DAYTONA BEACH, Fla. — The American Speed Ass’n has unveiled its plans for an innovative Short Track National Championship.  
The  plan allows competitors in any ASA Member Track’s premier division to compete against each other, regardless of geographical location. The winner will receive the Joe Gibbs Driven Racing Oil Champion’s Award and a chance to test a Joe Gibbs Racing Toyota.
“It’s always a tremendous accomplishment for a driver to claim a track championship, and we don’t intend to overlook or diminish that in any way,” said Dennis Huth, president of Racing Speed Associates, owner and operator of the American Speed Ass’n. “But with the thousands of ASA members racing each weekend, they wanted a way to find out how they measured up against other drivers at all the ASA Member Tracks across the country without having to spend the money and time involved in traveling from event to event.
“The goal of the ASA Short Track National Championship is to activate a measuring system which takes into account many variables, such as field size and number of races in a season, and create a level playing field to determine who is the ‘best-of-the-best’ of the ASA Member Track champions.”
The complex system creates a standardized point structure for competitors in a Level 1 track’s feature division, along with a handicap to create equality between the variety of track sizes and equipment standards to determine a performance index.
Tracks which invert their field have also been taken into consideration mathematically. Competitors must be their track champion at the conclusion of the season, race in a minimum of 14 events, and only races run at the driver’s “home track” will be credited toward the ASA Short Track National Championship.
ASA will create East and West divisions, with an ASA Short Track Divisional Champion crowned in each. The one driver who accumulates the most points will be named the ASA Short Track National Champion.  With the title comes a cash reward, and the test session with Joe Gibbs Racing. 
“Dennis Huth and his staff at ASA have been proactive in seeking new opportunities to assist their ASA Short Track National Championship winning driver with a newly created award that will allow them a test with Joe Gibbs Racing. We look forward to joining ASA as the sponsor of the Joe Gibbs Driven Racing Oil Champion’s Award,” said J.D. Gibbs, president of Joe Gibbs Driven. “This is an exciting program as it will allow us to continue to reach out to qualified driver candidates for our development program while gaining additional exposure for our expanding line of Joe Gibbs Driven lubricants and other products, which are fast becoming the number one choice among racers.”