ASA Late Model Series

ASA Late Model Series
Sport	Auto racing
Founded	2003
Country(ies)	United States
Most recent champion(s)	Challenge: Peter Cozzolino Northern: Eddie Hoffman Southern: Jimmy Lang

ASA Late Model Series is a nationally touring American stock car racing series. Founded by Ron Varney in 2003 as the "USPRO Cup Series" , it was renamed "ASA Late Model Series in when it was purchased by the American Speed Association in 2004. After financial difficulties during the 2004 season, the series was sold back to its founders.

In the fall of 2005, Varney announced the purchase of the Southern All-Stars Asphalt Late Model Series to form the ASA Late Models South Series, plus the creation of the ASA Late Models North Series as regional touring series. The ASA Late Model Series would be renamed the ASA Late Model Challenge Series.

Contents 1 2009 Schedule 1.1 Challenge Series 1.2 Northern Series 1.3 Southern Series 2 Past Champions (Challenge Division) 3 Past Champions (Northern Division) 4 Past Champions (Southern Division) 5 ASA naming dispute 6 References 7 External links

[edit] 2009 Schedule

[edit] Challenge Series

Date	Track	Winner of Race
May 17, 2009	The Milwaukee Mile	Drew Brannon
June 13, 2009	O'Reilly Raceway Park at Indianapolis	Drew Brannon
July 4, 2009	Rockingham Speedway	Brandon Johnson
July 18, 2009	Salem Speedway	Josh Hamner
August 2, 2009	Nashville Fairgrounds Speedway	Willie Allen
August 15, 2009	Nashville Superspeedway	Drew Brannon
September 12, 2009	Gateway International Raceway	Steve Carlson
September 19, 2009	Iowa Speedway	Dillon Oliver
November 7, 2009	Memphis Motorsports Park

[edit] Northern Series

Date	Track	Winner of Race
April 25, 2009	Toledo Speedway	Eddie Hoffman
May 2, 2009	Illiana Motor Speedway	Brett Sontag
May 24, 2009	Grundy County Speedway	Chris Eggleston
June 20, 2009	Berlin Raceway	Brian Campbell
June 27, 2009	LaCrosse Fairgrounds Speedway	Steve Carlson
July 24/26, 2009	Madison International Speedway	Steve Carlson
July 25, 2009	Rockford Speedway	Ross Kenseth
August 21, 2009	Dixie Motor Speedway	Chris Eggleston
September 5, 2009	Owosso Speedway	Ross Kenseth
October 10, 2009	LaCrosse Fairgrounds Speedway	Steve Carlson

[edit] Southern Series

Date	Track	Winner of Race
March 14, 2009	Charlotte County Motorsports Park	Drew Brannon
March 28, 2009	South Georgia Motorsports Park	Landon Cassill
April 4, 2009	New Senoia Speedway	Drew Brannon
May 9, 2009	Watermelon Capitol Speedway	Drew Brannon
May 30, 2009	New Senoia Speedway	Justin Larson
August 29, 2009	Concord Motor Speedway	Colt James
October 3, 2009	Charlotte County Motorsports Park	Drew Brannon

[edit] Past Champions (Challenge Division)

• 2008 Peter Cozzolino
• 2007 Travis Dassow
• 2006 Kelly Bires (Also Pat Burdow Memorial Rookie of the Year)
• 2005 Stephen Leicht
• 2004 Bobby Stremme (Also Pat Burdow Memorial Rookie of the Year)
• 2003 Mark Kortz (USPro Cup Series Champion)

[edit] Past Champions (Northern Division)

• 2009 Chris Eggleston
• 2008 Eddie Hoffman
• 2007 Trent Snyder
• 2006 Jesse Smith

[edit] Past Champions (Southern Division)

• 2009 Drew Brannon
• 2008 Jimmy Lang
• 2007 Jeff Choquette
• 2006 James Buescher

[edit] ASA naming dispute

On October 4, 2007, the remanents of the American Speed Association was sold to Huth. Huth is looking at reviving the old National Tour. ^[1]

On Dec. 4th, 2007, Dennis Huth filed a lawsuit against the ASA Late Model Series seeking to invalidate and cancel the ASA Late Model Series trademark registration. The ASA Late Model Series responsed that the lawsuit is frivolous and without merit and plan counter sue Mr. Huth for damages caused by suit. ^[2]

On January 14, 2009, the naming dispute was settled. In the end, both parties were allowed to keep the "ASA" name, but the ASA Late Model Series was forced to come up with a new logo, and both parties agreed to inform the racing public that the ASA Late Model Series is not related to, affiliated with, nor sponsored or endorsed by American Speed Association or ASA Racing. ^[3]

[edit] References

1. ^ ASA completes purchase of National Tour properties
2. ^ ASA name dispute
3. ^ Dispute Over ASA Trademark Amicably Resolved

[edit] External links

• ASA Late Model Series (This is the series sold back to former owner Ron Varney after the demise of the ASA National Series.)
• ASA Late Model South Series (the former Southern All-Star Asphalt Late Model Series)
• ASA Late Model North Series (the South Series' northern counterpart)