BALLOU AND JOHNSON HEAD LATEST ENTRIES FOR NEXT WEEKS BUDWEISER OVAL NATIONALS! By Scott Daloisio (Perris, CA, October 31, 2017) Robert Ballou, the 2014 winner, was among the latest entries received for next week’s 22nd Annual Budweiser Oval Nationals Presented by All Coast Construction at Perris Auto Speedway. Ballou will be back after missing the 2016 Oval Nationals due to an injury suffered at the Calistoga Speedway on Labor Day Weekend. The race on the Riverside County half-mile clay oval will take place on November 9th, 10th and 11th. Ballou, a Rocklin, California native, missed the first part of the 2017 season due to the Calistoga injuries. He heads into this week’s races in Arizona ninth in USAC National Sprint Car Series points with two main event wins on the season. Laveen, Arizona’s R.J. Johnson, who won three USAC/CRA races in a row at The PAS from June through August, has also submitted his entry for the most prestigious event in non wing sprint car racing. In addition to his prowess in the USAC/CRA Series in the middle of the season, Johnson has scored seven wins in the USAC Southwest Sprint Car Series and should sew up his fifth straight title this weekend in Arizona. The other entry to come in this week came from Trent Williams of Victorville, the 2014 PAS Young Guns Sprint Car champion. There has been one driver change. Danny Faria Jr. of Tipton, California, who was originally entered in his own #17V, will now replace Tyler Thomas in the Michael Dutcher Motorsports #17GP. Robert Ballou, show at the Oval Nationals in 2014, is one of the latest entries for next weeks Budweiser Oval Nationals. Please give photo credit to Doug Allen. As this piece went to press, a strong field of 45 sprint cars have entered the prestigious race. The field includes drivers from six different states and New Zealand. Car # Driver Residence Car Owner 2 Austin Williams Yorba Linda, CA John Jory 4 Damion Gardner Concord, CA Mark Alexander 4D TBA Gansen Engineering 4G Chris Gansen Verdemont Hgts, CA Gansen Engineering 4S Mike Spencer Temecula, CA Gansen Engineering 5 Logan Williams Yorba Linda, CA John Jory 5 Chris Windom Canton, IL Baldwin Brothers, LLC 5M Max Adams Loomis, CA Max Adams 5X Tommy Malcolm Corona, CA Dino Napier 7K Sterling Cling Tempe, AZ Kruseman Enterprises 8 TBA Jim Richardson 9K Kevin Thomas Jr. Cullman, AL Kevin Thomas Jr. 10V Richard Vander Weerd Visalia, CA Vander Weerd Racing 11 Justin Grant Ion, CA Sam McGhee 12 Robert Ballou Rocklin, CA Ballou Motorsports 17GP Danny Faria Jr. Tipton, CA Michael Dutcher Motorsports 19 Thomas Meseraull San Jose, CA Andy Reinbold 19S Hunter Schuerenberg Sikeston, MO Andy Reinbold 21 Alec Bender Ramona, CA Rich Bender 21K Landon Cling Tempe, AZ Kruseman Enterprises 23 Tyler Courtney Noblesville, IN Topp Motorsports 28M Matt McCarthy Moreno Valley, CA John McCarthy 30 C.J. Leary Greenfield, IN Chuck and Tammi Leary 32 Chase Stockon Fort Branch, IN Chase Stockon 39 Kyle Edwards Fountain Valley, CA Gordon Edwards 42 Stevie Sussex Tempe, AZ Dwight Cheney 44 Cody Williams Corona, CA John Jory 51 Eddie Tafoya Chino Hills, CA Eddie Tafoya 51 R.J. Johnson Laveen, AZ Bobby Martin 52V Trent Williams Victorville, CA Ron Williams 52 Isaac Chapple New Castle, IN Isaac Chapple Racing 56 Ryan Bernal Hollister, CA Mike Phulps 69 Chad Boespflug Hanford, CA Dynamics. Inc. 73 Dave Darland Lincoln, IN Keith Ford 73T Carson Macedo Lemoore, CA Carrie Terry 74X Josh Hodges Albuquerque, NM Hodges Motorsports 81 Michael Pickens Auckland, New Zealand Steve Watt Enterprises 83 Austin Liggett Tracy, CA Tim Liggett 88 Jace Vander Weerd Visalia, CA Vander Weerd Racing 90 Randy Waitman Ramona, CA Randy Waitman 91 Brody Roa Garden Grove, CA BR Performance 92 Jake Swanson Anaheim, CA Tom & Laurie Sertich 92M TBA Tom & Laurie Sertich 98 Verne Sweeney Lomita, CA Ken Tracey 98 Jeremy Ellertson Lawndale, CA Jeremy Ellertson The Oval Nationals, which pays $25,000.00 to win on the final night, is three nights of full points paying races for the USAC/CRA and USAC National Sprint Car Series. Each night will include qualifying, heat races and main events. Advance tickets for the most prestigious non-wing sprint car race in the nation are available at the following link: http://pas.tix.com/Schedule.aspx?OrgNum=7 or by calling 1-800-595-4849. As well as the USAC portion of the show, Saturday’s program also includes a special invitational debut of the Yamaha R1 DT race car. Drivers from several different racing diciplines In addition to the three nights of racing, there will be a practice session for Oval Nationals entered cars on Wednesday, November 8th. The practice will be free for fans in the grandstands and there will be $2.00 pizza, soda and beer. The practice will commence at 5:00 P.M. Past Oval Nationals Champions 1996 Jimmy Sills 1997 Rip Williams 1998 Rodney Argo 1999 Rickie Gaunt 2000 Tony Jones 2001 Bud Kaeding 2002 Bud Kaeding 2003 Cory Kruseman 2004 Cory Kruseman 2005 Dave Darland 2006 Dave Darland 2007 Bud Kaeding 2008 Jesse Hockett 2009 Damion Gardner 2010 Chris Windom 2011 Damion Gardner 2012 Mike Spencer 2013 Dave Darland 2014 Robert Ballou 2015 Bryan Clauson 2016 Damion Gardner Perris Auto Speedway wants to thank its corporate partners for the 2017 season. 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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 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