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(Image Credit: Ron Gilson) Bryan Hulbert – SOMERTON, Ariz. (November 19, 2021) Besting a field of 33 on Friday night, Sam Hafertepe, Jr. won every time he was on track with the ASCS Southwest Region at Cocopah Speedway. The opening night of the Keith Bryan Memorial, the win is Sam’s second with the Arizona-based tour. Stretching his lead to 2.915-seconds over the opening 16 laps before the caution lights shown around the three-eights mile oval, the restart saw Sam again pull away. Winning by...more

Bryan Hulbert – SOMERTON, Ariz. (November 15, 2021) Getting down to the final run of the 2021 season, the ASCS Southwest Region has four nights of racing left this year, and two of those will be this Friday, November 19, and Saturday, November 20 at Cocopah Speedway. Located just south of Yuma, Ariz., this weekend’s showdown is the inaugural Keith Bryan Memorial and features $2,000 to win A-Features both nights plus a plethora of extra cash and prizes up for grabs, including: Interstate Truck...more

(Image Credit: Kim Toops) Bryan Hulbert – SOMERTON, Ariz. (May 8, 2021) Coming down to a last-lap battle at Cocopah Speedway on Saturday night, the margin of victory was the blink of an eye as Arizona’s Colton Hardy held off New Mexico’s Wes Wofford by 0.031-seconds for his 12th career victory with the ASCS Southwest Region. Rolling from seventh, Hardy slipped past Wofford coming to the white flag, then had to throw everything he had at it off the final turn to hold off the No. 01. In a race,...more

Bryan Hulbert – SOMERTON, Ariz. (May 3, 2021) Heading back to Cocopah Speedway, the ASCS Southwest Region will take on the three-eighths-mile oval for the second time this season on Saturday, May 8. Going to Seth Bergman in the tour’s first race of the season at Cocopah, the Washington shoe will be in Michigan this weekend. Looking through the current points for the ASCS Southwest Region, Lorne Wofford leads the way by 5 points over J.T. Imperial, with Wes Wofford only trailing by nine. Nick...more

(Image Credit: Ron Gilson) Bryan Hulbert – SOMERTON, Ariz. (March 13, 2021) Taking on the ASCS Southwest Region at Cocopah Speedway on Saturday night, Washington’s Seth Bergman led all 25 laps at the southwest Arizona oval. A shakedown session for Seth before taking on the Lucas Oil American Sprint Car Series presented by the MAVTV Motorsports Network on March 19 and 20 at the Devil’s Bowl Speedway, the Cocopah win is his third overall against the Arizona based tour. Pursued by defending...more

Bryan Hulbert – SOMERTON, Ariz. (March 11, 2021) Returning to one of Arizona’s premier racing venues, the ASCS Southwest Region will headline action at Cocopah Speedway on Saturday, March 13, for the first time since November 11, 2017. Kicking off the 2021 season on February 20 at Central Arizona Speedway, California’s Justin Sanders topped the field in the Bob Ream owned No. 8. Fresh off a sweep of the famed Silver Cup at Chico’s Silver Dollar Speedway, the Aromas, Cali. shoe is scheduled to...more

TULSA, Okla. (August 2, 2016) The season finale for the 2016 Lucas Oil American Sprint Car Series National Tour presented by the MAVTV Motorsports Network has been set, and will see the series return to the Cocopah Speedway in Somerton, Ariz. on Friday, November 11 and Saturday, November 12. The season ending event will follow the Lucas Oil ASCS National payout with Friday’s A-Feature offering teams a $3,000 winner’s check, and Saturday’s a $4,000 winner’s purse. “Right now we’re looking for...more

(Photo by Justin Brester) Inside Line Promotions – STOCKTON, Calif. (Nov. 8, 2016) – Dominic Scelzi is entering his season finale this weekend riding momentum from his eighth top five of the year. Scelzi will drive for his Roth Motorsports backed, family owned team this Friday and Saturday at Cocopah Speedway in Somerton, Ariz., with the Lucas Oil ASCS National Tour. “I’m really excited to get back to Cocopah Speedway this weekend and hopefully we can contend for a win or two,” he said. “We...more

TULSA, Okla. (November 8, 2016) The chase to the 2016 Lucas Oil American Sprint Car Series presented by the MAVTV Motorsports Network Championship has come down to one final weekend as the series returns to the Cocopah Speedway in Somerton, Ariz. on Friday, November 11 and Saturday, November 12. Beginning with a Press Conference at 3:00 P.M. (MT) on Thursday, November 10 at the Cocopah Wild River, located just across the track, the final two nights of the 25th season of ASCS competition opens...more

(Photo by DB3 Imaging) Inside Line Promotions – YORK HAVEN, Pa. (Nov. 9, 2016) – Ryan Smith wrapped up his 410ci winged sprint car season with a fifth-place finish last Saturday at Susquehanna Speedway. It was a shot in the arm the Warko Group team needed to carry momentum into 2017. Smith started the night by setting fast time during qualifying followed by a third-place finish in his heat race. That locked the team into the dash, in which Smith finished sixth to start the main event on the...more