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USAC/CRA AND SOUTHWEST SPRINT CARS AT
PERRIS AUTO SPEEDWAY THIS SATURDAY!
By Scott
Daloisio
(Perris, CA, July 8, 2019)
This Saturday night July 13th, Perris Auto
Speedway will play host to a jointly
sanctioned program featuring the Amsoil
USAC/CRA Sprint Cars and the Sands
Chevrolet USAC/ Southwest Sprint Cars. It
will be the first time the two groups have
contested a co-sanctioned race in
California. Spectator gates will open at
5:00 P.M. with racing at 7:00. At
intermission, kids will be allowed onto
the track to see all the cars up close and
meet and collect candy from all the
drivers.
(The two
photos attached, one of Arizona's R.J.
Johnson racing inside California's Cody
Williams and the other of kids collecting
candy from the teams at intermission, are
courtesy of Doug Allen)
Late last year
it was announced that the Southwest Series
would allow 410 engines for the first time
in 2019. The engine switch allows the
Arizona drivers to come to California to
race on a more level playing field.
Likewise, it allows the drivers of
USAC/CRA to journey to Arizona and race in
the Southwest Series. Ironically, the same
driver leads the championship standings in
each series. Garden Grove, California’s
Brody Roa, who won the “Doug Fort
Memorial” at the Santa Maria Raceway last
Saturday night, leads Concord,
California’s Damion Gardner by a single
point in the CRA Series heading into
Saturday’s race. In the Southwest Series,
Roa is 53-points in front of Laveen,
Arizona’s R.J. Johnson.
“There are a
lot of good sprint car drivers in
Arizona,” Perris Auto Speedway promoter
Don Kazarian stated. “USAC implementing
410s into the Southwest Series has already
allowed us to see some of them on a
regular basis for the first time in years.
Driver’s like R.J. Johnson, Charles Davis
Jr., Stevie Sussex and Mike Martin are top
notch competitors in top notch cars. They
have been to The PAS several times this
year and we hope to see them, and some
other top drivers come over to challenge
the CRA regulars on Saturday night.”
Like the CRA
Series contesting most of its races in
California, the Southwest Series confines
a majority of its races to Arizona.
However, with the temperatures sizzling in
the “Copper State” in June, July and
August, most of the tracks in the state
take those months off. The Southwest
Series last raced in Arizona at Canyon
Speedway Park on June 8th and will not
race in its home state again until
September 14th. The three-month break in
the schedule creates the opportunity for
its teams to head west to race in
California. In addition to racing at The
PAS this Saturday night, the August 17th
race will also be co-sanctioned between
the two series.
Saturday’s
race will be the fifth USAC/CRA race at
The PAS in 2019. Thus far only one driver,
Visalia’s Richard Vander Weerd who was
born in Upland and spent part of his
childhood in Chino, is the only driver
with two wins in the first four races.
Sikeston, Missouri’s Hunter Schuerenberg
and Roa have split the wins in the other
two races on the famous Riverside County
half-mile clay oval.
Due to popular
demand with all the fans and the racing
teams, the candy giveaway is coming back
for the second straight sprint car race at
The PAS.
“The candy
giveaway for the kids has been very
popular,” Kazarian said. “Not only popular
with the kids but also the race teams. Our
pits are open to the fans after each race,
but with many families having a long drive
home, they must hit the road. By doing the
candy giveaway at intermission, they all
get to meet the drivers and the drivers
get to meet more kids.”
In addition to
the CRA/Southwestern part of the show, The
PAS Senior and Young Gun Sprint Cars will
also be in action.
Spectator
gates for Saturday’s race will open at
5:00 P.M. and the first race will take the
green flag at 7:00.
Tickets are
$25.00 for adults. Seniors 65 and over get
in for $20.00. For active military with
proper id and their spouse or date, it is
$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.
Camping on the
fairgrounds opens at noon on Friday.
Tailgating on the grassy area outside of
turn four begins at 1:00 P.M. on Saturday.
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.
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.
USAC/CRA
Sprint Cars
1. Brody Roa –
Garden Grove, CA – 607
2. Damion
Gardner – Concord, CA – 606
3. Austin
Williams – Norco, CA – 544
4. Jake
Swanson – Anaheim, CA – 481
5. Tommy
Malcolm – Corona, CA – 397
USAC Southwest
Sprint Cars
1. Brody Roa –
Garden Grove, CA – 589
2. R.J.
Johnson – Laveen, AZ – 536
3. Stevie
Sussex – Tempe, AZ – 511
4. Charles
Davis Jr. – Buckeye, AZ – 467
5. Mike Martin
– Yuma, AZ – 482
PAS Senior
Sprint Cars
1. John Aden –
Apple Valley, CA – 243
2. Ed Schwarz
– Santa Fe Springs, CA – 229
3. Richard
McCormick – Canyon Country, CA – 181
4. Dan Taylor
– Reily, OH – 150
5. Dale Gamer
– Anaheim, CA – 136
PAS Young Gun
Sprint Cars
1. Amanda
Roberson – Ramona, CA – 182
2. Dillon
Osborne – Corona, CA – 130
3. Blade
Hilldebrand – Yucca Valley, CA – 65
4. Gage Rucker
– Bellflower, MO - 65
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, HD
Industries, Hoosier Tires, Inland Rigging,
K2 Displays, Living Water’s Hospice, LKQ
Pick Your Part, Luke’s Transmission,
Pepsi-Cola, Pole Position, 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:
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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
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,
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
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
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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