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Inside Line Promotions – SOMERTON, Ariz. (Feb. 23, 2015) – While the 2015 season recently kicked off, it’s not too early to plan ahead for the most exciting event of the offseason. The Winter Heat Sprint Car Showdown will return in January of 2016 following a successful debut earlier this year at Cocopah Speedway. “We are working hard to continue the momentum of the Winter Heat Sprint Car Showdown,” Cocopah Speedway Director of Operations Greg Burgess said. “We had a great time this year...more

(Photo by Collin Markle Photography) Inside Line Promotions – QUEEN CREEK, Ariz. (April 10, 2017) – Dominic Scelzi and his family owned sprint car team are making strides. The Roth Motorsports backed team tackled a pair of World of Outlaws Craftsman Sprint Car Series races in the desert last weekend, when the action began on Friday at Cocopah Speedway in Somerton, Ariz., for the Yuma Valley Showdown. “We had good laps in qualifying, but just didn’t have the speed we needed to time in well,”...more

(Photo by Collin Markle Photography) Inside Line Promotions – QUEEN CREEK, Ariz. (April 10, 2017) – Jason Sides scored his first two top-five finishes of the World of Outlaws Craftsman Sprint Car Series season last weekend during a doubleheader in the desert. Sides, who had earned three consecutive top 10s to close the series’ visit to California the previous week, recorded a fourth-place finish on Friday at Cocopah Speedway in Somerton, Ariz., during the Yuma Valley Showdown and a fifth-place...more

By Colby Gorniewicz, World of Outlaws PR (Somerton, AZ) -- Brian Brown ousted the field in the Yuma Valley Showdown at Cocopah Speedway for his first World of Outlaws Craftsman® Sprint Car Series win in over three years. It was a race where track position was key and Brown had just that by starting on the pole of the 30-lap Feature event. Donny Schatz grabbed his tenth top-five of the season with a runner-up finish. By winning the Craftsman Club® Dash, Brian Brown was awarded the pole...more

Browns first World of Outlaws Craftsman Sprint Car Series victory in three years SOMERTON, AZ – April 7, 2017 - Brian Brown ousted the field in the Yuma Valley Showdown at Cocopah Speedway for his first World of Outlaws Craftsman® Sprint Car Series win in over three years. It was a race where track position was key and Brown had just that by starting on the pole of the 30-lap Feature event. Donny Schatz grabbed his tenth top-five of the season with a runner-up finish. By winning the Craftsman...more

26 Promotions – Phoenix, AZ – (April 7th, 2017) – Billy Chester III, an ASCS Southwest Series veteran, will be making his 3rd and 4th appearances with the World of Outlaws Craftsman Sprint Car Series this weekend in Yuma and Queen Creek, Arizona. This will be his first time running with the series since his rookie year in 2006. Chester is looking forward to hitting the track in his 5c Triple X machine at Cocopah Speedway for Friday night’s Yuma Valley Showdown. “It is one of my favorite tracks...more

(Photo by Collin Markle Photography) Inside Line Promotions – ANTIOCH, Calif. (April 5, 2017) – Dominic Scelzi is heading to the desert this weekend for a pair of World of Outlaws Craftsman Sprint Car Series races in Arizona. Scelzi and his Roth Motorsports backed, family owned team will compete on Friday at Cocopah Speedway in Somerton for the Yuma Valley Showdown before making their debut at Arizona Speedway in Queen Creek on Saturday for the Arizona Desert Shootout. Scelzi placed 10th...more

By Colby Gorniewicz, World of Outlaws PR (Concord, NC) -- As the Kickoff Tour winds down, the World of Outlaws Craftsman® Sprint Car Series will kick the dust up for the first time at Cocopah Speedway in Yuma, AZ on Friday, April 7, wrapping up the two-night swing at Arizona Speedway on Saturday, April 8. "It's pretty awesome to have an Outlaw event at Cocopah," said Tom Dalen, General Manager of Cocopah Speedway. "I grew up watching the Outlaws and have always said, 'if you want to see the...more

TULSA, Okla. (February 8, 2017) The Lucas Oil American Sprint Car Series presented by the MAVTV Motorsports Network will see another year of stellar coverage on the MAVTV Motorsports Network as 15 nights are slated to be taped for broadcast throughout the 2017 season. “MAVTV is perfect for anyone who’s a race-fan and ASCS has seen a lot of benefit from being featured on MAVTV all these years,” said ASCS owner and founder, Emmett Hahn. "I can't thank Forrest Lucas and Bob Patison enough for...more

Bryan Hulbert – SOMERTON, Ariz. (March 5, 2022) Trying to get Night 2 of the season off the ground, the ASCS Southwest Region was looking at the literal side of that at Cocopah Speedway. With the wind howling, the decision was made to call off Saturday’s racing action. The decision was made between track and series officials for the safety of the teams, as well as everyone in attendance getting sandblasted. Officials did try to push the program start time back but saw no improvement. The next...more