24 Sanctioning Affiliates Commit to '07 Brodix ToC
Friday, December 1, 2006
Twenty-four (24) winged 360-cubic-inch sprint car sanctioning affiliates have thus far committed to the ninth annual Brodix Tournament of Champions (ToC) at the Knoxville Raceway on Sunday, August 5, 2007. Once again, the affiliates include sanctioning groups in Australia, Canada and the United States. The one-day international invitational for the ‘best of the best’ in 360 sprint car racing utilizes one common set of technical rules, including use of the ASCS Brodix spec head.
According to Knoxville’s director of racing Ralph Capitani, “We are very pleased with the early response from the sanctioning affiliates, including the American Sprint Car Series national and regional tours, the Alberta Sprint Tour and the Southern Ontario Sprints groups in Canada, and the Premier Speedway/Avalon Raceway mini-series in Australia. We are also proud to welcome the Northwest Sprint Challenge Series in Oregon and Washington, and the Northern Lights Dirt Series in Alaska, to the fold in 2007. In addition, we appreciate the continued support of clubs such as the Empire Super Sprints, National Championship Racing Association, National Racing Alliance and Winged Outlaw Warriors. Our goal is to have all affiliates on board by December 31 of this year, so that we can finalize the format and purse for this popular event.”
The twenty-one sanctioning affiliates that have confirmed participation in the ninth annual Brodix Tournament of Champions are as follows:
Alberta Sprint Tour (AST),
American Sprint Cars On Tour (ASCoT),
ASCS – Coastal Region (ASCS-C),
ASCS – Gulf South Region (ASCS–GS),
ASCS - Mid-Atlantic (ASCS-MA),
ASCS – Mid-South (ASCS-MS),
ASCS - Midwest (ASCS-M),
ASCS - Northern Plains (ASCS-NP),
ASCS – Patriot Sprint Group (ASCS–PSG),
ASCS - Rocky Mountain (ASCS-RM),
ASCS - Sooner (ASCS-S),
ASCS - Southern Tour (ASCS-ST),
ASCS - Sprints On Dirt (ASCS-SOD),
Empire Super Sprints (ESS),
Knoxville Raceway (KNOX),
National Championship Racing Association (NCRA),
National Racing Alliance (NRA),
Northern Lights Dirt Series (NLDS),
Northwest Sprint Challenge Series (NSCS),
Southern Ontario Sprints (SOS),
Sprint Invaders Association (SIA),
United Racing Company (URC),
Winged Outlaw Warriors (WOW), and
Premier-Avalon Series (PAS).
The dates of the Premier-Avalon Series in Australia are as follows: December 26, Avalon (Geelong, Victoria); January 26, 2007, Premier (Warrnambool, Victoria); February 10, 2007, Premier; March 10, 2007, Avalon).
Past Brodix ToC winners are as follows (year, driver, affiliate, number, hometown; all races at Knoxville unless otherwise noted):
2006 – Gary Wright, ASCoT, 9, Hooks, Texas
2005 - Garry Lee Maier, NCRA, 11x, Cimarron, Kansas
2004 - Loren Langerud, WISSOTA, 56, Harwood, North Dakota
2003 - Terry McCarl, SIA, 86, Altoona, Iowa
2002 - Josh Higday, KNOX, 24, Des Moines, Iowa
2001 - Not Held
2000 - Not Held
1999 - (Limaland) - Kyle Sauder, NRA, 2s, Archbold, Ohio
1998 - (Eldora) - Phil Gressman, ASCS-Challengers, 8h, Clyde, Ohio
1997 - Greg Coverdale, URC, 63, Milford, Delaware
The technical rules for the Brodix Tournament of Champions will be dictated by the Knoxville Raceway, and they will be the same for the Thursday-Friday-Saturday, August 2-3-4 $10,000-to-win Knoxville 360 Nationals. Those seeking more information are urged to visit the track’s web site at www.knoxvilleraceway.com.
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