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15 Points Races and Television Package Will Highlight New Late Model Tour In ’08

The new ASA Southeast Asphalt Tour will debut for Super Late Models and Pro Late Models in 2008 with a 15-race schedule and three additional non-points events. The series will also have an extensive television package, with 11 televised events on major networks east of the Mississippi and throughout the Southeast, which will reach at least 32-million households.

For years, short track racers wanted to make it to one particular level. That was the now defunct ASA National Tour, which helped launch many careers in the world of NASCAR, including Rusty Wallace, Mark Martin, Alan Kulwicki, Dick Trickle, Jimmie Johnson and Reed Sorenson, and made stars of short track legends such as Butch Miller, Mike Eddy, Bob Senneker and Gary St. Amant. Now, those who never had a chance to get to run in the old ASA National Tour will get a second shot at it of sorts, thanks to the introduction of the new ASA Southeast Asphalt Tour.

"What we would really like is to get back to what the old ASA had; it was a good developmental series for any driver,” said John Kee, Marketing Manager for the ASA Southeast Asphalt Tour. “They can come race with us and run a number of different tracks. We want this to be a good place for the crews too. One thing we’d like to see
happen is put more emphasis on finding good crew members who can set up a racecar for these types of tracks. The old ASA tour produced a lot of successful crewmembers as well as drivers. This can be a developmental series for them as well.”

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