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  LKQ PICK YOUR PART PRESENTS NIGHT OF DESTRUCTION AND FAMILY FUN SATURDAY AT PERRIS AUTO SPEEDWAY!
By Scott Daloisio

(Perris, CA, April 24, 2017) Another night of exciting fun for the entire family is on tap when the chaos returns to Perris Auto Speedway this Saturday, April 29th, when LKQ Pick Your Part Presents “The Night of Destruction” featuring wild Figure 8 racing, a crazy Figure 8 Trailer race, insane Demo Cross, Formula-X Autocross & CrossKart racing and Spectator races. Spectator gates for the night of thrills and spills will open at 5:00 PM and the destruction will begin at 7:00.

The season opening “Night of Destruction” in March was one of the wildest in track history and officials expect the same on Saturday. Crashes and smashes were at every corner and the racing was close all night long leaving the fans on the edges of their seats and hollering for more. They will get their wish for more this Saturday.

“The first Night of Destruction” was one of the craziest we ever had,” promoter Don Kazarian said. “Especially the Figure 8 main event and the Demo Cross main. The fans were cheering and clapping throughout each of them. The introduction of Formula-X Autocross and CrossKart racing was a hit as well. Especially with pro skateboarder Bucky Lasek on hand and winning the inaugural main event for that class.”

Before the racing starts on Saturday, fans will have a chance to get an up-close look at the cars, talk to the drivers, take photos and get autographs at the on track photo and autograph session that begins at 5:15. Fans can also meet drivers and see some of the cars from 10:00 AM to 1:00 PM on Friday, April 28th, at the LKQ Pick Your locations in Fontana at 15228 Boyle Avenue (92337) and in Rialto at 221 East Santa Ana Avenue (92316). In addition to meeting the drivers, LKQ Pick Your Part will be giving away five family packages for Saturday’s big event at each location.

The surprise racer at the season opener in March was Jesse Gordon of Yucaipa. The 25-year-pld respiratory therapist at Kaiser Permanente Riverside Medical Center has raced Modifieds at The PAS for several years. In March, he took his maiden voyage at “Night of Destruction.” He got to the racetrack late after getting off work and started at the back in both the Figure 8 and Demo Cross main events. He drove through the pack in each class and finished second in the Figure 8 main and won the Demo Cross race. If that is not enough, he ventured to the Barona Raceway last Saturday night and won the Figure 8 main there.


Yucaipa’s Jesse Gordon passes a boat on his way to winning the main event in his first ever Demo Cross race at The PAS last month. Please give photo credit to Vane Ledgerwood.

Earl Cox, the 2015 PAS Figure 8 champion and winner of the season opening main event, will be back on hand Saturday to try to make it two in a row if he can survive the action at the crowded intersection in the 20-lap Figure 8 feature. The Norco based racer, who grew up watching his father Earl Sr. win Figure 8 races at Ascot, has a busy week ahead of him getting his car ready for Saturday. Since his win in March, the second generation driver has been very busy as his day job sent him to Cuba and he just returned late last week to start working on his racecar.

At the season opener, Cox got tangled up with some of the infield tires and nearly dropped a full lap behind. Slowly but surely, he passed car after car before taking the lead from Gordon with only five laps to go. Fourvideos footage of the season opening Figure 8 main event is available at the following link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ih5051v1qkE&t=58s


Norco’s Earl Cox, shown here on the outside of Long Beach racer Anthony Guisa, won the season opening Figure 8 main event. Please give photo credit to Vane Ledgerwood.

2016 “Night of Destruction” Iron Man champion David Holmes of Norco got the surprise win in the Figure 8 Trailer main at the season opener. Menifee’s Ken McWilliams, the 2015 and 2016 Trailer Figure 8 race champion who went undefeated in 2016, had the race well in hand when he was slowed by a flat tire on the last lap handing the season opening victory to Holmes.

Spectator racing will round out Saturday’s card and it is just what it sounds like. Two street legal cars on the track at one time. One starts in the middle of the front straight and one starts in the middle of the back straight (they are separated so they do not have to worry about crashing into each other). The first car to complete two laps moves on in the competition. Much like drag racing, the field gets whittled down to two cars and a winner takes all finale.

Adult tickets for Saturday’s Night of Destruction are $15.00. Active military members with proper id, teens 13-18 with their school id and kids 6-12 get in for $5.00. Children 5 and under are free. Parking on the fairgrounds is $8.00.

Advanced tickets for Saturday’s event are available 24-hours a day by calling 1-800-595-4849 or online at http://pas.tix.com/Event.aspx?EventCode=922993. For those who do not wish to purchase advance tickets, there will be plenty of tickets available for everyone at the ticket window on Saturday.

Perris Auto Speedway wants to thank its corporate partners for the 2017 season. All Coast Construction, Amsoil, Ayers Hotel and Spa, Brass and Bass Firearms & Fishing Supplies, Budweiser, Bud’s Tire Pro, Center Point Church, Champion Towing, City of Perris, Country Values Magazine, Daytona Boat & RV Storage, Ed Moore Bullet Proof Driveshaft, Edelbrock, Flowdynamics, Full Throttle Scissor Lift Rental, Green Sheet, HD Industries, Hoosier Tires, Indiana Truck Salvage, K&N Engineering, Living Water’s Hospice, Luke’s Transmission, Paul Oil Company, Pepsi-Cola, Pick-A-Part Auto Salvage, Pole Position, PrintItNow.com, Scott Sales, Shaver Specialties, Square H, Sunstate Equipment, Swedish Speed, Original Tommy’s Burgers, Trench Shoring, Valley News, Vista Paint and Weedmaps.

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Perris Auto Speedway is located on the Lake Perris Fairgrounds (home of October’s Southern California Fair), approximately 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.

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2016-2017 PERRIS AUTO SPEEDWAY SCHEDULE

April 29th LKQ PICK YOUR PART PRESENTS NIGHT OF DESTRUCTION - Demo Cross, Figure 8's, Figure 8 Trailer Racing, Spectator Racing, Formula-X Autocross & CrossKarts

May 13th PASSCAR SERIES - Street Stocks, Super Stocks, Factory Stocks, IMCA Modifieds and CDCRA Dwarf Cars

May 20th LKQ PICK YOUR PART PRESENTS NIGHT OF DESTRUCTION - Demo Cross, Figure 8's, Figure 8 Trailer Racing, Spectator Racing and Formula-X Autocross & CrossKarts

May 27th "SALUTE TO INDY " USAC/CRA Sprint Cars, PAS Senior Sprints, PAS Young Guns and California Guns, California Lightning Sprint Cars, "Power of Purple Night" Benefiting the City of Perris Relay For Life and The American Cancer Society

June 3rd PASSCAR SERIES - Street Stocks, Super Stocks, Factory Stocks and IMCA Modifieds

June 24th USAC/CRA Sprint Cars, PAS Senior Sprints and PAS Young Guns

July 1st 4TH OF JULY CELEBRATION AND FIREWORKS
LKQ PICK YOUR PART PRESENTS NIGHT OF DESTRUCTION - Demo Cross, Figure 8's, Figure 8 Trailer Racing, Spectator Racing, Formula-X Autocross & CrossKarts "Power of Purple Night" Benefiting the City of Perris Relay For Life and The American Cancer Society

July 15th PASSCAR SERIES - Street Stocks, Super Stocks, Factory Stocks and IMCA Modifieds

July 22rd USAC/CRA Sprint Cars, PAS Senior Sprints, PAS Young Guns

July 29th LKQ PICK YOUR PART PRESENTS NIGHT OF DESTRUCTION - Demo Cross, Figure 8's, Figure 8 Trailer Racing, Spectator Racing, Formula-X Autocross & CrossKarts

August 19th PASSCAR SERIES - Street Stocks, Super Stocks, Factory Stocks and IMCA Modifieds

August 26th "CALIFORNIA RACERS HALL OF FAME NIGHT" USAC/CRA Sprint Cars, PAS Senior Sprints and PAS Young Guns, California Lightning Sprint Cars

September 2nd LKQ PICK YOUR PART PRESENTS NIGHT OF DESTRUCTION - Demo Cross, Figure 8's, Figure 8 Trailer Racing, Spectator Racing, Formula-X Autocross & CrossKarts

September 9th PASSCAR SERIES - Street Stocks, Super Stocks, Factory Stocks, Modifieds

September 23rd "GLENN HOWARD CLASSIC" USAC/CRA Sprint Cars, PAS Senior Sprints and PAS Young Guns

October 7th - 15th Southern California Fair

October 21st USAC/CRA Sprint Cars, PAS Senior Sprints and PAS Young Guns

October 28th PASSCAR "Champions Night” - Street Stocks, Super Stocks, Factory Stocks and Modifieds

November 8th Oval Nationals Practice
November 9th Budweiser Oval Nationals “Presented by All Coast Construction"
November 10th Budweiser Oval Nationals “Presented by All Coast Construction"
November 11th Budweiser Oval Nationals “Presented by All Coast Construction"

NOTE; THIS SCHEDULE IS SUBJECT TO CHANGE