ASA Midwest Tour Returns to State Park Speedway this Saturday; Truck Tour Opens 2012 Season
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May 16, 2012 - The American Speed Association® Midwest Tour presented by SCAG Power Equipment and Lester Buildings teams only have a few days left to get ready for the World Wide Packaging State Park 125 at State Park Speedway in Wausau, WI this Saturday, May 19th.
State Park Speedway is known for its tight, two-groove racing and that is what the fans love about it. Once drivers figure out there are two grooves, they use it to their advantage. Last year’s event at SPS had some of the best side by side racing of the season.
Local heros, Mark Mackesy and Bryan Reffner proved just that as they raced side-by-side lap after lap until the last few laps. They showed the ASAMT that the local boys can get the job done. Mackesy walked away with the victory. This will be the ASAMT’s second visit to the track and it will be time to see what they have learned.
A couple ECHO and ECHO Bear Cat Touring Stars call State Park Speedway their home as well. Chris Wimmer and Chris Weinkauf are two of those drivers. Both had great runs in the Joe Shear Classic last weekend and are ready to head “home” for the State Park 125.
In a quote from Wimmer, he said, “It’s always nice when you race at home for many reasons. We didn’t run that well at State Park last year, so we definitely want to turn that around this year. Last year the race at SPS was probably the best ASA race of the year, so hopefully we can put on an awesome show again.”
Both Wimmer and Weinkauf have the benefit of living within a few minutes of the track which allows them to have the support of their entire family at the track to cheer them on.
That is not all that will be racing at SPS this weekend. The ASA Midwest SCAG Truck Tour will be opening their 2012 season at State Park Speedway on Saturday as well.
Last year, a young Ty Majeski won his first ever ASA Midwest SCAG Truck Tour event in his first ever visit to the 1/4 mile oval. It was not a fluke that Majeski won the event last year. He was fastest in practice, fastest in qualifying and followed it up with the victory.
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