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NIGHT
OF DESTRUCTION STAR KYLE COX CARRIES ON
FAMILY TRADITION AT PERRIS AUTO SPEEDWAY!
By Scott
Daloisio
(Perris, CA, April 23, 2019)
The “Craziest Show on Dirt,” LKQ
Pick Your Part Night of Destruction,
returns to Perris Auto Speedway this
Saturday night, April 27th, at 7:00 P.M.
The show will include Figure 8 racing, a
Figure 8 Trailer race, Democross, Mini
Stocks, the brand new Double Deckers and
Formula X Cross Karts. Spectator gates
will open at 5:00 P.M.
One of the
main drivers to watch on Saturday will be
Kyle Cox of Huntington Beach. Last year,
in only his third-year racing, he won the
championship in the Figure 8 Trailer and
Democross classes. He was also crowned the
“Ironman Champion,” which combined points
for all three (Figure 8, Figure 8 Trailer
and Democross) of the classes.
Kyle Cox in
his purple 1975 Camaro. Doug Allen Photo.
With the last
name of Cox, those championships and more
are expected from the driver who will turn
31-years-old on May 9th. When he races at
Perris, he competes against his father
Kevin Cox and his uncle Earl Cox. They
both raced at Ascot and Uncle Earl was the
2015 Figure 8 champion at The PAS.
However, they are both overshadowed by
Kyle’s grandfather, Earl Cox Sr., who was
one of the true legends in Figure 8 racing
at Ascot.
“He still goes
out and watches the races and gets a good
chuckle at all of us,” the
third-generation racer told Dave Stall and
Michele Spencer on Sunday’s Racer Radio
Show. “He comes out to watch my dad, my
uncle and me race. He loves it. He smiles
and goes, “Yep, you are my kids.”
With the
family being around dirt tracks and having
so much success, one would think the
younger Cox would have started racing a
long time ago, but that is not how it was
“I didn’t
really do too much racing type things
before this,” he said to the radio
audience. “I worked at K1 Speed (indoor
karting) in Irvine off and on for about
10-years. So, I have a lot of time in
electric go-karts, but that does not
compare to driving a full-size car on dirt
on a quarter mile or figure 8 track. The
karts kind of helped in Democross where
you go fast, run your line and dodge
slower people. I wish I would have done
this years ago.”
For now, Cox
is happy to race the Nights of Destruction
in his purple 1975 Camaro, but he would
not mind doing some other types of racing.
“When you take
out a trailer in the Figure 8 Trailer race
or you drive through a boat in Democross,
the crowd goes wild,” he said. “I love it.
However, if it was a modified or sprint
car, I would totally be down with it.
There would be no problem of me taking a
shot with them.”
At the season
opener on February 23rd, in typical family
tradition, Cox had a great night. He won
the Figure 8 Trailer race and finished
third in both the Democross and the
regular Figure 8’s. His combined points
from those three events see him with a
commanding 51-point lead in the Ironman
standings going into Saturday’s race.
Not long after
the gates open on Saturday at 5:15, all
the cars and drivers will be on the
racetrack for all the fans to meet at an
autograph and photo session.
Tickets for
Saturday’s show are $15.00 for adults. For
active military with proper id and their
spouse or date, it will be $5.00 each.
Teens 13-18 with their school id and kids
6-12 get in for $5.00. Children 5 and
under are free. Parking on the fairgrounds
is $8.00.
Advance
tickets for all Perris Auto Speedway
events are available 24-hours a day online
at https://bit.ly/2Aa50Lj or by calling
1-800-595-4849. If you do not wish to buy
tickets in advance for any race, there
will be plenty of tickets for everyone at
the ticket window on race night.
The track is
conveniently located on the SoCal 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, 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.
Perris Auto
Speedway wants to thank its corporate
partners for the 2019 season. All Coast
Construction, Austin Hutchinson Realtor,
Battery Systems, Brass and Bass Firearms &
Fishing Supplies, Budweiser, Bud’s Tire
Pro, Chris’ Hauling, City of Perris,
Daytona Boat & RV Storage, Ed Moore Bullet
Proof Driveshaft, Flowdynamics, Harley’s
Custom Cycles, HD Industries, Hoosier
Tires, Inland Rigging, K2 Displays, Living
Water’s Hospice, LKQ Pick Your Part,
Luke’s Transmission, Pepsi-Cola, Pole
Position, Precision Engine of Temecula,
PrintItNow.com, Rainbow Bolt & Supply,
Shaver Specialties, Square H, Sunoco Race
Fuels, Sunstate Equipment, Trench Shoring,
Varner Construction, VIA RV Service and
Vista Paint.
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:
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Video and DVD
productions of all racing sprint cars
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 website LoudPedal Productions.
DVD’s of all
the PASSCAR/IMCA racing and Nights of
Destruction at The PAS are available from
Fourvideos. For more information call
(714) 225-9500.
racesatthepas@aol.com is the only
authorized Internet address to issue
official media news released from The
Perris Auto Speedway or Oval
Entertainment.
2019 Perris
Auto Speedway Schedule
April 27th LKQ
Pick Your Part Presents Night of
Destruction II: Demo Cross, Figure 8’s,
Trailer Figure 8’s, Mini Stocks, Double
Deckers, Formula X Autocross and Cross
Karts American Cancer Society Night
Benefiting the “Up Down ‘n Dirty 4 a Cure
Mud Run
May 4th
PASSCAR Super Stocks, Street Stocks,
American Factory Stocks and IMCA Modifieds
May 25th
“Salute to Indy” Amsoil USAC/CRA Sprint
Cars, PAS Senior Sprints and PAS Young Gun
Sprints American Cancer Society Night
Benefiting the “Up Down ‘n Dirty 4 a Cure
Mud Run
June 1st LKQ
Pick Your Part Presents Night of
Destruction III: Demo Cross, Figure 8’s,
Trailer Figure 8’s, Mini Stocks, Double
Deckers, Formula X Autocross and Cross
Karts American Cancer Society Night
Benefiting the “Up Down ‘n Dirty 4 a Cure
Mud Run
June 15th
PASSCAR Super Stocks, Street Stocks,
American Factory Stocks and IMCA Modifieds
June 29th
Amsoil USAC/CRA Sprint Cars, PAS Senior
Sprints and PAS Young Gun Sprints
July 4th
FIREWORKS SPECTACULAR LKQ Pick Your Part
Presents Night of Destruction IV: Demo
Cross, Figure 8’s, Trailer Figure 8’s,
Mini Stocks, Double Deckers, Formula X
Autocross and Cross Karts American Cancer
Society Night Benefiting the “Up Down ‘n
Dirty 4 a Cure Mud Run
July 13th
Amsoil USAC/CRA & USAC Southwest Sprint
Cars, PAS Senior Sprints and PAS Young Gun
Sprints
July 20th
PASSCAR Super Stocks, Street Stocks,
American Factory Stocks and IMCA Modifieds
July 27th LKQ
Pick Your Part Presents Night of
Destruction V: Demo Cross, Figure 8’s,
Trailer Figure 8’s, Mini Stocks, Double
Deckers, Formula X Autocross and Cross
Karts
August 17th
“California Racer’s Hall of Fame Night”
Amsoil USAC/CRA & USAC Southwest Sprint
Cars, PAS Senior Sprints and PAS Young Gun
Sprints
August 24th
PASSCAR Super Stocks, Street Stocks,
American Factory Stocks and IMCA Modifieds
August 31st
LKQ Pick Your Part Presents Night of
Destruction VI: Demo Cross, Figure 8’s,
Trailer Figure 8’s, Mini Stocks, Double
Deckers, Formula X Autocross and Cross
Karts
September 14th
PASSCAR Super Stocks, Street Stocks,
American Factory Stocks and IMCA Modifieds
September 21st
“Glenn Howard Classic” Amsoil USAC/CRA
Sprint Cars, PAS Senior Sprints and PAS
Young Gun Sprints
September 28th
LKQ Pick Your Part Presents Night of
Destruction VII: Demo Cross, Figure 8’s,
Trailer Figure 8’s, Mini Stocks, Double
Deckers, Formula X Autocross and Cross
Karts
November 6th
Budweiser Oval Nationals Presented by All
Coast Construction Practice Session
November 7th
Budweiser Oval Nationals Presented by All
Coast Construction USAC National, CRA and
Southwest Sprint Cars
November 8th
Budweiser Oval Nationals Presented by All
Coast Construction USAC National, CRA and
Southwest Sprint Cars
November 9th
Budweiser Oval Nationals Presented by All
Coast Construction USAC National, CRA and
Southwest Sprint Cars
November 16th
“Champions Night” PASSCAR Super Stocks,
Street Stocks, American Factory Stocks and
PAS Modifieds
*** Schedule
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