PASSCAR STOCK CARS AND IMCA MODIFIEDS RETURN TO PERRIS AUTO SPEEDWAY ON SATURDAY! By Scott Daloisio (Perris, CA, May 9, 2017) The three classes of the PASSCAR Stock Car Series and the IMCA Modifieds return to Perris Auto Speedway on the Lake Perris Fairgrounds this Saturday night, May 13th, for round #3 of the 2017 season. Spectator gates will open at 5:00 PM and the first race will be at 7:00. The biggest story thus far in the four classes of PASSCAR is three-time and defending Street Stock champion Luke Dodd of Riverside. The Rubidoux High School graduate has schooled the competition and won the first two main events of the season and carries a 9-point lead over 2002 class champion “Big George” Boulden of Lake Elsinore. Riverside drivers Eddie Gurwell, the 2014 Street Stock champ, and Casey MacDonald occupy third and fourth in the championship standings. Blaine Whitson of Temecula, who won the title two years ago, is fifth. Other past PAS Street Stock champions expected to be in competition on Saturday are Temecula’s Henry Wesoloski (2006 and 2009 champ) and Murrieta’s Stefan Davies who won the crown in 2011. Riverside’s Luke Dodd has won the first two PASSCAR Street Stock main events at Perris Auto Speedway in 2017. Please give photo credit to Doug Allen. Lomita’s Mike Kirby looked like he was going to win the first two IMCA Modified main events of 2017, but while cruising to his second victory on April 8th, something happened that put him into the turn one crashwall. That allowed Joseph Altig of Imperial Beach to win his first ever PAS IMCA main event. That crash propelled Kirby’s good friend, Billy Wormsbecker of Big Bear, a past champion at the Victorville Speedway, into the track’s IMCA point lead heading into Saturday’s race. Ironically, the crash also put Kirby’s 20-year-old daughter, Brenda, into second in the standings and she only trails Wormsbecker by 2-points. 2016 champion Chuck Becker of Yucaipa and newcomer Frank Politelli are tied for third and are 4-points behind the leader. Mike Kirby and Becker’s son Brandon, a San Bernardino County Sheriff, are tied for fifth. With several tracks not running IMCA Modifieds this week, fans can expect to see some out of town racers come in to challenge The PAS regulars. Big Bear driver Billy Wormsbecker is The PAS IMCA Modified point leader. Please give photo credit to Doug Allen. Defending Super Stock champ Mike Lerwell of El Cajon has parlayed a couple of second place finishes into a 9-point lead over local racer Fred Estrada of Riverside going into Saturday’s race. Estrada won the season opener and Norco’s Tom Smith took the checkered on April 8th. Beaumont’s Ricky Lee, Sheffield, England native Andy Moreton and Patrick Tone of Huntington Beach make up the rest of the top five. Lee, with a third and a fourth, is the only driver besides Lerwell with top five finishes in the first two races of the year. 2016 Super Stock champion Mike Lerwell of El Cajon is leading The PAS Super Stock point standings again in 2017. Please give photo credit to Doug Allen. After finishing second in the season opener in March and winning the last race in April, teenager James Altman Jr. of Lake Elsinore sits on top of the points heap in the Factory Stock class before this week’s race. The second generation leads 2015 champ Jeff Elder of Redlands by 10-points. Norco 14-year-old Alyssa Smith, Mike Burks of Nuevo and Menifee’s Kris Carnish are ranked third through fifth. With a win and a second place finish, James Altman Jr. of Lake Elsinore is the early leader in the PASSCAR American Factory Stock point standings. Please give photo credit to Doug Allen. All drivers will contest heat races, B main events if applicable and A main events on Saturday. Adult tickets for Saturday’s show are $15.00. Active military with proper id, teens 13-18 with their school id and kids 6-12 get in for just $5.00. Children 5 and under are free. Parking on the fairgrounds is $8.00. Fan wishing to buy advance can do so 24-hours a day online at http://pas.tix.com/Schedule.aspx?OrgNum=7 or by calling 1-800-595-4849. For those fans who do not wish to purchase advance tickets, there will be plenty available for everyone at the ticket window on race night. IMCA Modified Points 1. Billy Wormsbecker – Big Bear – 75 2. Brenda Kirby – Lomita – 73 3. Chuck Becker – Yucaipa – 71 3. Frank Politelli – Acton – 71 5. Mike Kirby – Lomita – 66 5. Brandon Becker – Yucaipa – 66 PASSCAR Street Stocks 1. Luke Dodd – Riverside – 128 2. George Boulden – Lake Elsinore – 119 3. Eddie Gurwell – Riverside – 91 4. Casey MacDonald – Riverside – 90 5. Blaine Whitson – Temecula – 88 PASSCAR Super Stocks 1. Mike Lerwell – El Cajon - 122 2. Fred Estrada – Riverside - 113 3. Ricky Lee – Beaumont – 108 4. Andy Moreton – Sheffield, England – 97 5.Patrick Tone – Huntington Beach – 88 PASSCAR American Factory Stocks 1. James Altman Jr. – Lake Elsinore – 125 2. Jeff Elder – Redlands - 115 3. Alyssa Smith – Norco – 111 4. Mike Burks – Nuevo – 97 5. Kris Carnish – Menifee - 90 Next up at The PAS after Saturday’s race will be “LKQ Pick Your Part Presents Night of Destruction 3” on Saturday, May 20th. The Amsoil USAC/CRA Sprint Cars will be back on May 27th for the annual “Salute to Indy.” Perris Auto Speedway wants to thank its corporate partners for the 2017 season. 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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 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 8 Demo Cross at the Southern California (afternoon and evening shows) 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 SCHEDULE IS SUBJECT TO CHANGE