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Three-time champion Damion Gardner is one
of the latest entries for the Oval
Nationals. Anthony Hernandez photo.
LATEST ENTRIES FOR THE 26TH OVAL
NATIONALS
By Scott Daloisio
#saveperris
(Perris, CA, October 17, 2022)
The latest entries for the 26th Annual
Heimark Anheuser Busch Budweiser Oval
Nationals have arrived at the Perris Auto
Speedway office. The season-ending races
for the Amsoil USAC/CRA and USAC National
Sprint Cars will take place on November
3rd, 4th, and 5th.
Amongst the
latest entries is one from three-time Oval
Nationals champion and nine-time USAC/CRA
Sprint Car Series champ Damion Gardner of
Concord, California. The driver
affectionately known to his fans as “The
Demon,” is closing in on his 10th USAC/CRA
title and leads the series with six-main
event wins in 2022. The last of his
victories, which came at the September
17th Glenn Howard Memorial at The PAS, was
his 108th triumph. That broke a tie with
National Sprint Car Hall of Famer Dean
Thompson for the all-time lead in
victories in CRA-SCRA-USAC/CRA
competition.
In addition to
Gardner, two other USAC/CRA Series
regulars have also submitted their entries
for the prestigious race. Tommy “Thunder”
Malcolm of Corona, California and San
Diego’s A.J. Bender will be on hand for
the three-night event during the first
week of November. Both drivers grew up in
their teen years racing at the famous
Riverside County half-mile clay oval.
Malcolm began competing and winning at the
track in the PASSCAR Street Stocks before
venturing off to race Late Models and
Modifieds. Bender was a regular and a
multi-time winner at The PAS in the
California Lightning Sprint Car Series.
An entry was also received from
Peoria, Arizona native Tye Mihocko. The
driver known as “The Bull,” recently sewed
up the 2022 season championship at
Indiana’s Putnamville Speedway. Mihocko is
no stranger to The PAS victory circle
having visited there after a win in the
tracks Young Gun Sprint Car Series several
years ago. The early entry deadline
for the Oval Nationals is this Friday,
October 21st. Entries postmarked by that
date are $100.00. Entries postmarked after
the 21st or at the gate are $250.00. The
entry blank is available at the following
link
http://www.perrisautospeedway.com/2022/22ovalentry.pdf
As always, the Thursday and Friday
night portions of the Oval Nationals will
be the preliminaries. The winner on each
preliminary night will take home $5,000.00
and the races will pay $500.00 to start.
On Saturday, the 40-lap main event will
pay $20,000.00 to win and $1000.00 to
start.
All three nights of the
Oval Nationals will be complete nights of
racing with qualifying, heat races,
preliminaries mains, and an A main event.
The top six cars from the first two nights
will be seeded straight into Saturday’s
main event and will contest a “Super Six
Dash” to determine their starting
positions in the first three rows.
In addition to being the season-ender
for the USAC/CRA and National Sprint Car
Series, Saturday will also feature the
“Bubby Jones Master of Going Faster”
finale. Broken Arrow, Oklahoma’s Brady
Bacon currently leads Ion, California’s
Justin Grant by 19-points. Greenfield,
Indiana’s C.J. Leary is third and is
followed by Chase Stockon and Suter,
California’s Logan Seavey. Saturday’s race
will wrap up the 10-race series that
honors Jones, who was a two-time CRA
champion driver. He was also one of the
key people involved in the design,
construction, and management of Perris
Auto Speedway.
Advance tickets for
the Oval Nationals are available now
online at
https://www.tix.com/ticket-sales/pas/7 or
by calling 1-800-595-4849.
Oval
Nationals Winners 1996 – Jimmy Sills
1997 – Rip Williams 1998 – Rodney Argo
1999 – Rickie Gaunt 2000 – Tony Jones
2001 – Bud Kaeding 2002 – Bud Kaeding
2003 – Cory Kruseman 2004 – Cory
Kruseman 2005 – Dave Darland 2006 –
Dave Darland 2007 – Bud Kaeding
2008 – Jesse Hockett 2009 – Damion
Gardner 2010 – Chris Windom 2011 –
Damion Gardner 2012 – Mike Spencer
2013 – Dave Darland 2014 – Robert
Ballou 2015 – Bryan Clauson 2016 –
Damion Gardner 2017 – Kevin Thomas Jr.
2018 – Kevin Thomas Jr. 2019 – C.J.
Leary 2220 – No Race 2021 – Kevin
Thomas Jr.
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, Chris’ Hauling, City of
Perris, Communication Innovations, Daytona
Boat & RV Storage, Ed Moore Bullet Proof
Driveshaft, Flowdynamics, HD Industries,
Heimark/Anheuser Busch, Hoosier Tires,
Inland Rigging, Living Water’s Hospice,
LKQ Pick Your Part, Luke’s Transmission,
Moose Racing, Pepsi-Cola, Performance
Online, Pole Position Raceway,
PrintItNow.com, Rainbow Bolt & Supply,
Rene’s Bar & Grill, 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
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 HEIMARK/ANHEUSER BUSCH
BUDWEISER OVAL NATIONALS - Practice Night
November 3rd 26TH ANNUAL
HEIMARK/ANHEUSER BUSCH BUDWEISER OVAL
NATIONALS - AMSOIL USAC NATIONAL AND
AMSOIL USAC/CRA SPRINT CARS
November 4th 26TH Annual HEIMARK/ANHEUSER
BUSCH BUDWEISER Oval NATIONALS - AMSOIL
USAC NATIONAL AND AMSOIL USAC/CRA SPRINT
CARS
November 5th 26TH Annual
HEIMARK/ANHEUSER BUSCH BUDWEISEROVAL
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. |
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