BIRES LEADS ASA LATE MODEL SERIES INTO JENNERSTOWN

JENNERSTOWN, PA (July 19) … Current ASA Late Model Series Challenge Division point leader Kelly Bires will head up the field for the Automotive Resources Inc. AC Delco 200, scheduled for Saturday evening, July 29 at Jennerstown Speedway.

Bires, a 22-year-old rookie on the ASA circuit, has already won two series races this year driving for the powerful WalTom Racing team. A graduate of the tough Badger state super late model tracks, Bires, who hails from Mauston, WI, will be hoping to duplicate former WalTom driver Stephen Licht’s 2005 performance at the Laurel Highlands half-mile paved speed plant.

Licht captured the inaugural ASA Jennerstown contest, and then garnered the overall series championship. Based on his ASA success, Licht was hired by the Robert Yates Racing NASCAR operation, and will attempt to qualify for the next two Nextel Cup races at Pocono Int. Raceway and the Indianapolis Motor Speedway.

Other winners this year on the ASA national tour include: Landon Cassill, a 17-year-old developmental driver for the Joe Gibbs Racing NASCAR team, Jake Ryan, Eddie Hoffman, and Brian Campbell.

Expected to challenge the ASA series regulars are several area drivers who normally compete in NASCAR Dodge Weekly Series Jennerstown action. Throwing their hat in the ASA ring will be: Rick Boyer, Garry Wiltrout and Kyle Martel, who currently hold down fourth through sixth in the weekly points battle. Also entering the fray will be multi-time Motordrome Speedway champion  Rick Miller.

Joining ASA on the race card that evening will be the WJAC-TV late models, Advance Auto Parts street stocks and the hobby stock division. Due to a scheduled Mid-Atlantic Asphalt Racing Alliance event at the Lake Erie Speedway on Sunday, June 30 the Courtesy Suzuki super late model class will not be in competition.

Advance $15.00 discount admission tickets are available through July 27 on-line at www.jennerstown.com, or by calling 1-888 695-0888. Race day gate prices will be $25.00 for adults. Kids, age 12 and under, will be admitted free of charge.

Spectator gates will open at 2:00 pm, with the first race set to begin at 5:00. ASA will present an on-track autograph session preceding the start of the Automotive Resources Inc. AC Delco 200.

Rain date for the event is Sunday, July 30..

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