PASSCAR STOCK CARS AND IMCA MODIFIEDS RETURN TO PERRIS AUTO SPEEDWAY THIS SATURDAY By Scott Daloisio (Perris, CA, July 18, 2023) One month after the best stock car show at Perris Auto Speedway in recent years the PASSCAR Super Stocks, Street Stocks, American Factory Stocks, and IMCA Modifieds and Sport Compacts will return for an encore performance this Saturday night, July 22nd. In addition to the night of exciting racing and clean family fun, all fans will be invited onto the racetrack to meet all the drivers, get an up-close look at the cars, and for the kids to collect free candy at intermission. Spectator gates will open at 5:00 PM and the first race will be at 7:00. The best point battle coming into Saturday’s show is in the PASSCAR Street Stocks. No less than three drivers are deadlocked for the point lead. They are defending street stock champion Chris Leventis from Rancho Palos Verdes, 2021 street stock champion and combined PASSCAR/IMCA 2022 champ Brandon Kelly of Moreno Valley, and Riverside’s Sean Estes. Yorba Linda’s Chad Mahony and Leventis’ son George are currently fourth and fifth. Sean Estes #17, #65 Chris Leventis, and Brandon Kelly are tied for the street stock point lead. Kenny Lonngren photo. Estes has won four of the year’s first five races and Leventis captured the other. With the four wins, one would think Estes would have a sizable point lead. However, the importance of heat races has never been more evident. Leventis and Kelly have both outperformed Estes in the six-lap prelims this year. In the main events, those three drivers have dominated the top three spots. Of the 15 top three finishing positions available in the first three races, the trio have collected 13 of them. Kelly has placed second in the last four races and had a third in the season opener. Estes has four wins and a fourth place finish. Leventis has one win, a second, two third place finishes and a fourth. The only other drivers with a top three in the street stocks to date are Mahony and George Leventis. After a slow start to his 2023 campaign, Buena Park’s Billy Griffin has won the last two super stock main events in a row. Those wins have propelled the four time (3 modified and 1 super stock title) PAS champion into a first-place tie with Beaumont’s Ricky Lee. While Lee has not won a race thus far this year, he has finished in the top three in all four races with two third place finishes and two second-place results. Chuck Becker #29 and #48T Tyson Talkington are third and fourth in the super stock points. Kenny Lonngren photo. Griffin and Lee can do anything but rest on their laurels on Saturday as Yucaipa’s Chuck Becker, a possessor of three track modified championships, is only one point behind the super stock leaders. Currently fourth and ready to pounce is the defending class champion Tyson Talkington of Riverside. He only trails the leaders by two points. Charles Roe of Apple Valley sits fifth. The IMCA Modifieds will be making their fourth appearance of the 2023 season on Saturday. Bakersfield’s Austin Kiefer, who like Griffin in the super stocks has won the last two main events in a row, currently sits on top of the modified point standings. He carries a seven-point lead over Santee’s Matt Hicks into Saturday’s race. Popular Alyssa Smith of Norco, Kiefer’s girlfriend, is currently third in the championship standings. Pahrump, Nevada’s Tony Kincade Jr is fourth with defending class champ Randy Thornell of Apple Valley and Johnny “Lightning” Malcolm of Riverside tied for fifth. The only driver besides Kiefer to win in the mods at The PAS this year is Chaz Baca Jr. Baca, who calls Mesa, Arizona home, currently leads the IMCA Modified National points. Austin Kiefer has won two IMCA Modified main events in a row and leads the point standings. Doug Allen photo. Longtime PAS racer Kris Carnish has a comfortable lead in the PASSCAR American Factory Stocks. With a third-place finish last Saturday, the Menifee driver increased his lead to 15 points in the standings over fellow Menifee racer David Uraine. Ethan Kintop of Nuevo is third. He is followed by defending series champion David Stites of Canyon Lake. Recent high school graduate Peyton Griffin of Buena Park, who is headed for Golden West College to play goalie on the soccer team, is currently fifth. She is the daughter of the aforementioned Billy Griffin. Stites, who scored his second win of the season Saturday, is the only driver in the class with more than one victory this season. Carnish and San Diego’s Eric Evans have one win each. Wild Factory stick action with #17 Austyn Jaramillo, Peyton Griffin, Lanny Savage, #42 David Stites and #26 Kris Carnish. Kenny Lonngren photo. In the first three races of the season, three different drivers have visited victory circle in the IMCA Sport Compacts. Marcus Ford of Buena Park won the season opener in April. Three weeks later another long-time Perris regular Ken McWilliams of Menifee won the main event. His victory was followed last month by a triumph for Canyon Lake’s Kyle Ager. Ford leads the standings over Ava Laney of Huntington Beach, Ager, McWilliams, and Ava Santana. Kyle Ager won the last IMCA Sport Compact race. Doug Allen photo. Spectator gates for this coming Saturday’s PASSCAR/IMCA show at The PAS will open at 5:00 p.m. with racing at 7:00. Adult tickets are $20.00. Kids 6-12 get in for $5.00 and children 5 and under are admitted free. The fairgrounds charge $10.00 for parking. Advanced tickets are available until noon on race day online at https://www.tix.com/ticket-sales/pas/7  or by calling 1-800-595-4849. For fans who do not wish to buy advance tickets, there will be plenty available for everyone at the ticket window each race night. Perris Auto Speedway is conveniently located on the Lake Perris Fairgrounds (home of the Southern California Fair), one-hour east of Los Angeles and one-hour North of San Diego. To get to the track, take the 215 freeway, exit on the Ramona Expressway, and go three miles east to the fairgrounds. The address is 18700 Lake Perris Drive and the zip code is 92571. PASSCAR Street Stock Points 1. Sean Estes, Riverside, CA … 103 1. Chris Leventis, Rancho Palos Verdes, CA …103 1. Brandon Kelly, Moreno Valley, CA …103 4. Chad Mahony, Yorba Linda, CA … 87 5. George Leventis, Rancho Palos Verdes, CA … 80 PASSCAR Super Stock Points 1. Rickie Lee, Beaumont, CA … 76 1. Billy Griffin, Buena Park, CA … 76 3. Chuck Becker, Yucaipa, CA … 75 4. Tyson Talkington, Riverside, CA … 74 5. Charles Roe, Apple Valley, CA … 55 IMCA Points 1. Austin Kiefer, Bakersfield, CA … 117 2. Matthew Hicks, Santee, CA … 110 3. Alyssa Smith, Norco, CA … 100 4. Tony Kincade Jr., Pahrump, NV … 97 5. Johnny Malcolm, Riverside, CA … 96 5. Randy Thornell, Apple Valley, CA … 96 PASSCAR American Factory Stock Points 1. Kris Carnish, Menifee, CA … 63 2. David Uraine, Menifee, CA … 55 3. David Stites, Canyon Lake, CA … 51 4. Austyn Jaramillo, Winchester, CA … 50 5. Peyton Griffin, Buena Park, CA … 46 IMCA Sport Compact Points 1. Marcus Ford, Buena Park, CA … 105 2. Ava Laney, Huntington Beach, CA … 69 2. Kyle Ager, Canyon Lake, CA … 69 4. Ken McWilliams, Menifee, CA … 68 5. Ava Santana … 66 USAC/CRA races from Perris Auto Speedway are not streamed online. Fans can stay up to date on track and driver news on The PAS social media efforts at the links below. 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PERRIS AUTO SPEEDWAY 2023 SCHEDULE July 22nd PASSCAR - Super Stocks, Street Stocks, American Factory Stocks, IMCA Modifieds And IMCA Sport Compacts August 5th LKQ Pick Your Part Presents NIGHT OF DESTRUCTION VI - Demo Cross, Figure 8's, Mini Stock Figure 8’s, Mini Stocks And Insane Double Deckers August 12TH PASSCAR - Super Stocks, Street Stocks, American Factory Stocks, IMCA Modifieds And IMCA Sport Compacts August 19th Heimark Distributors/Anheuser Busch Presents the AMSOIL USAC/CRA SPRINT CARS, PAS Senior/Young Guns Sprint Cars, Southwest Lightning Sprints And WRA Vintage Cars On Display Plus “Power Of Purple Night” Benefiting The American Cancer Society Relay For Life Riverside County East September 16TH LKQ Pick Your Part Presents NIGHT OF DESTRUCTION VII - DEMO CROSS, FIGURE 8'S, MINI STOCK FIGURE 8’S, MINI STOCKS AND INSANE DOUBLE DECKERS September 23rd Heimark Distributors/Anheuser Busch Presents the "GLENN HOWARD CLASSIC" AMSOIL USAC/CRA SPRINT CARS PAS Senior/Young Guns Sprint Cars, PASSCAR Super Stocks September 30th PASSCAR - Super Stocks, Street Stocks, American Factory Stocks, IMCA Modifieds And IMCA Sport Compacts October 21st LKQ Pick Your Part Presents NIGHT OF DESTRUCTION VIII - Demo Cross, Figure 8's, Mini Stock Figure 8’s, Mini Stocks And Insane Double Deckers October 28th PASSCAR - Super Stocks, Street Stocks, American Factory Stocks, PAS Modifieds And IMCA Sport Compacts November 11th Heimark Distributors/Anheuser Busch Presents the AMSOIL USAC/CRA SPRINT CARS (40 LAPS), PAS Senior/Young Guns Sprint Cars And Southwest Lightning Sprint Cars THIS SCHEDULE IS SUBJECT TO CHANGE.