WORLD OF OUTLAWS MAKE ONLY 2022 SO CAL APPEARANCE SATURDAY AT PERRIS By Scott Daloisio (Perris, CA, March 22, 2022) The World of Outlaws NOS Energy Drink Sprint Cars will be making their only 2022 appearance in Southern California this Saturday night, March 26th, in the “SoCal Showdown” at Perris Auto Speedway. Not only will it be the lone showing in SoCal this year for the traveling tour, but it will be the first time fans have had a chance to see the winged stars at The PAS since 2019. Joining the WoO for the show that begins at 7:00 p.m. will be the popular USAC/CRA Sprint Cars along with The PAS Senior and Young Gun Sprints. The World of Outlaws during their last appearance at The PAS in March of 2019. Charles Fawcett photo. The popular World of Outlaws drivers have been on The PAS schedule every year since 2012. However, fans have been deprived of seeing them due to Covid the past two seasons. In addition, the series 2018 appearance was canceled due to rain. Thus, Saturday’s event will only be the second time Southern California race fans have been able to see the Outlaws since 2017 at the track that is located 70-miles east of Los Angeles and 83 miles north of San Diego. “It is going to be great to finally have the World of Outlaws back at Perris Auto Speedway,” promoter Don Kazarian said on Monday morning. “With the last two years being canceled by Covid, it is needless to say that the fans out here are pumped up to see the Outlaws on Saturday night. The atmosphere in the grandstands is always electric when the Outlaws come to town as it is the only chance to see them in Southern California every year. With Covid intervening the past two years, the atmosphere will be magnified on Saturday night.” “By teaming with the Amsoil USAC/CRA Sprint Car Series, fans get two different disciplines of sprint car racing in one night,” Kazarian continued. “It is the best of two worlds. Very seldom do you see two of the top 410 series racing together. Especially here on the West Coast. We think everyone will enjoy this exciting doubleheader.” Saturday will be the 22nd-lifetime appearance of the World of Outlaws at Perris. They first competed at The PAS on November 2nd, 1996. Since then 11 different drivers have scored Outlaw wins at the track. Mark Kinser won the first seven WoO races at the facility that is located just a few miles from the site of the defunct Riverside International Raceway. The two-time series champion’s win streak stretched through Halloween Night in 1998 when Johnny Herrera busted through for the victory. Daryn Pittman is second on the Outlaw PAS win list with three triumphs. Joey Saldana and Danny “The Dude” Lasoski, with two victories each, are the only other Outlaw drivers with more than one victory at the track. Herrera, Craig Dollansky, Jason Myers, Kerry Madsen, Paul McMahon, David Gravel, and Aaron Reutzel have one victory each. Reutzel was the first to the checkered flag the last time the Outlaws appeared in SoCal on March 30, 2019. Another point of interest for the Outlaws on Saturday will come in qualifying. Dover Missouri’s Lasoski set the all-time one-lap track record of 13.875 in February 2002. That record still stands today. Heading the USAC/CRA field will be nine-time series champion Damion Gardner of Concord, California. In January, the future Hall of Fame driver captured the first three main events of the season at Arizona’s Cocopah Speedway. Those three victories give him an unofficial total of 105 on the all-time combined CRA, SCRA, USAC/CRA victory roll. That ties him with CRA racing legend Dean Thompson for the all-time lead on that list. The three wins at Cocopah propelled Gardner into his usual USAC/CRA point lead and he enters Saturday’s race with a 37-point advantage over Buckeye, Arizona’s Charles Davis Jr. Eddie Tafoya Jr. of Chino Hills, the 2019 USAC/CRA Rookie of the Year, is fourth in points and Corona veteran Austin Williams is fifth. Garden Grove’s Brody Roa, who is currently third in the standings, will be bypassing the USAC/CRA portion of Saturday’s show to race with the Outlaws. USAC/CRA fans will be pleased to see a long-time favorite return to action this Saturday. Car owner Robbie Allen confirmed that “Showtime” Danny Sheridan will be wheeling his famous #12 sprint car. Sheridan, who resides in Santa Maria California, has eight-lifetime series wins. Six of those wins have come at The PAS. Spectator gates will open at 4:00 p.m. on Saturday. Qualifying will begin at 6:00 and the first race will take the green flag at 7:00. Advance tickets are available at bit.ly/3v1seAD. For those who do not wish to purchase tickets in advance, there will be plenty for everyone at the ticket window on Saturday night. Perris Auto Speedway is located on the Lake Perris Fairgrounds at 18700 Lake Perris Drive, Perris, CA (92571) The track website is http://www.perrisautospeedway.com/ and the office phone is (951) 940-0134. Fans can stay up to date on track and driver news on The PAS social media efforts at the links below. 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/ Perris Auto Speedway wants to thank the following corporate partners. Ahern Equipment Rentals, Anderson Chevrolet, Battery Systems, 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, Moose Racing, Pepsi-Cola, Performance Online, 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. DVDs of all the PASSCAR/IMCA racing and Nights of Destruction at The PAS are available from Fourvideos. For more information call (714) 225-9500. mailto:perrisautospeedway1@gmail.com is the only authorized Internet address to issue official media news released from The Perris Auto Speedway or Oval Entertainment. Perris Auto Speedway 2022 Schedule March 26th NOS ENERGY DRINK WORLD OF OUTLAWS SPRINT CAR SERIES, AMSOIL USAC/CRA SPRINT CARS AND PAS SENIOR/YOUNG GUNS SPRINT CARS April 2nd PASSCAR SERIES - SUPER STOCKS, STREET STOCKS/IMCA STOCK CARS, AMERICAN FACTORY STOCKS AND IMCA SPORT COMPACTS April 23rd LKQ Pick Your Part Presents NIGHT OF DESTRUCTION II - DEMO CROSS, FIGURE 8'S, TRAILER FIGURE 8'S, MINI STOCKS AND DOUBLE DECKERS April 30th "SOKOLA SHOOTOUT" AMSOIL USAC/CRA SPRINT CARS, PAS SENIOR/YOUNG GUNS SPRINT CARS AND IMCA MODIFIEDS May 14th PASSCAR SERIES - SUPER STOCKS, STREET STOCKS/IMCA STOCK CARS, AMERICAN FACTORY STOCKS AND IMCA SPORT COMPACTS May 21st LKQ Pick Your Part Presents NIGHT OF DESTRUCTION III DEMO CROSS, FIGURE 8’S, TRAILER FIGURE 8'S, MINI STOCKS AND DOUBLE DECKERS May 28th "SALUTE TO INDY" AMSOIL USAC/CRA SPRINT CARS, PAS SENIOR/YOUNG GUNS SPRINT CARS AND IMCA MODIFIEDS June 4th PASSCAR SERIES - SUPER STOCKS, STREET STOCKS/IMCA STOCK CARS, AMERICAN FACTORY STOCKS AND IMCA SPORT COMPACTS June 11th LKQ Pick Your Part Presents NIGHT OF DESTRUCTION IV DEMO CROSS, FIGURE 8'S, TRAILER FIGURE 8'S, MINI STOCKS AND DOUBLE DECKERS June 25th “BUBBY JONES / RAY SHEETZ MEMORIAL” AMSOIL USAC/CRA SPRINT CARS, PAS SENIOR/YOUNG GUNS SPRINT CARS AND IMCA MODIFIEDS July 2nd FIREWORKS SPECTACULAR LKQ Pick Your Part Presents NIGHT OF DESTRUCTION V - DEMO CROSS, FIGURE 8'S, TRAILER FIGURE 8'S, MINI STOCKS AND DOUBLE DECKERS August 13th LKQ Pick Your Part Presents NIGHT OF DESTRUCTION VI DEMO CROSS, FIGURE 8'S, TRAILER FIGURE 8'S, MINI STOCKS AND DOUBLE DECKERS August 20th “CALIFORNIA RACERS HALL OF FAME NIGHT" AMSOIL USAC/CRA SPRINT CARS, PAS SENIOR/YOUNG GUNS SPRINT CARS AND IMCA MODIFIEDS August 27th PASSCAR SERIES - SUPER STOCKS, STREET STOCKS/IMCA STOCK CARS, AMERICAN FACTORY STOCKS AND IMCA SPORT COMPACTS September 3rd LKQ Pick Your Part Presents NIGHT OF DESTRUCTION VII DEMO CROSS, FIGURE 8'S, TRAILER FIGURE 8'S, MINI STOCKS AND DOUBLE DECKERS September 10th PASSCAR SERIES - SUPER STOCKS, STREET STOCKS/IMCA STOCK CARS, AMERICAN FACTORY STOCKS AND IMCA SPORT COMPACTS September 17th "GLENN HOWARD CLASSIC" AMSOIL USAC/CRA SPRINT CARS, PAS SENIOR/YOUNG GUNS SPRINT CARS, IMCA MODIFIEDS AND Lucas Oil POWRi SOUTHWEST LIGHTNING SPRINT CARS September 24th PASSCAR SERIES - SUPER STOCKS, STREET STOCKS/IMCA STOCK CARS, AMERICAN FACTORY STOCKS AND IMCA SPORT COMPACTS October 1st AMSOIL USAC/CRA SPRINT CARS, PAS SENIOR/YOUNG GUNS SPRINT CARS AND IMCA MODIFIEDS October 15th LKQ Pick Your Part Presents NIGHT OF DESTRUCTION VIII DEMO CROSS, FIGURE 8'S, TRAILER FIGURE 8'S, MINI STOCKS AND DOUBLE DECKERS October 22nd PASSCAR “CHAMPION’S NIGHT” SUPER STOCKS, STREET STOCKS/IMCA STOCK CARS, AMERICAN FACTORY STOCKS, PAS MODIFIEDS AND PAS SPORT COMPACTS November 2nd 26TH ANNUAL OVAL NATIONALS - Practice Night November 3rd 26TH ANNUAL OVAL NATIONALS - AMSOIL USAC NATIONAL AND AMSOIL USAC/CRA SPRINT CARS November 4th 26TH OVAL NATIONALS - AMSOIL USAC NATIONAL AND AMSOIL USAC/CRA SPRINT CARS November 5th 26TH OVAL NATIONALS - AMSOIL USAC NATIONAL AND AMSOIL USAC/CRA SPRINT CARS November 12th LKQ Pick Your Part Presents NIGHT OF DESTRUCTION IX DEMO CROSS, FIGURE 8'S, TRAILER FIGURE 8'S, MINI STOCKS AND DOUBLE DECKERS THIS SCHEDULE IS SUBJECT TO CHANGE.