The top two rookie drivers in the ASA STARS National Tour have filed entries for both the Capital 200 and the Father’s Day 100 STARS events scheduled for June 14-16.
The Capital 200 is scheduled for Friday, June 14 at Madison International Speedway, and will serve as race #4 of the ASA Stars National Tour. The Father’s Day 100 is set for Sunday, June 16 at the Milwaukee Mile Speedway, and will mark the half-way point of the 2024 season.
Canadian Racer Kyle Steckly and Nashville, TN rising star Dawson Sutton will each make their Wisconsin debut’s in less than two weeks.
Sutton, driving for RACKLEY W.A.R., enters the Wisconsin Doubleheader Weekend ranked 7th in ASA STARS National Tour Points Standings, and leading the STARS Rookie of the Year standings. Sutton surged to the Rookie Points lead following a 3rd place finish at the Tar Heel 250 in North Carolina, the STARS Tour’s most recent event. The first-year racer struggled in the season’s opening two races, finishing 19th at New Smyrna Speedway during Florida Speedweeks, and 23rd at Five Flags Speedway in Pensacola in March.
Steckly, driving for Rhett Jones Racing, sits 2nd in rookie points, and 9th in overall driver standings. Steckly got off to a good start in Florida, finishing 8th in the Clyde Hart Memorial at New Smyrna, but then struggled at the two most recent events – placing 19th at Pensacola and 20th at Hickory.
In a series stacked deep with highly successful short track superstars, being a rookie in the ASA STARS National Tour is a daunting task. Racing against the likes of Bubba Pollard, Steven Nasse, Casey Roderick and Cole Butcher week in and week out is baptism by fire, but Steckly and Sutton are both up for the challenge.
The Friday event at Madison is scheduled as a one-day show, with all on track activity June 14. The Milwaukee event will provide for practice and tech inspection for the ASA STARS National Tour on Saturday, June 15; with Go Fas Pole Qualifying and the Father’s Day 100 Sunday Afternoon, June 16. Click here for the Madison Schedule and here for Milwaukee.
For the full ASA STARS National Tour schedule, plus Super Late Model rules and other information, please visit the series website at starsnationaltour.com, or be sure to follow the series on social media (Facebook: STARS National Series | Twitter: @racewithstars | IG: @starsnational).
ASA STARS National Tour
Founded by Track Enterprises President Bob Sargent, The ASA STARS National Tour for pavement super-late model stock cars debuted in March 2023 for Super Late Model racing in America.
The ASA STARS National Tour is a ten-race championship series, offering a $100,000 point fund. The tour will visit ten different race tracks in 7 states in 2024, with the season beginning in February during Florida Speedweeks, and concluding in early November at Nashville Fairgrounds Speedway. Track Enterprises (TE) is a racing Promotions Company based in Illinois, which owns and operates the ASA STARS National Tour. In addition to the STARS National Tour, Track Enterprises owns and operates Championship Racing Association (CRA) and the ASA Midwest Tour. TE also has a strategic alliance and controlling interest in the ASA Southern Super Series.
ASA Branded Tours
ASA Branded Tours encompasses four (4) pavement super late model racing series operating under the Track Enterprises banner, and under the ASA Brand via a licensing agreement for logo and IP Rights. ASA Branded Tours include the ASA STARS National Tour; the ASA CRA Super Series; The ASA Midwest Tour and the ASA Southern Super Series.
