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TRICK
OR TREATING FOR THE KIDS AT PERRIS’ LAST
STOCK CAR RACE SATURDAY!
By Scott
Daloisio
(Perris, CA, October 23, 2018)
When Perris Auto Speedway hosts
“Champion’s Night” for the PASSCAR Stock
Car Series this Saturday, October 27th,
there will be something extra for younger
racing fans. All kids who show up in their
Halloween costumes will be allowed onto
the race track at intermission to trick or
treat between all the drivers and cars.
Saturday’s racing program will feature the
final race of 2018 for the PASSCAR Super
Stocks, Street Stocks, Modifieds and the
American Factory Stocks. Spectator gates
will open at 5:00 P.M. and the first race
will be at 7:00.
After the
preliminary heat races at intermission on
Saturday, all the drivers and cars will
line up on the front straightaway. They
will have bags of candy and goodies. Kids
in costume will be allowed onto the track
for the entire intermission to collect the
treats.
Two years ago,
the famous Riverside County half-mile clay
oval decided to host the ghosts and
goblins for trick or treating on short
notice. Despite the late announcement, the
startling amount of kids who showed up in
costume was amazing and it added to their
night of fun at the races.
“Two years
ago, before the final stock car race,
Shelly Wooldridge from P.R.E. sent us a
message wondering about having kids in
costumes trick or treat with the drivers
at intermission,” promoter Don Kazarian
said. “We figured with only 48-hours’
notice, we would only have a couple dozen
kids show up in costume. We were shocked
when several hundred kids came through the
gates dressed for Halloween. They had a
great time walking on the track, looking
at the cars, meeting the drivers and of
course, collecting a lot of candy. So, we
did it again last year and we about
doubled the number of kids in costume. It
is now an annual event at the track. It is
a fun, safe way for kids to trick or
treat. The kids and their parents love it.
I am not sure who has had more fun the
first two years. The kids or the drivers.”
Kids trick or
treating with the drivers at Perris Auto
Speedway. Please give photo credit to Vane
Ledgerwood.
Champions will
be crowned in the Super Stock, Modified,
Street Stock and Factory Stock classes on
Saturday. Unlike the past few seasons, The
PAS has gone back to the “old school” way
of deciding its champions. The driver in
each class who accumulates the most points
throughout the year is crowned champion.
The past few years, drivers who won main
events during the regular season were
eligible for the championships in their
respective classes. The driver who
finished highest among those eligible in
the main event on the final night was
crowned champ.
“The drivers
asked us to go back to the old system
after last year,” Kazarian said. “So, that
is what we did. With the winner of the
last race being crowned champion, you
could have a guy lead every lap of every
race all season-long and then lead every
lap of the last race only to blow a tire
coming out of turn four and not win the
title. Fortunately, we never had a
scenario unfold quite like that. Going
back to season long points to decide the
champion is much fairer to everyone.”
The champion
in each class will receive a $1,000.00
bonus and two drivers have already
clinched titles going into the finale.
Riverside’s Luke Dodd has already sewn up
his third straight and fifth overall
championship in the Street Stocks and El
Cajon’s Mike Lerwell has his second Super
Stock title in three years already in the
bag.
In the
Modifieds, three drivers are still in
contention for the crown. Winnemucca,
Nevada’s Cory Sample leads Yucaipa’s Chuck
Becker, a two-time Modified champion at
the track, by 11-points. In third-place
and only 20-points behind the leader is
two-time track superstock champion Terry
Hershberger of Corona.
The best fight
for a track title comes in the American
Factory Stocks where Cameron Veatch of
Temecula and Todd Fassler of El Cajon are
deadlocked for the lead with 154-points
each. Nuevo’s Mike Burks is third and is
only nine points behind the leaders.
Menifee’s Kris Carnish is fourth in the
standings and could end up tied for the
lead if the other three do not score
points in the heats and do not start the
main.
Adult tickets
for Saturday night’s race are $15.00. For
active military with proper id, students
13-16 with their school id and kids 6-12,
tickets are only $5.00. Children 5 and
under are free. Parking on the fairgrounds
is $8.00.
Advance
tickets for all PAS events, including
Saturday 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 purchase advance tickets,
there will be plenty of tickets available
for everyone at the ticket window each
race night.
Super Stock
Point Standing
1. Mike
Lerwell – El Cajon, CA – 155
2. Fred
Estrada – Riverside, CA – 128
3. Dennis
Wooldridge – Riverside, CA – 122
4. Ricky Lee –
Beaumont, CA – 119
5. Pat Bradley
– Lake Elsinore - 110
Street Stock
Points Standings
1. Luke Dodd –
Riverside, CA – 153
2. Chris
Leventis – Rancho Palos Verdes, CA – 128
3. Alyssa
Smith – Norco, CA – 117
4. Blaine
Whitson – Temecula, CA – 101
5. Harley
Harveston – Lake Elsinore, CA – 97
Modified Point
Standings
1. Cory Sample
– Winnemucca, NV – 343
2. Chuck
Becker – Yucaipa, CA – 332
3. Terry
Hershberger – Corona, CA – 323
4. Dave Clark
– Riverside, CA – 256
5. James Cory
– Hemet, CA – 254
American
Factory Stock Points
1. Cameron
Veatch - Temecula, CA – 154
1. Todd
Fassler – El Cajon, CA – 154
3. Mike Burks
– Neuvo, CA – 145
4. Kris
Carnish – Menifee, CA – 131
5. Swede Ogren
– Anaza, CA - 128
Perris Auto
Speedway wants to thank its corporate
partners for the 2017 season. All Coast
Construction, Amsoil, Austin Hutchinson
Realtor, Battery Systems, Brass and Bass
Firearms & Fishing Supplies, Budweiser,
Bud’s Tire Pro, Center Point Church,
Chris’ Hauling, 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, K2 Displays, 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, Shaver Specialties, Square
H, Sunstate Equipment, Swedish Speed,
Trench Shoring, Valley News and Vista
Paint.
To keep up
with all the latest Perris Auto Speedway
news, photos, gossip and receive special
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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 website 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
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
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