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USAC/CRA SPRINT CARS RACING FOR EXTRA
MONEY SATURDAY AT PERRIS!
By Scott
Daloisio
(Perris, CA, August 14, 2018)
This Saturday night, August 18th,
thousands of extra dollars will be up for
grabs when Perris Auto Speedway hosts the
annual “California Racers Hall of Fame
Night featuring the Amsoil USAC/CRA Sprint
Cars, California Lightning Sprint Cars and
The PAS Senior & Young Gun Sprints.
Spectator gates will open at 5:00 P.M.
with racing at 7:00.
As this piece
went to press, more than $9,200.00 has
been added to the normal USAC/CRA purse.
The driver who is fastest in qualifying
will receive the $500.00. “Billy Wilkerson
Fast Time Award.” That will be followed up
by the “Junior Kurtz Trophy Dash” which
carries a purse of $2,000.00. The winner
of the dash will receive $1,000.00, second
place will take home $500.00, third will
get $300.00 and the fourth-place finisher
will earn $200.00. The winner of each heat
race will be paid $300.00 courtesy of Mark
Atchison. The 30-lap main event will
include more than $4,000.00 in lap money.
Bill Simpson of racing safety fame has
kicked an extra $1,500.00 for the winner
of the main event (combined with the
normal $2,500 that makes first place worth
$4,00.00) and Robert Woodland has donated
an extra $500.00 for the driver who
finishes second.
If one driver
were to be fast qualifier, win the trophy
dash, then his heat and lead all 30-laps
in the main event, he would potentially
take home a minimum of $9,900.00.
The three
Williams brothers, Logan in the #5, Austin
in the #2 and Cody in the #44, will all be
in action at the "California Racer's Hall
of Fame Night" on Saturday. Doug Allen
Photo.
“That is quite
the payday for one night of racing,”
promoter Don Kazarian said. “The drivers
will be racing hard and fierce to take
home all this extra money. It will not be
a show for the faint of heart. A huge
thank you to everyone who donated to the
purse and to Chris Holt who every year
busts his rear end to get the donations.
Chris also organized the legends from the
past who will be in the track sports bar
to meet the fans and sign autographs. I
hope all the fans show up with their old
programs and photos to get signed. “
Drivers who
have indicated that they will be at the
autograph session include Mike Spencer,
Jimmy Oskie, Eddie Wirth, Brad Noffsinger
(flying in from North Carolina), Shane
Carson (flying in from Oklahoma), “The Rim
Rider” Chuck Gurney, Jeff Heywood, Stan
Atherton, John Redican, Jason York, Lonnie
Carruthers and more.
The “Junior
Kurtz Trophy Dash” will feature a special
Speedway Motorcycle style format. The four
fastest qualifiers Will contest a series
of four, three-lap races. The drivers will
rotate the starting spots in each race, so
each driver will start off each position
one time. Each of the races will pay three
points to the winner, two points for
second, one point for third and zero
points for fourth. When the fourth race is
over the points will be totaled up and the
driver with the most will take home the
$1,000.00 1st place prize money.
“Back in the
day the trophy dash was a regular part of
every show,” Kazarian said. “However, as
racing became more expensive drivers and
car owners did not want to go out in risk
tearing up their equipment for a plastic
trophy. So, the trophy dash at most
racetracks has become a thing of the past.
However, offering up this much money will
have drivers jumping at the opportunity to
get into the dash. And, the format we use
adds a lot of excitement. We have done it
a few times in the past in the fans
absolutely love it.”
If that is not
enough entertainment, as soon as fans walk
through the gate, they will be greeted by
the beautiful vintage racecars from the
WRA. Some of the sprint cars and midgets
that will be on display will date back to
pre-World War II.
Adult tickets
for Saturday’s USAC/CRA race are $25.00.
Seniors 65 and over get in for $20.00. For
active military members with proper id,
teens 13-18 with their school id and kids
6-12, it is just $5.00. Children 5 and
under are free. Parking on the fairgrounds
is $8.00.
Advance
tickets for all PAS events, including this
Saturday and November’s 23rd Annual
Budweiser Oval Nationals presented by All
Coast Construction, are available 24 hours
a day online at
https://pas.tix.com/Schedule.aspx?OrgNum=7
or by calling 1-800-595-4849. For fans who
do not want to buy advance tickets, there
will be plenty available for everyone at
the ticket window each race night.
Amsoil
USAC/CRA Points
1. Damion
Gardner – Concord, CA – 597
2. Brody Roa –
Garden Grove, CA – 572
3. Jake
Swanson - Anaheim, CA – 530
4. Cody
Williams – Corona, CA – 471
5. Max Adams –
Loomis, CA – 438
PAS Senior
Sprints
1. John Aden –
Apple Valley, CA – 1i3
2. Richard
McCormick – Canyon Country, CA - 182
3. Ed Schwarz
– Santa Fe Springs, CA - 160
4. Rick
Hendrix - Palmdale, CA - 142
5. Eddie
Williams – El Segundo, CA – 123
PAS Young Guns
1. Eddie
Tafoya Jr. – Chino Hills, CA - 187
2. Austin
Brundage – Apple Valley, CA - 155
3. Ricky Lewis
– Oxnard, CA - 115
4. Blade
Hildebrand – Yucca Valley, CA - 63
5. Travis
Buckley – Auckland, New Zealand – 58
California
Lightning Sprint Cars
1. Jarrett
Kramer – Spring Valley, CA – 1128
2. Aiden Lange
– Lakewood, CA – 960
3. Cody Nigh –
Camarillo, CA – 930
4. Brent
Sexton – Lakeside, CA – 927
5. Dominic Del
Monte – Gardena, CA - 908
Perris Auto
Speedway wants to thank its corporate
partners for the 2017 season. All Coast
Construction, Amsoil, Austin Hutchinson
Realtor, Battery Systems, Brass and Bass
Firearms & Fishing Supplies, Budweiser,
Bud’s Tire Pro, Center Point Church,
Chris’ Hauling, City of Perris, Country
Values Magazine, Daytona Boat & RV
Storage, Ed Moore Bullet Proof Driveshaft,
Edelbrock, Flowdynamics, Full Throttle
Scissor Lift Rental, Green Sheet, Greg
Smith Equipment, Harley’s Custom Cycles,
HD Industries, Hoosier Tires, Indiana
Truck Salvage, K2 Displays, K&N
Engineering, Living Water’s Hospice,
Luke’s Transmission, Moreno Valley
Magazine of Values, Paul Oil Company,
Pepsi-Cola, Pick-A-Part Auto Salvage, Pole
Position, Precision Engine of Temecula,
PrintItNow.com, Shaver Specialties, Square
H, Sunstate Equipment, Swedish Speed,
Trench Shoring, Valley News and Vista
Paint.
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news, photos, gossip and receive special
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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 conveniently located on the So
Cal Fair and Event Center (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. For directions on
MapQuest, the address to enter is: 18700
Lake Perris Drive and the zip code is
92571.
racesatthepas@aol.com is the only
authorized Internet address to issue
official media news released from The
Perris Auto Speedway or Oval
Entertainment.
2018 Perris
Auto Speedway
August 18th
"CALIFORNIA RACERS HALL OF FAME NIGHT"
USAC/CRA Sprint Cars, PAS Senior Sprint
Cars and PAS Young Guns Sprint Cars,
California Lightning Sprint Cars
August 25th
PASSCAR SERIES - Street Stocks, Super
Stocks, Factory Stocks and IMCA Modifieds
September 1st
NIGHT OF DESTRUCTION NOD VII - Demo Cross,
Figure 8's, Figure 8 Trailer Racing and
Formula-X Autocross & CrossKarts
September 22nd
"GLENN HOWARD CLASSIC" USAC/CRA Sprint
Cars, PAS Senior Sprint Cars and PAS Young
Guns Sprint Cars
October 6th -
14th SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA FAIR
October 20th
USAC/CRA Sprint Cars, PAS Senior Sprint
Cars and PAS Young Guns Sprint Cars
October 27th
PASSCAR "Champions Night” - Street Stocks,
Super Stocks, Factory Stocks and Modifieds
November 7th
Oval Nationals Practice
November 8th
23rd Annual Budweiser Oval Nationals
“Presented by All Coast Construction" USAC
National and USAC/CRA Sprint Cars
November 9th
23rd Annual Budweiser Oval Nationals
“Presented by All Coast Construction" USAC
National and USAC/CRA Sprint Cars
November 10th
23rd Annual Budweiser Oval Nationals
“Presented by All Coast Construction" USAC
National and USAC/CRA Sprint Cars
NOTE; THIS
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