Story By: NICK GRAZIANO / ASCS – WEST MEMPHIS, AR – The stars of the American Sprint Car Series National Tour will go up against the best talent the United Sprint Car Series has to offer during Riverside International Speedway’s World Short Track Challenge in September.
The two-day event, Friday-Saturday, Sept. 27-28, will see drivers compete in a preliminary night event on Friday before Saturday’s 10,000-to-win finale. The event format will be released at a later date.
It’ll be the American Sprint Car Series National Tour’s first time back at the dirt track since 2021. Ryan Timms won that race and became the sixth straight different ASCS National Tour winner at the track.
Of current full-time National Tour championship competitors, Seth Bergman and Sam Hafertepe Jr. – currently first and second in points, respectively – are the only ones with a victory at the track. Bergman has two Series wins there (2012 and 2015) and Hafertepe has one (2014).
The ASCS Hurricane Area Super Sprints will also join the National Tour both nights to try and put an ASCS driver in Victory Lane. The region visited the track in June and saw Derek Hagar pick up the victory. The Arkansas native has 16 premier victories at Riverside, including one with the United Sprint Car Series in May and one with the ASCS National Tour in 2014.