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(APRIL 13, 2007, PERRIS, CA)
USAC racing legend Dave Darland will be at the wheel of the
Nadine Keller owned #94 when Temecula Valley Pipe &
Supply presents the Lucas Oil USAC/CRA Sprint Cars at Perris
Auto Speedway this Saturday night. Spectator gates will open
at 5:00 PM with racing at 7:00.
Darland, the two time
defending Budweiser Oval Nationals champion from Lincoln,
Indiana, will substitute for 1999 Oval Nationals Champion
"Super Rickie" Gaunt. Gaunt is on vacation and the
crew was going to park the car until he came back. However,
when the USAC National Sprint Car Series opener slated for
Saturday in North Vernon, Indiana was canceled due to
inclement weather on Friday morning, phone calls were made
and Darland jumped at the opportunity to head west for a
guaranteed night of racing.
Darland, who turned 40 last
September, is one of only four drivers in history to win
championships in all three of USAC's major divisions. He won
the National Sprint Car Championship in 1999 and the
National Midget Championship in 2001 and 2002. He also won
the 1997 Silver Crown title.
Saturday's event will be
taped and shown on at a later date on the Versus Channel's
"Lucas Oil Motorsports Hour." Versus, the
television home of the National Hockey League in the United
States, serves more than 70 million households nationwide.
Saturday's Darland spiked
speed competition will include qualifying, four 10-lap heat
races, a 12 lap B main and a 30 lap A main event for the
USAC/CRA Sprint Cars. The WRA drivers will contest a heat
and main event for antique Sprint Cars and Midgets.
On Friday, the red-hot drag
racing action at the Street Legal Strip at The PAS will
continue. Friday's gates will open at 5:00 PM with racing at
6:00.
Anyone wishing more
information can contact Perris Auto Speedway at (951)
940-0134.
Perris Auto Speedway is
located on the Lake Perris Fairgrounds (home of the 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, exit at the Ramona Expressway and go two
miles east to the fairgrounds.
racesatthepas@aol.com is the
only authorized Internet address to issue official media
news released from The Perris Auto Speedway or Oval
Entertainment
USAC/CRA SERIES SPRINT CAR
POINT STANDINGS
1. Tony Jones – Norco, CA – 574
2. Mike Spencer – Temecula, CA - 534
3. Rickie Gaunt – Torrance, CA – 488
4. Darren Hagen – Riverside, CA – 460
5. Danny Sheridan – Santa Maria, CA – 431
6. Scotty Weir – Marion, IN – 414
7. Rip Williams – Yorba Linda, CA - 389
8. R. J. Johnson – Phoenix, AZ – 345
9. Garrett Hansen – Manhattan Beach, CA – 315
10. Cory Kruseman – Ventura, CA - 301
11. Tyler Brown – Norco, CA – 266
12. David Cardey – Riverside, CA – 257
13. Damion Gardner, Concord, CA – 240
14. Charles Davis Jr. – Buckeye, AZ – 210
15. Dustin Morgan – Tulsa, OK – 201
Josh Wise – Riverside, CA – 201
17. Josh Ford – Camarillo, CA – 196
18. Michael Trimble – San Jose, CA – 179
19. Jason York – Chico, CA – 178
20. Rodney Argo – Gardena, CA - 175 |
