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WORLD’S #1
SPRINT CAR FAN, SHAWN McDONALD, WILL BE REMEMBERED
AT PERRIS AUTO SPEEDWAY
By
Scott Daloisio
(Perris, CA,
April 21, 2021) When Perris Auto Speedway
hosts its first Amsoil USAC/CRA Sprint Car race in
nearly a year and a half this Saturday night,
April 24th, one familiar and popular face will not
be in the grandstands. Shawn McDonald, known as
the “World’s #1 Sprint Car Fan” to attendees of
the famous Riverside County half-mile clay oval,
passed away last June. However, his friends Lew
Miller and Scott Martin, decided to keep his
memory and spirit alive. At every USAC/CRA race at
The PAS this year, the sixth fastest qualifier and
sixth place finisher in the main will each get an
extra $100.00 in his memory.
Initially, a lot of
different ideas were tossed around before the
decision was made to use the number of his
favorite driver. That driver is “Super” Rickie
Gaunt. The bond between the two was amazing and
when Gaunt heard that his friend was in tough
shape last June, he dropped what he was doing and
paid him a visit.
"The World's #1 Sprint
Car Fan," Shawn McDonald with his favorite sprint
car driver, "Super" Rickie Gaunt.
“Shawn had many
favorite drivers,” Miller said. “But his all-time
favorite driver was “Super” Rickie Gaunt. He drove
many cars over the years, but he is probably best
known for driving the #66. So beginning with the
Saturday April 24th race and every USAC 410 race
at Perris Auto Speedway throughout the year
including the Oval Nationals (11 races), the sixth
fastest qualifier and the sixth-place finisher in
the A main will receive $100 in memory of Shawn.”
Past Oval Nationals
and USAC/CRA champion and now USAC/CRA Race
Director Tony Jones, is pleased with the new award
and has fond memories of Shawn.
“To us (drivers),
Shawn was a racer, so it means a lot that friends
and family have come up and put some money up
there to remember him,” Jones said. “He was at
every race. Him coming down after the races to be
with the drivers, that was his commitment to us.
We looked forward to him coming down and being
able to spend our time talking to him. When I was
a racer, it meant a lot to me to talk to him after
the races. I had a lot of respect at how big his
heart was. He had the heart of a racer and he was
there for us.”
Fans can see who gets
the “Shawn McDonald Money” for the first time on
Saturday at the Sokola Shootout. Spectator gates
will open at 5:00 p.m. with racing at 7:00. Adult
tickets are $30.00. Seniors 65 and over get in for
$25.00. Kids 6-12 are $5.00 and children 5 and
under are free. The fairgrounds charges $10.00 for
parking. Camping on the fairgrounds is available
for $25.00 per night beginning at noon on Friday.
Due to COVID
restrictions, tickets for this race are only
available at tix.com/ticket-sales/pas/7. There
will be no walk-up ticket sales for this event.
Also, face coverings and social distancing between
groups other than your own will be mandatory.
Online tickets for
2021 Perris Auto Speedway races are on sale at
tix.com/ticket-sales/pas/7. Fans will be able to
purchase tickets online at the link up until 7:00
p.m. each race night. The entire 2021 schedule is
available at the bottom of this release.
Fans can stay up to
date on track and driver news on The PAS social
media efforts at the links below.
Facebook:
https://www.facebook.com/pages/Perris-Auto-Speedway/113876798686480?ref=hl
Twitter: Perris Auto
Speedway on Twitter.
Instagram:
https://www.instagram.com/perrisautospeedway/
Website:
http://perrisautospeedway.com/
Perris Auto Speedway
is conveniently located on the SoCal Fair and
Event Center (home of the 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 the following corporate partners.
Ahern Equipment Rentals, All Coast Construction,
Battery Systems, Budweiser, Bud’s Tire Pro, Chris’
Hauling, City of Perris, Communication
Innovations, Daytona Boat & RV Storage, Ed Moore
Bullet Proof Driveshaft, Flowdynamics, HD
Industries, Hoosier Tires, Inland Rigging, Living
Water’s Hospice, LKQ Pick Your Part, Luke’s
Transmission, Moose Racing, Pepsi-Cola, Pole
Position, PrintItNow.com, Rainbow Bolt & Supply,
Rugged Radios, Shaver Specialties, Square H,
Sunoco Race Fuels, Trench Shoring, Upland Rock,
Varner Construction and Vista Paint.
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.
DVDs of all the
PASSCAR/IMCA racing and Nights of Destruction at
The PAS are available from Fourvideos. For more
information call (714) 225-9500.
mailto:perrisautospeedway1@gmail.com is the only
authorized Internet address to issue official
media news released from The Perris Auto Speedway
or Oval Entertainment.
2021 EVENT SCHEDULE -
UPDATED APRIL 2, 2021
April 24th "SOKOLA
SHOOTOUT" AMSOIL USAC/CRA SPRINT CARS and PAS
Senior Sprints
May 1st LKQ Pick Your
Part Presents NIGHT OF DESTRUCTION III – Demo
Cross, Figure 8's, Trailer Figure 8's, Mini Stocks
and Double Deckers
May 15th PASSCAR
SERIES - Super Stocks, Street Stocks, American
Factory Stocks and IMCA Modifieds
May 22nd "SALUTE TO
INDY" AMSOIL USAC/CRA SPRINT CARS, PAS Senior
Sprints
June 5th LKQ Pick Your
Part Presents NIGHT OF DESTRUCTION IV - Demo
Cross, Figure 8's, Trailer Figure 8's, Mini Stocks
and Double Deckers
June 12th PASSCAR
SERIES - Super Stocks, Street Stocks, American
Factory Stocks and IMCA Modifieds
June 19th AMSOIL
USAC/CRA SPRINT CARS, PAS Senior Sprints
June 26th PASSCAR
SERIES - Super Stocks, Street Stocks, American
Factory Stocks and IMCA Modifieds
July 4th FIREWORKS
SPECTACULAR LKQ Pick Your Part Presents NIGHT OF
DESTRUCTION V - Demo Cross, Figure 8's, Trailer
Figure 8's, Mini Stocks and Double Deckers
July 10th PASSCAR
SERIES - Super Stocks, Street Stocks, American
Factory Stocks and IMCA Modifieds
July 16th “SUMMER
CAMPFEST” AMSOIL USAC/CRA SPRINT CARS, PAS Senior
Sprints and RUSH Western Sprint Car Series
July 17th “SUMMER
CAMPFEST” AMSOIL USAC/CRA SPRINT CARS, PAS Senior
Sprints and RUSH Western Sprint Car Series
July 24th PASSCAR
SERIES - Super Stocks, Street Stocks, American
Factory Stocks and IMCA Modifieds
July 31st LKQ Pick
Your Part Presents NIGHT OF DESTRUCTION VI - Demo
Cross, Figure 8's, Trailer Figure 8's, Mini Stocks
and Double Deckers
August 14th PASSCAR
SERIES - Super Stocks, Street Stocks, American
Factory Stocks and IMCA Modifieds
August 21st CALIFORNIA
RACERS HALL OF FAME NIGHT" AMSOIL USAC/CRA SPRINT
CARS, PAS Senior Sprints and RUSH Western Sprint
Car Series
August 28th LKQ Pick
Your Part Presents NIGHT OF DESTRUCTION VII – Demo
Cross, Figure 8's, Trailer Figure 8's, Mini Stocks
and Double Deckers
September 4th “SUMMER
CAMPFEST II” PASSCAR SERIES - Super Stocks, Street
Stocks, American Factory Stocks, IMCA Modifieds
and RUSH Western Sprint Car Series
September 5th “SUMMER
CAMPFEST II” PASSCAR SERIES - Super Stocks, Street
Stocks, American Factory Stocks, IMCA Modifieds
and RUSH Western Sprint Car Series
September 11th LKQ
Pick Your Part Presents NIGHT OF DESTRUCTION VIII
- Demo Cross, Figure 8's, Trailer Figure 8's, Mini
Stocks and Double Deckers
September 18th PASSCAR
SERIES - Super Stocks, Street Stocks, American
Factory Stocks and IMCA Modifieds
September 25th "GLENN
HOWARD CLASSIC" AMSOIL USAC/CRA SPRINT CARS, PAS
Senior Sprints, and RUSH Western Sprint Car Series
October 16th PASSCAR
SERIES – “FAN APPRECIATION NIGHT” Super Stocks,
Street Stocks, American Factory Stocks and IMCA
Modifieds
October 23rd AMSOIL
USAC/CRA SPRINT CARS, PAS Senior Sprints, and RUSH
Western Sprint Car Series
October 30th LKQ Pick
Your Part Presents NIGHT OF DESTRUCTION VIIII -
Demo Cross, Figure 8's, Trailer Figure 8's, Mini
Stocks and Double Deckers
November 3rd 25TH
ANNUAL OVAL NATIONALS Presented by ALL COAST
CONSTRUCTION - Practice Night
November 4th 25TH
ANNUAL OVAL NATIONALS Presented by ALL COAST
CONSTRUCTION AMSOIL USAC National and USAC/CRA
Sprint Cars
November 5th 25TH
ANNUAL OVAL NATIONALS Presented by ALL COAST
CONSTRUCTION AMSOIL USAC National and USAC/CRA
Sprint Cars
November 6th 25TH
ANNUAL OVAL NATIONALS Presented by ALL COAST
CONSTRUCTION AMSOIL USAC National and USAC/CRA
Sprint Cars
November 13th PASSCAR
“CHAMPION’S NIGHT” - Super Stocks, Street Stocks,
American Factory Stocks, IMCA Modifieds and RUSH
Western Sprint Car Series
NOTE: SCHEDULE IS
SUBJECT TO CHANGE DUE COVID 19 LEVELS AND
MODIFICATIONS REQUIRED REOPENING. |
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