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Lonnie Wheatley, TULSA, Okla. (August 27, 2007) – Florida's T.J. Winegardner clings to a slim points lead as the American Sprint Car Series Rebel Region makes its second stop of the season at Green Valley Speedway in Glencoe, AL, on Saturday night.
It marks the first of two nights of action for the ASCS Rebel Region, as the series takes on the ASCS Coastal Region at Magnolia Motor Speedway in Columbus, MS, on Sunday night.
Entering Saturday's event at Green Valley Speedway, Winegardner holds a 14 point lead over Brian Thomas of Pendergrass, GA. Matt Linder of Hoschton, GA, enters the night ranked third, with Tyler Godwin of Lutz, FL, and Kenny Adams of Malabar, FL, rounding out the current top five.
Six different drivers have reached ASCS Rebel Region victory lane in seven events thus far in 2007, with Adams the only driver to post multiple wins. Drivers posting one win apiece include Matt Tiffany, Michael Dupuy, Wade Oliver, Marshall Skinner and Lee Sowell.
Southaven, Mississippi's Oliver collected his first career ASCS victory when the Rebel Region invaded Green Valley Speedway on March 31.
Saturday's action at Green Valley Speedway fires off at 7:30 p.m.
The slightly-banked, 3/8-mile Green Valley Speedway clay oval is located near Gadsen, AL, in Glencoe, 4.5 miles southeast of US 278 on US 431, then four miles southwest of Green Valley Road. For more information, contact the track at 256-492-8550.
The ASCS Rebel Region sanctions Sprint Car racing throughout Georgia, Alabama and North Florida, with 16 events at eleven different tracks currently on the slate.
The 2007 season marks the 16th year of sanctioning Sprint Car racing for the American Sprint Car Series. With a dozen different Regions in addition to the O'Reilly American Sprint Cars on Tour National series, ASCS will sanction approximately 240 nights of racing at more than 100 different race tracks throughout at least 30 different states and Canada.
Additional information regarding the American Sprint Car Series is available at www.ascsracing.com.
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