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JERRY
DODD CHAMPIONS NIGHT THIS SATURDAY AT
PERRIS AUTO SPEEDWAY By Scott Daloisio
(Perris, CA, October 25, 2023)
Every year as the fall days grow shorter,
that can only mean one thing for Perris
Auto Speedway racing fans. The end of the
racing season is close at hand. This
Saturday night, October 28th, the popular
speed plant will host Jerry Dodd
Champion’s Night, which will mark the end
of the current campaign for the PASSCAR
Super Stocks, Street Stocks, and American
Factory Stocks. In addition to the regular
festivities, fans are urged to bring
children in their Halloween costumes to
trick or treat with all of the drivers and
cars on the track at intermission. There
will be costume contests for newborns to
12-year-olds and those aged 13-15.
Known as “Champion’s Night” since the
track's inception in 1996, promoter Don
Kazarian asked for and was granted
permission by the Dodd family to rename
the night “Jerry Dodd Champion’s Night”
after the champion driver and car owner
passed away in May.
“It is only
appropriate that our biggest night of
stock car racing has been renamed Jerry
Dodd Champion’s Night,” Kazarian said
about this season's PASSCAR finale. “After
all, cars he owned or built have won 14
championships here at Perris Auto
Speedway. That is more titles than any car
owner or driver has won here. On top of
being a champion car owner, everybody
loved him. There was no one more popular
in the PASSCAR pits than Jerry. He offered
advice whether it be racing setup or
strategy to anyone who asked. He
especially enjoyed helping with the
younger drivers. We are having our Jerry
Dodd Champion’s Night on Saturday and two
weeks later, Mohave Valley Raceway in
Arizona is hosting the Jerry Dodd Classic.
That shows you just how popular Jerry was
with everyone in the West.”
Of the
three classes competing at Jerry Dodd
Champion’s Night, the tightest battle
entering the season finale is in the Super
Stocks. Banning’s Rickie Lee has a slender
six-point lead over Yucaipa’s Chuck Becker
heading into the finale. In a fantastic
display of consistency, in the seven races
this year Lee has finished second four
times and third three times. Becker, a
three-time track modified champion, has
won the last two main events in a row with
Lee second. A third-generation driver,
Becker has three second place finishes to
go with the wins and has not finished out
of the top five in 2023. Defending Super
Stock champion Tyson Talkington of
Riverside is third. He still has a
mathematical chance to win the title but
being 16 points out of the top spot, it
would take a near miracle to overcome both
Becker and Lee.

Super Stock point leader #81 Rickie Lee
and Chuck Becker coming off turn two at
Perris. Kenny Lonngren photo.
Veteran Kris Carnish of Menifee is seeking
his first PAS championship and has a
nine-point lead over David Stites of
Canyon Lake in the American Factory
Stocks. For Carnish, it has been by far
his best season to date. He has one win, a
second-place finish, four third-place
results, and a fifth. Stites, the
defending champion missed the first race
of the campaign and it cost him. Since
that time he has had five wins, including
the last four races in a row, and a
second-place finish. Winchester’s Austyn
Jaramillo is third. Jaramillo’s title
aspirations can be ended by Carnish
placing in the top three in the heat race
or just by taking the green flag in the
main event.
The only class where
the championship has already been decided
is in the street stocks. A win at the
Southern California Fair guaranteed Chris
Leventis of Rancho Palos Verdes his second
title in a row. Sean Estes of Riverside is
28 points behind, but the maximum amount
of points available on the night is 23.
Even if he swept the show and Leventis did
not start a race, it would not be enough.
Moreno Valley’s Brandon Kelly, a two-time
PAS champion, is third in the Street Stock
points.
Before the event, from
9:00 a.m. to 11:00 a.m., one of Saturday’s
drivers and his car will be at each of the
following Tire Pros Auto Service Centers
and Bud’s Tire. At each location, there
will be a limited amount of hero cards,
t-shirts, checkered flags, free tickets
for Saturday’s race, and more. The
locations are as follows.
Tire
Choice; 16190 Perris Blvd, Moreno Valley
CA, 92551
Tire Choice; 1000 W.
Florida Ave, Hemet CA, 92543
Tire
Choice; 23135 Hemlock Ave, Moreno Valley
CA, 92557
Tire Choice; 23920
Alessandro Blvd, Moreno Valley CA, 92553
Tire Choice; 17067 Foothill Blvd,
Fontana CA, 92335
Tire Choice; 8994
Trautwein Rd, Riverside CA, 92508
Tire Choice; 463 East Foothill Blvd,
Upland CA, 91786
Tire Choice; 1820
W Ramsey St, Banning CA, 92220
Bud’s Tire; 22510 Alessandro Blvd, Moreno
Valley CA, 92553
Adult tickets are
$20.00. For kids 6-12 it is just $5.00 and
children 5 and under are free. The
fairgrounds charges $10.00 for parking.
Advance tickets for every regular
race at The PAS are available until 7:00
p.m. 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. For directions online, the
address to enter is: 18700 Lake Perris
Drive and the zip code is 92571.
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. 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,
Tire Choice Auto Service, 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.
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.
PASSCAR Super Stock Point Standings
1. Rickie Lee, Banning … 162 2. Chuck
Becker, Yucaipa … 156 3. Tyson
Talkington, Riverside … 149 4. Billy
Griffin, Buena Park … 118 5. Charles
Roa, Apple Valley … 102 6. Tom Davis,
Riverside … 90 7. Hot Rod Caley, Glen
Avon … 82 8. Tyler Gitmed, Chino … 78
9. Terry Henson, Riverside … 66 10. Tom
Wesoloski, Canyon Lake … 59
PASSCAR
American Factory Stocks Point Standings
1. Kris Carnish, Menifee … 137 2. David
Stites, Canyon Lake … 128 3. Austyn
Jaramillo, Winchester … 117 4. Ethan
Kintop, Nuevo … 113 5. Peyton Griffin,
Buena Park … 100 6. Lanny Savage,
Colton … 97 7. Joseph Pack, Menifee …
85 8. David Uraine, Menifee … 77 9.
Cale Skillman, Riverside … 77 10.
Andrew Schmitz, Hemet … 36
PASSCAR
Super Stock Point Standings 1. Chris
Leventis, Rancho Palos Verdes …164 2.
Sean Estes, Riverside, … 136 3. Brandon
Kelly, Moreno Valley … 126 4. Chad
Mahony, Yorba Linda … 125 4. George
Leventis, Rancho Palos Verdes … 125 6.
Evan Sennett, Riverside … 111 7. Steven
Patton, Cherry Valley … 99 8. Morgan
Rowlan, Riverside … 87 9. Casey
Bierfeldt, Highland … 80 10. Doug
Kelly, Moreno Valley … 61
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 2023 SCHEDULE
October
28th Jerry Dodd Champions Night – PASSCAR
Super Stocks, Street Stocks, American
Factory Stocks
November 11th
Heimark Distributors/Anheuser Busch
Presents the AMSOIL USAC/CRA SPRINT CARS
(30 LAPS), PAS Senior/Young Guns Sprint
Cars And Southwest Lightning Sprint Cars
THIS SCHEDULE IS SUBJECT TO CHANGE. |
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