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FANS VOTE RIP WILLIAMS AS PERRIS AUTO
SPEEDWAY’S BEST SPRINT CAR DRIVER
By Scott
Daloisio
(Perris, CA, May 31, 2020)
Nearly seven years after he took his final
win on the track, National Sprint Car Hall
of Famer Rip Williams scored another
victory when he bested seven other drivers
to emerge victorious in “The Perris Auto
Speedway Fan’s Best Sprint Car Driver
Challenge Poll.” Williams took the win in
the penultimate round over fellow Hall of
Famer Richard Griffin.
The
competition, which was conducted on the
track Facebook page, took three weeks and
featured the eight winningest sprint car
drivers in track history. Both Williams
and Griffin had to win two preliminary
rounds to reach the final. Williams bested
Mike Kirby in the first round and Mike
Spencer in the semifinals to earn his spot
in the championship. Griffin secured his
ticket to the final by defeating Damion
Gardner in the first round and Cory
Kruseman in the semifinals.
Like many of
his wins on the famous Riverside County
half-mile clay oval, Williams grabbed the
lead early in the three-day finale and
never looked back. When the poll closed on
Saturday, Williams had garnered 68% (375)
of the votes in the finals to Griffin’s
32% (176).
More than
2,500 votes were cast during the poll. Up
next will be a poll matching PASSCAR Stock
Car Series and IMCA Modified drivers who
have raced at The PAS.
Round #1
Cory Kruseman
62% (139) over Rickie Gaunt 38% (87)
Richard
Griffin 53% (134) over Damion Gardner 47%
(118)
Rip Williams
74% (171) over Mike Kirby 27% (73)
Mike Spencer
60% (146) over Tony Jones 40% (98)
Semi Final #1
Richard
Griffin 52% (63) over Cory Kruseman 48%
(58)
Semi Final #2
Rip Williams
51% (472) over Mike Spencer 49% (459)
Final
Rip Williams
68% (375) over Richard Griffin 32% (176)
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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. Ahern
Equipment Rentals, All Coast Construction,
Battery Systems, 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, 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, Trench
Shoring, Upland Rock, Varner Construction
and Vista Paint.
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
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