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HEAVY
EMPHASIS ON CHILDREN AT SATURDAY’S PERRIS
AUTO SPEEDWAY PASSCAR OPENER!
By Scott
Daloisio
(Perris, CA,
April 16, 2019)
When
the PASSCAR Stock Car Series and IMCA
Modifieds finally kick off the 2019 season
this Saturday night, April 20th, at Perris
Auto Speedway, there will be a heavy
emphasis on the children in the
grandstands. At intermission, children
will be allowed onto the racetrack to
collect Easter candy and meet all the
drivers. And, the first 20 kids to sign up
will be matched up with a driver in the
Modified main event. At the conclusion of
that main, the child matched up with the
winning driver will receive a trophy and
pose for a photo with the winner on the
track. Spectator gates will open at 5:00
P.M. and the first race will begin at
7:00.
Luke Dodd will be racing the #98 in the
Street Stocks and Modifieds this year.
Doug Allen photo.
Saturday’s
exciting program will be comprised of four
different classes. The PASSCAR Super
Stocks, Street Stocks, American Factory
Stocks and the IMCA Modifieds. The
competitors will be chomping at the bit as
the season opener has been rained out two
times. It was originally scheduled for
February 9th. After that date succumbed to
the weather, promoter Don Kazarian decided
to stage a doubleheader on March 9th, but
once again Mother Nature intervened and
had her way with the track. Kazarian thus
added this week’s race to the schedule and
another on November 16th.
“We
wanted to be sure these drivers get their
full schedule in, so we had to reschedule
the two canceled races,” Kazarian said.
“They have not raced at The PAS for nearly
six months. And, or those who do not
travel to other tracks, they have not
raced at all. All the drivers should be
chomping at the bit to get going. We
expect a very exciting night of racing.”
The part with the children is tied to
the tracks highly successful Halloween
nights the past three seasons. Modified
veteran Steven “Bam Bam” Fangmeyer
suggested they do the same deal of
inviting the kids onto the track to meet
with the drivers and collect candy at
intermission. He also suggested pairing
kids up with the drivers like they did in
days gone by at the sprint car races.
“The Halloween night with trick or
treaters on the track has become our
biggest night for the PASSCAR/IMCA shows,”
Kazarian noted. “We hope it does just as
well this week for Easter. The kids
pairing up with drivers should also make
it extra fun for them. They will sign up,
draw a number and will be paired with a
driver for the main. It will give them
something extra to get excited about and
to cheer for.”
One of the new cars
in action on Saturday night will be the
#98 IMCA Modified of Riverside’s Luke
Dodd. The proprietor of Luke’s
Transmissions in Rubidoux, Dodd has won
more main events than any stock car driver
in the track’s history. In addition to his
main event wins, he has five Street Stock
track championships. However, Saturday
night will see him in a Modified at The
PAS for the first time. As always, he will
be in his #98 Street Stock.
Among
the foes expected to try to thwart Dodd’s
efforts for a sixth Street Stock title
will be longtime nemesis Blaine Whitson of
Temecula, Chris Leventis of Rancho Palos
Verdes, 16-year-old Norco high school
student Alyssa Smith, who finished third
as a rookie in the Street Stocks last
season, and three-time champ Curtis
Dietzsch of Riverside.
Yucaipa’s
Chuck Becker, who has won Modified
championships the last three years at The
PAS (one IMCA and two PAS), will be back
to try and make it four in a row in 2019.
On Saturday, Becker, who began racing over
40-years ago and who has owned the car he
drove to his PAS titles, will be driving a
car owned by Long Beach native and now
Roseville, California resident John Krebs.
Among others In 2019, Becker can expect a
stiff challenge from 2018 runner-up Terry
Hershberger of Corona, four-time PAS main
event winner Fangmeyer of Stanton and 2016
Lucas Oil Modified Series champion Matthew
Hicks of Lakeside.
El Cajon’s Mike
Lerwell is expected to be back to vie for
his third track championship in the Super
Stock class. 2018 runner-up Fred Estrada
of Riverside, who was a regular at Ascot
in the 1980s, Beaumont’s Ricky Lee,
two-time class champ Dennis Wooldridge of
Riverside and Norco’s Tom Smith (father of
Alyssa) should all be contenders for the
crown.
In the Factory Stocks,
Temecula’s Cameron Veatch is expected to
be back on the track on Saturday night. In
2018, he beat El Cajon’s Todd Fassler by a
single point to claim the class
championship. Nuevo’s Mike Burks, Swede
Ogren of Anza and veteran Kris Carnish of
Menifee should all battle Veatch for the
title this year.
Tickets for
Saturday’ show are $15.00 for adults. For
active military with proper id and their
spouse or date, it will be $5.00 each.
Teens 13-18 with their school id and kids
6-12 get in for $5.00. Children 5 and
under are free. Parking on the fairgrounds
is $8.00.
Advance tickets for all
Perris Auto Speedway events are available
24-hours a day online at
https://bit.ly/2Aa50Lj or by calling
1-800-595-4849. If you do not wish to buy
tickets in advance for any race, there
will be plenty of tickets for everyone at
the ticket window on race night.
The track 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,
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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
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 Subject to Change |
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