ASA Midwest Tour Facts

* 12 Race Schedule in 2007

* Built Engine Racing Series that allows local competitors to compete when visiting area race facilities. (Similar to ARTGO)

* Concept Steel Engines, ACE Brodix Aluminum Engines, 9to1 Engines, Spec Super Late Model Engines, were the engines allowed.

Average Car Count- 46
Highest Car Count- 55 first Event (Elko) and 77 Last Event (Lacrosse)
Lowest Car Count- 32
Total Competitors in 2007- 165
Carburetor Required- 4412 2bbl
Nine different winners in 12 events- Where do you see that? [more]

Ivedent Lloyd of Ocala , Florida has laid claim to his first career O'Reilly Southern All Star Racing Series Championship. The five-time National Late Model Series Champion bested three time runner-up Mark Vineyard by just twenty-six points which was the second closest margin of victory in OSAS history. Lloyd took the title on the strength of seven top five and seventeen top ten finishes. Lloyd was held winless on the season but did pick up a Southern All Stars East Twin Twenty victory at Golden Isles Speedway as well as a pair of American Billet Fast Time Awards. Lloyd saw many of the venues he competed at for the very first time when he pulled through the gates.

“We are kind of accustomed to the bigger tracks like we have around home. So we had quite a learning curve when we got to some of these places. But I think we improved every time we went back to a place. We had a lot of fun chasing this deal and my hat is off to Mark and his crew on a great battle for this championship. We plan on trying to run the whole deal again next year. We really want to win a race.” said Lloyd in a Cleveland Speedway post race interview. [more]

You are invited to become a major part of the upcoming SuperBowl of Racing IV when Golden Isles Speedway presents the unprecedented 10 Nights of Super Late Model racing paying $10,000.00 to the winner in Each of the 10 Nights. This January 23-February 2, 2008 mega-event will kick off the 2008 racing season and your company can be a key partner in bringing this event to the forefront of the industry, while putting your products, service and company in the spotlight.

Please take a look at the variety of highlighted sponsorship and marketing positions which are offered and let us help you kick off your 2008 season with marketing bang for your advertising dollar. [more]

W.D.L.M.A. 2007 $20,000.00 Point Fund
Presented by R.A.C.E.

1 – To be eligible you must compete in 75% of the W.D.L.M.A. scheduled events
2 – You must compete with a legal Plymouth, Sportsman engine, Wissota spec, Supr spec or UMP legal race car.
3 – You must abide by all W.D.L.M.A. rules at all times.
4 – You must have an engine which can be built, serviced and rebuilt by any and all engine builders.
5 – You must fill out a registration form to be eligible to compete in this point fund.
6 - You may only earn points with one car per event. The car you qualify or run in the heat race is the only car that you may earn point with.
7 - You must run decals of all point fund sponsors at all times
8 - Disqualifications for any reason for any rule infraction or unsportsmanlike conduct will be cause for loss of points for that event and may, at competition directors discretion, cause loss of points for the entire season. [more]

Dan Schlieper and the Dan Schlieper Racing team have recently wrapped up their version of “Speedweeks 2007” in Georgia and Florida and are off to one of the hottest starts in recent memory. Coming out of “Speedweeks 2007,” Dan finds himself leading the O’Reilly Southern Allstars Series point standings, second in the Lucas Oil Late Model Dirt Series points, and second in the 360 OTC World of Outlaws Late Model Series standings. In addition, he was able to capture the $12,000 top prize in the ‘Super Bowl of Racing III’ at the Golden Isles (GA) Speedway!

Dan unloaded his Miller Bros. Construction / Hawkeye Trucking / Uncle Buck #9 Rayburn / Pro Power Ford Fusion for eleven Dirt Late Model events at the Golden Isles Speedway in Brunswick, Georgia, the East Bay Raceway Park in Gibsonton, Florida, and the Volusia Speedway Park in Barberville, Florida. In all, Dan was able to accumulate one victory, six Top Five performances, and nine Top Ten efforts in the eleven shows that he entered down south, while racking up an astonishing nine heat race wins! [more]

As we begin the 2007 racing season, our lobby group must be as strong as ever. We now must battle nationwide as crate engines are taking over from Florida to Oregon, Southern California to New York. We must unite with a loud competitive voice. Our crate competitors have brought $250,000 in point funds to local tracks and presented over $80,000 to their champion at their PRI booth this year. Being innovative together through R.A.C.E. we can unify racers, promoters, engine builders, media and manufacturers. R.A.C.E. will be inclusive unlike the crate series which excludes our products from being eligible for their point funds.

R.A.C.E. can help people live their dreams and reach their goals through direct connected point funds, training tech people, getting involved with rule meetings and sanction huge events. R.A.C.E. can guarantee a future by growing our customer base by bringing money back into the racers hands so they can have freedom of choice to choose quality innovative aftermarket parts.

We are currently building our '07 advisory committee to allocate funds review rules and market products to the public. Promoters, WD's, manufacturers, engine builders, racers, media, and sponsors will all be represented. To participate in R.A.C.E. '07 call 262-593-5801 or email to propower@centurytel.net and ask for Bill or John or email to richardisky@aol.com.

The issue involves the concern that crate engines can destroy oval track racing by removing a key element of the competition for race fans, in addition to potentially harming the excitement of the show. Also, race engine builders in oval track racing are reporting that crate engines are harming their businesses.

R.A.C.E. (Racers Alliance Concerning Engines) organized the meeting on Friday morning, December 15. It was led by race engine builders Bill Schlieper, of Pro Power Racing, in Sullivan, Wisconsin, and Keith Dorton, of Automotive Specialists, in Concord North Carolina, along with Richard Iskenderian of Isky Racing Cams, Gardena, California. [more]