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THE
LAST 2017 LKQ PICK YOUR PART NIGHT OF
DESTRUCTION THIS SATURDAY AT PERRIS AUTO
SPEEDWAY!
By Scott Daloisio
(Perris, CA, August 27, 2017)
This Saturday night, Perris Auto
Speedway, “The Home of the Craziest Show
on Dirt,” will host the final 2017 LKQ
Pick Your Part Night of Destruction, the
wild program will include Figure 8 racing,
a Figure 8 Trailer race, Demo Cross,
Spectator racing and Formula X. Spectator
gates will open at 5:00 PM and the wild
racing will begin at 7:00.
Early arriving
fans can get an up-close look at the cars,
meet the drivers and get autographs at the
on-track autograph and photo session that
will begin at 5:15.
Saturday’s
show will feature the deciding races for
the 2017 Figure 8 and Figure 8 Trailer
championships. Amazingly, popular veteran
Earl Cox of Norco and rookie Jesse Gordon
of Beaumont come into the race tied for
the Figure 8-point lead. Cox’s brother
Kevin, who calls Foothill Ranch home, is
the only other driver with a mathematical
shot at winning the Figure 8 championship
as he is only 9-points behind the lead
duo. Should both his brother and Gordon
slip, which is doubtful, he is poised and
ready to take the lead and the
championship trophy.
“Earl Cox won
The PAS Figure 8 Championship in 2015 and
he should have won it again last year, but
he had to miss a race to attend a
wedding,” said promoter Don Kazarian. “Had
he not missed that race, he would have
been champion last year as well. That made
him the odds-on favorite to win the title
this year. Then Jesse Gordon entered the
season as a rookie and has shocked
everyone. He picked it up right away and
comes in tied with veteran Earl for the
point lead going into the final night of
Figure 8 racing in 2017. I expect a 20-lap
war between these two. They are such nice
guys. After Saturday’s race, I will be
very happy for one of them and very sad
for the other.”
Jesse Gordon,
a respiratory therapist from Banning, is
shown on the inside of Earl Cox, a hole
driller from Norco. They come into to
Saturday’s race tied for first in the
Figure 8-point standings. Please give
photo credit to Vane Ledgerwood.
The fight for
the title in the Figure 8 Trailer class is
not quite as tight, but four drivers have
a mathematical chance going into
Saturday’s race. Defending champ Ken
McWilliams of Menifee holds a narrow
3-point advantage over Rob Multhaupt of
Orange. Gordon and defending Night of
Destruction “Iron Man” Champion David
Holmes of Norco, are tied for third, but
would be longshots to take the win as they
are 18-points behind McWilliams.
Rounding out
Saturday’s show will be Formula X and
Spectator racing. Finland’s Toni Ahokas
will head the field in Formula X. In the
Spectator class, wily veteran “Wide Open”
Wayne Williams of Tijuana, hopes to return
to his winning ways.
“We hope to
see a lot of fans come out for Saturday’s
show,” Kazarian said with a smile. “This
will be the last time they can see the
full Night of Destruction until March of
2018. With the titles on the line, it
should be one of, if not the, best nights
of the year.”
The Democross
and overall titles will not be decided
until October 8th when there is a double
header during the Southern California
Fair.
To get a look
at one of the last Demo Cross main event
staged at Perris Auto Speedway in July,
please click the link to see Four Videos
coverage:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XI9mEgcz-Fg&t=543s
Reserved seats
for Saturday’s extravaganza are $25.00 for
adults and $10.00 for children. General
admission tickets are $15.00 adults, $5.00
for active military members with proper
id, teens 13-18 with their school id and
kids 6-12. Children 5 and under are free.
Parking on the fairgrounds is $8.00.
Advanced
tickets for Saturday night are available
24-hours a day by calling 1-800-595-4849
or online at
http://pas.tix.com/Schedule.aspx?OrgNum=7.
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. Jesse
Gordon – Beaumont – 285
2. Earl Cox –
Norco – 285
3. Kevin Cox –
Foothill Ranch – 276
4. Rob
Multhaupt – Orange – 216
5. David
Holmes – Norco – 186
Figure 8
Trailer Race Point Standings
1. Ken
McWilliams – Menifee – 249
2. Rob
Multhaupt – Orange – 246
3. Jesse
Gordon – Beaumont – 231
3. David
Holmes – Norco – 231
5. Ryan
Kinnett - Nuevo – 159
Demo Cross
Point Standings
1. Garrett
McCourt – Romoland – 261
2. Todd Hughes
– Riverside – 225
3. Kyle Cox –
Huntington Beach – 216
3. Austin
Kinane – Riverside – 216
5. Jesse
Gordon - Beaumont – 198
Overall Iron
Man Point Standings
1. Jesse
Gordon – Beaumont – 714
2. David
Holmes – Norco – 507
3. Rob
Multhaupt – Orange – 462
4. Ken
McWilliams – Menifee – 390
5. Kyle Cox –
Huntington Beach – 339
Formula X
1. Toni Ahokas
– Finland - 237
2. Mika
DeCoster – Los Angeles – 231
3. Artem
Shavrov – Moscow, Russia – 198
4. Bucky Lasek
– Encinitas – 171
5. Igor
Palagin – San Francisco – 147
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.
To keep up
with all the latest Perris Auto Speedway
news, photos, gossip and receive special
offers, please use the following links:
Facebook:
https://www.facebook.com/pages/Perris-Auto-Speedway/113876798686480?ref=hl
Twitter:
Perris Auto Speedway on Twitter.
Instagram:
https://www.instagram.com/perrisautospeedway/
Website:
http://perrisautospeedway.com/
Video and DVD
productions of all 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, E-mailing
mailto:trtruex@gmail.com or you can visit
the web site LoudPedal Productions
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.
2017 PERRIS
AUTO SPEEDWAY SCHEDULE
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
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