Bryan Hulbert - Queen Creek, Arizona (November 3, 2012) Nine times in 2012 R.J. Johnson has stood on the podium with the ASCS Canyon Region only to have the top step elude him. In the ASCS Canyon Region’s final outing before the 45th annual FVP Western World Championships presented by Sands Chevrolet, fortune smiled on Johnson with a last corner pass to grab his first triumph of the 2012 season at the Arizona Speedway in Queen Creek, Arizona. Fielding the BG Products No. 51 sixth, Johnson...more

Bryan Hulbert - Peoria, Arizona (November 12, 2012) Coming off a pair of nights in the Borderlands of West Texas and Southern New Mexico, the Lucas Oil American Sprint Car Series presented by MAVTV makes the trip west into the “Grand Canyon State” for the 2012 Season Finale with the 45th annual FVP Western World Championships presented by Sands Chevrolet. Scheduled for November 15th, 16th, and 17th at the Canyon Speedway Park in Peoria, Arizona this year event will again feature an almost...more

Bryan Hulbert - Peoria, Arizona (November 17, 2012) Tire conservation was key to the success of the 45th FVP Western World Championships presented by Sands Chevrolet as Bryan Clauson and Wayne Johnson collected a combined $15,000. (Lucas Oil ASCS presented by MAVTV) Getting the jump on Jason Johnson from the pole, Brady Bacon pulled the Oil Field Equipment No. 99 to the race lead with Johnson in tow. Burning tires from the onset, the pair quickly distanced themselves with Bacon working into...more

Bryan Hulbert - Peoria, Arizona (November 15, 2012) The 45th annual FVP Western World Championships presented by Sands Chevrolet opened with Bryan Clauson grabbing the ASCS Canyon Region A-Feature and Brady Bacon taking his eighth win of the 2012 season with the Lucas Oil ASCS presented by MAVTV. (Lucas Oil ASCS presented by MAVTV) It was a track just like Brady Bacon likes; technical, “It was just our kind of racetrack. Kind of heavy around the bottom and we just had a good car that would...more

Bryan Hulbert - Peoria, Arizona (November 16, 2012) Night two of the 45th annual FVP Western World Championships presented by Sands Chevrolet saw races for the ages as local favorite Casey Shuman upset two time Western World Champion Brady Bacon for the win in the ASCS Non-Wing Canyon Region A-Feature while Jason Johnson grabbed his fourteenth win of 2012 and in doing so clinched the 2012 Lucas Oil ASCS presented by MAVTV National Championship. (Lucas Oil ASCS presented by MAVTV) Taking his...more

Following a meeting between Kevin Montgomery and Emmett Hahn at the RPM Promoters Workshop on November 29, 2012 in Reno, Nevada the decision was made between the two that the American Sprint Car Series will no longer sanction the Canyon Region. We are grateful for the racers who made the Canyon Region a great success and thank Kevin Montgomery for his time with the American Sprint Car Series as the Canyon Region Director and for a time as the Southwest Region Director. The American Sprint Car...more

Lonnie Wheatley, TUCSON, Ariz. (July 3, 2011) – Mother Nature intervened just as Sunday night’s feature event for the Sunoco Fuel ASCS Canyon Region was set to roll at USA Raceway. As raindrops began to fall as the field was forming, lightning struck a transformer in the area and shut down all power in the area to bring an early end to the night. Sunday’s feature event will now be run on July 30 prior to that night’s previously scheduled ASCS Canyon Region card. Ronnie Clark and Mike Martin...more

Lonnie Wheatley, TULSA, Okla. (June 27, 2011) – Wingless Sprint Cars take center stage at Tucson’s USA Raceway as the Sunoco Fuel ASCS Canyon Region takes to the 3/8-mile clay oval for two full nights of action on Saturday and Sunday. The ASCS Canyon Region takes to the Tucson oval on Saturday night for the first time since the Memorial Day Weekend Salute to Indy double and then makes it two nights in a row with Sunday night’s Firecracker 40. While two-time ASCS Canyon Region champion Jeremy...more

Lonnie Wheatley, TULSA, Okla. (June 6, 2011) – The Sunoco Fuel ASCS Canyon Region returns to Peoria, Arizona’s Canyon Speedway Park for this Saturday night’s Inaugural Summer Sizzle event atop the semi-banked, 3/8-mile clay oval. And, entering the event nearly as hot as that summer Arizona sun is Jeremy Sherman, who has amassed a 110-point advantage in the championship points chase on the strength of eight top-fives in as many wingless ASCS Canyon Region events thus far in 2011. Sherman, the...more