's Port City Raceway. 

 

 Due to inclimate weather and cold north winds the Lucas Oil ASCS2 midgets scheduled for Friday May 13th have been cancelled. ASCS2 officials and I-44 are looking at a possible replacement date. The midgets are still scheduled for Saturday night May 14th at Lawton Speedway. Racing will begin at 8 p.m. with the pit gate opening at 6 p.m. for further information contact Lawton Speedway at (580) 355-6417. 

ASCS2 has released the 2011 Schedule for the ECOTEC Midgets Racing Series.

ECOTEC Midgets Schedule