We will be having our first meeting of 2012 on Wednesday, April 11. We will start at 6:45 PM and will meet at our usual place in Vinton, The Great American Steakhouse. The main item on the agenda will be the melding of the ASCS 305 chassis rules and the RSCS engine rules. We are cooperating with the tracks in instituting some new things and your help as well as being informed will make it go smoother for everyone on race night. None of us like to learn something at the last minute so please make every effort to attend.

Bryan Hulbert - Las Cruces, NM (March 17, 2012) - After a less than stellar performance on the preliminary night El Paso, Texas racer John Carney II was the driver to beat in Saturday’s 30 lap feature event as the Steward Builders 224 raced to a $6,000 payday at the Southern New Mexico Speedway.

“I wasn’t sure if I had a real good lead or not but I felt pretty comfortable” commented Carney when asked about leading into slower traffic. “We were behind the eight-ball starting the night off and it’s great to walk out with this.”

Bryan Hulbert - Las Cruces, NM (March 16, 2012) - Using a borrowed car, the low line, and lapped traffic Albuquerque, New Mexico’s Johnny Herrera charged to the preliminary night win at the ASCS 305 Sprint Car Shootout at the Southern New Mexico Speedway in Las Cruces, New Mexico.

“I planned to run the bottom the entire race and it started coming to me. When I saw them start to pressure me I started running a little harder” commented Herrera in victory lane. “I thought I might have to run the top of the track in lapped traffic but since I had committed I was just going to wait from them to make a mistake.”

After missing the re-draw by one spot, Herrera would have to work his way from ninth; taking a pair of positions before the caution waved on lap three for the spun 224 of John Carney II. Back to green the fight on the racetrack would be for the top spot as early race leader Kyle McCutcheon would be staked by the 9k of Kyle Sager.