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By Randy Hoeft @YumaSunSports Don’t mess with Texas. Not at Cocopah Speedway, anyway. Aaron Reutzel, from Clute, Texas, drove off with the win in the season finale of the 2016 Lucas Oil American Sprint Car Series National Tour at Cocopah Speedway, while Sam Hafertepe Jr., from Sunnyvale, Texas, gave Reutzel all he could handle on the way to winning his first career series championship. “We wanted to win this race really bad, and you could see that in how hard we were racing, but Aaron is damn...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

Greetings, we will be doing our best to bring you updates throughout the night. You can also find updates and news at: http://www.facebook.com/LucasOIlASCS http://www.twitter.com/LucasOilASCS Live online audio can be found at: http://www.racinboys.com All results posted to this story and all social media is unofficial. Race Results: ASCS National / ASCS Southwest Cocopah Speedway - Somerton, Ariz. Friday, November 11, 2016 Car Count: 40 ButlerBuilt Heat Races (Top 30 in Race Passing Points...more

(Image Credit: Ron Gilson) SOMERTON, Ariz. (November 11, 2016) Seeking his first Lucas Oil ASCS presented by the MAVTV Motorsports Network win of the 2016 season, Seth Bergman finally got the job done with his first career win at the Cocopah Speedway in Somerton, Ariz. in a caution free nail bitter to open up the 2016 Lucas Oil ASCS National Season Finale and snap a 45 race winless streak. “We made some changes and man, this thing has been bad fast ever since. I can’t say enough about my guys....more

Greetings, we will be doing our best to bring you updates throughout the night. You can also find updates and news at: http://www.facebook.com/LucasOIlASCS http://www.twitter.com/LucasOilASCS Live online audio can be found at: http://www.racinboys.com All results posted to this story and all social media is unofficial. Race Results: ASCS National / ASCS Southwest Cocopah Speedway - Somerton, Ariz. Saturday, November 12, 2016 Car Count: 37 Event Count: 40 ButlerBuilt Heat Races (Top 30 in Race...more

(Image Credit: Randy Hoeft) SOMERTON, Ariz. (November 12, 2016) Winning out the 30 Lap game of Cat and Mouse at the Cocopah Speedway, Aaron Reutzel put an exclamation point on his year by winning the finale of the 2016 season with the Lucas Oil American Sprint Car Series presented by the MAVTV Motorsports Network over newly crowned champion, Sam Hafertepe, Jr. “I kind of had a feeling the bottom was going to come in, but I didn’t want to abort what I’d been doing so well. All that was left was...more

Sam Hafertepe Jr. – 2016 ASCS Champion! (Bill W) November 14, 2016 – Sam Hafertepe Jr. and the Keith Dobbs #15H team wrapped up a championship season with the Lucas Oil ASCS National Series last weekend at Cocopah Speedway near Yuma, Arizona. The Sunnyvale, Texas driver finished fourth in the prelim and second in Saturday’s finale to clinch his first title with the series. In Friday’s preliminary, Sam went from seventh to third in his heat, and sixth to third in his Qualifier to give him a...more