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PERRIS
AUTO SPEEDWAY INTRODUCES REVERSE PURSE!
By Scott
Daloisio
(Perris, CA, April 1, 2018)
Perris Auto Speedway promoter Don
Kazarian has announced a new, innovative
purse structure to help the sport of
racing. Beginning with the next race on
April 14th, purses for all classes at the
famous Riverside County half-mile clay
oval will be reversed to help the lower
budget teams.
“I was laying
in bed staring at the ceiling the other
night thinking about how we can help the
lower budget teams,” the longtime promoter
said. “Then it hit me like a bolt of
thunder. Reverse the entire purse at every
race. I was so excited, I woke up my wife
to tell her, but she told me to go back to
sleep.”
The way the
reverse purse will work is just as it
sounds. The driver who finishes last in a
main event will now receive the winner’s
share of the purse and the winner will be
paid last-place money. Likewise, the
driver who finishes next to last will
receive second place money and so on
throughout the field.
“This is an
effort to help the smaller teams with
little or no budget,” Kazarian stated.
“You know, teams that run used tires, bent
parts and at times, have a hard time just
getting to the track. They spend a lot of
time working on their cars to get them to
the races. The big money teams spend the
same, if not more time, and they have a
lot more money to spend.”
“I have not
exactly told them yet,” Kazarian whispered
when queried as to the big team’s reaction
to the new reverse purse. “I figure, the
ones that do not hear about this release
will find out when they receive their
purse money after the next race. I think
they will understand that it is to help
the sport and they will be very happy with
it.”
One person who
was excited when he heard the news was
Tony Jones. The news was so big that Jones
has announced he is coming out of
retirement.
“This is great
news and I am happy to say I am coming out
of retirement because of it,” the 2007
USAC/CRA champion said. “You have to hand
it to Don Kazarian as he comes up with
these great ideas at least one time every
year. With this idea, I think I can make
the most money I have ever made in racing.
You know, I have been out of the seat for
quite some time and I am going to be
rusty, so I am looking forward to cashing
those big checks. I just hope I fit in one
of those full containment seats. Nowadays,
I have a lot more to contain than I did
when I quit racing.”
Jones, who won
the Oval Nationals in 2000, is very
excited to get another shot at winning the
big race in 2018.
“It will be
great to get back in that race to compete
against the best drivers in racing,” Jones
gushed. “It is so prestigious. I just
can’t wait to take part in it again to
compete against all of the modern day guys
at that big race in November. I am going
to take the green flag, shut er’ off and
turn into the pits before turn one to
collect that $25,000.00.”
Another
question came up for Kazarian when it came
to who would receive the trophies normally
given to the top three finishers in the
main events at the track that is about to
embark on its 23rd season of racing.
“Come on, of
course, the top three finishers will
receive the trophies as usual,” Kazarian
bristled. “We would never consider taking
their trophies away from them. They work
hard and spend a lot of money to get to
the top of the sport. It would not be
right to deprive them out of the trophies
they earned.”
“I am really
looking forward to this and I know all of
the big teams will be as enthused as I
am,” Kazarian said before adding with a
wink and a smile. “I hope everyone has a
very happy April Fool’s Day.”
Advance
tickets for all PAS events, including the
July 4th Night of Destruction and
November’s 23rd Annual Budweiser Oval
Nationals presented by All Coast
Construction, are available 24 hours a day
online at
https://pas.tix.com/Schedule.aspx?OrgNum=7
or by calling 1-800-595-4849. For fans who
do not want to buy advance tickets, there
will be plenty available for everyone at
the ticket window each race night.
Perris Auto
Speedway wants to thank its corporate
partners for the 2017 season. All Coast
Construction, Amsoil, Austin Hutchinson
Realtor, Ayers Hotel & 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, Greg
Smith Equipment, Harley’s Custom Cycles,
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 Temecula, PrintItNow.com, Scott Sales,
Shaver Specialties, Square H, Sunstate
Equipment, Swedish Speed, Original Tommy’s
Burgers, Trench Shoring, Valley News and
Vista Paint.
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with all the latest Perris Auto Speedway
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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 conveniently located on the So
Cal Fair and Event Center (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. For directions on
MapQuest, the address to enter is: 18700
Lake Perris Drive and the zip code is
92571.
racesatthepas@aol.com is the only
authorized Internet address to issue
official media news released from The
Perris Auto Speedway or Oval
Entertainment.
2018 Perris
Auto Speedway Schedule
April 14TH
PASSCAR SERIES - Super Stocks, Street
Stocks, Factory Stocks and IMCA Modifieds
April 21st
"SOKOLA SHOOTOUT" USAC/CRA Sprint Cars,
PAS Senior Sprint Cars and PAS Young Guns
Sprint Cars AMERICAN CANCER SOCIETY NIGHT
Benefiting the Up, Down 'n Dirty 4 a Cure
MUD RUN
April 28th
NIGHT OF DESTRUCTION II - Demo Cross,
Figure 8's, Figure 8 Trailer Racing and
Formula-X Autocross & CrossKarts
May 12th
PASSCAR SERIES - Street Stocks, Super
Stocks, Factory Stocks and IMCA Modifieds
May 19th NIGHT
OF DESTRUCTION III - Demo Cross, Figure
8's, Figure 8 Trailer Racing and Formula-X
Autocross & CrossKarts
May 26th
"SALUTE TO INDY " USAC/CRA Sprint Cars,
PAS Senior Sprint Cars and PAS Young Guns
Sprint Cars, California Lightning Sprint
Cars AMERICAN CANCER SOCIETY NIGHT
Benefiting the Up, Down 'n Dirty 4 a Cure
MUD RUN
June 9th
PASSCAR SERIES - Street Stocks, Super
Stocks, Factory Stocks and IMCA Modifieds
June 16th
NIGHT OF DESTRUCTION IV - Demo Cross,
Figure 8's, Figure 8 Trailer Racing and
Formula-X Autocross & CrossKarts
June 23rd
USAC/CRA Sprint Cars, PAS Senior Sprint
Cars and PAS Young Guns Sprint Cars
June 30th
PASSCAR SERIES - Street Stocks, Super
Stocks, Factory Stocks and IMCA Modifieds
July 4th 4TH
OF JULY CELEBRATION AND FIREWORKS NIGHT OF
DESTRUCTION V - Demo Cross, Figure 8's,
Figure 8 Trailer Racing and Formula-X
Autocross & CrossKarts AMERICAN CANCER
SOCIETY NIGHT Benefiting the Up, Down 'n
Dirty 4 a Cure MUD RUN
July 21st
PASSCAR SERIES - Street Stocks, Super
Stocks, Factory Stocks and IMCA Modifieds
July 28th
NIGHT OF DESTRUCTION VI - Demo Cross,
Figure 8's, Figure 8 Trailer Racing and
Formula-X Autocross & CrossKarts
August 18th
"CALIFORNIA RACERS HALL OF FAME NIGHT"
USAC/CRA Sprint Cars, PAS Senior Sprint
Cars and PAS Young Guns Sprint Cars,
California Lightning Sprint Cars
August 25th
PASSCAR SERIES - Street Stocks, Super
Stocks, Factory Stocks and IMCA Modifieds
September 1st
NIGHT OF DESTRUCTION NOD VII - Demo Cross,
Figure 8's, Figure 8 Trailer Racing and
Formula-X Autocross & CrossKarts
September 22nd
"GLENN HOWARD CLASSIC" USAC/CRA Sprint
Cars, PAS Senior Sprint Cars and PAS Young
Guns Sprint Cars
October 6th -
14th SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA FAIR
October 20th
USAC/CRA Sprint Cars, PAS Senior Sprint
Cars and PAS Young Guns Sprint Cars
October 27th
PASSCAR "Champions Night” - Street Stocks,
Super Stocks, Factory Stocks and Modifieds
November 7th
Oval Nationals Practice
November 8th
23rd Annual Budweiser Oval Nationals
“Presented by All Coast Construction" USAC
National and USAC/CRA Sprint Cars
November 9th
23rd Annual Budweiser Oval Nationals
“Presented by All Coast Construction" USAC
National and USAC/CRA Sprint Cars
November 10th
23rd Annual Budweiser Oval Nationals
“Presented by All Coast Construction" USAC
National and USAC/CRA Sprint Cars
NOTE; THIS
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