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WORLD
OF OUTLAWS ATTENDING PERRIS AUTO SPEEDWAY
BIRTHDAY SATURDAY!
By Scott
Daloisio
(Perris, CA, March 25, 2019)
Perris Auto Speedway will celebrate its
23rd birthday this Saturday night, March
30th, and one of the invited guests will
be the NOS Energy Drink World of Outlaws
Sprint Car Series. The appearance will be
the World of Outlaws only appearance in
Southern California in 2018 and their
first since 2017 as they were rained out
last year. Others invited to the party are
the popular Amsoil USAC/CRA Sprint Cars
and The PAS Senior & Young Gun Sprints.
Spectator gates for the quadruple header
will open an hour earlier than normal at
4:00 P.M. with racing at 7:00.
The popular
Riverside County half-mile clay oval
opened on March 30, 1996 and future NASCAR
regular JJ Yeley won the first ever SCRA
Sprint Car main event at the track. Since
that time, dozens of legendary drivers
have graced the oval that is located at
the base of the Lake Perris Dam. One of
those drivers is Minot, North Dakota’s
Donnie Schatz. The 41-year-old 10-time
World of Outlaws champion, who drives for
Tony Stewart/Curb-Agajanian Racing, won
his 254th series main event last month.
However, none of those victories have come
at Perris. Ironically, Steve Kinser, the
only driver with more Outlaw titles (20)
than Schatz and who scored 690 lifetime
wins in his illustrious career, also was
never able to earn a “W” at The PAS.
Saturday’s
race at the track that was dubbed “Sprint
Car Heaven” a few weeks after it opened,
will be the eighth of the 2019 season for
the Outlaws. Heading into this weekend’s
races (the Outlaws will race Friday in
Hanford before heading south to The PAS),
six different drivers have won the first
seven Outlaw races of the season. Only
Daryn Pittman, a three-time winner at The
PAS, has more than one win this year. The
Owasso, Oklahoma native, who has three
wins at The PAS over the years, won the
first two Outlaw races of the season in
Florida. Since then, five different
drivers – Aliquippa, Pennsylvania’s Tim
Shaffer, Californian Carson Macedo from
Lemoore, Australian Ian Madsen, Hanover,
Pennsylvania’s Logan Schuchart and Schatz
– have picked up single main event wins.
Oklahoma's
Darryn Pittman has two wins and leads the
World of Outlaws point standings. Jason
Tucker photo.
All of this
year’s winners are expected to be on hand
Saturday as will Watertown, Connecticut’s
David Gravel, who won the last Outlaws
main event at The PAS in 2017. In
addition, Grass Valley, California’s Brad
Sweet, Jason Sides of Bartlett, Tennessee,
Wooster, Ohio’s Sheldon Haudenschild, 2015
PAS winner Paul McMahon of Elk Grove,
California, Hanover, Pennsylvania resident
Jacob Allen, Shane Stewart of Bixby,
Oklahoma and Bloomington, Indiana’s Kraig
Kinser are expected to be in Saturday’s
Outlaws field.
Going into
Saturday’s race, Pittman leads Schatz by
10-points in the championship standings.
Sweet currently sits third and is only
10-points out of the lead.
On the
USAC/CRA side of Saturday’s program,
Garden Grove’s Brody Roa and R.J. Johnson
of Laveen, Arizona are currently
deadlocked at the top of the championship
standings. Seven-time series champion
Damion Gardner of Concord, California is
lurking just 3-points behind the leaders.
Tijeras, New Mexico’s Josh Hodges and
Hunter Schuerenberg of Sikeston, Missouri,
who will be racing with the Outlaws on
Saturday, split the series season-opening
races in Peoria, Arizona four weeks ago.
Of interest to local fans, Yorba Linda’s
Matt Mitchell will be back in his own car
and returning to regular action at The PAS
beginning on Saturday night.
Tickets for
Saturday’s show, which include a free
“World of Outlaws Fan Pit Pass” if
reserved or premiere seats are purchased
in advance, are available at the following
link https://bit.ly/2rLFzex or by calling
1-844-DIRT-TIX.
Perris Auto
Speedway is conveniently located on the
SoCal 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, 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.
Perris Auto
Speedway wants to thank its corporate
partners for the 2019 season. All Coast
Construction, Austin Hutchinson Realtor,
Battery Systems, Brass and Bass Firearms &
Fishing Supplies, Budweiser, Bud’s Tire
Pro, Chris’ Hauling, City of Perris,
Daytona Boat & RV Storage, Ed Moore Bullet
Proof Driveshaft, Flowdynamics, Harley’s
Custom Cycles, HD Industries, Hoosier
Tires, Inland Rigging, K2 Displays, Living
Water’s Hospice, LKQ Pick Your Part,
Luke’s Transmission, Pepsi-Cola, Pole
Position, Precision Engine of Temecula,
PrintItNow.com, Rainbow Bolt & Supply,
Shaver Specialties, Square H, Sunoco Race
Fuels, Sunstate Equipment, Trench Shoring,
Varner Construction, VIA RV Service and
Vista Paint.
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 sprint cars
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.
DVD’s of all
the PASSCAR/IMCA racing and Nights of
Destruction at The PAS are available from
Fourvideos. For more information call
(714) 225-9500.
racesatthepas@aol.com is the only
authorized Internet address to issue
official media news released from The
Perris Auto Speedway or Oval
Entertainment.
2019 Perris
Auto Speedway Schedule
March 30th
Craftsman World of Outlaws Sprint Cars,
Amsoil USAC/CRA Sprint Cars, PAS Senior
Sprints and PAS Young Gun Sprints American
Cancer Society Night Benefiting the “Up
Down ‘n Dirty 4 a Cure Mud Run
April 13th
“Sokola Shootout” Amsoil USAC/CRA Sprint
Cars, PAS Senior Sprints and PAS Young Gun
Sprints
April 20th
PASSCAR Super Stocks, Street Stocks,
American Factory Stocks and IMCA Modifieds
April 27th LKQ
Pick Your Part Presents Night of
Destruction II: Demo Cross, Figure 8’s,
Trailer Figure 8’s, Mini Stocks, Double
Deckers, Formula X Autocross and Cross
Karts American Cancer Society Night
Benefiting the “Up Down ‘n Dirty 4 a Cure
Mud Run
May 4th
PASSCAR Super Stocks, Street Stocks,
American Factory Stocks and IMCA Modifieds
May 25th
“Salute to Indy” Amsoil USAC/CRA Sprint
Cars, PAS Senior Sprints and PAS Young Gun
Sprints American Cancer Society Night
Benefiting the “Up Down ‘n Dirty 4 a Cure
Mud Run
June 1st LKQ
Pick Your Part Presents Night of
Destruction III: Demo Cross, Figure 8’s,
Trailer Figure 8’s, Mini Stocks, Double
Deckers, Formula X Autocross and Cross
Karts American Cancer Society Night
Benefiting the “Up Down ‘n Dirty 4 a Cure
Mud Run
June 15th
PASSCAR Super Stocks, Street Stocks,
American Factory Stocks and IMCA Modifieds
June 29th
Amsoil USAC/CRA Sprint Cars, PAS Senior
Sprints and PAS Young Gun Sprints
July 4th
FIREWORKS SPECTACULAR LKQ Pick Your Part
Presents Night of Destruction IV: Demo
Cross, Figure 8’s, Trailer Figure 8’s,
Mini Stocks, Double Deckers, Formula X
Autocross and Cross Karts American Cancer
Society Night Benefiting the “Up Down ‘n
Dirty 4 a Cure Mud Run
July 13th
Amsoil USAC/CRA & USAC Southwest Sprint
Cars, PAS Senior Sprints and PAS Young Gun
Sprints
July 20th
PASSCAR Super Stocks, Street Stocks,
American Factory Stocks and IMCA Modifieds
July 27th LKQ
Pick Your Part Presents Night of
Destruction V: Demo Cross, Figure 8’s,
Trailer Figure 8’s, Mini Stocks, Double
Deckers, Formula X Autocross and Cross
Karts
August 17th
“California Racer’s Hall of Fame Night”
Amsoil USAC/CRA & USAC Southwest Sprint
Cars, PAS Senior Sprints and PAS Young Gun
Sprints
August 24th
PASSCAR Super Stocks, Street Stocks,
American Factory Stocks and IMCA Modifieds
August 31st
LKQ Pick Your Part Presents Night of
Destruction VI: Demo Cross, Figure 8’s,
Trailer Figure 8’s, Mini Stocks, Double
Deckers, Formula X Autocross and Cross
Karts
September 14th
PASSCAR Super Stocks, Street Stocks,
American Factory Stocks and IMCA Modifieds
September 21st
“Glenn Howard Classic” Amsoil USAC/CRA
Sprint Cars, PAS Senior Sprints and PAS
Young Gun Sprints
September 28th
LKQ Pick Your Part Presents Night of
Destruction VII: Demo Cross, Figure 8’s,
Trailer Figure 8’s, Mini Stocks, Double
Deckers, Formula X Autocross and Cross
Karts
November 6th
Budweiser Oval Nationals Presented by All
Coast Construction Practice Session
November 7th
Budweiser Oval Nationals Presented by All
Coast Construction USAC National, CRA and
Southwest Sprint Cars
November 8th
Budweiser Oval Nationals Presented by All
Coast Construction USAC National, CRA and
Southwest Sprint Cars
November 9th
Budweiser Oval Nationals Presented by All
Coast Construction USAC National, CRA and
Southwest Sprint Cars
November 16th
“Champions Night” PASSCAR Super Stocks,
Street Stocks, American Factory Stocks and
PAS Modifieds
*** Schedule
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