Sprint
Patriot Sprint Group McKean County preview
TULSA, Okla. (May 8, 2006) -- A huge crowd is expected at McKean County Raceway in Smethport, PA, this Saturday night as the Bobcat of Buffalo ASCS Patriot Sprint Group makes its first appearance atop the semi-banked, 1/3-mile clay oval. It also ...
Published: May 9, 2006, 7:23 AM
Copy link
Share on Viber
TULSA, Okla. (May 8, 2006) -- A huge crowd is expected at McKean County Raceway in Smethport, PA, this Saturday night as the Bobcat of Buffalo ASCS Patriot Sprint Group makes its first appearance atop the semi-banked, 1/3-mile clay oval.
It also marks the return of Sprint Car racing to McKean County Raceway for the first time since August 2002, when Ontario, New York's Mike Stelter raced to victory lane. Stelter finished third in the recent 2006 season opening event for the ASCS Patriot Sprint Group.
Stelter chased the "Cobra", Chuck Hebing, also of Ontario, NY, and Antwerp, NY, racer Jeff Cook to the line in the April 30 opener at Utica-Rome Speedway. While it was Hebing's first career win under the ASCS banner, it also marked his tenth career win in Patriot Sprint Group action.
Hebing sits atop the point charts entering the event in front of Cook, Stelter and defending series champion Bryan Howland of Auburn, NY. Mike Van Dusen enters the event ranked fourth in points, with rookie contender Jason Barney ranked sixth after a strong outing in his Sprint Car debut.
The balance of the current top ten includes Jared Zimbardi, Blake Breen, Rick Wilson and John Smith III.
Saturday's racing action is set to get under way at 7:00 p.m.
McKean County Raceway is located east of Smethport, PA, on US 6 to State Road 46, then 0.3 mile south. For more information, contact the track at 814-887-2600 on race day or 814-362-6909.
The 2006 Bobcat of Buffalo ASCS Patriot Sprint Group schedule consists of 22 nights of racing at fourteen different tracks throughout New York, Pennsylvania and Canada.
In its 15th year of sanctioning Sprint Car racing in the United States, the American Sprint Car Series will present approximately 180 nights of racing at nearly 100 tracks throughout 27 different states and Canada in 2006 including the National Tour and its Regional Tours (Gulf South, Mid-South, Midwest, Northern Plains, Patriot Sprint Group, Rocky Mountain, Sooner, Southern and Sprints on Dirt).
Additional information regarding the American Sprint Car Series and the ASCS Patriot Sprint Group is available at www.ascsracing.com.
-ascs-
We want your opinion!
What would you like to see on Motorsport.com?
Take our 5 minute survey.
- The Motorsport.com Team
Read and post comments
Read also :
Share Or Save This Story
Copy link
Share on Viber
Previous article Laguna Seca: Spirit of Daytona race report
Next article Laguna Seca: Ross Thompson race report
Top Comments
There are no comments at the moment. Would you like to write one?
View More & Comment
Latest news
NASCAR explains why they penalized Zane Smith after latest clash with Carson Hocevar
NASCAR Cup
NAS NASCAR Cup
Phoenix II
40 min
NASCAR explains why they penalized Zane Smith after latest clash with Carson Hocevar
Porsche boss Laudenbach says he is "not happy" with how things were handled by IMSA in 2026
IMSA
IMSA IMSA 1 h
Porsche boss Laudenbach says he is "not happy" with how things were handled by IMSA in 2026
Five things to watch out for at the F1 United States GP
Formula 1
F1 Formula 1
United States GP
1 h
Five things to watch out for at the F1 United States GP
KTM sees MotoGP 2027 as a fresh start: “We never had the chance to build a new bike”
MotoGP
MGP MotoGP 2 h
KTM sees MotoGP 2027 as a fresh start: “We never had the chance to build a new bike”
Subscribe and access Motorsport.com with your ad-blocker.
From Formula 1 to MotoGP we report straight from the paddock because we love our sport, just like you. In order to keep delivering our expert journalism, our website uses advertising. Still, we want to give you the opportunity to enjoy an ad-free and tracker-free website and to continue using your adblocker.
You have 2 options:
- Become a subscriber.
- Disable your adblocker.
Subscribe now Already subscribed? Sign in here
Already disabled your adblocker?
Reload page
Manage Alerts
Subscribe