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KRUSEMAN AND GARDNER CONTINUE THEIR FIGHT FOR THE CHAMPIONSHIP SATURDAY AT THE PAS ON $5.00 TATTOO NIGHT!
by Scott Daloisio

(JUNE 20, 2006, PERRIS, CA)  Cory Kruseman and Damion Gardner will continue their season long fight for the USAC/CRA Championship when Temecula Valley Pipe & Supply presents the popular series at Perris Auto Speedway this Saturday night, June 24, on “Tattoo Night.”  Fans who show a real tattoo at the ticket booth will get into this Saturday’s race for only $5.00!  Spectator gates will open at 5:00 PM with racing at 7:00.

 

Gardner, the 2005 USAC/CRA Champion who resides in Concord, California, wrestled the point lead away from Kruseman on May 13th at The PAS.  He extended the point lead to 39 markers, but Kruseman began chipping away at the total on May 27th and has clawed is way back to within three points of his archrival heading into this Saturday’s race.

 

Last week at Santa Maria Speedway, Kruseman, a 35 year old father of one from Ventura, California, passed Gardner on lap 10 and led the final 20 laps for his third win of the 2006 campaign.  Gardner got tangled up with a lapped car and ended up 12th after restarting at the back of the field.  Only Gardner, with four wins, has more victories in the series than Kruseman in 2004.

 

While Gardner and Kruseman garner most of the headlines in the three-year-old series, a bevy of other drivers have stepped up their efforts in 2006 and have been offering a stiff challenge to the dynamic duo.  Currently, the hottest of the challengers is Temecula, California’s Mike Spencer.  A 24-year old who earned a degree in Mechanical Engineering at Cal Poly Pomona, Spencer finished second to Kruseman at Santa Maria.  One week before that, the well-liked driver won his first ever main event when he beat veterans Rip Williams (Yorba Linda, CA) and Rickie Gaunt (Torrance, CA) to the checkered flag at The PAS.  The prior race at The PAS, Spencer finished second to Tony Jones (Norco, CA) in the annual Salute to Indy.  Spencer’s father, Mike Sr., was co-Rookie of the year in the original CRA back in 1976.

 

Like the other PAS theme nights, Saturday’s Tattoo Night is designed to reward loyal fans and introduce new fans to the exciting sport of dirt track racing.  Any fan with a real tattoo that can be shown in public will get into the races for just $5.00 on Saturday.  All they have to do is show the tattoo at the ticket booth.  If a fan does not have a tattoo, but they want to get into the races for $5.00, The PAS will have a tattoo artist at the front gate to put on the ink.

 

Saturday will also be the final night of the annual “Kid’s Month” at The PAS.  All kids 12 and under who are accompanied by an adult will get into the races for free.

 

Saturday’s clay slingin’ expose of unbridled sprint car horsepower will feature hot laps, qualifying, four 10 lap heat races, C Main (if necessary), a B Main and a 30 lap no holds barred A Main event.

 

Advance tickets are on sale 24 hours a day by calling 1-800-595-4849.  You can also order advance tickets on the Internet at tix.com or perrisautospeedway.com.

 

Saturday night’s affair on Riverside County’s only clay half-mile oval will be preceded by Friday’s drag racing action on the Diamond Valley Honda Street Legal Strip at The PAS Drag Strip.  Gates at the drag strip open at 5:00 PM with racing at 6:00.  The drag strip is also located on the Lake Perris Fairgrounds.

 

Perris Auto Speedway is located on the freeway close Lake Perris Fairgrounds, 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, exit on the Ramona Expressway and go two miles east to the fairgrounds.

 

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 - 857

2. Cory Kruseman – Ventura, CA - 854

3. Mike Spencer – Temecula, CA - 684

4. Danny Sheridan – Santa Maria, CA - 667

5. Tony Jones – Norco, CA - 660

6. Rickie Gaunt - Torrance, CA - 587

7. Rip Williams - Yorba Linda, CA - 512

8. David Cardey – Riverside, CA - 490

9. Charles Davis Jr. – Buckeye, AZ - 484

10. Mike Kirby – Torrance, CA - 483

11. Josh Ford – Camarillo, CA - 479

12. Blake Miller – Yorba Linda, CA - 376

13. Johnny Rodriguez – Elk Grove, CA - 279

14. Bobby Cody – Costa Mesa, CA - 271

15. Chad Boespflug – Hanford, CA - 238

16. J. Hicks – Torrance, CA - 232

17. Evan Suggs – Scott’s Valley, CA - 226

18. Tom Stansberry – Bakersfield, CA - 222

19. Davey Pombo - Kerman, CA - 215

20. Jesse Hockett – Warsaw, MO - 188

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