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SPRINT
CARS IN HISTORIC SALUTE TO INDY SATURDAY
AT PERRIS AUTO SPEEDWAY! By Scott Daloisio
(Perris,
CA, May 22, 2017) The “Southern
California Home of Major League Sprint Car
Racing,” Perris Auto Speedway, will play
host to one of the longest running and
most historic events in west coast open
wheel racing this Saturday night, May
27th, with the annual “Salute to Indy.”
The popular Amsoil USAC/CRA Sprint Car
Series will be the main attraction on
Saturday and it will be joined by The PAS
Senior & Young Gun Sprint Cars and the
California Lightning Sprint Cars.
Spectator gates will open at 5:00 PM and
the first race will begin at 7:00.
The salute to
Indy has been a Southern California staple
dating back to 1948 when Dempsey Wilson
won the first one. From 1948 through 1990
the race was contested in all but five
years. After legendary Ascot Park closed
in 1990, the race was put on ice until The
PAS opened in 1996. Since being reborn in
96’, the prestigious race has taken place
each year except for 2008 when it was
rained out.
Last year,
Yorba Linda, California veteran Austin
“The Big Game Hunter” Williams won the
“Salute to Indy.” It was a popular win
with the fans for the then 25-year-old as
it was his first victory at the track he
grew up at. To add significance to the
win, 33-years earlier in 1983, Williams’
father, National Sprint Car Hall of Famer
Rip Williams, won his first ever sprint
car main event at the “Salute to Indy” at
Ascot.
Austin
Williams is the defending champion in the
Salute to Indy. His father, National
Sprint Car Hall of Famer Rip Williams, won
the Salute to Indy in 1983. Please give
photo credit to Doug Allen.
Heading into
this week’s race, five-time USAC/CRA
Series champion Damion Gardner, a
three-time “Salute to Indy” winner, sits
on top of the championship point
standings. The Concord, California based
driver leads Brody Roa of Garden Grove,
who was the series points leader at this
time last year, by 34-points. 2012 “Salute
to Indy” winner Mike Spencer of Temecula,
who ended a long dry spell with a win
three weeks ago at Ventura, is third in
the championship standings. Anaheim’s Jake
Swanson is fourth and is followed by the
three Williams brothers, Cody, Austin and
Logan.
After
Saturday’s 30-lap main event, all the
USAC/CRA drivers in the race will
immediately stop on the front straight and
fans will be allowed onto the track to get
autographs and take photos. In addition,
one youngster will be presented with an
official winner’s plaque signed by the
winning driver.
The PAS Young
Gun & Senior Sprints and California
Lightning Sprint Cars will also be part of
the holiday weekend event. In the Young
Guns, 14-year-old West Covina High student
Joel Rayborne heads the point standings.
He leads 19-year-old UCR Mechanical
Engineering student Daniel Anderson by
8-points. Hannah Mayhew, a college student
from Acton, is third.
In the Senior
Sprints (drivers 40 and over) Richard
McCormick of Ague Dulce and Palmdale’s
Rick Hendrix are tied at the top of the
standings. Fairbanks, Alaska racer Danny
Parrish is third. There were also be two
drivers making their first ever appearance
in the Senior Class on Saturday. Apple
Valley’s John Aden, a former First
Division Speedway Motorcycle racer and
promoter of Victorville’s Wheel2Wheel
Raceway, will be making his initial
appearance. He and the other Seniors will
be joined by Oxnard’s Jimmy May who last
raced a sprint car at Terre Haute, Indiana
in 2004.
The California
Lightning Sprint Car Series will be making
its first of two appearances at The PAS
this year. Through the first six races of
the CLS season, four different drivers
have posted wins. Coming into Saturday’s
race, 2010 CLS champion Jarrett Kramer
sits on top of the points. 2016 “Rookie of
the Year” and recent San Diego State
graduate Cody Nigh of Camarillo is second
and is only 15-points behind Kramer.
Lakewood’s Aiden Lange, who turned 18 on
Monday is third in the standings.
Adult tickets
for Saturday’s race are $25.00. Seniors 65
and older get in for $20.00. Active
military members with proper id, teens
13-18 with their school id and gets age
6-12 get in for $5.00. Children 5 and
under are free. Parking on the fairgrounds
is $8.00.
Advanced
tickets for Saturday’s event are available
24-hours a day by calling 1-800-595-4849
or online at
http://pas.tix.com/Event.aspx?EventCode=922994.
For those who do not wish to purchase
advance tickets, there will be plenty of
tickets available for everyone at the
ticket window on Saturday.
Amsoil
USAC/CRA Point Standings
1. Damion
Gardner – Concord, CA – 325
2. Brody Roa –
Garden Grove, CA – 291
3. Mike
Spencer – Temecula, CA – 269
4. Jake
Swanson – Anaheim, CA – 257
5. Cody
Williams – Corona, CA – 221
6. Austin
Williams – Yorba Linda, CA – 220
7. Logan
Williams – Yorba Linda, CA – 203
8. Chris
Gansen – Verdemont Heights – CA – 171
9. Richard
Vander Weerd – Visalia, CA – 151
10. Tommy
Malcolm – Corona, CA – 150
PAS Senior
Sprint Point Standings
1. Richard
McCormick – Agua Dulce, CA - 125
1. Rick
Hendrix – Palmdale, CA - 125
3. Danny
Parrish – Fairbanks, AK - 103
4. Ed Schwarz
– Santa Fe Springs, CA - 102
5. Eddie
Tafoya – Chino Hills, CA – 96
PAS Young Gun
Sprint Car Point Standings
1. Joel
Rayborne – West Covina, CA – 122
2. Daniel
Anderson – Venice, CA- 114
3. Hannah
Mayhew – Acton, CA – 107
4. Ariel Biggs
– Hoquim, WA - 61
5. Gary
Marshall Jr. – Pomona, CA - 55
California
Lightning Sprints Championship Point
Standings
1. Jarrett
Kramer – Spring Valley – 688
2. Cody Nigh –
Camarillo – 673
3. Aiden Lange
– Lakewood – 625
4. Bobby
Michnowicz – Lomita – 624
5. Eric Greco
– Palmdale - 547
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, Flowdynamics,
Full Throttle Scissor Lift Rental, Green
Sheet, HD Industries, Hoosier Tires,
Indiana Truck Salvage, K&N Engineering,
Living Water’s Hospice, 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.
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Video and DVD
productions of open wheel 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,
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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
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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