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Leicht To Compete In ASL Race At WIR
KAUKAUNA, WI -- North Carolina NASCAR development driver Stephen Leicht will
be competing in the Tuesday Night Shootout at Wisconsin International Raceway
in Kaukauna. Qualifying begins at 4 p.m. with racing at 7:15 p.m. on the
WIR half-mile paved oval.
Leicht, of Ashville, NC, will compete in the American Stock Car League (ASL)
150. Earlier this year Leicht won a 150-lap ASL race at Hawkeye Downs in
Cedar Rapids, IA in his only previous series start. He has also won an
ASA Late Model Series event this year.
The evening's events will also include the B & B Race Engines AllStar
Shootout, featuring top local drivers against the top ten drivers in the
Midwest AllStar Racing Series (MARS). The winner of the 44-lap race will
receive the Wally Jor Memorial Cup, honoring a former competior at WIR and
other Wisconsin tracks. A Wally Jors Classic was annually held at
Hales Corners Speedway, but that track closed recently.
Also on the schedule will be the return of the Royal Rumble Mid-American Stock
Car vs. Mid-Am Super Truck race. The 30-lap race will match up the top
eight Mid-American Stock Cars and top eight Mid-Am Super Trucks in a popular
event which was held in conjunction with the ARTGO/Dixieland Challenge in 1997
and 1998.
Leicht will drive the Texor Petroleum/Walton Racing Development/GM Performance
Monte Carlo.
"The ASL is a great series," Leicht noted. "They are trying to
build it back to where the ASA National Tour was before. I hope they do
because it's an awsome deal," he said.
The ASL 150 will be run in two 75 lap segments with a ten-minute break where
teams can make adjustments. Twenty-four cars are slated to start the
150-lap feature.
A free autograph session is planned from 5 to 6 p.m.
Wisconsin drivers have won the other ASL events held in 2005. Bryan
Reffner of Stevens Points won the opener at I-70 Speedway in Odessa, MO while
Andrew Morrissey of DeForest won the 150-lap ASL feature at Madison
International Speedway in Oregon, WI. Ryan Mathes of Lake Geneva won the
most recent 150 at I-94 Raceway in Sauk Centre, MN. All three are
expected to compete in the Tuesday night Shootout August 2 along with drivers
from at least a dozen other states.
Advance discounted tickets are available by calling
920-823-2856.
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