Pittsburgh, PA (March 19, 2010) - Jason Shank – O’Reilly All Star Late Model Series Director

Officials with the O’Reilly All Star Late Model Series are proud to introduce their Rookie of the Year Program and criteria for 2010.  Drivers eligible to compete for the ASLMS Rookie of the Year presented by JNJ Motorsports Media title will follow the same point system as the rest of the ASLMS contingent.  The rookie who finishes the season with the most points will be crowned 2010 ASLMS Rookie of the Year.

Drivers’ eligibility for the Rookie of the Year Award will be determined by the O’Reilly All Star Late Model Series Officials as follows: Drivers wishing to compete for the Rookie of the Year Award must indicate their intention by applying, in writing, to the O’Reilly All Star Late Model Series. Letter of Application should contain the following information as a minimum: Age, Years of racing experience, Years competed in Late Model Division, Number of races won, Biggest Purse won in Late Model events, List of Achievements and etc, Details of Car/Team for the forthcoming Season and Photos if available.

Eligibility will be determined by the number of years, or part years of Late Model driving experience. Up to five (5) years experience will serve as a guideline. Any driver with less than five years of Late Model experience may compete for Rookie of the Year Honors, provided that they have not finished either First or Second in any previous O’Reilly All Star Late Model Series Rookie of the Year Championship. Number of wins and size of purses won will also be taken into consideration.

The O’Reilly All Star Late Model Series will have final approval on eligibility. Example: Any driver who has less than 5 years experience, but has won a significant amount of $5,000 to $10,000 to win events, may not be considered eligible. On the other hand, any driver that has slightly more than 5 years experience, has never won a $5,000 to $10,000 to win event, and has run predominantly local may be eligible.

Application letters must be received by the O’Reilly All Star Late Model Series by April 28, 2010.  Letters can be sent electronically to Series Director Jason Shank at This e-mail address is being protected from spam bots, you need JavaScript enabled to view it or to the series office at All Star Championship Racing Inc. 215 W. Main St., Camargo, IL 61919.

‘A Rookie of the Year program is something we needed to have in order for us to continue to build on what we have here,’ Series President Guy Webb stated.  ‘Having younger drivers mixed in with the talented crop of veteran drivers that we expect to have racing with us will add to our overall program.’ 

A reminder to all drivers that are planning on or thinking about competing with the ASLMS full time in 2010, please visit the series website and download the Driver Information and Membership Forms located in the ‘Team Menu’ section of the webpage, complete and send to: All Star Championship Racing Inc. 215 W. Main St., Camargo, IL 61919.

For more information and to join the O’Reilly All Star Late Model Series mailing list please visit www.allstarlatemodels.com

Pittsburgh, PA (March 16, 2010) - Jason Shank – O’Reilly All Star Late Model Series Director

The O’Reilly All Star Late Model Series would like to welcome Rocket Chassis out of Shinnston, WV and Frankland Racing Supply located in Saxonburg, PA as new marketing partners for the upcoming 2010 season.

Rocket Chassis and Mark Richards Enterprises will be the headlining sponsor of a new and unique award for the ASLMS in 2010.  The All Star Ambassador Award presented by Rocket Chassis is to be voted on by the drivers and will go to the driver who best exemplifies the qualities of perseverance, sportsmanship, and dedication to the O’Reilly All Star Late Model Series.  The winner of the All Star Ambassador Award presented by Rocket Chassis will be honored at the year end banquet and will receive a bare powder coated Rocket Chassis.

Rocket Chassis has been a dominant force in the Dirt Late Model industry since 1991.  Rocket Chassis burst onto the racing scene and quickly rose through the ranks to become one of the elite late model chassis manufacturers in the United States.  Rocket Chassis leads the industry in technological advances in chassis design and continues to set the standards for chassis development and technological advances in the industry.

Frankland Racing Supply has stepped up to take part in the ASLMS Hard Charger program in 2010 offering a $25 Gift Certificate to the ASLMS member who advances the most positions in each event and a $250 Gift Certificate to the ASLMS member who advances the most positions throughout the entire 2010 season.

Frankland Racing Supply intern Cory Stivason actively pursued the ASLMS to make this happen for their customers.  ‘We have been working on a bunch of different ways to get the Frankland name out there and my job was to develop a program that would give back to the racers/customers. ,’ Stivason said.  ‘We are quoted as having the best rear ends in the business by Mark Richards of Rocket Chassis.  Frankland Racing Supply carries parts for not only their own products but also replacement parts and rebuilds of all of their competitor’s products.’

‘We’re very excited to announce the addition of Rocket Chassis and Frankland Racing Supply as marketing partners of the ASLMS,’ said Series Director Jason Shank.  ‘We’re also very excited about the two awards that are now going to be handed out.  The All Star Ambassador Award presented by Rocket Chassis is something new and different and is meant to honor the driver who best represents us as a series.  I’m looking forward to seeing how the drivers respond to being the one’s who vote on the winner.’

More information on Rocket Chassis and Frankland Racing Supply can be found at www.rocketchassis.com and www.franklandracing.com.

Pittsburgh, PA (March 1, 2010) - Jason Shank – O’Reilly All Star Late Model Series Director

The O’Reilly All Star Late Model Series Inaugural Season has now officially come to an end as the ASLMS contingent of drivers were recognized and honored at the Days Inn and Conference Center in Butler, PA, the site of the ASLMS Awards Banquet.  The banquet, held in conjunction with the Lernerville Speedway Awards Banquet, was a time to reflect on the 2009 season among peers and award the participants who supported the first year series.

‘The 2009 season went well,’ Series Director Jason Shank stated, ‘it was definitely something we can build from.  We’re building something here that no one else is doing at the regional level.  We offer the drivers almost $4,000 in appearance money per event.  We have a ‘Regional Series with National Talent’ and we pay cash to prove it.  No one else is doing that at this level.  Our Champion took home over $40,000 total in 2009, in just 15 races.

First of the ASLMS drivers to be honored was sixth place Jared Miley.  ‘We ran against a lot of good competition everywhere we went and all-in-all l thought it was a good season and a good experience for us.’ Miley said while accepting his award.  ‘I need to thank my team, mom, dad, my brother, my girlfriend for supporting me for a long time, and all of my sponsors.’

Miley drives a Rocket Chassis with either a Brougher’s Machine Shop Racing Engine or a Cornett Lighting Racing Engine, and Hoosier Tires including sponsorship from Colussy Chevrolet / Brougher's Machine Shop / Red Miley's Miley Truck Rental / Hoosier Tire Mid-Atlantic / Miley BP Car Wash / Rocket Chassis and finished the season with 2,432 points, nine top-ten’s, three top-five’s, one b-main win and one a-main win at Tim Bainey’s Central PA Speedway in Clearfield, PA.

Next to the podium was Jared Hawkins.  ‘We had a lot of fun this year but we, tore up a lot of stuff,’ Hawkins said with a laugh.  ‘We got to see a lot of new places and enjoyed racing with all the guys with the series and we’re definitely looking forward to 2010.  I need to thank all the guys, my dad, and my mom for supplying all the food for the weekends.’

Pittsburgh, PA (February 23, 2010) - Jason Shank – O’Reilly All Star Late Model Series Director

Titusville, PA’s Robbie Blair is no stranger to winning races and winning championships.  Blair has over 100 career victories, five track championships, and now with winning the Inaugural O’Reilly All Star Late Model Series Championship, has three touring series titles under his belt.  However, this championship, in his 25^th Anniversary year, didn’t come without a battle.  ‘We just wanted to stay consistent all year,’ Rob said from his shop in Titusville, PA.  ‘We put ourselves behind from the beginning and the only way we were going to climb back up the standings was to be consistent.’  And that is exactly what Blair did finishing outside of the top-ten just three times throughout the year.

The beginning of Robbie’s 2009 ASLMS season started with a 22^nd place finish at Lernerville Speedway in Sarver, PA.  That finish put Blair in a hole that he had to fight all season to dig himself out of.  With Boom Briggs winning on opening night at Lernerville and also the following night at KC Raceway in Chillicothe, OH, coupled with Rob’s tenth place finish, the gap between himself and Boom was a distant 76 points.

Rob’s brilliant climb to the top of the standings began when the series stopped at Winchester Speedway in Winchester, VA.  Blair led the first 30 laps of the 40-lap ‘Lee Stultz Memorial’ before being overtaken by eventual race winner Jamie Lathroum with 10 laps remaining.  Blair would cross the finish line in third setting up his season long charge to the championship.  Rob finished 11^th in the tour’s second trip to KC Raceway before going on a string of having 11 top-ten finishes out of the remaining 12 ASLMS events.  The surge started at Tim Bainey’s Central PA Speedway in Clearfield, PA with a solid sixth place finish.

Pittsburgh, PA (February 18, 2010) - Jason Shank – O’Reilly All Star Late Model Series Director

At the beginning of the 2009 racing season, Rick ‘Boom’ Briggs had in his mind that he was going to race locally and travel on occasion with whatever group or series that was reasonably close to his home town of Bear Lake, Pennsylvania.  But after a memorable Inaugural O’Reilly All Star Late Model Series weekend in April, his 2009 plans changed.

After sweeping the O’Reilly All Star Late Model Series’ Inaugural weekend at Lernerville Speedway in Sarver, PA and KC Raceway in Chillicothe, OH, Briggs decided to buy a two-car hauler and stick with the tour.  ‘With being the only series out there besides the two national series’ to offer show-up money to the drivers, we felt it was the best thing for us to do, winning the first two shows sure did help though,’ Boom said with a smile.

After he swept the tour’s opening weekend, the series visited Winchester Speedway in Winchester, VA.  Briggs ran into a bit of trouble in his heat race and was forced to start at the tail of the 40-lap feature event.  Boom finished 18th to carry a 34 point edge going into the series’ second stop at Jeff Schrader’s KC Raceway.  Briggs showed his muscle rallying from his 13th starting spot to finish third behind Eddie Carrier and R.J. Conley.  Another strong seventh place finish at Central PA Speedway in Clearfield, PA stretched Boom’s point lead to 54 points over youngster Coleby Frye.