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THE
BIG FIGHT IS THIS SATURDAY AT PERRIS AUTO
SPEEDWAY!
By Scott
Daloisio
(Perris, CA, August 22, 2017)
Perris Auto Speedway is gearing up to host
the “Big Fight” this Saturday night,
August 26th, when it presents the Amsoil
USAC/CRA Sprints Cars in the annual
“California Racer’s Hall of Fame Classic.”
The main event on Saturday’s card will
match defending champion Damion Gardner vs
USAC/CRA ranked #2 contender Brody Roa in
a 30-lap battle for the undisputed lead in
the Championship point standings.
Spectator gate will open at 5:00 P.M. and
the opening bell will ring at 7:00.
Gardner, the
five-time series champion who makes his
home in Concord, has been in the lead
since the opening round of the season on
March 4th at The PAS. Roa, a rising
26-year-old who lives in Garden Grove, has
been in second most of the year, but he is
closer to the point leader than he has
been all season long. After winning the
last race of the series at Santa Maria on
August 5th, the lanky driver has closed
the gap to a mere four-points behind his
main foe.
“I am not sure
if there is any animosity between the two
drivers, but the fans are sure fired up
about this one,” Perris Auto Speedway
promoter Don Kazarian said with a big
grin. “Damion has been ruling the roost
out here ever since he came back from
racing in Indiana five-years ago. He has
won four championships in a row and has a
good chance at making it five straight
this year. However, Brody and his team are
poised and ready to fight for the title
more than ever before. Fans have really
sat up and taken notice of Brody this year
with his never give up style and he likes
to run the top. Damion tops the series
with the three wins and Brody has been the
most consistent driver only finishing out
of the top five one-time (a seventh on
June 24th at The PAS). This is a classic
matchup of two title contenders.”
Damion Gardner
of Concord, on the inside, and Brody Roa
of Garden Grove, on the outside, will
fight it out for the USAC/CRA point lead
Saturday at Perris Auto Speedway. Please
give photo credit to Doug Allen.
While the lead
duo is fighting for the top spot, they had
better not blink as Anaheim’s Jake Swanson
and 5-time series champ Mike Spencer of
Temecula are currently ranked third and
fourth coming into Saturday’s race at the
famous Riverside County half-mile clay
oval. They are 66 and 67 points behind
Gardner respectively and with California
Sprint Week (six races in eight days
beginning on Labor Day weekend) coming up,
they could be major players for the title
when the series comes back to The PAS for
the 200th time on September 23rd.
Despite the
hubbub about the title contenders, the
driver to beat Saturday night could well
be Laveen, Arizona’s R.J. Johnson. The
multi-time USAC Southwest Series champ has
won the last two main events at The PAS
and has led all 30-laps both times. Last
week the 30-year-old won a USAC Southwest
Series main event in Wichita, Kansas.
In addition to
the normal heat races, B and A mains
prevalent at all USAC/CRA shows, a
$2,000.00 “Junior Kurtz Trophy Dash” has
been added for Saturday night. Pacing the
USAC/CRA main event field will be the
“Last Real American Dirt Car” driven by
National Sprint Car Hall of Famer Chuck
Gurney. The “Plastic Express Special” was
recently finished by Jeff Heywood and is a
tribute to longtime car owner Kurtz.
When the gates
open at 5:00 P.M. several legends from the
past will be inside the The PAS’ sports
bar to meet fans, sign autographs and pose
for photos. Among those expected are
Gurney, Heywood, Jimmy Oskie, Eddie Wirth,
Brad Noffsinger, Don Thomas, Stan
Atherton, John Redican and more.
As well as the
USAC/CRA Sprint Cars, The PAS Senior &
Young Gun Sprints and the California
Lightning Sprint Cars will also be in
action on Saturday. Hannah Mayhew, a
college student from Acton, has a slender
six-point lead over 15-year-old Covina
High student Joel Rayborne in the Young
Guns. The Senior Sprints (drivers 40 and
older) are locked into a three-way battle
for the title featuring Richard McCormick
of Agua Dolce, Ed Schwarz of Santa Fe
Springs and Rick Hendrix of Palmdale.
The California
Lightning Sprints will be making their
final 2017 appearance at The PAS. 2010 CLS
Champ Jarrett Kramer of Spring Valley has
led the CLS points chase since the first
race at El Centro in March. Teenager Aiden
Lange of Lakewood is second with four-time
series champ Bobby Michnowicz of Lomita
third. Michnowicz won the other 2017 CLS
race at The PAS on Memorial Day weekend.
Also on
Saturday, as fans walk through the front
gate they will be greeted by the gorgeous
vintage sprint cars and midgets from the
Western Racing Association.
Adult tickets
for Saturday’s race are $25.00. Seniors 65
and older get in for $20.00. Active
military members with proper id, teens
13-18 with their school id and gets age
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=922979.
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.
Amsoil
USAC/CRA Point Standings
1. Damion
Gardner – Concord, CA – 658
2. Brody Roa –
Garden Grove, CA – 654
3. Jake
Swanson – Anaheim, CA – 592
4. Mike
Spencer – Temecula, CA – 591
5. Austin
Williams – Yorba Linda, CA – 529
6. Cody
Williams – Yorba Linda, CA – 462
7. Logan
Williams – Yorba Linda, CA – 423
8. Max Adams -
Loomis, CA – 392
9. Chris
Gansen – Verdemont Heights, CA - 368
10. Richard
Vander Weerd - Visalia, CA – 345
PAS Young Gun
Sprint Car Point Standings
1. Hannah
Mayhew – Acton, CA – 291
2. Joel
Rayborne – West Covina, CA - 285
3. Blade
Hildebrand – Yucca Valley - CA – 172
4. Daniel
Anderson Venice, CA - 114
5. Malyssa
Perkins – Oak Hills, CA – 102
California
Lightning Sprint Cars
1. Jarrett
Kramer – Spring Valley, CA – 1404
2. Aiden Lange
– Lakewood, CA – 13416
3. Bobby
Michnowicz – Lomita, CA –1255
4. Cody Nigh –
Camarillo, CA – 1239
5. Chris
Dickey – Murrieta, CA - 1116
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, Moreno Valley Magazine of
Values, Paul Oil Company, Pepsi-Cola,
Pick-A-Part Auto Salvage, Pole Position,
Precision Engine of Murrieta,
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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Video and DVD
productions of open wheel racing events at
Perris Auto Speedway are available from
Loudpedal Productions. For more
information on these productions you can
contact them by calling (805) 844-3854,
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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.
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
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
September 30th
Southern California Fair – Nitro Circus
October 1st
Southern California Fair – Demolition
Derby
October 2nd
Southern California Fair – Monster Trucks
October 3rd
Southern California Fair – Monster Trucks
October 7th
Southern California Fair – American Flat
Track Motorcycle Finals
October 8
Southern California Fair – Night of
Destruction (afternoon and evening)
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
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