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MOOSE
RACING OWNERS ARE OVAL NATIONALS GRAND
MARSHALS!
By Scott
Daloisio
(Perris, CA, October 29, 2019)
Tom and Lauri Sertich, the owners
of the famous Moose Racing #92 sprint car,
will be the Grand Marshals for the 24th
Annual Budweiser Oval Nationals Presented
by All Coast Construction at Perris Auto
Speedway. The prestigious race will
feature the Amsoil USAC/CRA, Amsoil USAC
National and Sands Chevrolet USAC
Southwest Sprint Cars on November 7th, 8th
and 9th.
Oval Nationals
Grand Marshal's Tom and Lauri Sertich.
Photo courtesy of Doug Allen.
Promoter Don
Kazarian said the selection of the
Sertich’s was an easy and unanimous one.
Like always, several names are tossed
around by the staff at the track. However,
as soon as the name “Sertich” was
mentioned, the process quickly came to an
end.
“Tom and Lauri
have been dedicated to this sport for
decades and we are happy to have them as
Grand Marshals for the 2019 Oval
Nationals,” Kazarian said. “Every year at
a staff meeting, we sit around and discuss
who we think the Grand Marshal should be.
We usually go back and forth with several
names. This year was different. As soon as
the Sertich’s were mentioned, everybody
agreed it should be them. It was a
unanimous choice.”
2019 marked
the 25th year for the Sertich’s to field a
car in the west coast sprint car wars. In
those 25-years, their familiar white car
trimmed in bright turquoise and purple and
tagged with the moniker the “Moose
Mobile,” has become one of the most
recognizable and popular sprint cars west
of the Mississippi.
“It’s been an
amazing year for Moose Racing and to say
we are honored to be named Oval National’s
Grand Marshals is an understatement,”
Laurie Sertich recently said. “Actually,
shocked is a pretty good description, too.
We can’t thank Donnie and the staff at
Perris Auto Speedway enough for this
honor. Grand Marshals and an Oval
Nationals victory would sure be the way to
close out the 2019 USAC/CRA season.”
Some on the
inside knew that Moose Racing was planning
to call it a career after 25 years as car
owners. However, things changed. Over the
winter they brought in veteran driver
Austin Williams to drive the legendary #92
and the results have been fantastic. Going
into the Oval Nationals, Williams is
currently ranked second in the
championship standings and is only
55-points behind seven-time champion
Damion Gardner with five races to go. The
team has scored wins at the Calistoga
Speedway on August 31st and at the last
race at Perris on September 28th.
“Many knew
that we set 25-years as our last to be car
owners,” Sertich said. “Thus, this 2019
season was to be it. But after long
conversations with Austin and the crew,
Moose Racing decided to up its game and
will be back in 2020 with Austin at the
wheel. The support we received from the
Moose Crew, the people and companies that
support us and the fans keeps us doing
this year in and year out.”
The thought of
sprint car racing without the Moose Racing
#92 in Southern California is almost
unthinkable for so many in the pits and
the grandstands.
“Everyone is
happy that Moose Racing has decided to
return for 2020 with Austin Williams in
the driver seat,” Kazarian said with a
smile. “The Sertich and Williams families
are so key to sprint car racing in
Southern California. They have been doing
it a long time and have been incredibly
dedicated to the sport. I just cannot
imagine it without them. They are part of
the fiber that holds the sport together on
the west coast.”
Advance
tickets for the Oval Nationals are
available 24-hours a day by calling
1-800-595-4849 or online at www.tix.com.
For fans who do not wish to purchase
advance tickets, there will be plenty
available for everyone at the ticket
window each night.
Perris
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,
Communication Innovations, 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, Rugged Radios,
Shaver Specialties, Square H, Sunoco Race
Fuels, Sunstate Equipment, Trench Shoring,
Upland Rock, 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
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 |
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