LKQ PICK YOUR PART PRESENTS NIGHT OF DESTRUCTION AND FAMILY FUN SATURDAY AT PERRIS AUTO SPEEDWAY! By Scott Daloisio (Perris, CA, May 16, 2017) Perris Auto Speedway is geared up for another night of family fun and racing excitement this Saturday, May 20th, when LKQ Pick Your Part Presents “The Night of Destruction #3” featuring wild Figure 8 racing, a crazy Figure 8 Trailer race, crowd pleasing 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 biggest surprise of the season thus far is Yucaipa 25-year old Jesse Gordon. In his first ever Night of Destruction in March, he got to the track late and started at the back in both the Figure 8 and Demo Cross main events. He shocked everyone when he placed second in the Figure 8’s and won in Demo Cross! The other competitors may have thought the new guy’s prowess was a fluke, but last month, he proved it was anything, but a fluke. When Gordon came back for the second race in April he again entered the Figure 8 and Demo Cross races. He also entered the Figure 8 Trailer race for the first time. He ended up winning the Figure 8 race and his inaugural Figure 8 Trailer race as well. And, he was leading the Demo Cross main event when he was slowed by a flat tire and had to settle for fourth. Yucaipa’s Jesse Gordon in the “Bat Mobile” and Norco’s Earl Cox, the 2015 PAS Figure 8 champion, race side by side last month. They are tied for the lead in the Figure 8 class heading into this Saturday’s race. Please give photo credit to Vane Ledgerwood. “A lot of driver’s noses are getting out of joint,” promoter Don Kazarian laughed on Monday. “We have a new guy who is fast becoming the new sheriff in town and that is rubbing some of his competition the wrong. It is pretty funny. Things got intense last month and they are going to again on Saturday. The fans love it and so do we.” Kazarian continued about the new star at Night of Destruction. “There is a stereotype image of drivers who compete in these events,” Kazarian said. You know, older guys who drive tow trucks or work in salvage yards with dirt caked under their fingernails. A lot of people still think all of the drivers are like that, but times have changed and nowhere is that more evident than Jesse Gordon. He is a handsome 25-year-old who is a respiratory therapist at Kaiser Permanente in Riverside. That did not happen much in the old days. And, there are not a whole lot of respiratory therapists competing in Nights of Destruction events these days either. Safe to say he may be the only one.” As well as his prowess on the track, Gordon became a hero to all the kids in the stands when he showed up at the last race with large Batman decals decorating each side of his car. Quickly dubbed the “Bat Mobile,” Gordon and the car became big heroes for the younger set. Heading into Saturday’s show at the famous Riverside County racing facility, Gordon leads the Demo Cross point standings. He also leads the overall “Night of Destruction Iron Man” standings which combines all three classes. In the Figure 8 class he is tied with 2015 track champion Earl Cox of Norco for the lead. The only class he is not leading is the Figure 8 Trailer race as he did not contest that event at the first race of the season in March. To get a look at the last Demo Cross main event staged at Perris Auto Speedway in April, please click the link to see Four Videos coverage: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=egcxxOrsBRs&t=54s The Formula X and Autocross Karts and Spectator racing will also be a part of the show on Saturday. Skateboarding legend Bucky Lasek and Toni Ahokas of Finland have won the first two Formula X main events of the year. Spectator racing features 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. 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. 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=922994. 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. Figure 8 Point Standings 1. Earl Cox – Norco – 117 1. Jesse Gordon – Yucaipa – 117 3. Kevin Cox – 108 4. Rob Multhaupt – Orange - 93 5. Ryan Kinnett – Nuevo – 51 Figure 8 Trailer Standings 1. Rob Multhaupt – Orange – 111 2. Ken McWilliams – Menifee – 105 3. David Holmes – Norco – 60 3. Jesse Gordon – Yucaipa – 60 5. Kyle Cox – 54 Demo Cross Standings 1. Jess Gordon – Yucaipa – 111 2. Tim Lewis – Costa Mesa – 108 3. J.D. Wilson – Costa Mesa – 105 4. Austin Kinnane – Riverside – 87 5. Garrett McCourt – Romoland – 87 5. Tod Hughes – Riverside – 87 Night of Destruction Iron Man (Overall) Standings 1. Jesse Gordon – Yucaipa – 288 2. Rob Multhaupt – Orange – 204 3. Ken McWilliams – Menifee – 153 4. Kyle Cox – 135 5. David Holmes – Norco – 126 5. Weston Hughes – Riverside - 126 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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To get to the track, take the 215 freeway, exit on the Ramona Expressway and go three miles east to the fairgrounds. racesatthepas@aol.com is the only authorized Internet address to issue official media news released from The Perris Auto Speedway or Oval Entertainment. 2016-2017 PERRIS AUTO SPEEDWAY SCHEDULE 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