45 PRELIMINARY DATES SET FOR 2012 AMSOIL NATIONAL SPRINT CAR SERIES

 


“Bubba’s Winter Dirt Games” at Bubba Raceway Park in Ocala, Fla.in February kick off an ambitious 45-race 2012 calendar for USAC’s AMSOIL National Sprint Cars, with every race on the calendar offering a minimum of $5,000-to-win and $500-to-start and special events offering accelerated purses.


 


Major events will include the traditional “Budweiser Oval Nationals” at Perris (Calif.) Auto Speedway, which will conclude the campaign, plus the five-race “Eastern Storm” in June, a new three-night “Sprint Car Smackdown” at the Kokomo (Ind.) Speedway and a two-night “Ultimate Challenge” special event at the Southern Iowa Speedway in Oskaloosa which will wrap up a five-race mid-America swing in Iowa, Nebraska and Missouri.


 


Return engagements include the seven-race Indiana Sprint Week in July, Terre Haute’s “Tony Hulman Classic,” the “4-Crown Nationals” at Rossburg, Ohio, and September specials at Haubstadt and Lawrenceburg, Ind.


 


Additional new venues include Pontoon Beach, Ill., Cameron, Mo., Wilmot, Wisc., West Memphis, AR and Hartford, Mich. and return visits to tracks which had USAC debuts rained out in 2011 – Port Royal, Pa. and Eagle, Neb.


 


A two-night extravaganza at Dodge City (Kans.) Raceway Park concludes the Midwest and Central America part of the schedule in October.



“Bubba’s Winter Dirt Games” at Bubba Raceway Park in Ocala, Fla.in February kick off an ambitious 45-race 2012 calendar for USAC’s AMSOIL National Sprint Cars, with every race on the calendar offering a minimum of $5,000-to-win and $500-to-start and special events offering accelerated purses.


 


Major events will include the traditional “Budweiser Oval Nationals” at Perris (Calif.) Auto Speedway, which will conclude the campaign, plus the five-race “Eastern Storm” in June, a new three-night “Sprint Car Smackdown” at the Kokomo (Ind.) Speedway and a two-night “Ultimate Challenge” special event at the Southern Iowa Speedway in Oskaloosa which will wrap up a five-race mid-America swing in Iowa, Nebraska and Missouri.


 


Return engagements include the seven-race Indiana Sprint Week in July, Terre Haute’s “Tony Hulman Classic,” the “4-Crown Nationals” at Rossburg, Ohio, and September specials at Haubstadt and Lawrenceburg, Ind.


 


Additional new venues include Pontoon Beach, Ill., Cameron, Mo., Wilmot, Wisc., West Memphis, AR and Hartford, Mich. and return visits to tracks which had USAC debuts rained out in 2011 – Port Royal, Pa. and Eagle, Neb.


 


A two-night extravaganza at Dodge City (Kans.) Raceway Park concludes the Midwest and Central America part of the schedule in October.


 


2012 USAC AMSOIL NATIONAL SPRINT CAR SCHEDULE


 


Date Location/Track 


 


February 9 Ocala, FL/Bubba Raceway Park


February 10 Ocala, FL/Bubba Raceway Park


February 11 Ocala, FL/Bubba Raceway Park


April 14 Lawrenceburg, IN/Lawrenceburg Speedway


April 20 Gas City, IN/Gas City I-69 Speedway


April 21 Rossburg, OH/Eldora Speedway


April 28 Putnamville, IN/Lincoln Park Speedway


May 12 Haubstadt, IN/Tri-State Speedway


May 18 Bloomington, IN/Bloomington Speedway


May 24 Terre Haute, IN/Terre Haute Action Track


June 4 #Sarver, PA/Lernerville Speedway


June 5 #Bechtelsville, PA/Grandview Speedway


June 7 #New Egypt, NJ/New Egypt Speedway


June 8 #Minersville, PA/Big Diamond Speedway


June 9 #Port Royal, PA/Port Royal Speedway


June 23 Wilmot, WI/Wilmot Raceway


June 24 Sun Prairie, WI/Angell Park Speedway


July 13 @Gas City, IN/Gas City I-69 Speedway


July 14 @Kokomo, IN/Kokomo Speedway


July 15 @Lawrenceburg, IN/Lawrenceburg Speedway


July 18 @Terre Haute, IN/Terre Haute Action Track


July 19 @Putnamville, IN/Lincoln Park Speedway


July 20 @Bloomington, IN/Bloomington Speedway


July 21 @Haubstadt, IN/Tri-State Speedway


August 3 Eagle, NE/Eagle Raceway


August 4 Grain Valley, MO/Valley Speedway


August 5 Cameron, MO/US 36 Raceway


August 6 Oskaloosa, IA (SE)/Southern Iowa Speedway


August 7 Oskaloosa, IA (SE)/Southern Iowa Speedway


August 11 Hartford, MI/Hartford Motor Speedway


August 23 Kokomo, IN/Kokomo Speedway


August 24 Kokomo, IN/Kokomo Speedway


August 25 Kokomo, IN/Kokomo Speedway


September 1 Terre Haute, IN/Terre Haute Action Track


September 7 Pontoon Beach, IL (T)/Tri-City Speedway


September 8 West Memphis, AR/Riverside International Speedway


September 15 Haubstadt, IN/Tri-State Speedway


September 22 Rossburg, OH/Eldora Speedway


September 29 Lawrenceburg, IN/Lawrenceburg Speedway


October 19 Dodge City, KS/Dodge City Raceway Park


October 20 Dodge City, KS/Dodge City Raceway Park


October 26 Peoria, AZ/Canyon Speedway Park


October 27 Peoria, AZ/Canyon Speedway Park


November 2 Perris, CA/Perris Auto Speedway


November 3 Perris, CA/Perris Auto Speedway


 


#=Eastern Storm


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