ASCS
Series Information
The American Sprint Car Series is the largest sprint car sanctioning body in the world. With the Lucas Oil National Series backed by numerous regional series, one can catch all the excitement of an ASCS Sprint Car race at racetracks across the United States. The top winged sprint car drivers across the country compete in ASCS competition, with the best of the best gunning for that precious and prestigious Lucas Oil ASCS National Championship!
Founded by Emmett Hahn, the first official season of competition for the American Sprint Car Series was a combination of Regional races in 1992 with Dodge City, Kansas shoe, Garry Lee Maier, named the first National Champion.
The first National Tour took place in 1993 with Little Rock's I-30 Speedway hosting the first event, won by Mike Ward of Memphis, Tenn. That year, it was Tulsa's John Hunt who would go on to be the first National Tour Champion.
Arkansas's Tim Crawley earned the crown in 1994, with Tennessee racing legend, Terry Gray, dominating the series for the next four years. Tim Crawley earned his second title in 1999 with the ASCS National Tour crown returning to Oklahoma the following year in the hands of Oklahoma City's Wayne Johnson.
The youngest driver to ever top the National Tour, Zach Chappell topped the charts in 2001. The following year saw Tim Crawley earning his third ASCS National Title.
A series regular since 1994, Gary Wright didn't score his first Lucas Oil ASCS National Title until 2004 and didn't relinquish the crown until 2007. In that time, "The Texan" racked up 38 wins, on top of the 81 he'd already earned. Upon his retirement in 2012, Wright had earned a series leading 127 wins.
Second to Gary Wright in wins, Jason Johnson is the leading champion in ASCS competition, taking his No. 41 to the top for his first of five championships in 2008. "The Rajin Cajun" traded the championship the next three years with Bixby's Shane Stewart and has been the only name on the champion's trophy since 2012.
Since the National Tour began in 1993, the Lucas Oil ASCS has seen over 1,300 drivers take a green flag in A-Feature competition with over 120 different winners. The National Tour has seen action in over half of the United States.
World Racing Group acquired the ASCS in 2024 and currently runs the series and regions out of their offices in Concord, North Carolina.
ASCS Mission Statement
Created in 1992, Emmett Hahn founded the American Sprint Car Series with the simple idea of promoting and growing the sport of Sprint Car racing through honesty, fairness, and integrity. That remains the founding principles of the ASCS to this day, that a person’s word is their bond. That the sport of Sprint Car racing would be built on a solid foundation that will inspire growth for generations of fans and racers. It is the mission of the American Sprint Car Series to bring Sprint Cars to the masses. That our passion for the sport will show in every event and that Sprint Cars will be alive and well for years to come.