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San Antonio Speedway Roars To Life With ASALMS Challenge Division
By: ASA Late Model Series
Lexington, Michigan (02/23/2007): The Fifth Anniversary 2007 Season in the ASA
Late Model Series Presented by GM Performance Parts is fast approaching as the
first race of the 2007 season is now just a week away from reality. The crown
jewel of the ASALMS, the Challenge Division, will kick off the 2007 season for
the entire ASALMS on Friday and Saturday March 2-3, 2007.
The series “Where Champions Race” will begin the ASALMS Fifth Anniversary
season with the running of the 2nd annual Alamo 200 and the entry form for the
first race of the 2007 Season is still available and DUE AS SOON AS POSSIBLE
to the ASALMS home offices in Lexington, Michigan.
The cars and stars of the ASALMS Challenge Division will draw open the curtain
on the 2007 season at the fast 0.500 Mile High-Banked Paved Oval of the San
Antonio (TX) Speedway in San Antonio, Texas on Friday and Saturday March 2-3,
2007 for the running of the 2nd annual Alamo 200.
Drivers and teams are running out of time to pre enter for the first event of
the Fifth Anniversary 2007 season! The first of 11 Points Races, 12 Overall on
the 2007 ASALMS Challenge Division Schedule, will pay a larger than normal
purse to kick off the ASALMS Fifth Anniversary Season. A whopping $10,000 is
on the line with $1,000 just to start the 200-lap Feature.
Joining the ASALMS Challenge Division during the Alamo 200 race weekend in the
Lone Star State will be the SAS Regular Weekly Divisions of Sportsmen and Road
Runners along with the Traveling Texas Pro Sedans Series, who all will be
running in their respective 2007 season openers as well.
Please get the 2nd annual Alamo 200 Entry Form into the ASALMS home offices in
Lexington, Michigan AS SOON AS POSSIBLE You can download the entry form by
clicking on the link below:
2nd
annual Alamo 200 Entry Form
Festivities for the Alamo 200 Weekend begin on Thursday March 1, 2007 with
ASALMS Rig Parking from 3:00pm-7:00pm Central Standard Time (CST). The ASALMS/San
Antonio Speedway Welcome to the 2007 Season Fajitas and Margaritas Bash, which
will be hosted by San Antonio Speedwat C.E.O. and Promoter; Terry Dickerson
wil begin at 7:00pm (CST) and will run until approximately 11:00pm.
Friday March 2, 2007 will begin with a full day of Safety and Tech Inspection
as well as plenty of opportunity to get acclimated to the fast 0.500 Mile
High-Banked Paved Oval with plenty of continuous Practice in preparation for
the 2007 Season Opener. In addition, the SAS Weekly Divisions will christen
their respective 2007 seasons with a day Practice also on Friday.
Also on Friday, ASALMS Teams will be required to take part in a special 2007
Photo Session with ASALMS Official Photographer, Chuck Gonzalez beginning at
2:30pm. Drivers and Teams will be required to dress in uniforms for the photo
sessions which will consist of about five pictures total of the car, driver,
and crew.
Then on Saturday March 3, 2007, the ASALMS Challenge Division will open the
2007 season with the Alamo 200 complete with Practice, Qualifying, the 25-Lap
GM Performance Parts Shootout(s) and the evening will be highlighted by the
2nd annual Alamo 200. In addition, a full night of regular racing action for
the SAS Weekly Divisions of Sportsmen and Road Runners as well as the season
opener for the Texas Pro Sedans Series will also be on tap.
The ASALMS has visited the fast 0.500 Mile High-Banked Paved Oval on two
occasions. The first ever appearance was for the Hill Country Satellite
DirecTV Alamo 200 Presented by Express Lube back on April 1, 2006 for the
ASALMS Challenge Division. Farmington, Minnesota driver, Jake Ryan won the
Fast Qualifier Award and then dominated the 200-lap Feature en route to his
first career ASALMS Feature Win.
Ryan won the ASALMS Challenge Divisions’ second event of the 2006 season
over Kris Stump, eventual 2006 ASALMS Challenge Division Champion and Pat
Bourdow Memorial Rookie of the Year Kelly Bires, Chad Wood, and Charlie Menard
completed the Top Five. There were 38 teams that made the long haul to South
Texas for the ASALMS inaugural appearance in the Lone Star State.
Then the ASALMS Southern Division held their 2006 Season Championships on
October 21, 2006 at the San Antonio, Texas speed plant and it would be
Fairfax, Iowa teenager, Landon Cassill, who was just recently signed to a
contract with the established NASCAR stable, Hendrick Motorsports, sweep both
ends of the AT&T Texas All-Star Shootout Twin 75s Presented by Mercedes
Homes.
While Cassill won both ends of the Twin 75-lap Features after a thrilling dual
in each Feature with Buda, Texas native, Colt James, another Texas based
driver, 16-year-old James Buescher from Plano, Texas walked away with both the
2006 ASALMS Southern Division Championship and Rookie of the Year titles.
In the first 75-lap Feature, Cassill beat out Colt James, James Buescher,
Brandon Bendele, and Dillon Oliver, the Top Five. In the nightcap, Cassill
again outlasted Colt James by winning his second Feature of the evening. Colt
James was again second with Bendele, Buescher, and John Wes Townley rounding
out the Top Five.
The San Antonio Speedway is a 0.500 Mile High-Banked Paved Oval with an
impressive 18 Degrees of banking in the turns. The first race at SAS was held
on August 22, 1977. SAS proudly claims former Two-Time NASCAR Winston Cup
Champion, Terry Labonte as its first Late Model Sportsman champion in 1977.
Terry Dickerson took over the management of SAS in November 2004.
The San Antonio, Texas speed plant will run bi weekly during the 2007 season
featuring Late Models, Sportsmen, Road Runners, and Grand Stocks. In addition,
the Texas Pro Sedans will also make select appearances as well during the
season as will the United States Racing Association (USRA) Modifieds and USRA
Trucks Series’, and the Lone Star Legacy Series.
San Antonio Speedway is located at 14901 State Highway 16 South, in San
Antonio, Texas, 78264. For more information about the 2007 season as well as
the SAS Swap Meet, and finally the USRA/SAS Banquet, please call the track
offices during normal business hours at: 1 (210) 628-1499 or 1 (210) 827-4254.
You can also log onto the tracks website at: San
Antonio Speedway
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