USAC/CRA SPRINT CARS RETURN TO PERRIS AUTO SPEEDWAY SATURDAY! By Scott Daloisio (Perris, CA, June 19, 2018) Race fans will get their final chance to see sprint cars at Perris Auto Speedway until the middle of August when the Amsoil USAC/CRA Series and PAS Senior & Young Gun Sprints converge on the famous Riverside County half-mile clay oval this Saturday, June 23rd. Spectator gates will open at 5:00 P.M. with racing at 7:00. Saturday’s race will be the third appearance of the year for sprint cars at The PAS. Six-time series champion Damion Gardner of Concord scored his 43rd USAC/CRA win at the track when he bested the field in April and Yorba Linda’s Austin Williams scored the win at the Salute to Indy on Memorial Day weekend. For Williams, who is known as “The Big Game Hunter,” it was his third ever win at The PAS and his second at the Salute to Indy in the past three years. Fans got some extra bang for their buck at the Salute to Indy when what seemed like a scene from the movie “Slap Shot” broke out between some rival crews in the work area during the main event. The confrontation quickly extinguished itself, but it did add some extra spice to the night. Saturday will be the first race in the series since the night of the donnybrook. “Sprint Car racing is a very passionate sport and sometimes tempers boil over,” promoter Don Kazarian said on Monday. “You put 22-sprint cars on a dirt track inches apart at 100 miles per hour and occasionally somebody is going to get upset. It is part of the sport. Fortunately, it does not happen often. Even if there are drivers and crews who do not like each other, for the most part, they do respect each other on the track.” ​Fans will get to see some full contact sprint car racing when the USAC/CRA Series comes to Perris Auto Speedway on Saturday night. Please give photo credit to Anthony Hernandez. Saturday’s USAC/CRA field should be the biggest of the year at The PAS. Some Arizona teams will be making the trek across the desert for the race and California Highway Patrol officer Jeff Dyer of Bermuda Dunes will be making his season debut in the 410 series. A regular for several years in the California Lightning Sprint Car Series, Dyer, who grew up in Chino, is anxious to move up and be a regular in USAC/CRA. In the Senior Sprint Car class (drivers 45 and over), Apple Valley’s John Aden, a former Division One Speedway Motorcycle racer, will be attempting to make it three wins in a row. The 45-year-old leads 2017 champion Richard McCormick of Canyon Country by four-points in the championship standings. Thus far in 2018, the Senior Sprints have been enjoying a rejuvenation with 13 and 14 cars respectively showing up at the first two races of the year. Eddie Tafoya Jr. of Chino Hills and Blade Hildebrand of Yucca Valley have split the victories in the first two Young Guns main events of 2018. Both are expected to be in action on Saturday. Fans who would like to arrive early and make a day of it can come out and watch the SoCal Oval Karters in action on the new Southern California Fair Motorcycle Speedway. The track is located on the fairgrounds just outside of turn four of Perris Auto Speedway. The SCOK’s first race will be at noon. Adult tickets for Saturday’s USAC/CRA race are $25.00. Seniors 65 and over get in for $20.00. For active military members with proper id, teens 13-18 with their school id and kids 6-12, it is just $5.00. Children 5 and under are free. Parking on the fairgrounds is $8.00. Advance tickets for all PAS events, including this Saturday, 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. Amsoil USAC/CRA Points 1. Damion Gardner – Concord, CA – 374 2. Jake Swanson – Anaheim, CA – 359 3. Brody Roa – Garden Grove, CA – 353 4. Cody Williams – Corona, CA – 291 5. R.J. Johnson – Laveen, AZ – 267 PAS Senior Sprints 1. John Aden – Apple Valley, CA - 128 2. Richard McCormick – Canyon Country, CA - 124 3. Ed Schwarz – Santa Fe Springs, CA - 109 4. Tyler Hatzikian – El Segundo, CA - 97 5. Royal Adderson – Calgary, Alberta, Canada – 94 PAS Young Guns 1. Eddie Tafoya Jr. – Chino Hills, CA - 124 2. Ricky Lewis – Oxnard, CA - 115 3. Austin Brundage – Apple Valley, CA - 99 4. Blade Hildebrand – Yucca Valley, CA - 63 5. Travis Buckley – Auckland, New Zealand - 58 Perris Auto Speedway wants to thank its corporate partners for the 2017 season. 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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 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 SCHEDULE IS SUBJECT TO CHANGE