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PERRIS AUTO SPEEDWAY TO INTRODUCE
WEST COAST XTREME SPRINT CAR RACING LATE
IN 2024
By Scott Daloisio
(Perris, CA, April 1, 2024)
Longtime Perris Auto Speedway promoter Don
Kazarian has announced that the track is
set to introduce West Coast Xtreme Sprint
Car Racing to the track’s schedule near
the end of the 2024 season. The class will
be open to all winged and non-wing sprint
cars. Besides safety, the new series will
feature a limited rules package. All of
the races will be run in conjunction with
the track’s popular Nights of Destruction
and all of the WCXSCR races will take
place on the tracks Figure 8 course.
Kazarian has been pondering about
something on these lines for quite some
time. After watching wrecked sprint cars
get tossed in the trash bins for years,
the 1983 and 1984 CRA Sprint Car Series
championship car owner, thinks this will
be a good deal for race teams whose cars
are not total losses.
“I have been
thinking about this for quite some time,”
Kazarian said. “Then it hit me one night
when I was in bed staring at the ceiling.
Sprint Cars on a Figure 8 track. What
could be more exciting than that? After
all, when you see Figure 8 racing these
days, a lot of drivers are virtually using
late models. Especially at the big events
like the three-hour world championship in
Indiana. That is exciting for sure, but
just imagine it with sprint cars on dirt.”
Recently, Kazarian offered his idea to
some of the local sprint car drivers and
he got mixed reviews. Some liked it and
others were not on board with potentially
being involved in the history-making move.
“I talked to a few drivers about
it,” Kazarian continued. “Some looked at
me like I was crazy when I explained what
I was planning on doing. Others are ready
to jump in big time. Heck, if it works
well, we could expand into some sprint car
demolition derbies. I just got the
demolition derby idea when we were
talking. Sounds pretty intriguing to me.”
One driver who is on board with the
idea is veteran West Coast open wheel
racer Jeff Dyer of Yucca Valley,
California. Dyer, who races 410 sprint
cars and lightning sprints along with his
son Seth, enjoys a big racing schedule. In
fact, he is one of the busiest open wheel
racers in California.
“I love the
idea,” Dyer said over the phone while not
racing on Saturday due to the rain in the
“Golden State.” “It gives me an option on
nights when I do not have another race
scheduled. On top of everything else, I
think I may be pretty good at it. I mean,
I have torn up a lot of stuff over the
years. I may be a natural for this new
division. I do hope my partner on the car
does not hear about it, though. He may be
upset.”
Kazarian acknowledges that
the idea may be controversial. However,
with minimal rules besides safety, he
thinks the races should be well accepted.
“Drivers can run winged or nonwing
cars,” Kazarian stated. “410s, 360s, 305s,
aluminum or cast iron blocks. They will be
legal. Electric engines, too. If teams
want to dump a little nitro into the fuel?
No problem but they had better be careful
as that stuff is hard on engines. No tire
rules. Simply good old fashioned run what
ya’ brung racing.”
Another driver
who may be interested in doing some of the
events is longtime veteran Brody Roa. This
year the friendly driver has cut back his
racing endeavors to have more time with
his family.
“Heck, if there is a
weekend when I do not have a race
scheduled and I am not away doing
something with my family, I might give it
a shot,” he said from his Garden Grove,
California home. “I have some equipment
sitting around that I could get together
if I decided to try it. Sounds fun.”
Kazarian is looking for the first West
Coast Extreme Sprint Car Figure 8 race to
take place in conjunction with the Night
of Destruction on September 7th or October
26th. If things work well, he would like
to have a big show in mid-November after
the country's major sprint car series have
concluded their schedules. That would
allow the big national stars to make the
show. If things go as planned, he would
like to have the WCXSCR Sprint Car Figure
8’s at all N.O.D.’s in 2025.
“It
sounds crazy, but I think it will work,”
he said before adding with a wink and a
smile, “tell everyone to have a very Happy
April Fool’s Day.”
Advance tickets
for all races through June 30 are
available online at
https://www.tix.com/ticket-sales/pas/7.
You can also order advance tickets by
calling 1-800-595-4849. If you do not wish
to purchase tickets advance tickets, we
will have plenty available for everyone at
the ticket window each night.
The
Avanti Windows and Doors USAC/CRA Sprint
Cars, GAS Chassis Young Guns, Senior
Sprint Cars, PASSCAR Street Stocks, and
American Factory Stocks will return on
March 16th. One week prior, LKQ Pick Your
Part will present the first Night of
Destruction of 2024 on March 9th.
Perris Auto Speedway is conveniently
located on the Lake Perris Fairgrounds
(home of the Southern California Fair),
one hour east of Los Angeles and one hour
North of San Diego. To get to the track,
take the 215 freeway, exit on the Ramona
Expressway, and go three miles east to the
fairgrounds. For directions online, the
address to enter is: 18700 Lake Perris
Drive and the zip code is 92571.
USAC/CRA races from Perris Auto Speedway
are not streamed online.
Fans can
stay up to date on track and driver news
on The PAS social media efforts at the
links below. Facebook:
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Twitter: Perris Auto Speedway on
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Website:
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Perris Auto Speedway wants to
thank the following corporate partners.
Ahern Equipment Rentals, Battery Systems,
Bud’s Tire, Tire Choice Auto Service,
Chris’ Hauling, City of Perris,
Communication Innovations, Daytona Boat &
RV Storage, Ed Moore Bullet Proof
Driveshaft, Flowdynamics, GAS Chassis, HD
Industries, Heimark/Anheuser Busch,
Hoosier Tires, Inland Rigging, Living
Water’s Hospice, LKQ Pick Your Part,
Luke’s Transmission, Pepsi-Cola,
Performance Online, Pole Position Raceway,
PrintItNow.com, Rainbow Bolt & Supply,
Rene’s Bar & Grill, Rugged Radios, Shaver
Specialties, Square H, Sunoco Race Fuels,
Trench Shoring, Upland Rock, Varner
Construction and Vista Paint.
For
information on 2024 billboard advertising
at The PAS, please call 951-940-0134 and
ask for Charlie Watson.
DVDs of all
the PASSCAR/IMCA racing and Nights of
Destruction at The PAS are available from
Fourvideos. For more information call
(714) 225-9500.
mailto:perrisautospeedway1@gmail.com is
the only authorized Internet address to
issue official media news released from
The Perris Auto Speedway or Oval
Entertainment.
2024 Perris Auto
Speedway Schedule
April 6th LKQ
Pick Your Part Presents NIGHT OF
DESTRUCTION: DEMO CROSS, FIGURE 8'S,
TRAILER FIGURE 8’S, MINI STOCKS AND DOUBLE
DECKERS
April 27th AVANTI USAC/CRA
SPRINT CARS, PAS SENIOR SPRINTS, GAS
CHASSIS YOUNG GUN SERIES AND PASSCAR SUPER
AND FACTORY STOCKS
May 4th LKQ
Pick Your Part Presents NIGHT OF
DESTRUCTION: DEMO CROSS, FIGURE 8'S,
TRAILER FIGURE 8’S, MINI STOCKS AND DOUBLE
DECKERS
May 25th "SALUTE TO INDY"
AVANTI USAC/CRA SPRINT CARS, PAS SENIOR
SPRINTS, GAS CHASSIS YOUNG GUN SERIES AND
PASSCAR SUPER AND STREET STOCKS
June 1st LKQ Pick Your Part Presents NIGHT
OF DESTRUCTION: DEMO CROSS, FIGURE 8'S,
TRAILER FIGURE 8’S, MINI STOCKS AND DOUBLE
DECKERS
June 22nd AVANTI USAC/CRA
SPRINT CARS, PAS SENIOR SPRINTS, GAS
CHASSIS YOUNG GUN SERIES AND PASSCAR
STREET AND FACTORY STOCKS
July 4th
“FIREWORKS SPECTACULAR AND SKY CONCERT”
(TENTATIVE) LKQ Pick Your Part Presents
NIGHT OF DESTRUCTION: DEMO CROSS, FIGURE
8'S, TRAILER FIGURE 8’S, MINI STOCKS AND
DOUBLE DECKERS
July 13th AVANTI
USAC/CRA SPRINT CARS, PAS Senior Sprints,
GAS CHASSIS YOUNG GUNS SERIES, AND PASSCAR
SUPER AND FACTORY STOCKS
August
10th LKQ Pick Your Part Presents NIGHT OF
DESTRUCTION: DEMO CROSS, FIGURE 8'S,
TRAILER FIGURE 8’S, MINI STOCKS AND DOUBLE
DECKERS
August 17th CALIFORNIA
RACER’S HALL OF FAME NIGHT, AVANTI
USAC/CRA SPRINT CARS, PAS Senior Sprints,
GAS CHASSIS YOUNG GUNS SERIES AND PASSCAR
SUPER AND STREET STOCKS
September
7th LKQ Pick Your Part Presents NIGHT OF
DESTRUCTION: DEMO CROSS, FIGURE 8'S,
TRAILER FIGURE 8’S, MINI STOCKS AND DOUBLE
DECKERS
September 21st AVANTI
USAC/CRA SPRINT CARS, PAS Senior Sprints,
GAS CHASSIS YOUNG GUNS SERIES AND PASSCAR
SUPER AND FACTORY STOCKS
October
26th LKQ Pick Your Part Presents NIGHT OF
DESTRUCTION: DEMO CROSS, FIGURE 8'S,
TRAILER FIGURE 8’S, MINI STOCKS AND DOUBLE
DECKERS
November 8th 27TH RUNNING
OF THE OVAL NATIONALS Featuring AVANTI
USAC/CRA SPRINT CARS, PAS SENIOR SPRINTS,
GAS CHASSIS YOUNG GUN SERIES AND PASSCAR
SUPER, STREET AND FACTORY STOCKS
November 9th 27TH RUNNING OF THE OVAL
NATIONALS Featuring AVANTI USAC/CRA SPRINT
CARS, PAS SENIOR SPRINTS, GAS CHASSIS
YOUNG GUN SERIES – JERRY DODD CHAMPIONS
NIGHT, PASSCAR SUPER, STREET AND FACTORY
STOCKS
THIS SCHEDULE IS SUBJECT TO
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