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WORLD OF
OUTLAWS SPRINT CARS HEADED TO PERRIS AUTO
SPEEDWAY APRIL 1st!
By Scott Daloisio
(Perris, CA, March 9, 2017) The
World’s fastest dirt track sprint cars,
the legendary World of Outlaws Craftsman
Sprint Car Series, will be making its only
2017 appearance in Southern California at
the famous Perris Auto Speedway on
Saturday, April 1st, for the annual “SoCal
Showdown.” Joining the famous World of
Outlaws stars will be the Amsoil USAC/CRA
Sprint Cars and The PAS Senior & Young Gun
Sprints. Spectator gates will open at 4:00
PM and the first race will take the green
flag at 7:00.
The April 1st
appearance will be the 18th ever for the
World of Outlaws at the track locals
affectionately refer to as “The PAS.” Over
the years, nine different drivers have
posted WoO wins at the famous Riverside
County clay oval. Oolitic, Indiana’s Mark
Kinser won the first five WoO races at The
PAS from 1996 through 1998. However, in
the subsequent 12-races since, eight
different winners have graced the top step
of podium. The most recent winner is
Darryn Pittman. The Owasso, Oklahoma star,
who drives a car owned by NASCAR driver
Kasey Kahne and former California
Lieutenant Governor Mike Curb, has
captured two of the last five WoO main
events at The PAS. The 38-year-old’s three
wins rank him second on the all-time
PAS/WoO win list behind Kinser.
Fargo, North
Dakota’s Donnie Schatz, who drives for
Tony Stewart/Curb-Agajanian Racing, was
the leader in WoO points as the series
journeyed west for a month in early March
to contest races in Nevada, California and
Arizona. The 39-year-old won his eighth
World of Outlaws championship in 2016.
Despite his eight titles and 232-lifetime
WoO wins, Schatz has never won the main
event at Perris. Through the first four
races of the 2017 campaign, Schatz has
three wins. Eunice, Louisiana’s Jason
Johnson – aka “The Ragin’ Cajun’” – was
the only other winner in 2017 as the
series headed west.
World of
Outlaws legend Donnie Schatz of Fargo,
North Dakota has 232-lifetime World of
Outlaw wins, but will be looking for his
first Perris Auto Speedway win on April
1st. Please give photo credit to Doug
Allen.
In addition to
Pittman, Schatz and Johnson, others who
will be competing on April 1st include
two-time Perris winner Joey Saldana of
Brownsburg, Indiana, Grass Valley,
California’s Brad Sweet, David Gravel of
Watertown, Connecticut, 2007 PAS winner
Ian Madsen from Sydney, Australia, Jason
Sides of Bartlett, Tennessee, Wooster,
Ohio’s Sheldon Haudenschild and 2015 PAS
winner Paul McMahon of Elk Grove,
California.
As an added
treat for the fans, the west coast’s
premiere traditional (non-wing) sprint car
series, the USAC/CRA Sprint Cars, will
also be competing on the night. The
USAC/CRA field will be headed by five-time
series champions “The Demon” Damion
Gardner of Concord, California and local
racer Mike Spencer of Temecula. Those two
veterans will have their hands full with a
bevy of young stars including Richard
Vander Weerd of Visalia, who led all
30-laps at the season opening main on
March 4th, Austin Williams of Yorba Linda,
Brody Roa of Garden Grove and Jake Swanson
of Anaheim.
Five-time
USAC/CRA champions Damion Gardner of
Concord and Mike Spencer of Temecula will
both be in action at the “SoCal Showdown.”
Please give photo credit to Doug Allen.
The PAS Young
Gun Sprints, for drivers 14-25-years-old
with no prior sprint car experience, and
Senior Sprints for driver 40 and over,
will complete the exciting
quadruple-header.
Fans who
purchase reserved seat tickets in advance
to the “SoCal Showdown” will receive a
free “World of Outlaws Fan Pit Pass.” The
fan pit pass will allow the spectators to
get up close to the WoO’s to take photos,
meet the drivers, get autographs and
purchase merchandise straight from their
favorite teams. Advance tickets are
available 24-hours a day at the following
link:
http://www.woosprint.com/perris-auto-speedway
or by calling at 1-844-347-8849. For those
who do not wish to purchase advance
tickets, there will be plenty available
for everyone at the ticket window on the
night of the race.
The complete
2017 Perris Auto Speedway schedule is at
the end of this release.
Perris Auto
Speedway wants to thank its corporate
partners for the 2017 season. All Coast
Construction, Amsoil, Ayers Hotel and Spa,
Brass and Bass Firearms & Fishing
Supplies, Budweiser, Bud’s Tire Pro,
Center Point Church, Champion Towing, City
of Perris, Country Values Magazine,
Daytona Boat & RV Storage, Ed Moore Bullet
Proof Driveshaft, Edelbrock, Green Sheet,
HD Industries, Hoosier Tires, Indiana
Truck Salvage, K&N Engineering, Luke’s
Transmission, Paul Oil Company,
Pepsi-Cola, Pick-A-Part Auto Salvage, Pole
Position, PrintItNow.com, Scott Sales,
Shaver Specialties, Square H, Sunstate
Equipment, Swedish Speed, Original Tommy’s
Burgers, Trench Shoring, Valley News,
Vista Paint and Weedmaps.
To keep up
with all the latest Perris Auto Speedway
news, photos, gossip and receive special
offers, please use the following links:
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Website:
http://perrisautospeedway.com/
Video and DVD
productions of all racing 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 web site LoudPedal Productions
Perris Auto
Speedway is located on the Lake Perris
Fairgrounds (home of October’s 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 on the Ramona Expressway
and go three 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.
2016-2017
PERRIS AUTO SPEEDWAY SCHEDULE
March 11th
PASSCAR SERIES - Street Stocks, Super
Stocks, Factory Stocks and IMCA Modifieds
March 18th LKQ
PICK YOUR PART PRESENTS NIGHT OF
DESTRUCTION - Demo Cross, Figure 8's,
Figure 8 Trailer Racing, Spectator Racing,
Formula-X Autocross & CrossKarts “Power of
Purple Night" Benefiting the City of
Perris Relay For Life and The American
Cancer Society
April 1st "SO
CAL SHOWDOWN” WORLD OF OUTLAWS, USAC/CRA
Sprint Cars, PAS Senior Sprints and PAS
Young Guns "Power of Purple Night"
Benefiting the City of Perris Relay For
Life and The American Cancer Society
April 8th
PASSCAR SERIES - Street Stocks, Super
Stocks, Factory Stocks and IMCA Modifieds
April 29th LKQ
PICK YOUR PART PRESENTS NIGHT OF
DESTRUCTION - Demo Cross, Figure 8's,
Figure 8 Trailer Racing, Spectator Racing,
Formula-X Autocross & CrossKarts
May 13th
PASSCAR SERIES - Street Stocks, Super
Stocks, Factory Stocks, IMCA Modifieds and
CDCRA Dwarf Cars
May 20th LKQ
PICK YOUR PART PRESENTS NIGHT OF
DESTRUCTION - Demo Cross, Figure 8's,
Figure 8 Trailer Racing, Spectator Racing
and Formula-X Autocross & CrossKarts
May 27th
"SALUTE TO INDY " USAC/CRA Sprint Cars,
PAS Senior Sprints, PAS Young Guns and
California Guns, California Lightning
Sprint Cars, "Power of Purple Night"
Benefiting the City of Perris Relay For
Life and The American Cancer Society
June 3rd
PASSCAR SERIES - Street Stocks, Super
Stocks, Factory Stocks and IMCA Modifieds
June 24th
USAC/CRA Sprint Cars, PAS Senior Sprints
and PAS Young Guns
July 1st 4TH
OF JULY CELEBRATION AND FIREWORKS
LKQ PICK YOUR
PART PRESENTS NIGHT OF DESTRUCTION - Demo
Cross, Figure 8's, Figure 8 Trailer
Racing, Spectator Racing, Formula-X
Autocross & CrossKarts "Power of Purple
Night" Benefiting the City of Perris Relay
For Life and The American Cancer Society
July 15th
PASSCAR SERIES - Street Stocks, Super
Stocks, Factory Stocks and IMCA Modifieds
July 22rd
USAC/CRA Sprint Cars, PAS Senior Sprints,
PAS Young Guns
July 29th LKQ
PICK YOUR PART PRESENTS NIGHT OF
DESTRUCTION - Demo Cross, Figure 8's,
Figure 8 Trailer Racing, Spectator Racing,
Formula-X Autocross & CrossKarts
August 19th
PASSCAR SERIES - Street Stocks, Super
Stocks, Factory Stocks and IMCA Modifieds
August 26th
"CALIFORNIA RACERS HALL OF FAME NIGHT"
USAC/CRA Sprint Cars, PAS Senior Sprints
and PAS Young Guns, California Lightning
Sprint Cars
September 2nd
LKQ PICK YOUR PART PRESENTS NIGHT OF
DESTRUCTION - Demo Cross, Figure 8's,
Figure 8 Trailer Racing, Spectator Racing,
Formula-X Autocross & CrossKarts
September 9th
PASSCAR SERIES - Street Stocks, Super
Stocks, Factory Stocks, Modifieds
September 23rd
"GLENN HOWARD CLASSIC" USAC/CRA Sprint
Cars, PAS Senior Sprints and PAS Young
Guns
October 7th -
15th Southern California Fair
October 21st
USAC/CRA Sprint Cars, PAS Senior Sprints
and PAS Young Guns
October 28th
PASSCAR "Champions Night” - Street Stocks,
Super Stocks, Factory Stocks and Modifieds
November 8th
Oval Nationals Practice
November 9th
Budweiser Oval Nationals “Presented by All
Coast Construction"
November 10th
Budweiser Oval Nationals “Presented by All
Coast Construction"
November 11th
Budweiser Oval Nationals “Presented by All
Coast Construction"
NOTE; THIS
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