Traditional Sprint Car FanSite

See You At The Races!!!

 Press Release

USAC/CRA SPRINT CARS RETURN TO PERRIS AUTO SPEEDWAY SATURDAY – KIDS FREE!
by Scott Daloisio

(JUNE 6, 2006, PERRIS, CA)    The Annual Kid’s Month will continue this Saturday night, June 10th, at Perris Auto Speedway when Temecula Valley Pipe & Supply presents the USAC/CRA Sprint Cars featuring the west coast’s top open wheel drivers.  All kids 12 and under, who are accompanied by an adult, will be admitted free.  Spectator gates will open at 5:00 PM with racing at 6:30. 

 

Ventura, California’s Cory Kruseman will renew his battle with archrival and defending series champion Damion Gardner (Concord, California) when the series returns to its home track on Saturday.  Last Saturday night at Jim Naylor’s Ventura Raceway, Kruseman outdistanced Gardner for his second victory of 2006 and his 16th all-time win in USAC/CRA competition.  That triumph gave the 35-year old veteran 79 wins on the all-time CRA/USAC/SCRA west coast victory list.  That is only one win shy of National Sprint Car Hall of Famer Bubby Jones’ total of 80, which is fifth best on the list.

 

Kruseman’s win whittled Gardner’s advantage in the standings to 30 points heading into this Saturday’s melee on the Riverside County Clay oval.  Amazingly, Kruseman has only finished out of the top three in the main event three times this season (those three finishes were a 4th, 10th and 23rd).  Gardner has finished out of the top three five times this season (4th two times, 6th, 7th and 21st).  However, Gardner’s spectacular efforts in qualifying have been more than enough for him to maintain the points leads.  He has been fast qualifier 10 times this season and that equals 60 extra points!

 

Gardner hopes for a little better fortune in Saturday’s thirty-lap main than he has had during the past two outings at The PAS.  On May 13th at the Sokola Classic, he got caught up in crash involving several other cars (including Kruseman) and his crew had to rebuild the front end of his racecar on a red flag period.  The effort proved vital as he shocked everyone by driving the damaged car to a sixth place finish.  Two weeks ago during the Salute to Indy, Gardner slammed the crash wall and once again damaged the front end.  In a similar effort, the crew thrashed to get the car back on the track and the slender superstar came all the way back to seventh at the Eddie Ramirez checkered flag.

 

Yorba Linda, California’s Rip Williams plans to return to action this Saturday night.  Two weeks ago the veteran driver was involved in one of the wildest flips of his long career in turn three at The PAS during the main event.  The tough veteran walked away from the crash, but last week he had flu like symptoms at Ventura and turned the cockpit of the famous John & Sharon Jory owned black #3 to retired driver Mike English (Norwalk, CA) for the night.  English qualified second quick, won the B main and was sixth in the A main in his first ride in a couple of years.

 

Saturday’s dirt track brawl will feature qualifying, a C main if necessary, four 10 lap heat races, a B main and a 30 lap gloves off fight to the checkered flag A main event.

 

Perris Auto Speedway is located on the freeway close Lake Perris Fairgrounds 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 two miles east to the fairgrounds.

 

Saturday’s race on the only half-mile clay oval in Riverside County will be preceded by Friday’s drag racing action on the Diamond Valley Honda Street Legal Drag Strip.  The drag strip is also located on the Lake Perris Fairgrounds.  Anyone with a valid driver’s license, registration and helmet is eligible to race at the drag strip.  Gates at the drag strip open at 5:00 PM with racing at 6:00 PM.

 

Anyone wishing more information can contact Perris Auto Speedway at (951) 940-0134.

 

racesatthepas@aol.com is the only authorized Internet address to issue official media news released from The Perris Auto Speedway or Oval Entertainment

 

USAC/CRA POINT STANDINGS

 

1. Damion Gardner – Concord, CA - 756

2. Cory Kruseman – Ventura, CA - 726

3. Tony Jones – Norco, CA - 564

4. Mike Spencer – Temecula, CA - 550

5. Danny Sheridan – Santa Maria, CA - 545

6. Rickie Gaunt – Torrance, CA - 527

7. Charles Davis Jr. – Buckeye, AZ - 460

8. Mike Kirby – Torrance, CA - 442

9. Josh Ford – Camarillo, CA - 425

10. David Cardey – Riverside, CA - 422

11. Rip Williams – Yorba Linda, CA - 387

12. Blake Miller – Yorba Linda, CA - 316

13. Johnny Rodriguez – Elk Grove, CA - 279

14. Bobby Cody – Costa Mesa, CA - 239

15. Chad Boespflug – Hanford, CA - 201

16. Jesse Hockett 188 – Warsaw, MO

17. Tom Stansberry – Bakersfield, CA - 176

18. Davey Pombo – Kerman, CA - 165

19. J Hicks – Torrance, CA - 153

20. R.J. Johnson – Phoenix, AZ - 146

SITE SEARCH

WEBSITE
 HOME PAGE
 LATEST UPDATES
 MESSAGE BOARD
 CHAT ROOMS
 CLASSIFIEDS
 BUSINESS CARDS
 ADVERTISING
 SPONSORS
 MULTIMEDIA
 ACTION GALLERY
 GIFT IDEAS
 ONLINE STORE
 LINKS

SANCTIONS
 SPRINT CARS
 OTHERS

RACING
 RACE RESULTS
 RACE SCHEDULES
 PRESS RELEASES
 RACE COLUMNS
 NEWS & NOTES
 TEAM NOTES
 DRIVER ROSTERS
 DRIVER PROFILES
 RACE TRACKS
 RACING INFO

MISC
 VOTING BOOTH
 BULLETIN BOARD
 DTRSC SKINS
 FUN PAGE
 RACE FANS
 TRIBUTES
 SPECIAL THANKS

Get your own FREE Guestbook from htmlGEAR
 SIGN GUESTBOOK
 VIEW GUESTBOOK

EMAIL US

T-SHIRTS
& MORE